Environmental groups for the first time formalized their role in shaping US and international trade policy during their involvement in NAFTA negotiations. Examining the role that environmental politics play in trade policy, this volume offers fresh insights into the political effectiveness of environmental organizations.
This book explores the ''reinventing of gover nment'' in terms of the devloution, privatization and disman tling of state functions and the distribution of power and r esources over a diverse map of regional and political cultur es. '
Diversity and Similarity Across Europe and the United States
This volume explores the experience of nine Western European nations and the United States in this area of criminal justice policy and practice. It highlights diversities and similarities found in law enforcement priorities, punishment philosophy and practices, and media coverage. The authors also incorporate discourse on political, scholarly and ......
This wide-ranging study offers a unique perspective to examine the conditions, constraints, and concerns of city government during the first half of the nineteenth century. Decisions concerning wastewater disposal in New York City reflect nineteenth-century notions of disease, the environment, and city responsibility. As new theories of disease ......
Midgley gives a comprehensive account of wor ld social conditions and social welfare institutions. He als o looks issues of social work practice, social developments, and the activities of international agencies and their coll aborative efforts. '
Describes how to set up the matrix, fill in cells and combine criteria, and use it as an aid for decision making. This title provides a basis for graduate education in public policy analysis and can also serve as a text in planning, evaluation research, or public administration.
Midgley gives a comprehensive account of wor ld social conditions and social welfare institutions. He als o looks issues of social work practice, social developments, and the activities of international agencies and their coll aborative efforts. '
An examination of school prayer that brings together the experiences of parents and children involved in contesting public school sanctioned prayer and Bible reading. This work explores the way in which terms like "non-preferentialism", "toleration" and "accommodation" are being used to hide violations of the First Amendment.
Alternative Economic Development and Urban Regimes
In this book, David L Imbroscio urges that urban political economy must move forward beyond the question of `what is?' to a consideration of `what might be'. He systematically poses the possibilities for reconstructing the nature of contemporary city politics, while integrating a wealth of innovative urban analysis. The author explores three ......
