Divisions in the EU are considered, as well as the conflicts that have arisen from enlargement and foreign policy concerns. Leading specialists on European politics and society reflect on the nature of consensus and competition between elites, and whether the EU may be able to provide a sense of common identity and purpose for its citizens.

The hold of the Mafia on southern Italy, from Naples, home of Mafia-controlled mozzarella and toxic waste, through no less rotten Calabria to Sicily, cradle of Cosa Nostra, is as strong as ever. This book shows how globalisation has transformed the Mafia into more than simply a local phenomenon.

This text is based around the rich offerings of PEAR. Several of these, including the Template package and the database-independent query API, are fully integrated into examples and thoroughly described in the text. In addition, through a complex sample application all the important techniques of dynamic content are introduced.

Featuring contributions from leading thinkers on revolution, this work combines theoretical concerns with case studies of individual revolutions to question whether ideas of revolution are still relevant in the postmodern and globalized world of the twenty-first century. It is suitable for students and scholars of comparative politics, and others.

This work explores the structure and background of classes and elites in the transformation of Russia, and offers new ways of examining the past and present of Russian politics.

Featuring contributions from leading thinkers on revolution, this work combines theoretical concerns with case studies of individual revolutions to question whether ideas of revolution are still relevant in the postmodern and globalized world of the twenty-first century. It is suitable for students and scholars of comparative politics, and others.

David Lane provides a contextual understanding of Lenin's writings and their relevance to contemporary political action.

Considers several aspects of the transformation of the former state socialist countries: social and economic outcomes; forces in the transformation process; problems of consolidation of the new regimes; and alternative scenarios.

The Economy as an Evolving System II will fascinate economists of all types.

Innovation is a question of life and death for many of the economies of the western world. This book argues that the position that the complex systems approach, with its emphasis on 'emergence', is better suited than our traditional approach to the phenomenon.

Berlusconi's Shadow is also an exploration of the dark underside of Italy today: a nation still steeped in violence and corruption, where bribery and back-handers are commonplace and the Mafia seems unstoppable. It is a crisis which, Lane shows, matters now more than ever and we cannot afford to ignore.

Up-to-the-minute revision of the successful text which sets striking evidence of new social, economic and political phenomena against theory from East and West.

Up-to-the-minute revision of the successful text which sets striking evidence of new social, economic and political phenomena against theory from East and West.

Former communist countries in East-Central Europe, the Commonwealth of Independent States and Asia have been heading towards capitalism. This book sets their experience against the 'varieties of capitalism' paradigm, which sets out differences between mature market economies.

This text covers the momentous changes that have occurred since the fall of the USSR in 1989. Contributions address political and social issues which impact on all levels of Russian society. The book evolved from a conference of the same name held at Cambridge University in December 1994.

Featuring contributions from leading thinkers on revolution, it combines theoretical concerns with case studies of individual revolutions to question whether ideas of revolution are still relevant in the postmodern and globalized world of the twenty-first century.