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The article focuses on nuclear weapons and the Cold War. Topics discussed include the role played by nuclear weapons in bipolar confrontation during the Cold War; various aspects of nuclear weapons and the international relations; and the historiography and political science debate on relevance of nuclear weapons in world politics.

Focuses on the economic and political aspects of the doctrine of U.S. President George W. Bush called the "Bush Doctrine," based on the revised foreign policies of the U.S. Proposal by the Bush administration through the doctrine to exceed the inherent limitations of the post-bipolarism in order to catch up the program of former President Bill Clinton of total economic hegemony; Citation of the structural limit for the U.S. government in the performance of the "Bush Doctrine"; Discussion of the ideology associated with neoclassical conception of the market from the doctrine.

The role of international institutions is central to the functioning of the international system after the end of the Cold war and of bipolarity, which inhibited cooperation among states. International relations' literature offers various points of view on the subject. Among the most important are neorealism, which is skeptical on the utility of institutions, and institutionalism, which positions them at centre stage. This essay will examine the basis of conflict and cooperation for institutionalism, in order to specify the role of institutions in such context. The neorealist critique to this argument will then be analyzed, in conjunction with the different conception of institution which follows. Finally, the advantages and disadvantages of a recent attempt at merging the two views will be be discussed, with reference to the explanation of the relevance of international institutions in the contemporary world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This essay turns upon the results of a study about the Italian management schools with which an attempt was made to single out the features of an area which appears to be in constant evolution. Characterized until few years ago by a marked opening towards the business world and its culture - but not completely out of the scholatisc values - it was found that today the area of the Italian management schools is looking for a more stable scholastic legitimation. By referring to the studies of P. Bourdieu about the French `écoles de gestion', the present bipolarism of the Italian management schools seems to be the result of their current and difficult attempt to define and structure their identity in the education area where different social groups confront each other: in particular, the social groups gravitating around the field of economic power which try to strengthen their influence in the field of cultural production and the ones gravitating around the field of intellectual power which are until now the legitimate cultural producers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]