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Reassesses the democratic quality of European integration Bringing together leading and emerging scholars on European politics, this collection furthers our understanding of European democracy in ways that are attentive to the multiple fault lines and cleavages that structure the political order in the European Union (EU). The book's focus on dilemmas in European democracy, explored throughout its chapters, challenges the idea of a single democratic deficit in the EU. It analyses the various tensions and trade-offs that come to the surface when applying concepts such as representation, deliberation, citizenship and democratic contestation beyond the state in a European context. As an exercise in applied democratic theory directed at the EU, it engages with the necessary theoretical groundwork for assessing and developing what democracy in the EU is and can be in the twenty-first century. The volume will be of interest to scholars and advanced students in the fields of European politics, EU studies and democracy in regional organisations. Niklas Bremberg is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Stockholm University and Senior Research Fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs. Ludvig Norman is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Stockholm University and Senior Fellow at the Institute of European Studies at the University of California, Berkeley

Reconsidering the notion of organism as central for contemporary philosophy Discussing different aspects of the philosophy of Gilbert Simondon, Raymond Ruyer, Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, and including some contemporary thinkers, such as Catherine Malabou, Bernard Stiegler, Bruno Latour, and Donna J. Haraway, Audrone Zukauskaite argues that all these threads can be seen as precursors to organism-oriented ontology. Rather than concentrating on individuals and identities, contemporary philosophy is increasingly interested in processes, multiplicities and potential for change, that is, in those features that define living beings. Zukauskaite argues that the capacity of living beings for self-organisation, creativity and contingency can act as an antidote to biopolitical power and control in the times of the Anthropocene. Audrone Zukauskaite is Chief Researcher in the Department of Contemporary Philosophy at the Lithuanian Culture Research Institute.

The first academic study on the work of Wes Craven.

Examines Gabriele D'Annunzio's work in relation to cultural exchange, highlighting the political dimensions of global decadence and modernism Gabriele D'Annunzio was an internationally renowned artist and one of the most prominent public figures in Italy in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. His novels and poetry stirred the enthusiasm of James Joyce and Henry James in the English-speaking world and his repute stretched far beyond - in France, Austria-Hungary, Russia, Japan and South America, D'Annunzio became a pivotal node in the broad networks of decadent exchange. This volume offers an overview of the global dynamics of D'Annunzio's work, from his engagement with multilingualism and translingual writing to the international circulation and reception of his production. Featuring chapters by international scholars, it re-evaluates D'Annunzio with a critical eye and a transnational scope and offers a global assessment of the place that Dannunzian decadence holds in the constitution of a conflicted movement - one that is profoundly cosmopolitan and yet also problematically nationalistic. Elisa Segnini teaches Italian and Comparative Literature at the University of Glasgow. She is the author of Fragments, Genius and Madness: Masks and Mask Making in the Fin-de-Siècle Imagination (2021). Michael Subialka teaches Comparative Literature and Italian at UC Davis. He is the author of Modernist Idealism: Ambivalent Legacies of German Philosophy in Italian Literature (2022).

Studies continuity and change in the practice of town and country planning in the Scottish Borders, 1946-96 The Scottish Borders comprises the historic counties of Peeblesshire, Selkirkshire, Roxburghshire and Berwickshire - traditionally, an area synonymous with woven cloth [tweed], knitwear and agriculture; also an area that suffered from rural de-population over a prolonged period of time. Against the background of the social, economic and political changes of the 20th century, this book provides a detailed account of the evolution of the practice of town and country planning in the Scottish Borders from its birth in the 1940s to the re-organisation of local government in Scotland in 1996. It shows how town and country planning emerged from being a fringe activity in Borders local government to become the driving force for change in the Region. It is essential reading for all those interested in the history of town and country planning in Scotland and for those who love the Scottish Borders. Key features and benefits  Provides a comprehensive appraisal of the changing role of town and country planning within a unique area of Scotland over a fifty-year period  Examines continuity and change in planning practice in the Scottish Borders  Explores the relationships between planning and economic development in stimulating development in a rural region of Scotland  Analyses how town and country planning in the Scottish Borders developed from a simple land-use control mechanism to a dynamic, pro-active, multi-disciplined activity  The book combines scholarly analysis with a practitioner's perspective of town and country planning in Scotland at both central and local government level. Douglas G. Hope has been a town and country planner for over fifty years. After graduating from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth in 1964 with an Honours degree in Geography, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in 1965 before pursuing a career in town and country planning. He was elected a Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute in 1970. He has worked for both central and local government in Scotland, principally at Borders Regional Council, where he was Depute Director of Planning and Development, and the Scottish Office Inquiry Reporters Unit, now the Scottish Government's Directorate for Planning and Environmental Appeals.

