Books by Michael Mann

A riveting, magical adventure set deep underneath a richly reimagined London, Ghostcloud follows the adventure of twelve-year-old Luke when he meets Alma - a girl who is a ghostcloud - and who teaches him to ride the clouds high above the city.

First published as a chapter in Language in Zambia: Grammatical Sketches by the Institute of African Studies (now the Institute of Economic and Social Research) in 1977, this is the first in a series of publications on Zambian languages and grammar. The intention of the series is to boost the meagre scholarship and availability of educational materials on Zambian languages, which became particularly in urgent in 1996, following the decision of the Zambian government to revert to the policy of using local languages as a media of instruction. This volume provides a grammatical sketch of Icibemba - known in English as Bemba or Chibemba - the most widely spoken local language in Zambia. Bemba is the principal language of the Northern and Luapula provinces of Zambia, and extending into the Shaba Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is the common language of the Copperbelt region. The study includes sections on sounds, nominals, verbs and tenses, further kinds of words, and sentence patterns.

This book tells the story of the complete move in 1965/1966 of Alfred Bird and Sons Limited from central Birmingham to Banbury, in which a large proportion of the labour force was successfully transferred. Focusing on the relocation decision made by individual employees, the author also contributed to many varied areas of debate.

"Staten siger altid: L'état, c'est moi", skriver Niklas Luhmann.Dermed antydes en opfattelse af staten som et selvrefererende og selv-reproducerende system. Spørgsmålet er imidlertid: hvor kommer påvirkningerne af staters udvikling fra? - fra staten selv, fra andre stater og eksterne relationer, fra det omgivende samfund og interne sociale relationer eller er det noget helt fjerde?Staten, det er ... viser i et bredt perspektiv tendenserne i stats- og politikforskningen inden for marxisme, neo-marxisme og diskursanalyse, funktionalisme, neo-funktionalisme og post-strukturalisme, historisk sociologi samt international politik.Bogen er en bred præsentation af såvel angelsaksiske som kontinentaleuropæiske traditioner inden for stats- og politikforskningen. De enkelte bidrag er skrevet af danske human- og samfundsvidenskabelige forskere samt de udenlandske sociologiprofessorer Michael Mann og Bob Jessop.Staten, det er ... henvender sig til historie-, politologi- og sociologistuderende samt studerende fra andre samfundsvidenskabelige fag.