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Nowhere To Go But Down? Peasant Farming and the International Development Game

Nowhere To Go But Down? Peasant Farming and the International Development Game

Originally published in 1989 this book is a unique examination of subsistence farming in the developing world and its potential for development. The author writes from the conviction that the farming system is limited in its potential for development by the energy value of manpower and that unless the plight of developing world communities is understood and the importance of manpower constraint recognized inputs of development funds will be wasted. Clarifying the strengths and limitations of the subsistence farming system the book makes clear the complexities and difficulties encountered in achieving agricultural development in the poorest countries – providing an informed insight into the inevitability of future famine. | Nowhere To Go But Down? Peasant Farming and the International Development Game

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On Animation The Director's Perspective Vol 1

On Animation The Director's Perspective Vol 1

Be a fly on the wall as industry leaders Bill Kroyer and Tom Sito take us through insightful face-to-face interviews revealing in these two volumes the journeys of 23 world-class directors as they candidly share their experiences and personal views on the process of making feature animated films. The interviews were produced and edited by Ron Diamond. Your job is not to be the one with the answers. You should be the one that gets the answers. That’s your job. You need to make friends and get to know your crew. These folks are your talent your bag of tricks. And that’s where you’re going to find answers to the big problems - Andrew Stanton It’s hard. Yet the pain you go through to get what you need for your film enriches you and it enriches the film. – Brenda Chapman Frank and Ollie always used to say that great character animation contains movement that is generated by the character’s thought process. It can’t be plain movement. – John Lasseter The beauty of clay is that it doesn’t have to be too polished or too smooth and sophisticated. You don’t want it to be mechanical and lifeless. – Nick Park The good thing about animation is that tape is very cheap. Let the actor try things. This is where animation gets to play with spontaneity. You want to capture that line as it has never been said before. And most likely if you asked the actor to do it again he or she just can’t repeat that exact performance. But you got it. – Ron Clements | On Animation The Director's Perspective Vol 1

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The Order of Learning Essays on the Contemporary University

The Order of Learning Essays on the Contemporary University

The Order of Learning considers the problems facing higher education by focusing on main underlying factors: the relationship of higher education to government academic freedom and the responsibilities of the academic profession among others. Edward Shils argues that higher education has a central role in society and that distractions such as pressures from government disinterest of students and faculty in education and involvement of institutions of higher learning in social questions have damaged higher education by deflecting it from its commitment to teaching learning and research. Shils believes that the modern university must be steadfast in its commitment to the pursuit of truth the education of students and the provision of research. Universities should not be all things to all people. On one hand the academic community must understand the essential mission of the university and resist distractions. On the other government must provide the necessary support to higher education even when the immediate pay-off is not self-evident. This book provides a refreshing new perspective precisely by taking a traditional stance on the role of higher education in modern society. It includes carefully researched and elegantly written essays on many of the central issues facing education today. This work will be of great interest to educators and students alike as well as those interested in the future of higher education in the United States. | The Order of Learning Essays on the Contemporary University

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The Business of Sports Off the Field in the Office on the News

The Business of Sports Off the Field in the Office on the News

The Business of Sports provides a comprehensive foundation of the economic organizational legal and political components of the sports industry. Geared for journalism communication and business students but also an excellent resource for those working in sports this text introduces readers to the ever-increasing complexity of an industry that is in constant flux. Now in its third edition the volume continues to offer a wealth of statistics and case studies up to date with the newest developments in sports business and focused on cutting-edge issues and topics including the many changes in international sports and the role of analytics in decision-making and tax rules that have a major effect on athletes and teams. | The Business of Sports Off the Field in the Office on the News

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The Sixth International Congress on Accounting 1952

The Sixth International Congress on Accounting 1952

This book first published in 1954 collects together the papers presented to the Sixth International Congress on Accounting. They focus on the problems of the post-war changes in the value of money and how to deal with this in accounting statements; taxation and the role of accountants in Government; raising and retaining capital for development; and the role of the professional accountant in the commercial field. | The Sixth International Congress on Accounting 1952

