Product Description: The response of an autocratic nation's armed forces is crucial to the outcome of democratization movements throughout the world. But what exact internal conditions have led to real-world democratic transitions, and have external forces helped or hurt? Here, experts with military and policy backgrounds, some of whom have played a role in democratic transitions, present instructive case studies of democratic movements...read more

Product Description: The response of an autocratic nation's armed forces is crucial to the outcome of democratization movements throughout the world. But how can military officers and defense officials in democratic nations persuade their counterparts in autocratic regimes to favor democratic transitions? Here, Admiral Dennis Blair confronts this hard-edged challenge with a primer on the factors that affect military behavior during democratic transitions...read more

Product Description: Outlines the law (The Family and Medical Leave Act) and the Department of Labor regulations interpreting it. It covers topics such as determining if FMLA applies to an employer, employees' eligibility to leave, administering leave, treatment of employees when they return from leave, communication and record keeping requirements, integration with other federal laws, and key planning issues...read more