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In this book, leading experts in the field examine the effects of
the recent growth in concentration in the European food retailing
sector. In particular, the book develops a number of buyer power
propositions and builds on the previous work of several of the
authors, to consider how the growth of large supermarket chains
affects competition in food retailing. The authors outline the
theoretical and policy analysis underpinning the work and assess
evidence on the size and growth of supermarket chains across the
EU. Whilst not entirely critical, they suggest that there is strong
evidence in some countries that supermarkets use their buying power
to impose unfair terms and conditions on suppliers, particularly
affecting small suppliers. The authors use case studies, to provide
an in-depth analysis of four European countries, namely France,
Germany, Spain and the UK. The book ends with a discussion of
policy issues against a backdrop of likely future trends in
concentration in this area. Academics working in the areas of
microeconomics and industrial economics as well as those involved
in European competition policy more generally, such as lawyers,
civil servants and consultancy groups, will find this volume
enlightening.
Major developments have recently taken place in competition and
antitrust policy in both the UK and EU. Following an informative
overview, this timely volume presents authoritative accounts of
recent changes and clear analyses of current policy. As well as
discussing new developments in policy towards monopolies, mergers,
cartels and state aids, it features chapters on the treatment of
vertical restraints and regulated industries. The text also
includes a discussion of the relationship between competition
policy and intellectual property rights, and concludes with a
forward-looking assessment. Offering a concise account of
competition policy developments, this monograph will be of great
interest to academics in business and economics, as well as lawyers
in both jurisdictions.
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Les Miserables Volume One (Paperback, New edition)
Victor Hugo; Introduction by Roger Clark; Notes by Roger Clark; Translated by Charles E. Wilbour; Series edited by Keith Carabine
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With an Introduction and Notes by Roger Clark, University of Kent
at Canterbury. Translation by Charles E. Wilbour (1862). One of the
great classics of western literature, Les Miserables is a
magisterial work which is rich in both character portrayal and
meticulous historical description. Characters such as the absurdly
criminalised Valjean, the street urchin Gavroche, the rascal
Thenardier, the implacable detective Javert, and the pitiful figure
of the prostitute Fantine and her daughter Cosette, have entered
the pantheon of literary dramatis personae. The reader is also
treated to the unforgettable descriptions of the Battle of Waterloo
and Valjean's flight through the Paris sewers. Volume 1 of 2
This book investigates monopoly policy in the UK from 1973-1995
using all of the monopoly cases which the Monopolies and Mergers
Commission (MMC) reported on during this period. It provides a
rigorous analysis of 14 detailed case studies, and focuses
specifically on those cases where the MMC sought to introduce
change through price controls, termination of anti-competitive
practices or divestment. It assesses how effective such measures
have been in combating problems such as monopoly pricing,
collusion, predatory and discriminatory pricing and different forms
of vertical restraint. From the evidence, the authors discuss the
strengths and weaknesses of current policy and examine the scope
for reform. This book will be of interest to students and
researchers interested in competition policy, industrial
organisation, the British economy and business strategy.
Gender Inequality in Our Changing World: A Comparative Approach
focuses on the contemporary United States but places it in
historical and global context. Written for sociology of gender
courses, this textbook identifies conditions that encourage greater
or lesser gender inequality, explains how gender and gender
inequality change over time, and explores how gender intersects
with other hierarchies, especially those related to race, social
class, and sexual identity. The authors integrate historical and
international materials as they help students think both
theoretically and empirically about the causes and consequences of
gender inequality, both in their own lives and in the lives of
others worldwide.
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Madame Bovary (Paperback, New edition)
Gustave Flaubert; Translated by Eleanor Marx Aveling; Introduction by Roger Clark; Series edited by Keith Carabine
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With an Introduction by Roger Clark, University of Kent at
Canterbury. Translation by Eleanor Marx-Aveling. Castigated for
offending against public decency, Madame Bovary has rarely failed
to cause a storm. For Flaubert's contemporaries, the fascination
came from the novelist's meticulous account of provincial matters.
For the writer, subject matter was subordinate to his anguished
quest for aesthetic perfection. For his twentieth-century
successors the formal experiments that underpin Madame Bovary look
forward to the innovations of contemporary fiction. Flaubert's
protagonist in particular has never ceased to fascinate. Romantic
heroine or middle-class neurotic, flawed wife and mother or
passionate protester against the conventions of bourgeois society,
simultaneously the subject of Flaubert's admiration and the butt of
his irony - Emma Bovary remains one of the most enigmatic of
fictional creations. Flaubert's meticulous approach to the craft of
fiction, his portrayal of contemporary reality, his representation
of an unforgettable cast of characters make Madame Bovary one of
the major landmarks of modern fiction.
"Told in Rhyme with hilarious illustrations, this book wonders how
different animals would react when they try new foods." --I'm Not
the Nanny Did you ever wonder why we eat what we do? And why we
turn up our nose at something new? Why some people like what others
don't? Why some people eat what others won't? Do you think that's
true of other creatures too? Do Mice Eat Rice? is a witty, rhyming
story by author Al Wight, with humorous and imaginative
illustrations by Roger Clarke. Children are encouraged by this
multicultural children's book to consider what animals might or
might not eat, and by extension, what other people in different
parts of the world from different cultures eat that is very
different from what we do. Children will learn to eat lots of new
foods and be introduced to new animals, in a fun way.
