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A searching examination of leadership as it is practiced, or malpracticed, in America today. Includes the elements of motivation, shared values, social cohesion, and institutional renewal.

What impels leaders to lead and followers to follow? How did Osama bin Laden, the son of a multibillionaire construction magnate in Saudi Arabia, become the world's number one terrorist? What are the psychological foundations of man's inhumanity to man, ethnic cleansing, and genocide? Jerrold M. Post contends that such questions can be answered only through an understanding of the psychological foundations of leader personality and political behavior....

Study of politics in Algeria since deconolization and the development of the revolutionary socialist movement - covers political leadership, elections, parliamentary practice, political party congresses, political problems, nationalization, the military coup and the overthrow of ben bella, new government policy (incl. In respect of international relations), etc., and includes comments on the constitution. Bibliography pp. 309 to 314, map.

Monograph speculating on effects of future change in USSR political leadership regarding soviet planned economy and foreign policy towards the USA - profiles Elite members in the communist political party, (including past generations), in public administration, in military service and in the foreign policy establishment, and asserts that future soviet leadership might try to improve the present conflictual relationships with the USA. Graphs, map and...

Study of the relationship between the communist political party and the armed forces in the USSR - includes sections on the dynamics of party-military relations, the role of the military in soviet politics, the historical perspective, the effect of technological change on party-military relations, etc., covers political problems, military leadership, political leadership, etc., and contains a diagram illustrating party control in the military establishment....

Study of aspects of Apartheid and racial discrimination in rhodesia (Zimbabwe) - covers historical and political aspects, economic implications, social implications, etc., and includes information on early European land settlement and political leadership, urbanization, rural development, government structures, implications of the unilateral declaration of independence and the role of UK sanctions in respect of trade, African nationalist political...

"Work over Welfare presents the inside story of the legislation that ended "welfare as we know it" in America. As a key staffer on the House Ways an Means Committee, Ron Haskins was one of the principal architects of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996. Here, he vividly recounts the political battles and policy debates that produced the most dramatic overhaul of welfare since its creation as part of the New Deal."--Jacket....

"The welfare system in the United States underwent profound changes as a result of the groundbreaking welfare legislation passed in 1996 entitled The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA). The Political Economy of Welfare Reform in the United States examines in detail the legislative process that gave rise to PRWORA and presents two alternative theories to explain this process: the traditional public interests model...

Personal account of living conditions and politics in China - recounts the experiences of a foreign journalist from 1980 to 1983, describing his impressions of, and the attitudes of the Chinese towards political leadership, political opposition, the Communist political party, the bureaucracy, social change, esp. The Cultural Revolution, social stratification, restrictions to freedom, incl. Religious freedom and freedom of speech, and the problems...