by Chris Cook and John Paxton (1978)
In compiling this volume the editors have aimed to gather together, in one volume, as many of the important political facts as possible for a critical period of European history. In addition this book has also been designed as a companion volume to the existing European Political Facts 1918-1973 and to the forthcoming European Political Facts 1789 - 1848. Once again the editors have taken all the countries of Europe, from Portugal and Spain to Tsarist Russia and the Ottoman Empire. Throughout the aim has been to provide comparable material, even though this has not always been easy to achieve, most particularly in the earlier part of this period, when reliable sources were extremely limited. For simplicity, the editors have adopted the use of the Gregorian calendar in this work.
Narcisse Dovenon
La dépendance économique vis-à-vis du Nigeria, la baisse du cours du coton, le manque de diversification de son économie, constituent les problèmes majeurs auxquels l'économie du Bénin est confrontée. L'agriculture, l'éducation et les infrastructures routières devraient constituer aujourd'hui des secteurs clés où l'Etat devrait pouvoir investir afin d'espérer dans les années à venir une véritable relance de son économie.
Eberhard Kienle
<">The author argues in this text that the much-vaunted reform and liberalisation of Egypt's economy has been partial and selective, far from beneficial to all Egyptians. While the encouragement of the private sector has indeed benefited some, it has failed to improve the standard of living of others, in particular the lower middle classes and a large part of the landless rural population. Most importantly, economic reform and liberalisation have failed to produce a greater degree of political democracy: notions of political accountability, clean elections, a genuinely free press, the containment of police powers have turned out to be a great delusion which masks restrictions on political participation and civil liberties.<">--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Francisco Martín Moreno
"A lo largo de los siglos, hombres y mujeres han sido arrastrados por el inevitable impulso de poseer a quien parece ostentar el sentido de la vida. Y de esta atracción impetuosa no se libran los grandes forjadores del destino de una nación, ¿qué apetitos y obsesiones sirvieron de causa para algunos de los protagonistas de la historia de México? Con su singular estilo, donde confluyen una rigurosa investigación y la maestría narrativa, Francisco Martín Moreno hurga en la memoria de nuestro país y se adentra en un viaje íntimo hacia el corazón y la alcoba de la monja, el dictador, el revolucionario, el político reformador, el emperador y el líder de la Independencia. Un libro que revela la condición humana y su inevitable rendición ante la pasión amorosa." --From publisher's description.
Eric Nelson
The founding fathers were rebels against the British Parliament, Eric Nelson argues, not the Crown. As a result of their labors, the 1787 Constitution assigned its new president far more power than any British monarch had wielded for 100 years. On one side of the Atlantic were kings without monarchy; on the other, monarchy without kings.