‘This riveting account of frontier expansion in Upper Canada in the nineteenth century gives today’s environmentalists plenty of food for thought – can we unlearn social conflict and the exploitation of nature so as to live sustainably t...
‘Surviving Post-Communism provides a wealth of data about the economic and social factors that guide and describe young peoples’ lives in politics in flux.’
– Fran Markowitz, Slavic Review ‘. . . an interesting book on young people in p...
‘Rich in documentation and precise in analysis. . . this volume will. . . engage the labour specialist and inform the interested Russian generalist as well.’
– Walter D. Connor, Slavic Review The Russian labour market has been hailed b...
‘This book is a thorough and insightful account of changes in social institutions and patterns of social relations resulting from political restructuring and economic reforms. This book is a valuable empirical addition to the historical-...
‘The book will be of great interest to specialists both on labour markets and labour relations in general and on the Russian and other ex-communist economies. It addresses fundamental issues, and deserves to be widely cited.’
– Philip H...
‘Previously untranslated and often unpublished, these writings - especially Pelletier’s fragmentary memoirs, which will certainly spark a controversial reassessment of that often enigmatic and troubled feminist pioneer - will delight ser...
‘This is an ambitious, informative and important book. . . . I recommend this book warmly’
– Ivan Szelenyi, Slavonic Review The collapse of communist governments in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union requires a major rethink of many so...
‘This important book chronicles the emergence of a new working class movement, and seeks to trace both its connections in the enterprises, and its impact on the political authorities. So little is known about this remarkable movement, th...
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‘. . . is a stimulating and provocative book. . .’
– Martin Myant, The Economic Journal ‘. . . it results in a useful collection which begins to lay the basis for a better understanding of interest group dynamics in post-communist econo...
‘Women in Market Societies provides an interesting read on issues central to feminist economics. Although this book was originally published in 1995, the issues remain relevant and the analysis continues to provide texture for continuing...
‘These essays raise the discussion of welfare-state theory to a new level of conceptual and political sophistication.’
– Nancy Fraser, Northwestern University, US ‘On an intellectual level I am very favourably impressed with this book. ...
‘Lessnoff’s book is recommended to all who are seeking a short and carefully constructed tour guide into Weber’s remarkable piece of intellectual history.’
– William N. Parker, Journal of Economic History Max Weber, recognized as one of...
