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"The nation-state Belgium, born in 1830, and the polities that preceded it since ancient times, have played an important role in European and even global history. This introductory history offers a synthetical and non-specialist yet academically based view on the social, economic, political, and cultural aspects of its evolution"--

History of Belgium and Luxembourg --- Belgium --- C3 --- geschiedenis --- sociale structuur --- overzicht --- Kunst en cultuur --- History. --- Politics and government. --- Politique et gouvernement --- Belgique --- Histoire.

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Telling the neglected history of decolonisation and violence in Burundi, Aidan Russell examines the political language of truth that drove extraordinary change, from democracy to genocide. By focusing on the dangerous border between Burundi and Rwanda, this study uncovers the complexity from which ethnic ideologies, side-lined before independence in 1962, became gradually all-consuming by 1972. Framed by the rhetoric and uncertainty of 'truth', Russell draws on both African and European language source material to demonstrate how values of authority and citizenship were tested and transformed across the first decade of Burundi's independence, and a post-colony created in the interactions between African peasants and politicians across the margins of their states. Culminating with a rare examination of the first postcolonial genocide on the African continent, a so-called 'forgotten genocide' on the world stage, Russell reveals how the postcolonial order of central Africa came into being.

Sociology of culture --- Political sociology --- Internal politics --- anno 1960-1969 --- anno 1970-1979 --- Burundi --- Decolonization --- Political violence --- --Décolonisation --- --Violence politique --- --Politique et gouvernement --- --Relations interethniques --- --XXe s., --- History --- Politics and government --- Ethnic relations --- Decolonization. --- Ethnic relations. --- Political violence. --- Politics and government. --- 1900-1999. --- Burundi. --- Decolonization - Burundi --- Political violence - Burundi - History --- Décolonisation --- Violence politique --- Politique et gouvernement --- Relations interethniques --- XXe s., 1901-2000 --- Burundi - Politics and government - 20th century --- Burundi - Ethnic relations --- History.

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Elite (Social sciences) --- Civil society --- Political corruption --- Africa, Sub-Saharan --- Politics and government --- Economic conditions --- Social conditions --- Africa --- Philosophy. --- Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- Eastern Hemisphere --- Afrique --- Politique et gouvernement --- Philosophie --- Elite (Social sciences) - Africa, Sub-Saharan --- Civil society - Africa, Sub-Saharan --- Political corruption - Africa, Sub-Saharan --- Africa, Sub-Saharan - Politics and government - 1960 --- -Africa, Sub-Saharan - Economic conditions - 1960 --- -Africa, Sub-Saharan - Social conditions - 1960 --- -Africa --- -Political philosophy. Social philosophy

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Throughout medieval Europe, for hundreds of years, monarchy was the way that politics worked in most countries. This meant power was in the hands of a family - a dynasty; that politics was family politics; and political life was shaped by the births, marriages and deaths of the ruling family. How did the dynastic system cope with female rule, or pretenders to the throne? How did dynasties use names, the numbering of rulers and the visual display of heraldry to express their identity? And why did some royal families survive and thrive, while others did not? Drawing on a rich and memorable body of sources, this engaging and original history of dynastic power in Latin Christendom and Byzantium explores the role played by family dynamics and family consciousness in the politics of the royal and imperial dynasties of Europe. From royal marriages and the birth of sons, to female sovereigns, mistresses and wicked uncles, Robert Bartlett makes enthralling sense of the complex web of internal rivalries and loyalties of the ruling dynasties and casts fresh light on an essential feature of the medieval world.

Royal houses --- Kings and rulers, Medieval --- Monarchy --- Civilization, Medieval --- Kinship --- Ethnology --- Clans --- Consanguinity --- Families --- Kin recognition --- Medieval civilization --- Middle Ages --- Civilization --- Chivalry --- Renaissance --- Kingdom (Monarchy) --- Executive power --- Political science --- Royalists --- Medieval kings and rulers --- Dynasties (Royal houses) --- Royal families --- Royalty --- Kings and rulers --- History --- Political aspects&delete& --- Europe --- Politics and government --- Kings and rulers, Medieval. --- Civilization, Medieval. --- Monarchy. --- Politics and government. --- Royal houses. --- Political aspects --- Political aspects. --- To 1500. --- Europe. --- History of Europe --- anno 500-1499 --- anno 1500-1599 --- History. --- Royal houses - Europe - History - To 1500 --- Monarchy - Europe - History - To 1500 --- Kinship - Political aspects - Europe - History --- Maison royale --- Politique et gouvernement --- Monarchie --- Moyen âge -- 476-1492 --- Europe - Politics and government - 476-1492

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Les populations de nombreuses mégapoles du tiers monde ont dépassé de loin toute base économique apparente pour leur taille et leur survie. Dans ce volume, les spécialistes congolais et occidentaux des sciences sociales couvrent la plupart des aspects de la vie urbaine à Kinshasa, comment les gens ordinaires se bousculent pour une vie modeste; le fameux système de « négociation » kinois ordinaires se sont développés; et comment ils accèdent à la nourriture, à l’approvisionnement en eau, à la santé et à l’éducation. La NGOization de la prestation de services est analysée, tout comme l’incidence assez rare des émeutes urbaines. Tout aussi intéressantes sont les études des discours populaires (y compris la rumeur de rue, la sorcellerie, et les attitudes envers les grands hommes, comme les musiciens et les prédicateurs). Les études sont pleines des faits les plus surprenants et des phrases merveilleusement évocatrices inventées par les Kinois ordinaires alors qu’ils affrontent l’immense parcours d’obstacles qu’est la vie urbaine. Concret, lisible, intensément intéressant et toujours éclairant, ce livre est un modèle de la façon de faire de la sociologie urbaine dans le monde en développement d’aujourd’hui.

Political systems --- Sociology of environment --- Community organization --- Ethnology. Cultural anthropology --- Kinshasa --- Kinshasa (Congo) --- Politics and government. --- Social conditions. --- Economic conditions. --- Politique et gouvernement --- Conditions sociales --- Conditions économiques --- Order --- Social structure --- Politics and government --- Social conditions --- Economic conditions --- Sociology, Urban --- -911.3:32 <6> --- Urban sociology --- Cities and towns --- Geopolitiek. Politieke geografie--Afrika --- #A0504PSA --- Order. --- 967.5 --- 911.3:32 <6> Geopolitiek. Politieke geografie--Afrika --- 967.5 Geschiedenis van Zaïre (Kongo) --- Geschiedenis van Zaïre (Kongo) --- Conditions économiques --- 911.3:32 <6> --- Organization, Social --- Social organization --- Anthropology --- Sociology --- Social institutions --- Kinshasa, Zaire --- Kinshasha (Congo) --- Kinshasa (Zaire) --- Ville de Kinshasa (Congo) --- Ville-Province de Kinshasa (Congo) --- Leopoldville (Congo) --- Comportement social --- Communauté --- Pauvreté --- Sociologie urbaine --- Congo --- Social structure - Congo (Democratic Republic) - Kinshasa --- Kinshasa (Congo) - Politics and government --- Kinshasa (Congo) - Social conditions --- Kinshasa (Congo) - Economic conditions