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Leadership Selection and Patron–Client Relations in the USSR and Yugoslavia

Leadership Selection and Patron-Client Relations in the USSR and Yugoslavia (1983) examines the system of nomenklatura the semi-secret network of quasi-bureaucratic rules and personal relationships through which careers in Soviet politics were managed. Other Communist countries took the USSR as their prototype and their patronage relationship systems are included in this study. | Leadership Selection and Patron–Client Relations in the USSR and Yugoslavia

GBP 90.00

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Literary Patronage in The Middle Ages

Published in 1966: The present study attempts in its fashion to supply a connected account of this somewhat neglected phase of medieval literary life and to look carefully in earlier ages for the origins of medieval patronage. As one may suppose a patron might be approached and the modes in which his favour might be extended were exhausted at a very early period so that patronage of letters cannot be said to show much development or progress. | Literary Patronage in The Middle Ages

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The Politics of Clientelism

In Latin America the state is the prime regulator coordinator and pace-setter of the entire national system the apex of the pyramid from which patronage wealth power and programs flow. The state bears responsibility for the realization of civic needs providing goods and services to each citizen. Doing so requires the exercise and maintenance of social and political control. It is John Martz's contention that clientelism underlines the fundamental character of Latin American social and political life. As the modernizing bureaucratic state has developed in Latin America there has been a concurrent shifting away from clientelistic relationships. Yet in one form or another political clientelism still remains central. Clientelism occurs when large numbers of low-status individuals such as those in the slums of rural and underdeveloped areas are protected by a powerful patron who defends their interests in return for deference or material reward. In Colombia the rural patron has become a member of the higher clientelistic system as well; he is dependent on a patron who operates at the national level. This enables urban elites to mobilize low-status clients for such acts as mass demonstrations of political loyalty to the regime. Thus traditional clientelism has been modified through the process of modernization. Part One of The Politics of Clientelism examines Colombian politics focusing on the incarnation and traditional forms of clientelism. Part Two explores the policies of Colombian governance from the administrations of Lleras Camargo through Julio Cesar Turbay Ayala. Part Three discusses the modernization and restructuring of Colombia in recent decades under Belisario Betancur Virgilio Barco and Cesar Gaviria. As the modernizing bureaucratic state has unfolded there has been a similar shift in many clientelistic relationships. Martz argues that whether corporate clientelism remains or more democratic organization develops Colombia is unlikely to shed its basic clientelistic impulses. Reforms will determine whether or not the state can construct a system in which the citizenry affects the course of national politics. The Politics of Clientelism provides a well-developed theory linking regime and governmental process to policy formulation and performance in Colombia. It will be engrossing reading for economists sociologists political scientists and other researchers interested in Latin America.

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De Facto States in Eurasia

This book explores the phenomenon of de facto states in Eurasia: states such as Abkhazia Nagorno-Karabakh and the Transnistrian Moldovan Republic. It examines how they are formed what sustains them and how their differing development trajectories have unfolded. It argues that most of these de facto states have been formed with either direct or indirect support from Russia but they all have their own internal logic and are not simply puppets in the hands of a powerful patron. The book provides detailed case studies and draws out general patterns and compares present-day de facto states with de facto states which existed in the past.

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Music and Musicians in Renaissance Rome and Other Courts

First published in 1999 the essays that follow have been selected from the author’s writings to explore musical institutions in 15th and 16th century Italy with a detailed focus on the papal choir but with additional comments on Mantua (Mantova) Florence and France. Much of the material which formed the basis of those essays was largely drawn from archives. Richard Sherr explores diverse areas including the Medici coat of arms in a motet for Leo X performance practice in the papal chapel during the 16th century the publications of Guglielmo Gonzaga Lorenzo de’ Medici as a patron of music and homosexuality in late sixteenth-century Italy. | Music and Musicians in Renaissance Rome and Other Courts

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Abbot Suger of St-Denis Church and State in Early Twelfth-Century France

Based on a fresh reading of primary sources Lindy Grant's comprehensive biography of Abbot Suger (1081-1151) provides a reassessment of a key figure of the twelfth century. Active in secular and religious affairs alike - Suger was Regent of France and also abbot of one of the most important abbeys in Europe during the time of the Gregorian reforms. But he is primarily remembered as a great artistic patron whose commissions included buildings in the new Gothic style. Lindy Grant reviews him in all these roles - and offers a corrective to the current tendency to exaggerate his role as architect of both French royal power and the new gothic form. | Abbot Suger of St-Denis Church and State in Early Twelfth-Century France

