Peter Lang Ag Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften imprint: 959 books
Sleeping Beauties in Victorian Britain
Cultural, Literary and Artistic Explorations of a Myth
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2014
Artists, scientists and the wider public of the Victorian era all seem to have shared a common interest in the myth of the Briar Rose and its contemporary implications, from the Pre-Raphaelites and late Victorian aesthetes to the fascinated crowds who visited Ellen Sadler, the real-life ‘Sleeping...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
English is increasingly used as a medium of instruction in European higher education not only in northern countries, but also in the European ‘south’. This volume is fruit of a project which was carried out in a public university based in the north-east of Italy with the aim of delivering professional...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2015
This book examines recent debates on the political dynamics of cosmopolitanism, particularly in its connection with European civil society and the public sphere. The aim of the volume is to trace to what extent cosmopolitanism corresponds to «second modernity», with the latter concept referring...
Pass or Fail?
Assessing the Quality of Democracy in South Africa
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2015
In recent years, growing concerns over the strength of South Africa’s democracy appear to indicate a population increasingly disillusioned and dissatisfied with the quality of its implementation. This book assesses the quality of democracy in South Africa after 20 years of democracy in order to...
Poor, but Sexy
Reflections on Berlin Scenes
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
Poor, But Sexy: Reflections on Berlin Scenes offers readers a varied cross-section of the city’s scenes, providing a prismatic view of one of Europe’s mythical cultural capitals. The authors gathered here address a range of topics, including Turkish gay clubs, queer filmmaking, record labels,...
Governing Europe
How to Make the EU More Efficient and Democratic
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2017
This book is a collection of the contributions to the Governing Europe project, which tackles the current situation and the future developments of the European mechanism of governance, putting forward a series of policy and institutional recommendations for the medium and long term, aimed at improving the democratic nature and the effectiveness of the European decision-making processes.
Informality in Eastern Europe
Structures, Political Cultures and Social Practices
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2013
This volume deals with different aspects of informal structures and practices in Eastern Europe. Its objectives are twofold. It aims at discovering whether or to what extent informal structures and practices in Eastern Europe have meanings, functions, forms and effects different from those that can...
The Creative City
Cultural policies and urban regeneration between conservation and development
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
This book focuses on the relationships between the creative city principles and the planning approach introduced by the European Landscape Convention in order to identify best practices for the development of innovative cultural policies and new urban regeneration tools.
The research is characterized...
The Convention on the Future of Europe
How States Behave in a New Institutional Context of Negotiation
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2015
The negotiation of new treaties, containing important institutional innovations and reforms, has been a constant challenge for the EU ever since the 1950s. When compared with the classic intergovernmental conferences, the Convention on the Future of Europe stands as a Copernican revolution that radically...
Citizenship and Solidarity in the European Union
From the Charter of Fundamental Rights to the Crisis, the State of the Art
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
This book attempts to address an important question: where is the European project going?
As Europe struggles with the most profound economic and social crises in recent history, what happens to the promises of freedom, democracy, equality and respect for the inviolable and inalienable rights of the...
La Revolución mexicana
Miradas desde Europa
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 22, 2014
Este volumen tiene como objetivo revisar algunos puntos de vista que han circulado en los países europeos acerca de la Revolución mexicana. La primera sección del libro trata de la historia y de la prensa en Bélgica, España, Francia y Noruega. Demuestra de qué manera las interpretaciones con...
History of the Swiss Watch Industry
From Jacques David to Nicolas Hayek- Third edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2014
This book tackles the history of the Swiss watch industry in a global perspective: it gives particular attention to rival nations such as the United Kingdom, the USA and Japan. The author demonstrates how Swiss watchmakers succeeded in facing various challenges: the industrialization of production...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
In the European Union, competition law has expanded and matured, assuming a key role in the promotion of consumer welfare, economic progress and public interest in general. Nevertheless, several issues remain open. Should the European Union remain faithful to antitrust public enforcement or fully...
Federalism
A Political Theory for Our Time
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2016
This volume is a collection of essays published between 1999 and 2015 in the review The Federalist Debate. The book highlights the issue of federalism intended as a theoretical paradigm to interpret the major problems of our age, and in particular the issues of peace and war in a world characterized by an uncontrolled globalization.