Our Man In Warszawa

Author : Jo Harper
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789633863961

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Our Man in Warszawa by Jo Harper Pdf

Written by a Brit who has lived in Poland for more than twenty years, this book challenges some accepted thinking in the West about Poland and about the rise of Law and Justice (PiS) as the ruling party in 2015. It is a remarkable account of the Polish post-1989 transition and contemporary politics, combining personal views and experience with careful fact and material collections. The result is a vivid description of the events and scrupulous explanations of the political processes, and all this with an interesting twist – a perspective of a foreigner and insider at the same time. Settled in the position of participant observer, Jo Harper combines the methods of macro and micro analysis with CDA, critical discourse analysis. He presents and interprets the constituent elements and issues of contemporary Poland: the main political forces, the Church, the media, issues of gender, the Russian connection, the much-disputed judicial reform and many others. A special feature of the book is the detailed examination of the coverage of the Poland’s latest two elections, one in 2019 (parliamentary) and the other in 2020 (presidential) in the British media, an insightful and witty specimen of comparative cultural and political analysis.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 862 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Europe, Eastern
ISBN : PSU:000055584746

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East European Accessions Index by Anonim Pdf

Author : Kurt Weyland
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2024-01-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781009432498

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Democracy's Resilience to Populism's Threat by Kurt Weyland Pdf

The recent global wave of populist governments, which culminated in Donald Trump's victory in 2016, has convinced many observers that populism is a grave threat to democracy. In his new book, Kurt Weyland critiques recent scholarship for focusing too closely on cases where populist leaders have crushed democracy, and instead turns to the many cases where would populist-authoritarians have failed to overthrow democracy. Through a systematic comparative analysis of thirty populist chief executives in Latin America and Europe over the last four decades, Weyland reveals that populist leaders can only destroy democracy under special, restrictive conditions. Left-wing populists suffocate democracy only when benefitting from huge revenue windfalls, whereas right-wing populists must perform the heroic feat of resolving acute, severe crises. Because many populist chief executives do not face these propitious conditions, Weyland proves that despite populism's threat, democracy remains resilient.

Author : Eamon McGrath
Publisher : ECW Press
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781773050263

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Berlin-Warszawa Express by Eamon McGrath Pdf

Rollins’s Get in the Van meets Bidini’s On a Cold Road in an original fever dream While touring Europe, Eamon McGrath wrestled with one of the biggest questions on the mind of any touring artist: should you suffer for your art? The pain and heartache that goes along with a working musician’s lifestyle must serve as a means to some kind of cathartic end, McGrath argues — otherwise that torment served no purpose. In Berlin-Warszawa Express, McGrath fictionalizes experiences from his life and the lives of his peers to seek out meaning and significance in the tumultuous and emotional experience of living on the road. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} From boozy techno-fied weekends in Berlin, to punk squats in Prague, to the alleyways and barrooms of Vienna, McGrath chronicles the dramatic changes in emotion and culture occurring on both sides of the train window in this raucous debut.

Author : British Museum. Department of Printed Books
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1354 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : English imprints
ISBN : PSU:000030001084

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General Catalogue of Printed Books by British Museum. Department of Printed Books Pdf

Author : Library of Congress. Processing Department
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1134 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Europe, Eastern
ISBN : PSU:000055584531

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East European Accessions List by Library of Congress. Processing Department Pdf

Author : Library of Congress. Processing Department
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1150 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1958-05
Category : Balkan Peninsula
ISBN : PURD:32754079629469

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East European Accessions List by Library of Congress. Processing Department Pdf

Author : Howard Maxford
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 993 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-08
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476629148

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Hammer Complete by Howard Maxford Pdf

Think you know everything there is to know about Hammer Films, the fabled "Studio that Dripped Blood?" The lowdown on all the imperishable classics of horror, like The Curse of Frankenstein, Horror of Dracula and The Devil Rides Out? What about the company's less blood-curdling back catalog? What about the musicals, comedies and travelogues, the fantasies and historical epics--not to mention the pirate adventures? This lavishly illustrated encyclopedia covers every Hammer film and television production in thorough detail, including budgets, shooting schedules, publicity and more, along with all the actors, supporting players, writers, directors, producers, composers and technicians. Packed with quotes, behind-the-scenes anecdotes, credit lists and production specifics, this all-inclusive reference work is the last word on this cherished cinematic institution.

