Verlag Peter Lang - Böcker

Die Kathedralkapitel sind durch verschiedene Bischofswahlen im deutschsprachigen Raum Ende der achtziger Jahre Gegenstand öffentlichen Interesses geworden. Das wirft wieder einmal die Frage nach der Rolle dieser altehrwürdigen Institutio...

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Tout au sommet de l'Europe vivent 40000 Lapons ou Sames, branche extrême-orientale du rameau finno-ougrien que les contingences de la nature et de l'histoire ont fixée en Finno-Scandinavie. Ces 40000 héritiers d'une vieille culture arctique de cha...

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Les premiers pas du nouveau president de la Republique, Georges Pompidou, sont marques par l'ouverture dans le domaine de la politique europeenne avec au premier chef le deblocage de la question de l'adhesion du Royaume-Uni a la CEE. La propositio...

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This book examines the innovative and supportive role that the Council of European Municipalities and Regions has played in the process of European integration, focusing on the idea of a federal state centred on municipalities, the basis of Wester...

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Typical food is an in-vogue topic, embodying issues such as current trends in food globalization and European Union policies on agriculture and trade. It is, however, striking how little is known about its history. This book, inspired by the confe...

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This book provides an in-depth analysis of the way that Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) define their roles within multilateral institutions, both at the global level and, more specifically, within the European Union framework. The author argues...

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The book compares Kantâ??s and Hamiltonâ??s political thought. It highlights their complementarity in the development of federalism as a political theory. Contributions focus on issues such as sovereignty, the relationship between democracy and pe...

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This book offers an extensive and detailed look at the geographies of Canada, one of the largest countries in the world. The contributors consider subjects such as energy, resources, the rise of communications and the knowledge infrastructure, and...

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Johann Ludwig Tieck (1773-1853) was one of the most formative influences of the romantic movement, inspiring such major figures as Novalis and Hoffmann. Not only did his tales and novels shape the course of German romantic fiction; as a translator...

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The book examines the steps that Italy has made to adapt its legislation and policies to international human rights law and to comply with commitments voluntarily assumed by the Italian Government at the international level.

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The European Commission has alternatively been portrayed as an all-powerful institution controlling far too many resources versus a bureaucracy that operates at the behest of Member States. In recent years the EU has been beset by major challenges...

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This book focuses on the interrelated developments in European integration and national policies on employment and social protection. It explores both the emancipatory potential of the continental tradition of the socialised wage and the negative ...

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The aim of this book is to explore and compare the welfare strategies of businesses, including the various forms of «paternalism», over two centuries and across a number of countries. Specifically, the book examines differentiation and variation a...

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Euroscepticism has become a generic catch-all term that is not always useful to capture the nuances of the different types of political opposition to the current process of European integration. This research analyses the electoral manifestos and ...

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The volume is a collection of essays focussing on the cultural construction, perception and representation of public and private spaces in 20th and 21st century Italian culture. Through the study of a variety of spaces, this book provides an explo...

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This book examines Voltaire's claim that La Mort de Cesar is "in the English taste". It presents the results of an inquiry into the formation of the stereotype "English taste" and an analysis of the play that determines the pertinence of such a la...

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Ce livre etudie l'ecriture de soi dans une perspective multiculturelle. Il compare les caracteristiques de l'ecrit personnel (comme les memoires, l'autobiographie ou le journal intime) tel qu'il a eu cours en Europe ou dans les pays occidentaux, a...

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Digital practices in the field of history have become more and more widespread in recent decades, but contemporary historians have often tended to remain on the sidelines of this trend. This book covers a range of digital practices, tools and meth...

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How should we approach the challenges created by the increasing professionalization of public relations across Europe? Historical and cultural interpretations are not always sufficient to explain the fast and diverse developments of the public rel...

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New towns are special cases in terms of urban development: they are challenging adventures, with poor results often seen where suburban and peri-urban zones meet. However, they are also a reflection of different surroundings and trends. They bring...

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Far-reaching changes in the global distribution of wealth over the last few decades have led scholars of regional integration to recognise a need to examine the regional level as an arena of social policy formation and implementation. This develop...

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This volume offers critical, historical and theoretical perspectives on cosmopolitanism, paying attention to its implications and manifestations both within and outside Europe. It also explores the links between cosmopolitanism and teleological un...

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Successive enlargements of the EU have constituted major events in the history of European integration. They affect the Union's institutions, policies and policy-making processes and, because of the impact of these changes, enlargements have often...

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