New Releases by Ian McAllister

An analysis of elite opinion on issues of defence, security and foreign policy. It provides fascinating data that will assist the student of political science, policy analysts, media commentators and the public alike.

Information for high school students on drug and alcohol awareness including depressants, stimulants, hallucinogens, drink spiking and solvents abuse.

The enlargement of the European Union will establish a new relationship between the Union and the "outsider" states that lie outside that process. Surveys in the first half of 2000 in four of these states - Belarus, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine - found that attitudes towards the Union and the prospect of their own country''s admission were generally positive. At the same time there were high levels of uncertainty, and levels of knowledge about EU institutions were very modest. Focus groups confirmed these findings, with frequent confusion between the EU and other international organizations, and considerable doubt about whether their own country was itself "European". But there was evidence that more committed democrats were more enthusiastic about the EU, and their own country''s admission; and more generally, that "Europeanness" was understood in terms of the kinds of cultural and living standards that were characteristic of EU Member States. If enlargement widens those differences, it is likely to open new divisions within a continent that had apparently been overcoming the differences that were a product of the cold war.

First published in 2003, The Cambridge Handbook of Social Sciences in Australia is a high-quality reference on significant research in Australian social sciences. The book is divided into three main sections, covering the central areas of the social sciences-economics, political science and sociology. Each section examines the significant research in the field, placing it within the context of broader debates about the nature of the social sciences and the ways in which institutional changes have shaped how they are defined, taught and researched.

In this text, experts in Russian party politics provide detailed coverage and discussion of Russian politics and voting behaviour. It includes two chapters on the December 1995 parliamentary elections

After a brief historical critique of how the larger international NGOs in general, and the International Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement in particular, have evolved from short-term disaster relief organizations to complex international development networks, Ian McAllister explores many of the key issues facing the International Red Cross Movement. These include research and building bridges to field operations - training, policy design and management - links between relief and development - financing and international agreements - the application of ideas from the Earth Summit at Rio to the day-to-day, community-level work of the International Red Cross Movement. The book''s second part has an operational focus - exploring the challenges of, and approaches to, international cooperation in relief and development. The third part is about projects - drawing together ideas and ''lessons'' for project planning, evaluation and management in the context of non-governmental organizations. Much of the work has been written ''in the field'' and the book brings together theory, policy and practice - with a constant scanning for future policy options bridging from current operational practices. This original and important study is of interest to all those working in non-governmental organizations, ministries and other agencies in the fields of disaster relief and sustainable development, as well as to staff and volunteers within the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. Ian McAllister is Professor of Economics and Environmental Studies at Dalhousie University, Canada.

Various factors and influences are known to determine the loyalties of voters, but which are the most important electorally? This book attempts to answer that question, and is based on an analysis of three decades of electoral behaviour in Britain.