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Humanities & Social SciencesJanuary 2024The Gulf monarchies after the Arab Spring
by Cinzia Bianco
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Humanities & Social SciencesApril 2017Britain and the formation of the Gulf States
Embers of empire
by Shohei Sato, Andrew Thompson, John M. MacKenzie
This book offers new insight into the end of the British Empire in the Middle East. It takes a fresh look at the relationship between Britain and the Gulf rulers at the height of the British Empire, and how its effects are still felt internationally today. Over the last four decades, the Persian Gulf region has gone through oil shocks, wars and political changes, and yet the basic entities of the southern Gulf states have remained largely in place. Drawing on extensive multi-archival research in the British, American and Gulf archives, this book illuminates a series of negotiations between British diplomats and the Gulf rulers that inadvertently led Bahrain, Qatar and the UAE to take their current shapes. The story addresses the crucial question of self-determination versus 'better together', a dilemma pertinent to anyone interested in the transformation of the modern world.
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October 2022What Does the Ball Think?
Why football is not just kicking
by Johannes Schweikle, Oliver Lück
A football is a moody thing, and the art of mastering it a highly challenging concern. Whether fan or philosopher, football is a fascination, and its various facets are revealed in this anthology with memorable, intelligent and curious contributions. How and with what (human rights-violating) methods did Qatar prepare for the World Cup? Actress Christiane Paul explains why she supports FC Bayern. Herman van Veen explains the difference between Dutch and German football fans, and the report 'Five balls for Angola' takes readers on a journey to football in Africa. A book for dedicated fans and critical football observers.
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Humanities & Social SciencesJanuary 2022The Gulf States and the Horn of Africa
by Robert Mason, Simon Mabon, Edward Wastnidge
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May 2018Das wunde Leder
Wie Kommerz und Korruption den Fußball kaputt machen | Hintergrundbuch zur Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 2022
by Stefan Gmünder, Klaus Zeyringer
Autoritäre Führer, die sich auf der Ehrentribüne als Männer des Volkes inszenieren, während sich korrupte Sportfunktionäre neben ihnen über die gewährte Immunität freuen; WM-Stadien, die wie in Katar von Lohnsklaven errichtet werden und nach dem Großereignis verfallen; Stars wie Neymar, die für astronomische Summen den Club wechseln – »der Fußball leidet«, wie nicht nur »Uns« Uwe Seeler klagt. Damit muss endlich Schluss sein, fordern Stefan Gmünder und Klaus Zeyringer: Entziehen wir diesem System der Gefälligkeiten und Ungerechtigkeiten unsere Unterstützung! In ihrem leidenschaftlichen Buch skandalisieren die beiden Liebhaber der wichtigsten Nebensache der Welt die Zustände im Fußballgeschäft. Und sie plädieren dafür, den Sport aus den Händen derer zu befreien, denen er vor allem zur Selbstbereicherung dient.
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Humanities & Social SciencesMarch 2017The French empire between the wars
Imperialism, politics and society
by Martin Thomas
By considering the distinctiveness of the inter-war years as a discrete period of colonial change, this book addresses several larger issues, such as tracing the origins of decolonization in the rise of colonial nationalism, and a re-assessment of the impact of inter-war colonial rebellions in Africa, Syria and Indochina. The book also connects French theories of colonial governance to the lived experience of colonial rule in a period scarred by war and economic dislocation.
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Humanities & Social SciencesJune 2011The Europeanisation of the Western Balkans
EU justice and home affairs in Croatia and Macedonia
by Florian Trauner, Emil Kirchner, Thomas Christiansen
This book deals with the scope and nature of the EU's external influence over South-Eastern Europe in the present enlargement. By elaborating on the Europeanisation of the Western Balkans in a systematic, theory-oriented and comparative way, the book provides rich insight into the dynamics of the current enlargement and offers a comprehensive analysis of the EU's avenues of external leverage in the field of justice and home affairs, a key sector of cooperation in the EU-Western Balkans relations. The book is an important contribution towards a better understanding of how the EU's use of pre-accession conditionality has changed since the Eastern enlargement. It will be of interest to decision-makers, officials and academics concerned with adaptation and transformation processes in South-Eastern Europe and the possibilities and limitations of the EU's influence in the outside world. ;
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Humanities & Social SciencesOctober 2020The European Union and its eastern neighbourhood
Europeanisation and its twenty-first-century contradictions
by Mike Mannin, Paul Flenley
This volume is timely in that it explores key issues which are currently at the forefront of the EU's relations with its eastern neighbours. It considers the impact of a more assertive Russia, the significance of Turkey, the limitations of the Eastern Partnership with Belarus and Moldova, the position of a Ukraine in crisis and pulled between Russia and the EU, security and democracy in the South Caucasus. It looks at the contested nature of European identity in areas such as the Balkans. In addition it looks at ways in which the EU's interests and values can be tested in sectors such as trade and migration. The interplay between values, identity and interests and their effect on the interpretation of europeanisation between the EU and its neighbours is a core theme of the volume.
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Humanities & Social SciencesJuly 2006Democracy in Scandinavia
Consensual, majoritarian or mixed?
by David Arter, Bill Jones
This book is about the distinctive features of Scandinavian democracy, the state of Scandinavian democracy and the classification of the Scandinavian democracies. It breaks new ground in challenging the established status of the Scandinavian countries as 'consensus model democracies'. The book poses three main questions. First, what are the distinctive features of the five Scandinavian political systems when compared with the Westminster model of democracy? Next, how well does the evidence from recent commissions suggest that Scandinavian democracy is working in practice? Finally, is Scandinavian democracy consensual, majoritarian or mixed? The nature of legislative-executive relations is explored, with a particular focus on the role of the parliamentary opposition and its involvement in policy-making. The central conclusion is that all the Nordic states are majoritarian democracies, albeit with varying amounts of consensual legislative behaviour. ;
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July 2010Kundalini
Erweckung der geistigen Kraft im Menschen
by Krishna, Gopi / Übersetzt von Pleyer, Sinai R. B.; Übersetzt von Mangoldt, Ursula von
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October 2013Iberia Pontificia Vol. II: Dioeceses Exemptae
Dioecesis Legionensis
by Dominguez Sánchez, Santiago
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