This text examines the role of unions in an increasingly global political economy. Labour issues have recently jumped on to the agenda of international relations and industrial relations and unions have been active in trying to influence policies of international organizations s…
A discussion of the history of economic theories which draws largely on periodical literature. The book is divided into sections along linguistic lines (German, Romance and English speaking countries).
This volume sets forth the life of one of the 20th-century's greatest spiritual philosophers, Martin Buber, in his own words. A series of reflections and narratives, it seeks not to describe his life in its full entirety, but rather to convey some of his defining moments of unce…
Meeting the needs of teachers and students studying for the revised AS and A2 exams, this text presents an approach to teaching and learning 20th-century British history at A level. "Britain in the Twentieth Century" focuses on the key topics within the period. Each topic is th…
Volume two of this work covers the years 1861-1863, when Marx consolidated and refined the arguments of his critique of political economy in his relatively neglected manuscripts "Theories of Surplus Value". Special attention is paid to the nature, scope and limitations of Marx's…
Volume one of "Marx's Critique of Political Economy" analyses the intellectual sources and evolution of Marx's critique of political economy leading up to the writing of the main Capital manuscripts (1844-1860). The volume provides a clear illustration of the contents of the tex…
An understanding of housing finance is essential for those studying contemporary housing issues. Finance, in the form of subsidies or household income, is the lever via which policies are implemented and individual aims and ambitions realised. The importance of finance is that i…
Lithuania restored her independence, after half a century of Soviet occupation, in the aftermath of the failed Moscow coup in August 1991. As the multi-national Soviet state disintegrated, Lithuania evolved, without war or violence from a communist state. This title concerns Lit…
The author reviews main theories of nationalism and criticises their lack of elaboration on the role of "Others" in nation formation. Drawing upon anthropological, sociological and social psychological perspectives, she develops a dynamic, relational perspective for the study of…
