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The idea of a rebirth in the art and civilization of the western world during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries has proved an enduring one. Expertly traversing religion, art, history and culture, the author suggests that the region that produced Luther and Durer owed as much to its own past heritage as to new ideas from Italy.

E-Government, or the introduction, management and use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the public sector, has the ability to transform relationships between governments and citizens. This work presents a study on the citizen's perspective of its ICT-facilitated relationships with government agencies, and their implications.

Drawing on original research, this book offers the comprehensive portrait of the social and political structures of pre-colonial Kaybylia. It also challenges the influential writings of Ernest Gellner, and offers a different way to understand the complexities of contemporary Algerian politics.

Contemporary art is incresingly concerned with swaying the opinions of its viewier. To do so, the art employs various strategies to convey a political message. This book provides readers with the tools to decode and appreciate political art, a crucial and understudied direction in post-war art.

Europe's Immigration Challenge: Reconciling Work, Welfare and Mobility

Argues that governments across Europe need to devise labour market, welfare and immigration policies in an integrated fashion.

West or East? Modern or Traditional? Global or Local? Secular or Islamic? Turkish or Other? This title intends to look at the nuance which lies in between these opposites, analysing the explosion of civil society institutions under the aegis and protection of the EU Copenhagen Political Criteria.

Presents a cross-country examination of emerging trends in political communication in the Middle East, from Iran and the Mashreq to Egypt and the Gulf. It's a hard-hitting, enjoyable, ground-breaking book, challenging the traditional ways in which the communication of politics in the Middle East is conceived of and analyzed.

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