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This is an edited volume that examines the US-Japan security alliance, the key to US-Japanese relations since the end of US occupation in the 50s. The alliance has long been a source of both co-operation and stress between the two nations, but with rapid changes in Asia, it has grown more problematic. This book brings American and Japanese specialists together to examine the alliance within the wider regional environment and to determine wheth...

From the author of "What the CEO Wants You to Know" comes essential reading for everyone who must make decisions that affect the long-term health and prosperity of a business.

A fictional play inspired by true events that occurred in a south western NSW town. A group of kids battle with their local council to get a skatepark built in their home town of Narragindi. In the midst of this struggle they are forced to deal with the sudden death of one of their friends. Ultimately, after being galvanised into making one last effort, they meet with success. The skatepark is built and the local youth find a renewed sense of ...

This is an edited volume that examines the US-Japan security alliance, the key to US-Japanese relations since the end of US occupation in the 50s. The alliance has long been a source of both co-operation and stress between the two nations, but with rapid changes in Asia, it has grown more problematic. This book brings American and Japanese specialists together to examine the alliance within the wider regional environment and to determine wheth...

Price theory has provided solutions to myriad problems affecting society without invoking any precepts beyond those encapsulated in the standard economic postulate. Fiscal theory, meanwhile, has been closely attentive to the political, sociological and historical circumstances that bear upon the fiscal act. This methodological duality has resulted in the development of fiscal theory in line with the political culture espoused by its originator...

A long list of countries - labelled outcasts, pariahs and rogues - have failed to meet international standards of good conduct. In the Cold War years Rhodesia, Israel, Chile, Taiwan and South Africa, among others, featured among the ranks of the disreputable. In modern world politics, the serious sinners not only include states: terrorists, rebels, criminals and mercenaries also participate in the great game of who gets what, when and how. Hig...

In den westlichen Staaten gibt es einen Diskussionsbedarf über den weiteren Weg von Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft angesichts der durch die Globalisierung zunehmenden ökonomischen Konkurrenz und des Wandels von einer Industrie- zu einer Informationsgesellschaft. In den Debatten über die zukünftige sozioökonomische Entwicklung wird das alte Schlagwort des Dritten Weges (zwischen Kapitalismus und Sozialismus) aufgebracht. Es läßt sich ein Tradition...

Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit werden die Möglichkeiten und Grenzen einer Übersetzungskritik für Lyrikübersetzungen erörtert. Die Grundlage hierfür bilden Theorien der allgemeinen Sprach- und Übersetzungswissenschaft. Von ihnen ausgehend wird das Übersetzungsziel speziell des Lyrikübersetzens abgeleitet. Gegenstand der praktisch durchgeführten Übersetzungskritik mit integriertem Übersetzungsvergleich ist das Gedicht Iva von Anna Achmatova. Durch die ...

Flüge durch die Nacht und Verwandlungen in Tiere: Immer wieder erzählen Hexen und Werwölfe ihren Verfolgern von solchen Erlebnissen, bei denen sie die Grenzen zu einer anderen Wirklichkeit überschreiten. Es sind Berichte, die das Motiv einer Reise in die Welt der Toten preiszugeben scheinen. Die Autorin hat diese Elemente des Hexenstereotyps aus Prozeßakten des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts herausgelöst und mit vorchristlichen Glaubensvorstellungen...

Since the 1920s, Art Deco, or "The Modern Style, " has delighted people with its innovative use of materials and designs that capture the spirit of optimism to create the style of the future. Although the Detroit metro area is primarily known as an industrial region, it boasts some of the finest examples of Art Deco in the country. Art Deco in Detroit explores the wide-ranging variety of these architectural marvels, from world-famous structure...

Before settlers first arrived in the 1800s, Clinton County rested full of promise along the western edge of the Mississippi River. In the years that have passed, it has become an area of great commercial, agricultural, and industrial accomplishments. From the initial settlement of Lyons, DeWitt, and Camanche, where axe and oxen were prevalent on the scene, to the modern communities that are now home to astronauts and artisans, this book illust...

Nationalism in Europe is often studied in historical, sociological and philosophical ways. The constitutional and electoral dimensions have been comparatively neglected, yet these are very necessary to an understanding of what nationalism means in contemporary Europe. Focusing on electoral support for nationalist parties and for nationalist demands, James G. Kellas provides a detailed and up-to-date survey of nationalist politics in practice.

When does the U.S. support partition of a warring or failing state? Why has the U.S. supported partition for some secessionists, or irredentists, but not for others? Is it a policy of last resort or are there certain variables that are strong determinants of this position right from the start? This book seeks to answer these questions by examining U.S. policy toward secessionist movements in three countries during the first decade following th...

Blending a flair for textual nuance with theoretical engagement, Theaters of Desire not only contributes to our understanding of the most influential form of early Chinese song-drama in local and international cultural contexts, but adds a Chinese perspective to the scholarship on print culture, authorship, and the regulatory discourses of desire. The book argues that, particularly between 1550 and 1680, Chinese elite editors rewrote and print...

This study demonstrates that Syria's role in the Middle East has been, since 1974, an unabated terrorist war against all attempts to resolve peacefully the Arab-Israeli conflict. Marius Deeb provides evidence that Syria's role in Lebanon, since 1975, has been to perpetuate the conflict among the various Lebanese communities in order to keep its domination of Lebanon.

Whether discussing hexaflexagons or number theory, Klein bottles or the essence of "nothing, " Martin Gardner has single-handedly created the field of "recreational mathematics." The Colossal Book of Mathematics collects together Gardner's most popular pieces from his legendary "Mathematical Games" column, which ran in Scientific American for twenty-five years. Gardner's array of absorbing puzzles and mind-twisting paradoxes opens mathematics ...

This is the classic relationship book that started them all, now available in paperback. It informs women of the warning signs of commitmentphobia, and explains how to avoid heartbreak.

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