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The British Impact on India

The British Impact on India

First published in 1952 imperialism is a regularly recurring historical phenomenon calling for neither approval not condemnation in the abstract. A more profitable exercise is to consider particular imperialisms and assess their spirit and their achievements. From this premise Sir Percival Griffiths proceeds to examine the political administrative and economic effects on India of British rule. Formerly a member of the Indian Civil Service later the leader of the British representatives in the Indian Legislative Assembly and now closely connected with commerce and industry in India and Pakistan he has the advantage of a three-sided approach. He was moreover playing an active part in Indian public affairs throughout the years leading to the transfer of power. In 1942 he declared that he would fight any government which resiled from the promise of independence for India and when the Cabinet Mission visited India in 1947 it fell on him to assert - on behalf of the British community in India – their conviction that independence must be granted without further delay. It is because he has thus been a close eye-witness of the events of the last three decades in India that he has written this book. Although Western civilization is often regarded by Indians as materialistic it is the spiritual rather than in the material sphere that British influence has been greatest. It has built up Indian nationalism; it has engendered in Indian minds a new concept of equality and of human rights; it has rekindled the scientific spirit; and is has profoundly modified the Indian intellectual approach to the problems in life. In all this there have been losses as well as gain – not least among the losses being the partial destruction of village corporate life and the spread of specticism among the intelligentsia – but there can be little doubt which way the balance lies. A further fifty years may have to elapse Sir Percival suggests before a final assessment of the impact of the British is possible. In the meantime the present book may be confidently recommended as the most authoritative and objective examination of the history and influence of British administration in Indian which has yet appeared; a book furthermore that may be expected to achieve the status of a standard work. | The British Impact on India

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The Routledge Handbook on the International Dimension of Brexit

The Routledge Handbook on the International Dimension of Brexit

This handbook provides comprehensive and expert analysis of the impact of the Brexit process and the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on existing and future EU–UK relations within the context of both EU and international law. Examining the wider international law implications it additionally assesses the complex legal consequences of Brexit for both the EU and the UK in their dealings with third states and other international organizations. With contributions from renowned specialists in the field of EU external action each chapter will analyse specific policy areas to address key challenges arising from the Brexit process for the EU and the UK and propose solutions to overcome these problems. The handbook aims to fill a gap in research by assessing the consequences of Brexit under EU external relations law and international law. As such it is hoped it will set the research agenda for coming years on the international dimension of Brexit. The Routledge Handbook on the International Dimension of Brexit is an authoritative and essential reference text for scholars and students of international and European/EU law and policy EU politics and British Politics and Brexit as well as of key relevance to legal practitioners involved in Brexit governments policy-makers civil society organizations think tanks practitioners national parliaments and the Court of Justice.

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Policy Makers on Policy The Mais Lectures

Policy Makers on Policy The Mais Lectures

Monetary policy is still one of the most contested areas of modern economics and since the original publication of Policy Makers on Policy much has changed. This new edition collects contributions from leading policy makers and practitioners to reflect on the aims and objectives of monetary policy and on what it can achieve combining the old chapters from Gordon Brown Tony Blair Kenneth Clarke Geoffrey Howe Nigel Lawson and others with new perspectives from Mervyn King Jean-Claude Trichet Ernst Welteke Otmar Issing and Alastair Darling. A new far-reaching introduction from the editors Forrest Capie and Geoffrey Wood puts these important contributions to the discussion of economic policy in the new context. They look at what lessons can be learnt from the earlier discussions what anticipations of present difficulties can be found in them and what in other words the comparatively recent past teaches us about how to deal with the turbulent present. The second edition of Policy Makers on Policy brings together otherwise inaccessible commentaries and reflections on policy by those involved in making it along with a commentary on and context for their remarks. Thus the book will be of great interest and use to students of economics and politics and indeed anyone with an interest in current economic developments and their roots in the past. | Policy Makers on Policy The Mais Lectures

