In an increasing number of countries around the world, populist leaders, political parties and movements have gained prominence and influence, either by electoral successes on their own or by influencing other political parties and the national political discourse. While it is w…
Presents the findings of an international comparative study in six European countries, chosen to represent social-democratic, liberal and conservative regimes, of informal work in the areas of child care and elder care in the private houshold, undeclared work, and voluntary work…
Explores the diverse patterns of part-time work in selected countries of Europe and USA. Concludes that part-time work does equalize women's position vis--vis full time workers, nor does it leave women in part-time jobs wholly marginalized. Instead it shows that part-time jobs p…
"This book provides comprehensive insights into the parties and party systems of post-communist EU member states: Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Slovenia within the framework of each country's specific conditions and developments. It co…
Poland, 1918-1945 is a challenging, revisionist analysis and interpretation, supported by documentary evidence, of a crucial and controversial period in Poland's recent history.
"Maus tells the story of Vladek Spiegelman, a Jewish survivor of Hitler's Europe, and his son, a cartoonist coming to terms with his father's story. Maus approaches the unspeakable through the diminutive. Its form, the cartoon (the Nazis are cats, the Jews mice), shocks us out o…
This book examines the process of Poland's accession negotiations to the European Union between 1998-2003. An empirical study based on Robert Putnam's two-level game model, it charts the influence and role of key domestic actors and groups on the negotiations especially in three…
