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Regional politics in Russia
by Cameron RossThis innovative, multi-contributed book, now available in paperback, argues convincingly that Russia will never be able to create a viable democracy as long as authoritarian regimes are able to flourish in the regions. The main themes covered are democratisation at the regional level, and the problems faced by the federal states in forging viable democratic institutions in what is now a highly assymetrical Federation. A major strength of the book lies in its combination of thematic chapters with case studies of particular regions and republics. Very little has been published to date on the actual processes of democratisation in particular republics and regions.The book takes into account the literature available on the 'new institutionalism' and outlines the importance of institutions in developing and maintaining democracy. It looks at the importance of sovereignty, federalism and democratic order, and considers the distinct problems of party-building in Russia's regions. Electoral politics are also considered fully, before the book goes on to consider the whole issue of regional politics and democratisation in five particular areas of Russia – Novgorod, the Komi Republic, Russia's Far East, Tatarstan and Bashkortostan. The authors, the majority of whom are internationally recognised experts in their field, have been drawn from Britain, the USA, Russia and Germany, giving the book a truly global perspective.
The Vietnam wars (Documents in Contemporary History)
by Kevin RuaneThis source book chronicles the history of the most controversial conflict of the 20th century, beginning with the birth of the Vietnamese communist party in 1930 and ending with the Vietnamese revolution in 1975. The text combines short essays with original documents to illustrate the debate. Alongside the dominating American intervention, the study also focuses on the international dimension of the conflict, particularly the role of the Soviet, Chinese and British; but it is the Vietnamese perspective that remains key.
Race and representation: Electoral politics and ethnic pluralism in Britain
by Shamit SaggarThe central concern of Race and representation is the political integration of Britain’s ethnic minorities. The book provides a direct and extensive comparison between the voting behaviour of ethnic minorities and the electorate as a whole. Newly available in paperback, the book pioneers innovative use of the British Election Study and features the results of the 1997 ethnic minority election study. It also contains an in-depth look at party strategy with regard to ethnic minorities, ethnic minority attitudes on key issues and policies, and the lessons to be learned from the performance of black and Asian parliamentary candidates. In particular, the analysis aims to uncover whether electoral abstention, orientation towards issues and party alignment are primarily circumstantial, as existing research suggests is the case among the white population. It is a major re-examination of the role of ethnicity in shaping political outlook and voting choice.The book will be essential reading for students, teachers and scholars interested in the involvement of Britain’s ethnic minorities in the democratic process. It will also have extensive appeal among activists, policy-makers and opinion formers concerned with ethnic diversity, race relations and political inclusion.
Reasserting America in the 1970s: U.S. public diplomacy and the rebuilding of America’s image abroad (Key Studies in Diplomacy)
by David J. Snyder Giles Scott-Smith Hallvard NotakerReasserting America in the 1970s brings together two areas of burgeoning scholarly interest. On the one hand, scholars are investigating the many ways in which the 1970s constituted a profound era of transition in the international order. The American defeat in Vietnam, the breakdown of the Bretton Woods exchange system and a string of domestic setbacks including Watergate, Three-Mile Island and reversals during the Carter years all contributed to a grand reappraisal of the power and prestige of the United States in the world. In addition, the rise of new global competitors such as Germany and Japan, the pursuit of détente with the Soviet Union and the emergence of new private sources of global power contributed to uncertainty.
English feminists and their opponents in the 1790s: Unsex'd and proper females
by William StaffordThis fascinating book examines what sixteen radical and conservative, famous and notorious British women wrote about their sex in the 1790s. It offers the most comprehensive survey of what they thought about their fellow women with regard to love, sexual desire and marriage; their domestic roles and their engagement in the ‘public’ sphere; and issues of gender and female abilities including sensibility and genius. How contemporary reviewers divided women writers into ‘unsex’d’ and ‘proper’ is investigated, as is the issue of whether they attempted to exclude women from certain kinds of writing. The book reveals the depth of female complaint but contends that women did not passively submit. Conservative and radicals alike sought to extend their sphere of activity, to reform men, challenge gender stereotypes and propose that a woman should be a self for herself and her God rather than for her husband.
