23 results (0,17062 seconds)

Show all filters

Brand

Merchant

Price (EUR)

Reset filter

Products
From
Shops

Electroless Nickel Plating: Fundamentals to Applications

Electroless Nickel Plating: Fundamentals to Applications

Electroless Nickel Plating: Fundamentals to Applications provides a complete and actualized view of electroless nickel plating thus greatly improving the accessibility of knowledge on the subject. It touches upon all aspects of electroless nickel from the fundamentals (including thermodynamics of electroless plating bath chemistry and substrate preparation) to more applied areas of the field such as bath replenishment composite coatings post-treatments polyalloys graded and multilayer coatings ultrasound assistance applications and properties. Contributed to by a variety of international authors to ensure different points of view and interests are addressed this book stands as the first complete and updated state-of-the-art text on electroless nickel in the twenty-first century. It also serves as the first technical book with a strong emphasis on nickel-boron. It also focuses on environmental aspects. Including cutting-edge content presented sufficiently extensive to be directly useful to the practitioner this book is aimed at materials scientists metallurgists and other professionals working with electroless nickel plating.

GBP 44.99
1

Effective Policy Planning and Implementation Volume 2: Information Management in Social Services

Effective Policy Planning and Implementation Volume 2: Information Management in Social Services

First published in 1997 in this second volume Gould and Moultrie compile writings from various professionals in the public service sector researchers and other academics in support of the Social Services Research and Development Unit (or SSRADU) at the University of Bath. Primarily focusing on three points of research: In retrospect the lessons learnt form implementing information systems in to address specific needs of the social service organisation. Different processes that can successfully identify the major information needs of the late 1990s encompassing efficient and relevant information to inform social service planning. Finally the management of information in social services in a national and international context. | Effective Policy Planning and Implementation Volume 2: Information Management in Social Services

GBP 31.99
1

The Seagull An Insiders’ Account of the Groundbreaking Moscow Production

The Seagull An Insiders’ Account of the Groundbreaking Moscow Production

This book is an insiders’ account of the groundbreaking Moscow production of Chekhov's The Seagull directed by Anatoly Efros in 1966 which heralded a paradigm shift in the interpretation and staging of Chekhov’s plays. It is a unique glimpse behind the curtain of the laboratory of new Russian theatre in the twentieth century. Efros' articles about Chekhov and The Seagull his diaries interviews and conversations and most importantly the original rehearsal records combine to form an in-depth account of of the director and his working process. This is an essential book for anyone with an interest in Chekhov and the history of modern Russian theatre. | The Seagull An Insiders’ Account of the Groundbreaking Moscow Production

GBP 34.99
1

All the World’s a Stage The Theater of Political Simulations

All the World’s a Stage The Theater of Political Simulations

Classroom role-playing simulations bring the drama of politics to life and enrich traditional learning by plunging students into the midst of historical or current events. Ben-Yehuda gives students and instructors the resources and confidence to embark on a careful enactment of scenarios that will inspire enthusiasm in participants and stick in the memory long after the curtain falls. The book includes in-depth discussions of three possible theatrical simulations: appeasement in 1938 Munich the regional turmoil following the 1947 UN Palestine Partition decision and the Syrian civil war and ongoing global confrontation with ISIS. It is appropriate for students in global studies courses at all levels. | All the World’s a Stage The Theater of Political Simulations

GBP 36.99
1

Security Policy Reorientation in Peripheral Europe A Comparative-Perspectivist Approach

Security Policy Reorientation in Peripheral Europe A Comparative-Perspectivist Approach

This title was first published in 2002. This rich comparative analysis looks at security policy reorientation in four European states located at the periphery of the European continent. During the post-Cold War period Greece Bulgaria Sweden and Finland conducted a security policy that was heavily influenced by their close proximity to the iron curtain . Probing this transition during a decisive phase of the post-Cold War reconstitution of the wider European security order the author analyzes national security policy making from the standpoints of three international relations traditions - realism institutionalism and political anthropology. This engaging work is invaluable for students scholars and policy analysts working in the field of international relations and European politics. | Security Policy Reorientation in Peripheral Europe A Comparative-Perspectivist Approach

GBP 31.99
1

Finland's National Theatre 1974–1991 The Two Decades of Generational Contests Cultural Upheavals and International Cold War Politics

Finland's National Theatre 1974–1991 The Two Decades of Generational Contests Cultural Upheavals and International Cold War Politics

