The Routledge Companion to Central and Eastern Europe since 1919 (Routledge Companions to History)

The Routledge Companion to Central and Eastern Europe since 1919 is a compact and comprehensive reference guide to the area, from the Treaty of Versailles to the present day. With particular focus on the early nationalist and subsequent fascist and communist periods, Adrian Webb provides an essential guide to the events, people and ideas which have shaped, and continue to shape, central and eastern Europe since the re-ordering of Europe at the end of the First World War.  Covering cultural, economic, political, and environmental issues, this broad-ranging and user-friendly volume explores both the common heritage and collective history of the region, as well as the distinctive histories of the individual states. Key features include:    wide ranging political and thematic chronologies maps for clear visual reference special topics such as the economy, the environment and culture full list of office holders and extensive biographies of prominent people in all fields glossary of specialist terms.   With a wealth of chronological, statistical and tabular data, this handy book is an indispensable resource for all those who wish to understand the complex history of central and eastern Europe.

History

Webb, Adrian

Europe

Routledge

The Routledge Companion to Central and Eastern Europe since 1919 is a compact and comprehensive reference guide to the area, from the Treaty of Versailles to the present day. With particular focus on the early nationalist and subsequent fascist and communist periods, Adrian Webb provides an essential guide to the events, people and ideas which have shaped, and continue to shape, central and eastern Europe since the re-ordering of Europe at the end of the First World War. Covering cultural, economic, political, and environmental issues, this broad-ranging and user-friendly volume explores both the common heritage and collective history of the region, as well as the distinctive histories of the individual states. Key features include: <ul>
<li>wide ranging political and thematic chronologies</li> <li>maps for clear visual reference</li> <li>special topics such as the economy, the environment and culture</li> <li>full list of office holders and extensive biographies of prominent people in all fields</li> <li>glossary of specialist terms.</li> </ul> With a wealth of chronological, statistical and tabular data, this handy book is an indispensable resource for all those who wish to understand the complex history of central and eastern Europe.

This book is concerned, in essence with the quest for rationality in decision making, and is founded on the premise that improvements in the machinery of decision-making can actually lead to better decisions. The numerous initiatives of the 1960s and 1970s, established specifically to foster greater policy coordination have fallen foul of the changed political climate of the 1980s, in which the pressures of the marketing place have become the principal determinant of policy formation. Paradoxically, however, this shift has led to renewed interest in policy coordination and, in Joint Approaches to Social Policy, the authors seek to provide a clear understanding of its reality, rather than rhetoric.

Joint Approaches to Social Policy: Rationality and Practice

Politics & Social Sciences

Challis, Linda

Fuller, Susan

Henwood, Melanie

Plowden, William

Whittingham, Peter

Wistow, Gerald

Klein,Rudolf

Social Sciences

Cambridge University Press

Longman Companion to Germany since 1945 (Longman Companions To History)

This work provides information on the history of Germany since World War II. It opens with a chronology of developments from Allied occupation and the development of East and West Germany. Topics covered include: the workings of German government; and Germany's foreign relations.

Longman

This new Companion provides a wealth of information on the history of Germany since the Second World War including much material which is not readily available. Throughout, equal attention is devoted to East and West Germany and covers political, social, cultural, and economic developments. The author provides information on, for example, political parties and office-holders; living standards, crime and the environment; Germany's relationship with the European Union; and East Germany up to 1990. Attention is also devoted to topical issues such as opposition and dissent in the East, terrorism, neo-nazism and racial violence. An essential reference book for anyone studying, or teaching, postwar Germany in history or politics departments.

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<li>Huge coverage including: Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechoslovakia and its successor states, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia and Yugoslavia and its successor states. </li>
<li>East Germany and Austria are included where they are an essential part of the story or form an interesting comparison. </li>
<li>Discussion of economic, environmental, human and cultural issues in addition to political focus. </li>
<li>Designed for quick and easy reference. 
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The countries of Central and Eastern Europe have had their political, economic and geographical boundaries drawn and re-drawn at key moments throughout the twentieth century. This topical new guide to the region gives a comprehensive picture of the major historical developments since the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, and charts the transformations and upheavals of recent years. It pays particular attention to the early nationalist and then fascist, communist and new nationalist periods, highlighting similarities and differences within Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany, and including Austria and Germany where relevant to the story.Essential reading for anyone needing to understand the complex and turbulent history of the region, the volume offers key facts and figures supported by commentaries, chronologies, and biographical essays, and includes a glossary of terms and a full bibliography. 
Adrian Webb teaches European history at the Southampton Institute and is a regular contributor to the European Policy Analyst published by the Economist Intelligence Unit. He is the author of the Longman Companion to Germany since 1945.

Longman Companion to Central and Eastern Europe since 1919

Writing the History of Somerset

Butcher, Andrew

Halsgrove

Across the Generations: Old People and Young Volunteers (National Institute Social Services Library)

Hadley, Roger

Farrell, Christine

Routledge Companion to Central and Eastern Europe Since 1919

This new Companion provides a wealth of information on the history of Germany since the Second World War including much material which is not readily available. Throughout, equal attention is devoted to East and West Germany and covers political, social, cultural, and economic developments. The author provides information on, for example, political parties and office-holders; living standards, crime and the environment; Germany's relationship with the European Union; and East Germany up to 1990. Attention is also devoted to topical issues such as opposition and dissent in the East, terrorism, neo-nazism and racial violence. An essential reference book for anyone studying, or teaching, postwar Germany in history or politics departments.

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