Women, men and the Great War: An anthology of story
by Trudi Tate"A wide ranging, challenging and constantly surprising collection ... focusing on the divisions the war created between men and women."Pat BarkerThis is an anthology of short stories of World War I from 25 classic writers. Gertrude Stein, Virginia Woolf and Katherine Mansfield are among the women writers whose works account for half the volume. The stories are by turn poignant, violent, harsh, tender and desolating.
A special relationship?: British foreign policy in the era of American hegemony
by Simon TateThis book addresses the special relationship from the perspective of post-Second World War British governments. It asks how they have perceived the special relationship and performed a foreign policy role within it? This enables the book to argue that Britain’s foreign policy challenges the dominant idea that its power has been waning and that it sees itself as the junior partner to the hegemonic US.The book also shows how at moments of international crisis successive British governments have attempted to re-play the same foreign policy role within the special relationship. By setting contemporary foreign policy into its historical context, it provides fresh insights into why Tony Blair’s government felt it must participate in the Iraq War and questions anew why this decision was flawed. The book concludes that these failings are likely to be re-played and demonstrates why the special relationship’s role in British foreign policy must be urgently re-thought.
Late Imperial Russia: Problems and prospects
by Ian ThatcherThis volume offers a detailed examination of the stability of the late imperial regime in Russia. Students and scholars will appreciate the lively summaries of the latest scholarship in political, economic, social, cultural, and international history. Accessible yet insightful, contributions cover the historiography of complex topics such as peasants, workers, revolutionaries, foreign relations, and Nicholas II. In addition, there are original studies of some of the leading intellectuals of the time. The late imperial economy is examined through the writings of Tugan-Baranovsky. There is an account of M. N. Pokrovskii’s radical interpretation of late imperial Russia’s historical path of development. The state of the Russian theatre is studied through the lives of theatrical impresarios. Each chapter also highlights a unique interpretation, suggesting new lines of inquiry and research. This book will be compulsory reading for students of Russian and European history of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries seeking to better understand why Tsarism collapsed in 1917.
The debate on the rise of the British Empire (Issues in Historiography)
by Anthony WebsterThis fascinating and highly useful book examines the rise of the British empire and the various debates among historians of imperialism over the past two hundred years. It discusses why the empire is so attractive to historians, why there is so much debate and controversy surrounding the subject, and how different generations of historians have read the various episodes in the history of the empire often radically differently.Chapters look at the enduring fascination with the empire among historians; early twentieth century economic explanations for the dynamic expansion of the empire in the Victorian period; the controversies surrounding empire in the 1950s; post colonial theory and its critics; religion, race, gender and class; and debates on capitalism and the empire since the 1980. The final chapter investigates how Britain’s imperial history might be viewed in years to come.An engaging and useful work of historiography, this book will be essential reading for students of British imperialism attempting to get to grips with the subject.
Secret Shakespeare: Studies in theatre, religion and resistance
by Richard WilsonShakespeare's Catholic context was the most important literary discovery of the last century. No biography of the Bard is now complete without chapters on the paranoia and persecution in which he was educated, or the treason which engulfed his family. Whether to suffer outrageous fortune or take up arms in suicidal resistance was, as Hamlet says, 'the question' that fired Shakespeare's stage. In 'Secret Shakespeare' Richard Wilson asks why the dramatist remained so enigmatic about his own beliefs, and so silent on the atrocities he survived.Shakespeare constructed a drama not of discovery, like his rivals, but of darkness, deferral, evasion and disguise, where, for all his hopes of a 'golden time' of future toleration, 'What's to come' is always unsure. Whether or not 'He died a papist', it is because we can never 'pluck out the heart' of his mystery that Shakespeare's plays retain their unique potential to resist.This is a fascinating work, which will be essential reading for all scholars of Shakespeare and Renaissance studies.