Offers fresh perspectives on Irish Gothic and its pervasiveness in Irish culture from the eighteenth century to today. Irish Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion provides a comprehensive account of the extent to which Gothic can be traced in Irish cultural life from the eighteenth century to the contemporary moment, across both elite and popular genres and through a range of different media, including literature, cinema and folklore. It responds, in particular, to the understanding that Gothic is ubiquitous in Irish literature and culture. Rather than focus exclusively on the oft-studied Irish Gothic foursome - Charles Maturin, Sheridan Le Fanu, Oscar Wilde and Bram Stoker - this companion turns attention to overlooked 'minor' figures such as Regina Maria Roche, Mrs F. C. Patrick, James Clarence Mangan and Eimear McBride. At the same time, it considers the multi-generic nature of Irish Gothic, thinking beyond fiction and, in particular, the novel, as the Gothic genre par excellence. The volume also takes account of Irish language Gothic, illuminating the ways in which the Gothic in Ireland has found and continues to find expression in different cultural and linguistic communities. Jarlath Killeen is Lecturer in Victorian Literature in the School of English, Trinity College Dublin. His publications include Imagining the Irish Child: Discourses of Childhood in Irish Anglican Writing of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries (2023) and The Emergence of Irish Gothic Fiction (2013). Christina Morin is Senior Lecturer in English and Assistant Dean of Research in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Limerick. Her publications include The Gothic Novel in Ireland, c. 1760-1829 (2018) and Charles Robert Maturin and the Haunting of Irish Romantic Fiction (2011).

A critical evaluation of Anglo-American counter narcotics strategy in Afghanistan, 2001-2011This book reveals the inside story of the formulation and implementation the United States' and United Kingdom's counter narcotics policies in Afghanistan. Western counter narcotics policies in Afghanistan failed dismally after opium poppy cultivation surged to unprecedented levels. The Anglo-American partnership at the centre of this battleground was divided by competing and opposing views of how to address the opium problem, which troubled the well-established Anglo-American relationship. Through interviews with key policy practitioners on both sides of the Atlantic, this study reveals the complex picture of counter narcotics strategy; highlighting key points of cooperation and contention and detailing the often contradictory and competitive objectives of the overall war effort in Afghanistan.Philip A. Berry is a Lecturer in War Studies Education in the Centre for Defence Studies at King's College London

This book encompasses the long sixteenth century, starting with James IV's accession and concluding with Mary, Queen of Scots' execution. At its heart is Scottish political life viewed from local and regional perspectives as well as the centre.

Organised into four thematic sections covering issues of text and context, revolution, the working class and other social groups, and the relevance of the Communist Manifesto today, this useful book introduces the Manifesto for students just coming to Marxism.

This is the first of two volumes containing Boswell's correspondence with more than 200 people, including Pitt, Rousseau, Paoli, John Wilkes, Sir Alexander Dick, Baretti and numerous women friends.

Explores the complex life of this controversial and enigmatic Scot, and his contribution to Scottish life and letters

A definitive account of newspaper and periodical press history across England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales covering 1650 to the present day.

Contains editions and commentaries of hitherto un-edited manuscripts from the various strands of the Shiʿite tradition of Islamic thought (Zaydi, Ismaʿili and Twelver). A careful side-by-side reading of these texts and commentaries helps identify themes peculiar to the Shiʿite "family" of legal theories.

Demonstrates the central role of Bergson for modernist art and intellectual history in the UK

Explores the challenges and possibilities of long-term governance in democratic systems This book brings together political philosophers, democratic theorists, empirical political scientists and policy experts to examine how democratic systems might be designed so that the long-term consequences of our decisions are considered in policymaking processes. It examines these topics from many different perspectives -- it is interdisciplinary and globally oriented -- but it also explores Finland as an example of how future-regarding governance might be done. Finland has one of the most advanced governmental foresight systems in the world, including a unique parliamentary institution called the 'Committee for the Future', and it has enjoyed a stable, multiparty government for decades. The contributors identify tensions between the present and the future, as well as between reversibility and commitment, independence and politicisation, and trust and critique, which have to be navigated in order to achieve long-term, collective goals. The book concludes that elite-driven institutions should be complemented by robust institutions for public participation and deliberation in order to retain responsiveness while at the same time forging public commitments for future-regarding action. Michael K. MacKenzie is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh. Maija Setälä is Professor of Political Science at the University of Turku. Simo Kyllönen is Lecturer in Research Ethics and Open Science at the University of Helsinki.

