Background
Haas, Michael was born on March 26, 1938 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
(Table of Contents 1 Institutional Racism in Hawai'i Publ...)
Table of Contents 1 Institutional Racism in Hawai'i Public Schools 2 Racial Bloc Voting: The O'ahu Primary Election of 1970 3 Employment Patterns Within Hawai'i State Government, 1974 4 Toward Equal Opportunity in Health Care: The Case of the Department of Health, Mental Health Division 5 Equal Opportunity for Welfare Recipients: Results of a Complaint Investigation of the Department of Social Services and Housing 6 Civil Rights Perspectives of Asian and Pacific Americans 7 Political Displacement: How Ethnic Groups React to Loss of Power 8 Standards for Classification of Ethnic and Racial Data 9 Interracial Marriage and Offspring in Hawai'i, 1912-2000 10 Multicultualism and Public Opinion in a Multiethnic Society 11 Political Strategies for Reducing Racism: A Comparison of Ethnic Groups in Hawai'i 12 Death by Homophobia: The Struggle for Persons with AIDS 13 How Effective Is Civil Rights Monitoring: A Study of Federal Contractors in Hawai'i 14 "Asian Americans" in Hawai'i 15 Ethnic Politics in Hawai'i: Assimilationist, Coalitionist, or Integrationist?
2010
(A collection of 46 essays that originally appeared on the...)
A collection of 46 essays that originally appeared on the now defunct website www.uswarcrimes.com Chapter Highlights: 2 Bogus "War Crimes Trial" Characterization at Guantanamo 8 The Long Arm of the Lawless Outside Afghanistan and Iraq 14 Twelve Myths in Bush's "War on Terror: 17 Obama's Executive Orders Stop Short of Stopping War Crimes 28 Are the Words "War Crimes" Taboo Today? 35 Bush's Justice Department: Machiavellian or Mengelian? 43 A Nation of Cowards 45 Rumsfeld Charged with War Crimes in a Chicago Court
2010
(In 1975, the murderous Khmer Rouge came to power in Cambo...)
In 1975, the murderous Khmer Rouge came to power in Cambodia. About 2 million innocents died by 1979, when Vietnam’s army swept Pol Pot from the country. In 1993, free elections were held, and a new government was in operation by 1994. What happened in the critical years from 1979 to 1994? This book uniquely tells that story. Based on exclusive interviews with diplomats of more than a dozen countries, representatives of all four Cambodian factions, as well as journalists and scholars, Modern Cambodia’s Emergence from the Killing Fields provides a unique picture of the courage of the proud Cambodian people in carrying out the mandate of the United Nations’ first effort to bring peace to a country by organizing and running elections. This book identifies heroes and villains of that unique transition, a model for future situations, showing how the Cambodian people impressed the world by overcoming horrors of genocidal Khmer Rouge rule. The book consists of nine chapters and two appendices. Their contents are summarized below: Chapter 1. Cambodia’s Holocausts identifies six holocausts in the recent past of the country and how the Khmer Rouge threatened a seventh holocaust to halt UN operations. Chapter 2. Humanitarian Aid to Cambodia describes the sources and recipients of aid in the form of food, medicine, and reconstruction from 1979 to the end of the transitional period in 1984. Chapter 3. Paris Conferences on Cambodia is a diplomatic history of how numerous countries and four Cambodian factions came together in conferences held to bring peace to the country. Chapter 4. Was UNTAC Successful? The UN Transitional Authority for Cambodia, they agree in general that the outcome was worth the effort. UNTAC, which first sought to establish a neutral political environment, is measured by success in restoring peace, political normality, national reconciliation, legitimation, political stability, reconstruc-tion, human rights, and diplomatic normalcy. Chapter 5. The 1993 Election and Its Aftermath may have brought democracy to Cambodia, problems still needed to be solved for the country to advance. Using the same ten goals reviewed in Chapter 4, the election of 1993 and 1994 aftermath are evaluated. Chapter 6. Cambodia’s Economy was in a desperate condition when the Khmer Rouge left Cambodia in 1979. Prospects in 1994 after the country’s democratic election are reviewed. Chapter 7. Cambodia’s Foreign Relations were crucial for the country to achieve peace, as the country was treated as a pawn by superpowers from the 1960s until the peace agreement of 1991. This chapter focuses on the goals behind diplomatic maneuvering that frustrated Cambodia’s quest for peace during the 1980s. Chapter 8. Lessons from the Cambodian Conflict may have been learned by the superpowers if they paid careful attention to “Asian Way” diplomacy, which is defined as distinct from Western diplomacy. Chapter 9. Accountability for Internationally Recognized Crimes can easily be determined by consulting interna-tional treaties that establish norms of proper conduct between nations. Trials, past and future, are necessary. The book appends two important documents: Appendix A. Agreements on a Comprehensive Political Settlement of the Cambodia Conflict, 1991 is the text of the agreements reached in Paris to establish a UN transition for Cambodia until elections in 1993. Appendix B. Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia is the text of the 1993 constitution as revised in 1999.
