<p>  Reflecting post-Cold War America's shift in emphasis from foreign policy to domestic politics, these authors provide a lively, up-to-date exploration of the most crucial issues that are likely to face the country at the dawn of the 21st century.  They employ a political economy approach throughout the text, examining each issue from the perspectives of historical background; U.S. interests, challenges and constraints; policy options; and recommendations for the 21st century. </p>

America in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities in Domestic Politics

History

Rai, Kul B.

Walsh, David F.

Best, Paul J.

Americas

Pearson

<p>  Designed to be challenging but truly accessible, this book offers a carefully integrated, global approach to American foreign policy. It explores U.S. vital interests in seven major regions of the world, explains how American foreign policy was formulated in the past, and considers what the policy is likely to be in the changed international system of the 21st century.  The major processes at work in the contemporary international system, the context in which American foreign policy is being made is explored in the book. This book begins with a comprehensive, systematic review of the major political, social, and economic changes at the international level in the past 15-20 years and the impact of these changes in the major regions of the world. The global economy and post-Cold War political changes are emphasized. U.S. involvement in the Cold War from a regional perspective is reviewed. A regional approach that emphasizes America's vital interests in Western Europe, Central/East Europe and Eurasia, East and Northeast Asia, China and Japan, South Asia,Latin America, Middle East, Africa. All terms are clearly definec. </p>

America in the Twenty-First Century: Challenges and Opportunities in Foreign Policy

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Affirmative Action and the University is the only full-length study to examine the impact of affirmative action on all higher education hiring practices. Drawing on data provided by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics, the authors summarize, track, and evaluate changes in the gender and ethnic makeup of academic and nonacademic employees at private and public colleges and universities from the late 1970s through the mid-1990s. Separate chapters assess changes in employment opportunities for white women, blacks, Asians, Hispanics, and Native Americans. The authors look at the extent to which a two-tier employment system exists. In such a system minorities and women are more likely to make their greatest gains in non-elite positions rather than in faculty and administrative positions. The authors also examine differences in hiring practices between public and private colleges and universities.

Affirmative Action and the University: Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in Higher Education Employment

Education & Teaching

Critzer, John W.

Higher & Continuing Education

University Of Nebraska Press

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