This book features the behind-the-scenes stories of eighty
important moments in film history, both on and off the screen. From
Robert DeNiro's iconic "You talkin' to me?" scene in Taxi Driver to
the strange case of Brandon Lee's death while filming The Crow,
this book details the unique circumstances of artistic creation:
how the shot was made or the bizarre and often dangerous lengths a
director or actor will go to for the perfect take. Roger Clarke is
a Columnist and former Film Critic for "The Independent." He has
reviewed for the major film magazines including "Screen
International" and "Sight and Sound," written features for
"Variety" and reviewed and contributed to nearly all the national
newspapers in the UK. He has sat on international film juries
panels for the BFI London Film Festival and Palm Springs and
compared notes with Jonathan Ross for the BBC4 World Cinema Awards.
"Story of the Scene "features the behind-the-scenes stories of
eighty important moments in film history, both on and off the
screen. From Robert DeNiro's iconic "You talkin' to me?" scene in
Taxi Driver to the strange case of Brandon Lee's death while
filming The Crow, this book details the unique circumstances of
artistic creation: how the shot was made or the bizarre and often
dangerous lengths a director or actor will go to for the perfect
take. "Opens up the true stories behind the myths and legends, and
reveals much more besides."--"Sight and Sound" "Opens up the true
stories behind the myths and legends, and reveals much more
besides."--"Sight and Sound" "The concept here is one that will
have film buffs in seventh heaven . . . Clarke's obvious enthusiasm
for his subject communicates itself on every page."--"Good Book
Guide"
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Our Man Clark (DVD)
Roger Clark, Dickie Davies
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Three films from the Ford archives featuring British rally driver
Roger Clark. The collection features the 1971 Seven Dales Rally in
Yorkshire, the 1973 Scottish Rally and the 1972 RAC Rally - when
Clark, co-driven by Tony Mason, finally claimed victory on his
tenth attempt.
White Cargo is the forgotten story of the thousands of Britons who
lived and died in bondage in Britain's American colonies. In the
seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, more than 300,000 white
people were shipped to America as slaves. Urchins were swept up
from London's streets to labor in the tobacco fields, where life
expectancy was no more than two years. Brothels were raided to
provide breeders for Virginia. Hopeful migrants were duped into
signing as indentured servants, unaware they would become personal
property who could be bought, sold, and even gambled away.
Transported convicts were paraded for sale like livestock. Drawing
on letters crying for help, diaries, and court and government
archives, Don Jordan and Michael Walsh demonstrate that the
brutalities usually associated with black slavery alone were
perpetrated on whites throughout British rule. The trade ended with
American independence, but the British still tried to sell convicts
in their former colonies, which prompted one of the most audacious
plots in Anglo-American history. This is a saga of exploration and
cruelty spanning 170 years that has been submerged under the
overwhelming memory of black slavery. White Cargo brings the
brutal, uncomfortable story to the surface.
When the world-weary dandy Eugene Onegin moves from St Petersburg
to take up residence in the country estate he has inherited, he
strikes up an unlikely friendship with his neighbour, the poet
Vladimir Lensky. Coldly rejecting the amorous advances of Tatyana
and cynically courting her sister Olga - Lensky's fiancee - Onegin
finds himself dragged into a tragedy of his own making. Eugene
Onegin - presented here in a sparkling translation by Roger Clarke,
along with extensive notes and commentary - was the founding text
of modern Russian literature, marking a clean break from the
high-flown classical style of its predecessors and introducing the
quintessentially Russian hero and heroine, which would remain the
archetypes for novelists throughout the nineteenth century.
The fascinating true history of ghosts - how we see them and why we
believe in them, from Roger Clarke What explains spectral
sightings? Why do we fear the supernatural? What proof is there?
Growing up in a haunted house, Roger Clarke spent much of his
childhood trying to see a ghost. From the terrifying true events
behind Henry James's The Turn of the Screw to the frenzy of the
Cock Lane poltergeist, he takes us on a journey of belief with
ghosts of every kind.
With an Introduction and Notes by Roger Clark, University of Kent
at Canterbury. Translation by Charles E. Wilbour (1862). One of the
great Classics of Western Literature, Les Miserables is a
magisterial work which is rich in both character portrayal and
meticulous historical description. Characters such as the absurdly
criminalised Valjean, the street urchin Gavroche, the rascal
Thenardier, the implacable detective Javert, and the pitiful figure
of the prostitute Fantine and her daughter Cosette, have entered
the pantheon of literary dramatis personae. Volume 2 of 2
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Love Poems (Paperback)
Alexander Pushkin; Volume editing by Roger Clarke; Translated by Roger Clarke
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One of the many aspects of Alexander Pushkin's immense contribution
to Russian language and literature, and perhaps the one he is most
popular for, is his mastery of the love poem, a genre which he
perfected like few others before or after him. This volume contains
a selection of his most famous and enduring verse explorations of
love, such as 'I Loved You', 'Night' and 'I Well Recall a Wondrous
Meeting', pieces which are crowning achievements of the European
canon and still have the same timeless emotional resonance today.
First published in 1831, Belkin's Stories was the first completed
work of fiction by the founding father of Russian literature.
Through a series of interlinked stories purporting to have been
told by various narrators to the recently deceased country squire
Ivan Belkin, Pushkin offers his own variation on themes and genres
that were popular in his day and provides a vivid portrayal of the
Russian people. From the story of revenge served cold in 'The Shot'
to the havoc wreaked by a blizzard on the life of two young lovers,
from the bittersweet tones of 'The Station Master' to the
supernatural atmosphere of 'The Undertaker', this collection -
presented here in a brand-new translation by Roger Clarke -
sparkles with humour and is a testament to the brilliance and
versatility of Pushkin's mind.
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