2011
(Barack Obama was elected by a landslide in 2008, but the ...)
Barack Obama was elected by a landslide in 2008, but the election of 2012 was much closer. This book looks deep into his record and the context in which he operated—his personality, his ethical belief system and political philosophy, how his election was a breakthrough in American politics, his detractors, and his record in economics, health care, foreign policy, and other issues. Without rhetoric and sloganizing, this “must buy” book objectively analyzes pros and cons of his presidency. Chapter 1. The Aloha Zen President explains his background as a true son of the 50th State, where he learned secrets of how Hawai‘i has transcended a racist past to establish exemplary race relations that are the envy of the world. Chapter 2. Obama’s Ethics identifies the 12 principles of the multicultural ethos of Hawai‘i that President Obama has prac-ticed as a calm, effective leader, including harmoniousness, humility, nonconfrontationalism, piety, and respectfulness. Chapter 3. Political Succession in 2008 places the 2008 election in the context of America’s long tradition of welcoming new groups into the political process and predicts a Hispanic presi-dent before the end of the century. Chapter 4. Birtherists discusses the contrived controversy about Barack Obama’s birth in Honolulu and the fact that birtherists showed ignorance in seeking the wrong document all along. Chapter 5. Social Darwinist Republicans shows that Republicans believe that the successful have more rights. The chapter contrasts libertarian Republicans from triumphalist Republicans, who clash over the role of government in allowing the rich to prevail. Both are ideologically driven to do little to help the less fortunate or even the middle and working classes. Chapter 6. Progressive Democrats, who have complained about Obama’s centrist views, are exposed as “limousine liberals” clinging to a misguided strategy in pursuit of noble goals. Chapter 7. America’s Nascent Four-Party System proves that a four-party system is already operating beneath the surface and might emerge formally as a contest between Libertarians, Republicans, Democrats, and Progressives if more states adopt the four-party framework of New York State. Chapter 8. Why Democrats Lost in 2010 But May Win in 2012 first shows that Democrats lost in 2010 because voters accepted lies about Obama’s record. Then the chapter analyzes Obama’s re-election campaign strategy for strengths and weaknesses. Chapter 9. Obamanomics presents the many innovative ways in which Obama seeks to have government spend money more effectively as a “catalyst” for the free market. His people-oriented approach, opposed by Republicans, is explained through proposals for “stimulus” funding and many other new programs. Chapter 10. Obamacare, the name often given to Obama’s health care reform, is traced to proposals by Theodore Roosevelt and later presidents and by one state, the model, in 1974. Important provisions of Obamacare are explained. Chapter 11. The Obama Doctrine in Foreign Policy finds the unique Obama Doctrine from actions and speeches in his presidency that justify the use of American military force abroad. His Nobel Peace Prize speech is highlighted. Chapter 12. The Guantánamo Quagmire offers an analysis of how Congress has blocked Obama’s effort to close Guantánamo, what could be done to end the quagmire, and why Donald Rums-feld is a defendant in American courts today for allowing torture. Obama’s plan to stop war crimes is discussed. Chapter 13. Protecting Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya applies the Obama Doctrine to places where American military forces have been deployed in his presidency and when they will withdraw. Chapter 14. Killing Osama Bill Laden narrates how Operation Neptune Spear proceeded and why Pakistanis and terrorists are unhappy. The event cemented Obama’s image as a strong leader. Chapter 15. Mr. Calm and Effective’s Accomplishments lists significant executive orders and laws signed by President Obama and reveals the common theme—to revitalize democracy so that ordinary people can truly feel that government is on their side.
