“…Recognizing the impossibility of a globalized Northern economy, the authors in Part III present some alternatives through framework ideas of human and civil rights, environmental rights, and indigenous persons' rights, as well as concrete and specific legal tools to strengthen justice and rule of law institutions. …”

“…The comprehensive assessments have already informed policy making at the highest levels of government and motivated an impressive array of responsive and ambitious action across a growing network of leaders in business, finance and civil society. …”

“…What is the "clash of civilizations"? What are us-group constructions? What is the West? …”

“…The covered topics extend from the Proto-Slavic language to the writing, linguistic and literary traditions of the Slavic ecclesiastical civilization, from the linguistic and cultural relations between Italy and Russia to a particular 18th-century Illyrian dictionary. …”

“…The third episode, inclusion into the classic Mediterranean civilization, coincided with the end of prehistory in the Adriatic region. …”

“…Syria has been a major crossroads of civilizations in the ancient Near East since the dawn of human kind. …”

“…Accordingly the material presented here will also be of interest to non-archaeologists working in such diverse fields as civil engineering, urban planning and physical geography.…”

“…With the support of CEDEJ and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, researchers, experts and civil society actors explore the ongoing transformations of Middle Eastern urban environments and mobilities and question them in relation to the climate crisis. …”

“…The authors of this volume assess how participatory governance is being transformed and explore the impact of such changes, providing timely critical reflections on: the constraints imposed by cultural, economic and political power relations on these new empowered participatory spaces; the potential of this new "wave" of participatory democracy to reimagine the relationship between citizens and traditional institutions towards more radical democratic renewal; where and how these new democratisation efforts sit within the representative state; and how tensions between the different demands of lay citizens, organised civil society and public officials are being managed. …”

“…Esta obra ofrece un análisis exhaustivo y original del terrorismo, que se desvía de las teorías enfocadas en el asesinato de civiles o en la distinción entre objetivos directos e indirectos. …”

“…The former is based on a small number of players, a highly hierarchical structure, based largely on written communication and on low transparency; the latter is based on a much larger number of players (particularly of civil society), a flatter structure, a more significant oral component, and greater transparency. …”

“…Axtell links the legacies of European universities and Tudor-Stuart Oxbridge to nine colonial and hundreds of pre-Civil War colleges, and delves into how U.S. universities were shaped by Americans who studied in German universities and adapted their discoveries to domestic conditions and goals. …”

“…Queste pagine contribuiscono così a bilanciare la tendenza storiografica che, nel corso degli ultimi decenni, ha posto in primo piano la Resistenza civile, senza armi, a scapito di quella – che pure ci fu – combattente -- Contracubierta…”

“…"Du siège de Rome par l'armée française en 1849 à la guerre civile que connaît la Syrie depuis 2011, la photographie est au coeur des conflits armés. …”

“…She examines literary engagements with photography from the 1930s to the 1970s and beyond, among them the collaboration of Langston Hughes and Roy DeCarava, Richard Wright's uses of Farm Security Administration archives, James Baldwin's work with Richard Avedon, and Lorraine Hansberry's responses to civil rights images. Drawing on extensive archival work and featuring images never before published, Blair opens strikingly new views of the work of major literary figures, including Ralph Ellison's photography and its role in shaping his landmark novel Invisible Man, and Wright's uses of camera work to position himself as a modernist and postwar writer. …”
Sumario

“…Here the existence of libraries can be traced back another two millennia, from the twenty-seventh century BCE to the third century CE, and so the creation of the Library in Alexandria was not so much the beginning of an intellectual adventure as the impressive culmination of a very long tradition.0This volume presents the first comprehensive study of these ancient libraries across the 'Cradle of Civilization' and traces their institutional and scholarly roots back to the early cities and states and the advent of writing itself. …”

“…Designed in the 1540s as a radical Protestant answer to Catholic "superstition," within a century (during the English Civil Wars) radical Christians regarded the Book of Common Prayer as itself "superstitious" and even (paradoxically) "Papist." …”

“…Currently, the West appears less as a modernizing or civilizing entity leading the way and more as being engulfed in a deep crisis. …”

“…Gracias al testimonio de militares, agentes secretos, políticos, investigadores, astronautas y personal de la NASA y de la aviación civil que han superado las estrictas leyes de censura, por fin se descubre el secreto mejor guardado." …”

“…This volume provides a compelling narrative of the main events that shaped ancient civilization during five crucial centuries. Many of these developments - globalization, the rise of megacities, technological progress, religious diversity, and rational governance - have parallels in our world today…”