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Book Review: Turbulence In World Politics, James N. Rosenau, Harvey Starr Aug 1991

Book Review: Turbulence In World Politics, James N. Rosenau, Harvey Starr

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No abstract provided.


A Comparison Of The Training Priorities Of Clerical Employees And Their Supervisors, Peter J. Haas Jul 1991

A Comparison Of The Training Priorities Of Clerical Employees And Their Supervisors, Peter J. Haas

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Determines whether and in which ways the priorities of local government employees differ from those of their supervisors using data from employees in the Santa Clara County, California. Respondent profiles; Priorities of employees and supervisors among specific training topics for employees.


Retrieving Civil Society In A Postmodern Epoch, Richard R. Weiner Jan 1991

Retrieving Civil Society In A Postmodern Epoch, Richard R. Weiner

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This article develops Jurgen Habermas' emphasis on critical theory as a means to retrieve the social and restore its place as a central concept in the social sciences. It argues that Habermas has been misinterpreted by varieties of thinkers across political, ideological, and intellectual domains; and has been misused by neo-conservatives and postmodernists in particular. Habermas' critical theory is driven by an emphasis on social and political praxis, and establishes the possibility of an authentic social existence. At the base of this existence is a solid moral order that defines human existence in terms of Reason rather than in terms …


The Limits Of "Liberal Republicanism": Why Group-Based Remedies And Republican Citizenship Don't Mix, Cynthia V. Ward Jan 1991

The Limits Of "Liberal Republicanism": Why Group-Based Remedies And Republican Citizenship Don't Mix, Cynthia V. Ward

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No abstract provided.