This study analyses the Finnish National Theatre’s activities throughout the decades during which the post-war generation with its new societal and theatrical views was rising to power and during which Europe divided by the Iron Curtain was maturing to break the boundaries dividing it. Pirkko Koski summarizes the activities of the Finnish National Theatre as a cultural factor and as a part of the Finnish theatre field during 1970s and 1980s. Alongside this he examines the general requirements resources and structures for activity including artists places geographical position performances and the analysis on the societal conditions. This book will be of great interest to scholars and students of European theatre and history. | Finland's National Theatre 1974–1991 The Two Decades of Generational Contests Cultural Upheavals and International Cold War Politics

GBP 130.00
1

Mixing a Musical Broadway Theatrical Sound Techniques

Mixing a Musical Broadway Theatrical Sound Techniques

Mixing a Musical: Broadway Theatrical Sound Techniques Second Edition pulls the curtain back on one of the least understood careers in live theatre: the role and responsibilities of the sound technician. This comprehensive book encompasses every position from shop crew labor to assistant designer to sound board operator and everything in between. Written in a clear and easy to read style and illustrated with real-world examples of personal experience and professional interviews Slaton shows you how to mix live theatre shows from the basics of equipment and set ups using sound levels to creating atmosphere emotion and tension to ensure a first rate performance every time. This new edition gives special attention to mixing techniques and practices. And special features of the book include interviews with some of today’s most successful mixers and designers. | Mixing a Musical Broadway Theatrical Sound Techniques

GBP 39.99
1

The Handbook to Building a Circular Economy

The Handbook to Building a Circular Economy

This book is a call to arms to all architects designers and built environment professionals. To avoid a climate catastrophe and achieve a regenerative built environment the use of new materials and any excess waste in resources need to be cut out from the very beginning of the design process. This requires far-reaching change in established industry processes. How might this begin? What are the key fundamentals you need to know? How can a more effective model be applied? This book a much-updated second edition of the author’s previous work Building Revolutions answers all your questions. Inspiring but never overwhelming the Handbook to Building a Circular Economy is your must-have companion to helping create a more sustainable future. It explains in simple and practical terms how the principles of a circular economy can be applied to the built environment thereby reducing the resources required to construct fit-out maintain and refurbish buildings. Case studies include: The Forge UK by Landsec The Bath School of Art UK by Grimshaw Urban Mining and Recycling Experimental Unit Switzerland by Werner Sobek NASA Sustainability Base USA by William McDonough + Partners University of East Anglia Enterprise Centre UK by Architype Park 20|20 The Netherlands by William McDonough + Partners.

GBP 34.00
1

Globalization and Transnational Capitalism in Asia and Oceania

Globalization and Transnational Capitalism in Asia and Oceania

News headlines warn of rivalries and competing nations across Asia and the Pacific even as powerful new cross-border relations form as never before. This book looks behind the Asia-Pacific curtain: at the new forms of social economic and political integration taking place through a global capitalism that is rife with contradictions inequality and crisis. We are moved beyond traditional conceptualizations of the inter-state system with its nation-state competition as the core organizing principle of world capitalism and the principal institutional framework that shapes the makeup of global social forces. These important studies examine and debate over how there is a growing transnationality of material (economic) relations in the global era as well as an emerging transnationality of many social and class relations. How does transnational capitalist class fractions new middle strata and labor undergird globalization in Asia and Oceania? How have states and institutions become entwined with such processes? This book provides insight into a field of dynamic change. | Globalization and Transnational Capitalism in Asia and Oceania

GBP 39.99
1

Audio Mastering: The Artists Discussions from Pre-Production to Mastering

Audio Mastering: The Artists Discussions from Pre-Production to Mastering

Audio Mastering: The Artists collects more than twenty interviews drawn from more than 60 hours of discussions with many of the world’s leading mastering engineers. In these exclusive and often intimate interviews engineers consider the audio mastering process as they themselves experience and shape it as the leading artists in their field. Each interview covers how engineers got started in the recording industry what prompted them to pursue mastering how they learned about the process which tools and techniques they routinely use when they work and a host of other particulars of their crafts. We also spoke with mix engineers and craftsmen responsible for some of the more iconic mastering tools now on the market to gain a broader perspective on their work. This book is the first to provide such a comprehensive overview of the audio mastering process told from the point-of-view of the artists who engage in it. In so doing it pulls the curtain back on a crucial but seldom heard from agency in record production at large. | Audio Mastering: The Artists Discussions from Pre-Production to Mastering

