This text explores the strategies adopted by such authors as Greene, Salinger, Osborne, Baldwin and others in their attempt to cope with the spiritual... Læs mere
Contemporary France has witnessed a rise of new forms of social movement, mobilising around new causes and articulating changing demands. She argues... Læs mere
The first major territorial struggle in the late Soviet period involved Nagorno-Karabagh, an Armenian inhabited territory that had been assigned to the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic.
Environmental economists have in general paid little or no attention to the political context within which green... Læs mere
Using a fascinating case study with wide implications for European security and stability, the division of former Soviet security assets between Russia and Ukraine, Deborah Sanders considers which factors promote and which hamper security cooperation.
Utilizing hitherto untapped archival sources, Azar Gat overturns recent historiographical trends in the study of British and German armour developments between the two World Wars.
Pat Carlen's compelling and compassionate analysis of the penal control of women at the end of the twentieth century is based on new research completed in 1997.
The Emergence and Impact of MNC Centres of Excellence explores an important new element in the development of the multinational corporation.
The transformation from a closed and inward-looking economy to an active integration into the European Union is one which a number of countries are facing.
Is it true that de Gaulle kept journalists at a distance because he disliked the press? The author examines de Gaulle's... Læs mere
This study identifies and analyzes the extent to which the transition economies of Central Europe, Russia, Central Asia and the Caucasus are likely to attract inward foreign direct investment (FDI) at the start of the new century and beyond.
Switzerland is a remarkable country half of whose territory lies in the Alps. The raising of cattle and the making of cheese eventually brought a modest wealth to the peasants but the destructive Napoleonic invasion brought revolution and poverty.