Showing results for "Europes" in Political Science

Guyanese intellectual Walter Rodney emerged as one of the leading thinkers and activists of the anticolonial revolution. In 1980, shortly after founding of the Working People's Alliance in Guyana, the 38-year-old Rodney would be assassinated. In his magnum opus, Rodney incisively argues that grasping "the great divergence" between the West and the rest can only be explained as the exploitation of the latter by the former. This meticulously researched analysis of the repercussions of European colonialism in Africa remains an indispensable study for grasping global inequality today.

Toute l'actualité de l'Europe : rencontres avec élus, reportages, élections... La rédaction d'Ouest-France se plonge au cœur du projet européen et ses coulisses.

Discover a captivating collection of renowned speeches and addresses from continental Europe, spanning the years 300 CE to 1900 CE. This anthology is thoughtfully organized around significant themes, including Early Christianity, The Reformation, Modern France, Italy, Modern Germany, Hungary, and Spain. Immerse yourself in history through the powerful words of influential figures, as summarized by Chris Badenoch.

India was the jewel in the crown of the British Empire. There were vast riches to be exploited and vast numbers of people to be subjugated. How better to achieve these aims than by building a rail network that facilitated the export of raw material and made it easier for troops to travel around the country to tackle uprisings? India joined the railway age late: the first line was not completed until 1853, but, by 1929, 41,000 miles of track served the country.

The 25 years between the onset of the French Revolution in 1789 and the Bourbon Restoration after Napoleon in 1814 is an astonishing period in world history. This era shook the foundations of the old world and marked a permanent shift for politics, religion, and society - not just for France, but for all of Europe. An account of the events alone reads like something out of a thrilling novel.

Forum Europe and Forum Global are where people and policy meet. Since 1989, we have connected leaders from government industry and civil society through influential European and global policy events. This podcast series captures the key insights, discussions, and perspectives from these forums, featuring voices of stakeholders shaping today’s policy landscape. Subscribe to follow the conversations influencing Europe and the world.

Forum Europe and Forum Global are where people and policy meet. Since 1989, we have connected leaders from government industry and civil society through influential European and global policy events. This podcast series captures the key insights, discussions, and perspectives from these forums, featuring voices of stakeholders shaping today’s policy landscape. Subscribe to follow the conversations influencing Europe and the world.

The rise of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was much more than an ordinary electoral phenomenon: it brought to the fore two contrasting views of nationhood: between those who saw modern India in terms of secular republicanism and on the other hand were those who sought to blend technological...

How did communism become such a pervasive economic and political philosophy? Why did it first take root in early 20th-century Russia? These and other questions are part of a fascinating story whose drama has few equals in terms of sheer scale, scope, or human suffering and belief. These 12 lectures invite you to go inside communism’s journey from a collection of political and economic theories to a revolutionary movement that rocked the world.

Invested by Europe explores the forces shaping the European economy. In each episode, we hear from experts tackling the most pressing challenges — from housing and energy to innovation and infrastructure, security and defence. We look at what’s changing, what the solutions are, and how Europe is investing in its future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Italiani d'Europa è un podcast del Centro di Documentazione e Studi sull'Unione europea dell’Università di Ferrara. Raccoglie le voci di personalità italiane che hanno lavorato nelle istituzioni dell'UE e che raccontano ciò che accade dentro la "Bolla di Bruxelles".

The FutureLakes podcast takes you behind the scenes of an ambitious European project rethinking how we protect and restore lakes. Through conversations with researchers, practitioners, and local partners, it explores the ideas, challenges, and innovations shaping a new blueprint for healthier lakes and biodiversity.~FutureLakes is pioneering the transformation of lake restoration across Europe by demonstrating a variety of in-lake and catchment solutions to restore lake water quality and biodiversity. By embracing nature-based, circular economy, and biodiversity-focused solutions, the project ...

In the updated edition of this “tour de force” (National Review), the leader of the National Conservatism movement argues that nationalism is the only realistic safeguard of liberty in the world today Nationalism is the issue of our age. From Donald Trump’s “America First” politics to...

This insightful study explores how the economic system Vladimir Putin has developed in Russia works to consolidate control over the country. By appointing his close associates as heads of state enterprises and by giving control of the FSB and the judiciary to his friends from the KGB, he has enriched his business friends from Saint Petersburg with preferential government deals. Thus, Putin has created a super wealthy and loyal plutocracy that owes its existence to authoritarianism.

Mit detektivischem Spürsinn wird in diesem Buch die Lebensgeschichte der Frau an Hitlers Seite rekonstruiert, die aus einem kleinbürgerlichen Haushalt bis in den inneren Zirkel des NS-Machthabers führte und einen Tag nach der Hochzeit im Berliner «Führerbunker» mit dem gemeinsamen Selbstmord am 30. April 1945 endete. Welche Rolle spielte die Geliebte in Hitlers privatem Kreis? Über wie viel Einfluss verfügte sie? Und was wussten sie und die anderen Frauen der NS-Führer über die Verbrechen ihrer Männer?

The tumult and opulence of England’s Regency era burst from the pages in this work of literary nonfiction by acclaimed author Carolly Erickson. When dementia forces King George III to vacate his throne, the kingdom slips into a decade marked with excess, scandal, and riots. King George has suffered bouts of mental instability before, but in 1810 he shows no signs of recovering. Public and government business halts as word of his condition leaks out. Hoping to control the crisis, Parliament appoints the king’s unpopular son Prince George IV as Regent or caretaker.

Primo Piano Europa è il format che racconta le dinamiche che plasmano il nostro presente e il futuro dell’Europa, con analisi puntuali e approfondite. Ogni mese, da Bruxelles, Claudio Brachino incontra eurodeputati di schieramenti differenti per un confronto diretto sui temi più rilevanti a livello internazionale.

Was passiert hinter den Kulissen des Bundestages? Wenn Kameras und Mikrofone ausgeschaltet sind? Wie werden Entscheidungen getroffen und wie leicht macht es der Bundestag seinen Abgeordneten, sich selbst zu bevorteilen? Und warum gelingt es auch neuen Parteien nicht, das System aus Lobbyismus und Korruption zu umgehen? Fast acht Jahre war Joana Cotar Mitglied des Deutschen Bundestages - zunächst für die AfD, nach ihrem Parteiaustritt dann fraktionslos.

Charlotte Beradt began having unsettling dreams after Adolf Hitler took power in 1933. She envisioned herself being shot at, tortured and scalped, surrounded by Nazis in disguise, and breathlessly fleeing across fields with storm troopers at her heels. Shaken by these nightmares and banned as a Jew from working, she began secretly collecting dreams from her friends and neighbors, both Jewish and non-Jewish. Disguising these "diaries of the night" in code and concealing them in the spines of books from her extensive library, she smuggled them out of the country one by one.

Polska Europa Świat — Dziennikarze DGP | Dziennika Gazety Prawnej Karolina Wójcicka i Michał Potocki rozmowiają o polityce międzynarodowej bez uproszczeń, z dystansem do sensacji i uważnym oddzielaniem faktów od narracji. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.