Laura Manzano Baena Conflicting words

the Peace Treaty of Münster (1648) and the political culture of the Dutch Republic and the Spanish monarchy

The Peace of Münster, signed between the Catholic Monarchy and the United Provinces in 1648, went against the political culture of both polities. The fact that the Spanish Monarchy definitively accepted the independence of its former subjects clearly negated the policy put forward by the Monarchy during the 'eighty' years that the war lasted and to the Monarchy's declared main goals. For the United Provinces, signing a peace with the archenemy without having brought liberty and religious freedom...

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Engels | 284 pagina's (PDF, 2,4 MB) | Universitaire Pers Leuven, Leuven | 2017

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Peter Van Kemseke Towards an era of development

the globalization of socialism and Christian democracy, 1945-1965

A world of difference separates global politics in 1945 from 1965. In the twenty years after the second world war, a 'Third World' was added to the Cold War concepts of the 'First' and 'Second' worlds, and post-war decolonization had ushered in an 'era of development'. For the first time ever, theories and policies to eradicate underdevelopment became prominent on the global agenda and advanced to the top priority on the United Nations' agenda. This international evolution inevitably had a dramatic...

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Engels | 324 pagina's (PDF, 3,9 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017

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Jan Banning Red utopia

Fotoboek over overblijfselen van de communistische ideologie in India, Italië, Nepal, Portugal en Rusland, 100 jaar na de Russische Revolutie.

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Engels | Nederlands | 141 pagina's | Ipso Facto Publishers, Utrecht | 2017

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