Britain in the second world war: A Social History
by Harold SmithThis text provides original documents which are designed to help the reader evaluate claims that World War II introduced a new sense of social solidarity and social idealism which led to a consensus on welfare state reform. The book offers important evidence on crime, race relations and anti-semitism, women, health and the family, in addition to examining the Blitz, evacuation and the making of social policy. Special attention is paid to the debate within the Conservative party on the Beveridge Report and the proposed national health service. Many of the documents included here have been drawn from the Public Record Office, and have not been published previously.
Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations
by Kathryn Sutherland Stephen CopleyFirst published in 1776, Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations is much more than just a handbook on the principles of free-market economics; it is a founding text for the organisation of Western society in its broadest sense.In order to understand the impact of Smith's text across the academic disciplines, this volume brings together leading scholars from fields of economics, politics, history, sociology and literature. Each essay offers a different reading of Wealth of Nations and its legacy.Contributors consider the historical context in which Wealth of Nations was written, its reception and its profound impact on contemporary concepts of market liberalism, on education, on gender relations and on environmental debates. The volume also offers deconstructive analyses of the text and a feminist critique of Smith's construction of the economy.This volume will be the ideal companion to Smith's work for all students of literature, politics and economic history.
Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species
by David Amigoni Jeff WallaceThis volume marks a new approach to a seminal work of the modern scientific imagination: Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species (1859). Darwin's central theory of natural selection neither originated nor could be contained, with the parameters of the natural sciences, but continues to shape and challenge our most basic assumptions about human social and political life.Several new readings, crossing the fields of history, literature, sociology, anthropology and history of science, demonstrate the complex position of the text within cultural debates past and present. Contributors examine the reception and rhetoric of the Origin and its influence on systems of classification, the nineteenth-century women's movement, literary culture (criticism and practice) and Hinduism in India. At the same time, a re-reading of Darwin and Malthus offers a constructive critique of our attempts to map the hybrid origins and influences of the text.This volume will be the ideal companion to Darwin's work for all students of literature, social and cultural history and history of science.
Sigmund Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams (Texts in Culture)
by Laura MarcusFreud's The Interpretation of Dreams, published in 1900, has been one of the most influential texts of the modern era, fundamentally changing the ways in which people have thought about their waking lives as well as their dreams. This book, more than any other in Freud's massive oeuvre, has shaped a vast amount of work in linguistics and semiotics, literary studies, film theory, psychology, philosophical hermeneutics and the history of ideas. This influence is reflected in the editor's introduction, which includes a substantial discussion of the theory and practice of representation, and the six essays specially commissioned for this volume. The contributors are renowned for their knowledge of Freudian theory and for their interdisciplinary expertise in a wide range of fields. They examine, for example, the relationship of Freud's text to theories of interpretation, autobiography and literary production. The book as a whole gives a clear sense both of the context of Freud's text and of its influence throughout the twentieth century.This volume is an ideal introduction to Freud's work for students and teachers of English and other literatures, philosophy and social and cultural studies, as well as the wider audience concerned with psychoanalysis and its cultural ramifications.
Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince
by Martin CoyleNo text has attracted more controversy over the centuries than Machiavelli's The Prince. Placed on the Index of Prohibited Books by the Catholic Church in 1599, The Prince nevertheless proved to be the means by which Machiavelli came to be known throughout Europe, establishing his name as a byword for the cunning and unscrupulous politician.Written as the medieval world was giving way to the new dynamic of renaissance capitalism, The Prince embodies a whole series of vital issues that affect our understanding of modern politics, including power and morality, history and human nature, language and meaning, gender and government. It is these issues which the essays in this volume debate and explore from a variety of perspectives, from the original responses to The Prince through to feminist and deconstructive approaches. The result is a volume packed with ideas and insights.With contributions by international scholars and critics, a chronological table and select bibliography, this is an essential guide for anyone studying Machiavelli.
