• Rok vydání 2017

With a clear exposition of a coherent theory base that does justice to the multi-level and multi-dimensional nature of…

Integrating guides to further reading and clear examples of how research methods can be applied, it enables readers to feel…

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This book launches an informative inquiry into the methods by which psychologists throughout history have arrived at the…

This book puts to the test the prominent claim that social class has declined in importance in an era of affluence, choice…

This book offers a critical introduction to professional ethics for social workers. It recognises that social work is…

Substantially re-written and updated, this new edition continues to highlight the importance of class to sociological study.…

A broad-ranging introduction to the provision, funding and governance of health care across a variety of systems. This…

This major new text on the theory and practice of public management moves away from descriptive accounts of its evolution to…

• Čeština

NGOs and the United Nations reveals how NGOs have changed their interaction with the UN since the mid-1990s. The case…

NATO has many European and global partner countries. The political and military utility of all these partnerships is clear;…

This book is a penetrating study of the long conflict between China and Japan. Drawing upon history, geopolitics and…

\nLocating literature at the intersection of distinct areas of thinking on the nature, scope and methods of knowledge -…

Innovative and multidisciplinary, this collection of essays marks out the future of Atlantic Studies, making visible the…

Community safety is a narrowly defined concept that allows states to ignore arguably more serious threats caused by…

A detailed exploration of the influence and utility of Thomas Malthus\' model of population growth and economic changes in…

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• Rok vydání 2012

It is common to hear that we live in unique, turbulent and crisis-ridden times and this turbulence, transformation and…

Somatic psychology and bodymind therapy (the simultaneous study of the mind and body) are challenging contemporary…

This book examines the achievements and limitations of democratization in Senegal - and Africa more broadly - as a result of…

Unlike most books on the ethics of war, this book rejects the \'just war\' tradition, proposing a virtue ethics of war to…

• Rok vydání 2015

Through empirical material as well as theoretical discussions, this book explores developments in gender-technology…

The figure of the stranger is in serious need of revision, as is our understanding of the society against which the stranger…

This book offers new analyzes of canonical texts, contextualizations of Romantic forms in relation to war, nationalism and…

Increasingly, the state reduces its social policy commitments towards securing the achieved living standard of former wage…

This book examines government/regulatory responses to the Asian Financial Crisis which brought unprecedented financial…

Rethinking the Roots of Terrorism seeks to explain why terrorism occurs. This study provides a comprehensive…

This book explores the cross-cultural reception of Derrida\'s work, specifically how that work in all its diversity, has…

This book highlights a hitherto neglected element of leadership - personality. Based around candid in-depth interviews with…

The one-stop guide to studying Psychology at degree level. This book provides a thorough introduction to psychology as a…

\'How to combine the community, the market, and the state in the total economic system is probably the most important agenda…

British Party Politics and Ideology after New Labour brings together academics and politicians to debate the intellectual…

\nThe book presents cinematic case studies in political realism versus political idealism, demonstrating methods of viewing…

Foucault on Politics, Society and War interrogates Foucault\'s controversial genealogy of modern biopolitics. These essays…

This work contributes to the development of a theoretical context of the politics of truth about animals. By applying and…

• Rok vydání 2011

This volume explores problems concerning the series, national development and the national canon in a range of countries and…

This book provides a reassessment of the writings of Hartley Coleridge and Dorothy Wordsworth and presents them in a new…

In this book, Richard Amesbury brings recent developments in Anglo-American philosophy into engagement with dominant…

• Rok vydání 2012

Modernist Nowheres explores connections in the Anglo-American sphere between early literary modernist cultures, politics,…

Some scientific categories seem to correspond to genuine features of the world and are indispensable for successful science…

The Radical Attitude and Modern Political Theory focuses on the appearance of modernity that can be best described as…

\nThe Conversation defines Heidegger\'s relevance to the philosophical agenda of the present century by illuminating his…

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• Rok vydání 2014

This unique comparative study examines minority representation and powersharing in Canada, Kenya, South Africa, Fiji, India,…

Spatial Representations and the Jacobean Stage offers a timely alternative to theatre criticism\'s neglect of the intensely…

Katie Wright explores how human wellbeing is constructed and how it \'travels\' across spatial boundaries. She draws on…

John Stuart Mill was one of the most important figures in political philosophy but little has been published on his ideas on…

Going beyond the controversy surrounding personhood in non-philosophical contexts, this book defends the need for a credible…

A comprehensive overview of feminist and environmental theories of society-environment relations, considering the range of…

Banking Reform in India and China seeks to explore the ways in which banking reform is conditioned by a variety of…