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Cross-Regional Ethnopolitics in Central and Eastern Europe
This book bridges the gap between academic researchers and policymaking experts working on the Western Balkans and those dealing with the Baltic States. Within the frame of a comparative and cross-regional approach, Vassilis Petsinis generates new insights in subjects as diverse as: how geopolitics shape the management of ethnic relations; the variants of Euroscepticism; opposition to immigration and LGBTQI rights; the patterns of multi-ethnic cohabitation; as well as the endeavour by parties of the populist and radical right to embed their platforms into the longer trajectories of ethno-nationalism in the countries and societies studied (Estonia and Latvia from the Baltic States; Croatia and Serbia from the Western Balkans). This work also assesses the extent to which the centrality of ethnic cleavages can be contested, temporarily effaced, or ultimately transformed by the increasing significance of the economy (social welfare and transparency) in multi-ethnic societies. The book adds a sound contribution towards updating and upgrading the study of ethnopolitics not solely across Central and Eastern Europe, but as a whole.
A Requiem for Peacebuilding?
This book assesses the claim that peacebuilding is a moribund international practice. Its contributors trace the origins of peacebuilding, bring back to memory its moments of triumph, and reflect on the reports of its decline. The story of peacebuilding parallels the broader story of liberalism’s rise and fall in world politics, including the attempt to remedy an ailing patient by administering a magic medicine – “the local turn”. Its contributors further write about what may come after peacebuilding as we still know it. They describe more locally rooted attempts at building peace and how they operate in the shadows of, and in an ambiguous relationship with, governmental and international peacebuilders. The book finally suggests that reports of the pending death of peacebuilding are probably premature. Peacebuilding is a resilient international practice, apt to adjust itself to a changing environment, and too important a source of legitimacy for those that wield power.
Think Tanks, Foreign Policy and Geo-Politics
Questions about the role and influence of think tanks in matters of foreign policy and geopolitics are both timely and important. The reconfiguration of global power, explosion of social media, shifts away from traditional print and oral-based ways of imparting knowledge, and the dramatic increase in the volume of information and ideas clamoring for the attention of policy-makers are changing the landscape of foreign policy-making and the pathways through which influence is achieved. This book explains the impact of think tanks on the framing of domestic and international conversations on matters of foreign policy and geopolitics. An international group of prominent experts examine these issues in specific countries and also across national and regional borders to better understand how governments and actors in civil society are influenced by the activities of think tanks.
The Palgrave Handbook of Disciplinary and Regional Approaches to Peace
In this handbook, a diverse range of leading scholars consider the social, cultural, economic, political, and developmental underpinnings of peace. This handbook is a much-needed response to the failures of contemporary peacebuilding missions and narrow disciplinary debates, both of which have outlined the need for more interdisciplinary work in International Relations and Peace and Conflict studies. Scholars, students, and policymakers are often disillusioned with universalist and northern-dominated approaches, and a better understanding of the variations of peace and its building blocks, across different regions, is required. Collectively, these chapters promote a more differentiated notion of peace, employing comparative analysis to explain how peace is debated and contested.
The Politics of International Intervention
This book critically explores the practices of peacebuilding, and the politics of the communities experiencing intervention. The contributions to this volume have a dual focus. First, they analyse the practices of western intervention and peacebuilding, and the prejudices and politics that drive them. Second, they explore how communities experience and deal with this intervention, as well as an understanding of how their political and economic priorities can often diverge markedly from those of the intervener. This is achieved through theoretical and thematic chapters, and an extensive number of in-depth empirical case studies. Utilising a variety of conceptual frameworks and disciplines, th...
The Illustrated Leaves of Grass
Highlights of America's great classic. Illustrated with over 130 photographs.
No Surrender! No Retreat!
No Surrender! No Retreat! examines the careers of fifteen pioneer performers and their triumphs over herculean obstacles. It is a look back over the 20th century and documents personal histories of staggering achievement in spite of institutional racism, gender oppression, and classism. Twenty-four years in the making, No Surrender! No Retreat! is an indispensable work on African Americans in the performing arts, examining well-known performers, such as James Earl Jones, Morgan Freeman, and Pearl Bailey. Rare archival material and a number of personal interviews enrich this tome. Glenda E. Gill s work is a moving and sometimes tragic account of the lives and careers of some of America s most outstanding African American pioneers in theater.
Temná věž - Temná věž VII
Série Temná věž se odehrává ve zvláštní zdevastované zemi, která je plná ohromující vizuální představivosti i nezapomenutelných postav a zároveň děsivě odráží náš vlastní svět. Vyprávění o pistolníkovi Rolandovi z Gileadu a jeho putování k Věži se blíží k závěru. Dlouhý příběh, stejně jako vysoká Věž, byl vystavěn kámen po kameni a stavba je hotova. Cíl je na dosah. Překážek, které musejí Roland i jeho společníci překonat, je ovšem ještě mnoho. A hranice mezi vzrušujícím triumfem a bolestnými ztrátami je tenká.
Labyrint z kostí
Sigma Force řeší záhady kolem ztracené Atlantidy V odlehlých chorvatských horách dojde k podivnému objevu: v podzemní jeskyni se nachází stovky let stará katolická kaple s kostmi neandertálské ženy. Nástěnné malby v sousední jeskyni vyprávějí příběh o velké bitvě mezi kmeny neandertálců a nestvůrnými postavami ze stínů. Kdo je tím tajemným nepřítelem a co malby znamenají? Tým vědců, který se snaží na tyto otázky najít odpovědi, je napaden a souběžně s tím kdosi krvavě zaútočí na výzkumné středisko primátů v americké Atlantě. Jak tyto útoky souvisejí? Kdo za nimi stojí? Vyšetřování zavede velitele Graye Pierce ze Sigmy For...
