Iver B. Neumann 
At Home with the Diplomats 
Inside a European Foreign Ministry

This collection examines the difficult task of reforming governments worldwide to meet citizens needs and aspirations. It advances constructive efforts to enhance public accountability while …

First published in 1950, A Commentary on the Charter of the United Nations presents a collection of documentary material detailing various aspects of the UN Charter. It discusses themes like the …

Many jurisdictions in Asia have vested their courts with the power of constitutional review. Traditionally, these courts would invalidate an impugned law to the extent of its inconsistency with the c …

In this book, the author defines, measures, and explains the phenomenon of capital flight from developing countries. She attempts to incorporate the causes of capital flight in the measurement …

This book addresses the question of how political capacity of the government of a developing country affects its ability to implement structural adjustments in its economy in response to external …

From the ‘telerhetoric’ of 30-second ‘sound bites’ that deliver campaign slogans to the legal rhetoric that shapes our notions of social roles and values, or the official rhetoric of bureaucracies …

In addition to its efforts to provide the best in nuclear weapons technology, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has devoted much attention to the question of how to provide effective control …

In this case study of the Sino-Indian conflict between 1959 and 1962, the author explores the attitudes that shaped India”s policy toward China and traces the network of misunderstandings that led …

This volume focuses on the changing role of Congress with respect to various arms control issues-SALT, nonproliferation, arms sales, weapons procurement-and discusses such topical subjects as the …