How are political communities and forms of democracy being changed? How might they be reshaped in ways that would enhance rather than reduce the limited democracy traditionally available? What are the possibilities for extending representation across borders and developing participatory democracy more amenable to border-crossing? Contemporary globalization is simultaneously weakening national democracy and increasing transnational governance beyond democracy's traditional scope. However, this book, while critical of conventional statebound representation and the lack of transnational...
How are political communities and forms of democracy being changed? How might they be reshaped in ways that would enhance rather than reduce the limit...
How are political communities and forms of democracy being changed? How might they be reshaped in ways that would enhance rather than reduce the limited democracy traditionally available? What are the possibilities for extending representation across borders and developing participatory democracy more amenable to border-crossing? Contemporary globalization is simultaneously weakening national democracy and increasing transnational governance beyond democracy's traditional scope. However, this book, while critical of conventional statebound representation and the lack of transnational...
How are political communities and forms of democracy being changed? How might they be reshaped in ways that would enhance rather than reduce the limit...
Under the impact of accelerated globalization, transnational integration and international security concerns, the geopolitics of Europe's borders and border regions has become an area of critical interest. The progressive enlargement of the EU has positioned its borders at the heart of recent discussions on the changing nature of the EU, the meaning of 'Europe' and what constitutional shape a more politically unified Europe might take. With enlargement, the EU must elaborate strategies to contend with a fiercely competitive world - and to build fortress-like defences against perceived...
Under the impact of accelerated globalization, transnational integration and international security concerns, the geopolitics of Europe's borders and ...
From the author of SOPHIE'S WORLD, a modern fairy tale with a philosophical twist. 'My father died eleven years ago. I was only four then. I never thought I'd hear from him again, but now we're writing a book together' To Georg R ed, his father is no more than a shadow, a distant memory. But then one day his grandmother discovers some pages stuffed into the lining of an old red pushchair. The pages are a letter to Georg, written just before his father died, and a story, 'The Orange Girl'. But 'The Orange Girl' is no ordinary story - it is a riddle from the past and centres...
From the author of SOPHIE'S WORLD, a modern fairy tale with a philosophical twist. 'My father died eleven years ago. I was only four then. ...
Backed by Wien Airlines, former Navy combat pilot "Andy" Anderson pioneered post-World War II bush service to Alaska's vast Koyokuk River region serving miners, Natives, sportsmen, geologists, adventurers, and assorted bush rats. He flew mining equipment, gold, live wolves and sled dogs, you name it -- anything needed for life in the bush. He sweated out dozens of dangerous medical-emergency flights, "always at night and in terrible storms."
Backed by Wien Airlines, former Navy combat pilot "Andy" Anderson pioneered post-World War II bush service to Alaska's vast Koyokuk River region servi...
A singularly compelling debut novel, about a desert where people go to escape their past, and a truck driver who finds himself at risk when he falls in love with a mysterious woman.
Ben Jones lives a quiet, hardscrabble life, working as a trucker on Route 117, a little-travelled road in a remote region of the Utah desert which serves as a haven for fugitives and others looking to hide from the world. For many of the desert's inhabitants, Ben's visits are their only contact with the outside world, and the only landmark worth noting is a once-famous roadside diner that hasn't...
A singularly compelling debut novel, about a desert where people go to escape their past, and a truck driver who finds himself at risk when he fall...