Author : Library of Congress. Processing Dept
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1162 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1958-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015085478447

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East European Accessions List by Library of Congress. Processing Dept Pdf

Author : Tadeusz Marek,Waldemar Karwowski,Marek Frankowicz,Jussi Kantola,Pavel Zgaga
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 1182 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-02
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781466572867

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Human Factors of a Global Society by Tadeusz Marek,Waldemar Karwowski,Marek Frankowicz,Jussi Kantola,Pavel Zgaga Pdf

During the last 60 years the discipline of human factors (HF) has evolved alongside progress in engineering, technology, and business. Contemporary HF is clearly shifting towards addressing the human-centered design paradigm for much larger and complex societal systems, the effectiveness of which is affected by recent advances in engineering, science, and education. Human Factors of a Global Society: A System of Systems Perspective explores the future challenges and potential contributions of the human factors discipline in the Conceptual Age of human creativity and social responsibility. Written by a team of experts and pioneers, this book examines the human aspects related to contemporary societal developments in science, engineering, and higher education in the context of unprecedented progress in those areas. It also discusses new paradigms for higher education, including education delivery, and administration from a systems of systems perspective. It then examines the future challenges and potential contributions of the human factors discipline. While there are other books that focus on systems engineering or on a specific area of human factors, this book unifies these different perspectives into a holistic point of view. It gives you an understanding of human factors as it relates to the global enterprise system and its newly emerging characteristics such as quality, system complexity, evolving management system and its role in social and behavioral changes. By exploring the human aspects related to actual societal developments in science, the book opens a new horizon for the HF community.

Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1566 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Copyright
ISBN : STANFORD:36105006357268

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Catalog of Copyright Entries by Library of Congress. Copyright Office Pdf

Author : Alexandra Richie
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 753 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781466848474

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Warsaw 1944 by Alexandra Richie Pdf

Historian Alexandra Rich presents the full untold story of how one of history's bravest revolts ended in one of its greatest crimes. In 1943, the Nazis liquidated Warsaw's Jewish ghetto. A year later, they threatened to complete the city's destruction by deporting its remaining residents. A sophisticated and cosmopolitan community a thousand years old was facing its final days—and then opportunity struck. As Soviet soldiers turned back the Nazi invasion of Russia and began pressing west, the underground Polish Home Army decided to act. Taking advantage of German disarray and seeking to forestall the absorption of their country into the Soviet empire, they chose to liberate the city of Warsaw for themselves. Warsaw 1944 tells the story of this brave, and errant, calculation. For more than sixty days, the Polish fighters took over large parts of the city and held off the SS's most brutal forces. But in the end, their efforts were doomed. Scorned by Stalin and unable to win significant support from the Western Allies, the Polish Home Army was left to face the full fury of Hitler, Himmler, and the SS. The crackdown that followed was among the most brutal episodes of history's most brutal war, and the celebrated historian Alexandra Richie depicts this tragedy in riveting detail. Using a rich trove of primary sources, Richie relates the terrible experiences of individuals who fought in the uprising and perished in it. Her clear-eyed narrative reveals the fraught choices and complex legacy of some of World War II's most unsung heroes.

Author : Jan Jacek Bruski
Publisher : Wydawnictwo UJ
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9788323395843

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Between Prometheism and Realpolitik by Jan Jacek Bruski Pdf

The Treaty of Riga of March 1921 did not signify real peace. It was soon followed by the outbreak of a Polish-Soviet cold war, which in the early 1920s threatened to reach a boiling point. One of the salient fronts on which it was fought was Ukraine and the Ukrainian question. The means by which it was waged – first by Poland, and subsequently, more successfully, by the Soviets – was by attempts to stir up centrifugal tendencies on enemy territory, leading eventually to the splitting up of the neighboring state along its national seams. Polish-Soviet rivalry over Ukraine had flared up at the Riga peace conference. In the following years both antagonists struggled to win over the sympathies of Ukrainians living on either side of the frontier River Zbrucz (Zbruch) and dispersed in various émigré centers, and the weapons employed were propaganda, diplomacy, nationalities policy, economic projects, political subterfuge, and armed irredentism. Jan Jacek Bruski's book addresses the first, very important phase of this Polish-Soviet tussle.

Author : Janina Falkowska
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2006-12-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780857458483

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Andrzej Wajda by Janina Falkowska Pdf

The work of Andrzej Wajda, one of the world’s most important filmmakers, shows remarkable cohesion in spite of the wide ranging scope of his films, as this study of his complete output of feature films shows. Not only do his films address crucial historical, social and political issues; the complexity of his work is reinforced by the incorporation of the elements of major film and art movements. It is the reworking of these different elements by Wajda, as the author shows, which give his films their unique visual and aural qualities.

Author : Christian Gerlach,Clemens Six
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9783030549633

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The Palgrave Handbook of Anti-Communist Persecutions by Christian Gerlach,Clemens Six Pdf

This handbook explores anti-communism as an overarching phenomenon of twentieth-century global history, showing how anti-communist policies and practices transformed societies around the world. It advances research on anti-communism by looking beyond ideologies and propaganda to uncover how these ideas were put into practice. Case studies examine the role of states and non-state actors in anti-communist persecutions, and cover a range of topics, including social crises, capitalist accumulation and dispossession, political clientelism and warfare. Through its comparative perspective, the handbook reveals striking similarities between different cases from various world regions and highlights the numerous long-term consequences of anti-communism that exceeded by far the struggle against communism in a narrow sense. Contributing to the growing body of work on the social history of mass violence, this volume is an essential resource for students and scholars interested to understand how twentieth-century anti-communist persecutions have shaped societies around the world today. Chapter 7 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.