Author: Frédéric Bozo
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 1785332775
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
When Charles de Gaulle declared that “it is because we are no longer a great power that we need a grand policy,” he neatly summarized France’s predicament on the world scene. In this compact and engaging history, author Frédéric Bozo deftly recounts France’s efforts to reconcile its proud history and global ambitions with a realistic appraisal of its capabilities, from the aftermath of World War II to the present. He provides insightful analysis of the nation’s triumphs and setbacks through the years of decolonization, Cold War maneuvering, and European unification, as well as the more contemporary challenges posed by an increasingly multipolar and interconnected world.
French Foreign Policy since 1945
Author: Frédéric Bozo
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 1785332775
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
When Charles de Gaulle declared that “it is because we are no longer a great power that we need a grand policy,” he neatly summarized France’s predicament on the world scene. In this compact and engaging history, author Frédéric Bozo deftly recounts France’s efforts to reconcile its proud history and global ambitions with a realistic appraisal of its capabilities, from the aftermath of World War II to the present. He provides insightful analysis of the nation’s triumphs and setbacks through the years of decolonization, Cold War maneuvering, and European unification, as well as the more contemporary challenges posed by an increasingly multipolar and interconnected world.
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 1785332775
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
When Charles de Gaulle declared that “it is because we are no longer a great power that we need a grand policy,” he neatly summarized France’s predicament on the world scene. In this compact and engaging history, author Frédéric Bozo deftly recounts France’s efforts to reconcile its proud history and global ambitions with a realistic appraisal of its capabilities, from the aftermath of World War II to the present. He provides insightful analysis of the nation’s triumphs and setbacks through the years of decolonization, Cold War maneuvering, and European unification, as well as the more contemporary challenges posed by an increasingly multipolar and interconnected world.
Regional Integration and Modernity
Author: Natalie J. Doyle
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 0739194828
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
This book offers a new framework for comparing experiences of integration: regionalization must be reinterpreted as an aspect of modernization, modernization unfolding also at the local, national and global levels. The contributors discuss how and why the different visions of modernity that inform modernization projects encouraged the construction (or rejection) of regional integration, at different times and in different places. It starts with an analysis of plans for the economic integration of Europe in the aftermath of World War I. It shows how integration was identified as the means to modernize the region with a view to helping it overcome political fragmentation and adapt to new conditions of global capitalism. It then turns to the debate on modernization unfolding in the era that constituted the formative period of integration for both Europe and Latin America. It analyses examples of the complex interaction between these two different experiences, as it extends into the present. Finally, it looks at the social and political actors that promoted integration in the two regions and at the discourse they formulated to do so.
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 0739194828
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
This book offers a new framework for comparing experiences of integration: regionalization must be reinterpreted as an aspect of modernization, modernization unfolding also at the local, national and global levels. The contributors discuss how and why the different visions of modernity that inform modernization projects encouraged the construction (or rejection) of regional integration, at different times and in different places. It starts with an analysis of plans for the economic integration of Europe in the aftermath of World War I. It shows how integration was identified as the means to modernize the region with a view to helping it overcome political fragmentation and adapt to new conditions of global capitalism. It then turns to the debate on modernization unfolding in the era that constituted the formative period of integration for both Europe and Latin America. It analyses examples of the complex interaction between these two different experiences, as it extends into the present. Finally, it looks at the social and political actors that promoted integration in the two regions and at the discourse they formulated to do so.
West African Studies An Atlas of the Sahara-Sahel Geography, Economics and Security
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264222359
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
This book explains the structure and geographical and organisational mobility of criminal and migratory movements in the Sahara and the Sahel with a view to helping establish better development strategies for the region.
Publisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264222359
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
This book explains the structure and geographical and organisational mobility of criminal and migratory movements in the Sahara and the Sahel with a view to helping establish better development strategies for the region.
Did the Greeks Believe in Their Myths?
Author: Paul Veyne
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226854342
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
An examination of Greek mythology and a discussion about how religion and truth have evolved throughout time.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226854342
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
An examination of Greek mythology and a discussion about how religion and truth have evolved throughout time.
The Making of Modern Property
Author: Anna di Robilant
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108494773
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 381
Book Description
Draws from a wealth of primary sources to outline how classical Roman property law was reinvented by liberal nineteenth-century jurists.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108494773
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 381
Book Description
Draws from a wealth of primary sources to outline how classical Roman property law was reinvented by liberal nineteenth-century jurists.
Markets of Civilization
Author: Muriam Haleh Davis
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 1478023104
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
In Markets of Civilization Muriam Haleh Davis provides a history of racial capitalism, showing how Islam became a racial category that shaped economic development in colonial and postcolonial Algeria. French officials in Paris and Algiers introduced what Davis terms “a racial regime of religion” that subjected Algerian Muslims to discriminatory political and economic structures. These experts believed that introducing a market economy would modernize society and discourage anticolonial nationalism. Planners, politicians, and economists implemented reforms that both sought to transform Algerians into modern economic subjects and drew on racial assumptions despite the formally color-blind policies of the French state. Following independence, convictions about the inherent link between religious beliefs and economic behavior continued to influence development policies. Algerian president Ahmed Ben Bella embraced a specifically Algerian socialism founded on Islamic principles, while French technocrats saw Algeria as a testing ground for development projects elsewhere in the Global South. Highlighting the entanglements of race and religion, Davis demonstrates that economic orthodoxies helped fashion understandings of national identity on both sides of the Mediterranean during decolonization.
