When faced with the rapid and disorienting transition from communism to democracy, many eastern European leaders sought simple, immediately rewarding answers to complex policy problems. Undoubtedly, t
HCCI/CAI has emerged as one of the most promising engine technologies with the potential to combine fuel efficiency and improved emissions performance. Despite the considerable advantages, its operati
Stephenson (Asia Institute, U. of Melbourne, Australia) examines the cultural history of the triangular relations between Australian Aborigines, Asian Australians, and white Australians. Drawing on th
Using Honduras as a case study, Jeffrey T. Jackson illuminates the processes by which wealthy western countries target countries in Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East for political econo
This book presents a wide range of perspectives on the role of national parliaments in EU politics and policy-making. Many accounts of the role of national parliaments portray them as passive victims
Series: Critical Perspectives on the World EconomyWhat is a narrative? What is narrative fiction? How does it differ from other kinds of narrative? What featuers turn a discourse into a narrative text
Just as trade, finance, information, and technologies are moving rapidly across borders, so too have labor markets and transnational migrant communities. Migrants are sending large quantities of money
One of the most recent neo-liberal projects, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), is an example of how the term free trade can bear distinct and contradictory meanings. Examining and clari
Charts, maps, instructional text, and hundreds of full-color, step-by-step photographs demonstrate the principles of outdoor survival, in an updated manual, sanctioned by the Boy Scouts of America, th
***This book is a winner of the British Medical Association's 2007 annual Medical Book Competition. Highly commended in the Obstetrics and Gynaecology category***This manual is intended to be a practi
By examining in detail the military-industrial policies of India, Israel, and Iraq - three of the most powerful regional powers in the Cold War and post-Cold War eras - this book re-addresses the issu
With their Gotham headquarters destroyed, Black Canary, Oracle, Huntress, and Lady Blackhawk travel to Metropolis and beyond, searching for metahuman vigilantes who have gone too far in their search f
Selling products used to be the standard way of doing business. Traditionally, it is left to the user to transform the purchase of a product into something that fulfils effectively a final-user need.