2012
(A craze in the academic community has existed over the cl...)
A craze in the academic community has existed over the claim that democracies never attack each other despite many contrary cases (e.g., the U.S. murderous attacks in 1969 on democratic Cambodia). The book exposes many key fallacies: • “Democracy” is not carefully or consistently defined. • Deviant cases are given short shrift. • Causality issues have been mostly ignored and remain unsettled. • Proposed inductive theoretical explanations have been refuted. • Adverse normative implications have been unacknowledged. Table of Contents Chapter 1. Evaluating a Research Agenda The book begins by noting how constructive criticisms of “democratic peace” have been ig-nored for two decades, even censored by one of the proponents, and thus went down the wrong path. Chapter 2. The Main Empirical “Findings” While some researchers believe that democracies are more peaceful than any other form of government, most “democratic peace” researchers find that pairs of democracies are more peaceful than pairs of countries that do not include democracies. Both the monadic and dyad-ic theses still have adherents, who in turn show no interest in democratic theory. Chapter 3. Problems of Research Design The main problem is that the term “democracy” is not consistently defined: Over 25 indicators vary inconsistently from study to study. The term “democracy” has never been dimensional-ized, conceptually or empirically. There are sampling inconsistencies: Some countries are ex-cluded, conflicts and wars exclude covert military operations, years of study vary considera-bly, with few serious efforts to replicate or account for hundreds of deviant cases. Chapter 4. Inference Problems No consensus exists whether democracy is a necessary or sufficient condition for peace, or if the relationship is bivariate, exogenous, inverse, probabilistic, recursive, reverse, simultaneous, or even curvilinear. There is no correlation if a variable intervenes between the two key con-cepts. Chapter 5. Faulty Theoretical Explanations Intervening variables are postulated as ad hoc inductive explanations, yet all are refuted. The chapter reviews theories about constraints, culture, domestic factors, and economic explana-tions. Yet leadership traits and realpolitik provide the best explanations, not democratic re-gime type. Researchers completely ignore the existing literature on paradigms of war and peace. Chapter 6. Normative Problems “Democratic peace” research was used to justify the Iraq War of 2003. Given the way the sample is manipulated, the implications are that democracies complacently can attack or sub-vert nondemocracies and continue undemocratic practices, yet proponents ignore policy impli-cations. Chapter 7. Conclusion The book concludes that much excellent research based on the “democratic peace” hypothesis has fallen like Humpty Dumpty and needs to be reintegrated into a coherent paradigm. Appendix. Deviant Cases Some 300 cases of democracies in conflict with other democracies are listed along with bibli-ographic documentation and indication of whether there was loss of life. References. Sixty-one pages of references are included, nearly a thousand in all. The most complete bibliography on the subject. vii + 201 pages, including 6 extended tabular displays and a 12-page detailed index.
2014
(Table of Contents Part I: Ends and Means 1 Social Darw...)
Table of Contents Part I: Ends and Means 1 Social Darwinism Racists distorted Darwin's theory as limited government libertarianism, whereas Trump is a triumphalist along 10 dimensions. 2 Democracy and Mass Society Challenges to democracy are identified from Plato and Hitler to the present, especially the gap between elites and masses. Part II: The 2016 Election 3 Promises, Promises Classifying Trump's campaign promises into the 10 dimensions of Social Darwinism and the desire to ditch democracy. 4 Why Trump Won About 10 reasons are assessed, including demographics. The most basic is that supporters have authoritarian personalities. Part Ill. Trump as President 5 Institutionalizing Bigotry Trump's policies along 10 types of Social Darwinism, some blocked by Republican members of Congress and the courts. 6 Dismantling Democracy. Trump's attacks on democratic institutions, verbally and in policies, which have lost respect for America around the world. 7 Dirty Tricks Violating norms of American democracy, such as Brainwashing Rallies, fearmongering, lies, namecalling, and kabuki theater. Part IV. The End of Trump 8 Fitness for Office Trump's lack of administrative, intellectual, moral, physical, psychological, rational, and temperamental qualifications. 9 Impeachment Evidence for abuse of power, bribery, corruption, endangering national security, obstruction of justice, and other charges. 10 Making America Humane Again Extraordinary proposals to end the appeal of Social Darwinism, promote democracy, and end mass society conditions.
