On June 5, 1918, the 2nd Division, made up of soldiers and marines, launched an offensive on German lines at Belleau Wood. Using sources on both sides of the Atlantic and personally interviewing many of those who fought at the wood, Asprey combines excitement with detail and accuracy in telling of this major battle of World War I. He describes the ......
It is becoming more widely recognized that to move towards better dynamic representations of urban and regional processs, analytical frameworks are needed which simulate the characteristics and behaviour of individuals rather than of groups or aggregates of individuals. This volume reports progress with microsimulation, a methdology aimed at ......
This comprehensive textbook is the first to go beyond a West European perspective and provide a clear overview of the whole of European politics. Jan-Erik Lane and Svante Ersson address the similarities of key political features among states in Western, Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern Europe and look forward to political developments at ......
This text covers the important theoretical and empirical developments in the social psychology of collective life. Topics focused on include: groups, both small and large; social organizations and institutions; shared processes of sense-making; representation and discourse; and social norms and rules. The book follows social psychological ......
This text covers the important theoretical and empirical developments in the social psychology of collective life. Topics focused on include: groups, both small and large; social organizations and institutions; shared processes of sense-making; representation and discourse; and social norms and rules. The book follows social psychological ......
This is a review of democracy in the European Union. It deals with the two major challenges of interest articulation in the EU, political parties and lobbying; discusses how democracy becomes the key element in the linkage between the EU and its member states - using France, Italy and Belgium as examples; focuses on democratic aspects of key EU ......
This study of Jewish life in the High Middle Ages sheds light on the origins of modernity, including Jewish-Gentile relations, the Jewish role in early capitalism, the beginnings of Haskala (Englightenment) and of Hasidism.
Vulnerable Values in Western European Broadcasting
Modern broadcasting policy faces a number of challenges: how to regulate the growing commercial sector; the position and funding of public service television; and finding appropriate forms of public accountability in the changed media environment. Television and the Public Interest examines these challenges and how they are being addressed in the media systems of eight European nations. The authors' aim throughout is to identify the basic values that European policymakers, politicians, broadcasters and civic groups of all kinds regard as vulnerable in the new conditions and are striving to protect from market pressures. The book includes a wealth of information on broadcasting policy issues and practice in Western European nations and offers a major appraisal of the values enshrined in such policy, how they are protected institutionally in different systems, and how such systems are coping with the challenges of the new media landscape.
