The liberalization of trade and factor movements and the adoption of a common currency proposed for the EEC in 1992 have important implications for the rest of the world. For many small and distant countries the effects are shown likely to be insignificant in any case.
The Reconstruction of Poland, 1914-23 is a significant reappraisal of the political, social and economic problems associated with the rebirth of an independent... Læs mere
Anyone wishing to write short stories and novels will learn from The Art of Creating Fiction how some eminent writers, such as William Faulkner and Virginia Woolf, created their art.
Yeats Annual No. Yeats's written and oral poetic technique; Yeats's work, including his illustrations for his brother's writing. The contributions include: Michael Sidnell on Yeats's... Læs mere
The 1990s promise to be a period of rapid political change, as old political boundaries dissolve and new political forces emerge. These changes throw into question our understanding of... Læs mere
The book makes a strong and convincing case for a renewed emphasis on human development both to foster economic growth and as an end in itself.
The social sciences are still predominantly modernist disciplines and, as such, products of the Enlightenment. Postmodernism and the Social Sciences examines the nature and potential of this postmodernist challenge in each of the major social sciences.
Besides essays on dramatists like Soyinka, Walcott, Williamson, Nowra, Fugard, Walker, Pollock and Thompson, there are surveys of the dramatic... Læs mere
This book provides a narrative and analysis of the first four years of the Gorbachev phenomenon. Special attention is paid to the economy, nationality affairs and foreign affairs. The first four years present a fascinating tableau of Soviet change and resistance to change.
This is a collection of important new work on the Falklands Conflict by the leading authorities in the field, British and Argentine. Contributors include Peter Beck, Peter Calvert, Lawrence Freedman, Virginia Gamba-Stonehouse, Guillermo Makin and Paul Rogers.
The opportunities opened up by the Gorbachev reforms have shown that religion is one of the most significant dynamic forces in Soviet society. Their papers present unexpected and fascinating insights into an under-rated but crucial aspect of the life of the Soviet peoples.
It examines both at the national and European level the three key areas of business and economics, foreign and defence policy, and politics and political culture, both country by country and in a comparative mode.