Anarchy in Athens: An ethnography of militancy, emotions and violence (Contemporary Anarchist Studies)
by Nicholas ApoifisThe battles between Athenian anarchists and the Greek state have received a high degree of media attention recently. But away from the intensity of street protests militants implement anarchist practices whose outcomes are far less visible. They feed the hungry and poor, protect migrants from fascist beatings and try to carve out an autonomous political, social and cultural space. Activists within the movement share politics centred on hostility to the capitalist state and all forms of domination, hierarchy and discrimination. Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork among Athenian anarchists and anti-authoritarians, Anarchy in Athens unravels the internal complexities within this milieu and provides a better understanding of the forces that give the space its shape.
Witchcraft, magic and culture 1736–1951
by Owen DaviesThe only serious study of witchcraft and magic from 1736 to 1951. Brings together matters ranging from upper class spiritualism to rural witchcraft in an exciting and intellectually stimulating way.Essential reading for all social historians and all h. . . .
The Sage Handbook of Nursing Education
by Carol Hall Patricia S. Yoder-Wise Mary Gobbi Kathryn Whitcomb ParkerIn the past several years, a revival of research devoted to nursing education has emerged. This emergence has changed the way many educators engage in their practice of working with learners; and learners have come to expect that they will have a rich learning experience designed to develop new (or enhance prior) knowledge, skills, and attitudes. The SAGE Handbook of Nursing Education provides a detailed map of the current discipline, with a carefully selected team of international contributors offering the latest thinking about education in nursing across key areas. This handbook will be a key resource for academic educators, as well as graduate and postgraduate learners.
The Sage Handbook of Nursing Education
by Carol Hall Patricia S. Yoder-Wise Mary Gobbi Kathryn Whitcomb ParkerIn the past several years, a revival of research devoted to nursing education has emerged. This emergence has changed the way many educators engage in their practice of working with learners; and learners have come to expect that they will have a rich learning experience designed to develop new (or enhance prior) knowledge, skills, and attitudes. The SAGE Handbook of Nursing Education provides a detailed map of the current discipline, with a carefully selected team of international contributors offering the latest thinking about education in nursing across key areas. This handbook will be a key resource for academic educators, as well as graduate and postgraduate learners.
The Law and Regulation of Solicitors: Management Skills
by Ms Katie JacksonDrawing on the author's direct experience as a regulatory decision maker and her subsequent time teaching legal services professionals, The Law and Regulation of Solicitors: Management Skills brings together a broad range of materials based on research and presentations from continuous professional development for law firms. Encompassing a wide range of regulatory and compliance subjects, the texts and materials present the context and expectations of legal regulators such as the SRA and CLC in an easily referenceable format.Each section covers material on different management subjects intended to be used by senior and aspiring management in law firms. With reference to key legislation in the regulation of solicitors and other lawyers; example policies featured within the texts; and an extensive range of template internal AML audits; the book is an important reference guide for those running a law firm. There is a wide range of learning activities in each section which readers can use within their law firm to develop staff understanding of ethics, regulation, and compliance in legal services; reflecting the range of knowledge that regulators expect law firms to be able to demonstrate. The book references the primary regulatory system of the SRA, with specific examples of their supervisory practice, including how to respond to an SRA investigation. Those regulated by the CLC will find an authoritative chapter on the legislation underlying their regulation and supervision.This is an essential manual for the necessary management skills required for legal professionals, management, COLPs and COFAs in law firms, as well as solicitors, barristers, licensed conveyancers and paralegals.
