Fifteen years after the first Summit of the Americas, the world and the Americas have changed enormously. Competing…

What comes next for a former leader in a democracy - a Prime Minister or President obliged to leave office because they have…

This volume provides a thorough analysis of Turkey's accession to the EU and contributes to ongoing debates about the future…

A distinctive contribution to the politics of citizenship and immigration in an expanding European Union, this book explains…

It shows how the full range of Greene's writings was inspired and underpinned by his fascination with the essential human…

This book reconceptualises the concept of moral economy in its relevance for, and application to, the criminal justice…

Transatlantic Literature and Culture After 9/11 asks whether post-9/11 America has chosen the 'wrong side of paradise' by…

Offering queer analyses of paintings by Caravaggio and Puccini and films by Özpetek, Amelio, and Grimaldi, Champagne argues…

This collection from some of the best academic economists in Switzerland covers monetary economics, competition, health…

This book puts the short story at the heart of contemporary postcolonial studies and questions what postcolonial literary…

This is a study of modernism, sexuality, and subjectivity in the work of two leading women modernists. Each confronted the…

Featuring original essays by leading scholars in the field, this book explores the immense legacy of women playwrights in…

Many women writers in twentieth-century Britain were fascinated by the individual thought processes of their characters.…

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An in-depth study of early modern women's modesty rhetoric from the English Reformation to the Restoration. This book…

W. C. Fields was a virtuoso comedian, often called a comic genius, legendary iconoclast, and "Great Man," who brought so…

This book questions the view that religion and politics do not, and cannot, mix in pluralistic, tolerant and increasingly…

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The EU has long been seen as confederation that has failed to assert itself effectively on the international stage. In this…

Harold Laski (1893-1950) was perhaps the best known socialist intellectual of his era, with influence in the USA, India and…

A fresh look at the greatest poet of early eighteenth-century England, this highly readable book focuses on Pope's religious…

Banta draws upon essays in Vanity Fair by noted journalists, literary figures, and cultural critics in order to examine the…

The essays in this book seek to identify the mechanisms that determine the extent and nature of economic growth. The subject…

With an overview of the existing attachment theory literature and new contributions to the field, this book proposes that…

Considering the question of how levels of security allow state power to be increased to the point at which it infringes…

Offering a fresh approach to the study of the figure of the diplomat in the early modern period, this collection of diverse…

Ukraine under Kuchma is the first survey of recent developments in post-soviet Ukraine.…

Gender, Equality and Difference During and After State Socialism examines gender as a socially and culturally constructed…

This book highlights the problems that have developed as students lack either the social or cultural capital to take the…

The first of its kind, this collection will explore the ways that literature and journalism have intersected in the work of…

Towards a Sustainable University tackles the challenge of sustainability in universities. Universities are also a working…

An international trade emerged between 1870-1895 that incorporated the circulation of books among countries worldwide. A…

This is the only in-depth study of social policies in Southeast Asia. It compares social security, health, and education…

This interdisciplinary collection explores what mobility meant, and still means, in the specific contexts of Soviet and East…

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The author examines the indirect macroeconomic roots of the global financial crisis and Eurozone debt crisis: the escalation…

Offering multilayered explorations of Hindu understandings of the Feminine, both human and divine, this book emphasizes…

In reading Banville's novels through the work of key psychoanalytical theorists, John Banville's Narcissistic Fictions…

'Development' is what most people see as progress in the places where they live and in the ways they live. It is also linked…

This fascinating collection draws together perspectives on the future of writing in publishing, journalism and online sites.…

This book seeks to determine what is meant by 'evil' when used to describe actors and events in international politics.…

Both globalization and development are contested terms. Globalization versus Development addresses the implication of recent…

Honouring Ota Sik's economics, political life, and his social and humane concerns, this book brings together contributions…

Explores the paths of development unfolding from the inter-dependent histories of postwar Germany and the European…

This book examines how the concept of the poet as a male professional emerged during the Restoration and eighteenth century.…

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With an international line-up of contributors, this book examines challenges to racism in and through sport. It addresses…

Melding evolutionary theory and both animal and human ethology together with close, descriptive historical research on a…

This volume sets forth the evidence that will encourage states to take up this cause, provide advocates with the information…

A collection of essays from scholars around the globe examining the ethical issues and problems associated with some of the…

At the Fourth United Nations Congress on Women in Beijing in 1995, Muslim and Catholic delegations from diverse countries…

Terrorism is here to stay and it will probably beset the newly emerging democracies of eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.…