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Eerste onderzoek naar het luchtbeschermingsbeleid, dat Nederland in navolging van Duitsland en Engeland in 1933 opzette.Het archaïsche begrip 'luchtbescherming' staat voor een bepaald tijdperk: een denkwijze, een politiek-bestuurlijk concept en een verzameling technisch-organisatorische maatregelen om de burgerbevolking van steden te beschermen tegen luchtaanvallen. Het luchtbeschermingsbeleid dat Nederland in 1933 schoorvoetend opzette, in na...

Negen heldere essays over de problematiek van onafhankelijkheid, commerciële belangen en authenticiteit in het wetenschappelijke bedrijf. In de moderne wetenschap is de autonomie van de onderzoeker vaak ver te zoeken. Men is in de ¿credit cycle¿ vaak afhankelijk van collega¿s en geldverstrekkers. Daarnaast komen de meeste onderzoekers vaak te weinig toe aan reflectie op hun activiteiten. Als dit wel gebeurt, zijn wetenschappers vooral bezig m...

In Krijgsvolk behandelt Erik Swart de gewapende macht te lande van de Nederlandse opstandelingen tegen Filips II in de eerste fase van de Opstand. Anders dan wat tot dusverre is aangenomen, bezaten de opstandelingen wel degelijk coherente ideeën over oorlogvoering en een strijdmacht om deze uit te voeren. Swart werpt dan ook een nieuw licht op het

In Oorlog, steden en staatsvorming wordt de organisatie van de defensie in Gorinchem en Doesburg, twee grenssteden van de Republiek, tijdens de Opstand bestudeerd. In grenssteden moest blijken of de vroegmoderne staat voldoende middelen bijeen kon brengen om gevechtskrachten te betalen en de organisatorische capaciteiten bezat om het gedrag van sol

Although it would be premature to presume to identify the exact repercussions of the current economic crisis, it is clear that it will have profound effects in the political, economic, and social spheres. Written in the midst of the deepest economic crisis since the Great Depression, "Aftershocks" contains twenty-four essays--based on interviews with scholars, prominent European politicians, and leading figures from business and banking--that ...

For years people from all parts of the world have gravitated to the city of Amsterdam and, like elsewhere, their fate has been shaped by the economic, sociopolitical, and cultural environments of their new homes. But the essays in "Ethnic Amsterdam "argue that this exchange occurs both ways: while immigrants are changed by the customs, opportunities, and constraints of their new host country, they are at the same time leaving their ineradicabl...

China's economic and political presence in Africa has expanded drastically over the past decade, especially in the sub-Saharan region. Convinced that Western attempts at providing aid to Africa have failed, Chinese officials have sought new forms of aid and invested billions to push further development in Africa. But some in the United States and around the word fear that China's interest in sub-Saharan Africa could threaten previous efforts t...

Herinneringen halen we niet alleen op aan de hand van beelden, maar ook met behulp van geluid. We koesteren onze versleten bandrecorderspoelen, cassettebandjes en langspeelplaten - onze -sound souvenirs - om de muziek van vroeger nog eens te horen. Radioprogramma's als de Top2000 houden oude nummers eindeloos in de lucht. In geluidsarchieven bewar

A Continent Moving West?" argues that the conceptualization of migration as a one-way or long-term process is becoming increasingly wide of the mark. Rather, east-west labor migration in Europe, in common perhaps with other flows in and from other parts of the world, is diverse, fluid, and influenced by the dynamics of local and sector-specific labor markets and migration-related political regulations. The papers in this book contribute to cri...

An important contribution to the debates surrounding the evolution of the European welfare state model, this volume investigates the role that "ideational leadership" has played in the passing of structural reforms in the change-resistant German welfare state. Based on in-depth case studies of individual reforms in health care, pensions, and unemployment insurance since the early 1990s, Stiller illuminates the ways in which Germany has made th...

City in Sight" presents recent scholarship on the various issues facing today's Dutch metropolitan areas, including immigration and the growing diversity among the urban population, urban restructuring and neighborhood renewal, shifts in urban governance, and the promotion of active citizenship. With its wealth of information and up-to-date research, this text will appeal to scholars of urban politics and social history from all over the globe.

Charles Darwin: 'My dear Einstein, what are you so worried about? Still longing for the Theory of Everything? Whereas it already exists?' Albert Einstein: 'What? Have I missed something?' Wat gebeurt er wanneer alle knappe koppen uit de geschiedenis van de wetenschap samenkomen. In Darwin Meets Einstein: On the Meaning of Science laat Frans Saris D

Een onderzoek naar het veranderende karakter van religie in Noordwest EuropaDaar waar aangenomen werd dat er in Noordwest Europa religie door de jaren heen steeds minder invloed zou krijgen, wordt nu deze stelling meer en meer betwist. In plaats van geleidelijk te verdwijnen, is godsdienst subjectiever, persoonlijk geworden en wordt gevormd door persoonlijke ervaringen. Dit boek richt zich op het laten begrijpen van deze veranderingen in godsd...

Over the past decade there have been significant advances in the field of migration and ethnic studies, ranging in topic from ethnic conflict and discrimination to nationalism, citizenship, and integration policy. But many of these studies are oriented towards the United States, slighting, when not outright ignoring, the European perspective. This volume--the first in a set of four--will fill this research gap, gathering essays that have set a...

Denial in cancer patients is a well-known concept. The definition of denial, however, is not unequivocal and covers different ways of evading painful events or feelings. This thesis studies denial and its relation to the quality of life in lung cancer patients. To assess the level of denial the 'Denial of Cancer Interview' (DCI) was developed. Denial was measured at different time points in the course of the disease. The key-finding from this ...

Depth interviews with Benjamin Ferencz en Atonio Cassese about war crimes trials, human cruelty, the self-interest of states and more.

Onderzoek naar de motivatie voor migratiewetgeving in de EU, het effect ervan en de effecten van migratiewetgeving op het bredere beleidskader van migratie en asielaanvraagDe grote meerderheid van EU-lidstaten gebruikt nu, of gebruikte in het laatste decennium, een vorm van migratiewetgeving. Toch is de migratiewetgeving een omstreden beleidsmiddel, als het gaat om de economische, fiscale en sociale effecten die ze met zich meebrengt. Tevens k...

This book sheds light on the integration processes and identity patterns of Angolan, Brazilian and Eastern European communities in Portugal. It examines the privileged position that immigrant organisations hold as interlocutors between the communities they represent and various social service mechanisms operating at national and local levels. Through the collection of ethnographic data and the realisation of 110 interviews with community insid...

An entertaining reworking of the most popular branch of the Old French tale of Reynard the Fox, the mid-thirteenth century Dutch epic "Van den vos Reynaerde "is one of the earliest long literary works in the Dutch vernacular. Sly Reynaert and a cast of other comical woodland characters find themselves again and again caught up in escapades that often provide a satirical commentary on human society. This charmingly volume is the first bilingual...

Youngest Recruits" is an unflinching examination of the complex motivations that drive Ivoirian children in and out of armed groups. Drawing on firsthand experience with child soldiers, Magali Chelpi-Den Hamer argues that the popular narrative about children's limited agency is insufficient to explain their participation in violent conflicts. Rather she explores in detail the pre- to postwar trajectories of child and adolescent recruits in ord...