GBP 31.99
1

Hans Hollein and Postmodernism Art and Architecture in Austria 1958-1985

Hans Hollein and Postmodernism Art and Architecture in Austria 1958-1985

Set within the broader context of post-war Austria and the re-education initiatives set up by the Allied forces particularly the US this book investigates the art and architecture scene in Vienna to ask how this can inform our broader understanding of architectural Postmodernism. The book focuses on the outputs of the Austrian artist and architect Hans Hollein and on his appropriation as a Postmodernist figure. In Vienna the circles of radical art and architecture were not distinct and Hollein’s claim that ‘Everything is Architecture’ was symptomatic of this intermixing of creative practices. Austria's proximity to the so-called ‘Iron Curtain’ and its post-war history of four-power occupation gave a heightened sense of menace that emerged strongly in Viennese art in the Cold War era. Seen as a collective entity Hans Hollein’s works across architecture art writing exhibition design and publishing clearly require a more diverse complex and culturally nuanced account of architectural Postmodernism than that offered by critics at the time. Across the five chapters Hollein's outputs are viewed not as individual projects but as symptomatic of Austria's attempts to come to terms with its Nazi past and to establish a post-war identity. | Hans Hollein and Postmodernism Art and Architecture in Austria 1958-1985

GBP 39.99
1

Radical Left Movements in Europe

Radical Left Movements in Europe

When the Iron Curtain lifted in 1989 it was seen by some as proof of the final demise of the ideas and aspirations of the radical left. Not many years passed however before the critique of social inequalities and capitalism was once again a main protest theme of social movements. This book provides an account of radical left movements in today’s Europe and how they are trying to accomplish social and political change. The book’s international group of leading experts provide detailed analysis on social movement organizations activist groups and networks that are rooted in the left-wing ideologies of anarchism Marxism socialism and communism in both newly democratized post-communist and longstanding liberal-democratic polities. Through a range of case studies the authors explore how radical left movements are influenced by their situated political and social contexts and how contemporary radical left activism differs from both new and old social movements on one hand and the activities of radical left parliamentary parties on the other. Ultimately this volume investigates what it means to be ‘radical left’ in current day liberal-democratic and capitalist societies after the fall of European state socialism. This is valuable reading for students and researchers interested in European politics contemporary social movements and political sociology. | Radical Left Movements in Europe

GBP 42.99
1

Design Technology in Contemporary Architectural Practice

Design Technology in Contemporary Architectural Practice

Design Technology in Contemporary Architectural Practice lifts the curtain to unveil how eleven world-leading design studios integrate technology (such as computational design BIM and digital fabrication) as part of their day-to-day design exploration and delivery. Via first-hand accounts the book offers rare insights about how these firms apply technology to purposefully disrupt and support their creative design processes in order to then explore how technology can be integrated on an organisational level. The resulting practice stories are loosely tied to four chapters that discuss how Design Technology corresponds to studio culture collaboration and delivery protocols business opportunities knowledge sharing staff empowerment and more. The author is less interested in presenting the latest and greatest tools than in focusing on cultural and organisational challenges and opportunities. This book benefits both the professional market (such as design firms reflecting on their technology use) as well as the academic context (with its critical reflection on the interface between design process and technology support). Stories from the following design firms are included: Coop Himmelb(l)au Foster + Partners Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) Zaha Hadid Architects Diller Scofidio + Renfo Heatherwick Studio Morphosis Architects SO-IL Woods Bagot Herzog & de Meuron LASSA

GBP 29.99
1

On the Shoulders of Giants

On the Shoulders of Giants

Mathematics is the only science with a methodology based upon deductive logic whereas physics is a quantitative science based upon experiment and observation in which trial and error are inherent. Physics uses the most relevant mathematics for example using group theory to explain the theoretical basis for the crystalline structure of solids an illustration of how time and time again a mathematical theorem perhaps developed by a Greek philosopher is relevant to today's newly developed physics proof. On the Shoulders of Giants investigates the relationship between the disciplines of physics and mathematics and shows how many of the most significant advances of 20th-century physics rely on mathematics developed sometimes much earlier with no particular physics application in mind. Quoting from mathematicians such as Poincar nd Euclid and physicists such as Newton and Feynman the links between the two disciplines are explored in the author's entertaining style providing a fascinating account of the twists and turns in scientific progress through the ages. Challenging stimulating and questioning the book explains how the uncanny ability of formal and abstract mathematics can interpret the properties of the physical world. Using a wide ranging set of examples it illustrates the manner in which mathematics has been applied to physics and even points to directions for future research. The book discusses how to fill space without leaving gaps; Euclidean geometry its limitations and the bending of space; the laws of musical harmony sound vibrations and the confinement of electrons in solids; how to tile a floor efficiently; Newton's Laws of Motion chaos and the weather; group theory and garlic; the laws of chance; route-planning in Konigsberg with Euler; the rules that turn bath bubbles into suds; the shape of soot; and the Schr dinger equation and why a pendulum can never stop. Requiring some prior knowledge of physics and mathemati

