This volume draws on disciplines as different as Psychology, Anthropology, History and Biology to explain when and why…

This book describes how Christian communities in South Africa have responded to HIV/AIDS and how these responses have…

How has popular film, television and fiction responded to the realities of an ageing Western population? This volume…

Through discussion of the ways in which major Northern Irish poets (such as John Hewitt, Seamus Heaney, Michael Longley,…

This groundbreaking book combines literary interpretation, gender analysis, and cultural, political, and diplomatic history…

Moving beyond the critical tendencies to identify gay and lesbian subcultures as either hopelessly immersed in consumer…

Huw Macartney examines the conflicting movements gripping Europe. He explains why 'more Europe and less democracy' seems to…

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A study of the media coverage of the Yemenite Babies Affair - the story of the alleged kidnapping of hundreds of Yemenite…

?This book analyzes how contemporary popular films with fantastic themes, including Candyman, Frozen, The Cabin in the…

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Through comparative studies of aid-supported infrastructure projects in East Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, the book examines…

Laura Hubner is one of the first critics to analyse the elements of 'illusion' in key films by Bergman and relate these to…

This book positions script analysis as a useful and pragmatic tool, which can guide the selection and implementation of…

This book explores what becomes of faiths when seen as social capital. In the grip of the current debt crisis, where the…

An inter-disciplinary, international collection that examines the mutual influences between law and culture through a series…

Majia Holmer Nadesan analyzes the Fukushima nuclear disaster and its radiological aftermath for the citizens of Japan and…

Through focusing on the sexual politics that have emerged out of post-apartheid South Africa, Spurlin investigates textual…

This collection offers a new reflection on rape in war time through 15 case studies, ranging from Greece to Nigeria. It…

Research shows that, while people around the world consistently nominate television as their most important news source,…

Increasing numbers of people from Western nations are leaving home to work within the developing economies of Asia. Here,…

Drawing upon current literature on the history and politics of therapeutic cultures and upon original, qualitative research…

Offers readers a telling glimpse of the social world in which militants are made, explaining how group physical training and…

This study examines Western responses to human rights abuses in Cambodia between 1975 and 1980, years which included the…

Science Fiction, Alien Encounters, and the Ethics of Posthumanism offers a typology of alien encounters and addresses a…

Steven Slaughter proposes an alternate approach, global civic republicanism, which seeks to retrieve the civic and public…

In so doing, it offers valuable lessons for understanding how public diplomacy has functioned in the past and can function…

Reforming the Common Agricultural Policy presents an unprecedented comparison of three successive major reforms of the CAP.…

Philanthropic foundations play an increasingly important role in attempts to enhance the performance of school systems.…

Integrating continental and Anglo-American traditions, the author exposes empathy as the foundation of the…

Visibility matters in contemporary societies; online, in the media and in the public eye. But who is seen and how? Are women…

This is the first book in either English or German to analyse the development of Germany's newest political party, the Left…

Breaking with the traditional approach to the continent's language question by focusing on the often overlooked issue of the…

This book traces the creative process in Yeats's writing, in his making and remaking of verse, and in the development of a…

The book examines the concept of citizenship in the light of normative ethical and political arguments as to the possible…

This collection examines the diverse material cultures through which early modern women's writing was produced, transmitted,…

How are ethnographic knowledge and anthropological theory created out of field experiences? Spanning Papua New Guinea,…

China's leaders are confronted with building a new support system in the countryside, shifting the burden in urban China…

Drawing on qualitative research with African actors and global health institutions, the authors explore the politics of how…

This work explores contemporary debates on migration and integration, focussing on Euro-Muslims. It critically engages with…

Anzac Labour explores the horror, frustration and exhaustion surrounding working life in the Australian Imperial Force…

This book argues for the ethical relevancy of contemporary fiction at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Through…

American Politics in the Age of Ignoranc e looks at ten policy myths and bad ideas that governments and public officials -…

This book is about the mundane, local, every day practices that constitutes democracy. Focusing on France and Finland, the…

Marchetti offers a revisionist account of James's contribution to moral thought in the light of his pragmatic conception of…

The world of political communication is morphing almost constantly into new areas and realities. Online-only news, Web 2.0…

This book explores the significant role education plays in the promotion of human development and gender equality in India,…

The study's findings offer policy-makers insights into the realities of ageing working migrants and advocates for a more…

Barack Obama has faced many challenges in reversing U.S. policy on the Middle East. This book highlights points of…

Dummett argues that the aim of philosophy is the analysis of thought and that, with Frege, analytical philosophy learned…