2019
(Book proves that democratic principles no longer guide po...)
Book proves that democratic principles no longer guide politicians as well as the people and therefore the USA drifts toward authoritarian rule. Many questions are posed in The Ten Pillars of American Democracy: • What are the preconditions to democracy? Are they active in the United States today? • Which pillar of American democracy is the weakest? Strongest? • Why has the president become such a focus on American government? • Are legal theories used by judges merely cover for ideological bias? • How have restrictions on voting crippled turnout in recent elections? • Why has democratic ideology lost support? What sources of support have dried up? • What were the key events that upended American democracy? • What ideologies compete with the ideology of democracy in the United States? • What specifically is needed to repair the damage to American democracy? Important findings demonstrate why the USA has become a pseudo-democracy: • James Madison, who designed the Constitution, opposed democracy. • Congress was expected by the founders to be the most powerful branch of government. • Today, some members of Congress openly oppose democracy and have welcomed autocratic Donald Trump. • During 2020 there were about 838 active hate groups, part of civil society in the United States. • The number of political appointees in government departments has skyrocketed in recent decades. • As president, Donald Trump openly encouraged his supporters to violate the law. And some obeyed him. • Pressure groups spend more money on lobbying than on election campaigns. • Before becoming president, Trump’s bedside reading included the writings of Adolf Hitler. • Fewer students in public schools now learn about American government or even history. Table of Contents: Chapters and Appendices 1 The Dilemma of Democracy. After brief history of how the United States developed democratic principles, data are presented to show that European countries rank higher on the democracy scale. That someone could be elected president with contempt for the Constitution and democratic norms is evidence that the country has become a pseudo-democracy. But more evidence is needed by referring to some of the preconditions to democracy and how institutions of government can but fail to operate in the public interest. 2 Socioeconomic Pillar. Aristotle’s survey of democracies in ancient Athens revealed that democracies are most stable when there is a strong middle class to keep the upper and lower classes from wanting to control a polity for their selfish aims. The chapter provides data to show that America’s middle class are sinking in influence compared to rich oligarchic elites. 3 Constitutional Pillar. The Constitution was designed as a republic, not a democracy. Many features of the original document were designed to frustrate popular will. Amendments 13-15 moved in the direction of democracy. 4 Judicial Independence Pillar. The courts are supposed to rule on the basis of the law, not ideological or political preferences. However, the other two branches of government have tried to get judges appointed who support their prejudices. Courts have given leeway to presidents based on “national security.” 5 Legislative Integrity Pillar. Congress is run by leaders who promote partisan agendas, contributing to gridlock when the parties are of about equal strength. The undemocratic filibuster forces bipartisan legislation, which is rare. 6 Election Integrity Pillar. The right vote is the most important right in a democracy. The chapter details methods used to deny some persons an equal opportunity to cast their ballots. Election legitimacy is now contested widely. 7 Bureaucratic Independence Pillar. Government workers below the level of partisan appointees are supposed to be competent and nonpartisan. But the layers above try to hamper operations of those below. 8 Presidential Civility Pillar. Presidents have been allowed new powers because legislatures are now unproductive. But the increase is supposed to go along with norms of decent behavior. Some 25 norms were broken under President Trump and some of his predecessors. They are presented in detail. 9 Civil Society Pillar. Pressure groups, political parties, and the media are supposed to represent the will of the people to those in power. In recent years, however, the influence of financing, competitive ideologies, and polarized sources of information mean that people vote against their self-interest. 10 Informed Citizen Pillar. The public is misinformed by institutions of civil society and miseducated in schools. Data is assembled to prove that public debate centers on distrust rather than truth. 11 Democratic Ideology Pillar. The ideologies of Lincolnian liberal democracy and Rooseveltian social democracy are swamped in number by an American political history of alternative concepts of how government should operate. 12 Summary and Conclusion. The book ends with pessimism about the future of democracy in the United States. To repair democracy, there must be recognition of how dire the situation is, but drastic reforms will take decades. Appendix A. Violation of Laws Encouraged by President Donald Trump Appendix B. Republican Congressional Votes to Repudiate President Donald Trump Appendix C. Active Hate Groups, 2020 Appendix D. Trump’s Hitlerian Behavior
2021
(Book proves that democratic principles no longer guide po...)
