This book makes the case for a standing UN Emergency Peace Service. With this one development - effectively a UN first…

Disability Services and Disability Studies in Higher Education considers how the two fields of disability studies and…

By examining the various policy subfields of European economic integration such as agriculture, trade, banking, economic…

Offering an introduction to clanism and tribalism in the Gulf of Aden area, Dr Lewis uses these concepts to analyse security…

In the US and UK there has been a transformation in child care, family leave, social assistance and tax credits over the…

Dyson defines 'the fifth dimension' as our unending moment of consciousness - related Janus-wise to clock-time (the Second…

How do bank supervisors strike a balance between market self-regulation and pro-active regulatory intervention? This book…

Combining studies of demography, climate change, technology and innovation, political development, new actors in…

Capturing the history of Kashmir and its cultural and social evolution, Nyla Ali Kahn deconstructs the life of her…

The expert essays in this volume deal with critically important topics concerning Islam and politics in both the pre-modern…

Fictional narratives of the late twentieth century often cross boundaries. This study argues that the undoing of structure…

This book challenges the popular view that established ideologies no longer make sense in today's globalizing world.…

In modern democracies, existing moral pluralism conflicts with a commitment to resolve political disputes by way of moral…

This collection of essays throws vast new light on the most significant literary-political journal of the Romantic age. Its…

This book focuses on the role of the city, and its processes of mutual transformation, in poetry by experimental women…

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This new collection of essays by major scholars in the field looks at the ways in which cross-fertilization has taken place…

In this timely study, Pawling argues for a renewal of the 'politics of intellectual life', calling for an engaged critical…

This book examines the many routes forty or so women have taken to become president or prime minister of their countries and…

This book brings together two of the most influential thinkers in critical theory. By unmasking reality as contingent…

In the 1980s there was a marked increase in the number of hung local authorities or authorities in which there was no clear…

The author examines the rise of the BRICs and the supposed decline of the United States. Focusing on the boom years from…

This book examines negotiations on migration in the Mediterranean. It argues that migration is a bargaining chip which…

This book reviews the remarkable growth, diversity and challenges of child sponsorship. It features the latest progress in…

The book compares the theoretical debate with political developments in the region, from the beginning of the post-Cold War…

A discourse on the historical emergence of African American Churches as dynamic cultural presences which occurred in the…

Presenting works by Phyllis Bottome, Nancy Mitford, Elizabeth Bowen, Virginia Woolf, and Muriel Spark, the book shifts the…

This work offers a fresh perspective to the study of 'Europe' by placing the discussion of 'What is Europe?' and 'What is it…

The idea of the centralized State has played a powerful role in shaping French republicanism. But for two hundred years,…

Bridging feminist and cultural studies, the book shows how British and American women poets often operate as cultural…

This monograph makes clear how the format of the literary folio played a fundamental role in book history by encapsulating…

From this study of Mark Twain, Zora Neale Hurston, and Ana Castillo arises a new model for analyzing American literature…

This EU-funded project examines the dynamics of conflict, collaboration and competition in relation to access to oil, gas…

American dramas consciously rewrite the past as a means of determined criticism and intentional resistance. While modern…

This book explores the recent changes in U.S. foreign policy, examines the roles that the six primary actors (the President,…

Examines international cooperation in European security from a transaction cost economics perspective. This book addresses…

Through the works of key figures in ethics since modernity this book charts a shift from dominant fixated, objective moral…

This book explores the resistance of three English poets to Francis Bacon's project to restore humanity to Adamic mastery…

Two persistent dilemmas haunt school reform: curriculum politics and classroom constancy. Both undermined the 1960s' new…

What Katy Read focuses on a much neglected area of literary criticism: literature for girls. The study analyses both…

What will deregulation and globalization of financial markets mean for the future of US financial regulation? The peculiar…

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Multiculturalism has come under considerable attack in political practice, yet the fact of diversity remains, and with it…

This edited collection provides the first in-depth analysis of social policies and the risks faced by young people. The book…

This volume explores diverse ways of researching and theorizing the body. The different approaches to researching the body…

The Fascination of Film Violence is a study of why fictional violence is such an integral part of fiction film. How can…

A comprehensive exploration of theories of citizenship and inclusiveness in an age of globalization. The authors analyze…

This book explores how contemporary educational research and curriculum occlude the vital and enduring relationship between…

Top scholars systematically explore roles, rights, and responsibilities of major participants in UK education: the…

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