Manchester University Press: 1049 books
Centre-left parties and the European Union
Power, accountability, and democracy
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2018
Does European integration contribute to, or even accelerate, the erosion of intra-party democracy? This book analyses the impact of European Union (EU) membership on power dynamics, focusing on the British Labour Party, the French Socialist Party (PS), and the German Social Democratic Party (SPD)....
European social democracy during the global economic crisis
Renovation or resignation?
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
This book makes an important contribution to the existing literature on European social democracy in the wake of the 2008 financial crash and ensuing recession. It assesses how social democratic parties have responded, at the national as well as at the European Union level. A wide range of leading...
Going to the dogs
A history of greyhound racing in Britain, 1926-2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2019
Greyhound racing emerged rapidly in Britain in 1926 but in its early years was subject to rabid institutional middle-class opposition largely because of the legal gambling opportunities it offered to the working class. Though condemned as a dissipate and impoverishing activity, it was, in fact, a...
by Mark Pitchford
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
A comprehensive study of the relationship between the Conservative party and the far-right in Britain from 1945 to 1975.
Empire and nation-building in the Caribbean
Barbados, 1937–66
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
This original and exciting book examines the processes of nation building in the British West Indies. It argues that nation building was a more complex and messy affair, involving women and men in a range of social and cultural activities, in a variety of migratory settings, within a unique geo-political...
Women, dowries and agency
Marriage in fifteenth–century Valencia
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2016
Examines labouring-status women in late medieval Valencia as they negotiated the fundamentally defining experience of their lives: marriage
Watching the World
Screen documentary and audiences
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
Watching the world extends the reach of documentary studies by investigating recent instances of screen documentary and the uses made of them by audiences
The politics of alcohol
A history of the drink question in England
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
An accessible and critically illuminating guide to the social, political and cultural history of alcohol in England. Covering areas including law, public policy, medical thought, media representations and political philosophy, The politics of Alcohol will provide essential reading for anyone interested in either the history of alcohol consumption
Christianity and democratisation
From pious subjects to critical participants
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
This book explores the contribution of different Christian traditions to the waves of democratization that have swept various parts of the world in recent decades. Written in an accessible style, it will appeal to students of politics, sociology and religion, and prove useful on a range of advanced undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
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Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
France’s presence on the African continent has often been presented as ‘cooperation’ and part of French cultural policy by policy-makers in Paris – and quite as often been denounced as ‘the longest scandal of the republic’ by French academics and African intellectuals. Between the last...
Witchcraft narratives in Germany
Rothenburg, 1561–1652
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
Looks at why witch-trials failed to gain momentum and escalate into 'witch-crazes' in certain parts of early modern Europe. Exames the rich legal records of the German city of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, a city which experienced a very restrained pattern of witch-trials and just one execution for witchcraft...
New Labour and the New World Order
Britain's role in the war on terror
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
The war on terror has shaped and defined the first decade of the twenty-first century, yet analyses of Britain's involvement remain limited and fragmentary. This book provides a comprehensive analysis of these developments. It argues that New Labour's support for a militaristic campaign was driven...
by Raymond Hinnebusch
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
This text aims to fill a gap in the field of middle eastern political studies by combining international relations theory with concrete case studies. It should be of benefit to students of middle eastern politics, international relations and comparative politics.
The West must wait
County Galway and the Irish Free State, 1922–32
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2099
The West must wait presents a new perspective on the development of the Irish Free State. It extends the regional historical debate beyond the Irish revolution and raises a series of challenging questions about post-civil war society in Ireland. Through a detailed examination of key local themes –...