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Colonial Contexts and Postcolonial Theology focuses on what postcolonial theologies look like in colonial contexts,…

A ground-breaking collection by thirteen distinguished international scholars; this volume presents fresh perspectives on…

This book offers a critical analysis of the effect of usage of locative social media on the perceptions and phenomenal…

This book examines contemporary relations between ethnic majority and ethnic minority women's movements in Norway, Spain and…

This book examines the connections evident between the simultaneous emergence of British modernism and middlebrow literary…

Drawing on in-depth ethnographic fieldwork, Wessendorf explores life in a super-diverse urban neighbourhood. The book…

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In 2010 the Conservative Party returned to office after over a decade of largely ineffective opposition to New Labour. This…

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What did it mean, in the rapidly changing world of Victorian England, to 'be a man'? In essays written specially for this…

More than three centuries later, Jonathan Swift's writing remains striking and relevant. In this engaging study, Atkins…

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In this systematic and mutual interrogation of radical democratic theory and Internet practice, contributors examine a range…

This collection of essays explores the emergence of economic societies in the British Isles and their development into a…

This study on New World-utopian politics in The Tempest traces paradigm shifts in literary criticism over the past six…

This important contribution to the study of the problem of order, which figures prominently in today's globalization debate,…

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The nature of global governance is changing, as are the standards by which we judge its legitimacy. We are witnessing a…

Drawing on key concepts in sociology and management, this history describes a remarkable institute that has elevated medical…

The creation of the EU's autonomous security policy in 1999 ended ten years of political conflict. In this book, the…

This study addresses the management of victims and victim policy under the Coalition government, in light of an increasing…

China's combination of authoritarian rule and a market-oriented economy has proven simultaneously appealing and a source of…

Across much of the world there is now a standard secondary school curriculum based on a traditional array of subjects. This…

Antecedents of Censuses From Medieval to Nation States, the first of two volumes, examines the influence of social…

From Mean Girl to BFF, Girlfriends and Postfeminist Sisterhood explores female sociality in postfeminist popular culture.…

Mick Mannock, Fighter Pilot is the authoritative life story of Britain and Ireland's most successful fighter pilot of the…

For the education system to remain responsive to the needs and demands of its multiple stakeholders it must embrace the…

This book explores the experiences of young people as they move through the Irish secondary educational system. With…

The World Bank and the IMF dominate policy-making in Africa today. This book considers the consistency between their…

In the French Republic political leadership is normally provided by the presidency, albeit from a very narrow constitutional…

In this book, Julius-Kei Kato lets the theories and experiences of Asian American hybridity converse with and bear upon some…

Focused on the role of Central Europe in international politics at the turn of the 20th century, the authors take stock of…

Romantic Cosmopolitanism shows how cosmopolitanism in the early nineteenth century offers a non-unified formulation of the…

Using Lacanian psychoanalysis and queer theory to explore the unstable relationship between heterosexual masculine identity…

This book analyzes and compares the police's inner city presence in France, the US, and Britain. Its authors' research…

This book provides a historical analysis of the philosophical problem of individuation, and a new trajectory in its…

Australian Women in Advertising in the Twentieth Century captures the stories of women working in the global advertising…

Presents the most important theories in Translation Studies that have emerged over the last 50 years. Particularly…

This book explores the discourse of regulatory crisis in the UK and examines why, despite the increasing contestation of the…

Focusing on global examples of gender equality, this collection explores non-dominant models of masculinity that represent…

This book provides an original approach to the determinants of stock exchange integration. With case studies of successful…

Media, Myth and Terrorism is a rigorous case study of Blitz mythology in British newspaper responses to the July 7th…

This text offers an in-depth examination of the influence of culture on welfare states. It suggests new ways in which…

Performance is the key outcome of high morale, and the reason why it should be taken so seriously: with research gathered…

The capacity to take part in dialogues and justify one's positions constitutes the normative core of critical social…

The book offers readings of discourses about food in a wide range of sources, from canonical Victorian novels by authors…

This book provides a comparative look at key issues that characterize and contextualize upper secondary science education in…

Looks at the political and social history of the Gold Coast in West Africa from the early 16th century to the second half of…

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In Mexico, the participation of intellectuals in public life has always been extraordinary, and for many the price can be…