Unparalleled Reforms

Author : Christopher Marsh
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 0739112880

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Unparalleled Reforms by Christopher Marsh Pdf

The reforms of the Soviet and Chinese communist regimes were unparalleled-both in the radical, precedent-setting reforms attempted by the two countries and in the outcomes of these attempts. While the Soviet Union collapsed quickly in the midst of its reforms, more than a decade later China, the world's most populous country, still stands as a testament to the resilience of Communist rule. It is this phenomenon that Christopher Marsh explores in Unparalleled Reforms. Marsh goes beyond simply discussing the differing initial conditions, the sequencing of reform, and cultural differences to also consider the objectives and intentions of the policy makers and leaders that directed the reform processes and the interdependent nature of politics on the world stage. Unparalleled Reforms offers the reader a sophisticated understanding of the nature of political reform and develops a theoretical model that can account for commonly overlooked factors that affect political processes in all types of political systems. In a class all its own, this is an important work for scholars interested in comparative politics, international relations, economics, Asian studies, and Russian studies.

Author : John W. Olley
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2022-06-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781514004722

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The Message of Kings by John W. Olley Pdf

At the beginning of 1 Kings, Solomon's reign brought peace, prosperity, dynamic international trade, and a magnificent center of worship. By the end of 2 Kings, the people faced a complete reversal: they and their king were in exile, and Jerusalem and the temple lay in ruins. How can this story, told by the very people who suffered the defeat, be of value today? In this Bible Speaks Today volume, John Olley shows how the two books of Kings retell the past as preached history, addressing the exilic situation of the original readers. Within the account of paths leading to short-term success but ultimate failure, there are pointers of hope, of God's continuing purposes and promises, and of the people's response. In rich and often surprising ways, the narrative in Kings is part of the history that has shaped the faith of Christian believers. Everyday life, along with the turmoil of national and global events, is the arena in which God's people are called to worship, trust, and obey him. The books of 1 and 2 Kings continue to throw light on these issues for readers in every generation. Used by students and teachers around the world, The Bible Speaks Today commentaries are ideal for those studying or preaching the Bible and anyone who wants to delve deeper into the text.

Author : Xiaowei Zang,Xiaoling Zhang
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781035316359

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Handbook on Climate Change and Environmental Governance in China by Xiaowei Zang,Xiaoling Zhang Pdf

This timely Handbook explores climate challenges and environmental governance in China. Bringing together established scholars and emerging research stars, it systematically examines the evolution of Chinese climate policies and institutions and the challenges, successes, failures and dilemmas that have arisen from this.

Author : Hua-Yu Li
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2010-01-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780739142240

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China Learns from the Soviet Union, 1949–Present by Hua-Yu Li Pdf

It is well known that the Soviet Union strongly influenced China in the early 1950s, since China committed itself both to the Sino-Soviet alliance and to the Soviet model of building socialism. What is less well known is that Chinese proved receptive not only to the Soviet economic model but also to the emulation of the Soviet Union in realms such as those of ideology, education, science, and culture. In this book an international group of scholars examines China's acceptance and ultimate rejection of Soviet models and practices in economic, cultural, social, and other realms. The chapters vividly illustrate the wide-ranging and multi-dimensional nature of Soviet influence, which to this day continues to manifest itself in one critical aspect, namely in China's rejection of liberal political reform.

Author : David L. Shambaugh
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 0520254929

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China's Communist Party by David L. Shambaugh Pdf

"Why has the Chinese Communist Party kept its grip on power while the former communist states of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe have collapsed? And where is China heading? In these pages, David Shambaugh provides a much-needed intellectual framework for thinking about China's recent past and future."--J. Stapleton Roy, former U.S. Ambassador to China, Indonesia, and Singapore "To understand Chinese politics, one has to understand the complex and manifold role of the Chinese Communist Party. Shambaugh's book provides this much-needed knowledge and insight." -Zbigniew Brzezinski, Center for Strategic and International Studies "Unlike deductive or speculative Western discourse on the direction of China's political change, this authoritative book scrutinizes the Chinese Communist Party on the basis of its own discourse about other party-states as well as the way it applies these lessons in rebuilding efforts. The coverage of comparative communism is a tour de force, breaking exciting new ground in explaining the important debates over the Soviet Union. The analysis of the ideological and organizational rebuilding of the Party sets the standard for future writings on Chinese politics. With convenient summaries of a wide range of views by Western scholars, this book can serve as a text that combines an overview of the field with the author's clear point of view on China's future."-Gilbert Rozman, Princeton University "David Shambaugh's innovative investigation of how China understood the fall of European communism contributes an important new dimension to our understanding of the Chinese regime's own trajectory. Shambaugh shows how the lessons China's Communist Party took from the Soviet and other collapses helped to shape their reforms, which were aimed at avoiding the fatal errors of communist regimes elsewhere. This book reveals how well the Chinese learned their lessons, as demonstrated by the regime's carefully targeted adaptations and its consequent survival."--Andrew J. Nathan, co-author of China's New Rulers

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Human Resources
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 828 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Political Science
ISBN : PURD:32754077980476

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Welfare Reform Proposals, Including H.R. 4605, the Work and Responsibility Act of 1994 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Human Resources Pdf

Author : Clemens Ruthner,Marianne Henn,Raleigh Whitinger
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0820463752

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ANEIGNUNGEN, ENTFREMDUNGEN. THE AUSTRIAN PLAYWRIGH by Clemens Ruthner,Marianne Henn,Raleigh Whitinger Pdf

This book is a collection of essays by prominent North American and European experts in Austrian literature concerning the Austrian playwright and author Franz Grillparzer, his relationship to various literary traditions, and his reception from the nineteenth century to the present. The chapters originated at a symposium held in February of 2003 at the University of Alberta sponsored by the University of Alberta's Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies.