Book proves that democratic principles no longer guide politicians as well as the people and therefore the USA drifts toward authoritarian rule. Many questions are posed in The Ten Pillars of American Democracy: • What are the preconditions to democracy? Are they active in the United States today? • Which pillar of American democracy is the weakest? Strongest? • Why has the president become such a focus on American government? • Are legal theories used by judges merely cover for ideological bias? • How have restrictions on voting crippled turnout in recent elections? • Why has democratic ideology lost support? What sources of support have dried up? • What were the key events that upended American democracy? • What ideologies compete with the ideology of democracy in the United States? • What specifically is needed to repair the damage to American democracy? Important findings demonstrate why the USA has become a pseudo-democracy: • James Madison, who designed the Constitution, opposed democracy. • Congress was expected by the founders to be the most powerful branch of government. • Today, some members of Congress openly oppose democracy and have welcomed autocratic Donald Trump. • During 2020 there were about 838 active hate groups, part of civil society in the United States. • The number of political appointees in government departments has skyrocketed in recent decades. • As president, Donald Trump openly encouraged his supporters to violate the law. And some obeyed him. • Pressure groups spend more money on lobbying than on election campaigns. • Before becoming president, Trump’s bedside reading included the writings of Adolf Hitler. • Fewer students in public schools now learn about American government or even history. Table of Contents: Chapters and Appendices 1 The Dilemma of Democracy. After brief history of how the United States developed democratic principles, data are presented to show that European countries rank higher on the democracy scale. That someone could be elected president with contempt for the Constitution and democratic norms is evidence that the country has become a pseudo-democracy. But more evidence is needed by referring to some of the preconditions to democracy and how institutions of government can but fail to operate in the public interest. 2 Socioeconomic Pillar. Aristotle’s survey of democracies in ancient Athens revealed that democracies are most stable when there is a strong middle class to keep the upper and lower classes from wanting to control a polity for their selfish aims. The chapter provides data to show that America’s middle class are sinking in influence compared to rich oligarchic elites. 3 Constitutional Pillar. The Constitution was designed as a republic, not a democracy. Many features of the original document were designed to frustrate popular will. Amendments 13-15 moved in the direction of democracy. 4 Judicial Independence Pillar. The courts are supposed to rule on the basis of the law, not ideological or political preferences. However, the other two branches of government have tried to get judges appointed who support their prejudices. Courts have given leeway to presidents based on “national security.” 5 Legislative Integrity Pillar. Congress is run by leaders who promote partisan agendas, contributing to gridlock when the parties are of about equal strength. The undemocratic filibuster forces bipartisan legislation, which is rare. 6 Election Integrity Pillar. The right vote is the most important right in a democracy. The chapter details methods used to deny some persons an equal opportunity to cast their ballots. Election legitimacy is now contested widely. 7 Bureaucratic Independence Pillar. Government workers below the level of partisan appointees are supposed to be competent and nonpartisan. But the layers above try to hamper operations of those below. 8 Presidential Civility Pillar. Presidents have been allowed new powers because legislatures are now unproductive. But the increase is supposed to go along with norms of decent behavior. Some 25 norms were broken under President Trump and some of his predecessors. They are presented in detail. 9 Civil Society Pillar. Pressure groups, political parties, and the media are supposed to represent the will of the people to those in power. In recent years, however, the influence of financing, competitive ideologies, and polarized sources of information mean that people vote against their self-interest. 10 Informed Citizen Pillar. The public is misinformed by institutions of civil society and miseducated in schools. Data is assembled to prove that public debate centers on distrust rather than truth. 11 Democratic Ideology Pillar. The ideologies of Lincolnian liberal democracy and Rooseveltian social democracy are swamped in number by an American political history of alternative concepts of how government should operate. 12 Summary and Conclusion. The book ends with pessimism about the future of democracy in the United States. To repair democracy, there must be recognition of how dire the situation is, but drastic reforms will take decades. Appendix A. Violation of Laws Encouraged by President Donald Trump Appendix B. Republican Congressional Votes to Repudiate President Donald Trump Appendix C. Active Hate Groups, 2020 Appendix D. Trump’s Hitlerian Behavior
2021
(Political scientist Michael Haas brings together essays b...)
