Factional Struggles explores the dynamics of conflicts among ruling elites within cities, dynastic courts, rural areas and regional noble lineages during the early modern period. Building on case studies from France, Italy, the Empire and the Swiss Confederation, the essays collected by Mathieu Caesar in this volume highlight how factions were formed and how they shaped political society from t…
In the long nineteenth century, dominant stereotypes presented people of the Mediterranean South as particularly passionate and unruly, therefore incapable of adapting to the moral and political duties imposed by European civilization and modernity. This book studies, for the first time in comparative perspective, the gender dimension of a process that legitimised internal hierarchies between N…
In this book Geert Reuten presents 21 of his previously published essays on the three volumes Marx’s Capital, dating from 1991–2019. The essays largely take the form of a summary of Marx’s text (a Volume or its Parts or Chapters) followed by an appreciation and (when required) a reconstruction. The book thus offers an overview of each of the three volumes of Capital, including their inter…
Education for Democratic Intercultural Citizenship (EDIC) is very relevant in contemporary societies. All citizens, but in particular teachers, curriculum developers, educational policy makers, and educational professionals in civil society (NGOs) have a crucial role in this. Seven European universities are working together in developing a curriculum to prepare their students for this important…
Dieser Open-Access-Sammelband zeigt, wie innovative Forschung und Lehre in der Volkswirtschaftslehre zu einer besseren Gesellschaft beitragen können. Eine Wirtschaftspolitik mit Ziel und Plan sollte auf rigorosem theoretischem Fundament stehen und sich auf verlässliche empirische Evidenz stützen. Damit die Forschung Wirkung entfalten kann, müssen die Forscher die neuesten Erkenntnisse in ei…
Buku akses terbuka ini merupakan prosiding yang telah direview secara menyeluruh dari Workshop Keamanan ISCIS (International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences) Internasional Pertama 2018, Euro-CYBERSEC (European Workshop on Cybersecurity) 2018, yang diadakan di London, Inggris, pada bulan Februari 2018. 12 makalah penuh yang dipresentasikan bersama dengan makalah tinjauan telah di…
Buku ini merupakan prosiding yang telah direview dari Simposium Internasional ke-31 tentang Ilmu Komputer dan Informasi, ISCIS (International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences) 2016, yang diadakan di Krakow, Polandia, pada bulan Oktober 2016. 29 makalah lengkap yang direvisi yang disajikan telah ditinjau dengan cermat dan dipilih dari 65 pengiriman. Makalah-makalah tersebut diorgan…
In The unity of the capitalist economy and state, Geert Reuten offers a systematic exposition of the capitalist system, showing that the capitalist economy and the capitalist state constitute a unity. In its critique of contemporary economics, the book argues that in order to comprehend the capitalist system, one requires a full synthetic exposition of the economic and state institutions and pr…
What would an alternative to contemporary capitalism look like? In this book, Geert Reuten sets out a detailed design of a democratic society organised in worker cooperatives, followed by an equally detailed democratic transition to it, thereby making a convincing case. In Reuten’s design, Workers constitute the single economic class. However, unlike in capitalism, there is no class that owns…