Alarmed by the much higher mortality rates associated with winter cold, Healy (Combat Poverty Agency, Dublin) examines the relationships among domestic energy efficiency, fuel poverty, and related hea
Lightbourne (an in-house legal counsel with the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, France) argues that the United Nations' Food and Agricultural Organization's International Treaty on Plan
Now that the constant media feed around the world is security, war, and terrorism, Tazreiter (U. of New South Wales, Australia) deals with how people moving across borders in search of protection and
Practicing and academic Israeli architects, along with scholars of history, geography, and art from there and elsewhere, critically examine the inherent nexus between ideology and the construction of
This study explores the reasons behind the different responses of three legal systems: Europe, Japan, and the USA, in coping with one of the major food safety crises in recent years: BSE. Making refer
This book examines how contemporary migrants form and transform their involvement with the law in their host countries and which factors influence this relationship. It suggests a more comprehensive i
Six years after publication of the first edition, this second edition is enhanced with substantial new coverage of legal Spanish and of the legal languages of the Nordic countries. Mattila (U. of Lapl
With their distinctive, religiously mandated turbans, many Sikhs became the targets in the wake of 9/11 of violent attacks at the hands of people apparently unaware of the difference of Islam and Sikh
Detailing place-based protests during the 1970s, one in northern France and another in Scotland, Miller, a peripatetic scholar currently with the UNICEF's Innocenti Research Centre in Florence, Italy,
The concept of creativity, together with concerns over access to creativity and knowledge, are currently the subject of international debate and unprecedented public attention, particularly in the con
This volume presents the reader with an interesting and, at times, provocative selection of contemporary thinking about cybercrimes and their regulation. The contributions cover the years 2002a€“2007,
Lausten (theology, U. of Copenhagen) begins with the first missionaries to Denmark: the Anglo Saxon Willibrord, the Frank Ansgar, and the German Poppo. Then he progresses through the Roman-Catholic Mi
This book presents arguments and proposals for constraining criminalization, with a focus on the legal limits of the criminal law. The book approaches the issue by showing how the moral criteria for c
O'Grady (philosophy, Flinders U. of South Australia) reconstructs Thales's life and thought from the references to him in Aristotle and other sources. She develops with care his ideas in all the field
Gibson (intellectual property law, Queen Mary U. of London) presents current intellectual property debates in the fields of medicine and health, providing students and practitioners with a thorough re
These 15 essays bring a legal perspective to the history of Israel during the period beginning with World War I and ending with the Ten Days War. They consider the impact of colonialism, nationalism,
The origin of the Western military tradition in Greece 750a€“362 BC is fraught with controversies, such as the date and nature of the phalanx, the role of agricultural destruction and the existence of
This is the first volume of a set of five undergraduate textbooks and a reader introducing contemporary themes and challenges in religious studies and published in association with The Open University
This book provides a leading point of reference in the field of partial defences to murder and with respect to the mental condition defences of loss of control and diminished responsibility in general
An official with the International Civil Aviation Organization in Montreal, Andrade sets out the many concerns raised by various governments regarding the availability, continuity, and reliability of
A study of the emergence of car production in Australia in the 20th century, beginning with the early false starts that eventually led to the Holden 48-215 "Australia's own car" in 1948 and proceeding
Based on his involvement with the De-agrarianization and Rural Employment (DARE) research program of the African Studies Centre of Leiden between 1995 and 1999, McAllister (anthropology, U. of Canterb
This study addresses the political participation of Protestant ministers in Hong Kong. Begins with a review of the literature of religion and political participation studies performed by local scholar
Traces the evolution of transport policy, particularly with respect to the UK, then examines the pricing of rail and road infrastructure and compares the approaches adopted for these two sectors. Look
Comprehensively revised and updated, the second edition of this widely regarded text reflects the changing environment within international airline training. With particular emphasis on human factors,
The 14 essays presented here focus on moral standards in public service, with special attention to the role of public officials and the constraints placed on them by the political environment of liber
The past four decades have seen an explosion in research regarding seventeenth-century opera. In addition to investigations of extant scores and librettos, scholars have dealt with the associated area
This book analyses the abuse of idealism with particular reference to China's Cultural Revolution. The work examines abuse at two levels: the state leaders' metaphysical vision as the interpretation o
With contributions from experts in the field of sociology of law, this book provides an overview of current perspectives on socio-legal studies. It focuses particularly on the relationship between law
Bloomfield charts Indiaa€?s profoundly ambiguous engagement with the thorny problem of protecting vulnerable persons from atrocities without fatally undermining the sovereign state system, a matter wh
Pevsner: The BBC Years gives the first full account of Sir Nikolaus Pevsnera€?s engagement with the BBC at a time when both were the dominant institutions in their own fields -- Pevsner as the most pe
Security Culture starts from the premise that, even with good technical tools and security processes, an organisation is still vulnerable without a strong culture and a resilient set of behaviours in
What do we value as a political virtue? What are the core values of democracy in the modern era? What is a democratic culture and can it coexist with a predatory capitalist corporatism? Is democracy j
Archbishop Michael Ramseya€?s archiepiscopate from 1961 to 1974 saw profound renegotiations of the relationship of the Church of England with its own flock, with the nation more widely, with the Angli
Archbishop Michael Ramseya€?s archiepiscopate from 1961 to 1974 saw profound renegotiations of the relationship of the Church of England with its own flock, with the nation more widely, with the Angli
Health research and health care practice are radically transforming as governments invest more in large scale, national and international health projects with increasing levels of interdisciplinarity
During the last decade in particular the levels of critical engagement with the challenges posed for privacy by the new technologies have been on the rise. Many scholars have continued to explore the
The essays selected for this volume reflect the many paths followed to develop a new, more robust methodology (idMAPPING) for investigating privacy. Each article deals with the three dimensions of tim
"Almost all museums hold photographs in their collections, and museum professionals and their audiences engage with photographs in a myriad of ways. Yet despite some three decades of critical museolog
Drawing upon theories of landscape and performance, this work weaves together existing tourism literature with new scholarship to forge a geographically informed theory of tourism. Such a theory integ
