How has feminism developed? What have feminists achieved? What can we learn from the global history of feminism? Feminism is the ongoing story of a profound historical transformation. Despite being repeatedly written off as a political movement that has achieved its aim of female liberation, it has been continually redefined as new generations of women campaign against the...

Poland has been building its market economy for slightly more than a quarter of a century and has been a member of the European Union for thirteen years. Currently, Poland can feel the results of the international crisis, but with some delay compared to the other European countries. Despite its stable economic development and relatively low unemployment, a deterioration in the quality of...

Capitalism has a history of several hundred years, while the socialist regime existed only for a few decades. But this pair of opposites was central to the history of the twentieth century. This book covers topics such as socialism, capitalism, democracy, and change of system.

Publikacja w języku angielskim stanowi wybór artykułów z dwóch książek poświęconych trudnym problemom w stosunkach polsko-niemieckich po II wojnie światowej: Problem reparacji, odszkodowań i świadczeń w stosunkach polsko-niemieckich 1944–2004 oraz Transfer - obywatelstwo - majątek....

Należy przede wszystkim pozytywnie ocenić wybór i sposób ujęcia problematyki będącej przedmiotem książki, gdyż jest to z jednej strony istotny przyczynek do badań nad rolą retoryki w marketingu politycznym, z drugiej zaś zarówno diagnoza jak i wnioski sformułowane przez Autora są niezwykle cenne z punktu widzenia praktyki politycznej i powinny stać się przedmiotem refleksji nad przebiegiem...

This monograph is the result of the research programme “Crises of the European integration process and the methods of overcoming them” financed by National Science Centre. This project was completed in September 2015 and realised between 2013 and 2015. The research team consisted of 28 members mainly from the Institute of European Studies at the University of Warsaw but also from the...

For courses in Introductory Psychology The most learner-centered and assessment-driven text available Throughout Psychology, Fifth Edition, Saundra Ciccarelli and J. Noland White employ a learner-centered, assessment-driven approach that maximizes student engagement, and helps educators keep students on track. The authors draw students into the discipline by showing how psychology relates to...

Publikacja anglojęzyczna – księga jubileuszowa z okazji 70. urodzin prof. dr. hab. Jana. J. Milewskiego. Professor Jan J. Milewski is and economic historian and one of the Nestors of African studies in Poland. Professor Milewski`s seventieth birthday falls in this year of 2007. The articles we are offering to readers in honour of this occasion have been provided by his friends, students,...

Publikacja anglojęzyczna zawiera zbiór artykułów przygotowanych przez zespół ekspertów i naukowców pochodzących z państwa kandydujących do Unii Europejskiej. Ukazuje proces przygotowań oraz samych negocjacji prowadzonych do 2001 roku. Publikacja powstała we współpracy z Uniwersytetem Warszawskim, Kancelarią Prezydenta RP oraz Agencją Własności Rolnej Skarbu Państwa.

Feminism is the insight that sexism exists, and the struggle against that oppression. The Penguin Book of Feminist Writing is a global anthology of feminist writers, edited and introduced with a major new essay by Hannah Dawson. Beginning in the fifteenth century with Christine de Pizan, who imagined a City of Ladies that would serve as a refuge from the harassment of men, the book reaches...

This book is a collaborative effort of scholars from Australian universities and prominent international researchers. It comes at a time when Central and Eastern European countries are celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the collapse of the Soviet Union. It examines the political, economic and social transformations that have taken place in the post-communist era. In particular, it...

Compiled by the State Council Information Office of China, the CCCPC Party Literature Research Office and China International Publishing Group, Xi Jinping: The Governance of China is published by Foreign Languages Press in Chinese, English, French, Russian, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, German and Japanese, distributed worldwide. This book is a compilation of Xi Jinping's major works from...

There is constant debate around the questions of what constitutes the 'just' distribution of goods and how we can assess existing distribution patterns. Some commentators mistakenly believe that there can be one simple, all-encompassing governing principle that automatically yields the 'fairest' results. In this book Grzegorz Lissowski argues that three types of principles need to be...

One Hundred Years Of Polish Diplomatic Presence In The United States: 1919–2019 to anglojęzyczna publikacja autorstwa Mariusza M. Brymory, która w wyczerpujący sposób opisuje dzieje polskiej dyplomacji z USA na przełomie ostatniego stulecia, począwszy od II Rzeczypospolitej, aż do czasów współczesnych. Autor wnikliwie przedstawił funkcjonowanie polskich placówek dyplomatycznych w Stanach...

This vintage book contains Immanuel Kant’s 1790 philosophical work, “Kant's Critique of Aesthetic Judgement”. Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) was a famous German philosopher, widely hailed as one of the most important figures of modern philosophy. This seminal volume provided the foundation for the development of modern aesthetics, and is highly recommended for those with a serious interest in...

"Książka podejmuje ważny temat dotyczący perspektyw rozwoju tożsamości UE jako globalnego aktora. Wiadomo, że jest to sprawa żywo dyskutowana wśród specjalistów. Próba budowania wspólnej identyfikacji w Europie ma dwa podstawowe wyzwania. Pierwsze dotyczy wzmocnienia polityki zagranicznej UE, a tym samym ma prowadzić do podwyższenia pozycji geopolitycznej Europy w stosunkach...

'This book is going to fundamentally change some of the most important conversations in your life-the ones you have with yourself.' - Adam Grant, bestselling author of Give and Take Malcolm Gladwell, Susan Cain, Adam Grant, and Daniel H. Pink's Next Big Idea Club Winter 2021 Winning Selection One of the best new books of 2021 - BBC Science Focus Magazine, The...

What is depression? Is it a persistent low mood or a complex range of symptoms? Is it a single diagnosis or a range of mental disorders requiring different treatments? And is there a way of curing such a complex, and diverse, condition? A sufferer of depression himself, science writer Alex Riley has spent years thinking about these issues as he was prescribed antidepressants and underwent...

Text Matters: A Journal of Literature, Theory and Culture, based at the University of Łódź, is an international and interdisciplinary journal, which seeks to engage in contemporary debates in the humanities by inviting contributions from literary and cultural studies intersecting with literary theory, gender studies, history, philosophy, and religion. The journal focuses on textual...

Parmi les cinq sens, l'odorat est certainement celui qui est le moins etudie par les litteraires, ce dont temoigne, sans conteste, la deficience flagrante de travaux qui lui sont consacres. Toujours est-il que, si nous comparons la situation de l'olfaction a celle des quatre autres sens, pour lesquels on dispose d'etudes nourries, nous constatons facilement que le sens olfactif n'a guere...