A study of the basic tenets and ideologies behind America's policy towards Latin America during the Reagan-Bush administrations. Wiarda's insider account of this era serves as a link between the scholarly and policy-making communities. He supplements his analysis with various case studies.
Analyzes the US government's efforts to combat the objectionable trading practices of other countries, arguing that some US regulatory activity has acquired a political momentum of its own, in part because it offers policymakers the ends and means to aid constituents at relatively little risk.
With governments facing large deficits and slowly growing revenues, and public distrust in the efficiency of government and elected officials at all-time highs, the authors of this volume ask, "What can government do for you?" This book brings together a prominent group of experts to answer this critical question.
Should America Adopt the Gun Controls of Other Democracies?
Gun control is one of the hottest topics on America's agenda. This title offers a look at how other democracies have attempted to solve their own gun problems, and what we can learn from these countries.
A former Yugoslav ambassador to the UN describes the Croatian fascists' program against the Serbs and Vatican complicity in the "final solution" to the Serbian orthodox heresy. Speaks to the fury of today's hatreds. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
As Congress debates the reauthorization of the basic federal student aid legislation, and as governors and state legislators cope with increasingly severe budgetary problems of their own, the issues of preserving college opportunity and sharing the burden of college costs are particularly critical and timely.
In the US he goals of controlling spiraling health care costs and extending insurance coverage or even maintaining current insurance coverage seem to be in conflict. But progress can be made on both goals if they are tacked together. Henry Aaron evaluates these critical issues and explores how adequate care can be provided without fueling ......
Economic Policymaking in Japan and the United States
While much has been written about economic competition between the United States and Japan, it is easy to lose sight of the fact that their relationship is founded essentially on each sides' domestic political concerns.