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English in Europe

Obrazy
Autor
ed. by Manfred Görlach
Place of publication
Oxford
Publication date
2002
Table of Contents

List of Contributors . . vii

1. Introduction . . 1
2. German . . 13
3. Dutch . . 37
4. Norwegian . . 57
5. Icelandic . . 82
6. French . . 108
7. Spanish . . 128
8. Italian . . 151
9. Romanian . . 168
10. Russian . . 195
11. Polish . . 213
12. Romanian . . 190
13. Russian . .  210
14. Spanish . .  228
15. Catalan . . 248

Index of Topics . . 251
Index of Words . . 258

The Viking-age rune-stones : custom and commemoration in early medieval Scandinavia

Obrazy
Autor
Birgit Sawyer
Place of publication
Oxford
Publication date
2000
Table of Contents

List of Plates    xii
list of Figures    xiv
List of Maps    xv
List of Tables    xvi
Sources, Abbreviations, and Conventions    xvii

Introduction 1

SURVEY
1. Rune-stones, their Distribution and Historical Background    7
1.1. The rune-stones and their distribution    7
1.2. Previous work    15
1.3. Why were the rune-stones erected?    16
1.4. Historical background    20
2. Presentation of the Corpus and its Subgroup; Bases of Analyses    24
I. The Corpus
2.1. Variables    24
2.2. General features    25
2.3. Regional groupings    27
2.4. Chronology and datingproblems    28
II. The Relationship Subgroup and Categories of Relationship
2.5. The nature of relationships between sponsors and deceased    37
2.6. Sponsorship patterns    38
2.7. Complex relationships    41
III. Bases of Analyses
2.8. Inscriptions    42
2.9. Relationships    43
3. Property and Inheritance    47
I. The Inscriptions as Declarations of Inheritance
3.1. The importance of individual details in interpreting
runic inscriptions    51
3.2. The sponsorship pattern as reflecting property rights    57
II. The Sponsors as Holders of Joint or Inherited Property
3.3. Joint ownership    59
3.4. Inheritance customs    63
3.5. Unspecified relationships    66
3.6. Conclusion    68
4. Inheritance: Customs and Laws    71
4.1. Inheritance and other devolutions of property    72
4.2. The runic evidence    74
4.3. Gradual and parentela principles    77
4.4. The sponsorship patterns    78
4.5. Why were different inheritance principles preferred?    83
4.6. The laws    84
4.7. Sponsorship patterns and the laws    86
4.8. Differences within Uppland    87
4.9. Conclusion    90
5. Societyand Status    92
5.1. Sponsors and deceased    92
5.2. Title-bearers    99
5.3. Epithets    101
5.4. Thegns and drengs    103   
5.5. Boni homines    107
5.6. Women as landholders
5.7. Travellers    116
5.8. Conclusion    122
6. Conversion    124
6.1. Transition: pagan and/or Christian?    125
6.2. Pagan features    129
6.3. Christian features    133
6.4. Conclusion    145   
7. Conclusion and Future Research    146
7.1. The rune-stone fashion    146
7.2. Late Viking-Age society    152
7.3. Future research    154
Excursus: The Tug-of-War over Thyre    158
Appendices
1. Distribution of Rune-stones    167   
2. Categories of Sponsors and Deceased    168
3. Frequency of Relationships    169
4. Inheritances    170
5. Unspecified Relationships Implying Inheritance    172
6. Titles    174
7. Epithets    178
8. 'Bonder'    184   
9. Travellers    185
10. Bridge-builders    186
CATALOGUE
Explanatory Notes
Denmark and Bornholm        200
Further Particulars        206
Norway        207
Further Particulars        209
Sweden (excluding Uppland)    210
Further Particulars        233
Uppland        238
Further Particulars        257

References        263

The globalization of world politics : an introduction to international relations

Obrazy
Autor
ed. John Baylis and Steve Smith
Place of publication
New York
Publication date
2001
Table of Contents

Detailed contents    xiii
List of figures    xix
List of boxes    xx
List of tables    xxv
About the contributors    xxvi
Introduction 1
Steve Smith and John Baylis
1 The globalization of world politics 13
Jan Aart Scholte

Part One The historical context

2    The evolution of international society 35
Robert H. Jackson
3    International history1900-1945 51
Susan L. Carruthers
4    International history 1945-1990 74
Len Scott
5    The end of the cold war 92
Richard Crockatt
6    International history since 1989 111
Michael Cox