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Hybridity in Early Modern Art

This collection of essays explores hybridity in early modern art through two primary lenses: hybrid media and hybrid time. The varied approaches in the volume to theories of hybridity reflect the increased presence in art historical scholarship of interdisciplinary frameworks that extend art historical inquiry beyond the single time or material. The essays engage with what happens when an object is considered beyond the point of origin or as a legend of information the implications of the juxtaposition of disparate media how the meaning of an object alters over time and what the conspicuous use of out-of-date styles means for the patron artist and/or viewer. Essays examine both canonical and lesser-known works produced by European artists in Italy northern Europe and colonial Peru ca. 1400–1600. The book will be of interest to art historians visual culture historians and early modern historians.

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Law and Religion in Chaucer's England

These essays in a second collection by Professor Kelly investigate legal and religious subjects touching on the age and places in which Geoffrey Chaucer lived and wrote especially as reflected in the more contemporary sections of the Canterbury Tales. Topics include the canon law of incest (consanguinity affinity spiritual kinship) the prosecution of sexual offences and regulation of prostitution (especially in the Stews of Southwark) legal opinions about wife-beating and the laws of nature concerning gender distinction (focusing on Chaucer's Pardoner) and the technicalities of castration. Sacramental and devotional practices are discussed especially dealing with confession and penitence and the Mass. Chaucer's Prioress serves as the starting point for a treatment of regulations of nuns in medieval England and also for the presence real and virtual of Jews and Saracens (Muslims and pagans) in England and conversion efforts of the time as well as sympathetic or antipathetic attitudes towards non-Christians. Included is a case study on the legend of St Cecilia in Chaucer and elsewhere and as patron of music; and a discussion of canonistic opinion on the licit limits of medicinal magic (in connection with the ministrations of John the Carpenter in the Miller's Tale). | Law and Religion in Chaucer's England

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Federico Barocci Inspiration and Innovation in Early Modern Italy

Reviewers of a recent exhibition termed Federico Barocci (ca. 1533–1612) 'the greatest artist you’ve never heard of'. One of the first original iconographers of the Counter Reformation Barocci was a remarkably inventive religious painter and draftsman and the first Italian artist to incorporate extensive color into his drawings. The purpose of this volume is to offer new insights into Barocci’s work and to accord this artist the dates of whose career fall between the traditional Renaissance and Baroque periods the critical attention he deserves. Employing a range of methodologies the essays include new ideas on Barocci’s masterpiece the Entombment of Christ; fresh thinking about his use of color in his drawings and innovative design methods; insights into his approach to the nude; revelations on a key early patron; a consideration of the reasons behind some of his most original iconography; an analysis of his unusual approach to the marketing of his pictures; an exploration of some little-known aspects of his early production such as his reliance on Italian majolica and contemporary sculpture in developing his compositions; and an examination of a key Barocci document the post mortem inventory of his studio. A translated transcription of the inventory is included as an appendix. | Federico Barocci Inspiration and Innovation in Early Modern Italy

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Local/Global Women Artists in the Nineteenth Century

Local/Global: Women Artists in the Nineteenth Century is the first book to investigate women artists working in disparate parts of the world. This major new book offers a dazzling array of compelling essays on art architecture and design by leading writers: Joan Kerr on art in Australia by residents migrants and visitors; Ka Bo Tsang on the imperial court in China; Gayatri Sinha on south Asian artists; Mary Roberts on harem portraiture of the Ottoman empire; Griselda Pollock on Parisian studios; Lynne Walker on women patron-builders in Britain; Sghle Bhreathnach-Lynch and Julie Anne Stevens on Irish women artists; Ruth Phillips on souvenir art by native and settler women; Janet Berlo on North American textiles; Kristina Huneault on white settler identity in Canada; Charmaine Nelson on neo-classical sculpture in North America; and Stacie Widdifield on Mexico. This pioneering collection addresses issues at the heart of feminist and post-colonial studies: the nature of difference discrepant modernities and cross-cultural encounters. Written in a lively and accessible style this lavishly illustrated volume offers fresh perspectives on women art and identity. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of women artists and the art of the nineteenth century. | Local/Global Women Artists in the Nineteenth Century

GBP 48.99

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An Introduction to African Politics

