God, Life, and the Cosmos: Christian and Islamic Perspectives is the first book in which Christian and Muslim scholars explore the frontiers of science-religion discourse. Leading international schola
This volume features the leading contemporary articles that are part of, or related to, the 'new masculinities' approach in this sphere. These comprise an impressive range of theoretical and empirical
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,
This book addresses critical questions about how legal development works in practice. Can law be employed to shape behavior as a form of social engineering, or must social behavior change first, releg
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
A September 1999 conference at the Australian National U. brought together specialists from academia, the bench, professional practice, government, and activist organizations to consider how commercia
This volume presents a comparison of the experiences of NGOs in China and Europe. The chapters on China contain the most comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of various types of NGOs currently active
Slavery, Geography and Empire in Nineteenth-Century Marine Landscapes of Montreal and Jamaica is among the first Slavery Studies books - and the first in Art History - to juxtapose temperate and tropi
The Poetics of Crime provides an invitation to reconsider and reimagine how criminological knowledge may be creatively and poetically constructed, obtained, corroborated and applied. Departing from th
The role of local people in contemporary nature conservation practices is often poorly understood or neglected. This book, therefore, examines questions of local participation at the nature-society ne
Knauer (law, Temple U.) sets the context by discussing the ramifications of the 1969 Stonewall riots: the New York City police raided a gay bar (named the Stonewall Inn), the clientele resisted, and t
In her study of anonymous infanticide news stories that appeared from 1822 to 1922 in the heart of the British Empire, in regional Leicester, and in the penal colony of Australia, Nicola Goc uses Crit
From the late-1970s to the late-1980s rock music in Yugoslavia had an important social and political purpose of providing a popular cultural outlet for the unique forms of socio-cultural critique that
Third sector organizations are not the same as conventional businesses and are also subtly different from the public sector. There is currently a dearth of knowledge and a lack of research into issues
Archaeologists, architecture historians, and theater scholars explore the local history of Stratford-upon-Avon, focusing on the survival of a group of medieval buildings near the center of the market
This collection of essays looks at themes of leftist and ecological radicalism in British literature. They are mostly focused on pre-WWII examples. Exceptions include essays on contemporary eco-critic
This book brings together leading international scholars of law and religion to provide an overview of current issues in State-religion relations. The first part of the collection offers a picture of
This volume seeks to understand patterns of changing institutional practices and public policies where the challenges of including cultural diversity into the social fabric are most pronounced: namely
George Bell remains one of only a handful of twentieth-century English bishops to possess a continuing international reputation for his involvement in political affairs. Throughout his long career, Be
Engel (English, U. of the South, Tennessee) explores pattern recognition and how the classical Art of Memory--by way of 17th-century aesthetic principles--gained a foothold in the work of 19th-century
Medievalists contribute to the ongoing questioning of the definition of gender as a category. Their topics include multiple performances of male virginity in Anglo-Saxon saints' lives, gender and sanc
The widespread influence of the educational theories of Petrus Ramus in areas that include logic, rhetoric, visual techniques, and mathematics is described in the 12 essays of this revelatory volume.
The last empress of the French, Eugenie (1826-1920) has had many biographers and has been "...a convenient scapegoat for criticisms of imperial politics and the person to blame for France's losses bot
One of the common dialectics found in science fiction is the tension between home and away, argues Fortin (Montana State U.), and this tension provides a means for critically reflecting upon the disci
Utilizing a variety of methods, this work by Reilly (Northern Kentucky U.) investigates participation in direct democracy (referendums and the like) and its relationship to political comprehension. He
By examining their production practices in a variety of genres---including manuscript illustration, glass painting and staining, tapestry manufacture, portrait painting, and engraving---this book expl
Two decades have now passed since the transition to democracy began in Eastern Europe, transforming dictatorships into democracies. Today the West and East-Central European countries share a common p
Rendering the suffering of the marginalized visible has been an important aspect of feminist sociological studies of health, illness and medicine, with the subjective experience of those without acces
Royalist polemic and a sophisticated use of classical allusion are at the heart of the two 1648 volumes which are the focus of this study, yet there arc striking differences in their politics and in
Indigenous Symbols and Practices in the Catholic Church presents views, concepts and perspectives on the relationships among Indigenous Peoples and the Catholic Church, as well as stories, images and
Philip Ross Bullock looks at the life and works of Rosa Newmarch (1857-1940), the leading authority on Russian music and culture in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century England.On the basis o
James Hogg (1770-1835)known as the "Shepherd of Ettrick" was a self-taught writer from the Scottish Lowlands. His poetry and prose were appreciated to some extent in his lifetime, but he was relegated
Providing an overview of institutional developments and innovations in human rights politics, this volume discusses some of the most important current and emerging human rights issues. It takes stock
Public transport is essential to the quality of life of its passengers, both as a means to move around but also to achieve a sustainable environment. However, the passenger's position as a customer is
Challenging the often held belief that democratization necessarily leads to aggressive ethnic nationalism and even violent conflict, this book offers an alternative account of democratization and inte
Curtis has written essays about Chinese glass for a number of academic journals, and here explores how the technology of glass making and handling, as well as glass itself, made its way to China from
Focusing on cases of extramarital sex, Johanna Rickman investigates fornication, adultery and bastard bearing among the English nobility during the Elizabethan and early Stuart period. Since members o
This book offers a rich and detailed empirical account of children's play and interaction in the school playground. Drawing on the approaches of ethnomethodology and conversation analysis, 'Talk and S
How could a woman be three times accused of witchcraft and go on running a successful farmstead? Why would men use a frying pan for cattle magic? Why did witches keep talking about the children? What
Nothing matters in politics now but power and money, the pundits proclaim, but Kane (U. of Hull, England) argues that principle still drives debates over some crucial important issues. He divides the
