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The complex life of Frederick of Aragon, second-born of Ferdinando I of Naples, is analyzed through a work of decomposition and interpretation of the data that concern to the political, cultural and ideological physiognomy of a character considered marginal in the the dramatic Italian events of the end of the XV century. Frederick represents instead, in his formation and his roles, the extraordinary experiment that was the Aragonese system of government, and the meaning of a whole political civilization: the Renaissance of the specula principis, of the political art, that can show once more the measure of its inexhaustible originality through the reconstruction of lives as this, transversals, uniques and deeply absorbed in the practice of the power.

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A Agência de Informação dos Estados Unidos (USIA), órgão criado pelo presidente norte-americano Dwight D. Eisenhower, foi a maior agência daquele país no exterior durante os anos 50 e 60, em número de funcionários e orçamento. No Brasil, a USIA chegou a ter mais de 60 postos locais espalhados por todo o país, fazendo constantes pesquisas qualitativas e quantitativas da opinião pública brasileira; produzindo materiais apócrifos para imprensa (jornais, rádios, TVs e cinema); organizando feiras e exposições; e promovendo intercâmbios educacionais, artísticos e culturais. Este livro se baseou, principalmente, nos arquivos do governo norte-americano e em entrevistas com ex-funcionários da USIA.

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Today's European Union is in an identity crisis as it seems to be losing its points of reference. The principles that upheld its creation are being increasingly questioned around the world and within the EU itself. Its chances to survive hinge upon its ability to deliver at home and abroad, without abandoning its values and principles but rather adapting and re-launching them. This volume offers policy options on key questions for the future of the EU: How to scale-up its role abroad? How to benefit from new partners without severing ties with traditional allies such as the US? How to contain Eurosceptic forces by reducing inequalities? And how to reinforce the euro while aiming at more sustainable and balanced growth?

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Der moderne europäische Kolonialismus hat die Ordnung der Welt tiefgreifend und dauerhaft verändert. Dies gilt für politische und wirtschaftliche, vor allem aber auch für "mentale" Strukturen. Eine kritische Auseinandersetzung mit der kolonialen Vergangenheit und ein Gedenken der Opfer sind in den ehemals kolonisierenden Gesellschaften dabei bisher weitgehend ausgeblieben. Dieser Befund trifft in unterschiedlichem Ausmaß auf Deutschland und die Niederlande zu, wie die Beiträge des Sammelbandes zeigen. Die Autorinnen und Autoren reflektieren den gegenwärtigen Stand der nachkolonialen Erinnerungskulturen in der Pädagogik, in literarischen Werken und im öffentlichen Gedenken. Neue Herausforderungen an ein bislang national geprägtes kollektives Gedächtnis ergeben sich durch die zunehmende Pluralisierung der beiden Einwanderungsgesellschaften. Schließlich wird nach der Zukunft von Erinnerung in einer sich entwickelnden Weltgesellschaft gefragt. Mit Beiträgen von Micha Brumlik, Kathrin Gawarecki, Matthias Heyl, Nicole Jansen, Anne Kerber, Reinhart Kössler, Rudolf Leiprecht, Helma Lutz, Gert Oostinde, Pamela Pattynama, Frank van Vree, Hasko Zimmer.

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This new volume presents a wealth of fresh data documenting and analyzing the different positions taken by governments in the development of the European Constitution. It examines how such decisions have substantial effects on the sovereignty of nation states and on the lives of citizens, independent of the ratification of a constitution. Few efforts have been made to document constitution building in a systematic and comparative manner, including the different steps and stages of this process. This book examines European Constitution-building by tracing the two-level policy formation process from the draft proposal of the European Convention until the Intergovernmental Conference, which finally adopted the document on the Constitution in June 2004. Following a tight comparative framework, it sheds light on reactions to the proposed constitution in the domestic arena of all the actors involved. It includes a chapter on each of the original ten member states and the fifteen accession states, plus key chapters on the European Commission and European Parliament. This book will be of strong interest to scholars and researchers of European Union politics, comparative politics, and policy-making.

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