Transparency has become a global concept of responsible government. This book argues that the transnational discourse of…

When political 'extremists' - organized into parties that compete openly and successfully in democratic elections - enter…

This text presents all of the most memorable posts of the medievalist internet phenomenon 'Geoffrey Chaucer Hath a Blog',…

Race, Ethnicity and Publishing in America considers American minority literatures from the perspective of print culture.…

Much has been written about equal opportunity issues but little has been published about how organisations might provide…

The first edited volume to examine philosopher Slavoj Žižek's influence on, and his relevance for, theatre and performance…

In an increasingly mobile world with mounting concerns about the states' control of borders and migration, passports and…

This collection sets out how a gendered approach to political economy can help us understand the inherently gendered…

Teaching Creative Writing includes lively contributions from two dozen leading practitioners in the field. Topics addressed…

This book argues that we have moved into a new cultural period, automodernity, which represents a social, psychological, and…

This volume brings together established and rising scholars to revitalize political theology by examining conceptions of…

Using insights from psychology, sociology, anthropology, and the history of sexuality, Holmberg explores the ambiguity that…

This collection highlights the experiences of an international group of educators as they explore the art of teaching, the…

This lively new study is a critical cultural history of communication technologies, from railways and telegraphy to…

James Joyce's Teaching Life and Methods reveals the importance in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Ulysses, and…

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Combining literary analysis with a practical introduction to interdisciplinary literary geography, Literary Geograp hie s…

Exploring the relationship between space, place, and gendered violence as depicted in a range of South African writing,…

Education and the arts offer multiple, mutually clarifying lenses through which to examine and understand issues of poverty…

Islam and Modernity in Turkey addresses these questions through an ethnographic study of Islamic discourses and practices…

Volunteering and its nonprofit organizations have commonly been analyzed in economic terms, with volunteering being referred…

Development education is a radical form of learning that addresses the structural causes of poverty and injustice in the…

Is 'development' the answer for positive social change or a cynical western strategy for perpetuating inequality? Moving…

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Contemporary African Literature in English explores the contours of representation in contemporary Anglophone African…

The chapters differ from a majority of writings on the financial sector in that they are not dominated by economic or…

Slapstick comedy has a long and lively history from Greek Theatre to the present day. This book explores the ways in which…

A case-study based guide which showcases the individuals within organizations who nurture and sustain brands and bring them…

This book examines local government performance in key areas of social services and economic promotion in eight towns in the…

A collection of original contributions by philosophers working in the ethics of punishment, gathering new perspectives on…

Examining the role of memory in the transition from totalitarian to democratic systems, this book makes an important…

African-American Males and the US Justice System of Marginalization provides an overview of the economic and social status…

This book focuses on how Austen's life and work is being re-framed and re-imagined in 20th and 21st century literature and…

Shakespearean Echoes assembles a global cast of established and emerging scholars to explore new connections between…

Case-studies of major writers such as Swift, Joyce, and Heaney are set alongside discussions of relatively unexplored…

An investigation of the influence of gender, social class, age and illness type in the language of people talking about…

The author re-examines the concept of equality in international society, past and present. The view that equality…

Arnaboldi highlights the importance of one of the three pillars of the Banking Union, the common mechanism for insuring…

The essays of this collection explore how ideas about 'blood' in science and literature have supported, at various points in…

The unification of Germany set in motion one of the most interesting and uncharted developments of our era: the…

Produkt Britain and the Marshall Plan - Pelling, Henry zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele Palgrave Macmillan.…

This book discusses the relationship between financial liberalization, financial deepening and economic performance from…

This book analyzes the foreign policy decision-making processes of Presidents John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard…

This timely book provides a theoretical and empirical engagement with contemporary understandings of the governance of…

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This provocative analysis of American historiography argues that when scholars use modern racial language to articulate past…

This is the first book to examine debates about, and the practice of, state supplementing of wages. It charts the historical…

Integration and New Limits on Citizenship Rights is a state-centered analysis of citizenship, immigration and social…

Focusing on Faulkner, Morrison and Coetzee as authors, critics and Nobel Prize-winning intellectuals, this book explores…

Boardroom Secrets focuses on the, processes, and behaviours for a board of directors to ensure good governance. The book…

What kind of men were missionaries? What kind of masculinity did they represent, in ideology as well as in practice?…