First published in 1982, Unions, Change and Crisis represents the first detailed, comparative, historical and theoretically grounded study of two of the major trade union movements of Europe. It brings together the results of the first part of the first major study from Harvard University’s Centre for European Studies. The book explores, first individually and then comparatively, the evolution of the French and Italian Union movements through the end of the 1970s. It will be of particular interest for students of trade unions, industrial relations and political economy in France and Italy, but also those interested in the comparative analysis of advanced industrial democracies more generally.

Unions, Change and Crisis: French and Italian Union Strategy and the Political Economy, 1945-1980

Ross, George

Lange, Peter

Vannicelli, Maurizio

Business & Money

Unwin Hyman

Jacques Delors and European Integration (Europe and the International Order)

A compelling examination by a leading scholar of European politics of one of the most important dynamics of the post-Cold War world, this text outlines the successes and failures of European integration up to 1992 and analyzes the pitfalls that may lie ahead.  Identifying a profound "democratic deficit" in the continental political system, George Ross shows how the European Commission, a powerful bureaucracy that does things for and to the peoples of the European Community largely behind their backs, serves as the EC's engine of progress rather than the much more democratic, but far weaker, European Parliament.  Ross evaluates the prospects for further political and economic integration in light of this problem, in the face of opposition from some member countries, and in the wake of the revolutions of 1989.  With plentiful background information on the structure, history, and function of the EC, this book will be a valuable resource for courses on European politics and international organizations.

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Oxford University Press

<p>A compelling examination by a leading scholar of European politics of one of the most important dynamics of the post-Cold War world, this text outlines the successes and failures of European integration up to 1992 and analyzes the pitfalls that may lie ahead. Identifying a profound "democratic deficit" in the continental political system, George Ross shows how the European Commission, a powerful bureaucracy that does things for and to the peoples of the European Community largely behind their backs, serves as the EC's engine of progress rather than the much more democratic, but far weaker, European Parliament. Ross evaluates the prospects for further political and economic integration in light of this problem, in the face of opposition from some member countries, and in the wake of the revolutions of 1989. With plentiful background information on the structure, history, and function of the EC, this book will be a valuable resource for courses on European politics and international organizations.</p>

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Written by a chemical engineer rather than by a computer scientist, this book fills the gap between texts which teach computer languages or programming methods and chemical engineering texts which omit details of writing programs. In order to write a computer program and get it to work, general theoretical principles are not enough; one has to actually do the job. This is done in each case by first taking the reader through a manual calculation, then presenting a computer program to perform the same task. Explanation of how the program operates is given in some detail. Topics discussed in this way include: computer flowsheeting; interpretation and accessing of results and physical data; forward feed multi-effect evaporation; binary distillation; linear programming; introduction to finite differences with simple heat exchanger example; steady state multi-dimensional heat conduction; unsteady state heat conduction; solution of automatic control problems using finite differences. In each case, the necessary theory is fully introduced. The programs are written in BASIC - an easily learnt, moderately powerful language available on both mainframe and desk-top computers.

Computer Programming Examples for Chemical Engineers (Computer-aided Chemical Engineering)

Science & Math

Technology

Elsevier Science Ltd.

Computer Programming Examples for Chemical Engineers

Trump Strategies for Real Estate: Billionaire Lessons for the Small Investor

<i>Trump Strategies for Real Estate</i> offers unbeatable insider advice for every serious real estate investor—beginners and old pros alike. For more than twenty-five years, author George Ross has been one of Donald Trump’s chief advisors and intimately involved with many of Trump’s biggest real estate deals. Now, Ross teams up with bestselling real estate author Andrew McLean to present Trump’s real estate investment strategies so that even small investors can invest like Trump. You’ll learn how Trump identifies potential properties and how he finances, negotiates, and markets his big deals. Not everyone has Trump’s money or name, but everyone, even you, can use his tactics and strategies to win big in real estate.

Trump, Donald J.

McLean, Andrew James

Business Culture

John Wiley&Sons, Inc.

Workers and Communists in France: From Popular Front to Eurocommunism

Analyzes the relationship between the French Communist Party and France's unions

Univ. Of California Pr.

<p>Depicts the activities of the members of a Paris neighborhood division of the French Communist Party during the 1970s</p>

The View from Inside: A French Communist Cell in Crisis

Jenson, Jane

<p><i>Workers and Communists in France</i> analyzes the relationship between the Parti Communiste Français (PCF) and Confédération Générale du Travail (CGT), France's largest and most influential trade union organization. All trade union movements in advanced capitalist societies have had to develop mechanisms to achieve their goals within the labor market and the political realm. The nature of such mechanisms varies dramatically from society to society. George Ross examines a trade union movement whose philosophy and actions are derived from the political and organizational perspectives of the Communist Third International tradition. <i>Workers and Communists in France</i> submits the modern history of the relationship between the PCF and the CGT to the complex test of a cost-benefit analysis. How well has the linkage between party and trade union worked for French Communism, for French workers, for the French left, and for French society?<br /> <br /> &nbsp;<br /> <br /> Since World War II, the ties between the PDF and the CGT have enabled them to promote and perpetuate sharp notions of class and class conflict among French workers and French society in general. The CGT has been the central agency through which French Communism has shaped debate about the nature of French society, a debate with profound effects on the structure of French politics and intellectual life. On the other hand, the basic contradiction between the Communist Party's desire to use the CGT for partisan purposes and the CGT's need to generate mass support has never been resolved. This failure may have followed from the very structure of the relationship between the PCF and the CGT, as well as from consistently inappropriate strategic calculations by the PCF.&nbsp;<br /> <br /> &nbsp;<br /> <br /> &nbsp;Ross concludes that the Communist Third International's concept of the link between party and trade union is becoming obsolete. The future of Communism in France may well depend, therefore, on a reappraisal of the party's relationship with organized labor.<br /> <br /> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1982.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div></p>

Sociology

University of California Press

<p>This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1984.</p>

View from Inside: A French Communist Cell in Crisis

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Unions, Change and Crisis: French and Italian Union Strategy and the Political Economy, 1945-1980

Jacques Delors and European Integration (Europe and the International Order)

Jacques Delors and European Integration (Europe and the International Order)

Computer Programming Examples for Chemical Engineers (Computer-aided Chemical Engineering)

Computer Programming Examples for Chemical Engineers

Trump Strategies for Real Estate: Billionaire Lessons for the Small Investor

Workers and Communists in France: From Popular Front to Eurocommunism

The View from Inside: A French Communist Cell in Crisis

Workers and Communists in France: From Popular Front to Eurocommunism

View from Inside: A French Communist Cell in Crisis