Criminal Disclosure Referencer (Criminal Practice Series)
by Shahida Begum Mr Tom Wainwright Ms Emma FennThe Criminal Disclosure Referencer provides practitioners with a user-friendly guide to the law and practice relating to the disclosure of unused material.This text follows the disclosure process chronologically, drawing together all the relevant legislation, codes, guidelines, rules, protocols, and case law in a comprehensive manner.The Third Edition covers guidance and codes which have recently been published or updated, including:- Criminal Procedure Rules 2020 - CPIA Code of Practice (in effect from 31 December 2020) - Crown Prosecution Service Disclosure Manual (refreshed 14 July 2022)- Attorney General's Guidelines on Disclosure 2024- Protocol on Disclosure between Family and Criminal Jurisdictions 2024Key cases on disclosure are also addressed, including: - R v Syed [2019] 1 Cr App R 21: Compatibility of disclosure regime with Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights - R v Duarte [2020] 1 Cr App R 11: Use of defence statements at trial - R v CB; R v Mohammed [2020] 2 Cr App R 20: Disclosure of complainant's mobile phone records With the role of proper disclosure in avoiding miscarriages of justice being highlighted and voluminous electronic material making the process more complex, this practical guide assists parties to the criminal justice system in remaining fully up to date with their obligations.
The Law and Business of Litigation Finance
by Mr Steven FrielHow do litigation funders raise capital and how do they spend it? What are their corporate and financial structures? What types of cases do they invest in and what are their returns? What contractual structures do they use? What are the key legal issues relating to litigation funding?The Law and Business of Litigation Finance answers these questions and is an essential guide for those who seek to provide litigation funding, as well as for anyone who wishes to understand the litigation funding process.The Second Edition includes:- New content covering the commercial and finance aspects of litigation finance, examining the different stakeholders, what they seek to achieve, and the risks and rewards that attract them- Increased coverage of the position in Australia, continental Europe and jurisdictions such as Singapore and Hong Kong- Updated case law including recent high profile cases in the UK, USA and Australia, and a comprehensive record of relevant legislation and regulations in those jurisdictionsEdited by one of the most accomplished litigation innovators in the international market with contributions from leading experts, this is a must-have guide for all lawyers, commercial court judges, legal policy makers, regulators, investors, and academics in these jurisdictions.This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Practice and Procedure online service.
Homelessness and Allocations
by Andrew Arden KC Justin Bates KC"This is the book on the law relating to homelessness." The Law Society Gazette*"An indispensable commentary on and guide to a complex and fast-moving area of the law: a must-have for academics, specialist practitioners and busy local government officers alike." Solicitors Journal*For over 40 years, Homelessness and Allocations has been providing advice on the rights of the homeless and the duties of local government. The 13th edition includes updates on: - More than 50 new cases – including R (Imam) v Croydon LBC; R (Jaberi) v Westminster CC; Zaman v Waltham Forest LBC; Uduezue v Bexley LBC; and R (Campbell) v Ealing LBC- The homelessness provisions of the Renters (Reform) Bill 2023-24- Amendments to the Housing Act 1996, Pts 6 and 7, including by the Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023- Welsh statutory changes Written by two leading experts in the field, this text is the definitive guide on homelessness for housing lawyers and advisers, local authorities, housing and homelessness officers and housing associations.This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Property and Land Law online service.*Review of a previous edition.
Revenue Law: Principles and Practice
by Phyllis AlexanderThis title has been used as a 'go to' reference source for undergraduate students on business and finance courses for almost twenty years. Under the new general editor, Phyllis Alexander, the content has been re-focussed to ensure it remains relevant to the student market.The book provides readers with an understanding the law relating to all areas of UK taxation with extensive cross references to HMRC guidance, tax legislation and relevant case summaries.It is structured to allow the reader to quickly find information on the area of tax that interests them, and includes chapters on the impact of EU law, and Human Rights and Taxation.The content has been bought up to date with Finance (No 2) Act 2023, relevant case decisions and new guidance issued by HMRC and other relevant bodies. This edition has been further enhanced by the addition of learning points and further reading lists at the end of each chapter.