Globalization is not a new phenomenon in the international system evidenced by the various efforts that have been made over the last several centuries to establish a so-called 'global village' with mu
This volume explores in detail Kierkegaard's various relations to his German contemporaries. Kierkegaard read German fluently and made extensive use of the writings of German-speaking authors. Apart f
This volume explores in detail Kierkegaard's various relations to his German contemporaries. Kierkegaard read German fluently and made extensive use of the writings of German-speaking authors. Apart f
In this multi-disciplinary collection we ask the question, 'What did, and do, Quakers think about good and evil?' There are no simple or straightforwardly uniform answers to this, but in this collecti
This volume provides an original and powerful contribution to debates about the civic purpose of higher education. It suggests that universities can best realize their civic mission by making it centr
How should international law approach the critical issue of movement of peoples in the 21st century? This book presents a radical reappraisal of this controversial problem. Challenging present-day ide
The history of the voluntary sector in British towns and cities has received increasing scholarly attention in recent years. Nevertheless, whilst there have been a number of valuable contributions loo
Approaching the central themes of Spinoza's thought from both a historical and analytical perspective, this book examines the logical-metaphysical core of Spinoza's philosophy, its epistemology and it
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
In this volume, Scott (postcolonial literature, U. of Vermont) considers contemporary literature by Caribbean women in the context of globalization. The fiction, which addresses the notion of independ
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
Twenty-nine international academics, researchers and consultants contribute 20 chapters offering researchers and students insights into the complexity and range of gender issues in workplace communica
Talcott Parsons is probably the most important and influential US sociologist of the twentieth century. His career spanned the early formation of sociology as an academic discipline and he was active
The notion of resilience was gradually emerging as the logical way to overcome the limitations of existing approaches to risk assessment and system safety, when specialists in the field attended a sym
Pursuing the sense of crisis that desire between men causes, Duncan (Italian studies, U. of Bristol) looks in detail at male sexuality in a number of Italian narratives texts written since the late 19
Much of people's emotions about people and events is based on their judgment about whether or not someone deserves what they got, or perhaps did not get, notes Kristjansson (philosophy, U. of Akureyri
Aboriginal people are fighting for stronger copyright laws to protect their art as well as their stories, as they view art in connection with their identity. Coleman (philosophy, La Trobe U., Australi
Presenting reflections on the historical perspectives and philosophical foundations of human rights, this book provides a detailed analysis of civil and political rights, as well as the rights of pers
While Manet and Monet were creating impressionism in France, across the channel, Millais (1829-96) was purveying kitsch, Victorian sentimentality. This according to received wisdom in art history. Bar
As Robert Sidney spent his career at the court of Queen Elizabeth, these letters are interesting not only for the substantial story they reveal of the writer and his wife (her letters have not survive
According to some, people of color make up a disproportionate number of cancer patients due to environmental factors or lack of access to care. However, there has been no comprehensive review of the r
Editor Pardo (social anthropology, U. of Kent) notes that abuses of power, including corruption, are present in nearly all systems in which there are marked asymmetries, a notion born out in nine ethn
A priest in the Diocese of Oxford, Holder continues his advocacy of Intelligent Design, a form of Creationism-lite, by arguing that the fundamental constants of physics and the initial conditions obta
Freedman, who is not otherwise identified, argues that the increasing securitization of the immigration issue and the introduction of more restrictive and repressive controls, both external and intern
Over past decades, and especially during the 1990s, says Yamashita (National Institute for Defense Studies, Japan), the related but separate fields of human rights and humanitarianism converged to cre
Contemporary literature, in its grappling with the meaning of the human condition can no longer be captured in traditional, fixed categories, is deeply involved with religious questions, argue the edi
Updated by a new preface that examines recent research in the field since the original 1975 production of the text, this work explores the history of musical concert life in London, Paris, and Vienna
In the context of education, Church and State issues are of growing importance and appear to be increasingly divisive. This volume critically examines the developing jurisprudence relating to religion
Taking Robert Post's seminal article 'The Social Foundations of Reputation and the Constitution' as a starting point, this volume examines how the concept of reputation changes to reflect social, poli
Remorse is a powerful, important and yet academically neglected emotion. This book, one of the very few extended examinations of remorse, draws on psychology, law and philosophy to present a unique in
Wang (U. of Limerick, Ireland) proposes an institutional theory of transition and applies it to analysis of Chinese agricultural reform and the open-door policy, the restoration of private enterprises
Siderits (philosophy, Illinois State U.) uses portions of Buddhist philosophy to defend a modified version of the Reductionist view of persons promoted by Derek Parfit in Reasons and Persons , simult
During the 1990s, the provisional IRA set out on a bombing campaign in England that significantly targeted London's financial core. In order to protect its reputation as a world financial hub, London
This collection of nine essays compares concepts of crime and criminal justice across cultures in light of the phenomenon of globalization. Most of the essays emerged from an international workshop, w
Torras (Adelphi U.) sets out and defends two hypotheses: under certain assumptions relevant to the aggregation questions, the Brazilian growth experience from 1965 to 1998 can be characterized as a ge
Scholars of philosophy, religion, and literature from Europe and the US examine some of the key figures in hermeneutic theory. Among the topics they address are ethics within the limits of post-Ricoe
How far can we ever hope to understand the Holocaust? What can we reasonably say about right and wrong, moral responsibility, praise and blame, in a world where ordinary reasons seem to be excluded? I
Sociologists from around the world examine local strategies that provide for long-term sustainability in the face of globalization. Fifteen contributions address such topics as how the international S
