Böcker av Wim Blockmans

This book explores the extent and circumstances under which the media affects public policy; and whether the political impact of the media is confined to the public representation of politics or whether their influence goes further to also affect the substance of political decisions.

Emperor Charles V - ruled a conglomeration of territory more extensive than that previously held by any ruler in European history. The relationship between the will of an individual and the power of structures in times of such mutability is at the core of Blockman's enquiry.

Includes the studies that treat many parts of Europe and deal with different phases in the period between the late middle ages and the nineteenth century. This collection provides a platform to reconsider the relationships between top-down and bottom-up processes in the history of the European state.