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  1. Guide to the Presidency

    By Michael Nelson

    The Guide to the Presidency is an extensive study of the most important office of the U.S. political system. Its two volumes describe the history, workings and people involved in this office from Washington to Clinton.The thirty-seven chapters of the Guide, arranged into seven distinct subject...

    Published March 5th 1997 by Routledge

  2. Democracy and North America

    Edited by Alan Ware

    The contributions here consider a number of themes and issues which account for the successful democratization of the United States and Canada and offer an analysis of the reasons for the absence of democratization in Mexico....

    Published May 30th 1996 by Routledge

  3. Third World in the First

    Development and Indigenous Peoples

    By Elspeth Young

    European colonisation has marginalised the `first peoples' in industrialised countries such as Australia and Canada. In remote regions, still the homes of large Aboriginal, Indian and Inuit populations, this legacy remains strong.Modernisation - the `boom and bust' model of state and private...

    Published December 14th 1994 by Routledge

  4. Swedish Economic Thought

    Explorations and Advances

    Edited by Lars Jonung

    The impact of Swedish economists on the development of modern economic analysis has been profound. This volume contains twelve essays dealing with various aspects of the development of economics and economic thought from the mid 18th century to the middle of the 20th century. Most of the essays...

    Published March 31st 1993 by Routledge

  5. Pressure Through Law

    By Carol Harlow, Richard Rawlings

    Group litigation has been recognised by political scientists in the States as a useful method of gaining ground and attracting publicity for pressure groups since the turn of the century. In Britain however, recognition that the courts fill such a role has come more slowly. Despite this lack of...

    Published October 28th 1992 by Routledge

  6. The Political Economy of Military Spending in the United States

    Edited by Alex Mintz

    This is a timely collection of essays utilizing the political economy approach to military spending, primarily by the United States. The articles deal specifically with the relationships between defense spending and: (a) political-business cycles, public opinion and the US-Soviet relationship; (b)...

    Published August 5th 1992 by Routledge

  7. The United States and Multilateral Institutions

    Patterns of Changing Instrumentality and Influence

    Edited by Margaret P. Karns, Karen A. Mingst

    World politics in the post-Cold War world has become increasingly institutionalized. However, the role of international organizations has been overlooked in much of the literature on international regimes. Now in paperback, The United States and Multilateral Institutions examines United States...

    Published July 1st 1992 by Routledge

  8. A History of Canadian Economic Thought

    By Robin Neill

    Series: The Routledge History of Economic Thought

    In A History of Canadian Economic Thought, Robin Neill relates the evolution of economic theory in Canada to the particular geographical and political features of the country. Whilst there were distinctively Canadian economic discourses in nineteenth-century Ontario and early twentieth-century...

    Published June 5th 1991 by Routledge

  9. Landlord and Tenant

    Housing the Poor in Urban Mexico

    By Alan Gilbert, Ann Varley

    This ground-breaking work employs survey data and in-depth interviews to compile a detailed picture of landlords and tenants in developing countries. Focusing on Mexico the authors examine the state's housing policy, with its clear bias towards increasing home ownership, and explores the...

    Published March 6th 1991 by Routledge