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Comprises: a general survey of the region; country surveys; political profiles of the region; and information on international and regional organizations, and research institutes.
News from the world of elections.
If politics is a serious matter and humour a funny one, this volume investigates how and why the boundaries between the two are blurred: politics can be represented in a humorous manner and humour can have a serious intent. It shows how political humour can be manipulated in public debates or become an integral part of postmodern art.
A "one size fits all" strategy is not effective when it comes to philanthropy and fundraising in today's diversified environment. This book enables nonprofit leaders, board members, staff, and volunteers of nonprofit organizations to better reach diverse populations and incorporate perspectives that increase success by surveying the cultural context for philanthropic action. Diversity and Philanthropy: Expanding the Circle of Giving is a concise, accessible, and research-backed resource that explains the traditions of philanthropy—an invaluable tool given the proliferation of global nongovernmental organizations that affect every aspect of society in every country. Author Lilya Wagner has ...
Minority protection in Latvia
This work is a case study of parties and democracy in Estonia set within the broader comparative framework of developments in the post-Soviet republics in particular, and post-communist Central and Eastern Europe in general.
Corruption and Anti-corruption Policy in the Czech Republic
This volume represents a substantial effort to involve the accession countries in the debate on the future of the European Union. Hitherto, the citizens and public in accession countries have been mainly concerned with the when and how of enlargement, framing the future of the European Union as an issue of interest mainly for the current 15 member states. The present volume contributes to increasing the knowledge base in the accession countries, but also on the applicants, on the kind of new EU members they are likely to become in an enlarged EU. The authors analyse the institutional system of the EU from the viewpoint of accession countries, developing arguments on contentious issues of the...