Author : Reina Lewis,Sara Mills
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 768 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780415942744

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Feminist Postcolonial Theory by Reina Lewis,Sara Mills Pdf

First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Philip Zelikow,Condoleezza Rice
Publisher : Twelve
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781538764664

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To Build a Better World by Philip Zelikow,Condoleezza Rice Pdf

A deeply researched international history and "exemplary study" (New York Times Book Review) of how a divided world ended and our present world was fashioned, as the world drifts toward another great time of choosing. Two of America's leading scholar-diplomats, Philip Zelikow and Condoleezza Rice, have combed sources in several languages, interviewed leading figures, and drawn on their own firsthand experience to bring to life the choices that molded the contemporary world. Zeroing in on the key moments of decision, the might-have-beens, and the human beings working through them, they explore both what happened and what could have happened, to show how one world ended and another took form. Beginning in the late 1970s and carrying into the present, they focus on the momentous period between 1988 and 1992, when an entire world system changed, states broke apart, and societies were transformed. Such periods have always been accompanied by terrible wars -- but not this time. This is also a story of individuals coping with uncertainty. They voice their hopes and fears. They try out desperate improvisations and careful designs. These were leaders who grew up in a "postwar" world, who tried to fashion something better, more peaceful, more prosperous, than the damaged, divided world in which they had come of age. New problems are putting their choices, and the world they made, back on the operating table. It is time to recall not only why they made their choices, but also just how great nations can step up to great challenges. Timed for the thirtieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, To Build a Better World is an authoritative depiction of contemporary statecraft. It lets readers in on the strategies and negotiations, nerve-racking risks, last-minute decisions, and deep deliberations behind the dramas that changed the face of Europe -- and the world -- forever.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. Subcommittee on International Trade, Investment and Monetary Policy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Foreign exchange
ISBN : PURD:32754066851746

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International Monetary Reform and Exchange Rate Management by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. Subcommittee on International Trade, Investment and Monetary Policy Pdf

Author : Corey Robin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : HISTORY
ISBN : 9780190692001

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The Reactionary Mind by Corey Robin Pdf

Now updated to include Trump's election and the rise of global populism, Corey Robin's 'The Reactionary Mind' traces conservatism back to its roots in the reaction against the French Revolution.

Author : Alison L. Joseph
Publisher : Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781451465662

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Portrait of the Kings by Alison L. Joseph Pdf

Joseph examines the narrative techniques used in the Deuteronomistic History to portray Israels kings. While David is constructed as a model of adherence to the covenant, Jeroboam is constructed as the ideal opposite; other kings are characterized along one or the other of these two models. The narrative functions didactically, instructing kings and the people of Judah regarding the consequences of disobedience. Joseph identifies differences between pre-exilic and exilic redactions in the Deuteronomistic History, offering a deepened understanding of the worldview and theology of this important biblical work.

Author : Edward Offley
Publisher : Marion Street Press, Inc.
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0966517644

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Pen & Sword by Edward Offley Pdf

Helps journalists understand military basics, how to organize a military beat, the protocol for interviewing military personnel, and many other issues.

Author : Rajiv Desai
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012-06-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136396052

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Indian Business Culture by Rajiv Desai Pdf

Indian Business Culture addresses the cultural issues related to doing business in India. It looks at the impact of history and politics on business practice, and provides case studies to show how different companies have fared in India. India is one of the most rapidly developing economies in the world. Increasing numbers of multi-national companies are investing in large-scale projects in India, and business is booming. India is also a country of great racial and cultural diversity, often misunderstood by the world at large. Indian Business Culture is ideal for those who want to understand India and its people better, and to enhance your chances of being successful in business there. It provides an objective look at the complexities of conducting business in India. Such insights are vital for risk assessments as well as for negotiations. Rajiv Desai is President of Indian Public Affairs Network, the country's premier public relations/public affairs consulting firm. Mr Desai was media advisor to Rajiv Gandhi in the 1989 and 1991 election campaigns. He is also a journalist and his work has been published in a wide variety of international newspapers and magazines.

Author : Lee M. Roberts
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2009-01-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781443804196

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Germany and the Imagined East by Lee M. Roberts Pdf

German-speaking Europe is an array of images that have emerged from varied discourses about itself and its neighbors, and “Germany and the Imagined East” revolves around the exchange of views on and in the vast construct called “the East.” The world has been divided conceptually in countless ways, but the works in this volume treat aspects of Germany as both part of and also separate from any perception of an eastern border. From the former German Democratic Republic,“East Germany,” to Österreich—whose name loses its eastern association in the English version, Austria,—the East begins within the very world of the German language. But it is also the expanse off to the right of Germany, within which essays in this collection treat such political and cultural distinctions as former Yugoslavia, Romania and Russia in Eastern Europe, or Turkey and Persia in the Near East, spreading through India to China and Japan in the Far East. With a variety of perspectives on literature, film, philosophy, architecture, music and history, these essays comprise a multidisciplinary collage that invites scholars from all departments to explore the wealth of insights German Studies has to offer on East-West relations.