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Empire or Republic? makes the necessary, but much overlooked, link between our nation's international policies and the domestic situation. The authors contend that the Reagan, Bush and Clinton administrations have all focused on global leadership to the detriment of pressing social, economic and political problems at home.

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First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Book for 1995

Diese Arbeit verfolgt einen umfassenden Ansatz zur Erklärung wirtschaftlicher Entwicklung. Als wichtigste der aus der wirtschafts- und sozialwissenschaftlichen Theorie folgenden Entwicklungsdeterminanten werden dabei die Akkumulation der Produktionsfaktoren Kapital und Arbeit sowie der Bildungsstand, der technische Fortschritt und der erreichte Entwicklungsstand herausgearbeitet. Nachdem gezeigt wird, wie diese Größen operationalisiert werden ...

The recent Los Angeles race riots exposed the depth and persistence of the race problem in the United States and symbolized the despair and hopelessness felt in North America's cities. The key question remains: Are African-Americans making any progress towards integration into mainstream society? The Black Progress Question examines the popular responses to this issue and finds them insufficient. For too long, the analysis of black progress h...

The series CNS Neurotransmitters and Neuromodulators is destined to be the definitive reference work on the physiology and pharmacology of the central nervous system. Written by an outstanding group of international authors, chapters cover a wide range of interdisciplinary aspects of the subject. This first volume includes an in-depth examination of acetylcholine, ranging from the localization of synthetic enzymes through electrophysiology, ph...

The book then shows how Claude Chappe, a French clergyman, started the information revolution in 1794 with the design and construction of the first true telegraph network in France. Another chapter contains the first complete English translation of a remarkable document on the design of optical telegraphs networks, originally written in 1796 by the Swedish nobleman Abraham Niclas Edelcrantz.

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Another book in the "Little Books of Wisdom" series: portable, elegantly packaged inspiration from around the world -- irresistible for the impulse buyer and the serious reader alike.

Contens.- Adrenocorticotrophic Hormone.- Adrenomedullin.- Amylin.- Angiotensin I.- Angiotensin II.- Bombesin (Gastrin Releasing Peptide).- Bradykinin.- Calcitonin.- Calcitonin Gene Related Peptide.- Cholecystokinin Octapeptide.- Chorionic Gonadotrophin.- Corticotrophin Releasing Factor.- C-Peptide of Insulin.- Eledoisin.- ?-Endorphin.- Endothelin.- Enkephalin.- Follicle Stimulating Hormone.- Galanin.- Gastric Inhibitory Peptide.- Gastrin.- Glu...

Islam is a vital, growing religion in America. However, little is known about the religion except through the biased lens of media reports which brand African American Muslims as "Black Muslims" and portray their communities as places of social protest. "African "American Islam challenges these myths by contextualizing the experience and history of African American Islamic life. This is the first book to investigate the diverse African America...

Women's Right, Human Rights promises to be the most important book available on the subject of women's human rights worldwide. It includes contributions by activists, journalist, lawyers and scholars from twenty-one countries.

Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es, die distributiven und allokativen Effekte des traditionell praktizierten Verteilungsverfahrens im Hinblick auf die entsprechenden föderalstaatlichen Ziele zu analysieren. Dazu wird im Rahmen eines kontinuierlichen Modells die Verteilung von Zuweisungen analytisch bestimmt. Komparative Statistik wird auf die regulierenden Parameter angewandt. Auf Seiten der Kommunen wird nutzenmaximierendes Verhalten angenommen. Insge...

After widespread neglect over many years, the study of human sexuality has recently come to the forefront of many of the most important debates in contemporary society and culture. The contined development of feminist theory, the emergence of gay and lesbian studies, and the impact of the international AIDS pandemic have combined to focus new attention on the ways in which gender and sexuality are shaped in different social and cultural settin...

The essays in this volume focus on the problematics of the borders, the boundaries and the frameworks that structure our various and multiple notions of identity - textual, personal, collective, generic, and disciplinary.

In "Picturing Casablanca, " Susan Ossman probes the shape and texture of mass images in Casablanca, from posters, films, and videotapes to elections, staged political spectacles, and changing rituals. In a fluid style that blends ethnographic narrative, cultural reportage, and the author's firsthand experiences, Ossman sketches a radically new vision of Casablanca as a place where social practices, traditions, and structures of power are in fl...