Offers readers a telling glimpse of the social world in which militants are made, explaining how group physical training and…

This study examines Western responses to human rights abuses in Cambodia between 1975 and 1980, years which included the…

Science Fiction, Alien Encounters, and the Ethics of Posthumanism offers a typology of alien encounters and addresses a…

In so doing, it offers valuable lessons for understanding how public diplomacy has functioned in the past and can function…

Philanthropic foundations play an increasingly important role in attempts to enhance the performance of school systems.…

Visibility matters in contemporary societies; online, in the media and in the public eye. But who is seen and how? Are women…

Breaking with the traditional approach to the continent's language question by focusing on the often overlooked issue of the…

This book traces the creative process in Yeats's writing, in his making and remaking of verse, and in the development of a…

The book examines the concept of citizenship in the light of normative ethical and political arguments as to the possible…

A collection of state of the art reflections by fourteen leading experts in the field of multinational federalism. Seymour…

This collection examines the diverse material cultures through which early modern women's writing was produced, transmitted,…

How are ethnographic knowledge and anthropological theory created out of field experiences? Spanning Papua New Guinea,…

China's leaders are confronted with building a new support system in the countryside, shifting the burden in urban China…

Drawing on qualitative research with African actors and global health institutions, the authors explore the politics of how…

This work explores contemporary debates on migration and integration, focussing on Euro-Muslims. It critically engages with…

Anzac Labour explores the horror, frustration and exhaustion surrounding working life in the Australian Imperial Force…

This book argues for the ethical relevancy of contemporary fiction at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Through…

American Politics in the Age of Ignoranc e looks at ten policy myths and bad ideas that governments and public officials -…

This book is about the mundane, local, every day practices that constitutes democracy. Focusing on France and Finland, the…

Marchetti offers a revisionist account of James's contribution to moral thought in the light of his pragmatic conception of…

This book explores the significant role education plays in the promotion of human development and gender equality in India,…

The study's findings offer policy-makers insights into the realities of ageing working migrants and advocates for a more…

Barack Obama has faced many challenges in reversing U.S. policy on the Middle East. This book highlights points of…

Dummett argues that the aim of philosophy is the analysis of thought and that, with Frege, analytical philosophy learned…

This book follows ten political economic histories since the 1970s, showing how different forms of partnership have…

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Since the height of the privatization debate in the 1990s, changes in government policy have resulted in significant…

Presenting a set of rich case-studies which demonstrate novel and productive approaches to the study of colonial knowledge,…

Analysing the historical circumstances and theoretical sources that have generated ideas about citizen and community…

This book uses political and socio-anthropological theory to examine the relationship between power, interest, and agency…

Through close analysis of several major novels of the past decade, including works by Don DeLillo, Philip Roth, Kathryn…

This volume is a call to re-examine assumptions about what care is and how it be practised. Rather than another demand for…

Disaster policies present a new challenge to the practitioners and students of global politics; this book explains how…

This book examines the gendered politics in the context of a merger of the women's and men's athletic departments at the…

Going behind the doors of the Treasury and Number 10, this book explores why successive British Prime Ministers from…

An exploration of whether politicians are perceived to keep their election promises. While scholars claim that parties act…

This book offers an exciting new take on the relationship between law and power. The 1856 Declaration of Paris marks the…

This book examines the facts concerning child labour in Latin America, how it varies over time; across countries; and in…

This volume investigates the policies and politics of extreme austerity, setting the crisis in Greece in its global context.…

This book provides the first dedicated introduction to the cultural writings and analyses of the radical West Indian thinker…

After 40 years of Cold War, NATO found itself intervening in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo and Afghanistan, where the ability…

The purpose of this book is to answer the questions that all responsible managers are asking or will ask on the subject of…

The Vulnerability of Corporate Reputation explores the role that reputation plays in the success and failures of companies.…

Analyzes why Left Parties enter national government, what they do when they get there and what effect this has on them.…

Turkey stands at a crossroad after a decade of adjustment to its severe debt crisis in the late 1970s. This volume brings…

This book juxtaposes the experiences of regions that have lived or are living through industrial transition in coal-mining…

Through a comparison of the telecommunications sectors in four small EU-countries, an outstanding cast of contributors…

An analysis of the new physical presence of Chinese companies operating in Latin America and the Caribbean, the associated…

In the changing geography of innovation, multinational corporations play a key role as creators of knowledge. Innovation and…