GBP 175.00
1

Aftermath Legacies and Memories of War in Europe 1918–1945–1989

Aftermath Legacies and Memories of War in Europe 1918–1945–1989

Focusing on three of the defining moments of the twentieth century - the end of the two World Wars and the collapse of the Iron Curtain - this volume presents a rich collection of authoritative essays covering a wide range of thematic regional temporal and methodological perspectives. By re-examining the traumatic legacies of the century’s three major conflicts the volume illuminates a number of recurrent yet differentiated ideas concerning memorialisation mythologisation mobilisation commemoration and confrontation reconstruction and representation in the aftermath of conflict. The post-conflict relationship between the living and the dead the contestation of memories and legacies of war in cultural and political discourses and the significance of generations are key threads binding the collection together. While not claiming to be the definitive study of so vast a subject the collection nevertheless presents a series of enlightening historical and cultural perspectives from leading scholars in the field and it pushes back the boundaries of the burgeoning field of the study of legacies and memories of war. Bringing together historians literary scholars political scientists and cultural studies experts to discuss the legacies and memories of war in Europe (1918-1945-1989) the collection makes an important contribution to the ongoing interdisciplinary conversation regarding the interwoven legacies of twentieth-century Europe’s three major conflicts. | Aftermath Legacies and Memories of War in Europe 1918–1945–1989

GBP 48.99
1

Family-Focused Treatment for Child and Adolescent Mental Health A New Paradigm

Family-Focused Treatment for Child and Adolescent Mental Health A New Paradigm

This book is designed as a treatment manual for using family-based treatments with children struggling with mental illness supporting both family therapists and the families they are helping. Based on over 40 years of research it has been shown that involving the entire family in treatment is effective. However family therapy is still not used as a first line of treatment. Paul Sunseri explains and explores why family-based approaches should be used with struggling young people and how this can be applied in practice. Chapters discuss the causes contributors and social determinants for the rise in childhood mental illness and provide empirical evidence and treatments for working with children and adolescents suffering from self-harm suicidal ideation anxiety anger and depression. Filled with case studies throughout the book also touches on mitigating the effects of screen time in our increasingly technological lives and interventions to help reluctant children participate in therapy. This book will be invaluable reading for graduate-level students clinicians in training and fully licensed clinicians such as psychologists psychiatrists marriage and family therapists and clinical social workers. The book is also a practical resource for parents and other caregivers; it pulls back the curtain on therapy and teaches parents exactly what to do to best love and support their child at a time when they need it the most. | Family-Focused Treatment for Child and Adolescent Mental Health A New Paradigm

GBP 29.99
1

History and Material Culture A Student's Guide to Approaching Alternative Sources

History and Material Culture A Student's Guide to Approaching Alternative Sources

Sources are the raw material of History but whereas the written word has traditionally been seen as the principal source historians now recognize the value of sources beyond text. In this new edition of History and Material Culture contributors consider a range of objects – from an eighteenth-century bed curtain to a twenty-first-century shopping trolley – which can help historians develop new interpretations and new knowledge about the past. Containing two new chapters on healing objects in East Africa and the shopping trolley in the social world this book examines a variety of material sources from around the globe and across centuries to assess how such sources can be used to study the distant and the recent past. In a revised introduction Karen Harvey discusses some of the principal issues raised when historians use material culture particularly in the context of 'the material turn' and suggests some initial steps for those unfamiliar with these kinds of sources. While the sources are discussed from interdisciplinary perspectives the emphasis of the book is on what historians stand to gain from using material culture as well as what historians have to offer the broader study of material culture. Clearly written and accessible this book is the ideal introduction to the opportunities and challenges of researching material culture and is essential reading for all students of historical theory and method. | History and Material Culture A Student's Guide to Approaching Alternative Sources

GBP 35.99
1

The Life and Work of Jerzy Sołtan the “last modernist architect”

