Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design 
Fostering Industry-Initiated Environmental Protection Efforts [PDF ebook] 

Inquiries into the relationship between security and human rights are of very recent vintage. They have long been hampered by political scientists” predilection for political ‘realism.’ From that pe …

This study evaluates, from a neo-Malthusian perspective, Japan”s current status and its prognosis in the context of the country”s economic vulnerabilities. Drawing on the theoretical contributions …

This book examines the impact of current and emerging digital technologies on global environmental governance, and in particular on environmental civil society organizations. Technological innovati …

The growth of world trade has been stagnant in recent times; trade liberalisation now has been challenged. The recent rise of anti-globalisation calls for a better integration in East Asia. How shoul …

This book shows how the insurance industry and the medical industrial complex are the major influences in the health policy of the United States. They, and not the people, are those who determine the …

While all instances of insurgency have elements in common, the circumstances that precipitate them and the forms they take vary immensely. The editors of this book synthesize the literature on …

This book reexamines the U.S. trade policy, discussing challenges that prompted the Committee for Economic Development to construct a modern framework and reaffirm its support of the multilateral …

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 …

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 …

Combining a journalist”s view of major trials with a political-legal analysis, this text gives a picture of the politics of justice in Russia. Coverage of major court cases ranges from the 1961 …