This book offers a critical analysis on employing a universal understanding of poverty and suggests ways forward for poverty…

What according to democratic theorists should the ordinary citizen know about politics? What does several decades of…

This book discusses the empirical studies on how biological age influences foreign language learning in school. It provides…

The Poetry of Susan Howe provides a comprehensive survey of the major works of one of America's foremost contemporary poets.…

This collection of essays offers a fresh perspective on the definition and origins of terrorism, broadening the field to…

The first systematic analysis of why Britain and France parted company on the issue of European monetary integration.…

Why is it that government debt in the developed world has risen to world war proportions in a time of peace? This can…

Whilst the circulation of ideas, norms and practices is an important aspect of modernity, acts of resistance, imitation and…

This book analyses different forms of relations between labourers and employers in rural areas, and the bases of such…

Drawing on interviews with nurses, social workers, exotic dancers and hairdressers, this book explores the processes…

Markus Seidel provides a detailed critique of epistemic relativism in the sociology of scientific knowledge. In addition to…

Gathers 14 of Gordon S. Haight's essays on the life and work of Victorian authors and artists, among them George Eliot,…

Some two decades will shortly have passed since the WTO's Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights agreement…

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Holocaust education is a rapidly evolving and controversial field. This book, which critically analyses the very latest…

The study of Hollywood detectives has often overlooked the B-Movie mystery series in favour of hard-boiled film. Hollywood's…

This book is a detailed and comprehensive work which reviews the origins of Israel's Mediterranean identity, starting with…

This book recounts the rise of Kim Dae Jung from an oppressed region of Korea, beginning with his schooldays, his activities…

Since the pioneering work of Donald Davidson on action, many philosophers have taken critical stances on his causal account.…

This book explores changes and continuations in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer lives, identities and spatial…

In this new study, David Pattie examines the apparent contradiction between authenticity and theatricality in the live…

Investigating the relationship between ethnic pride and prejudice in the divided community of Cyprus, this book focuses on…

Out of the many challenges facing Africa today, there is the tendency of some to manipulate religious and ethnic identities…

EU Foreign Policy Beyond the Nation-State analyses how the 'three pillar' structure of the European Union influences…

Saudi Arabia and Yemen are two countries of crucial importance in the Middle East and yet our knowledge about them is highly…

Keith May discusses the development, and frequent misunderstanding of, tragedy - explaining the insights of Nietzsche in…

If science has replaced God, is life necessarily meaningless? This book argues that the advances of science and the retreat…

Thousands of women are murdered every year by close relatives for allegedly violating an unwritten social code or rebelling…

After discussing the dynamics of the primary campaigns, the authors examine three broad sets of issues that play a key role…

With renewed attention to German idealism in general and to Fichte in particular, this timely collection of new papers will…

This book contributes to an examination of Spanish in the United States as a language of selected uses and selected users,…

Based on analysis of archival and published sources, Opponents of the Annales School examines for the first time those who…

This study makes northeast Asia the focus of analysis on how the nuclear crisis in 2002-2006 affected strategic thinking.…

While there may be a consensus in the industry that hedge funds clones will bring better liquidity and lower fees, it is…

This book examines only-child experience in global perspective and offers an insight into the dilemmas and challenges…

The author argues that in the post-9/11 era, North America is evolving from a primarily economic space to a strategic…

The Politics of Addiction examines power and policy-making in the context of a bitter conflict between private and publicly…

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Activists and academics look back over ten years of 'politics from below', and ask whether it is merely the critical gaze…

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This book introduces embodied innovations into the circle of already recognised causes of economic crises. The author shows…

With its inclusion of original essays challenging the view of travel writing as a Eurocentric genre, this book will stand as…

Drawing on interviews with UK couples in distance relationships, this book seeks to explain, evaluate and advance…

Lisa Bellantoni argues that contemporary bioethics divides into two logically incommensurable positions: a cult of rights,…

What Morality Means examines the scientific theory of morality, drawing on zoological and physiological literatures in…

Herbert Spencer remains a significant but poorly understood figure in 19th century intellectual life. His ideas on evolution…

Panu argues that as long as neo-liberal governmental apparatuses map and rule society using this combination of "othering"…

Reading texts in relation to feminist, queer, and race theory and Buddhist philosophy, this book argues that an…

Using case studies of cholera, plague, malaria, and yellow fever, this book analyzes how factors such as public health…

Malton examines the literary and cultural representation of the financial crime of forgery from the time of massive…