Of the 27 major armed conflicts that occurred in 1999, all but two took place within national boundaries. As an impediment to development, internal rebellion especially hurts ...

A six volume treatment offers a complete account of World War II, from the Pacific to Russia and from North Africa to Western Europe.

This volume analyzes and compares economic growth in Nigeria and Indonesia during the period from 1950 to 1985, addressing questions as to why one country was so much more ...

Utilitarianism, the best known branch of consequentialist ethics, was popularized by Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill in the 18th and 19th centuries. This book maintains ...

Globalization - the growing integration of economies and societies around the world, is a complex process. The focus of this research is the impact of economic integration on ...

From one of the world’s best-known development economists—an excoriating attack on the tragic hubris of the West’s efforts to improve the lot of the so-called developing world ...