A clear and balanced presentation of the dilemmas associated with each of the four nations. A skillful cultural framework is provided in the first chapter, which serves as an overview.                                          Foreign AffairsA fine study. Anderson's reputation as a scholar and a Latin Americanist will be enhanced when this study has time to make its imprint.                        American Political Science ReviewThis new volume provides an up-to-date survey of the Central American states involved in the current conflict. While several studies of the individual countries in the region have appeared, there have been no recent attempts at a synthesis of the problems of the area. Politics in Central America fills this gap, analyzing the roots of the current crisis and suggesting solutions to the problems of the region. The author's chief assertion is that the roots of the problems in Central America are not to be found in the East-West struggle but in the competition within each country for control of the scarce natural resources. This crisis in Central America calls for drastic and economic changes. The key question, Anderson claims, is whether or not these changes can be brought about within a democratic framework.

Politics in Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua (Politics in Latin America)

Politics & Social Sciences

Anderson, Thomas P.

Social Sciences

Hoover Institution Press

Bolivia: Past, present, and future of its politics (Politics in Latin America)

History

Alexander, Robert Jackson

Americas

A completely revised and updated version of the widely read first edition, this book offers a comprehensive study of Mexican politics. Needler separates the facade from the reality in examining the political system of this vast country and explains the multiple contradictions that confront the student of Mexican politics. He places the current political system in comparative and historical context giving a subtle yet penetrating analysis of Mexico's current dilemmas. Advanced students of Latin American politics and comparative politics will find this a valuable resource.    . . . Needler has given us a first class analysis of the Mexican political system.                                  Foreign Service JournalA completely revised and updated version of the widely read first edition, this book offers a comprehensive study of Mexican politics. Martin Needler separates the facade from the reality in examining the political system of this vast country and explains the multiple contradictions that confront the student of Mexican politics. He stresses the non-formal democratic elements in the Mexican system while covering the government structure and formal policy. The book places the current political system in comparative and historical context giving a subtle yet penetrating analysis of Mexico's current dilemmas. Advanced students of Latin American politics, comparative politics, and Mexican history, as well as the interested general reader will find Mexican Politics a valuable resource.The book begins with a brief history of Mexico's political system. Needler examines the geographic and social contexts in which the political system functions. This is followed by studies of political parties and their origins, the press and how it functions, the economy, economic policy, and foreign policy. Needler provides an intelligible and much needed understanding of a complex political system providing the reader with the most current information about Mexican politics.

Mexican politics: The containment of conflict (Politics in Latin America)

Needler, Martin C.

Legal Theory & Systems

The Best Defense?: Legitimacy & Preventive Force (Hoover Institution Press Publication) (Volume 576)

The Stanford Task Force Report on Preventive Force, by Abraham D. Sofaer, offers a practical guide to identifying and considering the issues relevant to preventive uses of force. The report seeks to ensure that such uses of force, if undertaken, will advance national and international security and the purposes of the United Nations Charter. The report examines the legitimacy, dangers, and limitations of preventive force and concludes by encouraging states and decision makers to undertake a systematic appraisal of the merits of any threat or use of preventive force based, not only on legal standards, which have proved an ineffective guide, but also on standards related to legitimacy, such as the consistency of proposed actions with the U.N. Charter and established norms of conduct.

Sofaer, Abraham D.

Politics & Government

The Stanford Task Force Report on Preventive Force, by Abraham D. Sofaer, offers a practical guide to identifying and considering the issues relevant to preventive uses of force. The report seeks to ensure that such uses of force, if undertaken, will advance national and international security and the purposes of the United Nations Charter. The report examines the legitimacy, dangers, and limitations of preventive force and concludes by encouraging states and decision makers to undertake a systematic appraisal of the merits of any threat or use of preventive force based, not only on legal standards, which have proved an ineffective guide, but also on standards related to legitimacy, such as the consistency of proposed actions with the U.N. Charter and established norms of conduct.

Paul T. Hill examines the real-world factors that can complicate, delay, and in some instances interfere with the positive cause-and-effect relationships identified by the theories behind school choice. He explains why schools of choice haven't yet achieved a broader appeal and suggests more realistic expectations about timing and a more complete understanding of what must be done to make choice work.

Learning as We Go: Why School Choice is Worth the Wait (Hoover Institution Press Publication)

Education & Teaching

Hill, Paul T.

Schools & Teaching

Boris Pasternak: Family Correspondence, 1921-1960 (Hoover Institution Press Publication)

This selection of Boris Pasternak's correspondence with his parents and sisters from 1921 to 1960—including more than illustrations and photos—is an authoritative, indispensable introduction and guide to the great writer's life and work. His letters are accomplished literary works in their own right, on a par with his poetry in their intensity, frankness, and dazzling stylistic play. In addition, they offer a rare glimpse into his innermost self, significantly complementing the insights gained from his work. They are especially poignant in that after 1923 Pasternak was never to see his parents again.

Parenting & Relationships

This selection of Boris Pasternak's correspondence with his parents and sisters from 1921 to 1960—including more than illustrations and photos—is an authoritative, indispensable introduction and guide to the great writer's life and work. His letters are accomplished literary works in their own right, on a par with his poetry in their intensity, frankness, and dazzling stylistic play. In addition, they offer a rare glimpse into his innermost self, significantly complementing the insights gained from his work. They are especially poignant in that after 1923 Pasternak was never to see his parents again.

Politics, Murder, and Love in Stalin's Kremlin: The Story of Nikolai Bukharin and Anna Larina (Hoover Institution Press Publication)

Drawing from Hoover Institution archival documents, Paul Gregory sheds light on how the world's first socialist state went terribly wrong and why it was likely to veer off course through the tragic story of Stalin's most prominent victims: Pravda editor Nikolai Bukharin and his wife, Anna Larina.

Biographies & Memoirs

Gregory, Paul R.

Historical

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Politics in Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua (Politics in Latin America)

Bolivia: Past, present, and future of its politics (Politics in Latin America)

Mexican politics: The containment of conflict (Politics in Latin America)

Mexican politics: The containment of conflict (Politics in Latin America)

The Best Defense?: Legitimacy & Preventive Force (Hoover Institution Press Publication) (Volume 576)

The Best Defense?: Legitimacy & Preventive Force (Hoover Institution Press Publication) (Volume 576)

Learning as We Go: Why School Choice is Worth the Wait (Hoover Institution Press Publication)

Boris Pasternak: Family Correspondence, 1921-1960 (Hoover Institution Press Publication)

Boris Pasternak: Family Correspondence, 1921-1960 (Hoover Institution Press Publication)

Politics, Murder, and Love in Stalin's Kremlin: The Story of Nikolai Bukharin and Anna Larina (Hoover Institution Press Publication)