This book starts with discussing how people think about the world affairs and diving into the origins, forms, forces, and prospects of international affairs. It contains 14 chapters explaining state systems of the past, the dawn of the Western state system, world powers and world wars, how states negotiate, how states settle disputes, order among nations, the politics of power, the way of nati…
This book discusses the approach to international stability. It contains 5 chapters discussing international stability and the underdevelopment areas, international stability and mutual deterence, disarmament, arms control, and international stability, and international instrumentalities and stability. This book is suitable for research in international affairs field.
This book discusses the issues from a Research Project on Germany's Position in European Postwar Reconstruction. It contains 16 chapters explaining political differences of American and German federalism, Prussia, Prussianism, and the Prussians, Bavaria, regional differences in political opinions, the distributions of powers of American and German federalism, federalism in practice, the governm…
This book is an essay in interpretation of the European liberalism. It contains explanation of the background of European liberalism, European liberalism in the seventeenth century, and European liberalism in the age of enlightenment. This book is suitable for research in European studies and politics.
This book discusses how the American way in politics implies a purpose and a method and how the middle classes has long been recognized as significant in American politics. It contains four chapters explaining the economic basis of American national politics, the influence of the middle classes in national politics, the future of democracy in America, and the political interpretation of histor…
This book is an economic analysis of a controversial pricing practice called the basing-point system. It contains 8 chapters explaining the excercise in basing-point mechanics, a problem of business, law, economics, and politics, three case histories: steel, cement, corn products, the monopolistic nature of basing-point pricing, the economic consequences: competition, transportation costs, pr…
This book discusses the gold standard in the light of pre-war experience, the post-war reconstruction of the gold standard system, the disruption of the new system, postponement of monetary reform, the end of the gold standard, the London Conference, silver, the principal monetary systems after the London Conference, and the illusion of a return to gold.
This book gives introduction of the meaning of exchange value and explanations of the functions of money, the quantity theory of money, the qualities of good coinage, bimetallism, paper money, the credit system, the English banking system, the rate of exchange, a financial crisis, the balance of trade, the test of the quantity theory, post war reconstruction, 1918 - 1928, the aftermath of the w…
This book examines the working of Australian industrial relations to elucidate the operation of various social forces that shape industrial relations in Australia. It contains 34 chapters various findings of the author in industrial progression in ustralia and New Zealand, such asindustrial awards and agreements in Force, Australia 1913 - 1940, prices of lead, zinc, and silver, 1900 - 1952, o…
This book discusses the different forms of private enterprise, public and private enterprise, the objectives of the company, some possible priorities, compny organization and control, the representation and protection of interests within the company, partly of quasi independent units of the firm, and public control in Belgium, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, and Sweden, and th…
This book discusses the duty of an American congressman and the Congress, written essentially from the congressman's point of view. It contains 10 chapters introducing proposition the freshman to Congress, personal relationships and reactions, constituents demands allowances and services, the congressman as legislator, pressure groups and legislation, committee assignments, the committee syst…
This book discusses the nature, sources, and cases of inflation in the world over the period. It contains 12 chapters explaining the inflatory years, the inflationary effects of war expenditure, the nature and conditions of a price-wage spiral and income distribution, the speed and narrowing of the spiral, price control, hyperinflation and the 'flight from cash', inflation and interest rates, …
This book discusses the economic situation in the Asian scene and the economic survey Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) region. It contains six chapters explaining the historical backgrounds of economic union and alliances in Asian and Pacific region, the Asian scene, the economic survey of the ESCAP region, barriers to intra-regional trade, regional economic inst…