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Catalan Nationalism
Are the Catalans content with the outcome of the Spanish transition to democracy? Is there a future for Catalan nationalism within the EU? How does globalization impact upon the survival and development of nations without states such as Catalonia? Will increasing numbers of immigrants transform regional identities? Has devolution fostered secessionism in Catalonia? These are some of the key questions discussed in this book. Catalan Nationalism considers whether a nation without a state, such as Catalonia, is able to survive within larger political institutions such as Spain and the European Union. The author examines the different 'images' of Catalonia presented by the main Catalan political...
Western Europe 2003
This edition brings together analyses, statistics and directory data on the countries and territories of Western Europe.
Yearbook of the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment/Annuaire de la convention européenne pour la prévention de la torture et des peines ou traitements inhumain ou dégradants
The Yearbook of the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture offers an essential annual overview of developments in relation to the ECPT. This Yearbook consists of three parts (sold as three separate volumes). Part One contains information as to ratifications, etc, as at 31 December 2015 in the authentic English and French texts. Part Two contains the CPT’s reports to States and the State responses thereto that were made public during 2015. The CPT’s reports are published in the official English and/or French texts and State responses in the English and/or French versions submitted by the States concerned. Part Three reproduces the official English and French texts of the CPT Public Statement concerning Bulgaria as well as the CPT’s Checklist for visits to social care institutions where persons may be deprived of their liberty and the CPT’s standards on living space per prisoner in prison establishments. Bilingual English and French. This book is part of a three volume set. Each volume should be ordered separately: Vol 1 isbn 978-90-04-44682-3 Vol 2 isbn 978-90-04-44683-0 Vol 3 isbn 978-90-04-44684-7
Yearbook of the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment/Annuaire de la convention européenne pour la prévention de la torture et des peines ou traitements inhumains ou dégradants
The European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment was adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe in June 1987. It entered into force in February 1989 and all 47 member States are Parties to the Convention. The Convention has already established itself as an important human rights instrument. Its approach is quite different from that of the European Convention on Human Rights. Whereas the ECHR provides a remedy for particular human rights violations after the event, the Convention for the Prevention of Torture (ECPT) seeks to prevent human rights violations, through a system of visits to places of detention. The Conventi...
What's what and Who's who in Europe
This provides a survey of key people, places, organizations, movements, acts and agreements providing the key to understanding major changes throughout Europe. Over 4500 entries include explanations of technical terms, concepts and new words (eg finlandization, derogation, sysmin, open skies, nomenklatura). It also explains the relative uses in different countries of labels and symbols: wet/dry (UK), black/red (Germany), bourgeois (= non-socialist parties in Scandinavia).
Western Europe 2000
More than 40 acknowledged experts provide insight into all countries of the region and offer scholarly examinations of the area's political, economic and social background. Separate chapters for every country provide details of geography, recent history and the economy.
Political Parties of the World
This guide covers 2000 political parties in all countries throughout the world. It contains historical and contemporary data and is not only a reference tool, but should prove a useful aid to a comparative understanding of the national politics of the world's independent states and dependent territories, especially since World War II.
