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Long regarded as a local institution, the community college has become a globalized institution. Globalization as a process finds an outlet within the community college where economic, cultural, and technological behaviors are advanced along lines consistent with and supportive of globalization.

During the 1950s, leading American scientists embarked on an unprecedented project to remake high school science education.

Emerging from the authors' work with companies such as Coca-Cola, Motorola, 3M, General Motors and Unilever, The Delta Projec t provides a unique model through which to develop strategy in the new economy.

Yet, the modern-day Armed Forces on the continent, made up of the Army, Police, Air Force and Navy, have become so politicized that many countries in Africa are today ruled or have already been ruled by military dictators through coups d'etat, occasionally for good reasons as the book points out.

New Frontiers in Middle East Security uses an interdisciplinary approach to chart a new course for national security research and policy-making in the turbulent region of the Middle East.

Weasels and Wisemen is the first major study of David Mamet's work to investigate the moral vision and cultural poetics upon which this playwright's aesthetic vision is founded.

Few books on Saudi Arabia deal with primary sources in examining internal Saudi dissent.

The stability of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia remains critical to Western security and economic interests. This crucial study focuses on generation change and identifies individuals with greatest leadership potential; examines their political, social, and religious views.

Nato Enlargement During the Cold War analyzes the historical experience surrounding Nato enlargement. Most important, however, is the conclusion that NATO expansion was never drawn solely by Cold War factors, giving insight into why NATO survived the end of the Cold War.

Mozambique and the Construction of the New African State analyzes the international inspired to rebuild this war-torn country.

Green Politics and the Culture of Consumerism uses environmental policy to demonstrate the weaknesses of rational choice theory and the strengths of discourse analysis.

The Russian Nuclear Shield from Stalin to Yeltsan makes extensive use of Soviet and Russian sources to provide the first full analysis of Moscow's ballistic missile defense policy from its origins to the most recent post-Soviet developments.

This book examines the process of Spanish integration into the European Community, from 1962, when Spain under the Franco regime applied to the European Community, to 1985, when democratic Spain became a member of the EEC.

This book examines the process by which Keynesianism, with its sympathetic view of the role of government in the economy and society, lost influence among economists and policy makers and was replaced by more negative views about government intervention and more positive views about the role of the market as a social organizer.

The essays collected here range widely over Hardy's career as both a novelist and a lyric poet.

The orderly transfer of power from the white minority to the black majority in South Africa was something of a political miracle. If Mbeki can succeed in giving his country and the African continent the necessary leadership the rewards will be tremendous both for South Africa itself and for the continent.

Immigrants, Schooling and Social Mobility confronts a central issue in the study of immigration and ethnicity of the opposition between culture and structure, and presents a collection of essays that transcend simplistic either/or approaches to this issue.

This work is the first comprehensive examination of Trotsky's writings of 1914-1917 and the context in which they were produced. Trotsky's war-time journalism is shown to be of continuing relevance to contemporary issues ranging from European unity to ethnic cleansing in the Balkans.

Adopting a comparative approach, the book examines the evolution of nationality law across the European Union since WWI.

Democracy, Authoritarianism and Education reviews the most recently published empirical research findings on these subjects as well as results from a survey of the attitudes of 10,000 college and university students in 44 counteries towards authority, democracy, nationalism, militarism, internationalism and educational policy choices.

This book examines a range of important conceptual, ethical, social and religious issues arising from mental handicap. It attacks both the contemporary philosophical attempts to dismiss the personhood of mentally handicapped people and the genocidal policies which those attempts suggest.

This book examines the effects of alcohol on gender relations in traditional Europe, focussing on England, France, and Italy in the late medieval and early modern periods, roughly 1300 to 1700.

After considering various options and models especially from Spain, South Africa, and the Netherlands, this book charts a path for reform that takes account of Northern Ireland's political realities and will help build trust and inclusions.

Security experts from North Africa, Europe, and the US discuss the experience with confidence building measures in the CSCE/OSCE for the Mediterranean.

This is the first study of the relevance and applicability of international relations theory to the contemporary global push for the spread of liberal democracy. Contributors discuss the theory and practice of the push for the internationalization of liberal democracy and outline an alternative research program for future work.

The Return to Europe examines the ability of the Central and South-east European economies to withstand competitive pressures on entry to the EU.

The contributions of leading Kantian and Kierkegaardian scholars to this collection break down to the simplistic contrast in which Kant is seen as the advocate of a rational moral theology and Kierkegaard as the advocate of an irrationalist faith. This collection is an ideal text for discussion of central issues.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning: Interviews and Recollections gathers accounts of the two poets from her precocious childhood to his death in Venice.

As the Cold War faded, Ambassador Hank Cohen, President George Bush's Assistant Secretary of State for Africa, engaged in aggressive diplomatic intervention in Africa's civil wars.