The Life and Work of Jerzy Sołtan the “last modernist architect”

This book is the first comprehensive monograph on Polish modern architect Jerzy Sołtan’s work including his designs theory and teachings in Poland and America based on extensive archival research and oral history interviews with former students. The Life and Work of Jerzy Sołtan takes the reader on a journey to both sides of the iron curtain the communist Poland and the capitalist United States contributing to the existing scholarship on modernism in post-socialist counties on CIAM and on Team 10. It pictures Sołtan as a central player in the history of modernism building on his own contribution and on close relationships with Le Corbusier and Team 10. This book illustrates not only Sołtan’s work but also his life and how it influenced twentieth-century architecture. Looking in detail at his designs and texts enables the reader to discover how modern architecture tendencies can fit into a larger geopolitical context and how designs can be true manifestos to an architect’s theory. The reader will be immersed in a series of different contexts – from communist Poland the vibrant academic atmosphere at Harvard to lively discussions on the future of modern architecture. This publication will be of particular interest for those studying modern architecture in Central Europe and in post-socialist countries in particular Poland. Architects designers architectural and design students and modern architecture enthusiasts will find this publication on the “last modernist” architect revealing new perspectives thanks to the unpublished and unresearched sources. | The Life and Work of Jerzy Sołtan the “last modernist architect”

GBP 130.00
1

The Imperial Presidency and American Politics Governance by Edicts and Coups

The Imperial Presidency and American Politics Governance by Edicts and Coups

Those who saw Donald Trump as a novel threat looming over American democracy and now think the danger has passed may not have been paying much attention to the political developments of the past several decades. Trump was merely the most recent—and will surely not be the last—in a long line of presidents who expanded the powers of the office and did not hesitate to act unilaterally when so doing served their purposes. Unfortunately Trump is also unlikely to be the last president prepared to do away with his enemies in the Congress and transform the imperial presidency from a theory to a reality. Though presidents are elected more or less democratically the presidency is not and was never intended to be a democratic institution. The framers thought that America would be governed by its representative assembly the Congress of the United States. Presidential power like a dangerous pharmaceutical might have been labelled to be used only when needed. Today Congress sporadically engages in law making but the president actually governs. Congress has become more an inquisitorial than a legislative body. Presidents rule through edicts while their opponents in the Congress counter with the threat of impeachment—an action that amounts to a political albeit nonviolent coup. The courts sputter and fume but generally back the president. This is the new separation of powers—the president exercises power and the other branches are separated from it. Where will this end? Regardless of who occupies the Oval Office the imperial presidency is inexorably bringing down the curtain on American representative democracy. | The Imperial Presidency and American Politics Governance by Edicts and Coups

GBP 24.99
1

Social and Sustainability Marketing A Casebook for Reaching Your Socially Responsible Consumers through Marketing Science

Social and Sustainability Marketing A Casebook for Reaching Your Socially Responsible Consumers through Marketing Science

. an important intervention in the conversation around social and ecological sustainability that draws on both micromarketing and macromarketing scholarship to help the reader understand the challenges with illustrations from insightful cases both from emerging and developed economies. This compilation should be essential reading for the discerning student of sustainable consumption and production. Professor Pierre McDonagh Associate Editor Journal of Macromarketing (USA); Professor of Critical Marketing & Society University of Bath UK Experts in the field of economics management science and particularly in the marketing domain have always been interested in and acknowledged the importance of sustaining profitable businesses while incorporating societal and environmental concerns; however the level of existing literature and availability of teaching cases reflect a dearth of real case studies especially those focused on marketing for social good. This book of actual case studies will address that need. In addition this book is important and timely in providing a case book for instructors (those in both industry and academia) to help them in teaching and training the next generation of leaders through corporate training and universities. Currently marketing for social good is increasingly becoming a part of most curriculums under the umbrella of different titles such as social marketing green marketing and sustainability marketing. The relevance of these studies is increasing across the globe. This book is composed of long and short real cases with varying complexity in different sectors. This case book will also cover some review articles for an overview of the recent developments in the study area. With these case studies collections of questions teaching materials and real-life marketing scenarios this book offers a unique source of knowledge to marketing professionals students and educators across the world. The main objective of this case book is to understand the applicability of marketing science (marketing for social good context such as social marketing and sustainability marketing) in internet marketing related to e-buying behavior and e-WOM. In addition it illustrates the various types of existing marketing practices that are relevant from both theoretical and practical points of view in this electronic era as well as discussing other non-electronic marketing practices and focusing on consumer buying behavior. As a result marketing managers can treat their customers according to their desired value. This book particularly explores the possibilities and advantages created by social marketing and sustainability marketing through the presentation of thorough review articles and case studies. This case book helps corporate training centers and universities with compact teaching reference materials in their relevant courses. | Social and Sustainability Marketing A Casebook for Reaching Your Socially Responsible Consumers through Marketing Science

