Can Asians think?

In this volume of essays Kishore Mahbubani has sought to address the historical divide between the civilizations of East and West and the notion that Western civilization is universal.

Global instability: the political economy of world economic governance

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

0415202221

Collation

viii, 260 p. ; 24 cm.

Series Title

Contemporary political economy series

Call Number

[POL-LIB-522]

The study of world politics

The Study of World Politics is two volume set that presents thirty-nine essays of some two hundred essays authored by Professor James Rosenau, a renowned international political theorist. They include both articles recently published and those that have not previously been published. All of them focus on the theme of the study of world politics, with the twenty-three articles in this volume dev…

Organization theory for the public sector

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

9780415433808

Collation

p. cm.

Series Title

-

Call Number

[POL-LIB-515]

Understanding and managing public organizations

Edition

4th ed.

ISBN/ISSN

9780470402924 (cloth

Collation

xx, 524 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Series Title

-

Call Number

[POL-LIB-514]

Introduction to political psychology

The first comprehensive textbook on political psychology, this user-friendly volume explores the psychological origins of political behavior. Using psychological concepts to explain types of political behavior, the authors introduce a broad range of theories and cases of political activity to illustrate the behavior. The book examines many patterns of political behaviors including leadership, g…

Explaining politics: culture, institutions, and political behavior

This unique text offers a comprehensive overview of who participates in politics and why, how social and political institutions shape that involvement, and, ultimately, what form citizen political participation takes. Drawing on a multitude of factors to explain politics and political behaviour, Woshinsky shows that political outcomes depend on a complex interplay between individuals and their …

Understanding public policy

Updated it its 14th edition, Understanding Public Policy focuses on the policy challenges confronting the Obama administration. This edition provides students with a close up look at the American healthcare system, current economic policies, issues of homeland security and defense policy among many other current event and issues shaping public policy today. The gold-standard for introductory pu…

Personnel management in government: politics and process

A comprehensive guide, this book covers employee relations and the legacy of quality and reengineering, and discussions on the growth of public personnel management in state and local sectors. The authors discuss affirmative action and equal opportunity case law, work and family issues, the Volcker Commission findings, an analysis of federal pay reform and innovative classification and compensa…

Food processing handbook

Focusing on the technology involved, this handbook describes the principles and the equipment used as well as the changes -- physical, chemical, microbiological and organoleptic -- that occur during food preservation. In so doing, the text covers in detail such techniques as post-harvest handling, thermal processing, evaporation and dehydration, freezing, irradiation, high-pressure processing, …