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French Politics: Debates and Controversies

French Politics: Debates and Controversies

Robert Elgie

An alternative approach to the study of the state is provided by Ezra N. Suleiman. In his most recent work, Suleiman has pointed to the transformation of the French state (Suleiman, 1995). In this sense, as with Crozier above, there is a ...
The European Research Council

The European Research Council

Thomas König

the Commission's Management Achievements in 2006' (Brussels: European Commission, 30 May 2007), 3–4; Marc Bellens, 'The Ex-Post Audits: The Example of FP6', Presentation (Brussels: European Commission, 2 June 2008). 58. Antonis Ellinas and Ezra Suleiman, The European Commission and Bureaucratic Autonomy: Europe's Custodians (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012), 58; similarly, Antonis Ellinas and Ezra Suleiman, 'Reforming the Commission: Between ...
The Politics of Public Enterprise: Oil and the French State

The Politics of Public Enterprise: Oil and the French State

Harvey B. Feigenbaum

As Suleiman notes, “the development of oligopolistic enterprises in postwar France is . . . the result of policies that the ... "See especially Ezra N. Suleiman, “ Industrial Policy Formulation in France,” in Industrial Policies in Western Europe, ed.
Elites in French Society: The Politics of Survival

Elites in French Society: The Politics of Survival

Ezra N. Suleiman

These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions.
Dismantling Democratic States

Dismantling Democratic States

Ezra N. Suleiman

Richard Balme, while recognizing the special developments in the insular regions (Corsica and the four overseas territories), goes so far as to argue that “ the region in the top-down perspective, appears to be a mere springboard for state ...
The Failure of Presidential Democracy

The Failure of Presidential Democracy

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For an elaboration on the role of the deputy in the Fifth Republic, see Ezra N. Suleiman, "Toward the Disciplining of Parties and Legislatures," in Parliaments and Parliamentarians in Democratic Politics ( New York: Holmes & Meier, 1986), pp.
Public Administration, Sixth Edition, A Comparative Perspective

Public Administration, Sixth Edition, A Comparative Perspective

Ferrel Heady

MA: MIT Press, 1982); Ezra N. Suleiman, Politics, Power, and Bureaucracy in France: The Administrative Elite (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1974) , and Elites in French Society: The Politics of Survival (Princeton, NJ: Princeton ...
The European Commission and Bureaucratic Autonomy: Europe's ...

The European Commission and Bureaucratic Autonomy: Europe's ...

Antonis A. Ellinas

Europe's Custodians Antonis A. Ellinas, Ezra Suleiman. cambridge university press Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo, Delhi, Mexico City Cambridge University Press 32 Avenue of the Americas , ...
Abraham Ibn Ezra: The Book of Reasons. A Parallel ...

Abraham Ibn Ezra: The Book of Reasons. A Parallel ...

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This volume is the first product of a larger enterprise-a scientific edition of all twelve Ibn Ezra's astrological treatises-and offers a critical Hebrew text of the two versions of Ibn Ezra's "Sefer ha-Te'amim," the Book of Reasons, ...
ABC of Reading

ABC of Reading

Ezra Pound

In celebration of what would have been Ezra Pound's 125th birthday comes a new edition of the author's classic book about the meaning of literature, now with a new introduction. Reissue.
The Selected Letters of Ezra Pound, 1907-1941

The Selected Letters of Ezra Pound, 1907-1941

Ezra Pound

Originally published in 1950 under title: The letters of Ezra Pound, 1907-1941.
Ezra and Nehemiah

Ezra and Nehemiah

H. G. M. Williamson

As the only historical source available for the period of the Jewish return from the Babylonian exile and its aftermath, the books of Ezra and Nehemiah are crucial for those who would study not only the political, but also the religious and ...
Pound/Joyce; the Letters of Ezra Pound to James Joyce: With ...

Pound/Joyce; the Letters of Ezra Pound to James Joyce: With ...

Ezra Pound

The letters of Ezra Pound to James Joyce with Pound's critical essays and articles about Joyce. This is the record of one of the most interesting personal relationships of modern literature.
Ezra the Scribe: The Development of Ezra 7-10 and Nehemiah 8

Ezra the Scribe: The Development of Ezra 7-10 and Nehemiah 8

Juha Pakkala

With a detailed literary critical analysis, the investigation shows that the text was produced in several successive editorial phases for at least two centuries. Thus the final text cannot be used for historical purposes.
Justification by Faith: The Origin and Development of a ...

Justification by Faith: The Origin and Development of a ...

