This book brings together the newest and the most innovative scholarship on Nigerian children-one of the least researched…

In 1888 the name Jack the Ripper entered public consciousness with the brutal murders of women in the East End of London.…

This book analyzes and offers fresh insights into the trickster tradition including African American, American Indian,…

This book provides a comparative analysis of the impact of 'soft Europeanization' on higher education governance in Western…

Listening in a second language is challenge for students and teachers alike. This book provides a personal account of an…

The Mystery of Moral Authority argues for a sceptical and pragmatic view of morality as an all-too-human institution.…

An original investigation of the nature of the forces that make members and representatives both loyal and beneficial to a…

Putting into question the conventional view that the military is detrimental to democratic development, Dolman provides a…

The book examines the problems that plague contemporary American democracy. Written from the standpoint of democratic…

Adopting a perspective inspired by Henri Lefebvre, this book considers the spread of multiculture from the central city to…

This book examines the iconography of the Virgin of Guadalupe as a force for social justice and feminist emancipation within…

Does empathy help us to be moral? The author argues that empathy is often instrumental to meeting the demands of morality as…

This collection of essays traces the emergence of the Western poem from the standpoint of its collision with "American"…

Why do screen narratives remain so different in an age of convergence and globalisation that many think is blurring…

Representing a detailed analysis of footballers' wives and their role in contemporary British culture, this books explores…

An interdisciplinary approach to the study of women and property, combining literature, history, and economics. By looking…

The different versions of Hamlet constitute one of the most vexing puzzles in Shakespeare studies. In this groundbreaking…

Argues that autonomous agencies are not the result of a systematic design, but are produced by the interactions of political…

This volume offers a comprehensive history and analysis of the Democratic Republic of the Congo during the tumultuous period…

This book shows how responsiveness in European welfare programs is institutionalized through nationally distinct legal…

Teaching and Learning Signed Languages examines current practices, contexts, and the research nexus in the teaching and…

Examining a rich new generation of Latin American writers, this collection offers new perspectives on the current status of…

Companies and work have undergone significant change, and a new productive model has emerged. This book shows how the model…

This book addresses current debates in the field of social cohesion. It examines the ethics and policy making of social…

This book explores key historical episodes to understand the reasons and consequences of the enduring partiality problem in…

In order to help the understanding of international campaigning activities of Non-Governmental Organisations, Tepe analyses…

This volume explores the discursive nature of post-1989 social change in Central and Eastern Europe. Through a set of…

After establishing a feminist-historicist perspective on the tradition of biblical commentary, Tinkle develops in-depth case…

This is a collection of essays on The Cantos by Poundian scholars of international standing. Their wide variety of…

Contributors argue that the key to innovative teaching and scholarship lies in institutional support for the contingent…

This book presents the first panoramic study of minkan (citizen publications) in China before the Internet. This recent…

Cash Transfers and Basic Social Protection offers a ground-breaking analysis of the discourses that facilitated the rise of…

This narrative and empirical analysis investigates Hilary's claim that in his day they would not have left a man behind to…

Using policy analysis and case study approaches, Private Universities in Latin America examines the significant amounts of…

Creating Social Cohesion in an Interdependent World examines the ways in which two very different societies, Australia and…

A study of Graham Greene's fiction from the perspective of ethics and community, focusing on the narrative pattern that…

Was there a notion of childhood for the labouring classes, and was it distinctive from that of the elite? Examining pauper…

This book explores the Society of Friend's Atlantic presence through its creation and use of networks, including…

Teacher research is recognized, in ELT and education more generally, as a powerful transformative strategy for teacher…

This is the first comprehensive book on the politics and economics of financial sector consolidation in an emerging market…

This book addresses how the Conservative Party has re-focused its interest in social policy. Analysing to what extent the…

There is also the problem of how the UN should develop to best serve the real world community, not what the West usually…

Examining a variety of newspapers, novels, and Inquisition trials, Lang demonstrates how the accounts of conversion to the…

It has become received wisdom that our world is doomed. Mike Hanlon believes that not only is humankind not doomed, but that…

This is a set of essays from many of the leading scholars in the world of medieval studies, which addresses a wide diversity…

Nelly Oudshoorn shows how telecare technologies participate in redefining the responsibilities and identities of patients…

This book opens up histories of childhood and youth in South African historiography. It looks at how childhoods changed…

Through a series of case studies and surveys, the authors examine current sustainability trends in outsourcing and recommend…