An exploratory study, based on group discussions and in-depth interviews of real managers, that examines different aspects…

This book applies theoretical models that reflect the mediated, hybrid, and nomadic global scenes within which GenX artists…

Through critical analysis of Turkey's transformation under the AKP, this book explores the relationship between domestic…

The rise of new powers such as China and India is sending shockwaves through the global multilateral system. This volume…

This book provides a critical perspective on people's response to disasters in the Philippines. It draws upon an array of…

Drawing on the discipline of stylistics, this book introduces a series of methodological tools and applies them to works by…

This is the first book to examine in-depth the EU's relationship with the UN and to analyze critically the EU's contribution…

How will the growing Islamic resurgence affect the political stability of the Middle East? What are the prospects for…

This interdisciplinary volume addresses the consequences of the fall of the Berlin Wall, from the revitalizing effect it had…

In this volume a series of contributions look at the impact of direct democracy on those processes of representative…

This book focuses on constructivist theory and collaborative interdisciplinary studies, showing how constructivist theory…

Using a political economy of health, Gender, Globalization, and Health in a Latin American Context demonstrates how the…

This book is concerned with the difficulties faced by modern Westerners in their search for a meaningful life. It sheds…

Looking at the work of J.L. Austin, who subjected language to a close and intense analysis, this book deals with his…

This edited volume documents the current reflections on the 'Right to be Forgotten' and the interplay between the value of…

This volume brings together original work from internationally recognized scholars that critically engages with the full…

Far from being the preserve of middle-class women from Northern Europe, au pairing is now booming worldwide. This…

While Doris Lessing was composing The Golden Notebook , she was intimately involved with Clancy Sigal and their relationship…

As thinkers in the market for knowledge and agents aspiring to morally responsible action, we are inevitably subject to…

This book is a collection of essays on ghostly fiction by Henry James. The contributors analyze James's use of the ghost…

This book is a survey of personal illness as described in various forms of early modern manuscript life-writing. Observing…

The idea of social injustice is pivotal to much contemporary moral and political philosophy. Starting from a comprehensive…

How does ideology in some states radicalise to such an extent as to become genocidal? Can the causes of radicalisation be…

Poverty and inequality have gained a new public presence in the United Kingdom. Literature, and particularly narrative…

The Intelligent Mind conceives the psychological reality of thought and language, explaining how intelligence develops from…

This book examines the evolution of national Arab media and its interplay with political change, particularly in emerging…

Analyzes the processes of privatization and entrepreneurial formation by countries and subjects, and points out the…

Global economic factors and the changing contours of work and workplace relations have led to a reorientation of the social,…

Human Service Organizations in the Disaster Context explores the efforts of human service practitioners to support…

Bringing the study of Chinese theatre into the 21st-century, Lei discusses ways in which traditional art can survive and…

Capitalism is defined as a multi-model economy, comprising of a market economy (including production, distribution and…

The normative power of the European Union has historically been a key element of its foreign policy. This study considers…

Studies the steps taken by a group of professionals from the Boomer generation as they move from a linear career path into…

Literary Aesthetics of Trauma: Virginia Woolf and Jeanette Winterson investigates a fundamental shift, from the 1920s to the…

This study collects the oral histories of residents of a single county in North Carolina who lived through the consequences…

This interdisciplinary project is situated at the boundary between literary studies and philosophy. Its chief focus is on…

Using narrative accounts from a sample of 69 New York City-based musicians of various genres who are self-acknowledged…

This study contributes to ongoing discussions on the connections between the environmental imaginary and issues of identity,…

This historical study of the development of social welfare systems in divergent countries draws on a variety of essays to…

Empirical studies of life science research and biotechnologies in Asia show how assemblages of life articulate bioethics…

There has been rapid proliferation of public-private partnerships in areas of human rights, environmental protection and…

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Notions of Identity, Diaspora, and Gender in Caribbean Women's Writing uses a unique four-dimensional lens to frame…

Long form scenic improv began with the Harold. The comic philosophy of this form started an era of comedy marked by support,…

This book presents original research of violence against women in both achieved and failed states (i.e.…

This text critically addresses, through college student voices, the American school reform movement in its rhetoric, policy,…

Manohar Pawar discusses the relevance and importance of social policy for water issues. By analysing several interrelated…

This book investigates the relationship developed between the researcher/evaluator and the commissioning arts and cultural…

This book explores what social justice looks like for rural schools in Australia.…