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This work closely considers the history and political importance of Hong Kong in the period 1842 to 1992.

Examines major policy practice and research issues that jointly shape child welfare practice. This book emphasizes families and children whose primary recourse to services has been through publicly funded child welfare agencies. It considers historical areas of service - foster care and adoptions, and in-home family-centered services.

This concluding volume of the "International Politics of Eurasia" series takes on the challenge of specifying the forces at work in the international environment of Russia and the New Independent States and gauging the impact of external actors on developments in this region.

The collapse of the Soviet Union was part of a process of imperial disintegration, new state-building and potential imperial reconstruction unprecedented in recent decades. This volume assembles an interdisciplinary group of scholars to construct, deconstruct and reconstruct the Soviet empire.

This volume covers the economic progress made by the new states of the former Soviet Union in the transition from command to market economies. Topics discussed include: political and economic adjustments; the domestic dimension; macropolicies; restructuring; and regional and world integration.

The chapters in this volume examine the evolving political cultures of the post-Soviet states. The text examines the near- and long-term prospects for the establishment of democratic polities in the region.

International experts from the newly-independent states of the former Soviet Union analyse the nuclear issues complicating the relations between Russia and its new neighbours. This text emphasises global issues of ecological safety and international military security.

In this volume, international experts analyse the politics of conventional military policy and military relations among the Soviet successor states. The work analyses various national perspectives on security and approaches to military affairs.

The author provides a description and a sociological analysis of mental health care work, emphasizing the interaction of professionally generated norms that guide the emotional labor of mental health care workers, and the organizational contexts with in which mental health care is provided.

This is the fourth volume in a series that presents analyses of the evolving world role of the post-Soviet successor states. Each volume considers a different factor influencing the relationship between internal politics and international relations.

This volume examines how, in conjunction with rapid economic growth and profound social transformation, China's foreign policy is experiencing significant transition. The purpose of this collection is to deepen Western understanding of the sources, substance, and significance of Chinese foreign policy with a focus on the post Cold War environment.

This is the third volume in a series that presents analyses of the evolving world role of the post-Soviet successor states. Each volume considers a different factor influencing the relationship between internal politics and international relations.

This is the second volume in a series that presents analyses of the evolving world role of the post-Soviet successor states. Each volume considers a different factor influencing the relationship between internal politics and international relations.

This text explains the historical development of case management strategies, assesses organizational and operational issues cross-cutting case management programmes in different sectors, and critically examines the popularity of this technique as a dominant mode of service system reform.

This is the first volume in a series that presents analyses of the evolving world role of the post-Soviet successor states. Each volume considers a different factor influencing the relationship between internal politics and international relations.

A sociological theory of mental illness, viewing the symptoms of mental illness as the violation of social norms. This third edition has been revised and expanded to encompass the controversy prompted by former editions and to re-evaluate developments in the field.

This text focuses on how people construct fatness and thinness, examining different strategies used to interpret body weight, such as negotiating weight identities, reinterpreting weight, and becoming involved in weight-related organizations.

Combining a journalist's view of major trials with a political-legal analysis, this text gives a picture of the politics of justice in Russia. Coverage of major court cases ranges from the 1961 trial of the "currency speculators" to the Communist Party trial of 1992.

A product of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the US House of Representatives, this text studies the emergence of a more unified Europe as an economic and political power, and the implications of European integration for the United States.

This memoir intermingles the personal experiences of a member of the powerful Nehru household with many of the major events and patterns of the Indian struggle for independence. The author's life serves as an alternative to the stereotype of the repressed Indian woman.

This historical atlas is devoted primarily to India, Bangladesh and Pakistan, while also covering Napal, Bhutan and Ceylon/Sri Lanka. The maps are accompanied by text which illuminates recent political, economic, social and cultural developments.