'A rich contribution to the study of autobiography.' - James Olney Suzanne Nalbantian provides a precise and highly original…

Intermedial Shakespeares argues that intermediality has refashioned performances of Shakespeare's plays over the last two…

This work illuminates, identifies, and characterizes the influences and expressions of Bob Dylan's Political World…

Much has been made of the role of various media in the shaping of conflicts and political agendas in today's Arab world.…

This book is an advanced debate on the nature of scalar implicatures, one of the most popular topics in philosophical…

This work provides an in-depth case-study of decision-making in the Soviet Union in the Stalin era. It analyses the role of…

Examines recent evidence of a growing symmetry in the operation of devolution in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. This…

A Prelude to the Foundation of Political Economy is a groundbreaking volume of theory and strategy on political economy and…

HIV/AIDS is the major political challenge of our time. Based on empirical observations from all over the world, this book…

An exploration into the ways in which friendships, isolation and enemy-ships influence and affect our experience of work.…

This comprehensive, state-of-the-art reference work provides the first systematic review to date of how sociologists have…

An examination of the nature of middle power diplomacy in the post-Cold War era. As the rigid hierarchy of the bipolar era…

This book argues that today we live in the culture of the past that delimits our world and configures our potentialities. It…

This book presents case-studies in accountable government and the management of public funds, with particular reference to…

An examination of the future of economic policy in the next millennium, assessing the reasons for the shift to a more…

This detailed case study of Gazprom explores motivation behind the company's foreign policies, it's strategies and tactics.…

This book presents successful case studies in Muslim and Muslim minority countries that have revolutionized the…

The barriers erected by patriarchal, racist, classist and homophobic knowledge between mothers and daughters are explored.…

This comprehensive volume tackles all aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions activity - including regional concentration of…

This book surveys the cultural, literary, and cinematic impact of white-authored films and imaginative literature on…

Victorian traveller Mary Kingsley has been portrayed as a victim of nineteenth-century attitudes towards women, a brave and…

While much mainstream educational research maintains that teacher unions should be outlawed or their powers greatly reduced,…

This book explores the pressing issues of border control and infectious disease from the nineteenth to present day. The book…

A topical and authoritative examination of the current crisis in the fishing industry, offering a political analysis of the…

Economic globalisation has produced austere social jeopardy in extended parts of post-communist Europe with former…

This study investigates the role of youth in peacebuilding, and addresses the failure of states and existing research to…

This book explores the complex domain of social reality, asking what this reality is, how it is composed and what its…

Homelessness is now a much greater problem than twenty years ago. It traces how for centuries emergent laws have combated…

The end of Stalinist Russia, China's change under Deng Xiaoping and the publication of previously unexplored documents of…

This book presents a radical reappraisal of British policy towards West German rearmament until the Federal Republic's…

This book provides an assessment of contemporary international knowledge about the experiences of life after release from…

In this collection, leading international scholars provide their perspectives on the continuing role of the liberal…

Following the collapse of the former Yugoslavia, Croatian was declared to be a separate language, distinct from Serbian, and…

Social Issues in Sport introduces students to a sociological study of sport and is the first book to draw mainly from…

The book combines a historical and philosophical study of Russell's theory of descriptions. It defends, develops and extends…

Despite the explosion of interest in the "global 1968," the arts in this period - both popular and avant-garde forms - have…

By returning to the source and the source texts, this book deepens the understanding of certain important ideas and notions…

Dance Ethnography and Global Perspectives presents the work of dance scholars whose professional fieldwork spans several…

This book delves into the conscious and subconscious beliefs in Britain, France and the Federal Republic of Germany (all…

On June 3, 2015, the Greek Parliamentary Budget Office, the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, the Democritus…

This book examines India's new economy - its strengths, weaknesses and potential. The book covers three key areas of growth…

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Country studies are covered mostly by native Southeast Asian scholars who analyse recent developments as well as specific…

In this book, Radlo increases understanding of offshoring, outsourcing and international production fragmentation, and…

This book addresses essential questions about the determinants and dynamics of the French political system over the long…

A comprehensive socio-legal evaluation of the 2000 statutory recognition procedure over ten years of its operation. Whilst…

Proposing an aggregative conception of vulnerability, this book provides a new framework for understanding individual…

This study examines the impact of Buddhism on the political process of Asian countries in recent times. The intersection…

This collection of essays comprises a number of case studies from key wine-growing regions and countries around the world.…