Foundations of Comparative Politics, Second Edition presents a scientific approach to the rich world of comparative inquiry, research, and scholarship, providing a guide to cross-national comparison and why it matters.

Among other things, the updates to this edition include a thoroughly-revised chapter on dictatorships that incorporates a discussion of the two fundamental problems of authoritarian rule: authoritarian power-sharing and authoritarian ...

Thorough account of the hot-rolling process and facilities as well as follow-up treatments given to hot-rolled products. Companion volume to Cold Rolling of Steel by William Roberts circa 1978

Capitalism, Not Globalism shows that, while much has been made of recent changes in the international economy, the mechanisms by which politicians control the economy have not changed throughout the postwar period.

"Political conditions in the Middle East are splayed open in Roberts' restless journal, revealing his remarkable if bizarre insider's interpretation of political events, and the horrendous realities experienced by citizens of the war-torn ...

The fun and informative "facts and ideas" in this book were gleaned from 5 years of William C. Roberts'' musings as editor-in-chief of the Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings, and will interest physicians, clinicians, fellows, ...

"This work covers the extensive and varied history of the island of Sicily from the pre-historic period to the present.

However, Roberts' range was immense. This book examines his entire life's work and asserts his true status as a major contributor to the art of the 20th century.

Roberts rescues those debates from the past, and shows how they speak to ever-renewed concerns about political life in today’s world.