Guy spotlights the situation of the Roma in Europe and asks why the combined efforts of the EU and its member states with funds available have failed to significantly improve conditions for most Roma
With contributors from Norway, Switzerland, France, the U.S., Sweden, Canada, Germany, and The Netherlands, this multidisciplinary and international anthology treats the subject of youth and right-win
Snider offers a guide to starting debate programs in middle schools, high schools, universities, clubs, and elsewhere. His suggestions begin with setting up the organization and organizers’ responsibi
This guide for novice high school or college debaters offers a crash course, with self-contained chapters on basic concepts and common problems. The book begins with an overview of policy debate and t
Examines the role of Western broadcasting to the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe during the Cold War, with a focus on Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty. It includes chapters by radio veterans and by
"The American juvenile justice system has failed to provide a consistent, fair, and productive venue for addressing the needs of youth in conflict with the law," writes Crawford (former clinical profe
Osterberg (history, Lund University, Sweden) gives in the annual Natalie Zemon Davis lecture an analysis of the concepts of friendship and love in medieval and Early Modern Europe. She begins with the
This collection of 12 essays closely examines the trajectory of revisionism, focusing on analysis of conditions in Central European states from Germany to Ukraine and Estonia. With the sure knowledge
Every day journalists cover some aspect of the complex and compelling issues involved with oil. Along with it being an extractive industry with a world of its own, it is also key in war and peace. The
Polian, whose field is not noted, begins with forced migrations within the Soviet Union, first before and then during and after World War II, and analyzes patterns of the settlement and rehabilitation
In a comparative study of Central European neo-avant-garde artists' engagement with ecology, Fowkes seeks to identify an ensemble of outstanding and complementary artistic approaches that could help p
"'As Simple as Burek' is a saying current among young people in Slovenia. But in his book, Jernej Mleku holds just the opposite. The burek--a pie made of pastry dough filled with various fillings, wel
After regaining independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, Estonia has undergone a profound transition, becoming a democratic nation with an exceptionally liberal economy and its own place within a U
Williamson, a high school English teacher, teaches high school students how to write timed essays with the aim of improving standardized test scores. She shows them how to prepare for the different ex
Arguing that European concepts of Marxism and fascism have very little to do with the events of Chinese history, Gregor (political science, U. of California) argues that a better understanding would
This book documents the physical aspects of the lives of Hungarian Jews in the late 19th and early 20th centuries: the way they looked, the kind of neighborhoods and apartments they lived in, and the
The book contains stories about how imagination and rational thinking in wildly different cultures capture, imagine, and conceptualize what freedom of speech means.
"This is a history of a stateless people, the Carpatho-Rusyns, and their historic homeland, Carpathian Rus', located in the heart of central Europe. At the present, when it is fashionable to speak of
Introducing the concept of the post-communist mafia state, Balint Magyar has established a new interpretative framework and vocabulary to describe the Orban regime, which has become equally central to
Cameron focuses on Byzantium and mainly on the elite circles of its capital, Constantinople in the long 12th century: the Comnenian period, from the seizure of the throne by Alexius I Comnenus in 1081
This book is about the Tocco family, the most prominent kindreds in Latin Greece during the 14th and 15th centuries. Originally from the Italian South, their five generations ruled the Greek regions o
"This book consists of historical photographs and related text documenting the physical aspects of the lives of Hungarian Jews in the late 19th and early 20th centuries: the way they looked, the kind
This anthology gathers a select sample of scholarship on European identity to introduce the findings as well as as debates and contestations. The 13 essays cover a European identity: origins, possibil
Editor Bridgitte Hamm has collected contributions from a wide-ranging group of academics and experts in the field expressing legal, political science, and human rights perspectives on a variety of ong
"Georgian Notes on the Caucasus translates and introduces three classic stories by the Georgian writer Aleksandre Qazbegi (1848-1893) to the Anglophone reading public. "Memoirs of a Shepherd" poignant
This anthology of articles, news reports, and position papers uses the United Nations convention as a lens through which to look at current issues and debates surrounding migration, highlighting low-w
"Hybrid Renaissance presents the Renaissance in Italy, elsewhere in Europe, and in the world beyond Europe as an example of cultural hybridization. The two key concepts used in this book are 'hybridiz
This edited volume speaks at large about issues at the core of the dispute of Turkey's accession to the EU taking a wider angle and locating the subject in foreign policy dimensions.
"This book compares the various aspects--political, military, economic--of Soviet occupation in Austria, Hungary and Romania. Using documents found in Austrian, Hungarian, Romanian and Russian archive
Authentic Communication is a complete program for anyone interested in speaking effectively in public. It provides instruction and exercises for all aspects of the public speaking process.Topics cover
Democracy is the only legitimate form of political power in societies that regard individuals as free and equal. Yet many have doubted whether the European Union is, can be, or should be democratic. I
Human Dignity and the Promise of Human Rights is a collection of essays exploring the concept of human dignity, its connection to human rights, and its role in a variety of philosophical, legal, and c
The book demonstrates that in the late 19th to early 20th centuries Darwinism strongly influenced celebrated Greek literary writers and other influential intellectuals, which fueled debate in various
Political scientists specializing in foreign affairs explore the role of Europe, particularly the European Union, in the context of the US turning more of its attention to Asia, and Europe's gradually
This study of the comprehensive educational policy of the Dualist Hungarian state analyzes factors that contributed to the failures and partial successes of the policy. The policies examined relate to
Bibby, a writer and communications coach in the UK, offers a guide to educational debate and the skills needed by debaters. He explains core skills like structure, argumentation, rebuttal, evidence, c
These 12 research papers are the work of professors and graduate students of sociology, criminal justice and related fields. Rather than debate whether ethnic profiling is right or wrong, they seek to
This collection of writings on intergenerational justice focuses on a number of issues relating to the future and the current generation’s obligations to consider its actions in terms of their potenti
Law scholars and people researching or practicing national security explore the conflict between national security and access to information in terms of the tension between secrecy and democracy; stri
In this anthology for students and scholars interested in examining argument from a holistic perspective, readings by major figures in the classical discipline of argument are grouped in chronological