Part Two Theories of world politics

7 Realism 141
Tim Dunne and Brian C. Schmidt
8 Liberalism 162
Tim Dunne
9 Contemporary mainstream approaches: neo-realism
and neo-liberalism 182
Steven L. Lamy
10 Marxist theories of International Relations    200
Stephen Hobden and Richard Wyn Jones
11 Reflectivist and constructivist approaches to international
theory    224   
Steve Smith       

Part Three Structures and processes

12 International and global security in the post-cold war era    253
John Baylis
13 International political economy in an age of globalization    277
Ngaire Woods
14 International regimes    299
Richard Little
15 Diplomacy    337
Brian White
16 The United Nations and international order    331
Paul Taylor
17 Transnational actors and international organizations
in global politics    356
Peter Willetts

Part Four International issues
18 Environmental issues    387
Owen Greene

19 Nuclear proliferation    415   
Darryl Howlett
20 Nationalism    440
Fred Halliday
21 Culture in world affairs    456
Simon Murden
22 Humanitarian intervention and world politics    470
Nicholas J. Wheeler and Alex I Bellamy       
23 European and regional integration    494
Thomas Christiansen
24 Global trade and finance    519
Jan Aart Scholte
25 The communications and Internet revolution    540
Jonathan Aronson
26 Poverty, development, and hunger    559
Caroline Thomas
27 Gender issues    582
Jan Jindy Pettman
28 Human rights    599
Chris Brown

Part Five Globalization in the future

29 Globalization and the transformation of political community 617
Andrew Linklater
30 Globalization and the post-cold war order    634
lan Clark
   
References    649
Index    667

Strategy in the Contemporary World : an introduction to strategic studies

Obrazy
Autor
[edited by] John Baylis [et al.]
Place of publication
Oxford
Publication date
2002
Table of Contents

Introduction . . 1

PART ONE Enduring issues of strategy
       
1 Strategic Theory and the History of War . . 17
2 Law, Politics, and the Use of Force . . 45
3 The Causes of War and the Conditions of Peace . . 66
4 Land Warfare: Theory and Practice . . 91
5 Sea Power: Theory and Practice . . 113
6 Air Power: Theory and Practice . . 137

PART THREE Twentieth-century theories: an update

7 Deterrence in the Post-Cold War World . . 161
8 Arms Control and Disarmament . . 183
9 Terrorism and Irregular Warfare . . 208

PART FOUR Contemporary issues of grand strategy

10 Technology and Warfare . . 235
11 Weapons of Mass Destruction . . 254
12 Humanitarian Intervention and Peace Operations . . 286
13 A New Agenda for Security and Strategy? . . 309
14 Conclusion: The Future of Strategic Studies . . 328

Shakespeare and Eastern Europe

Obrazy
Autor
Zdeněk Stříbrný
Place of publication
Oxford
Publication date
2000
Table of Contents

Maps and Illustrations . . ix
Introduction . . 1

1. In the Beginning . . 6
2. Shakespeare under the Tsars . . 26
3. Shakespeare and National Revivals . . 57
4. Shakespeare after the Bolshevik Revolution . . 77
5. Shakespeare behind the Iron Curtain . . 96
6. Post-Communist Shakespeare . . 136

Notes . . 148
A Select Bibliography . . 154
Index . . 157

Series
(Oxford Shakespeare Topics)

Language and nationalism in Europe

Obrazy
Autor
ed. by Stephen Barbour and Cathie Carmichael
Place of publication
Oxford
Publication date
2000
Table of Contents

List of Maps    ix
Notes on Contributors    x

Nationalism, Language, Europe

STEPHEN BARBOUR

2. Britain and Ireland: The Varying Significance of Language for    18
Nationalism
STEPHEN BARBOUR
3. France: 'One state, one nation, one language?'    44
ANNE JUDGE
4. The Iberian Peninsula: Conflicting Linguistic Nationalisms    83
CLARE MAR-MOLINERO
5. Northern Europe: Languages as Prime Markers of Ethnic and    105
National Identity
LARS S. VIKOR
6. The Low Countries: A Study in Sharply Contrasting Nationalisms    130
ROBERT B. HOWELL
7. Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg: The Total    151
Coincidence of Nations and Speech Communities?
STEPHEN BARBOUR
8. Language and Nationalism in Italy: Language as a Weak Marker of    168
Identity
CARLO RUZZA
9. Contrasting Ethnic Nationalisms: Eastern Central Europe    183
BARBARA TORNQUIST-PLEWA
10. 'A people exists and that people has its language': Language and    221
Nationalism in the Balkans
CATHIE CARMICHAEL.
11. Greece and European Turkey: From Religious to Linguistic    240
Identity
PETER TRUDGILL
12. Coming to Terms with the Past: Language and Nationalism in    264
Russia and its Neighbours
CATHIE CARMICHAEL
13. Conclusions: Language and National Identity in Europe    280
CATHIE CARMICHAEL