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The Incomparable Hester Santlow A Dancer-Actress on the Georgian Stage

The Incomparable Hester Santlow A Dancer-Actress on the Georgian Stage

In the first full-length study of the English dancer-actress Hester Santlow Moira Goff focuses on her unusual career at Drury Lane between 1706 and 1733. Goff charts Santlow's repertoire and makes extensive use of archival resources to investigate both her dancing and acting skills. Santlow made a unique contribution to the development of dance on the London stage through her dancing roles in dance dramas by John Weaver and pantomimes by John Thurmond and Roger as well as the virtuoso dances created for her by Mr. Isaac and Anthony L'Abbé. Goff examines Santlow's fascinating personal life including her relationships with the politician James Craggs the Younger and the Drury Lane actor-manager Barton Booth. Santlow was unusual in making the transition from successful dancer-actress to independent and respectable widow. Goff also traces her life after retirement as her daughter's family rose from the gentry towards the aristocracy. This book will be of interest to dance and theatre historians to women's studies scholars and to all who are engaged with ongoing debates on the lives and careers of women on the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century stage. | The Incomparable Hester Santlow A Dancer-Actress on the Georgian Stage

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Routledge Handbook on the UN and Development

Routledge Handbook on the UN and Development

International commissions academics practitioners and the media have long been critical of the UN’s development efforts as disjointed and not fit for purpose; yet the organization has been an essential contributor to progress and peacebuilding. This handbook explores the activities of the UN development system (UNDS) the largest operational pillar of the organization and arguably the arena in which its ideational endeavors have made the biggest contribution to thinking and standards. Contributions focus on the role of the UNDS in sustainable social economic and environmental development describing how the UNDS interacts with the other major functions of the UN system and how it performs operationally in the context of the new 2030 development agenda focused on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The volume is divided into three sections: Realizing the SDGs: opportunities and challenges; Resources partnerships and management; and Imagining the future of the UN in development. Comprised of chapters by knowledgeable and authoritative UN experts this book provides cutting-edge and up-to-date research on the strengths and weaknesses of the UNDS with each chapter focusing on different operational and ideational aspects. Chapter 11 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www. taylorfrancis. com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4. 0 license. | Routledge Handbook on the UN and Development

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International Perspectives on Psychology in the Schools

International Perspectives on Psychology in the Schools

To promote a broader understanding of the increasingly important role of school psychology in educational systems throughout the world the editors of this volume collected the works of leading international educators and authorities. Using research from 24 countries the book provides current information on educational systems and training facilities psychology services educational contributions to society and directions for shaping children's futures through education. | International Perspectives on Psychology in the Schools

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The Coherence of EU Regional Policy Contrasting Perspectives on the Structural Funds

The Coherence of EU Regional Policy Contrasting Perspectives on the Structural Funds

This book brings together a rich selection of up-to-date practical experience of EU regional policy from across Europe. It provides different perspectives on the design and operation of regional development strategies under the Structural Funds from people closely involved in studying managing or advising on the process at EU national and regional levels. It therefore offers a more comprehensive and detailed understanding of the structural policies than has been available hitherto. This will prove particularly useful to researchers practitioners and students interested in European regional policies and processes. | The Coherence of EU Regional Policy Contrasting Perspectives on the Structural Funds

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War Contemporary Perspectives on Armed Conflicts around the World

War Contemporary Perspectives on Armed Conflicts around the World

War: Contemporary Perspectives on Armed Conflicts around the World presents a broad variety of interdisciplinary and social scientific perspectives on the causes processes cultural representations and social consequences of the armed conflicts between and within nations and other politically organized communities. This book provides theoretical views of armed conflict and its impact on people and institutions around the world. | War Contemporary Perspectives on Armed Conflicts around the World

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The Exercise Effect on Mental Health Neurobiological Mechanisms

