“…En Grecia la homosexualidad, lejos de estar condenada o marginada, era una práctica de los medios civiles más selectos. Los motivos de esta valoración deben buscarse en el simbolismo de la sociedad helénica, y particularmente en sus mitos. …”

“…Le premier demi-siècle du contact colonial franco-vietnamien est marqué tout d'abord par une phase de conquête fort violente (de 1858 à 1898) où s'affrontent un pays asiatique dont des guerres civiles récentes ont provoqué un repli relatif sur lui-même et une puissance européenne hésitante dans un premier temps, mais qui dispose d'une supériorité technique écrasante. …”

“…The contributions of this volume are written by leading European researchers and practitioners in technology assessment (TA) and are based on the PACITA (Parliaments and Civil Society in Technology Assessment) project. …”

“…Throughout the entire history are woven other controversies that repeatedly recur – controversies over state economic development, the provision of government services, industrial disputation and government reactions, electoral zoning and disputes over malapportionment, the impost of taxation in the ‘low tax state’, encroachments on civil liberties and political protests, the perennial topic of censorship, as well as the emerging issues of integrity, concerns about conflicts of interest and the slide towards corruption. …”

“…It points to a regime struggling to negotiate the dilemmas it faces, given its Soviet legacy of ethnic particularism, weak civil society, large native Muslim population and overbearing, yet far from entirely effective, state control of the media…”

“…Contributors in the book explore the roles which national and local governments, civil society, and community leaders play in these debates and practices, and ask what strategies are being used to educate refugees about European values, and to facilitate their integration. …”

“…Discussing solutions for a more sustainable use of natural resources, this book is essential reading for scholars and students of natural resources and sustainable development and decision-makers and experts from the fields of policy development, industry and civil society. The Open Access version of this book, available at https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781003000365, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License…”

“…The book then situates the bottom up findings in the wider debate about global civil society and deliberative democracy in environmental governance. …”

“…To support the “Script Relativity Hypothesis”, it reviews a vast corpus of empirical studies, including anthropological accounts of human civilization, social psychology, cognitive psychology, neuropsychology, applied linguistics, second language studies, and cross-cultural communication. …”

“…It describes how people have actively shaped the course, form and function of water for human settlement and the development of civilizations, establishing socio-economic structures, policies and cultures; a rich world of narratives, laws and practices; and an extensive network of infrastructure, buildings and urban form. …”

“…But against increasingly vocal antiliberal thinkers, he argues that modern democracy can provide a moral vision and has made possible such moral achievements as civil rights precisely because it allows a multitude of claims to be heard. …”

“…This extraordinary book shows that curiosity about the unknown, the quest to understand foreign cultures, critical distance from one's own world, and the desire to remake the foreign into the familiar are not the monopoly of any single civilization or epoch. Euben demonstrates that the fluidity of identities, cultures, and borders associated with our postcolonial, globalized world has a long history--one shaped not only by Western power but also by an Islamic ethos of travel in search of knowledge…”

“…A côté de persistances notables dans le domaine de l’administration civile et ecclésiastique, l’ouvrage aborde largement les changements provoqués par la nature et par l’homme, notamment l’impact de la présence slave, étudiée à l’aide d’une documentation nouvelle ou renouvelée…”

“…This synthetic and interpretive treatment will aid researchers working on a variety of complex civilizations with road systems, as well as those interested in core-periphery relationships, cultural collapse, and social integration…”

“…Après avoir décrit la cadre religieux et juridique de l’islamisation de l’économie, l’ouvrage analyse les problèmes complexes que pose au système bancaire l’interdiction de l’intérêt, derrière lesquels se profilent parfois les luttes d’influence entre États, clergé musulman et société civile. À travers des exemples spécifiques sont successivement envisagés l’investissement, la mobilisation de l’épargne, le prélèvement de l’impôt, les dépensés publiques, le financement du déficit... …”

“…L’essai de Billaud-Varenne est, en effet, une expression du projet montagnard d’« institutions civiles ». Projet d’un lien social pour « mettre en action la morale » et « la donner pour base à la politique », espérance d’un nouvel espace public de réciprocité fraternelle où la citoyenneté compte au rang des droits naturels. …”

“…Ses romans, marqués par la guerre civile (1975-1990), opèrent la douloureuse rupture avec les grandes idéologies et se heurtent à l’effondrement du projet initial de modernité arabe à double référence, au modèle européen et à l’expérience endogène. …”

“…Taylor contends that, far from being confined to a few political essays ("Civil Disobedience," "Slavery in Massachusetts," and "A Plea for Captain John Brown"), Thoreau's political critique was a lifetime project that informed virtually all of his work. …”

“…The book covers the countries that were officially part of the Soviet Union (Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Estonia, Lithuania, Georgia, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan); those that were theoretically independent but were subject to Soviet-dominated Communist rule (Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, and Poland); as well as a satellite republic that was under significant Soviet influence (Mongolia) Each chapter includes a brief introduction to the specific country, an overview of politics and administration, and discussions on key aspects of public management and administration—including human resource management, public budgeting, financial management, corruption, accountability, political and economic reform, civil society, and prospects for future development in the region. …”

“…Specific programs that will be of interest in the book include industrial engineering, systems engineering, construction engineering, operations research, engineering management, business management, general management, business administration, mechanical engineering, civil engineering, production management, industrial management, and operations management. …”