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Commons opened Institutional Economics by declaring: ”My point of view is based on my participation in collective activities, from which I here derive a theory of the part played by collective …

Through a discourse analysis of Japanese parliamentary debates, this book explores how different understandings of Japan’s history have led to sharply divergent security policies in the postwar perio …

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 …

Addressing the problem of reconciling China’s voting record in the UN on human rights and repressive policy at home, this book argues that domestic factors determine the way the Chinese government ac …

The political dimension of arms control has always had special significance for the Federal Republic of Germany, not only because of the issue of a divided Germany and a partitioned Europe but also …

What is the cause of the American steel industry”s deplorable situation today? Troubled in many areas—competition from imports, technology implementation, cost and utilization of raw materials, …

Uniting theoretical bases and advancements in practice, the Routledge Handbook of Policy Design brings together leading experts in the academic field of policy design in a pioneering effort of schola …

This book argues that the way in which we use the concept of ‘state’ in many African countries must involve a deeper engagement of the complex workings of state–society relations, rather than a maste …

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 …