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A collection of new, scholarly articles on the Jewish Workers' Bund - the first modern Jewish political party in Eastern Europe - written by prominent academics from eight countries. This work represents a broad range of perspectives, Jewish and non-Jewish, sympathetic to the Bund and critical of its work. The articles in this volume are fresh, make use of previously unused source material, and provide us with new perspectives on the significance of the Bund and its ideas.

Wednesday, April 14, 2004, a rainy afternoon in Providence, the city with quaint old houses, as H.P. Lovecraft put it. Inside the century-old building of The John Carter Brown Library, located on the thoroughly soaked Brown Green, a ceremony is conducted in the MacMillan Reading Room. The Ambassador of Spain to the United States, HE. Javier Ruperéz, has just been presented with the first volume of the Hakluyt Society edition of the Malaspina Expedition. After remarking on the importance of this publication, the ambassador turns his attention to the Director of the John Carter Brown Library, Dr Norman Fiering. In recognition of the services of the Library to the promotion of the culture and history of both Spain and the former Spanish colonies, Norman is appointed Commander in the Orden de Isabel la Católica.

THE DETROIT ALLIANCE FOR A RATIONAL ECONOMY (DARE) WAS ORGANIZED IN 1978 PRIMARILY IN OPPOSITION TO THE DOWNTOWN DETROIT DEVELOPMENT PLANS OF INDUSTRIAL AND BANKING INTERESTS. ITS EXPERIENCE IN PLACING ONE OF ITS MEMBERS ON THE DETROIT CITY COUNCIL IS CHARTED FROM THE IMPORTANT CAMPAIGN OPPOSING COLEMAN YOUNG'S "RENAISSANCE CENTER" URBAN RENEWAL STRATEGY, AND, SHOWS THE FORCES THAT UNDERMINED THE ALLIANCE'S ABILITY TO INFLUENCE DETROIT'S INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.

Within the context of where Europe is and should be heading, this book examines government at various levels, geopolitical as well as down to regional and municipal level. In the core is outlined the guideline of healthy, transparent and sustainable organization, with self-regulatory capacity, in all instances. This book also explains what one generally needs to know about economics, money and capital. Finally, it includes analysis and comments on the work of Thomas Piketty 'Capital in the 21st Century'

Part 1. The Kaohsiung Incident : A Tragedy of Errors? -- The Dangwai Setting -- The Kaohsiung Incident, the Arrests, the Indictment and the Murder of Lin I-hsiung's Family -- The Military Trial of the Eight Key Defendants -- The Other Important Trials -- How the Kaohsiung Incident Contributed to Taiwan's Democratic Movement -- Part 2. Memoirs of a Foreign Big Beard -- Memoirs of a Foreign Big Beard -- Rip Van Winkle Returns to Taiwan -- Reconsidering the Lin Family Murder Case after 35 Years

Taiwan is only one of four consolidated Asian democracies. Democratizing Taiwan provides the most comprehensive analysis of Taiwan's peaceful democratization including the past authoritarian experience, leadership both within and outside government, popular protest and elections, and constitutional interpretation and amendments.