1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910458086903321

Autore

John Peter <1960->

Titolo

Local governance in Western Europe [[electronic resource] /] / Peter John

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, 2001

ISBN

1-4462-3059-7

0-7619-5636-0

1-281-24024-9

9786611240240

1-84787-650-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Collana

SAGE politics texts

Disciplina

320.8/094

Soggetti

Local government - Europe, Western

Comparative government

Electronic books.

Europe, Western Politics and government 1989-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; 1: From Local Government to Local Governance; 2: Local Government Systems in Western Europe; 3: Local Regimes in Western Europe; 4: The Europeanization of Sub-national Governance; 5: Privatization and the New Public Management; 6: Institutional Formation and Regionalism; 7: Leadership and the Local Executive; 8: Renewing Local Democracy; 9: Conclusions; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This work provides a comprehensive introduction to local government and urban politics in contemporary Western Europe. The author shows how local government institutions have been subject to change as a response to Europeanisation.



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996213127003316

Titolo

A companion to the Punic Wars [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Dexter Hoyos

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011

ISBN

1-4443-9370-7

1-78268-706-8

1-282-99019-5

9786612990199

1-4443-6175-9

1-4443-9371-5

1-4443-9369-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (571 p.)

Collana

Blackwell companions to the ancient world

Altri autori (Persone)

HoyosB. D <1944-> (B. Dexter)

Disciplina

937.04

937/.04

Soggetti

Punic wars

Rome History Republic, 265-30 B.C

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A COMPANION TO THE PUNIC WARS; Contents; List of Tables; List of Maps; Notes on Contributors; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: The Punic Wars; PART I Background and Sources; 1 The Rise of Rome to 264; 2 Early Relations between Rome and Carthage; 3 The Rise of Carthage to 264; 4 Manpower and Food Supply in the First and Second Punic Wars; 5 Phalanx and Legion: the "Face" of Punic War Battle; 6 Polybius and the Punic Wars; 7 Principal Literary Sources for the Punic Wars (apart from Polybius); PART II The First Punic War and Aftermath; 8 The Outbreak of war

9 A War of Phases: Strategies and Stalemates 264-24110 Roman Politics in the First Punic War; 11 Roman Politics and Expansion, 241-219; 12 Carthage in Africa and Spain, 241-218; PART III The Second Punic War; 13 The Reasons for the War; 14 Hannibal: Tactics, Strategy, and Geostrategy; 15 Hannibal and Propaganda; 16 Roman Strategy and Aims in the Second Punic War; 17 The War in Italy, 218-203; 18 War



Abroad: Spain, Sicily, Macedon, Africa; 19 Rome, Latins, and Italians in the Second Punic War; 20 Punic Politics, Economy, and Alliances, 218-201

21 Roman Economy, Finance, and Politics in the Second Punic WarPART IV The Last Half-Century of Carthage; 22 Carthage and Numidia, 201-149; 23 Italy: Economy and Demography after Hannibal's War; 24 The "Third Punic War": The Siege of Carthage (149-146 BC); PART V Conclusions; 25 Death and Transfiguration: Punic Culture after 146; 26 Spain, Africa, and Rome after Carthage; 27 Carthage and Hannibal in Roman and Greek Memory; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A Companion to the Punic Wars offers a comprehensive new survey of the three wars fought between Rome and Carthage between 264 and 146 BC.Offers a broad survey of the Punic Wars from a variety of perspectivesFeatures contributions from an outstanding cast of international scholars with unrivalled expertiseIncludes chapters on military and naval techniques, strategies, logistics, and Hannibal as a charismatic general and leaderGives balanced coverage of both Carthage and Rome