The Political Economy of the Arms Race

The Political Economy of the Arms Race
Author: R.T. Maddock
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 251
Release: 1990-06-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1349098426

Written by the author of "The Political Economy of Soviet Defence Spending" and co-author of "The Growth of the British Economy", this book looks at the international dimension, the American and the Soviet defence economy, the NATO alliance, the Warsaw Pact and the international arms trade.

Soviet Urbanization

Soviet Urbanization
Author: Olga Medvedkov
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2017-10-30
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1351214004

Originally published in 1990, Soviet Urbanization provides an assessment of Soviet urban systems. Drawing on her personal experiences at the Soviet Academy of Sciences and bringing with her much material otherwise unavailable in the West, the author analyses the structure of the Soviet urban network and its future development under the constraints of central planning. The author concludes that the danger to Soviet urbanization programme lies in the gap between central planning on the one hand and actual spatial change on the other. This book will appeal to students and academics working in the disciplines of geography, urban studies and planning.

The Politics of Trade Pressure

The Politics of Trade Pressure
Author: Mohammed Ishaq
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2019-07-23
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 042980816X

First published in 1999, this volume examines Soviet-American relations with a specific emphasis on the American use of trade pressure in comparison with Soviet involvement in regional conflicts, in contrast to a broader East-West dichotomous analysis. Mohammed Ishaq addresses the history of the political and economic partnership, followed by the questions of non-strategic trade, strategic trade, Soviet policy on human rights and Soviet involvement in the Third World and regional conflicts. In doing so, Ishaq recognises the use of trade pressure as economic statecraft in foreign policy in a reassessment of its effectiveness.

Soviet Policy in Eastern Europe

Soviet Policy in Eastern Europe
Author: Sarah Meiklejohn Terry
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 396
Release: 1984-01-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780300031317

A comprehensive look at both the diversity of Eastern Europe and the multiplicity of Soviet concerns in the region.

Visions of Culture

Visions of Culture
Author: Jerry D. Moore
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 528
Release: 2018-11-05
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1442270586

Visions of Culture: A Reader, Second Edition, has been revised and expanded with new selections and is coordinated for use with Visions of Culture: An Introduction to Anthropological Theories and Theorists, Fifth Edition. Each selection is prefaced with a brief introduction about the anthropologist and the text. Each primary text is followed by a section titled “Queries and Connections,” a series of questions designed to help students focus on the central issues in each text and to relate them to other readings. NEW TO THIS EDITION Part VII: Neo-Darwinian Evolutionary Theories 25: Leda Cosmides and John Toobey, from The Evolutionary Primer 26: Eric Alden Smith, from Why Do Good Hunters Have Higher Reproductive Success? 27. Robert Boyd and Peter Richerson, from “Introduction”from The Origin and Evolution of Culture Part VIII—The Ontological Turn 28: Philippe Descola, from Beyond Nature and Culture 29: Tim Ingold, from Anthropology beyond Humanity 30: Bruno Latour, from “Introduction”from Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory