Multinational Federalism and Value Pluralism

Multinational Federalism and Value Pluralism

Author: Ferran Requejo

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-08-02

Total Pages: 142

ISBN-13: 1134272340

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This book addresses the issue of whether or not federalism be a fair and workable way of articulating multinational societies according to revised liberal-democratic patterns.


Federal Democracies

Federal Democracies

Author: Michael Burgess

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2010-02-25

Total Pages: 515

ISBN-13: 113515810X

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Federal Democracies examines the evolution of the relationship between federalism and democracy. Taking the late 18th century US Federal Experience as its starting-point, the book uses the contributions of Calhoun, Bryce and Proudhon as 19th century conceptual prisms through which we can witness the challenges and changes made to the meaning of this relationship. The book then goes on to provide a series of case studies to examine contemporary examples of federalism and includes chapters on Canada, USA, Russia, Germany, Spain, Belgium, Switzerland and the emerging European Union. It features two further case studies on Minority Nations and a Federal Europe, and concludes with two chapters providing comparative empirical and theoretical perspectives, and comparative reflections on federalism and democracy. Bringing together international experts in the field this book will be vital reading for students and scholars of federalism, comparative politics and government.


French Opera at the Fin de Siècle

French Opera at the Fin de Siècle

Author: Steven Huebner

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2006-02-02

Total Pages: 552

ISBN-13: 9780199719921

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This is the first book-length study of the rich operatic repertory written and performed in France during the last two decades of the nineteenth century. Steven Huebner gives an accessible and colorful account of such operatic favorites as Manon and Werther by Massenet, Louise by Charpentier, and lesser-known gems such as Chabrier's Le Roi malgré lui and Chausson's Le Roi Arthus.


The Prima Donna and Opera, 1815-1930

The Prima Donna and Opera, 1815-1930

Author: Susan Rutherford

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2006-08-10

Total Pages: 26

ISBN-13: 052185167X

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An examination of the female opera singer during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.


Opera Acts

Opera Acts

Author: Karen Henson

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2015-01-15

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 1107004268

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Opera Acts explores a wealth of new historical material about singers in the late nineteenth century and challenges the idea that this was a period of decline for the opera singer. In detailed case studies of four figures - the late Verdi baritone Victor Maurel; Bizet's first Carmen, Célestine Galli-Marié; Massenet's muse of the 1880s and 1890s, Sibyl Sanderson; and the early Wagner star Jean de Reszke - Karen Henson argues that singers in the late nineteenth century continued to be important, but in ways that were not conventionally 'vocal'. Instead they enjoyed a freedom and creativity based on their ability to express text, act and communicate physically, and exploit the era's media. By these and other means, singers played a crucial role in the creation of opera up to the end of the nineteenth century.


Conversations with Cézanne

Conversations with Cézanne

Author: Paul Cézanne

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 9780520225176

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This book gathers the commentary of people who knew the painter Paul Cezanne, especially in his later years. Now seen as one of the most influential of modern painters, in his 40s he returned to his village of Aix-en-Provence where, he worked in near obscurity and with great dedication until his death in 1906.


ILO Histories

ILO Histories

Author: Jasmien van Daele

Publisher: Peter Lang

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 548

ISBN-13: 9783034305167

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In 2009, the International Labour Organization (ILO) celebrated its ninetieth anniversary. The First World War and the revolutionary wave it provoked in Russia and elsewhere were powerful inspirations for the founding of the ILO. There was a growing understanding that social justice, in particular by improving labour conditions, was an essential precondition for universal peace. Since then, the ILO has seen successes and set-backs; it has been ridiculed and praised. Much has been written about the ILO; there are semi-official histories and some critical studies on the organization's history have recently been published. Yet, further source-based critical and comprehensive analyses of the organization's origins and development are still lacking. The present collection of eighteen essays is an attempt to change this unsatisfactory situation by complementing those histories that already exist, exploring new topics, and offering new perspectives. It is guided by the observation that the ILO's history is not primarily about «elaborating beautiful texts and collecting impressive instruments for ratification» but about effecting «real change and more happiness in peoples' lives».