This volume examines the ways in which changing political and economic processes impact upon patterns of population movement and settlement, focussing on the southern African region.

Explores modernism's complex relationship with contemporary theatre. This volume highlights modernism as an impulse that can be carried forward to the present, re-embodied and re-encountered in theatrical performance. It demonstrates how modernist impulses spark contemporary theatre in dynamic ways, continuing the modernist imperative to 'make it new' and to engage meaningfully with the complicated situation of living in the contemporary world. A diverse set of contributions from scholars and theatre practitioners examines the legacy of modernism on the world stage in acts of remembrance, restaging, transmission and slippage. It investigates both well-known and less familiar aspects of modernist theatre history, engaging topics such as the revival of the first Black American musical, feminist and disability-led reinterpretations of canonical modernist plays, the use of modernist-inspired performance practice in contemporary university arts education and the continually contested meaning and importance of the avant-garde. Adrian Curtin is Associate Professor of Drama at the University of Exeter. Nicholas Johnson is Associate Professor of Drama at Trinity College Dublin. Naomi Paxton is Knowledge Exchange Fellow at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London. Claire Warden is Professor of Performance and Physical Culture at Loughborough University.

Focuses broadly on the main issues of contention between Turkey and Greece, and analyses Turkey's policies towards Greece, based on the securitisation framework and focusing on the discourse of elites in the post-Cold War period.

Presents the first extended collection of new William Morris essays in several decades William Morris's socialist essays remain uncannily relevant for our time, as he addresses issues of inequality, precarity, and the need for pleasure and creative fulfilment in work and life. This scholarly edition traces Morris's opinions from his early insistence that all must have access to art in its broadest sense, through his years as a leader and theorist of the nascent British socialist movement. Finally, as Morris became the elder statesman of the socialist/labour cause, these writings demonstrate his efforts to reconcile competing factions in the service of common aims. Gathered from manuscripts, newspapers and elsewhere, these hitherto less-available writings illuminate Morris's skill and tact in appealing to differing audiences in the interests of an egalitarian red-green creative future. Florence S. Boos is Professor of English at the University of Iowa and the founder and general editor of the William Morris Archive.

Analyses the causes and consequences of regional turbulence in the Middle East following the 2003 Iraq War and the 2011 Arab uprisings The Middle East has experienced unprecedented levels of instability and violence during the first decades of the 21st century, including regime breakdown, heightened rivalry and competition, civil and proxy wars, cross-border military intervention, refugee flows and the emergence of violent non-state actors. Samer Shehata brings together leading Middle East scholars to investigate the drivers of regional turbulence and its impact on the politics of different states and actors in the region. Nine case studies assess the foreign policies and role of the United States and Israel, Iran and Turkey's policies toward the Syrian crisis, and the impact of regional turbulence and intervention on Yemen, Egypt, and relations among Arab Gulf states. The consequences of regional turbulence on violent non-state actors and on the region's newly emergent Salafi parties are also examined. Based on original interviews, examination of primary documents and research that cuts across the traditional boundaries of domestic, regional and international politics, this volume produces new insights about one of the most turbulent periods in Middle East regional politics. Samer S. Shehata is the Colin Mackey and Patricia Molina de Mackey Associate Professor of Middle East Studies, University of Oklahoma.

The study of English word stress: New perspectives on its history, current state and issues.

Examines how mechanisms of change and conversions harrowed and transformed early modern people and their worlds Conversion machines are apparatuses, artfully-fashioned preparations, arrangements and things that demonstrate processes of change. They are paradoxical - at once intent on verifying what was invisible, uncertain and even unknowable, while also acting as sowers of dissimulation. This study does not seek to mechanise conversion. In many ways, conversion and the transformation of the convert will remain ineffable. Instead, this collection maintains that conversion of all kinds must unfold in ecologies that include politics, law, religious practice, the arts and the material and corporeal realms. Shifting the focus from subjectivity toward the operations of governments, institutions, artifices and the body, contributors consider how early modern Europeans suffered under the mechanisms of conversion, how they were sometimes able to realise themselves by dint of being caught up in the machinery of sovereignty, how they invented scores of new, purpose-built conversional instruments and how they experienced forms of radical transformation in their own bodies. Bronwen Wilson teaches Art History at UCLA where she is the Edward W. Carter Chair in European Art and the Director of the Center for 17th- and 18th-Century Studies at William Andrews Clark Memorial Library. Paul Yachnin is Tomlinson Professor of Shakespeare Studies at McGill University. From 2013-19, he directed the Early Modern Conversions Project.