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MANY AFRICAN, PACIFIC AND ASIAN COUNTRIES HAVE DEVELOPED STRONGER AND STRONGER GOVERNMENT CONTROL OVER THEIR MONOPOLY ELECTRONIC MEDIA, EVEN THOUGH THEIR PRESS, IN MANY CASES, IS VERY FREE. THIS ARTICLE LOOKS AT HE CASE SOME COUNTRIES MAKE IN DEFENSE OF SUCH ARRANGEMENTS. NOT ONLY IS THE MONOPOLY BROADCASTER HELPFUL IN NATION-BUILDING: THEIR WORK MAY BRING IN INCOME TOO--WHICH WOULD BE QUICKLY LOST TO THE COMMERCIAL SECTOR IF THERE WERE DEREGULATION. THE ARTICLE ARGUES THAT IF THE LACK OF A FULL AND DIVERSE MEDIA IN MANY PARTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH WERE TAKEN UP AS VIGOROUSLY AS THE ISSUE OF EVILS OF APARTHEID WAS TAKEN UP, THEN DIPLOMATIC AND OTHER PRESSURES COULD AFFECT THE SITUATION IN THOSE PARTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH TO WHICH THE DARK AGES HAVE NOW RETURNED.

Originally published in 1981, Trade Unions in the Developed Economies is a collection of studies on the growth, structure and policies of trade unions in 7 developed economies. The early growth of trade unions has been summarised so that a post-Second World War analysis could be undertaken. The section on growth contains an examination of the extent to which conflict between the parties has either increased or decreased. All developments are viewed against a backcloth of general economic developments and the statistical data deal with trends rather than particular developments at any one point. The section on structure analyses how changes in the structure of the labour force have been reflected by changes in the structure of trade unions. Inter-union relations are examined in this and other contexts. The policy section examines the main bargaining issues and the methods employed to achieve these goals.

Halftitle Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Abbreviations -- Historiography -- 1. Perspectives on the Early Republic -- 2. NATO and the United States: An Essay in Kaplanesque History -- Keynote -- 3. Diplomacy without Armaments, 1945-1950 -- Articles -- 4. "Answering the Call": The First Inaugural Addresses of Thomas Jefferson and William Jefferson Clinton -- 5. Internationalism and the Republican Era -- 6. Public History Serves the Nation: The Historical Service Board, 1943-1945 -- 7. The African Sojourn of the Council of Foreign Ministers: Transnational Planning and Anglo-American Diplomacy, 1945-1948 -- 8. Beyond the Water's Edge: Liberal Internationalist and Pacifist Opposition to NATO -- 9. Republican Party Politics, Foreign Policy, and the Election of 1952 -- 10. Confronting Cold War Neutralism: The Eisenhower Administration and Finland, A Case Study -- 11. The Unwanted Alliance: Portugal and the United States -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations -- Contributors -- Index

Germany is clearly the dominant economic force in Europe. It occupies the pivotal position of being at the centre of both the EC and of attempts to rebuild the economies of East Central Europe. The German Economy traces the various aspects of German policy and growth, concentrating in particular on the last two decades. These include: the German economy in perspectivethe regional dimensionfiscal policymonetary policysocial policythe labour marketbanking and financeindustry, trade and economic policy.In The German Economy Eric Owen Smith has produced the only comprehensive account of the contem

Includes bibliographical references. ; 2020 Summer. ; Anthropogenic climate change presents a threat on a scale unlike any other faced by human civilizations. Accordingly, extensive research has engaged with questions about which types of characteristics and under which conditions make it more or less likely for a person to be concerned about climate change, engage in actions aimed at fighting climate change, and support climate change relevant policies. Of this prior research, political factors and human values have emerged as key predictors. Values and political factors are deeply related constructs, and do not operate in isolation of each other. But, as of yet, little is known about how these factors interrelate to affect differences in climate change attitudes and behaviors. Further, contextual factors, such as political structures, affluence, and prior histories, have been linked to climate change attitudes and behaviors. Recent findings have noted stark differences between key predictors in Western European and post-communist transition states, such as those between political factors and human values. But, it is unclear in which ways these contextual differences systematically differentiate the patterning of climate change attitudes and behaviors. Accordingly, this dissertation engages theoretically and empirically with the issues of how human values and political factors interrelate to determine climate change attitudes and behaviors, and how these forces diverge based upon the Western European and transition state settings. Overall, when values and politics are in alignment, these forces affect an amplification of climate change attitudes and behaviors, a finding consistent in both settings. But, the role of human values and political factors substantively differs between these state groupings, as well as across different forms of climate change attitudes and behaviors.

The creation of the Peace Corps is usually associated with President John F. Kennedy. However, before Kennedy articulated his vision of a "peace corps," Senator Hubert Humphrey and Congressman Henry Reuss sought the establishment of such an organization. Humphrey and Reuss grew interested in the idea as they observed the work of voluntary organizations, created by religious groups, that sent young people into the world to carry out humanitarian projects. Working on a people‐to‐people basis, often in isolated locations in developing nations, these groups, to many observers, had a greater positive impact than the larger development projects carried out by the U.S. government. In particular, this article focuses on two of those organizations: the Brethren Volunteer Service (BVS) and International Voluntary Service (IVS). Most of the IVS projects were financed by the U.S. government under contract with the International Cooperation Administration. Little historical work has been done on either of the two organizations and this study is an in‐depth look at how the work of BVS and the IVS in the 1950s set the stage for the creation of the Peace Corps in the early 1960s.