This memoir is primarily concerned with Borton's engagement with Japan as a scholar and as a U.S. foreign policy planner. Bracketed by experiences teaching at Columbia U., as well as some discussion o
The Inter-American Convention against Corruption was adopted by the Organization of American States in 1997 to fight corruption within the governments of the Western Hemisphere. Manfroni (law and poli
Designed for humanists and theists alike, this book provides concrete suggestions to help college and university professors handle a range of ethical issues related to university curriculum, as they a
Challenging much of the conventional wisdom, Miyashita (international relations, Tokyo International U.) argues that the US plays a significant role in Japanese policy regarding foreign aid. He conten
Szlachta (political science, Jagellonian U., Poland) collects representative samples of some 150 years of Polish anti-communist writing. The essays reflect the views of conservatives, Catholics, radic
What sorts of things qualify as first principles of reasoning and what kind of justification for them can be offered? We think of principles like that of non-contradiction as first principles of reaso
Elinor Ostrom and the Bloomington School of Political Economy is a comprehensive collection, in four volumes, of the most important contributions by Ostrom and her colleagues on central issues. This t
Israeli Prisoner of War Policies: From the 1949 Armistice to the 2006 Kidnappings examines the development of Israel’s policies toward prisoners of war across multiple conflicts. The book seeks to app
This study examines literary and cultural developments in the community of Harlem during its renaissance period in the 1920s. The contributors analyze the Harlem Renaissance from a number of angles by
This collection features engaging scholarly essays and creative writings that examine the meaning of race, gender, and sexual orientation as interlocking systems of oppression. It provides a meaningfu
This study of U.S. presidential campaign coverage argues that journalists often tell audiences what actions candidates should take on the campaign trail based solely on whether they’re leading or trai
Kim examines the fundamental tenets of Immanuel Kant’s theory of morality structural-methodological point of view to highlight the activities of reason vis-à-vis the blind forces of brute nature. The
The 2013 debate over whether the United States should intervene in the Syrian conflict raised important questions regarding the benefits countries receive when they intervene in civil wars, and how th
This book provides a unique summary of North Korean environmental and developmental policies. Coupling ideological and political developments with a review of practical projects within specific sector
This book conclusively demonstrates that by respecting transparency and with dogged perseverance, a nonviolent public leader can become an influential leader, even in times of the most savage repressi
This book details the intellectual and bureaucratic challenges that intelligence analysts disrupting terrorist and insurgent finances encounter. Each chapter uses analytic methods via a case study dra
