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From the Austrian Economics series
The Size of Government
Vaclav Rybacek
Vaclav Rybacek argues that many studies have underestimated the size of government, leading to erroneous policy recommendations and an unrealistic assessment of a government’s ability to meet its debts. Drawing on Austrian economic theory, the book offers a more robust methodology for the measurement of government.
From The Economics of Big Business series
The Economics of Oil and Gas
Xiaoyi Mu
This book examines the economics of the entire value chain of the oil and gas industry, from exploration, development, and production, to transportation, refining, and marketing. At each stage, the key economic costs, considerations, and appropriate business strategies are explored.
From the Balkan Politics and Society series
Dragon’s Teeth
Tales from North Kosovo
Ian Bancroft
Ian Bancroft provides an original ethnographic account of north Kosovo, mixing firsthand interviews and anecdotes with historical background and academic insight. The book goes to the heart of the border and boundary regions and mixed areas on the periphery to tell the stories of those caught up on the front lines of conflict.
The Vesels
The Fate of a Czechoslovak Family in Twentieth-Century Central Europe (1918–1989)
Josette Baer
This book deals with the Slovak National Uprising that was launched on 29 August 1944 in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia. In the West, the uprising is an under-researched topic in the history of WWII. The Slovak state was an ally of Nazi Germany, but the uprising proved that the population did not share the regime’s ideology.
From the Studies in Historical Philosophy series
The Poetic Apriori
Philosophical Imagination in a Meaningful Universe
Raymond C. Barfield
Theories about the nature and function of philosophical imagination depend on our understanding of what kind of universe we inhabit. Raymond C. Barfield discusses conditions that would be necessary if the universe is meaningful as a whole, and then develops a theory of philosophical imagination in light of that starting place.
The Child of the Sun
Royal Fairy Tales and Essays by the Queens of Romania, Elisabeth (Carmen Sylva, 1843–1916) and Marie (1875–1938)
Edited by Silvia Irina Zimmermann
The first two queen consorts of the Romanian monarchy, Elisabeth (Carmen Sylva) and Marie of Romania, became famous as writers during their lifetime. This affectionately collected, critically edited volume comprises the most notable tales and essays by the queen consorts.
Hiroshima-75
Nuclear Issues in Global Contexts
Edited by Aya Fujiwara and David R. Marples
75 years after the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a group of international scholars offers new perspectives on this event and the history, development, and portrayal of the utilization of atomic energy in military and civilian industries, civil nuclear power, literature and film, and the contemporary world.
European Social Work – A Compendium
Edited by Fabian Kessl, Walter Lorenz, Hans-Uwe Otto, and Sue White
This compendium takes stock of the fundamental developments transforming social work in Europe. It discusses visible and invisible changes and maps out where social work is positioned in the emerging post-welfare states. International experts give an overview of different aspects of crucial changes and explain where social work is headed.