Alexis de Tocqueville is best known as the author of Democracy in America and The Ancien Régime and the Revolution . This study explores the intellectual and... Læs mere
Yugoslavia: A Concise History surveys the whole turbulent course of the country's history, in the context of the struggles between great powers for control of the Balkans.... Læs mere
The analysis in this book reflects various aspects of financial sector transformation in selected Central European countries that are expected to join the EU in 2004.
Challenging conventional thought on the nature of welfare and civil society in modern Japan, Ritu Vij offers an original... Læs mere
Diplomatic Interventions argues that war is a social construction. The tension between claims that war is pervasive and that war is a social construct is analysed in relation to a range of moral, legal, military, economic, cultural, and therapeutic interventions.
Privatization was the fundamental pillar of transition from plan to market... Læs mere
The issue of unfunded public pension systems has moved to the centre of public debate all over the world. Unfortunately, a large part of the discussions have remained on a... Læs mere
This unique volume combines chapters containing a multidisciplinary academic analysis of the causes of the continued existence of contemporary forms of slavery, such... Læs mere
This collection analyses the monetary and exchange rate strategies of the EU accession countries during the EMU (pre-) accession phase and also policy questions that will appear upon Euroarea entry.
Norman Kemp Smith's The Philosophy of David Hume has long been regarded as a classic study by scholars in the field - a ground-breaking book that has since been unsurpassed in its comprehensive coverage of the ideas and issues of Hume's Treatise.
This book brings feminist philosophy, in the shape of feminist ethics, politics and legal theory, to an analysis of computer ethics problems including hacking, privacy, surveillance, cyberstalking and Internet dating.
How have Australia, France and Germany engaged with immigration and ethnic diversity? Are... Læs mere