Why do environmentally damaging, modern agricultural techniques continue to be used? Examining case studies from the US and Mexico, and new genetic research, this book seeks the answer to that question, by looking at the evolution of agricultural research in its cultural context.

This text investigates different notions of communitarianism and citizenship, and their application within a number of fields, in particular education, politics and social welfare.

This volume initiates an interdisciplinary approach in the literary and philosophical treatment of Carlyle, challenging the long-held notion that his work was solely influenced by German idealism.

By drawing on anthropological interpretations of death ritual, this study explores the changing relationships between the body, the soul, the living and the dead in the daily life of early modern Germany, from the eve of the Reformation to the rise of Pietism.

An examination of China's accommodation of Western constitutional values, in the light of the pending return of British Hong Kong to China. The Joint Declaration which governs the return guarantees a continuance of these values, and this study looks at the resulting tensions between East and West.

The author offers insights into the management of public programmes by the Japanese government revealing how the inner circles of the ruling party, the ministers and political leaders overlap in the exercise of power and how they have achieved the successful economic and social revolution.

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are recognized as playing a role in the health sector in developing countries. This book includes the background to the growth both in the sector and interest in it, and the strengths and weaknesses of NGOs.

This book is a study of the ethics of war, focusing on the moral dilemmas of resistance and collaboration in Nazi occupied Europe, including a detailed examination of Jewish resistance. It presents a guide to the ethical choices that confronted people in response to the German doctrine of collective responsibility.

This study examines the crucial contribution of Chinese business groups to the rapid growth of South-East Asia. It looks at major Chinese firms and their increasingly important networks in this era of regional interdependence and internationalization of production processes.

The particular concern of this book is to examine the contentious argument that economic and social rights are not rights but goals and aspirations of society; if this is so, then they are not issues for the courts but for the policy process.

Containing studies commissioned by the United Nations, this book focuses on the dynamic interaction between the economic and social variables in development. It assesses the role of health, work opportunities, education and social participation in economic and social progress.

A study of Pakistan's foreign policy with an emphasis on geostrategic environment. This book undertakes a critical review of Pakistan's interaction at the bilateral, regional and international levels, focusing mainly on the period from 1972 to the present.