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Soviet studies of organization and management have experienced burgeoning growth since the mid-1960s. Despite great diversity and apparent confusion in the field, there is an identifiable paradigm whitch unies theorists of otherwise highly divergent perspectives. The Soviet paradigm in administrative science "modernizes" the traditional categories of political economy into systems or cybernetic terminology and focuses on the rational aspects of organizational activity. It conspicuously avoids concepts that could undermine the imagery of "optimal" performance, or at least the potential to reach that state of affairs. While the general paradigm itself is unlikely to break down, there are prospect for change within various subcategories.

Deep cuts about to be made in American carrier battle groups (CVBGs) are causing considerable alarm among Asian (particularly ASEAN) nations. The Clinton Administration's plans for cutting billions of dollars from the defence budget and its ongoing defence review has already passed sentence on entire classes of ships which will now be consigned to mothballs. The author examines the future of the U.S. Navy and shows why the concern among ASEAN nations is misplaced. Brief references are made to the Operation Desert Storm (war against Iraq) and 1982 Falkland War. (DÜI-Sen)

Communicating science in crisis societies: Challenges across disciplines, contexts and nations / Pascal Hohaus -- Which facts to trust in the debate on climate change? On knowledge and plausibility in times of crisis / Martin Böhnert and Paul Reszke -- Letters to power: Authority appeals in the communication of scientific consensus / Collin Syfert -- Pivoting to support science communication in times of crisis: A case study of the Government of Canada's Glossary on the COVID-19 pandemic / Lynne Bowker -- COVID-19 neologisms between metaphor and culture: A multilingual corpus-based study / Amal Haddad Haddad -- Persuasion in health communication: The case of Saudi and Australian tweets on COVID-19 vaccination / Dina Abdel Salam El-Dakhs -- Communicating risks of an Anti-COVID-19 vaccine in Poland: A comparative case study of content, style and advocacy of three media outlets / Katarzyna Molek-Kozakowska and Sofiia Struchkova -- 'Coronavirus as a political weapon': The COVID pandemic through the lens of the us Alt-Right Media / Zeynep Cihan Koca-Helvacı -- Science versus? The U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic / John M. Callahan and Robert Jensen -- Contributors: Biographical notes -- Index.

The 'democratic' element lies in the belief that the spread of liberal democracy makes the world a freer, safer and more prosperous place; in contrast, undemocratic regimes represent an existential threat to American values as well as American interests.