Transforming Public Enterprise In Europe And North America

No previous study has attempted to examine coup making by those in the bottom ranks of the military as a distinct pattern of intervention in African studies.Kandeh examines this pattern as broadly symptomatic of state failure, especially the inability of political leaders to institutionalize power, eradicate mass poverty and promote socioeconomic development. Coups from Below represents the first major effort at studying coups carried out by the lumpen section or the subalterns of the armed forces of African states.

Understanding Homeland Security.This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of the historical, social, psychological, technological, and political aspects that form the broad arena of homeland defence and security.

Exploring the history of the Persian Gulf from ancient times until the present day, leading authorities treat the internal history of the region and describe the role outsiders have played there. The Persian Gulf in History.

The discussion includes The Boys in the Band, Arturo Islas, Paris is Burning, Judy Garland, and Kiss of the Spider Woman. Contreras views unrequited love as a utopian space of possibility and transformation." The critical energies in the book come from Chicana/o and queer studies..

The discussion includes The Boys in the Band, Arturo Islas, Paris is Burning, Judy Garland, and Kiss of the Spider Woman.. Drawing on a wide range of material from art, theater, music, and literature, Contreras argues that historical memory is embedded in these forms of art and can perhaps take us "somewhere better than this place.