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Twenty scholars explore the theory and practice of regional history in one of Germany's most under-researched but conflict-ridden territories

This volume discusses the effects of globalization on changing power relationships between transnational corporations (TNCs), and transnational capital, the state, and subnational groups. TNCs have expanded their power with the deepening of market relations, but they are not causing the state to wither away. Indeed, neoliberal changes often occur with the permission or even encouragement of powerful states. Transnational capital has weakened l...

Global financial turbulence severely affected countries in transition from planned towards market economies. Policy responses of Russia, Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary are reviewed and compared in this book. Each country analysis is critically discussed. Contributors to this volume include Claudia Buch, Stephen F, Frowen, Jens Hölscher, Alexander Karmann, Jens Linne, Roman Matousek, Zbigniew Polanski, Bruno Schönfelder, Vladislav Semen...

Sharing Security is a unique and comprehensive study of a key yet often neglected feature of modern international society. It begins by assessing how political theory can contribute to an understanding of international burdensharing. It then analyses in turn why some Western states contribute more than others to common defences, the European Union budget and overseas development aid. It highlights the particular burdensharing problems involved...

The French North African Crisis analyses the postwar breakdown in French imperial rule in North West Africa, concentrating primarily upon the Algerian war of independence. The book highlights the human tragedy involved and the divisive consequences within French metropolitan politics of intractable colonial conflict. It further examines how far the protracted crisis of colonial control in North Africa shaped French foreign and security policy ...

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FULL COLOR, high quality reprint. Focuses on the first 18 months of combat in Vietnam. Describes how the United States Army entered the war and fought its first battles north of Saigon and in the Central Highlands.

This book examines evolving trends in democracy at EU and UK levels, pointing out the primary shortcomings of both. It examines the relationship between the democratic practices of the EU and the UK, explaining the paradox of the way in which the EU, despite the poor quality of its own democracy, has enabled devolved decision making in a novel multilayer polity. The book also considers future prospects for converged Western European democracy ...

Irony, humour and the comic play vital yet under-appreciated roles in Kierkegaard's thought. Focusing upon the Concluding Unscientific Postscript, this book investigates these roles, relating irony and humour as forms of the comic to central Kierkegaardian themes. How does the comic function as a form of 'indirect communication'? What roles can irony and humour play in the infamous Kierkegaardian 'leap'? Do certain forms of wisdom depend upon ...

The French North African Crisis analyses the postwar breakdown in French imperial rule in North West Africa, concentrating primarily upon the Algerian war of independence. The book highlights the human tragedy involved and the divisive consequences within French metropolitan politics of intractable colonial conflict. It further examines how far the protracted crisis of colonial control in North Africa shaped French foreign and security policy ...

International concern in scientific, industrial, and governmental communities over traces of xenobiotics in foods and in both abiotic and biotic environments has justified the present triumvirate of specialized publications in this field: comprehensive reviews, rapidly published research papers and progress reports, and archival documentations. These three international publications are inte­ grated and scheduled to provide the coherency essen...

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In Sachen Allgemeinwissen über Hunde ist Deutschland leider eher ein Entwicklungsland. Sogar die Hundehalter selbst haben oftmals nur Halbwissen über ihren eigenen Hund. Schon vor der Anschaffung des ersten Hundes stellen sich viele Fragen über Kauf, Auswahl, Ernährung, Gesundheit, Kosten, Stubenreinheit, Pflege, Krankheiten, Erziehung usw. usw.. Diese Buchreihe ist der Versuch, dem interessierten Leser und Hundefreund ausführliche und vor a...

Including new applications, new developments and improved equipment, this text reflects the range of new industries adopting jetting techniques for production, environmental and recycling applications.

Over sixty spells for Yuletide from a Wiccan High Priestess and a magical event calendar for the month of December.

The resources here will guide you along a pathway of self-assessment, discovery, and fulfillment.While the author's 1994 book made the Twelve Steps accessible to women, her workbook helps women as individuals take ownership of the recovery process. Written to explore numerous addictive behaviors, this interactive book features self-assessment questions, guided imagery exercises, and relaxation activities.

A new trade paperback edition of McCullers' second novel, REFLECTIONS IN A GOLDEN EYE, immortalized by the 1967 film starring Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando, and John Houston. Set on a Southern army base in the 1930s, REFLECTIONS tells the story of Captain Penderton, a bisexual whose life is upset by the arrival of Major Langdon, a charming womanizer who has an affair with Penderton's tempestuous and flirtatious wife, Leonora. Upon the novel'...

An engaging collection of essays extolling the virtues of traditional outdoor equipment from wooden canoes to cast-iron skillets from the 1999 recipient of the Michigan Author of the Year Award presented by the Michigan Library Association. "From a Wooden Canoe" is a gift book with substance--one that will command a place on a shelf of treasured possessions. Illustrations.