GBP 56.99
1

Cyanotype Toning Using Botanicals to Tone Blueprints Naturally

Cyanotype Toning Using Botanicals to Tone Blueprints Naturally

Cyanotype is the most accessible and frequently used of all the alternative photographic processes. When utilized properly it has the potential to rival other processes when it comes to detail and tonal range but its Prussian blue color isn’t always suitable for the final photograph. Throughout history cyanotype prints have been toned not only with various—and at times hazardous—chemicals but also with more natural ingredients like tea and coffee. Since the cyanotype itself is non-toxic Cyanotype Toning will champion an innovative process developed by the author of toning cyanotypes with natural material. This process which is easy and reliable offers a much broader range of possible colors and even beautiful black and whites. Even duotone or tricolor prints can be attained. The book consists of two parts. Part One is a step-by-step how-to section including all the information that a student at any level needs to achieve a successfully toned print. Easy-to-understand background information is provided on how and why the process works so that readers can venture on their own into the world of natural colors. The first part also has a detailed section on all the factors that can influence the outcome like paper choice water quality properties of the plants temperature of the bath and the duration of the toning. Part Two is devoted to contemporary artists who have explored toning with botanicals and integrated the process into their creative practice. The book includes: A list of equipment and supplies needed. In depth information about useful plants and the specific properties that make them suitable for toning cyanotypes. Concise step-by-step instructions for printing cyanotypes successfully. A chart of more than 60 tested papers with recommendations on paper choice. Step-by-step generic instructions on toning with botanicals. Troubleshooting toning with botanicals. More detailed recipes for specific colors with information about the plants. Step-by-step instructions on how to print duotone and tricolor prints. A range of creative ideas on how to use the process in classrooms and with different age groups. A comprehensive list of more than 380 tested parts of plants and possible color outcomes. Using botanicals to tone cyanotypes broadens the color spectrum enlarges creative possibilities and makes the cyanotype process even more versatile. The process is not cut and dried science but a limitless field for discovery and surprises. Cyanotype Toning provides accessible information and instructions for readers at all levels. It is comprehensive and explanatory so that readers can expand on the subject on their own as did the contemporary artists who share their experiences and the works they have created using this innovative toning process. | Cyanotype Toning Using Botanicals to Tone Blueprints Naturally

GBP 48.99
1

Reflections on the Revolution in Europe

Reflections on the Revolution in Europe

The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 effectively ended the division of Europe into East and West and the features of our world that have resulted bear little resemblance to those of the forty years that preceded the Wall's fall. The rise of a new Europe prompts many questions most of which remain to be answered. What does it all mean? Where is it going to lead? Are we witnessing the conclusion of an era without seeing anything to replace an old and admittedly dismal way of life? What will a market economy do to the social texture of various countries of Central Europe? Will it not make some rich while many will become poorer than ever? How can the rule of law be brought about?In this incisive and lucid book Ralf Dahrendorf one of Europe's most distinguished scholars ponders these and other equally vexing questions. He regards what has happened in East Central Europe as a victory for neither of the social systems that once opposed each other across the Iron Curtain. Rather he views these events as a vote for an open society over a closed society. The continuing conundrum he argues which will plague peoples everywhere will be how to balance the need for economic growth with the desire for social justice while building authentic and enduring democratic institutions. Reflections on the Revolution in Europe which includes a new introduction from the author is a humane skeptical and anti-utopian work a manifesto for a radical liberalism in which the social entitlements of citizenship are as important a condition of progress as the opportunities for choice. A fascinating study of change and geopolitics in the modern world Reflections points the way towards a new politics for the twenty-first century. Ralf Dahrendorf born in Hamburg Germany in 1929 is a member of Britain's House of Lords. He was professor of sociology at Hamburg Tobingen and Konstanz from 1957 to 1968 and in 1974 moved to Britain. He has been the director of the London School of Economics warden of St. Antony's College and pro vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford. He is the author of numerous books including The Modern Social Conflict and After 1989: Morals Revolution and Civil Society.

GBP 130.00
1