Publications
Books
The Resurgence of the Latin American Left
- by Levitsky, Steven
- Latin America experienced an unprecedented wave of left-leaning governments between 1998 and 2010. This volume examines the causes of this leftward turn and the consequences it carries for the...
- Publication Type: Book
- Published Date: July 2011 More
Social Knowledge in the Making
- by Lamont, Michèle
- Over the past quarter century, researchers have successfully explored
the inner workings of the physical and biological sciences using a
variety of social and historical lenses. Inspired by these...
- Publication Type: Edited Work
- Published Date: July 2011 More
Understanding Global Trade
- by Helpman, Elhanan
- Global trade is of vital interest to citizens as well as policymakers, yet it is widely misunderstood. This compact exposition of the market forces underlying international commerce addresses both...
- Publication Type: Book
- Published Date: April 2011 More
The Park Chung Hee Era: The Transformation of South Korea
- by Kim, Byung Kook; Vogel, Ezra F.
- In 1959 South Korea was mired in poverty. By 1979 it had a powerful industrial economy and a vibrant civil society in the making, which would lead to a democratic breakthrough eight years later. The...
- Publication Type: Book
- Published Date: April 2011 More
NAFTA and the Politics of Labor Transnationalism
- by Kay, Tamara
- When NAFTA went into effect in 1994, many feared it would intensify animosity among North American unions, lead to the scapegoating of Mexican workers and immigrants, and eclipse any possibility for...
- Publication Type: Book
- Published Date: March 2011 More
The Future of Power
- by Nye, Joseph S., Jr.
- In the era of Kennedy and Khrushchev, power was expressed in terms of
nuclear missiles, industrial capacity, numbers of men under arms, and
tanks lined up ready to cross the plains of Eastern...
- Publication Type: Book
- Published Date: February 2011 More