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Hardship & Happiness

by Lucius Annaeus Seneca ...

Translated by Elaine Fantham, Harry M. Hine, James Ker, Gareth D. Williams ...

Series series The Complete Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Essays from the Stoic philosopher instructing how to find happiness in a world full of adversity.Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BCE–65 CE) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, dramatist, statesman, and advisor to the emperor Nero, all during the Silver Age of Latin literature. The Complete Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca is a fresh and compelling series of new English-language translations of his works in ... Read more

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Essays from the Stoic philosopher instructing how to find happiness in a world full of adversity.Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BCE–65 CE) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, dramatist, statesman, and advisor to the emperor Nero, all during the Silver Age of Latin literature. The Complete Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca is a fresh and compelling series of new English-language translations of his works in
... Read more
Secession and State Creation

What Everyone Needs to Know®

by James Ker-Lindsay, Mikulas Fabry ...

Series series What Everyone Needs To Know®
What makes a state? This question has attracted more and more attention in recent years with Catalan's illegal vote for independence from Spain and Palestine's ongoing search for international recognition. And while Scotland chose to remain with the United Kingdom, discussions of independence have only continued as the ramifications of the Brexit vote begin to set in. Kosovo, South Sudan, and the ... Read more

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What makes a state? This question has attracted more and more attention in recent years with Catalan's illegal vote for independence from Spain and Palestine's ongoing search for international recognition. And while Scotland chose to remain with the United Kingdom, discussions of independence have only continued as the ramifications of the Brexit vote begin to set in. Kosovo, South Sudan, and the
... Read more

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The National Politics of EU Enlargement in the Western Balkans

Edited by James Ker-Lindsay, Ioannis Armakolas, Rosa Balfour, Corina Stratulat ...

Series series The Southeast Europe and Black Sea Series
The National Politics of EU Enlargement in the Western Balkans examines the way in which a number of European Union member states, including Germany and France, formulate their policies towards enlargement in the Western Balkans.The six countries of the Western Balkans – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia – are on course to become the next members of ... Read more

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The National Politics of EU Enlargement in the Western Balkans examines the way in which a number of European Union member states, including Germany and France, formulate their policies towards enlargement in the Western Balkans.The six countries of the Western Balkans – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia – are on course to become the next members of
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The Cyprus Problem : What Everyone Needs to Know

What Everyone Needs to Know®

by James Ker-Lindsay ...

Series series What Everyone Needs To Know®
For nearly 60 years--from its uprising against British rule in the 1950s to the bloody civil war between Greek and Turkish Cypriots in the 1960s the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in the 1970s and the United Nation's ongoing 30-year effort to reunite the island--the tiny Mediterranean nation of Cyprus has taken a disproportionate share of the international spotlight. And while it has been often in the ... Read more

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For nearly 60 years--from its uprising against British rule in the 1950s to the bloody civil war between Greek and Turkish Cypriots in the 1960s the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in the 1970s and the United Nation's ongoing 30-year effort to reunite the island--the tiny Mediterranean nation of Cyprus has taken a disproportionate share of the international spotlight. And while it has been often in the
... Read more
The Ordered Day

Quotidian Time and Forms of Life in Ancient Rome

by James Ker ...

Series series Cultural Histories of the Ancient World
Traces how the day has served as a key organizing concept in Roman culture—and beyond.Recipient of the Charles J. Goodwin Award of Merit from the Society for Classical StudiesHow did ancient Romans keep track of time? What constituted a day in ancient Rome was not the same twenty-four hours we know today. In The Ordered Day, James Ker traces how the day served as a key organizing concept, both in ... Read more

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Traces how the day has served as a key organizing concept in Roman culture—and beyond.Recipient of the Charles J. Goodwin Award of Merit from the Society for Classical StudiesHow did ancient Romans keep track of time? What constituted a day in ancient Rome was not the same twenty-four hours we know today. In The Ordered Day, James Ker traces how the day served as a key organizing concept, both in
... Read more
The Deaths of Seneca

by James Ker ...

The forced suicide of Seneca, former adviser to Nero, is one of the most tortured--and most revisited--death scenes from classical antiquity. After fruitlessly opening his veins and drinking hemlock, Seneca finally succumbed to death in a stifling steam bath, while his wife Paulina, who had attempted suicide as well, was bandaged up and revived by Nero's men. From the first century to the present ... Read more

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The forced suicide of Seneca, former adviser to Nero, is one of the most tortured--and most revisited--death scenes from classical antiquity. After fruitlessly opening his veins and drinking hemlock, Seneca finally succumbed to death in a stifling steam bath, while his wife Paulina, who had attempted suicide as well, was bandaged up and revived by Nero's men. From the first century to the present
... Read more
The Politics of International Interaction with de facto States

Conceptualising Engagement without Recognition

Edited by Eiki Berg, James Ker-Lindsay ...

Series series Ethnopolitics
This comprehensive volume is the first systematic effort to explore the ways in which recognised states and international organisations interact with secessionist ‘de facto states’, while maintaining the position that they are not regarded as independent sovereign actors in the international system. It is generally accepted by policy makers and scholars that some interaction with de facto states ... Read more

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This comprehensive volume is the first systematic effort to explore the ways in which recognised states and international organisations interact with secessionist ‘de facto states’, while maintaining the position that they are not regarded as independent sovereign actors in the international system. It is generally accepted by policy makers and scholars that some interaction with de facto states
... Read more
New Perspectives on Yugoslavia

Key Issues and Controversies

Edited by James Ker-Lindsay, Dejan Djokić ...

