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Deutsches Kulturforum östliches Europa e.V.

The German Cultural Forum for Central and Eastern Europe publishes richly illustrated non-fiction books about the cultural history of those areas of Central and Eastern Europe where Germans used to, or still do live. The carefully edited titles with elaborated appendices are written by well-known experts who are able to present information about Central and Eastern Europe in an attractive way by cultural travel guides or historical overview books. The Cultural Forum also edits an annual and a bimonthly magazine, Blickwechsel ("Change of perspective") and Kulturkorrespondenz östliches Europa ("Cultural Correspondence Central and Eastern Europe"). Furthermore, the Forum organizes popular lectures, discussions, readings, exhibitions, concerts, journalist trips, writer residencies and prize-givings.
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Verlag Europa-Lehrmittel Nourney, Vollmer GmbH & Co. KG

Verlag Europa-Lehrmittel The publishing houses Europa-Lehrmittel and Pfanneberg are well known for teaching and learning materials for vocational training and further education. As our books are also in demand internationally, we have published some of our titles in English and French.
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September 2005

Handbuch der Betreuung und Pflege von Alzheimer-Patienten

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Humanities & Social Sciences

October 2023

Towards a just Europe

A theory of distributive justice for the European Union

by João Labareda

This highly original book constitutes one of the first attempts to examine the problem of distributive justice in the European Union in a systematic manner. João Labareda argues that the set of shared political institutions at EU level, including the European Parliament and the Court of Justice of the EU, generate democratic duties of redistribution among EU citizens. Furthermore, the economic structure of the EU, comprising a common market, a common currency and a free-movement area, triggers duties of reciprocity among member states. The responsibilities to fulfil these duties, Labareda argues, should be shared by the local, national and supranational levels of government. Not only should the EU act as a safety net to the national welfare systems, applying the principle of subsidiarity, but common market and Eurozone regulations should balance their efficiency targets with fair cooperation terms. The concrete policy proposals presented in this book include a threshold of basic goods for all EU citizens, an EU labour code, a minimum EU corporate tax rate and an EU fund for competitiveness. Labarada argues that his proposals match the political culture of the member states, are economically feasible, can be translated into functioning institutions and policies and are consistent with the limited degree of social solidarity in Europe. This book is a major contribution to the understanding of what a just Europe would look like and what it might take to get us there. This book is relevant to United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 10, Reduced inequalities

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Business, Economics & Law

February 2025

The political economy of Turkey’s integration to Europe

Uneven development and hegemony

by Elif Uzgören

This book examines Turkey's integration with Europe within structural dynamics of globalisation from a critical political economy perspective. Critical approaches have been sidelined within European Studies. Turkish enlargement is not an exemption. The analyses are based on original data generated by 109 interviews conducted in 2010, 2017 and 2023 with five categories of actors: representatives of capital and labour, political parties, state officials, and struggles around ecology, patriarchy and migration. It argues that the pro-membership was hegemonic in the 2000s which was contested by two rival class strategies, Ha-vet and neo-mercantilism. In the 2010s, pro-membership is no longer hegemonic within rising critical tone of social forces supporting rival class strategies. Unevenness of Turkey's trajectory of integration to Europe is likely to be consolidated through market integration and management of migration through transactional approach.

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Humanities & Social Sciences

April 2020

The British political elite and Europe, 1959-1984

A higher loyalty

by Bob Nicholls

This book offers an original interpretation of Britain's relationship with Europe over a 25 year period: 1959-84 and advances the argument that the current problems over EU membership resulted from much earlier political machinations. This evidence based account of the seminal period analyses the applications for EEC membership, the 1975 referendum, and the role of the press. Was the British public misled over the true aims of the European project? How significant was the role of the press in changing public opinion from anti, to pro Common Market membership? Why, after over 40 years since Britain became a member of the European community, does the issue continue to deeply divide not only the political elite, but also the British public? These, and other pertinent questions are answered in this timely book on a subject that remains topical and highly controversial.

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Humanities & Social Sciences

October 2020

The 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 Sciences

July 2025

European Union health policy

Markets, integration and modes of governance

by Eleanor Brooks

The first book-length analysis of EU health policy since the COVID-19 pandemic, encompassing the creation of the European Health Union and the Recovery and Resilience Facility, this volume offers a timely and accessible analysis of the EU's health policy, institutions and governance. Focusing on the EU's health objectives and how they are pursued, it offers a detailed overview of the development of EU health policy, and five in-depth case studies of specific policy fields. The book will appeal to academic and policy audiences interested in the EU's health objectives and how it pursues them.

