Europe in Change MUP Ser. Non-State Actors in International Relations : The Case of Germany by ManchesterUnivPr Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 2007 by ManchesterUniversity Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7190-7416-5, ISBN: 0-7190-7416-9
"This book looks at the interaction between non-state actors and their state, in this case Germany, in terms of support, supplement and resource. It uses Germany as an instructive case study from which to draw out wider lessons."
Two Tiers or Two Speeds? The European Security Order and the Enlargement of the European Union and NATO (Europe in Change) by James Sperling, ManchesterUnivPr Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 1999 by ManchesterUniversity Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7190-5401-3, ISBN: 0-7190-5401-X
"Brings attention to the extent of think tank development in countries including Malaysia, Russia, Japan, Italy, the US, and Australia, and explores their involvement in the policy process. Each chapter begins with an empirical and historical analysis of developments in think tanks within a country to gain insight into their diverse forms and behaviors, and compares think tank activity in different countries in an attempt to understand w ..."
"Democracy is expensive. Political parties and election campaigns cost money. Where does the money come from? What influence does it have on the contenders for power and the nature of political competition, in countries that are seeking to embrace, often for the first time, the rules of the democratic game? In what ways can the politicians help make democracy affordable? These and other issues in political finance are significant but oft ..."
"This volume brings together leading authorities in political science to assess 50 years of British political life from 1947. Retreat from empire to Europe, with all the adjustments which this entailed, is explored along with the changing nature of politics at home. The withdrawal of the welfare state, the persistence of poverty, along with the changing role of the state in society, are examined in terms of changing ideas and definitions ..."
"His primary research interests lie in the sociology of culture. ... His earlier The
Firm and the Market (1987) was a Newsweek Business Book of the year. Roy
Church is Professor of Economic and Social History and Dean of the School of
History at the University of East Anglia, Norwich. ... on hypotheses and history',
Business History, 1993, and The Rise and Decline of the British Motor Industry (
1994). ... His recent doctoral dissert ..."
Other Than Identity The Subject, Politics and Art by Juliet Steyn, ManchesterUnivPr Hardcover, 242 Pages, Published 1997 by ManchesterUnivPr ISBN-13: 978-0-7190-4462-5, ISBN: 0-7190-4462-6
"... Notes i Bernardo Soares, the semi-heteronym of Fernando Pessoa, is the
diarist author of The Book of Disquietude (Livro do Desassossego) , although the
several competing English-language editions of the book based on Portuguese
versions ... Quotations from the Soares book in my essay are from the translation
by Richard Zenith, Manchester: Carcanet Press, 1991, ... edition of Pessoa's '
complete' works organized by Antonio Quadro ..."
"Industry and Government in Britain: The Federation of British Industries in Politics . Farnborough. Saxon House. Campbell. ]. I., Ir (1994). Couriers and the European postal monopolies, in R. H. Pedler and M. P. M. C. Van Schendelen ( eds)."
Beyond the Glass Ceiling(1st Edition) Forty Women Whose Ideas Shape the Modern World (Women's Studies) by Sian Griffiths, ManchesterUnivPr Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 1996 by ManchesterUnivPr ISBN-13: 978-0-7190-4954-5, ISBN: 0-7190-4954-7
"Women in almost all walks of life have found at some point that their ideas are being stifled and a rise to the top of their profession has been blocked. However there are some who have broken through this glass ceiling, and whose thinking has altered not only their particular field but the way we see the world. In this work, forty such women from across the globe in areas as diverse as computer science, physics, literature, philosophy, ..."
Perceptions of Security Public Opinion and Expert Assessments in Europe's New Democracies by Richard Smoke, ManchesterUnivPr Paperback, 300 Pages, Published 1996 by ManchesterUnivPr ISBN-13: 978-0-7190-4813-5, ISBN: 0-7190-4813-3
"This work reveals what the people of Eastern Europe really think about the international political climate in which they find themselves after the Cold War. The perspectives of both the general public and of international affairs experts in Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Hungary and the Czech and Slovak Republics are presented. Public opinion is assessed by leading opinion analysts in each country. Topics addressed include the possible expans ..."
"Women are breaking through the so-called 'glass ceiling' in increasing numbers. In this book, forty such women, whose thinking has altered not only their own particular field but the very way we see the world, talk vividly about their ideas and lives, hopes and concerns for the future.Chosen from across the globe, in areas as diverse as computer science, physics, literature, philosophy, politics, law and anthropology, most are drawn fro ..."
"Written by an international team of art historians, philosophers and psychologists, this book discusses Gombrich's wide range of work on art and psychology. Beginning with his early involvement with the semiotics of Karl Buhler, it moves through to his current work on the psychology of perception and ideas surrounding primitivism. The introduction describes the evolution of Gombrich's thought and two essays study his "Viennese Connectio ..."
"The Literature of British India B. J. Moore-Gilbert. 4 'The Bhabhal of Tongues' :
reading Kipling, reading Bhabha BART MOORE-GILBERT As suggested in the
introduction to this volume, Homi Bhabha's essays constitute an important
reformulation of the model of colonial discourse analysis developed in Said's
Orientalism (1978). In this chapter, I intend to consider in more detail how
Bhabha's use of psychoanalytic theory invites reconsi ..."
"New York, NY.; Saint Martin's Press, LLC; 1997; 1st American Edition; 8 3/4"H x 5 5/8"W 144 Pages; Hardcover; As New in As New dust jacket; Blue Cloth Hardcover, w/ DJ;; Highlights the importance of studying economic incentives when considering institutional design and focuses on current political issues. The text includes theories from various economic disciplines and discusses elections and the economy, constitutional design, and gove ..."
"This work explores how Greece, uniquely among European nations, has a direct role in the three great geopolitical changes currently affecting Europe: European integration; the wars of the Yugoslav succession; and the changes in the European security system following the end of the Cold War. The contributors, who also bear in mind domestic factors, investigate Greek foreign policy in the 1990s in the context of these changes. They ask wh ..."
"Reveals the dark underside of Charles Dickens's work in the light of contemporary literary and cultural theory. Exploring transgressions and perversities in his work, this collection of essays focuses on the marginal figures (the Jew, the corpse), improbable concerns (idleness, insomnia), unlikely spaces (the crypt, the shop window) and radical voices (republican, homoerotic) in his novels. The authors of these essays consider Dickens t ..."