This book highlights the importance of the subnational level of governance in relation to sustainable development, exploring…

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…

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

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…

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…

In this collection of essays, a number of which have never been published before, Lawrence Freedman provides an incisive and…

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…

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

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.…

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

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…

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…

This book aims to explain some basic aspects of Hegel's conception of subjectivity with particular regard to the difference…

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…

From early in his career Jacques Derrida was intrigued by law. Over time, this fascination with law grew more manifest and…

From late 1970s hippie musicals such as Hair and The Rose through to recent civil rights portrayals The Help and Lee…

This book examines the experiences of gay and bisexual men who lived in Scotland during an era when all homosexual acts were…

The Luxury Market in Brazil provides a holistic and practitioners approach to luxury marketing in Brazil. The book analyses…

MedellĂ­n, Colombia, used to be the most violent city on earth, but in recent years, allegedly thanks to its 'social…

Poetry's relevancy as a tool for social and political change continues to be overlooked in a global context. Looking to…

We know very little about political dynamics in states that have just experienced an internal war, despite the increasing…

State, Anarchy and Collective Decisions provides an introduction to the applications of game theory to a series of questions…

This book explores the various choices speakers or communicators make when expressing power relations in modern societies.…

An exploration of how the nonrational aspects of schooling, especially ritual(s), have been harnessed to construct a…

This book engages with key theoretical and analytical issues in the field of media, communication and cultural studies.…

Using the concept of innovation capacity, this book, using recent field data from countries in Asia and Africa, competently…

This book is an innovative comparative study of persons of African origin and descent in two urban environments of the early…

Understanding the American stock market boom and bust of the 1920s is vital for formulating policies to combat the…

Culture, Politics, and Governing: The Contemporary Ascetics of Knowledge Production is a critical, interdisciplinary…

This book offers a detailed examination of the living arrangements and material circumstances of the poor betweeen 1650 and…

Dialectics in Social Thought examines the work of thinkers who used dialectics in their attempts to understand the world.…

Building on the philosophies of the social sciences and of religion, the book is concerned with the interplay between the…