Political scientist Michael Haas brings together essays by seven distinguished authors with different ideas about how North and South Korea might again become a single, unified state. The book presents a history of Korea and pathways that may be followed to bring the two Koreas together in a confederation or federation despite different economic and ideological systems—and new material identifies progress already achieved toward the goal of reunification. Chapters deal with the following approaches that have been used in other cases of divided peoples who eventually became unified under a single government: Neutralization - concluding a peace treaty and dismantling armies Functionalism - nonpolitical cross-border economic and social contact Nonviolence - the tradition of Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. Mediation - how third parties can facilitate agreements between North & South Negotiation - diplomacy involving professionals and nonprofessionals In addition, one chapter examines the feasibility of reunification from a political and military perspective. The final chapter assesses progress over the past 25 years and prospects for the future. The book has several unique elements: Proves that plans of both Koreas have changed dramatically over the years. Shows 4 basic ways to redesign relations between the Koreas. Explodes the myth that the two Koreas do not talk to each other. Explains how both Pyongyang and Seoul co-hosted the Olympic Games in 1988. Indicates that more than 100 South Korea companies operate in the North. Cites approved visits of ordinary North Koreans to South Korea and vice versa. Specifies 5 tasks for nonviolent global transformation. Traces the impact of the ending of the Cold War on both Koreas. Explains second- and third-track diplomacy—and who is involved today. Suggests how reunification could occur “spontaneously.” Provides guidelines for successful negotiation outcomes. Identifies the size of armies and revenue from arms exports of both Koreas. Reveals that the USA withdrew all nuclear warheads from South Korea in 1991. Dates the origin of North Korea’s nuclear program from the Cold War’s end. Compares divided Korea with other divided peoples around the world. Gives details about Korea’s relations with China, Japan, Russia, USA. Table of Contents Preface 1 Introduction (Michael Haas) 2 The Historical Approach (Michael Haas) 3 The Neutralization Approach (Johan Galtung) 4 The Functional Approach (Michael Haas) 5 The Nonviolence Approach (Glenn D. Paige) 6 The Mediation Approach (Theodore L. Becker) 7 The Negotiation Approach (Oran R. Young) 8 The Political Feasibility Approach (Dae-Sook Suh) 9 The Contemporary Approach (Jae-Bong Lee) Appendices: 5 Plans for Reunification Combined References Index Contributors Theodore L. Becker, Auburn University Johan Galtung, Transcend (formerly University of Oslo) Michael Haas, California Polytechnic University, Pomona Jae-Bong Lee, Wonkwang University Glenn D. Paige, University of Hawaii Dae-Sook Suh, University of Hawaii Oran R. Young, University of California, Santa Barbara. This is the second edition of the book.
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( This provocative analysis of U.S. relations with Cambod...)