References    290
Index    309

Introduction to international relations

Obrazy
Autor
Robert Jackson and George Sørensen
Place of publication
Oxford
Publication date
1999
Table of Contents

DETAILED CONTENTS . . xi
ABOUT THIS BOOK . . xv
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS . . xviii

1 WHY STUDY IR? . . 1
2 IR AS AN ACADEMIC SUBJECT . . 33
3 REALISM . . 67
4 LIBERALISM . . 107
5 INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY . . 139
6 INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY . . 175
7 METHODOLOGICAL DEBATES . . 217
8 NEW ISSUES IN IR . . 249

REFERENCES . . 271
INDEX . . 287

Fundamental rights in Europe : the European Convention on Human Rights and its Member States, 1950-2000

Obrazy
Autor
ed. by Robert Blackburn and Jörg Polakiewicz
Place of publication
Oxford
Publication date
2001
Table of Contents

Preface by the Editors    ix
Foreword by the President of the European Court of Human Rights    xiv
The Contributing Authors    xv
Table of ECHR Cases    xxv
Table of Legislation and Treaties    xxxvn
PART I - Introductory: International and Comparative Aspects of
the ECHR and its Member States
1 The Institutions and Processes of the Convention    3
Robert Blackburn
2 The Status of the Convention in National Law    31
Jorg Polakiewicz
3 The Execution of Judgments of the European Court of
Human Rights    55
Jorg Polakiewicz
4 Current Developments, Assessment, and Prospects    77
Robert Blackburn

PART II - The Effect of the ECHR on the Legal and Political
Systems of Member States
5 AUSTRIA    103
Hannes Tretter
6 BELGIUM    167
Silvio Marcus-Helmons and Philippe Marcus-Helmons
7 BULGARIA    191
Alexander Arabadijew
8 CYPRUS    217
Andreas Nicolas Loizou
9 CZECH REPUBLIC    241
Dalibor Jflek and Mahulena Hofmann
10 DENMARK    259
Peter Germer
11 ESTONIA    277
Rait Maruste
12 FINLAND    289
13 FRANCE        313
Catherine Dupre
14 GERMANY        335
Andreas Zimmermann
15 GREECE        355
Krateros Ioannou
16 HUNGARY        383
Hanna Bokor-Szego und Monika Weller
17 ICELAND        399
Gudrun Gauksdottir
18 IRELAND        423
Donucha O'Connell
19 ITALY        475
Enzo Meriggiola
20 LITHUAN IA        503
Vilenas Vadapalas
21  LUXEMBOURG    531
Dean Spielmann
22    MALTA    559
Joseph Said Pullicino
23 NETHERLANDS        595
Leo F. Zwank
24 NORWAY        625
Erik Mose
25 POLAND        657
Andrew, Drzemczewski and Marek Antoni Nowicki
26 PORTUGAL        681
Joao Madureira
27 ROMANIA        711
Renate Weber
28 RUSSIA        731
Maxim Ferschtman
29 SLOVAKIA        755
Milan Blasko
30 SLOVENIA        781
Arne Mavcic
31 SPAIN        809
Guillermo Escobar Roca
32 SWEDEN        833
Ian Cameron
33 SWITZERLAND        855
Marco Borghi
34 TURKEY        879
Yasemin Ozdek and Emine Karacunglu
35 UKRAINE        915
Victor Potapenko and Pavlo PushEar
36 THE UNITED KINGDOM    935
Rohert Blackburn
Appendices
a) Speech by the Secretary General at the Commemorative
Ceremony for the 50th Anniversary of the European
Convention on Human Rights    1009
b) Resolutions and Declaration for the Future at the European
Ministerial Conference, 4 November 2000    1012

Select Bibliography    1020
Index    1039