The Reform of Europe

DescriptionThroughout the 'long 19th century', the Ottoman and Russian empires shared a goal of destroying one another. Yet, they also shared a sim...

This volume addresses the relationship of citizenship and public management in Europe. After 15 years of state reform, it is time for an overall di...

Reform of the welfare sector is an important yet difficult challenge for countries in transition from socialist central planning to market-oriented...

Reducere. Local Reforms in Transition Democracies analyses local public reforms in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and Ukraine. Practitioners and research...

This volume emphasizes the movements of ideas in both directions--from Europe to the Caucasus and from the Caucasus to Europe. This illuminates a v...

A political science perspective on higher education reform in Central and Eastern Europe. Examines the impact of historical institutions and transn...

Is the economic reform of Central Europe influenced by or an influence upon capital markets? Where does globalization fit in? Ken Morita's pioneeri...

Celebrities, heroes and champions explores the role of the popular politician in British and Irish society from the Napoleonic Wars to the Second R...

Presents an account of the reconstruction of prehuman history of the earth. This title takes readers from the post-Napoleonic Restoration in Europe...

Combining the scholarly with the personal, this innovative introduction by an internationally renowned Islamicist gives the reader an insight into ...

Reducere. From Table of Contents: - Local Public Reforms in Central and Eastern Europe: Agendas for the Future - Policy Analysis: Methods of Policy Analysis ...

DescriptionThis book sets out a vision for another Europe: one that cherishes diversity, listens to its public, and is sensitive to its younger gen...

A groundbreaking history of Europe's new lefts, from the antifascist 1920s to the anti-establishment 1960s In the 1960s, the radical youth of Weste...

The eighteenth century was the Jews' first modern century. The deep changes that took place during its course shaped the following generations, and...

Reducere. The Crash forced Hoover, and then Roosevelt and the nation, to reexamine old solutions and address pressing questions of recovery and reform, econo...

Contributor(s): Author: Colin CrouchThere is increasing evidence of widespread disillusion with the major shift to neoliberal economic policies tha...

". . . rich in informative and comparative analysis . . . Considering the number and range of themes, the essays complement each other remarkably w...

Reducere. Contemporary public administration reflects its historical roots, as well as contemporary ideas about how the public bureaucracy should be organize...

John W. O'Malley works out a remarkable guide to the intellectual and historical developments behind the concepts of Catholic reform, the Counter R...

A powerful and progressive programme for the Eurozone The Eurozone crisis since 2010 has instilled political disunity and generated a long period o...

The contributions to this edited volume discuss constitutional politics in 20 Central and Eastern European countries. The country chapters describe...

Reducere. The Cleveland Jewish Orphan Asylum was for fifty years (1868-1918) the home for some 3, 500 boys and girls, most of them immigrants from Eastern Eu...

Reducere. Debating Immigration presents twenty-one original and updated essays, written by some of the world's leading experts and pre-eminent scholars that ...

Reducere. The second volume of The Cambridge History of Communism explores the rise of Communist states and movements after World War II. Leading experts ana...

A compelling new biography that recasts the most important European statesman of the first half of the nineteenth century, famous for his alleged a...

Revolution in Development uncovers the surprising influence of postrevolutionary Mexico on the twentieth century's most important international eco...

The founder of modern nursing expressed her revolutionary ideas of hospital reform in these two essays, published in 1859 and presented the previou...

EPUB and EPDF available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Today, production processes have become fragmented with a range of activities divide...

This second edition of A History of Modern Germany offers a comprehensive overview of German history from its transformation as a loose patchwork o...

DescriptionA major new account of the most intensely creative years of Luther's careerThe Making of Martin Luther takes a provocative look at the i...

Contributor(s): Author: W. Caleb McDanielWinner of the Merle Curti Award Winner of the SHEAR James Broussard First Book PrizeIn The Problem of Demo...

Reducere. In this thrilling narrative, the reader is introduced to Arnold Josiah Ford - giant of black music; legendary black Jewish Rabbi; stalwart of the M...

Local participation is the new democratic imperative. In the United States, three-fourths of all cities have developed opportunities for citizen in...

DescriptionCatherine the Great's letters present a vivid picture of Russia in a momentous age. They also offer a unique account of her personal dev...

This is a clear and concise introduction to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and an overview of its debates and controversies. Where did the I...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Patrick M. WoodAuthor: Antony C. SuttonThis is the documented story of the organization and members of the Trilateral Commi...

Reducere. Shortlisted for the Wellcome Prize for Historical Fiction Award-winning author Sarah Moss's most recent work of historical fiction is a portrait of...

Reducere. I am increasingly convinced that the decisive question that demands an answer from us is not so much how believers experience the liturgy, but whet...

Reducere. Michael Psellus (1018 - 1178 C.E) forms the bridge between the ancient classical view of the daemon as a beneficial guiding spiritual presence (a l...

Ramon Llull (1232-1316) composed The Book of the Order of Chivalry between 1274 and 1276 as both an instrument of reform and an agent for change. H...

This collection of lectures by Catherine Booth and William Booth form a passionate call to Christians to improve the dire social status of society'...

DescriptionIs it time to leave the EU? MEP and award-winning political writer Daniel Hannan argues for a British exit ahead of the coming referendu...

Reducere. Occupational therapy originated in social reform, but early in its history became allied with medicine, a biomedical perspective and a focus on ind...