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Humanities & Social Sciences

October 2021

Ireland and the European Union

Economic, political and social crises

by Michael Holmes, Kathryn Simpson, Dimitris Papadimitriou, Kathryn Simpson, Paul Tobin

This book examines how Ireland's relationship with the EU was affected by a succession of crises in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The financial crisis, the Brexit crisis and the migration crisis were not of equal significance on the island of Ireland. The financial crisis was a huge issue for the Republic but not Northern Ireland, Brexit had a major impact in both polities, the migration and populism issues were less controversial, while foreign policy challenges had a minimal impact. The book provides a summary of the main features of each of the crises to be considered, from both the EU and the Irish perspective. Ireland and the European Union is the first volume of its kind to provide a comprehensive analysis on British-Irish relations in the context of Brexit. It assesses the Withdrawal Agreement and Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland, the devolution settlement and the 1998 Agreement, as well as the European dimension to Northern Ireland's peace process. The contributors explore a number of policy areas that are central to the understanding of each of the crises and the impact of each for Ireland. Chapters examine issues such as security, migration and taxation as well as protest politics, political parties, the media, public opinion and the economic impact of each of these crises on Ireland's relationship with the EU.

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Literature & Literary Studies

January 2013

Popular protest in late-medieval Europe

Italy, France and Flanders

by Samuel Kline Cohn

The documents in this stimulating volume span from 1245 to 1424 but focus on the 'contagion of rebellion' from 1355 to 1382 that followed in the wake of the plague. They comprise a diversity of sources and cover a variety of forms of popular protest in different social, political and economic settings. Their authors range across a wide political and intellectual horizon and include revolutionaries, the artistocracy, merchants and representatives from the church. They tell gripping and often gruesome stories of personal and collective violence, anguish, anger, terror, bravery, and foolishness. Of over 200 documents presented here, most have been translated into English for the first time, providing students and scholars with a new opportunity to compare social movements across Europe over two centuries, allowing a re-evaluation of pre-industrial revolts, the Black Death and its consequences for political culture and action. This book will be essential reading for those seeking to better understand popular attitudes and protest in medieval Europe.

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Humanities & Social Sciences

January 2013

The Jews in western Europe, 1400–1600

by John Edwards

As European politics, society, economy and religion underwent epoch-making changes between 1400 and 1600, the treatment of Europe's Jews by the non-Jewish majority was, then as in later periods, a symptom of social problems and tensions in the Continent as a whole. Through a broad-ranging collection of documents, John Edwards sets out to present a vivid picture of the Jewish presence in European life during this vital and turbulent period. Subjects covered include the Jews' own economic presence and culture, social relations between Jews and Christians, the policies and actions of Christian authorities in Church and State. He also draws upon original source material to convey ordinary people's prejudices about Jews, including myths about Jewish 'devilishness', money-grabbing, and 'ritual murder' of Christian children. Full introductory and explanatory material makes accessible the historical context of the subject and highlights the insights offered by the documents as well as the pitfalls to be avoided in this area of historical enquiry. This volume aims to provide a coherent working collection of texts for lecturers, teachers and students who wish to understand the experience of Jewish Europeans in this period.

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Humanities & Social Sciences

October 2021

The EU and crisis response

by Roger Mac Ginty, Sandra Pogodda, Oliver P. Richmond

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Humanities & Social Sciences

January 2021

Towards a just Europe

by João Labareda, Paul Tobin, Dimitris Papadimitriou, Kathryn Simpson

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Humanities & Social Sciences

May 2023

Defending Eastern Europe

by Jacek Lubecki, James W. Peterson

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Humanities & Social Sciences

January 2019

The British political elite and Europe 1959-1984

by Bob Nicholls

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Humanities & Social Sciences

May 2022

Memory and the future of Europe

by Peter J. Verovšek

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Humanities & Social Sciences

April 2020

The European Union after Brexit

by Scott L. Greer, Janet Laible, Mark Vail, Greg Fuller, Michelle Egan, Virginia Guiraudon, Antoine Vauchez, Dorothee Bohle, Holly Jarman, Federiga Bindi

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Humanities & Social Sciences

March 2022

Latin America–European Union relations in the twenty-first century

by Arantza Gomez Arana, María J. García

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Humanities & Social Sciences

May 2016

Northern Ireland and the European Union

by Mary C. Murphy

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Humanities & Social Sciences

January 2025

Crisis and change in European Union foreign policy

by Nikki Ikani

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Literature & Literary Studies

January 2013

The Normans in Europe

by Elisabeth Van Houts

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Humanities & Social Sciences

June 2025

Debating medieval Europe

by Stephen Mossman

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A theory of distributive justice for the European Union

by João Labareda

Uneven development and hegemony

by Elif Uzgören

A higher loyalty

by Bob Nicholls

Europeanisation and its twenty-first-century contradictions

by Mike Mannin, Paul Flenley

Markets, integration and modes of governance

by Eleanor Brooks

Economic, political and social crises

by Michael Holmes, Kathryn Simpson, Dimitris Papadimitriou, Kathryn Simpson, Paul Tobin

Italy, France and Flanders

by Samuel Kline Cohn

by John Edwards

by Roger Mac Ginty, Sandra Pogodda, Oliver P. Richmond

by João Labareda, Paul Tobin, Dimitris Papadimitriou, Kathryn Simpson

by Jacek Lubecki, James W. Peterson

by Bob Nicholls

by Peter J. Verovšek

by Scott L. Greer, Janet Laible, Mark Vail, Greg Fuller, Michelle Egan, Virginia Guiraudon, Antoine Vauchez, Dorothee Bohle, Holly Jarman, Federiga Bindi

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