Political science and theory

This Report contains a Consensus Report and the papers submitted to the April 6 -10, 1995 NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Strategic Stability In The Post-Cold War World And The Future Of Nuclear Disarmament, held in Washington D.

Stephen Martin* The fourteen essays that constitute this work provide a coherent review of the past and present of the European Community, and consider some of its possible futures.

Government and Markets is the first book to tackle systematically and in a multidisciplinary fashion the role of democratic governments during and after the transition from plan to market.

Questions concerning the notion of quality of life, its definition, and its ap- plications for purposes of assessment and measurement in social and medical contexts, have been widely discussed in Scandinavia during the last ten years.

As the reader of this book probably already knows, I have devoted a great deal of time to the topic which is, rather unfortunately, named rent seeking.

My first serious thought about a scientific approach to politics was in Communist China.

The collection of essays presented in this volume grew out of a series of lec- tures given at the University of North Carolina during the academic year 1976-1977.

This study is an attempt to chronicle and analyse the attitudes of the New York press in connection with the events of the period from 1914 to 1917 relating to American neutrality.

The growing interest in the history of Indonesia has made it desirable to have an English summary of the principal works of the Dutch historian Dr H.

This book is intended as a contribution to the study of the relation of political ideas and governmental policies.

This monograph is primarily addressed to the problem of avoidance, noncompliance or defiance of obligations related to international organiza- tions by members and nonmembers.

It was in the early summer of 1906 that Violet Bonham Carter first met Winston Churchill: an encounter which left an "e;indelible im- pression"e; upon her.

On November 15, 1959, an extraordinary conference of the German Social Democratic Party adopted a new program, one which departed abruptly from the party's ninety-year tradition.

So many books, monographs and articles have been written around the "e;Roman Question"e; that a word of explanation or even of apology for the present study may be called for.

lowe the present book to the encouragement and guidance of my friends, for which I am moSll: indebted to them.

This book is prepared primarily for students who are interested in studying the constitutional development and government structure of twentieth-century China.

The "e;July Revolution"e; of 1830 in France overthrew the King, brought down the Bourbon dynasty, and ended the fifteen-year era known as the Restoration.

Austria was the first victim of Hitler's policy of aggression.

The system of the pacific settlement of disputes contained in the United Nations Charter - confirmed in 1970 in the Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Co-operation among States - is based on agreement between the parties on both the method to be applied and the acceptance of its results.

Mter an international organization is established, if it is necessary for it to acquire certain rights or assume duties or new functions not provided in its constitution, there are four techniques to achieve that 1 end.

The special diplomatic agent has played in the history of American foreign policy an important and, it is safe to say, unique role.

Much of the legal system existing among the members of the society of nations has its origin in treaties and agreements.

Where there has been fighting or the threat of fighting since the end of the Second World War, the United Nations has ahnost al- ways been involved.

Professor Erik Thorbecke's study, here published, continues the empirical work undertaken by Folke Hilgerdt for the League of Nations.

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Few modern events have aroused more controversy than the Spanish Civil War.

The present book constitutes an attempt to contribute to the study of the intellectual roots of modem totalitarianism.

This is a study of the Military Government of Cuba from 1898 to 1902.

"e;Let them come forward, they are thirsty for the sight of a King,"e; said Henri IV to his followers who were trying to push back the curious crowds as he entered Paris in February, I594.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

Although in the past few years occasional brief monographs on se- lected aspects of the Communist movement in some parts of the Singapore-Malaysian area have been published, a comprehensive booklength study has not appeared thus far.

The current conflict which threatens the very existence of the inter- national communist movement as a single coherent entity must be looked for in the roots of Marxian philosophy.

A proper examination of the world political situation makes it necessary to consider the fact of the increasing importance of Commu- nist China in world affairs.

A mbassador at Large: Diplomat Extraordinary is a welcome contri- bution to the literature on contemporary diplomacy, and is especially relevant to the conduct of United States foreign relations.

Crime does not pay, and politics by assassination pays even less.

Students of government and social power recognize that wherever governmental systems embrace popular elections, the functions and mechanisms of political finance constitute inevitable links of influence between economic structures and political processes.

In his former work, Burma in the Family oj Nations, Dr.

This is an attempt to study and interpret the Constitution of the Union of Burma which has now passed its tenth year.

In a world still divided into sovereign states and possessed of no institutions for comprehensive centralised regulation of transnational interests and activities, treaties are steadily increasing in number and importance as an imperfect but indispensable substitute for such regulation.

In international law the authority of the writers has been great and the Statute of the International Court of Justice still takes cognizance of them as subsidiary sources.