This work represents the first comparative study of the folk revival movement in Anglophone Canada and the United States and combines this with discussion of the way folk music intersected with, and w
This is the first book to discern the contribution of Du Bois' work to criminology and criminal justice through a comprehensive review of his papers, articles and books. Beginning with reflections fro
The ongoing deregulation and liberalization of worldwide air transport markets confronts airport planners with an increasingly problematic context. On the one hand, the capital intensive, large-scale
Many complex systems in civil and military operations are highly automated with the intention of supporting human performance in difficult cognitive tasks. The complex systems can involve teams or ind
In a socio-legal essay on the historical production of political space, Rosen-Zvi (Haifa U.) maps out the different ways in which the state of Israel deals with various social groups through the mecha
Surveillance has been part of the response to crime since at least as far back a Jeremy Bentham's proposed Panopticon, a prison intended to infuse prisoners with "sentiment of an invisible omniscience
The political control of music in the Third Reich has been analysed from several perspectives, and with ever increasing sophistication. However, music in Germany after 1945 has not received anything l
With massive growth taking place in the real estate industry, how can China develop a free market and private ownership of land while still officially subscribing to Communist ideology? This study use
The spectre and fear of another terrorist attack looms large for most of the world's citizenry and for the domestic law agencies charged with protecting these citizens and countries. This book explore
While the revelation of God's name is a central theological topic, its ethical and political significance are often overlooked. In a world filled with violence committed 'in the name of God', how migh
What is power and how is it effective? This volume responds to these questions in terms of regional international relations with a particular focus on the Baltic Sea region, an area still charged with
It has been claimed that the natural sciences have abstracted for themselves a 'material world' set apart from human concerns, and social sciences, in their turn, constructed 'a world of actors devoid
Visions of Development presents first-hand stories of groups and movements from many different religious and spiritual traditions that are working with impoverished communities in Africa, Asia and Lat
Based on a close study of Van Dyck's Self-portrait with a Sunflower, this book examines the picture's context in the symbolic discourses of the period and in the artist's oeuvre. The portrait is inter
Fourteen papers were selected for this volume by Freilich (John Jay College of Criminal Justice) and Guerette (Florida International U.) from the third international conference dealing with the topics
British specialist in clinical neuropsychology Simon begins by defining the various types of dementia within the context of ageing and abnormal ageing and the memory loss associated with them. Then he
This book is concerned with trainee professionals and their search for meaning through the determined and creative pursuit of a cross-cultural career transition. Adopting a qualitative research framew
For Resilience Engineering, 'failure' is the result of the adaptations necessary to cope with the complexity of the real world, rather than a breakdown or malfunction. The performance of individuals a
From the perspectives of sociology, anthropology, and religious studies, scholars contribute to the emerging field of material expressions of religion, with case studies across time and space. They ap
In keeping with the aim of the Urban Planning and Environment series, this volume presents empirically based studies that assess a variety of initiatives to improve environmental quality. The contribu
With a number of public health panics emerging in the past few years, most recently the panic over 'swine flu' in 2009, the publication of this two volume collection is extremely timely. These two vol
Pojmann (Siena College) explores the relationship between immigration and the Italian women's movement from the 1960s to the present. She begins with discussion of how hiring migrant women of the firs
The three crusades in as many years were in response to the expansion of Ottoman power into the Balkans, and became a spiritual rather than purely commercial conflict with the blessing of the Pope. Im
As traditional religions in the Western world are abandoned to the elderly and the fundamentalists, new forms of spiritual and religious practices are emerging that are entwined with the political, th
Drawing on narratives of individuals in a variety of civil rights crises, the essays in this collection offer contextualized understandings of what happens when the law interacts with competing system
Whereas some see George W. Bush's invasion of Iraq as representing a fundamental break with past US policy, Davis (Howard U.) and his colleagues collectively argue that the momentum for the invasion o
Many students have faced the dilemma as they compare available courses with time slots they have open for the coming term. Angier (philosophy, U. of Toronto), however, is responding to the fact that t
Long (romance studies, Cornell U.) explores how images and accounts of hermaphrodites interacted with the notions of natural and cultural divisions between the sexes in Renaissance Europe, mostly Fran
This volume investigates advances in the field of legal translation both from a theoretical and practical perspective, with professional and academic insights from leading experts in the field. Part I
The work of Richard Harries, Bishop of Oxford from 1987 to 2006, has been highly distinctive for the consistency of its engagement with contemporary society. It represents a model of the Church which
Beilby (theology, Bethel College, US) sympathizes with the thought of prominent contemporary American philosopher Plantinga. Nevertheless, he develops a critique of his religious epistemology, arguing
Aldcroft (U. of Leicester) begins by identifying 13 countries in eastern and southern with high agrarian components and low income levels that had failed to participate fully in the drive to modern ec
Herissone (Lancaster U., UK) submits the first study of continuo realization styles in Restoration period sacred music, looking at the characteristics of organ books with music by Purcell, Blow, and H
Engineers Stanton, Paul M. Salmon, Guy H. Walker, Daniel P. Jenkins (all Brunel U.), and Chris Baber (U. of Birmingham) are with a consortium of defense companies and universities working on a series
Drawing on the family archive of personal and estate papers, Brennan (Renaissance studies, U. of Leeds) looks at how the powerful Sidney dynasty, based in Kent, interacted with English royalty, often
Wheatley (Smith College) depicts the struggles and stories of people who work to create circumstances they can live with as they navigate their course with a cardiac condition. Her focus is on the pro
Scholars from across Europe systematically review the research on the possible consequences of temporary employment for individual employees and organizations with the goal of synthesizing it into a s
Hoare (emeritus theoretical physics, U. of London) is not satisfied with merely recounting the technical innovation and occasional virtuosity in the effort to measure humans' home planet. Rather he de
Noting the sparse scholarly attention paid to the relationship between tourism and development, Cornelissen (U. of Stellenbosch, South Africa) presents her country--with its political economic element
Biomedical patents have been the subject of heated debate. Regulatory agencies such as the European Patent Office make small decisions with big implications, which escape scrutiny and revision, when t