This fully updated fifth edition of An Introduction to African Politics is an ideal textbook for those new to the study of this fascinating continent. Charting trends in government over six decades of the post-colonial era the book tackles key questions such as: How have African states made sense of their colonial inheritance? How relevant are ethnic and religious identities? Why have some states collapsed and others prospered? Why did the one-party state fail? Why is contemporary Africa now dominated by electoral authoritarian states and not the multi-party democracies promised in the 1990s? Key features include: thematically organised with chapters exploring issues such as colonialism ethnicity nationalism religion social class ideology legitimacy authority sovereignty and democracy; new five-part structure makes clearer Africa’s political evolution over time; new chapter on the emergence of ‘hybrid states’ and ‘electoral authoritarianism’; more coverage of twenty-first century governance trends such as China’s impact the changing role of the military different uses of ‘client–patron’ networks Western conditionality and the ‘Africa rising’ debate; colour presentation of maps photos and data; boxed case studies including Mali Tanzania Nigeria Botswana Côte d’Ivoire Uganda Somalia Ghana the Democratic Republic of the Congo Tunisia and Angola; each chapter concludes with key terms and definitions questions and further reading. An Introduction to African Politics is essential reading for students seeking an accessible introduction to the complex social relationships and events that characterise the politics of post-colonial Africa.

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Clientelism and Patronage in the Middle East and North Africa Networks of Dependency

One common demand in the 2011 uprisings in the MENA region was the call for ‘freedom dignity and social justice. ’ Citizens rallied against corruption and clientelism which for many protesters were deeply linked to political tyranny. This book takes the phenomenon of the 2011 uprisings as a point of departure for reassessing clientelism and patronage across the entire MENA region. Using case studies covering Morocco Tunisia Egypt Jordan Lebanon Turkey and the Gulf monarchies it looks at how the relationships within and between clientelist and patronage networks changed before 2011. The book assesses how these changes contributed to the destabilization of the established political and social order and how they affected less visible political processes. It then turns to look at how the political transformations since 2011 have in turn reconfigured these networks in terms of strategies and dynamics and concomitantly what implications this has had for the inclusion or exclusion of new actors. Are specific networks expanding or shrinking in the post-2011 contexts? Do these networks reproduce established forms of patron-client relations or do they translate into new modes and mechanisms? As the first book to systematically discuss clientelism patronage and corruption against the background of the 2011 uprisings it will be a valuable resource for students and scholars of Middle Eastern Studies. The book also addresses major debates in comparative politics and political sociology by offering ‘networks of dependency’ as an interdisciplinary conceptual approach that can ‘travel’ across place and time. | Clientelism and Patronage in the Middle East and North Africa Networks of Dependency

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Research and Relevant Knowledge American Research Universities Since World War II

The rise of American research universities to international preeminence constitutes one of the most important episodes in the history of higher education. Research and Relevant Knowledge follows Geiger's earlier volume on American research universities from 1900 to 1940. This second work is the first study to trace this momentous development in the post-World War II period. It describes how the federal government first relied on university scientists during the war and how the resulting relationship set the pattern for the postwar mushrooming of academic research. The first half of the book analyzes the development of the postwar system of academic research exploring the contributions of foundations defense agencies and universities. The second half depicts the rise of the golden age of academic research in the years after Sputnik (1957) and its eventual dissolution at the end of the 1960s graduate education. When the federal patron soon reduced its largesse university students took the lead in challenging the putative hegemony of academic research. The loss of consensus quickly brought the malaise of the 1970s-stagnation frustration and equivocation about the research role. The final chapter appraises the renaissance of the 1980s based largely on a rapprochement with the private sector and ends by evaluating the embattled status of research universities at the beginning of the 1990s. Research and Relevant Knowledge provides the first authoritative analytical account of American research universities during their most fateful half-century. It will be of critical importance to all those concerned with the future of higher education in the United States. | Research and Relevant Knowledge American Research Universities Since World War II

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Between Constantinople and Rome An Illuminated Byzantine Gospel Book (Paris gr. 54) and the Union of Churches