The Exercise Effect on Mental Health Neurobiological Mechanisms

The Exercise Effect on Mental Health contains the most recent and thorough overview of the links between exercise and mental health and the underlying mechanisms of the brain. The text will enhance interested clinicians’ and researchers’ understanding of the neurobiological effect of exercise on mental health. Editors Budde and Wegner have compiled a comprehensive review of the ways in which physical activity impacts the neurobiological mechanisms of the most common psychological and psychiatric disorders including depression anxiety bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. This text presents a rigorously evidence-based case for exercise as an inexpensive time-saving and highly effective treatment for those suffering from mental illness and distress. | The Exercise Effect on Mental Health Neurobiological Mechanisms

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Bosnia and Herzegovina A Polity on the Brink

Bosnia and Herzegovina A Polity on the Brink

First published in 2007. Emerging from communism in the early 1990s the new state of Bosnia and Herzegovina was immediately embroiled in devastating ethnonationalist conflict. Now an international protectorate the choices of its elites may well propel Bosnia either to a stable future integrated into an expanding European entity or to a future filled with insecurity conflict and adversity. This volume assesses current conditions in Bosnia as well as the prospects for stability in a country torn between nationalistic elites on the one hand and the desires of important regional actors for control of Bosnia on the other with a fractious international community overseeing the matter. Friedman controversially denies that the wars of Yugoslavia's dissolution are a necessary product of ancient ethnic hatreds contending that Bosnia and Herzegovina was once the quintessential multi-ethnic multireligious community and could be again. Containing chapters on the country's history economics international relations and politics this book will provide social scientists with an accessible overview of contemporary Bosnia and Herzegovina. | Bosnia and Herzegovina A Polity on the Brink

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Designing Network On-Chip Architectures in the Nanoscale Era

Designing Network On-Chip Architectures in the Nanoscale Era

Going beyond isolated research ideas and design experiences Designing Network On-Chip Architectures in the Nanoscale Era covers the foundations and design methods of network on-chip (NoC) technology. The contributors draw on their own lessons learned to provide strong practical guidance on various design issues. Exploring the design process of the network the first part of the book focuses on basic aspects of switch architecture and design topology selection and routing implementation. In the second part contributors discuss their experiences in the industry offering a roadmap to recent products. They describe Tilera’s TILE family of multicore processors novel Intel products and research prototypes and the TRIPS operand network (OPN). The last part reveals state-of-the-art solutions to hardware-related issues and explains how to efficiently implement the programming model at the network interface. In the appendix the microarchitectural details of two switch architectures targeting multiprocessor system-on-chips (MPSoCs) and chip multiprocessors (CMPs) can be used as an experimental platform for running tests. A stepping stone to the evolution of future chip architectures this volume provides a how-to guide for designers of current NoCs as well as designers involved with 2015 computing platforms. It cohesively brings together fundamental design issues alternative design paradigms and techniques and the main design tradeoffs—consistently focusing on topics most pertinent to real-world NoC designers.

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Dark World A Book on the Deep Dark Web

Dark World A Book on the Deep Dark Web

Discover the hidden depths of the digital underworld in this comprehensive interdisciplinary exploration of the dark web. Ideal for security agencies professionals counter-terrorism experts and policymakers alike this work offers invaluable insights that will enhance understanding and fortify strategies. By shedding particular light on the nuances of the ‘dark market ’ this book provides readers with a detailed understanding of the dark web encompassing both its sinister underbelly and unexpected potential. This book also uncovers the latest trends and cutting-edge mitigation techniques. From illicit transactions to thriving business ventures it examines the key domains and sectors that thrive within this clandestine environment. This book consolidates myriad perspectives on security and threats on the dark web. | Dark World A Book on the Deep Dark Web

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Draw On Your Emotions book and The Emotion Cards

