The European Union and the role of member states is currently one of the major topics of current political debate and academic discourse. The evolution of the political system in Brussels and developments within the individual member states promise new insights into the European…
This book provides a country-by-country analysis of how European policy is made and applied in the Member States. Its central focus is the involvement of national institutions and how non-state actors interact and fit into the Union's system.
In deze bundel aandacht voor het schenden van de mensenrechten in Haïti, de mishandeling van politieke gevangenen. De bundel bestaat uit een selectie van artikelen uit Ayiti Fanm, een Creoolse krant.
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fromAmerica : a cultural history
"Presents selections of works of Yu Keping, a Chinese intellectual and figure in official think tanks, on politics and democracy that reveal the ongoing debates in Chinese political and intellectual circles on democratic reform and where China's political development is heading"…
"In Economic Development and Transition, renowned development economist Justin Yifu Lin argues that economic performance in developing countries depends largely on government strategy. If the government plays a facilitating role, enabling firms to exploit the economy's comparati…
The way the sovereign state is taken for granted in political theory prevents an explanation of historical and contemporary organizations and phenomena different from this ideal type. Peter Halden bypasses the state and the problems it causes by constructing an understanding of …
Today, privacy is one of the most hotly debated topics worldwide. The book aims to balance the development of personal rights in a country that has historically valued collective rights over those of the individual. The protection of privacy is not an issue that has been emphasi…
"This new translation of an undisputed classic aims to be both accurate and readable. Tocqueville's subtlety of style and profundity of thought offer a challenge to readers as well as to translators. As both a Tocqueville scholar and an award-winning translator, Arthur Goldhamme…
The Third Way is said to be the guiding philosophy for New Labour and centreleft parties and governments across the globe. Moving beyond attempts to define and defend the Third Way, this innovative collection embarks on a critical examination of this key concept. The editors dra…
"The Third Way is said to be the guiding philosophy for New Labour and centre-left parties and governments across the globe. Moving beyond attempts to define and defend the Third Way, this innovative collection embarks on a critical examination of this key concept. The editors d…
"What did the early rulers of the Soviet Union -- Stalin, Trotsky, Bukharin, Kamenev, Zinoviev, Dzerzhinsky, among others -- truly think and feel about each other? Piggy Foxy and the Sword of Revolution provides a window into the soul of Bolshevism, the Bolshevik leaders, and th…
John F. Kennedy died decades ago - yet because of his extraordinary promise and untimely death, his star still resonates strongly. On the anniversary of his assassination, a political scientist and analyst - himself a teenager in the early 1960s, and inspired by JFK and his pres…