This is a study of the artistic and political context that led to the production of a truly exceptional Byzantine illustrated manuscript. Paris Bibliothèque Nationale de France codex grec 54 is one of the most ambitious and complex manuscripts produced during the Byzantine era. This thirteenth-century Greek and Latin Gospel book features full-page evangelist portraits an extensive narrative cycle and unique polychromatic texts. However it has never been the subject of a comprehensive study and the circumstances of its commission are unknown. In this book Kathleen Maxwell addresses the following questions: what circumstances led to the creation of Paris 54? Who commissioned it and for what purpose? How was a deluxe manuscript such as this produced? Why was it left unfinished? How does it relate to other Byzantine illustrated Gospel books? Paris 54's innovations are a testament to the extraordinary circumstances of its commission. Maxwell's multi-disciplinary approach includes codicological and paleographical evidence together with New Testament textual criticism artistic and historical analysis. She concludes that Paris 54 was never intended to copy any other manuscript. Rather it was designed to eclipse its contemporaries and to physically embody a new relationship between Constantinople and the Latin West as envisioned by its patron. Analysis of Paris 54's texts and miniature cycle indicates that it was created at the behest of a Byzantine emperor as a gift to a pope in conjunction with imperial efforts to unify the Latin and Orthodox churches. As such Paris 54 is a unique witness to early Palaeologan attempts to achieve church union with Rome. | Between Constantinople and Rome An Illuminated Byzantine Gospel Book (Paris gr. 54) and the Union of Churches

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The Reign of Nebuchadnezzar I in History and Historical Memory

Nebuchadnezzar I (r. 1125-1104) was one of the more significant and successful kings to rule Babylonia in the intervening period between the demise of the Kassite Dynasty in the 12th century at the end of the Late Bronze Age and the emergence of a new independent Babylonian monarchy in the last quarter of the 7th century. His dynamic reign saw Nebuchadnezzar active on both domestic and foreign fronts. He tended to the needs of the traditional cult sanctuaries and their associated priesthoods in the major cities throughout Babylonia and embarked on military campaigns against both Assyria in the north and Elam to the east. Yet later Babylonian tradition celebrated him for one achievement that was little noted in his own royal inscriptions: the return of the statue of Marduk Babylon’s patron deity from captivity in Elam. The Reign of Nebuchadnezzar reconstructs the history of Nebuchadnezzar I’s rule and drawing upon theoretical treatments of historical and collective memory examines how stories of his reign were intentionally utilized by later generations of Babylonian scholars and priests to create an historical memory that projected their collective identity and reflected Marduk’s rise to the place of primacy within the Babylonian pantheon in the 1st millennium BCE. It also explores how this historical memory was employed by the urban elite in discourses of power. Nebuchadnezzar I remained a viable symbol though with diminishing effect until at least the 3rd century BCE by which time his memory had almost entirely faded. This study is a valuable resource to students of the Ancient Near East and Nebuchadnezzar but is also a fascinating exploration of memory creation and exploitation in the ancient world. | The Reign of Nebuchadnezzar I in History and Historical Memory

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Niccolò Ridolfi and the Cardinal's Court Politics Patronage and Service in Sixteenth-Century Italy

Niccolò Ridolfi (1501–50) was a Florentine cardinal nephew and cousin to the Medici popes Leo X and Clement VII and he owed his status and wealth to their patronage. He remained actively engaged in Florentine politics above all during the years of crisis that saw the Florentine state change from republic to duchy. A widely respected patron and scholar throughout his life his sudden death during the conclave of 1549–50 led to allegations of poison that an autopsy appears to confirm. This book examines Cardinal Ridolfi and his court in order to understand the extent to which cardinalate courts played a key part in Rome’s resurgence and acted as hubs of knowledge located on the fault lines of politics and reform in church and state hospitable spaces that can be analysed in the context of entanglements in Florentine and Roman cultural and political patronage and intersections between the princely court and a more professional and complex knowledge and practice of household management in the consumer and service economy of early modern Rome. Based on an array of archival sources and on three treatises whose authors were closely linked to Ridolfi’s court this monograph explores these multidisciplinary intersections to allow the more traditional fields of church and political history to be approached from different angles. Niccolò Ridolfi and the Cardinal's Court will appeal to all those interested in the organisation of these elite establishments and their place in sixteenth-century Roman society the life and patronage of Niccolò Ridolfi in the context of the Florentine exiles who desired a return to republicanism and the history of the Roman Catholic Church. | Niccolò Ridolfi and the Cardinal's Court Politics Patronage and Service in Sixteenth-Century Italy

GBP 145.00

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Selected Letters of Vernon Lee 1856–1935 Volume II - 1885-1889