Draw On Your Emotions book and The Emotion Cards

Combined set of Draw on Your Emotions and The Emotions Cards. Draw on Your Emotions is a bestselling resource to help people of all ages express communicate and deal more effectively with their emotions through drawing. Built around five key themes each section contains a simple picture exercise with clear objectives instructions and suggestions for development. The picture activities have been carefully designed to help ease the process of both talking about feelings and exploring life choices by trying out alternatives safely on paper. This will help to create clarity and new perspectives as a step towards positive action. The second edition of Draw on Your Emotions contains a new section that explains how to get the most out of combining the activities in the book with these cards to encourage meaningful conversations and take steps towards positive action. The Emotion Cards are 48 emotive and artistic images designed to help people to review their emotions and their relationships in a meaningful and often transformative way. The cards are designed to capture the deeper truth of how people experience their life offering poignant descriptions for what someone may be feeling. | Draw On Your Emotions book and The Emotion Cards

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The Routledge International Handbook of Research on Writing

The Routledge International Handbook of Research on Writing

This scholarly research Handbook aggregates the broad-ranging interdisciplinary multidimensional strands of writing research from scholars worldwide and brings them together into a common intellectual space. This is the first such international compilation. Now in its second edition the Handbook inaugurates a wide scope of international research advancement with attention to writing at all levels of schooling and in all life situations. It provides advanced surveys of scholarship on the histories of world and child writing and literacy; interconnections between writing reading and speech; digital writing; writing in communities; writing in the sciences and engineering; writing instruction and assessment; and writing and disability. A section on international measures for assessment of writing is a new addition to this compendium of research. This Handbook serves as a comprehensive resource for scholars graduate students and advanced undergraduates in writing studies and rhetoric composition creative expression education and literacy studies. | The Routledge International Handbook of Research on Writing

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Human Behavior in the Social Environment Perspectives on Development and the Life Course

Human Behavior in the Social Environment Perspectives on Development and the Life Course

The new sixth edition of Human Behavior in the Social Environment: Perspectives on Development and the Life Course deepens students’ understanding of the major theories themes and issues related to people and how they interact and change over the life span and with respect to their social environments. The new edition has been updated to reflect and build on new developments and awareness related to systemic racism and social justice and mental health and health-related concerns that were exacerbated and exposed by the pandemic. The text also comes with a rich companion website that includes support materials and six unique cases that encourage students to learn by doing and to apply their knowledge of human behavior to practice. The book works to: Provide balanced thorough and accessible coverage of the major theories and perspectives that social workers utilize to understand and address the myriad problems their clients encounter Integrate crucial information on life course development associated development phases and related problem areas into a single engaging framework Stimulate classroom discussion and application around key concepts themes and issues The content in this text is supported by a range of fully updated instructor-led and student resources - including presentations; sample test questions; recommended readings; and links for further study/applications to current events - that are available on its companion website www. routledgesw. com. Comprehensive engaging and filled with examples for students to learn how to apply their burgeoning knowledge to realistic practice issues the new edition of Human Behavior in the Social Environment remains invaluable as a tool for courses by the same name in undergraduate and graduate curriculums. | Human Behavior in the Social Environment Perspectives on Development and the Life Course

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Community of Citizens On the Modern Idea of Nationality

Community of Citizens On the Modern Idea of Nationality

In this critically acclaimed work for which she was awarded the Prix de L'Assemblee Nationale in 1994 sociologist Dominique Schnapper offers a learned and concise antidote to contemporary assaults on the nation. Schnapper's arguments on behalf of the modern nation represent at once a learned history of the national ideal a powerful rejoinder to its contemporary critics and a masterful essay in the sociological tradition of Ernest Renan Alexis de Tocqueville Emile Durkheim and Raymond Aron. If Schnapper asserts the fate of liberal democracy is coterminous with that of the national ideal then the nation's fate and the answer to this question must be of pressing interest to us all. Reflecting deeply on both the nation's past and future Schnapper places her hopes in what she terms the community of citizens. No mere exercise in sociological abstraction Schnapper's case for the nation also entails a practical political objective. In a time of radical difference the national ideal may be the last great social unifier. This book deserves a place alongside the works of Elie Kedourie Ernest Gellner Anthony Smith and other classics in the study of nationalism and nationality. This work will be of interest to sociologists historians and political scientists alike. | Community of Citizens On the Modern Idea of Nationality

