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  • Disaster and Reconstruction

    by R Geipel ...
    Translated by Philip Wagner ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Originally published in 1982 and based on empirical research into the aftermath of the Friuli earthquake in Italy, the book reflects the perspective gained over a period of four years on the event itself and the subsequent response of the local population and national government. Unique insights were gained through one of the largest questionnaire surveys ever undertaken in a disaster situation ... Read more

    $43.99 USD

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  • Europe and problems of marketization: from Polanyi to Scharpf

    by Colin Crouch ...
    The author uses the theory of the 'Great Transformation' of the industrialisation of England developed by Karl Polanyi to describe the current situation in Europe. There is a strong marketisation of the economy and also of social life, but what is missing is the social policy that needs to accompany this process, if there are not to be major problems. From this perspective marketization and social ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Short History of Migration

    by Massimo Livi-Bacci ...
    Translated by Carl Ipsen.This short book provides a succinct and masterly overview of the history of migration, from the earliest movements of human beings out of Africa into Asia and Europe to the present day, exploring along the way those factors that contribute to the successes and failures of migratory groups. Separate chapters deal with the migration flows between Europe and the rest of the ... Read more

    $19.00 USD

  • Politics and Finance in the European Union

    The Reasons for a Difficult Encounter

    by Francesco Capriglione ...
    The recent financial and sovereign debt crisis, while turning the spotlight into the degenerating effects of modern-day capitalism, has engendered a series of hard-to-control events that are severely testing the stability of the European institutions. The adjustments, to date, have proved unable to adequately tackle the financial turmoil that is undermining the construction of the EU. Hence the ... Read more

    $19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Global Rome

    Changing Faces of the Eternal City

    Edited by Clough Isabella Marinaro, Bjørn Thomassen ...
    Series series New Anthropologies of Europe
    Delving into topics from immigration to sustainability, this is "an original, rich, and important contribution to the study of Rome" ( H-Italy).Is twenty-first-century Rome a global city? Is it part of Europe's core or periphery? This volume examines the "real city" beyond Rome's historical center, exploring the diversity and challenges of life in neighborhoods affected by immigration, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Political Economy of Italy's Decline

    by Andrea Lorenzo Capussela ...
    Italy is a country of recent decline and long-standing idiosyncratic traits. A rich society served by an advanced manufacturing economy, where the rule of law is weak and political accountability low, it has long been in downward spiral alimented by corruption and clientelism. From this spiral has emerged an equilibrium as consistent as it is inefficient, that raises serious obstacles to economic ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • Protection of Cultural Heritage in International Law

    by Natasja Nikolic ...
    The Slovenian Law for protection of cultural property in her second article states that should be considered as cultural property: areas or complexes, constructions or buildings of various kind, objects or groups of objects and every materialized proof of human creativity and multiplex activity, the evolution of society and hers processes, characteristic for single defined periods into the history ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Italy in International Relations

    The Foreign Policy Conundrum

    by Emidio Diodato, Federico Niglia ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book aims to provide an overview of Italian foreign policy from the moment of unification to the establishment of the European Union. Three turning points are crucial in order to clarify Italy’s foreign policy: 1861, the proclamation of the Italian Kingdom; 1943, when Italy surrendered in World War II; 1992, the signing of the Maastricht Treaty. The international position of Italy continues ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • The Natural Border

    Bounding Migrant Farmwork in the Black Mediterranean

    by Timothy Raeymaekers ...
    The Natural Border tells the recent history of Mediterranean rural capitalism from the perspective of marginalized Black African farm workers. Timothy Raeymaekers shows how in the context of global supply chains and repressive border regimes, agrarian production and reproduction are based on fundamental racial hierarchies.Taking the example of the tomato—a typical 'Made in Italy' commodity ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • The Narcissism of Minor Differences

    How America and Europe Are Alike

    by Peter Baldwin ...
    There is much heated rhetoric about the widening gulf between Europe and America. But are the US and Europe so different? Peter Baldwin, one of the world's leading historians of comparative social policy, thinks not, and in this bracingly argued but remarkably informed polemic, he lays out how similar the two continents really are. Drawing on the latest evidence from sources such as the United ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Parties and Democracy in Italy

    by James Newell ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    This title was first published in 2000: A guide to the changing place of political parties within the Italian political system, seeking to shed light on how the parties operate and their role in the country's politics. Starting from a recognition of the traditional centrality of parties in Italian political life, the book's main focus is on the consequences and causes of the transformation in the ... Read more

    $51.99 USD

  • The Rise and Fall of the Italian Economy

    by Carlo Bastasin, Gianni Toniolo ...
    Series series New Approaches to Economic and Social History
    Carlo Bastasin and Gianni Toniolo provide a much-needed, up-to-date economic history of Italy from unification in 1861 to the present day. They show how, thirty years after unification, Italy began a long phase of convergence with more advanced economies so that by the late twentieth century Italy's per capita income reached the levels of Germany, France and the UK. From the mid-1990s, however, ... Read more

    $25.99 USD