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 1478023104
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
In Markets of Civilization Muriam Haleh Davis provides a history of racial capitalism, showing how Islam became a racial category that shaped economic development in colonial and postcolonial Algeria. French officials in Paris and Algiers introduced what Davis terms “a racial regime of religion” that subjected Algerian Muslims to discriminatory political and economic structures. These experts believed that introducing a market economy would modernize society and discourage anticolonial nationalism. Planners, politicians, and economists implemented reforms that both sought to transform Algerians into modern economic subjects and drew on racial assumptions despite the formally color-blind policies of the French state. Following independence, convictions about the inherent link between religious beliefs and economic behavior continued to influence development policies. Algerian president Ahmed Ben Bella embraced a specifically Algerian socialism founded on Islamic principles, while French technocrats saw Algeria as a testing ground for development projects elsewhere in the Global South. Highlighting the entanglements of race and religion, Davis demonstrates that economic orthodoxies helped fashion understandings of national identity on both sides of the Mediterranean during decolonization.
Europe
Author: J. Berting
Publisher: Eburon Uitgeverij B.V.
ISBN: 9059721209
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Modern Europe is a patchwork quilt in which a diverse array of national cultures have been pieced into one community. In Europe: A Heritage, a Challenge, a Promise, Jan Berting reckons with a continent at a turning point in its history, arguing that Europe must balance its urge to modernize with a respect for its shared legacy. As Europe struggles with the tension between its past and its future, Berting pinpoints challenges to modernization and proposes intriguing solutions. He addresses topics as varied as the rise of Islam, political liberalism, and individual freedoms in this comprehensive volume sure to interest all those invested in the future of Europe.
Publisher: Eburon Uitgeverij B.V.
ISBN: 9059721209
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Modern Europe is a patchwork quilt in which a diverse array of national cultures have been pieced into one community. In Europe: A Heritage, a Challenge, a Promise, Jan Berting reckons with a continent at a turning point in its history, arguing that Europe must balance its urge to modernize with a respect for its shared legacy. As Europe struggles with the tension between its past and its future, Berting pinpoints challenges to modernization and proposes intriguing solutions. He addresses topics as varied as the rise of Islam, political liberalism, and individual freedoms in this comprehensive volume sure to interest all those invested in the future of Europe.
French books in print, anglais
Author: Electre
Publisher:
ISBN: 9782765408475
Category :
Languages : fr
Pages : 2148
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9782765408475
Category :
Languages : fr
Pages : 2148
Book Description
The Right to an Age-Friendly City
Author: Meghan Joy
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0228004675
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
A context of aging populations and urbanization has sparked a global movement to make urban spaces age-friendly. The Age-Friendly City program, developed by the World Health Organization, aims to improve local environments for all population groups, promote a positive aging identity, and empower local policy actors to support senior citizens. Despite growing enthusiasm and policy work by local governments worldwide, considerable gaps remain. These lacunae have led scholars and activists alike to align age-friendly city work with the concept of the right to the city. In The Right to an Age-Friendly City Meghan Joy zeroes in on the intricacies of developing an environment that promotes social and spatial justice for the elderly in Toronto. Weaving together the stories, struggles, and victories of local activists, government staff, and frontline service providers, Joy maps this complex policy area and examines the ways in which age-friendly work successfully enhances senior citizens' access to services and support in the local environment, recognizes the diverse needs of senior citizens in the city, and empowers policy actors from local government and the non-profit sector to support senior citizens. A detailed and timely examination, The Right to an Age-Friendly City offers both broad and tangible insights into the intermingled political, economic, cultural, and administrative changes needed to protect the rights of senior citizens to access urban space in Toronto and beyond.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0228004675
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
A context of aging populations and urbanization has sparked a global movement to make urban spaces age-friendly. The Age-Friendly City program, developed by the World Health Organization, aims to improve local environments for all population groups, promote a positive aging identity, and empower local policy actors to support senior citizens. Despite growing enthusiasm and policy work by local governments worldwide, considerable gaps remain. These lacunae have led scholars and activists alike to align age-friendly city work with the concept of the right to the city. In The Right to an Age-Friendly City Meghan Joy zeroes in on the intricacies of developing an environment that promotes social and spatial justice for the elderly in Toronto. Weaving together the stories, struggles, and victories of local activists, government staff, and frontline service providers, Joy maps this complex policy area and examines the ways in which age-friendly work successfully enhances senior citizens' access to services and support in the local environment, recognizes the diverse needs of senior citizens in the city, and empowers policy actors from local government and the non-profit sector to support senior citizens. A detailed and timely examination, The Right to an Age-Friendly City offers both broad and tangible insights into the intermingled political, economic, cultural, and administrative changes needed to protect the rights of senior citizens to access urban space in Toronto and beyond.
Crusading and the Ottoman Threat, 1453-1505
Author: Norman Housley
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199227055
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
"Written by the leading expert on crusading in the late Middle Ages; covers crusading in a period that is generally neglected; contributes towards the study of interfaith relations in the Middle Ages and Renaissance; advances our understanding of Europe's engagement with the Turkish problem through the early modern and modern periods; deepens our understanding of the values and debates of the Renaissance period"--From publisher's website.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199227055
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
"Written by the leading expert on crusading in the late Middle Ages; covers crusading in a period that is generally neglected; contributes towards the study of interfaith relations in the Middle Ages and Renaissance; advances our understanding of Europe's engagement with the Turkish problem through the early modern and modern periods; deepens our understanding of the values and debates of the Renaissance period"--From publisher's website.