The Chilean Political Process (Thematic Studies in Latin America Series) (English and Spanish Edition)

Politics & Social Sciences

Garretón, Manuel Antonio

Politics & Government

Westview Pr

Namibia, formerly South West Africa, is a vast, sparsely populated country the size of France. The last African colony to achieve independence, it represents a watershed in the African political experience. Namibia faces formidable political and economic challenges; constraints to growth and development include a lack of skilled workers, a low capital formation base, small internal markets, poor prospects for import substitution, and a potentially uneasy relationship with South Africa, its economically powerful neighbor to the south. Nevertheless, Namibia has some of the world's largest deposits of yellow cake uranium and diamonds. Its location could prove attractive for mineral exports to the North American and Western European markets.This introduction to Namibia surveys the contemporary trends in the country's political, social, and economic development. The authors examine the lessons Namibia--which had over a decade to plan for independence--has learned from the experience of its neighbors concerning the workings of the international economic system and the subtleties of relations with South Africa. They conclude that the independent government--led by the South West Africa People's Organization--must find a pragmatic path to develop an economy with the potential to be one of southern Africa's strongest.

Namibia: The Nation After Independence (Profiles. Nations of Contemporary Africa)

History

Green, December

Sparks, Donald L.

Africa

A study by a team of researchers at the Jaffee Centre for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University. It assesses the strategic ramifications for Israel of military, political, economic and social aspects of the Gulf War, and concludes with a set of policy recommendations for Israel.

War in the Gulf: Implications for Israel: Report of a Jaffee Center Study Group (JCSS Study)

Alpher, Joseph

Middle East

<p>Examines the interaction of ideology, profits, and power, and their combined effect upon technology policy in democracies.</p>

Technical Fouls: Democracy and Technological Change (Interventions: Theory & Contemporary Politics)

Jacobsen, John Kurt

The Media Enthralled: Singapore Revisited (International Communication and Popular Culture.)

Seow, Francis T.

Social Sciences

Assessing Democracy in Latin America: A Tribute to Russell H. Fitzgibbon

Improving International Irrigation Management With Farmer Participation: Getting The Process Right (WESTVIEW STUDIES IN WATER POLICY AND MANAGEMENT)

Science & Math

Uphoff, Norman

Earth Sciences

Rural Women and State Policy: Feminist Perspectives on Latin American Agricultural Development (Series in Political Economy and Economic Development)

Deere, Carmen Diana

In this book, Dr Gleason argues that agents for nationalist ferment in the USSR can be found within the Soviet institutions themselves. Gleason's account of the history, institutions, principles, and values of Soviet federalism offers insight into the fate of Gorbachev's formula for a "strong center and strong republics".

Federalism And Nationalism: The Struggle For Republican Rights In The USSR (Westview Special Studies on the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe)

Gregory Gleason

Americas

Soviet Update, 1989-1990

<p>Acknowledging the futility of writing books about the Soviet Union when the daily news is hard put to keep up with the changes, begins a biennial series summarizing political, economic, social, and ethnic events in the period covered. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.</p>

Jones, Anthony

Powell, David E.

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