David R. Phillips 
Ageing in the Asia-Pacific Region [PDF ebook] 
Issues, Policies and Future Trends

In few places, contends Professor Arango, do illusions obscure reality as they do in Spain. The Spaniard as well as the foreigner has believed and sustained the myths; the scholar as well as the …

The Caribbean area projects an image—not entirely accurate—of instability, and it is within that context that the United States and Cuba, the region”s chief protagonists, struggle. This book …

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 …

This book looks at the rationale behind the Belt and Road Initiative by China, and attempts to explain the motivation from economical and historical perspectives. The book also compares trade governa …

This volume focuses on the role of privatization strategies, contrasting the outcomes of the voucher plans with outright sale of state assets (including to foreign investors). The author considers …

This study explores the difficulties of translating presidential policy initiatives into ground-level policy implementation by the permanent government. Drawing on organization theory, it focuses on …

Interviews with ten former chairmen of the Council of Economic Advisers–from the Truman to the Carter administrations–are gathered in this book to examine the relationship between economic advisers …

The aim of this book is simple. It seeks to describe the main features of the internal life and functioning of a communist party. It reflects both the results of a historian”s research and the long …

This book presents essays on recently concluded diplomatic negotiations both by practitioners involved in the action and by scholars who have combined research with detailed discussions with the …

Providing a comprehensive and authoritative analyses of the impact of the Eurozone crisis on the European social dimension since 2010 – understood as the European Union’s (EU) competence in employmen …