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  • Private Rental Housing in Transition Countries

    An Alternative to Owner Occupation?

    Edited by József Hegedüs, Martin Lux, Vera Horváth ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book presents an overview of private rented housing in selected new EU member states and other transition countries – a topic scarcely researched to date, as it is largely part of the informal economy, and consequently often invisible to official statistics. Part I presents the private rented sector in Western and Northern European countries, the history of private renting under socialism in ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

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    A New History of Europe in the Twentieth Century

    by Konrad H. Jarausch, Konrad H. Jarausch ...
    A sweeping history of twentieth-century Europe that examines its unprecedented destruction—and abiding promiseA sweeping history of twentieth-century Europe, Out of Ashes tells the story of an era of unparalleled violence and barbarity yet also of humanity, prosperity, and promise.Konrad Jarausch describes how the European nations emerged from the nineteenth century with high hopes for continued ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

  • Understanding the Crisis in Greece

    From Boom to Bust

    by M. Mitsopoulos ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    As the tensions in the Greek economy take centre stage in the international headlines, this book examines the failed policies and political corruption that have bankrupted the nation. The authors comment on recent bailouts and haircuts and explore the uncertain future of Greece in the Eurozone. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • European Governance and Democracy

    Power and Protest in the EU

    by Richard Balme, Didier Chabanet ...
    Series series Governance in Europe Series
    Considering the future of European integration, this clear and compelling study explores the interplay between collective action and democracy in the European Union and its member states. Richard Balme and Didier Chabanet analyze the influence of supranational governance on democratization through a wealth of case studies on a broad range of civil society interests, including regional policy, ... Read more

    $44.59 USD

  • A Political History of the Two Irelands

    From Partition to Peace

    by B. Walker ...
    This ground-breaking political history of the two Irish States provides unique new insights into the 'Troubles' and the peace process. It examines the impact of the fraught dynamics between the competing identities of the Nationalist-Catholic-Irish Community on the one hand and the Unionist-Protestant-British community on the other. ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • The Death of Democracy

    Hitler's Rise to Power and the Downfall of the Weimar Republic

    by Benjamin Carter Hett ...
    Named "Book of the Week" by CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS"At a time of deep distress over the stability of democracy in America and elsewhere, Benjamin Carter Hett's chronicle of the collapse of the Weimar Republic and the rise of Adolf Hitler could not be more timely. 'The Death of Democracy' makes for chilling reading." **—**The Washington PostA riveting account of how the Nazi Party came to ... ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Extremists in Our Midst

    Confronting Terror

    by Abdul Haqq Baker ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Baker provides a unique insider perspective on factors affecting British Muslim converts and their susceptibility to violent radicalisation, including firsthand accounts of convicted terrorists Richard Reid (the 'Shoe Bomber'), Zacarius Moussaoui (the 20th 9/11 bomber), and Abdullah el-Faisal who is alleged to have been a radicalising influence. ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Evolving Euroscepticisms in the British and Italian Press

    Selling the Public Short

    by Paul Rowinski ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book argues the discursive construction of the EU in national newspapers is pivotal in creating an environment of Euroscepticism. It will challenge the persuasive, manipulative and prejudicial language, sometimes peddled in the influential UK Murdoch and Italian Berlusconi press. The foci are the key Eurosceptic triggers of the euro; the subsequent national economic crises; and immigration, ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • European Competition Policy and Globalization

    by Chad Damro, Terrence Guay ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book examines the domestic and international dimensions of European Union (EU) competition policy, particularly mergers, anti-competitive practices and state aids. The authors argue that important changes in EU competition policy are having profound effects on the global political economy, and these changes are best understood as European Commission responses to new domestic and international ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Gender, Institutions and Political Representation

    Reproducing Male Dominance in Europe’s New Democracies

    by Cristina Chiva ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book traces the struggles over the institutions of political representation in Central and Eastern Europe, focusing on the factors that have held women back over the post-communist period, as well as on the growing evidence for change throughout the region. Post-communist Europe has long raised two puzzles for scholars of women’s representation in politics. First, why have women been under ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • German National Identity in the Twenty-First Century

    A Different Republic After All?

    by R. Wittlinger ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Wittlinger takes a fresh look at German national identity in the 21st century and shows that it has undergone considerable changes since unification in 1990. Due to the external pressures of the post-cold war world and recent domestic developments, Germany has re-emerged as a nation which is less hesitant to assert its national interest. ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • National Interests and European Integration

    Discourse and Politics of Blair, Chirac and Schröder

    by K. Milzow ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This study combines an account of Blair, Chirac, Schröder and their attitudes towards European integration. It analyzes political discourses on 'national interests' and the EU, the frequently debated role of political discourse, the concept of national interest, and offers an alternative point of view on intergovernmental interaction. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD