The Rhetoric of Official Apologies: Critical Essays focuses on the many challenges associated with performing a speech act on behalf of a collective and the concomitant issues of rhetorically tackling the multiple political, social, and philosophical issues at stake when a collective issues an official apology to a group of victims. Contributors address questions of whether collective remorse is possible or credible, how official apologies can be evaluated, who can issue apologies on behal...

Since it achieved independence in 1957, the West African state of Ghana has become the torchbearer of African liberation, as well as a laboratory for the study of endemic problems facing the African continent. In terms of democratic consolidation, the country holds a unique position on the continent as beacon of stability and democracy. Politics, Governance, and Development in Ghana takes critical stock of the landmark themes that have dominated its history since independence. The contribu...

Grimdark in de polder biedt een verzameling verhalen die je meeslepen naar rauwe, meedogenloze realiteiten, waar niets zeker is en hoop slechts een illusie lijkt. Van de intrigerende politieke spelletjes in een vervallen rijk tot de strijd van antihelden die moeten overleven in een wrede wereld vol verraad en gevaar: Voor liefhebbers van A Song of Ice and Fire en Joe Abercrombie is Grimdark in de polder een must-read die de unieke Nederlandse en Vlaamse blik op het genre introduceert, met ...

He's a trained killer, but she's found his one weakness.The moment Jasper Walker hears Emily Jenkins's sultry voice, it's like a punch to the gut. An instant and heated reaction that winds its way through his heart and warms his skin. Then he hears the one word capable of breaking that electrifying connection: "son."That one word rocks his world sideways, triggering his "hell no" reaction—for reasons he keeps imprisoned in the darkest corner of his soul. A ...

De negende editie van EdgeZero geeft je de mooiste verhalen die in 2023 zijn gepubliceerd of hebben meegedaan aan fantastische verhalenwedstrijdenEen vakkundige jury van schrijvers, uitgevers, redacteurs en recensenten heeft zich voor deze editie over 310 verhalen gebogen en een top 30 geselecteerd van gerenommeerde auteurs en aanstormend talent.In deze EdgeZero de volgende verhalen van de genoemde auteurs:De laatste kuil - Charles van WettumW...

Horror in all seinen Facetten. Kurzgeschichten., Übersetzungen und Artikel des Genres Horror und Unheimliche Phantastik. Und das schon zum 23. Mal.

Romeo and Juliet is the play which, in English literature at least, effectively invented the modern love story. Its charm and its power derive from the romantic setting (Verona, an Italian Renaissance city), the youthful innocence and ardour of the lovers, and (perhaps crucially) the excitement and drama created by the opposition which they have to contend with, an opposition which does not simply stem from the older generation but which is starkly present in the feud between their two fam...

This timely book examines European and national standards and institutions for sustaining judicial independence and upholding the foundational value of the rule of law. It highlights the nuanced and essential role of independent courts in fostering the shared values of the EU against a background of democratic backsliding.Contributors present topical insights into how judicial independence has come under pressure in recent years, in the context of backlash against international cou...