Akdeniz (University of Leeds, UK) provides a critical assessment of the problem of Internet child pornography and its governance through legal and non-legal means, and offers a comparative assessment
This book offers a controversial reanalysis of the rise and dominance of managerialist approaches to development. Linking two British inner-city community development projects with projects in the de
Westen (law, U. of Michigan) became engaged with the concept of consent during the middle 1980s with feminist critiques of rape laws. After analyzing the use of the term, and more importantly non-cons
As new medical technologies and treatments develop with increasing momentum, the legal and ethical implications of medicine are being called into question as never before. Martin Levine's collection b
Crisp (philosophy of religion, U. of Notre Dame, Indiana) assesses American theologian Edwards' (1703-58) contribution to the concept of sin, or hamartiology, an area he thought through with considera
Dimmock (English, U. of Sussex) examines Early Modern England's obsession with the "infidels," who in 1529 besieged Vienna, and how this obsession related to the then-new print culture. Rather than st
The issue of acquaintance rape has been gaining increased prominence in recent years. In this book Joan McGregor analyses the ethical and legal problems that arise in connection with acquaintance rape
This volume takes the debate of citizenship in South Africa in a more theoretical and empirical direction while engaging with knowledge produced elsewhere in the world. As part of the Gender in a Loc
Jesus was not depicted on the cross until the early fifth century. Since then this scene has been painted or carved in sharply differing ways. With the aid of over thirty full-page plates, The Passion
Sub-Saharan Africa is a region devastated by HIV/AIDS. The extent of the epidemic is only now becoming clear, as increasing numbers of people with HIV are becoming ill. In the absence of massively exp
Philosophers have long been concerned with punishment, says Scarre (philosopher, U. of Durham, Britain), but only recently with forgiveness. Even more interesting to him is the recent literature that
Dandelion (Woodbrooke Quaker Study Center in association with the U. of Birmingham) presents contrasting points of view in recent research in Quaker studies from America and the U.K., including histor
Zen Buddhism and Environmental Ethics explores the implications of Zen Buddhist teachings and practices for our moral relations with the natural world. At once an accessible introduction to Zen and an
This is the first book-length study of the genre of 'artist-opera', in which the work's central character is an artist who is uncomfortable with his place in the world. It investigates how three such
Idiot figures provide authors and filmmakers with a way of thinking through issues of language acquisition, intelligence, creativity, disability, religion, and social identity; Halliwell (English and
Seven essays explore questions of oil and politics in the Gulf states, with a particular focus on Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq. Presented by Heradstveit (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Norw
This introduction to the Madhva school of Vedanta is accessible to a wide audience with interest in Hinduism, Indian thought and in the comparative philosophy of religion. Deepak Sarma explores the ph
Since the early 1990s, social scientists have pondered, even agonized, over what exactly Europe is. King (U. of Exeter) engages closely with one form of social practice in Europe football in order to
This analysis of the music of Britten the beloved English composer, pianist, and accompanist who died in 1976 grew out of the Britten Festival, which celebrated the composer's career with eight concer
With Britain as the center, Boniface considers places throughout the world where tourists go, or might go, in order to partake of the local food and beverages. She covers the context and theory of the
Looking at political treatises, novels, and other texts dealing with the debate over the state of nature that arose from contested theories of political sovereignty, Sim (U. of Sunderland, UK) and Wal
In introducing these 16 essays, Natvig (music history, Bowling Green State College, Ohio) notes that this anthology grew out of her daunting experience as a college teacher with a master's degree in m
Starting from the premise of the letter as literary artefact, with a potential for ambiguity, irony and textual allusion, this innovative analysis of the correspondence between the Cluniac abbot, Pete
The eastern frontier of Byzantium and the interaction of the peoples that lived along it are the themes of this book. With a focus on the ninth to thirteenth centuries and dealing with both art histor
This study views music as a form with semantic content. In exploring the interrelationship between artistic technique and ideology, Sheinberg (music, U. of Edinburgh) delves into the music of Shostako
Historians from the region present nine studies that emerged from the research project Nationalising Taste: Cultural Value and National Identity in Eighteenth-Century Britain, with Special Reference t
Johann Peter Salomon, the celebrated violinist and impresario, made his debut in England in March 1781. History has credited Salomon with bringing Haydn to London, yet as Ian Woodfield reveals in this
This is a paperbound reprint of a 2002 book. Utilizing aviation accidents for most of his examples, but stressing the applicability of the material to any investigation of the causes of human error in
With contributions mostly written by Australian university-affiliated tourism and economics experts, this volume's 12 essays address the problems and issues raised by contemporary tourism including th
Major accidents are rare events due to the many barriers, safeguards and defences developed by modern technologies. But they continue to happen with saddening regularity and their human and financial
Milne (Vermont Law School) et al. compile case studies of four mountain resorts in the US and Canada to consider whether the law protects the ecological systems of mountains from their adverse impacts
A passion for justice and truth motivates the bold challenge of Revisioning Gender in Philosophy of Religion. Unearthing the ways in which the myths of Christian patriarchy have historically inhibited
In the view of this text, the maritime disputes between Greece and Turkey require juridical settlement. Reviewing the major disputes, the author examines and evaluates the legal arguments of the two s
Diesfeld (health studies, Auckland U. of Technology, New Zealand) and Freckelton (law, Monash U., Australia) present 24 papers from an international, though largely Anglophone, group of contributors c
Research on international exchange rates and cashless payments, long a key topic in the field of monetary and currency history, has been progressively aided by works aiming to document money and excha
This collection of essays and interviews addresses important theoretical, philosophical and creative issues in Western art music at the end of the twentieth- and the beginning of the twenty-first cent
The debate over clerical celibacy and marriage had its origins in the early Christian centuries, and is still very much alive in the modern church. The content and form of controversy have remained r
Tuori (law, U. of Helsinki), who has written several books on legal theory and public law, critically examines legal positivism as the basis for modern legal scholarship. He discusses the traditional
The Danish Christian existentialist SA﹐ren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) and the Jewish Lithuanian-born French interpreter of modern phenomenology Emmanuel Levinas (1906-1995) have enabled theology and phil
The relationship between Islam and human rights forms an important aspect of contemporary international human rights debates. Current international events have made the topic more relevant than ever i
