Analyzes northern Mediterranean politics in light of demographic, economic, and social characteristics of Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Greece. Identifies ambivalence as the characteristic attitude relating to present and future politics, the economy, and the area's international position. (DB)

Briefly discusses the views of Claude Levi-Strauss and Robert Ardrey who cite Rousseau as a personal influence even though they hold opposing anthropological ideals. The author claims that this situation is due to misinterpretations of Rousseau's work. An interpretation of Rousseau's anthropology is given reconciling the differences. (BC)

Discusses Rousseau's role as a moralist and his views on modern morality, the natural man, sociopolitical order, and social engineering. The transformations of Rousseau's thoughts are discussed as they have influenced contemporary Anglo-American democracy and Marxist-Leninist-Maoist ideology. (BC)

Examines how social change in Europe has altered peoples' attitudes toward and interest in the history of European nations. Modern attitudes are characterized as less structured, less informed, and more escapist than traditional attitudes. (DB)

Characterizes Eastern European political reforms in the 1960s and 1970s and predicts political economic developments for the 1990s. Trends within Soviet leadership are analyzed in light of their relevance for developments within Eastern Europe. (DB)

A new kind of political history needs to be written. It should incorporate the knowledge and methodologies of the other social sciences as well as making politics part of general history. Politics as the study of power involves a type of analysis few nonprofessional historians are capable of conducting. (Author/MB)

Discusses improvement of relations between Western European governments and the Soviet Union and the parallel disillusionment of the revolutionary left political parties in Western Europe with the Soviet regime. (DB)

Focuses on the history and objectives of international cooperation in Western Europe since World War II and assesses the extent to which cooperation has contributed to the peace and prosperity of European nations. Problems discussed include political and economic miscalculations of government leaders. (DB)

Explains the plan and intention of the series of stories composing "Emile" in order to convince readers how imperative it is to study this work. In "Emile" Rousseau describes an ordinary boy and experiments with the possibility of his becoming an autonomous man. (Author/BC)

Discusses waves of economic instability, particularly inflation and unemployment, which have beset European economies since 1968 and connects these trends to greater politicization of industrial relations. (Author/DB)

Describes changes in cultural and psychological attitudes in Europe since World War II. Attitudes during the first phase of the postwar period are characterized by the return of positivism and a significant drop in ideological intensity. After 1960, European countries experienced an era of political activism, accelerated social change, and…