The third in a series of three volumes on Contemporary Legal Theory, this volume deals with four topics: 1) the role of legal theory in the legal curriculum; 2) the teaching of legal theory; 3) the re
Given the increasing shift of care from state residential services to community-based support, this book examines the complex geographies of family caregiving for young adults with intellectual disabi
Mootz offers an antidote to the fragmentation of contemporary legal theory with a collection of essays arguing that legal practice is a hermeneutical and rhetorical event that can best be understood a
A manager at Airbus in Toulouse, France, Altfeld explains that projects as complex as designing and building a commercial transport airplane cannot be controlled with standard project management techn
In this new book, Andrew B. Newberg is advocating a whole new relationship between religion and science, he proposes not that the two stay neutral with regard to each other, but that they help each o
Welfare offices usually attract negative descriptions of bureaucracy with their queues, routines, and impersonal nature. Are they anonymous machines or the locus of neutral service relationships? Show
Popular culture has recognized urban gay men's use of the Web over the last ten years, with gay Internet dating and Net-cruising featuring as narrative devices in hit television shows. Yet to date, th
With an increasing international interest in post civil war demobilisation and reintegration, especially in Africa, Ojeleye presents a well timed body of knowledge on the Nigerian civil war. Moreover,
The name Friedrich Nietzsche has become synonymous with studies in political power. The application of his theory that the vast array of human activities comprises manifestations of the will to power
Music scholars discuss the radical shift in aesthetic value that took place in music of the New York School during the 1950s, associated with Wolff's arrival there to study under John Cage. Among the
In many types of workplace and in many activities, including war, humans make decisions in response to complex situations, and they do so in conjunction with others, either close at hand or at a dista
For much of the twentieth century, professional social work sought to distance itself from its religious origins with the consequence being that the role of spirituality in the lives of service users
Here in this brilliant book, congregational studies meets ecclesiology meets cultural studies, all under the innovative heading `implicit theology'. Percy writes with wit, originality, wisdom, and pr
The volume contains the following accounts, edited, with an introduction: Narrative of the voyage of Abd-er-Razzak, Ambassador from Shah Rukh, A.H. 845, A.D. 1442.; The travels of NicolA2 Conti in the
A Criminological Imagination contains a selection of key articles from Pat Carlen's research studies of magistrates' courts and women's imprisonment together with a range of other articles on social c
Advertising and Cultural Politics in Global Times traces daringly transgressive convergences between cultural politics and global advertising media. It engages with a range of interpolations between c
Pathways to Excessive Gambling draws upon extensive empirical research amongst young people and problem gamblers in Australia, comparing it with situations in other territories, to shed light on socia
Admirably pan-European in its subject matter, this volume engages with a range of disciplines--art history, economic history, and musicology, as well as English, Italian, and comparative Literature.
The second in a projected set of five volumes dealing with Anglo America Naval Relations, this volume brings together documents from the period 1919-1939 which was dominated by a series of naval arms
With the end of the Cold War, President George H. W. Bush declared the advent of a "new world order" in which "the rule of law supplants the rule of the jungle." Instead, Helmke (U. of Sydney, Austral
At a time of potentially radical changes in the ways in which humans interact with their environments - through financial, environmental and/or social crises - the raison d'etre of spatial planning fa
Printed images were ubiquitous in early modern Britain, and they often convey powerful messages which are all the more important for having circulated widely at the time. Yet, by comparison with prin
Since 9/11, few airlines have shown their ability to develop innovative strategies in order to cope with the changing marketplace. In Europe, Air France and KLM have set a new trend. For the very fir
According to a survey from the online database Second Hand Songs there were an estimated 40,000 songs with one or more cover versions in 2009. This collection of essays edited by Plasketes (communicat
Ivana Noble has written a sensitive and powerful book, courageous in its honest pathos for bumanity and inspiring with its bumble confidence. In these pages the soul of Central-Eastern Europe comes t
Stewart (sociology, University of Portsmith, UK) revisits the construct known as the "middle class". In the course of his introduction, he redefines this as "middle classes" a number of groups with si
In this volume, feminist sociologists from seven countries examine what citizenship means to women, searching for answers in women's everyday lives. Essays deal with both historical and contemporary e
This text on the role of visual perception in aviation is illustrated with b&w photos. Several chapters link the physical with the psychological in the discussion of the deceptive nature of visual
Critical Interventions in the Ethics of Healthcare argues that traditional modes of bioethics are proving incommensurable with burgeoning biotechnologies and consequently, emerging subjectivities. Dra
Fifteen papers, presented by Edensor (Manchester Metropolitan U., UK), engage with and build upon the ideas of Henri Lefebvre's Rhythmanalysis, a method of analysis that is "a stimulating resource for
Ever since the Shanghai convention in 1909, the threat posed to human well-being by drug abuse has led countries around the world to take action to deal with their drug problems. There are wide variat
Susanna Hopton was born in 1627 to a wealthy mercantile family. By 1651 she was collaborating with her future husband Richard Hopton in his activities as a royalist agent and around the same time she
In the past twenty years digital technology has had a radical impact on all the disciplines associated with the visual arts - this book provides expert views of that impact. By looking at the advanced
The term 'record collecting' is shorthand for a variety of related practices. Foremost is the collection of sound recordings in various formats - although often with a marked preference for vinyl - by
In this lavishly illustrated study, Areford (art history, University of Massachusetts, Boston) invites the reader to view late medieval prints as they were intended to be seen. Starting with paintings
Contemporary western Paganism is now a global religious phenomenon with Pagans in many parts of the world sharing much in common - from a nature-revering worldview and lifestyle to a host of chants, i
Anchored in contemporary debates on capitalism and political economy, this study reconsiders the major trends which are currently shaping a new stage of capitalism. With chapters examining globalizat
In the first critical study wholly devoted to Joseph Conrad's use of techniques associated with the literary tradition of romance, Baxter explores the ways in which Conrad borrows from, alludes to, an
Staddon (U. of the West of England) necessarily paints with a broad stroke as he reviews for general readers all aspects of water management in Europe: historical, environmental, scientific, technolog
Over the last quarter-century, evangelicalism has become an important social and political force in modern America. Here, new voices in the field are brought together with leading scholars such as Wil
