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This is a thoroughly revised, in-depth analysis of the American presidency by a major scholar in the field. The main goal of the text is to explain how the president's ability to implement policy is circumscribed by several major factors: *the Madisonian separation of powers, *the decentralized power structure in Congress, *the number of cross-party coalitions needed to pass legislation, *a slow-moving federal bureaucracy, and *the powerful in...

Ukraine played a key role in the dissolution of the former USSR, and its continued independence will have a decisive impact upon the transformation of Russia itself into either a new empire or Western democracy. The economic crisis and mismanagement that engulfed Ukraine during 1993 through 1994 led many in the West and among Ukraine's neighbors to question the country's long-term viability as an independent state. In 1995 Ukraine has entered ...

This study discusses Ukrainian security policies and their implications for Western international policy. It makes a case for greater Western aid and political support for Ukrainian independence and territorial integrity.

My interest in microsimulation started to develop when I was exposed to the works of Guy Orcutt and his associates on microsimulation of households in the USA, and those of Gunnar Eliasson and his associates on simulatio~ of Swedish firms. Their approaches promised the exciting possibility to represent an by simulating the behaviour of individual microeconomic entire economic system units on a computer. The construction of a large scale micros...

An analysis of the impact of cultural values on the use of force and negotiations in American foreign policy."...The books hardhitting exposition of American cultural myths and prejudices and their reflection on U.S. foreign policy, plus its accesible style, should make it useful in a variety of courses -- from American Civilization to International Relations to Peace Studies -- and to laypersons attentive to public affairs". -- Seyom Brown, B...

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This volume is devoted to the "hyperbolic theory" of dynamical systems (DS), that is, the theory of smooth DS's with hyperbolic behaviour of the tra­ jectories (generally speaking, not the individual trajectories, but trajectories filling out more or less "significant" subsets in the phase space. Hyperbolicity the property that under a small displacement of any of a trajectory consists in point of it to one side of the trajectory, the change w...

Virtual reality - one of the most advanced and exciting technologies to emerge in recent decades - offers businesspeople a new way to grasp information and use it quickly and effectively. This book offers a detailed analysis of how it works, why it is valuable and where it is going.

Covering field research in over 50 companies, this text addresses practical problems and tactical issues faced by executives and managers. Topics discussed include: supply chain management, integrated order entry systems, process capability, and global strategic sourcing.