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Race, Ethnicity, and Power in Ecuador: The Manipulation of MestizajeKarem Roitman How do today's Latin American elites understand and relate to ideas of power, race, ethnicity, and mestizaje? And what impact does that understanding have on the dynamics of socioeconomic development in ethnically mixed societies? Focusing on the case of Ecuador—a country struggling to recast its mestizo identity in the aftermath of dramatic indigenous uprisings—Karem Roitman More > | ![]() |
The Change Imperative: Creating the Next Generation NGOPaul David Ronalds Paul David Ronalds draws on his experience as deputy CEO of World Vision Australia to offer a practical guide for international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs) as they face the challenges of the Twenty-First century. Covering such concrete issues as advocacy, finance, technology, and human resources, as well as the more ambiguous areas of legitimacy and state sovereignty, his book is More > | ![]() |
Globalization and Change in AsiaDennis A. Rondinelli and John M. Heffron, editors Globalization and Change in Asia explores three decades of adjustment on the part of governments, civil society, and the private sector to the complex new forces of international competition.
Recognizing that the benefits of globalization have not accrued equally to all Asian countries, nor to all stratums of society, the authors seek lessons that can help shape development policy to effect the More > | ![]() |
Reinventing Government for the Twenty-First Century: State Capacity in a Globalizing SocietyDennis A. Rondinelli and G. Shabbir Cheema, editors The authors of Reinventing Government for the Twenty-First Century meld theory with practice to offer sound advice for public leaders and administrators who seek to create the structures and processes needed to increase state capacity and benefit from participation in an increasingly integrated and interdependent world.
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Leadership for Development: What Globalization Demands of Leaders Fighting for ChangeDennis A. Rondinelli and John M. Heffron Leadership for Development examines fundamental issues: the tools leaders use to achieve development goals; how culture and interdependence among governments and organizations affects leadership styles; where leaders get their advice from – experts, non-experts, academic or non-academic elites—and if it matters; whether transformational or transactional leadership styles are more More > | ![]() |
Qaddafi's Libya in World PoliticsYehudit Ronen Libya's enigmatic Muammar Qaddafi demonstrated a perhaps unprecedented capacity for reinvention and survival, particularly in the realm of foreign policy. Yehudit Ronen traces Libya's sometimes tortuous trajectory in international affairs across the four decades of Qaddafi's leadership.
Ronen addresses a range of critical issues: oil politics, foreign military adventurism, WMDs, More > | ![]() |
Forced Out: Older Workers Confront Job LossKenneth A. Root and Rosemarie J. Park What happens to long-term employees when their jobs are unexpectedly eliminated? In this richly detailed study of a major layoff and its aftermath, Kenneth Root and Rosemarie Park address head-on the ramifications of job loss for older workers.
The authors follow the experiences of 173 factory workers—from first thoughts on being forced out of work to reflections several years later. More > | ![]() |
Women and Executive Office: Pathways and PerformanceMelody Rose, editor What unique challenges do women face as they seek and attain high-ranking positions in the executive branches of government? How can these challenges be overcome? Is there an established "pipeline" to office, or must women find their own ways to achieve power? Is there any relationship between gender and job performance? Addressing these questions, the authors of Women and Executive More > | ![]() |
The Global Economy as Political SpaceStephen J. Rosow, Naeem Inayatullah, and Mark Rupert, editors As contemporary capitalism integrates the planet to an unprecedented extent, the international political economy defines and constitutes new forces, practices, and movements. Not only are power centers shifting away from Cold War poles, but also the spatial and temporal frames of social life, both domestic and international, are reorganizing. Addressing these transformations, the authors of this More > | |
The World Food Programme in Global PoliticsSandy Ross How has the World Food Programme come to be so well-regarded—even in the US—despite being part of the much-maligned UN system? What are the political and institutional conditions that have enabled it to accrue legitimacy as an international organization? And how much substance lies behind the perceptions of its effectiveness?
Finding the answers to these questions in his analysis of More > | ![]() |