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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “peter gourevitch”
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  • Paris and the Provinces

    The Politics of Local Government Reform in France

    by Peter Gourevitch ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1980, Paris and the Provinces explores why reforms of central-local relations in France have been so ineffectual. Professor Gourevitch discovers the cause in party politics and personal rivalries. The struggle for dominance among different parties (Gaullists, Communists, Socialists, Christian Democrats, Independents and others) and individuals (De Gaulle, Giscard, Chirac, ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Unions and Economic Crisis

    Britain, West Germany and Sweden

    by Peter Gourevitch, Andrew Martin, George Ross, Stephen Bornstein, Andrei Markovits, Christopher Allen ...
    Series series European Trade Unions and the 1970s Economic Crisis
    First published in 1984. This book represents a major study of union responses to the economic crisis of the 1970s and 1980s. Abjuring governmental or managerial outlooks, it argues that unions, as representatives of essential producer groups, would be central to the renegotiation of the economic world. The work also stresses the importance of situating union responses to the crisis within the ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

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  • The Passage to Europe

    How a Continent Became a Union

    by Luuk van Middelaar ...
    As financial turmoil in Europe preoccupies political leaders and global markets, it becomes more important than ever to understand the forces that underpin the European Union, hold it together and drive it forward. This timely book provides a gripping account of the realities of power politics among European states and between their leaders. Drawing on long experience working behind the scenes, ... Read more

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  • René Lévesque

    Charismatic Leader

    by Marguerite Paulin ...
    Translated by Jonathan Kaplansky ...
    Series Book 12 - Quest Biography
    René Lévesque entered provincial politics in 1960 when Jean Lesage persuaded him to join his Liberal dream team. In 1968 he founded the Parti Québécois (PQ). Under the PQ banner, Lévesque served as premier from 1976 to 1985. ... Read more

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  • Contemporary France

    Politics and Society since 1945

    by D. L. Hanley, A. P. Kerr, Miss A P Kerr, N. H. Waites ...
    Many recent studies of French politics have tended to concentrate on the French political system in isolation. Contemporary France aims to set the working of the French political system into its historical, social and economic context. The first section gives a succinct description of the main developments since 1944 in all major contexts - economy, society, domestic politics and foreign relations ... Read more

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  • The Purpose of Intervention

    Changing Beliefs about the Use of Force

    by Martha Finnemore ...
    Series series Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
    Violence or the potential for violence is a fact of human existence. Many societies, including our own, reward martial success or skill at arms. The ways in which members of a particular society use force reveal a great deal about the nature of authority within the group and about its members' priorities.Martha Finnemore uses one type of force, military intervention, as a window onto the shifting ... Read more

    $22.79 USD

  • France Since 1945

    by Robert Gildea ...
    The last fifty years of French history have seen immense challenges for the French: constructing a new European order, building a modern economy, searching for a stable political system. It has also been a time of anxiety and doubt. The French have had to come to terms with the legacy of the German Occupation, the loss of Empire, the political and social implications of the influx of foreign ... Read more

    $18.09 USD

  • France

    by Emile Chabal ...
    Series series Polity Histories
    France is the most-visited country in the world. It attracts millions of tourists, most of whom come in search of beautiful architecture, good food, and fine art. But appearances can be deceptive. France is not only a place of culture and glamour; it also carries the bitter memories of violence, division and broken promises.In this arresting book, Emile Chabal, a leading specialist of contemporary ... Read more

    $20.00 USD

  • Contemporary France

    An Introduction to French Politics and Society

    by David Howarth, Georgios Varouxakis ...
    At least since the French Revolution, France has the peculair distinction of simultaneously fascinating, charming and exasperating its neighbours and foreign observers. Contemporary France provides an essential introduction for students of French politics and society, exploring contemporary developments while placing them in a deeper historical, intellectual, cultural and social context that makes ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Eurafrica

    The Untold History of European Integration and Colonialism

    by Peo Hansen, Professor Stefan Jonsson ...
    Series series Theory for a Global Age Series
    This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com.In order to think theoretically about our global age it is important to understand how the global has been conceived historically. 'Eurafrica' was an intellectual endeavor and political project that from the 1920s saw Europe's future survival - its continued role in ... Read more

    $28.19 USD

  • The Conservative Human Rights Revolution

    European Identity, Transnational Politics, and the Origins of the European Convention

    by Marco Duranti ...
    The European Court of Human Rights has long held unparalleled sway over questions of human rights violations across continental Europe, Britain, and beyond. Both its supporters and detractors accept the common view that the European human rights system was originally devised as a means of containing communism and fascism after World War II. In The Conservative Human Rights Revolution, Marco ... Read more

    $33.29 USD

  • The History of Development

    From Western Origins to Global Faith

    by Gilbert Rist ...
    Translated by Patrick Camiller ...
    Series series Development Essentials
    In this landmark text, Gilbert Rist provides a comprehensive and compelling overview of what the idea of development has meant throughout history. He traces it from its origins in the Western view of history, through the early stages of the world system, the rise of US hegemony, and the supposed triumph of third-worldism, through to new concerns about the environment and globalization.Assessing ... Read more

    $28.19 USD