Nearly twenty years after it ceased to exist as a multinational federation, Yugoslavia still has the power to provoke controversy and debate. Bringing together contributions from twelve of the leading scholars of modern and contemporary South East Europe, this volume explores the history of Yugoslavia from creation to dissolution.Drawing on the very latest historical research, this book explains ... Read more

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Nearly twenty years after it ceased to exist as a multinational federation, Yugoslavia still has the power to provoke controversy and debate. Bringing together contributions from twelve of the leading scholars of modern and contemporary South East Europe, this volume explores the history of Yugoslavia from creation to dissolution.Drawing on the very latest historical research, this book explains
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Resolving Cyprus

New Approaches to Conflict Resolution

Edited by James Ker-Lindsay ...

Over the past fifty years the Cyprus Problem has come to be regarded as the archetype of an intractable ethnic conflict. Since 1964, the United Nations has been at the forefront of efforts to find a political solution to the dispute between the island's Greek and Turkish communities. And yet, despite the active involvement of six Secretaries-General (U Thant, Kurt Waldheim, Javier Perez de Cuellar ... Read more

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Over the past fifty years the Cyprus Problem has come to be regarded as the archetype of an intractable ethnic conflict. Since 1964, the United Nations has been at the forefront of efforts to find a political solution to the dispute between the island's Greek and Turkish communities. And yet, despite the active involvement of six Secretaries-General (U Thant, Kurt Waldheim, Javier Perez de Cuellar
... Read more
The Cyprus Problem

What Everyone Needs to Know®

by James Ker-Lindsay ...

Series series What Everyone Needs To Know®
For nearly 60 years--from its uprising against British rule in the 1950s, to the bloody civil war between Greek and Turkish Cypriots in the 1960s, the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in the 1970s, and the United Nation's ongoing 30-year effort to reunite the island--the tiny Mediterranean nation of Cyprus has taken a disproportionate share of the international spotlight. And while it has been often in ... Read more

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For nearly 60 years--from its uprising against British rule in the 1950s, to the bloody civil war between Greek and Turkish Cypriots in the 1960s, the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in the 1970s, and the United Nation's ongoing 30-year effort to reunite the island--the tiny Mediterranean nation of Cyprus has taken a disproportionate share of the international spotlight. And while it has been often in
... Read more
The Politics of Recognition and Engagement

EU Member State Relations with Kosovo

Edited by Ioannis Armakolas, James Ker-Lindsay ...

Series series New Perspectives on South-East Europe
This edited volume explores the different ways in which members of the European Union have interacted with Kosovo since it declared independence in 2008. While there is a tendency to think of EU states in terms of two distinct groups – those that have recognised Kosovo and those that have not – the picture is more complex. Taking into account also the quality and scope of their engagement with ... Read more

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This edited volume explores the different ways in which members of the European Union have interacted with Kosovo since it declared independence in 2008. While there is a tendency to think of EU states in terms of two distinct groups – those that have recognised Kosovo and those that have not – the picture is more complex. Taking into account also the quality and scope of their engagement with
... Read more
The Challenges of European Governance in the Age of Economic Stagnation, Immigration, and Refugees

by Jean-Marc Akakpo, Zeynep Arkan, Esther Barbé, Rebekah Dowd, Tero Erkkilä, Roy Gardner, Niilo Kauppi, Soeren Keil, Benjamin Kienzle, Alban Lauka, Karl Löfgren0, Kennet Lynggaard1, Ridvan Peshkopia2, Francesca Piccin3, Sandra Pogodda4, Liliana Popescu5, Randall Puljek-Shank6, Onur Sen7, Tariel Sikharulidze8, Patricia Stapleton9, Marcela Szymanski0, Nathalie Tocci1, Pascal Vennesson2, Martijn Vlaskamp3, Birte Vogel4, Diana White5, James Ker-Lindsay6, Tija Memiševic7, Elaine Weiner8, Shannon D. Jones9, Henry F. Carey1, Elisabeth Lambert Abdelgawad2, Ruth A. Bevan3, Douglas M. Gibler4, Mikael Rask Madsen5, Marie V. Milward6, Eleanor G. Morris7, Sarah D. Phillips8, Jamil A. Sewell9, Michael E. Smith0, Manonh Leila Soumahoro1, Klaus Brummer2, Roger Mac Ginty3, Oliver Richmond4 ...

This book examines the political and legal challenges of regional governance of the 28 countries of the European Union and the 48 in the Council of Europe. The contributions, dilemmas, and moral hazards from this record of nearly seven decades of regional inter-governmental institutions has kept the peace, but produced episodes of crisis from overstretching jurisdictions, thematically and ... Read more

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This book examines the political and legal challenges of regional governance of the 28 countries of the European Union and the 48 in the Council of Europe. The contributions, dilemmas, and moral hazards from this record of nearly seven decades of regional inter-governmental institutions has kept the peace, but produced episodes of crisis from overstretching jurisdictions, thematically and
... Read more

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