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EXCURSUS: AN ASSESSMENT OF LONGENECKER'S TREATMENT OF 4 EZRA Working against the backdrop of covenantal nomism, and Sanders's admission that 4 Ezra does not fit this 'pattern of religion,' Bruce Longenecker has argued ...
A Draft of XXX Cantos

A Draft of XXX Cantos

Ezra Pound

The Cantos have been called Ezra Pound's intellectual diary, composed over the course of sixty years.
Reading Ruth in the Restoration Period: A Call for Inclusion

Reading Ruth in the Restoration Period: A Call for Inclusion

Edward Allen Jones III

Juha Pakkala, “The Quotations and References of the Pentateuchal Laws in Ezra –Nehemiah,” in Changes in Scripture: Rewriting and Interpreting Authoritative Traditions in the Second Temple Period (ed. Hanne von Weissenberg, Juha Pakkala, and Marko Marttila; BZAW 419; Berlin: de Gruyter, 2011), 206–8. 85. For a discussion of whether or not Amorites should be read as Edomites in Ezra 9:1, see Williamson, Ezra, Nehemiah, 131. 86. See Pakkala for a discussion of the subtle ...
The Chapel at Ronchamp

The Chapel at Ronchamp

Ezra Stoller

The Building Blocks series presents icons of modern architecture as interpreted by Ezra Stoller, whose photography has defined the way postwar architecture has been viewed by architects, historians, and the public at large.
Ezra and the Law in History and Tradition

Ezra and the Law in History and Tradition

Lisbeth S. Fried

She relates the stories told about Ezra by medieval Christians to explain why their Greek Old Testament differs from the Hebrew Bible, as well as the explanations offered by medieval Samaritans concerning how their Samaritan Bible varies ...
Literary Essays of Ezra Pound

Literary Essays of Ezra Pound

Ezra Pound

The contemporary significance and permanent value of Pound's criticism are revealed in these collected essays and reviews
Ezra and the Second Wilderness

Ezra and the Second Wilderness

Philip Y. Yoo

Pakkala, Juha. 'Intermarriage and Group Identity in the Ezra Tradition [Ezra 7–10 and Neh 8]'. Pages 78–88 in Mixed Marriages: Intermarriage and Group Identity in the Second Temple Period. Edited by Christian Frevel. LHBOTS 547. London: T&T Clark, 2011. Pakkala, Juha. 'The Quotations and References of the Pentateuchal Laws in EzraNehemiah'. Pages 193–221 in Changes in Scripture: Rewriting and Interpreting Authoritative Traditions in the Second Temple Period. Edited by ...
A Letter to Amy

A Letter to Amy

Ezra Jack Keats

Generations of children have read, re-read, and loved Ezra Jack Keats?s award-winning, classic stories about Peter and his neighborhood friends.
The Cantos of Ezra Pound

The Cantos of Ezra Pound

Ezra Pound

Provides the complete text of Pound's epic poem including a translation of Pound's Italian canto LXXII, Canto LXXIII, and a 1966 fragment concluding the work
The letters of Ezra Pound to Alice Corbin Henderson

The letters of Ezra Pound to Alice Corbin Henderson

Ezra Pound

These letters, which have never been published, span the years 1912 to 1949 and record not only an important period in American and European literary history but also the development of Pound's aesthetic and poetic voice.
Beyond Happiness: The Zen Way to True Contentment

Beyond Happiness: The Zen Way to True Contentment

Ezra Bayda

But Zen teacher Ezra Bayda shows us that it is only by dropping our pursuit of happiness and learning to surrender to what actually is--surrendering to the truth of our lived experience--that we can find the deepest and most lasting form of ...
Ezra Pound: Poet: The Tragic Years, 1939-1972

Ezra Pound: Poet: The Tragic Years, 1939-1972

Anthony David Moody

"This third and final volume of A. David Moody's critically acclaimed three-part biography of Ezra Pound opens at the outbreak of the Second World War.
World War i and the Cultures of Modernity

World War i and the Cultures of Modernity

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The Case of Ezra Pound Greg Barnhisel In one of his best-known poems, the American poet Ezra Pound condemns the First World War as a conflict fought on behalf of "an old bitch gone in the teeth {. . . } a botched civilization {. . .} two gross of ...
Translations

Translations

Ezra Pound

English translations by Ezra Pound of literature in various languages.
Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther

Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther

Leslie C. Allen

Allen explores Ezra-Nehemiah as a single literary text made up of three parts telling the story of three missions and the opposition they meet with. Esther is a story about a young girl who becomes queen.

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