This provocative analysis of U.S. relations with Cambodia from the 1950s to the present illuminates foreign policy issues that remain especially pertinent in the aftermath of the Cold War, as we attempt to formulate new approaches to a changed but still threatening international situation. Based on interviews with more than 100 diplomats, journalists, and scholars who have been involved with the Cambodian peace process, Michael Haas' book brings to light new information on a complex chain of events and casts doubt on official accounts of U.S. policies toward Cambodia. Haas sorts through the tangle of misinformation, anti-communist hysteria, secret operations, and other policy miscalculations that he contends were instrumental in defeating the unaligned government of Prince Sihanouk and setting the stage for the Khmer Rouge takeover and massive slaughter in Cambodia. He examines the strategic assumptions underlying U.S. efforts to sustain the Khmer Rouge after its defeat by Vietnam in 1979, and the unraveling of that policy when the unilateral withdrawal of Vietnamese troops eliminated any reasonable justification for it. Haas attributes U.S. failures in Cambodia to a combination of the idealistic desire to remake the world in a democratic image, a belief in U.S. omnipotence, and the realpolitik tradition of using power to advance U.S. commercial and security interests whenever they seem to be threatened. Through the method of options analysis, Haas proposes a model of international relations based on self-determination and democratic principles. Urging reflection on the lessons of Cambodia as policies are developed for the 1990s, this book will be important reading for diplomats, policymakers, journalists, and academics with an interest in foreign policy analysis and conflict resolution, communism, and Southeast Asia. A second edition was published in 2020.
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( The first comprehensive statistical analysis of human r...)
The first comprehensive statistical analysis of human rights attainments and improvements over time, this book seeks to answer the question, Why do some countries better observe human rights than others, and what can be done to advance the cause of human rights around the world? Haas's data support his argument that economic sanctions against countries that violate human rights are likely to be counterproductive. When information flows more freely and economies are more pluralistic, competing political parties emerge, and basic human rights are increasingly respected. When liberal democracies have sufficient prosperity to adopt welfare state policies, women's rights are most likely to advance.
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( This insightful book shows how the cultural affinity am...)
This insightful book shows how the cultural affinity among the island nations of the South Pacific, known as the Pacific Way, has led to unique regional intergovernmental organizations. In particular, Haas points out that the survival and vitality of regional cooperation in the South Pacific is pivoted on this peculiar cultural affinity. He claims that organizations who have not adopted the Pacific Way have collapsed, while those that embrace it survive and will continue to grow. This politically oriented book, which covers Hawaii and the island nations from Pitcairn Islands on the east to Palau and Papua New Guinea on the west, from Micronesia on the north to Australia and New Zealand on the south, offers a perceptive view of this much ignored region of the world. The Pacific Way examines specific organizations in this political culture, revealing how individual countries have developed common institutional arrangements in accordance with the Pacific Way. Haas starts with the organizing efforts of the colonial powers in the region, and goes on to provide a complete history of intergovernmental organizations. He offers pertinent information of the South Pacific Commission, ANZUS, and the South Pacific Forum. He fully describes the more technical organizations, including the Pacific Forum Line and the University of the South Pacific--providing both historical and contemporaruy perspectives. Finally, in view of the formation of the subregional Melanesian Spearhead Group and discussion on a possible Polynesian Economic and Cultural Community, The Pacific Way addresses prospects for integration of South Pacific regional organizations into a single coherent structure. It will appeal to students and scholars interested in political anthropology, theories of regional cooperation, and the politics of the region. It will also prove invaluable to business executives and foreign officials who deal with this part of the world.
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( This book describes how institutional racism arose in H...)
This book describes how institutional racism arose in Hawaii, why it arose, what kept it going, and how it can be dismantled. The book is unique in describing the history, statistical patterns, ideological disputation, and political underpinnings of institutional racism in a particular state, indeed one often thought to be relatively free from virulent forms of racism. The book specifically focuses on racial problems in regard to education, employment, health care delivery, and public accomodations. The book concludes that White-constructed institutional racist policies, practices, and procedures persisted even when political power shifted after statehood in 1959 to affluent Japanese-Americans, who used the same forms of institutional racism to hold back Whites and poorer non-White ethnic groups. Although affirmative action is often improperly thought to involve quotas and reverse discrimination, the case of Hawaii shows that institutional racism can be dismantled through affirmative action without lowering standards of education, employment qualifications, and health care, instead, standards actually improved the benefit to all.
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( While Europe has traditionally been the role model for ...)