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The Routledge International Handbook of Research on Teaching Thinking

The Routledge International Handbook of Research on Teaching Thinking

The Routledge International Handbook of Research on Teaching Thinking is a comprehensive guide to research on teaching thinking. Teaching thinking is key to growing a more successful economy is needed for increased democratic engagement and is vital for the well-being of individuals faced with the complexity of a globalised world. However there are questions about what we mean by ‘thinking’ how best to teach it and how best to assess it and it is these questions that this handbook explores and addresses. Containing surveys and summaries of international cutting-edge research on every aspect of teaching thinking in a range of contexts the handbook is thorough in its delivery examining many different approaches and methods to help readers understand what teaching thinking is and how we can best take this movement forward. Key topics include: • Theoretical perspectives on teaching thinking • Approaches for teaching thinking • Developing creative thinking • Developing critical thinking and metacognition • The assessment of thinking • Teaching thinking in the context of STEM • Collaborative thinking and new technology • Neuro-educational research on teaching thinking This book is an essential guide for policy-makers teachers and researchers who are interested in teaching thinking

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Handbook on the Science of Early Literacy

Handbook on the Science of Early Literacy

Synthesizing the best current knowledge about early literacy this comprehensive handbook brings together leading researchers from multiple disciplines. The volume identifies the instructional methods and areas of focus shown to be most effective for promoting young children's (PreK-2) growth in reading writing oral language and the connections among them. In 33 chapters the Handbook covers conceptual foundations; development and instruction of both code- and meaning-related literacy skills; professional development and family engagement; supporting equity across populations; and learning beyond traditional boundaries including digital and out-of-school contexts. Highlighted throughout are issues around access to high-quality instruction working with multilingual populations and data-based decision making and interventions. | Handbook on the Science of Early Literacy

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The Courtroom as a Space of Resistance Reflections on the Legacy of the Rivonia Trial

The Courtroom as a Space of Resistance Reflections on the Legacy of the Rivonia Trial

Fifty years before his death in 2013 Nelson Mandela stood before Justice de Wet in Pretoria's Palace of Justice and delivered one of the most spectacular and liberating statements ever made from a dock. In what came to be regarded as the trial that changed South Africa Mandela summed up the spirit of the liberation struggle and the moral basis for the post-Apartheid society. In this blistering critique of Apartheid and its perversion of justice Mandela transforms the law into a sword and shield. He invokes it while undermining it uses it while subverting it and claims it while defeating it. Wise and strategic Mandela skilfully reimagines the courtroom as a site of visibility and hearing opening up a political space within the legal. This volume returns to the Rivonia courtroom to engage with Mandela's masterful performance of resistance and the dramatic core of that transformative event. Cutting across a wide-range of critical theories and discourses contributors reflect on the personal spatial temporal performative and literary dimensions of that constitutive event. By redefining the spaces institutions and discourses of law contributors present a fresh perspective that re-sets the margins of what can be thought and said in the courtroom. | The Courtroom as a Space of Resistance Reflections on the Legacy of the Rivonia Trial

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Polity and Crisis Reflections on the European Odyssey

Polity and Crisis Reflections on the European Odyssey

European integration is an open-ended ongoing process which has been deeply challenged by integral world capitalism. This study explores the present EU foundational dilemma looking at the problematic relationship between the ideal model of integration and the reality of the 21st century. Including contributions from leading theorists this volume explores the ways and extent to which the present European crisis could create a politico-legal space for new possibilities and opportunities for action. The authors discuss the current role of the EU and whether it aspires to be a democratic polity or a functional organization based on inter-governmental bargaining. The chapters question whether the future of European integration after the crisis will be paved by decisions which conflict with its Treaty basis and how it might come up with alternatives which would do more than echo the compulsions of the global market. Issues are analysed from a historical perspective to see what can be learnt from its past and to explore the options for the future. With contributions from prominent international legal and political scholars the book will be of interest to academics students and policy-makers working in these areas. | Polity and Crisis Reflections on the European Odyssey

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