Think of this as a course catalogue, with courses arranged into departments. As the great French mathematician and philosopher Rene Descartes once noted, if you really want to live, first…

Inspired by the groundbreaking work of Robert K. Merton on functionalist theory, this book shows how communist policies were repeatedly undermined by unintended consequences and outright dysfunctions.

This book is volume two of a three-volume work, Christianity Under Stress, which focuses on the experiences of Christian churches in contemporary communist and socialist societies. In this volume a…

Religious organizations in many countries of the communist world have served as agents for the preservation, defense, and reinforcement of nationalist feelings, and in playing this role have frequently been…

What do Mao’s Cockroach, a stuffed Jeremy Bentham, an ode to a semi-colon, and a rabbit in someone’s brain all have in common? They all come from the wonderful and…

Provides comprehensive insight into the situation of the Bosnian Diaspora, including not only experiences in ‘western’ countries, but also the integration experiences of Bosnian migrants in neighbouring territories, such as…

Mit Beginn der 1990er Jahre gelangte Jugoslawien mit einem Mal auf die Titelseiten der Weltpresse. Die jugoslawischen Nachfolgekriege der Jahre 1991-1995 liessen viele Betrachter annehmen, interethnische Gewalt sei ein fixer…

The collapse of the communist monopoly across Central and Southeastern Europe in 1989-1990 initiated a process of rapid change. This updated second edition comprehensively describes the post-communist trajectory of the…