While Europe has traditionally been the role model for international cooperation, this volume suggests a new highly successful mode. Using a flourishing operational code of diplomacy known as the Asian Way, Asian regional cooperation has gone even further to unite disparate countries for economic and political objectives. Culminating twenty years of research, this volume defines the Asian Way. It then provides details on fifty regional organizations in an effort to study this spirit of regional cooperation. Highlighting the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), the author concludes that Asian international relations has been ASEANized and increased economic progress has been advanced in two decades through the application of the Asian Way. Examining in microcosm how nations conduct their foreign relations in Asia, this volume provides an extensive list of regional organizations. It details their organizational charts, provides membership lists, and reveals funding formulas and projects undertaken. The author explains how, through the application of the principles of the Asian Way, the countries of Southeast Asia have resolved their conflicts, harmonized foreign policies, begun projects of regional economic cooperation and ultimately advanced prosperity.
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(Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 The Philosophical Ba...)
Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 The Philosophical Basis for Human Rights 3 The Historical Basis for Human Rights 4 The Contemporary Basis for Human Rights 5 Civil and Political Rights and Crimes Against Humanity 6 Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights 7 Crimes Against Peace and War Crimes 8 Quantitative and Theoretical Dimensions 9 United Nations Charter-Based Organizations 10 Treaty-Based Global International Organizations 11 American Approaches to International Human Rights 12 European Approaches to International Human Rights 13 Developing Country Approaches to International Human Rights 14 New Dimensions and Challenges
2014
Haas, Michael was born on March 26, 1938 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
Bachelor, Stanford University, 1959;
Master of Arts, Yale University, 1960;
Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1964.
Lecturer San Jose (California) State College, 1963-1964. Professor University Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, 1964-1998. Visiting professor Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1968-1969, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1969, University California, Riverside, 1969, University of The Philippines, Quezon City, 1978, San Francisco State University, 1978, University of London, 1990; Lecturer, Loyola Marymount University, 1999; Lecturer, California State University, 1999-2002; Adjunct Faculty, College of the Canyons, 1999, 2005-2006; Lecturer, California State University, Los Angeles; Adjunct Professor, California Polytechnic University, 2002-2003; Lecturer, Rio Hondo College, 2003; Adjunct Professor, Occidental College, 2003-2004
Looking for the Aloha Spirit: Promoting Ethnic Harmony, 1st edition
(Table of Contents 1 Institutional Racism in Hawai'i Publ...)
2010( The first comprehensive statistical analysis of human r...)
( This insightful book shows how the cultural affinity am...)
Donald Trump's Hidden Agenda for America: Institutionalizing Bigotry, Dismantling Democracy
(Table of Contents Part I: Ends and Means 1 Social Darw...)
2019(Political scientist Michael Haas brings together essays b...)
The Ten Pillars of American Democracy: Has the United States Become a Pseudo-Democracy?
(Book proves that democratic principles no longer guide po...)
2021The Politics of Lockdowns, Masks, and Vaccines: The Trump Administration and the Coronavirus
(Book proves that democratic principles no longer guide po...)
2021Deconstructing the "Democratic Peace": How a Research Agenda Boomeranged
(A craze in the academic community has existed over the cl...)
2014( While Europe has traditionally been the role model for ...)
( This book describes how institutional racism arose in H...)
Mr. Calm & Effective: Evaluating the Presidency of Barack Obama
(Barack Obama was elected by a landslide in 2008, but the ...)
2012America's War Crimes Quagmire: From Bush to Obama
(A collection of 46 essays that originally appeared on the...)
2010Modern Cambodia's Emergence from the Killing Fields: What Happened in the Critical Years?
(In 1975, the murderous Khmer Rouge came to power in Cambo...)
2011( This provocative analysis of U.S. relations with Cambod...)
Executive Director, Foundation for Race/Sex Equality and the Spirit of Hawaiian Aloha, Honolulu, 1978-1998. Director Center for Research on Ethic Relations Social Science Research Institute University Hawaii, 1991-1998, chair Cambodia Studies Committee, 1991-1992. Member Peace Science Society (President, Western Branch, 1983), American Political Science Association, International Political Science Association, International Studies Association, International Peace Research Association, President, Political Film Society, 1998 to present.
A regular gymgoer since 1977, he appears much younger in person that his age.