Preludes to the Icelandic financial crisis

Iceland became one of the symbols of the fourth wave of the financial crisis, since the end of the first decade of the twenty-first century. Between 2003 and 2008, the market value of the stock of Iceland's biggest companies increased by 700 per cent ...

Late Medieval jewish identities

Iberia and beyond

Eds. Carmen Caballero- Navas, Esperanza Alfonso. Taking the Jewish community as a focal point, this book thoroughly explores the various 'borders'--geographical divides, religious affiliations, gender boundaries, genre divisions--that ruled the lives and intellectual production of late medieval Jews.

Weimar culture revisited

Ed. John Alexander Williams. Since the 1990s there has been a dramatic shift in the research on culture in general away from the strict focus on high arts and literature to everyday popular culture. A younger generation of scholars now takes the broad view of ...

The new India

citizenship, subjectivity, and economic liberalization

The New India looks critically at various constructions of the Indian citizen from 1991 to 2007, the period when economic liberalization became established government policy. Liberalization generated complex social and economic tensions, and Chowdhury reveals how these tensions shaped images of the citizen in cultural ...

Private equity

the german experience

Private equity came late to Germany and its early prospects seemed poor. The early players were told that only unhealthy German companies would be sold to a private equity house. Fraud was a significant problem, as sellers of struggling companies attempted to cover up their ...

Crisis in the Congo

the rise and fall of Laurent Kabila

This volume offers a comprehensive history and analysis of the Democratic Republic of the Congo during the tumultuous period of 1997 - 2001. The author examines the most recent events in this turbulent region, offering a contemporary account that is both extensive and detailed.

The foundations of public Law

principles and problems of power in the British Constitution

This thought-provoking and engaging book offers an insightful examination of public law, exploring the complex relationship between institutions, individual and state, and offering both explanation and critical analysis. Public law is viewed against a backdrop of differing types of governmental power and the problems to ...

Ecological modernisation and renewable energy

Ecological Modernisation and Renewable Energy discusses the emergence and development of the new renewable energy industry. David Toke reinvigorates ecological modernisation (EM), a key theory of environmental development. Renewable energy was developed from the grass roots into an industry that is challenging the position of ...

The global political system

This fully revised and updated English edition of a successful Italian text provides a sophisticated assessment of the theory and practice of world politics in the 21st century. Attinà examines the impact of issues, actors and trends on the contemporary world stage and assesses the ...

The counter-revolution in diplomacy and other essays

This wide-ranging collection of essays covers not only a selection of themes but also various regions of the world and different historical periods # from the Ottoman Empire in the fifteenth century to Russia, South Asia, the Middle East, Europe and North America today. The title ...

Rethinking international relations theory

This innovative assessment of the current state of International Relations theory diagnoses a deep malaise in the field and proposes a reorientation from metatheoretical concerns to the theoretical exploration of central policy issues and dilemmas confronting the 21st century world.

The political system of the European Union

Systematically revised and rewritten throughout, and updated to cover the impact of the Lisbon Treaty, this highly-successful and ground- breaking text remains unique in analyzing the EU as a political system using the methods of comparative political science.

Understanding Iran

everything you need to know, from Persia to the Islamic Republic, from Cyrus to Ahmadinejad

William R. Polk provides an informative, readable history of a country which is moving quickly toward becoming the dominant power and culture of the Middle East. A former member of the State Department's Policy Planning Council, Polk describes a country and a history misunderstood ...

Hezbollah

the story of the party of God: from revolution to institutionalization

The book examines the Hezbollah movement from a multidisciplinary, comprehensive, historical, and systematic perspective to explain how it has evolved since its inception in the early 1980s to the present.

Making democratic citizens in Spain

civil society and the popular origins of the Transition, 1960-78

The book explores the grass-roots contribution of ordinary men and women to Spain's much-celebrated democratic transition of the 1970s, through the lens of their participation in civic associations founded under the dictatorship. In neighborhood, family and homemaker associations established in an expanding civil society ...

Credit treasury

a credit pricing guide in liquid and non-liquid markets

The recent financial crisis found its roots within the credit market and quickly broadened to all other asset classes. It rapidly became a crisis of the real economy and has caused a deep recession. We have learnt that healthy credit markets play a fundamental role ...

Real Estate economics

Economic explanations of real estate issues such as development, investment and policy-making are introduced in this text. It is written in a non-technical way, covering residential and commercial property markets, and includes empirical data, examples, case studies, market reports and summaries of latest research.

Economics of development

The 9th edition of Thirlwall's 'Economics of Development: Theory and Evidence' (formerly Growth and Development) represents the most thorough revision of this classic textbook to date. For nearly forty years, it has offered students a clear, comprehensive and rigorous overview of the economic aspects ...

A cross too heavy

Pope Pius XII and the jews of Europe

The papacy of Pius XII (1939-1958) has been a source of near-constant criticism and debate since his death half a century ago. Powerful myths have been created about him, and central to them is the dispute surrounding his alleged silence during the years of the ...

A history of western society

Auts. John P. McKay...[et.al]. A History of Western Society is one of the most successful textbooks available because it captures students' interest in the everyday life of the past, tying social history to politics and culture. The tenth edition has been thoroughly revised ...

Terrorism

a critical introduction

Auts. Richard Jackson...[et al]. Terrorism has a long history but the devastating attacks of 9/11 transformed what had been seen as a relatively minor security issue into one of major global significance. This incisive new text provides an accessible and balanced assessment of ...

Latin America

a new interpretation

This innovative contribution to comparative area studies evaluates Latin America's distinctiveness, and shows how 'large regions' can be compared. The overwhelming impact of Europe followed by precocious independence produced an exceptional outward orientation, which has prompted successive waves of reform 'from above and without ...