Vernon Lee was the pen name of Violet Paget (1856–1935) – a prolific author best known for her supernatural fiction and her radical polemics. She was also an active letter writer whose correspondents include many well-known figures in fin de siècle intellectual circles across Europe. However until now no attempt has been made to make these letters widely available in their complete form. This multi-volume scholarly edition presents a comprehensive selection of her English French Italian and German correspondence — compiled from more than 30 archives worldwide — that reflect her wide variety of interests and occupations as a Woman of Letters and contributor to scholarship and political activism. Letters written in a language other than English have been expertly translated by scholars Sophie Geoffroy (from the French) Crystal Hall (from the Italian) and Christa Zorn (from the German). The edition focuses on those letters concerning the writing ideas and aesthetics that influenced Lee’s articles books and stories. Full transcriptions of some 500 letters covering the years 1856-1935 are arranged in chronological order along with newly written introductions that explain their context and identifies the recipients friends and colleagues mentioned. Since scholarship on Lee’s critical and creative output is still in the beginning stages these letters will serve a purpose to students and researchers in a number of academic fields. In this second volume covering the years 1885–1889 the 421 assembled letters follow Violet Paget-Vernon Lee in her early thirties. Recovering from the stinging reception of her first novel and from Annie Meyer’s death she turns to essay writing on aesthetics and ethics and ghost stories. After Mary Robinson’s engagement to marry French orientalist Prof. Darmesteter she travels to Spain Gibraltar and Tangiers and briefly falls under the spell of the Orient. She also takes a liking to Scotland and many of her close friends are Scottish -Alice Callander Lady Archie (Janey Sevilla Archibald Campbell)—and so is her future partner Clementina Anstruther-Thomson. The letters reflect the expansion of her subject matter from cultural studies art history and aesthetic philosophy. Her charity work in hospitals in Florence and her readings in Political Economy lead her thinking towards social reform and political issues. Her brother’s mental illness and her own breakdown bring about an awareness of body and mind balance and a taste for outdoor pursuits (mountaineering; bicycling; horse riding; swimming) and for experimental psychology (rotating mirrors; hypnosis) and therapies (hydrotherapy). The Pagets move away from the city center of Florence into the Villa Il Palmerino then in the countryside where both Eugene and Vernon recover. Correspondents include Lee’s parents Matilda and Henry Ferguson Paget; her step-brother poet Eugene Lee-Hamilton; English poetess Mary Robinson; English poet Robert Browning; British novelist and journalist Ellen Mary Abdy-Williams; British social reform activist and editor Percy William Bunting; Irish journalist and activist Frances Power Cobbe; Irish scholar and novelist Bella Duffy; British eugenicist Karl Pearson; British publisher William Blackwood; Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson; American novelist Henry James; American connoisseur and arts patron Isabella Stuart Gardner; French translator and critic Marie-Thérèse Blanc (Th. Bentzon); Lady Louisa Wolseley; Irish historian and activist Alice Stopford-Green; Italian Countess Angelica (Pasolini) Rasponi; Italian poet writer and critic Enrico Nencioni; Italian novelist essayist and critic Mario Pratesi; Italian editor and man of letters Francesco Protonotari; Italian painter Telemaco Signorini. | Selected Letters of Vernon Lee 1856–1935 Volume II - 1885-1889

GBP 115.00

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Leadership Selection and Patron–Client Relations in the USSR and Yugoslavia

Literary Patronage in The Middle Ages

The Politics of Clientelism

De Facto States in Eurasia

Music and Musicians in Renaissance Rome and Other Courts

Abbot Suger of St-Denis Church and State in Early Twelfth-Century France

Hybridity in Early Modern Art

Law and Religion in Chaucer's England

Federico Barocci Inspiration and Innovation in Early Modern Italy

Local/Global Women Artists in the Nineteenth Century

An Introduction to African Politics

Clientelism and Patronage in the Middle East and North Africa Networks of Dependency

Research and Relevant Knowledge American Research Universities Since World War II

Between Constantinople and Rome An Illuminated Byzantine Gospel Book (Paris gr. 54) and the Union of Churches

The Reign of Nebuchadnezzar I in History and Historical Memory

Niccolò Ridolfi and the Cardinal's Court Politics Patronage and Service in Sixteenth-Century Italy

Selected Letters of Vernon Lee 1856–1935 Volume II - 1885-1889

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