Reconstructing the workings of colonial Spanish bureaucracy in the production of reports on individuals' achievements, this book explores the interrelation of state-induced curricula vitae and individuals' endeavor to outsmart this system in the genesis of modern forms of litera…
Reconstructing the workings of colonial Spanish bureaucracy in the production of reports on individuals' achievements, this book explores the interrelation of state-induced curricula vitae and individuals' endeavor to outsmart this system in the genesis of modern forms of litera…
"The Principality of Epirus was a medieval Greek state established in the western part of the Balkans after the fall of Constantinople to the forces of the Fourth Crusade in 1204. The Epirote rulers from the Komnenos-Doukas family claimed to be legitimate successors to the Byzan…
One common demand in the 2011 uprisings in the MENA region was the call for 'freedom, dignity, and social justice.' Citizens rallied against corruption and clientelism, which for many protesters were deeply linked to political tyranny. This book takes the phenomenon of the 2011 …
"Grindle looks at the histories of public sector reform in six developed countries and compares them with contemporary struggles for reform in four Latin American countries. A historical, case-based approach allows her to take into account contextual differences between countrie…
"This ground-breaking book challenges standard interpretations of metropolitan strategies of rule in the early nineteenth century. This book challenges traditional notions of a bureaucratic revolution in government in the mid-1830s, identifying a more profound and gradual transi…
This groundbreaking book challenges standard interpretations of metropolitan strategies of rule in the early nineteenth century. After the Napoleonic wars, the British government ruled a more diverse empire than ever before, and the Colonial Office responded by cultivating stron…
