Hungarian art historian Eva Forgacs examines the development of the Bauhaus School of architecture and applied design by focusing on the idea of the Bauhaus, rather than its artefacts. She reinterprets that idea in the light of the antagonisms marring the first year of the German Republic.

This study illuminates the problems connected with Hungary's transition to a civil society, while providing insights into the development of political culture and the rise of civic and national consciousness in Hungary over the last 150 years.

Many countries squander their wealth, enriching a minority, while corruption and mismanagement leave the majority impoverished. This book provides practical information to non-governmental groups on how to monitor government earnings and expenditures. It includes advice on effective analysis, building advocacy coalitions, and more.

This work describes the life of a talented young man living under extreme political conditions, paying particular attention to the unbearable 1980s . It portrays the difficulties encountered by a young intellectual trying to shape himself under the oppressive Ceauescu regime.

This text is about war as it is seen, lived and interpreted by women, based on interviews with seventy women refugees. Written by citizens of the former Yugoslavia who understand and appreciate the circumstances of the victims, it is a probing investigation into victimization.

This study examines the life and death of Franciscan preacher and reformer, St John of Capistran (1386-1456). The author explores the collections of the miraculous deeds of St John and analyzes them from four points of view including a philological evaluation of the collections.

Using evidence from surviving family papers and case studies, the reader is given an insight into a childs' life in Hungary during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries as well as a portrayal of family life in the Hungarian aristocracy.

Addressing the function of national identity in a modern society, two concepts of the origin of the nation are examined - political and ethnic. Using studies of ethnic minorities and their national attitiudes, the author concludes that national cultures are either `open' or `closed'.

Under Caeausescu's totalitiarian regime the philosopher Constantin Noica retreated to the mountains and surrounded himself with other intellectuals to discuss humanistic values. The author noted these conversations to compile The Paltinis Diary , banned until 1991.

A collection of documents about the short-lived uprising demonstrate that it was more than a ploy orchestrated by West Germany and the radio station RIAS, but was a response to the issue of work norms for increased time and output and a result of a new Communist regime uncertain of its place.

This volume of oral history contains new information about Stalin's actual and political family , the political Mafia and the clans around him. The author has interviewed key politicians who survived the Stalin era.

Polish liberalism has generally been considered weak or nonexistent. Janowski, however, argues that 19th century Poland inherited a strong protoliberal tradition and that in mid-19th century, liberalism was dominant in Polish intellectual life.

A work in the relatively new field of economic sociology, the author claims that the publicity-driven Gratis Economy , perhaps the greatest wealth creator in history, is integrating into the conventional non-profit sector.

This volume covers all the key factors of disinflation in transition economies: changes in money supply and money demand; exchange rate policy; currency crisis; fiscal policy; legal status of central banks; monetary policy strategy and changes in relative prices and in nominal and real wages.

Deals with the logic of toll-free services in all three sectors: government, business and nonprofit, and generalises the notion of voluntary work toward encompassing everything that is free of charge.