This book reassesses the transformation of European diplomacy which took place at the beginning of the twentieth century. It focuses on the British and Russian diplomatic establishments during the years 1894-1917 in order to illustrate both the heterogeneity and complex nature of the 'Old Diplomacy'. The book will 'ground' discussion in a series of case-studies designed to illustrate both the benefits and the pitfalls of generalizing about a complicated process of transformation that had a range of social, political, administrative and psychological dimensions.
This book reassesses the transformation of European diplomacy which took place at the beginning of the twentieth century. It focuses on the British an...
Over the past two decades, organization studies has become increasingly pluralistic, with a series of highly charged debates across intellectual divides'. It is these debates and their consequences for the current position and future development of organization studies that Rethinking Organization addresses.
The first section reviews and evaluates the most significant theoretical developments of the last two decades, focusing in particular on the various ways in which organization' has been conceptualized as the basis for organizational analyses. The second section examines a range of...
Over the past two decades, organization studies has become increasingly pluralistic, with a series of highly charged debates across intellectual divid...
Attempts to present a coherent account of early modern German history are often hampered by the German equivalent of the Whig theory of history, by which all useful roads lead up to the creation of the nineteenth-century power state (Machstaat) or institutional state (Anstalstaat). In this kind of historiography, there are large "blank" areas between the "important" events like the Reformation, the Thiry Years War, the Seven Years War, and the French Revolution. During the intervals of apparent stagnation between these events, "Germany" seems to disappear, to be replaced by...
Attempts to present a coherent account of early modern German history are often hampered by the German equivalent of the Whig theory of history, by...
The twentieth century has been fundamentally shaped by changes in Russia, where disaster in the First World War was followed by the fall of the Tsar. Nicholas II's replacement first by Kerensky's liberal government then by the Bolsheviks, and the subsequent Civil War and foreign intervention, led to the erection of a system of state tyranny previously unthought of. The Bolshevik regime, with its ideological hatred of other regimes, was a threat to the west where developments in Russia were watched with both horror and fascination.
Britain's information about this series of...
The twentieth century has been fundamentally shaped by changes in Russia, where disaster in the First World War was followed by the fall of the Tsa...
Part of the Past in Perspective series, this text provides a concise introduction to the events which led to the partition of Ireland, with a discusion of the subsequent development of the two Irish states which emerged from the events of 1920-1922. The author is even-handed in his treatment of the two Irish states and their politics, and deals sensitively with a very complex affair, especially when he deals with post-1968 developments.
Part of the Past in Perspective series, this text provides a concise introduction to the events which led to the partition of Ireland, with a discusio...
