Telikon Public Affairs Series

American Foreign Policy: Principles and Personalities.

Gordon Neal Diem, D.A.
1997, 200pp, paperback.
Offered as both a print text and as a Netscape format web text on disk.

Price: Print, $22.00; CD, $10.00.

An introductory text designed for sophomore-level college courses and citizens interested in improving their understanding of American foreign policy. The text briefly outlines American foreign policy history, describes and discusses fifteen principles upon which American foreign policy is based, and describes the role of various branches of government and non-governmental institutions in shaping and implementing foreign policy. Student papers illustrate the various principles in action, analyze the policies of selected presidential administrations, and describe important foreign policy events in American history.

Community Research Methods

Gordon Neal Diem, D.A.
1997, 212pp, paperback.
Price: $31.00.

An introductory text designed for sophomore-level college courses and citizen activists seeking to improve their community research skills. The text addresses three distinct topics. First, the text describes the steps in the research process, including the formulation and operationalization of the hypothesis, selecting of the research sample, and analysis of the data. Second, the text describes and explains more than thirty research methods used by social scientists and provides practical suggestions for appying these research methods. Finally, the text describes the various styles of reports common in the social sciences, including the polemic, the research report, descriptive paper, and policy analysis paper.

Problems in Municipal Government.

Gordon Neal Diem, D.A.
1999, 140pp, paperback.
Price: $21.00.

An introductory text designed for sophomore-level college courses and citizen activists seeking to improve their knowledge of the politics, sociology, and economics of the municipal arena. The text addressses twelve problems common to all municipal areas, ranging from voter apathy to economic uncertainty, and provides theoretical information necessary to understand the causes and develop solutions to each of the problems. The text then provides training in a variety of skills useful for solving municipal problems, including community needs assessment skills, grass-roots political organizing skills, and regional economic development skills.

Media Relations: Promoting Organizations, Causes and Issues in the Media.

Gordon Neal Diem, D.A.
1999, 24pp, paperback.
Price: $8.00.

Practical guide for organizing the media relations campaigns of community organizations.

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Updated 24 June 2006