The Future of North America: Canada, the United States, and Quebec Nationalism. Edited by Elliot J. Feldman and Neil Nevitte. (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Center for International Affairs, and Montreal: Institute for Research on Public Policy, 1979. Pp. 378. $13.95, cloth; $6.95, paper.)

1980 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 541-542
Author(s):  
Lawrence LeDuc
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Public Policy ◽  
North America ◽  
The United States ◽  
Harvard University ◽  
International Affairs ◽  
University Center ◽  
The Future

Antinomies of Power and Law: A Comment on Robert Kagan

2003 ◽  
Vol 4 (9) ◽  
pp. 871-888
Author(s):  
Andreas Paulus
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
International Law ◽  
The United States ◽  
Transatlantic Relations ◽  
The Other ◽  
International Affairs ◽  
Sovereign Equality ◽  
Political Perspective ◽  
The Future ◽  
Analytical Tools

Robert Kagan's article and book on the future of transatlantic relations have gained much prominence in the debate on the reasons for and impact of the transatlantic rift on the war against Iraq. However, and regrettably, Kagan's work confirms rather than challenges the prejudices and stereotypes of both sides. After putting Kagan's approach in a political perspective, I intend to show that the antinomies used by Kagan and other participants in the debate, such as might and right, unilateralism and multilateralism, prevention and repression, hegemony and sovereign equality, democratic imperialism and pluralism, constitute useful analytical tools, but do not in any way capture the divergence of values and interests between the United States and Europe. However, the result of such an analysis does not lead to the adoption of one or the other extreme, but to the realization that international law occupies the space between them, allowing for the permanent re-negotiation of the place of “Mars” and “Venus” in international affairs.

scholarly journals How Trade Hurt Unskilled Workers

1995 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 57-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian Wood
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Public Policy ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The United States ◽  
Alternative View ◽  
The Future ◽  
Unskilled Workers ◽  
Economic Position

This paper argues that the main cause of the deteriorating economic position of unskilled workers in the United States and other developed countries has been expansion of trade with developing countries. In the framework of a Heckscher-Ohlin model, it outlines the evidence in support of this view, responds to criticisms of this evidence, and challenges the evidence for the alternative view that the problems of unskilled workers are caused mainly by new technology. The paper concludes with a look at the future and at the implications for public policy.

Anthropology and Public Policy in Alaska

1982 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-5
Author(s):  
Kerry Feldman ◽  
Steve Langdon
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Public Policy ◽  
Broad Spectrum ◽  
Ethnic Diversity ◽  
The United States ◽  
Small Population ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
The People ◽  
The Future ◽  
High Level

This special issue of Practicing Anthropology includes seven papers which cover a broad spectrum of anthropological practice in Alaska, but share a common orientation toward public policy. We have chosen to focus on anthropology and public policy in Alaska for several reasons. First, there appears to be a high level of anthropological involvement in and impact on Alaskan public policy compared to other regions of the United States. Second, that involvement and influence is not limited to one or two topics but ranges over a variety of issues. Finally, we feel that because of the nature of contemporary Alaska—its size, small population, ethnic diversity, present economy, and youth as a state—public directions taken at this time will be crucial to the future of the people who are presently residents of Alaska. A sense of that urgency as well as of the powerful forces at work comes through in a number of the articles.

The United States and Poland

1954 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-110
Author(s):  
Oscar Halecki
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Harvard University ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future

The well known series which under the editorship of Mr. Sumner Welles studies the relations between America and other nations does not yet include a volume on the United States and Poland. It is no secret that the book about Poland by Samuel L. Sharp which Harvard University Press has recently published, was originally supposed to fill that gap. Why this proved unadvisable is easy to discover for any reader. Nevertheless, half of the introduction deals with “the limits of our (that is, the American) Polish problem” and two of the six chapters including the author's conclusions remained dedicated to American-Polish relations in the past, the present, and the future.

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