Penn W. An ESSAY towards the Present and Future Peace of Europe

"Why Europe Will Run the 21st Century". Пер. с англ. Т. Банкетовой. М. : ACT: ACT МОСКВА: ХРАНИТЕЛЬ, 2006. — 250с. Марк Леонард, один из наиболее прозорливых британских политологов, аргументированно доказывает, что Европа в состоянии изменить мир в соответствии со своими собственными взглядами. Европа выглядит умирающей, только если смотреть на нее с позиции Америки. Но американское влияние в мире слишком поверхностно. Европейское влияние, напрот...

Global Insights Publications, 2006. 199 pages. Dr. John Coleman, author of The Committee of 300, tells how Mayer Amschel, the founder of the"Red Shield"dynasty acquired his first fortune. It is a far cry from the myths and legends that still surround the man who began as a rag and bone merchant and pawnbroker, working out of a small house on Judenstrasse, Frankfurt on the Main, Germany, where he lived with his wife and family. The events attribut...

Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2002. Michael Dummett is one of the sharpest and most prominent commentators on the ethical and political dilemmas raised by the treatment of immigrants and refugees in Britain and Europe, having campaigned for their just treatment for over thirty years. On Immigration and Refugees draws together his thoughts on this major issue for the first time. Clearly but passionately written, he begins by reflecting on some...

Despite the impact that influential American political bloggers have had on public policies and the mainstream media agenda in recent years, very little research is currently available on the most widely read political bloggers. Through a survey of 66 top American political bloggers, the present study examines this elite group by analyzing their initial and current motivations for blogging as well as their online and offline behaviors. The findin...

He Invention of Tradition, ed. E. Hobsbawm and T. Ranger (Cambridge, 1983) djvu Introduction: Inventing Traditions The Invention of Tradition: The Highland Tradition of Scotland From a Death to a View: The Hunt for the Welsh Past in the Romantic Period The Context, Performance and Meaning of Ritual: The British Monarchy and the 'Invention of Tradition', c. 1820-1977 Representing Authority in Victorian India The Invention of Tradition in Colon...

USIA Electronic Journal, Vol. 2, No. 2, April 1997 Since its inception more than 200 years ago, American federalism has undergone tremendous change. Today, all governments – federal, state and local – play a greater role in the lives of their citizens, expectations about what kind of services and rights people want from government have changed, and relations among the federal, state and local governments have become infinitely more complex. In...

New York, Atherton, 1963. The Future of Political Science grew out of the phenomenally rapid expansion of the study of government in the United States and elsewhere. The study of professionalism among physical scientists, lawyers, engineers, etc. was not matched by such internal examination within the social sciences until much later. Lasswells overview centered on developments in the United States. This classic covers areas ranging from members...

A Mixed Record, An Uncertain Future by Michael McFaul Journal of Democracy, Volume 12, Number 4, October 2001, pp. 87-94 (Article) The defeat of the Communist hard-liners’ August 1991 coup attempt marked one of the most euphoric moments in Russian history. For centuries, autocrats had ruled Russia, using force when necessary to suppress society. This time, emboldened by liberalization under Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, Russian society organ...

WORD document, 43 pages THE subject of this Essay is not the so-called Liberty of the Will, so unfortunately opposed to the misnamed doctrine of Philosophical Necessity; but Civil, or Social Liberty: the nature and limits of the power which can be legitimately exercised by society over the individual. A question seldom stated, and hardly ever discussed, in general terms, but which profoundly influences the practical controversies of the age by i...

Oxford University Press, USA (September 22, 2005). 187 pages. Today, most people think of socialism as an outdated ideology. In this Very Short Introduction, Michael Newman seeks to place the idea of socialism in a modern context for today's readers. He explains socialist ideas in the framework of its historical evolution, from the French Revolution to the present day, and examines practical attempts to implement socialism. Not just another hist...