In this highly topical volume, a group of distinguished scholars explore various aspects of nationalism theory and shed light on the current thinking in this area of great contemporary importance. Suc
In The End of Czechoslovakia, scholars and practitioners from both sides of the divide, Czech and Slovak, as well as Western experts, take an in-depth look at the causes of Czechoslovakia's break-up,
In this highly original book. Hungarian art historian Eva Forgacs examines the development of the Bauhaus school of architecture and applied design by focusing on the idea of the Bauhaus, rather than
"The essays in this book provide interesting contributions to the ongoing debate concerning the representation of differing cultures, i.e., the 'image of the Other' in the early modern period. They de
While surveys show Czechs as the least religious in the world, religious scholars find that they do hold some belief. Berglund investigates a pivotal period in the history of Somethingism--somethi
This book is a radical reappraisal of positivism as a major movement in philosophy, science and culture. It examines positivist movement and its contemporary impact.
This study presents the changing situation of the Roma in the 2nd half of the 20th century. It examines the effects of the policies of the Hungarian state towards minorities by analyzing legal regulat
This book explores illustrates how widespread anti-Jewish feelings were among the Christian population in 19th century. It tries to identify the structural preconditions that turned anti-Jewish feelin
This book explores illustrates how widespread anti-Jewish feelings were among the Christian population in 19th century. It tries to identify the structural preconditions that turned anti-Jewish feelin
This is an edited collection of 13 papers giving a political economy perspective on European integration. Organized to reflect the history of the European Union, the book is divided into four parts. P
This collection of primary source materials on ethical, legal, and political issues related to drones used in warfare includes Congressional testimony, government reports, news articles, journal artic
Contributors from law, criminal justice, and philosophy consider what exactly punishment is, whether it can ever be justified, whether juveniles should receive a different kind of punishments than adu
Economists mostly in Hungary apply concepts of political economy that have worked well in explaining public finances in Western Europe to post-communist countries in Eastern and Central Europe. They c
"The book asks how far the model of the European City can be applied to the cities of Eastern Europe which massively expanded from the second half of the 19th century on but often lacked some of the f
Initiating the first extensive exploration into the history of eugenics in Portugal, Cleminson argues that although eugenics in Portugal never became a mass movement or used the state to introduce eug
Kind-Kovacs describes the uninterrupted flow of large amounts of underground literature from communist to capitalist countries during the Cold War. He identifies a transnational undertaking that reinf
This volume is divided into five parts which consider the constitutional restraints on a state claiming emergency powers, how the separation of powers might affect security actions, possible constrain
Post-Soviet availability of communist-era archives of the Romanian secret police has provided the opportunity for a number of new insights into Soviet-era Romanian society, but there remain questions
This volume explores the class formation processes of the large-scare social restructuring of Eastern Europe during the communist to capitalist transition through a focus on rural communities. Rural c
This is a comparative analysis of two grassroots movements that successfully challenged state power in two countries of the Soviet Bloc in order to expand space for independent action free of state co
For use in secondary social studies and civics classes, Millenson, a former high school teacher and advocacy director of a human rights nonprofit, et al. provide a resource that contains student-cente
Debate and Dialogue in Correctional Settings describes how debate can be integrated into existing classroom activities. It offers a new model for debate that emphasizes respectful dialogue, acknowledg
The artistic tradition that emerged as a form of cultural resistance in the 1970s changed during the transition from socialism to capitalism. This volume presents the evolution of the Moscow-based con
When the editors were looking for a book like this, it was not to be found. They did not want the most exhaustive encyclopedic treatment of what an adjudicator does or does not adjudicate. They just w
Ethnic profiling by police in Europe is a widespread form of discrimination that violates basic human rights norms. Ethnic profiling is also inefficient: it leads police to focus on racial and ethnic
Besides providing a historical record of the long road from the economic agenda of the 1917 Bolshevik revolution to the present transition from communism, this book can be considered a staunch defense
Sakmyster (emeritus, history, U. of Cincinnati) offers a politically-based biography of Jozsef Pogany (1886-1938), a journalist and leader in radical left-wing politics before and after World War I. T
In April 2011, the president promulgated the first newly made constitution to originate from a democratically elected parliament in Hungary, but many say that the way the text was drafted, as well as
This is the first of two volumes containing hagiographical narratives from medieval Central Europe. The lives of the saints in this volume, from the tenth to eleventh centuries, written not much later
Filcak (researcher, Institute for Forecasting of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia) explores the environmental conditions in Roma settlements in Eastern Slovakia. Marginalized by government pol
Europe's current economic crisis has exacerbated intolerance of marginalized ethnic groups. In a volume building on East European Roma in the EU: Mobility, Discrimination, Solutions, Pusca (internatio
Three portraits of men who were at the very center of governance in thirteenth-century France men who strove in the shadow of King Louis IX (Saint Louis) to impose a redemptive regime on the realm. Pr
This collection of over 20 essays re-evaluates the import of the revolutions of the late 1980s that sealed the fall of Communism in Eastern Europe. They seek to situate the revolutions of 1989 in both
Recently, Serbia has made significant strides in developing policies that respond to the concerns of its youth. The adoption of a national Law on Youth in 2011 was a significant step forward in the re
Authors Hannan, Berkman, and Meadows (all successful National Forensic League coaches and educators) offer a guide to teaching, competing in, and understanding debating events. Topics include overview
This study uses a multi-value qualitative analysis method to compare patterns of post-communist transformation, to describe various outcomes, and to explain them. Originally published in 2008, in Lith
Sturgis (new media, Howard U.) assembles 15 articles from academic journals, print media, research surveys, and government reports that examine whether traditional media like newspapers, radio, televi
This collection of 12 essays examines the demographic phenomena of "the youth bulge," which at a minimum refers to when the over-all population has a large proportion of people aged 15-29 years. The c
Frevert (history of emotions, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin) explores ways of thinking about emotions in modern history and about their shape, influence, and dynamics. Her topics
