The intensifying pace of globalization has led to a questioning of the traditional approaches to governance at the corporate, national and international levels. The crash of the dot-com bubble and the
The theme uniting the essays reprinted here is the attitude of the medieval Church, and in particular the papacy, toward the Jewish population of Western Europe. Papal consistency, sometimes sorely tr
Contemporary international events, and indeed even the US presidential election, demonstrate the continuing need for debate and discourse over the direction and emphases of US foreign policy. Followin
The notions of mental representation and intentionality are central to contemporary philosophy of mind and it is usually assumed that these notions, if not originated, at least were made essential to
Mulheron (medical law and ethics, Queen Mary U., London) writes about claims for negligence by non-patient and third parties against healthcare professionals in a manner she hopes will be useful withi
Through the creative use of literary analysis, Memory, Imagination, Justice provides a critical and highly original discussion of contemporary topics in criminal law and bioethics. Author David Gurnha
Vandekerckhove (Center for Ethics and Value Inquiry, U. of Ghent) examines the implications of how and why whistleblower policies were created in various contexts and countries between 1970, when the
The 39th meeting of New Zealand's U. of Otago Foreign Policy School, held in June 2004, was devoted to the subject of regional cooperation in the Pacific and included policy statements from the New Ze
Contributors from a wide range of countries and disciplines analyze affirmative active as it has evolved in different parts of the former British Empire around the world. They focus on the policy's ap
Although now considered more in terms of economics, the Pacific has been an important focus of religious and cultural interaction since the sixteenth century. In this collection contributors consider
Having lived and worked in Kenya as a correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor from 1987 to 1995, Press (political science, international development, and international affairs, U. of Southern
Popular music has traditionally served as a rallying point for voices of opposition, across a huge variety of genres. This volume examines the various ways popular music has been deployed as anti-esta
Taking British writer Emily Hilda Young (1880-1949), who published 11 novels from the 1920s to the 1940s, Briganti (English, Carleton College, Minnesota) and Mezei (humanities, Simon Frazer U., Canada
The arts a€“ spanning the visual, design, performing, media, musical, and literary genres a€“ constitute an alternative lens through which to understand state-sanctioned punishment and its place in pu
Franklin (art history, Wayne State U.) argues that Italian writer Giovanni Boccaccio's (1313-75) De mulierubus claris (Famous Women) presents a consistent delineation of the parameters of acceptable f
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
North American and British theologians analyze radical orthodoxy, which asserts that theology should not allow itself to be defined by external philosophy or secular thought in general, a movement fou
Is the expansion of the African Union and its programs a real possibility? Murithi, an officer in the Program in Peacemaking and preventative Diplomacy of the UN and examines the roots of African pan-
Approaching the topic from the perspective of what he calls non-traditional or alternative realism, Gardner (American U. of Paris, France) provides a critical examination of the US response to terrori
The libertarianism critiqued in this work is a right-based political morality that "proceeds from a set of moral rights grounded on liberty to the justification of the non-interventive state and the m
Issues of cultural hybridity, diaspora and identity are central to debates on ethnicity and race and, over the past decade, have framed many theoretical debates in sociology, cultural studies and lit
Based on a 2002 conference, this collection of a dozen essays by international scholars (all but one of whom are women) examine factors that shaped the evolution and professionalization of British wom
This book investigates how sustainability informs the universal principles used in domestic and international law. It calls for the acceptance of sustainability as a recognized legal principle which c
Revising his Ph.D. dissertation for the University of Aberdeen, Simut (Emanual U., Romania) argues that Hooker (1554-1600) was a Protestant theologian who had a specific Reformed touch on the doctrine
Beginning his monograph with an account of the Partition that left the South Asian sub-continent divided into India and Pakistan and set the stage for the two countries enduring rivalry, Sathasivam (S
The figure of the seamstress occupied an important place in 19th-century debates about women's work and education. The 15 articles in this volume address the seamstress as a cultural icon in the art a
Biberman (English, U. of Louisville, Kentucky) fashions a broad thesis for linking banal, garden-variety antisemitism of the contemporary cultured type to its more virulent incarnations. He shows how
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
A critical characteristic of human service organizations is their capacity to learn from experience and to adapt continuously to changing external conditions such as downward pressure on resources, co
The science of phrenology, which sought to reveal people's inner characteristics through an examination of the contours of their faces, had profound effects on Victorian culture. This volume examines
Drawing on case studies of spiritual belief from mainstream to New Age, primarily UK scholars address the role of religion in collective and individual identities in a secular, postmodern, post-9/11 B
Stephenson (European women's history, Mt. Holyoke College, US) aspires to transcend the conventional view of Marguerite d'Angouleme, Queen of Navarre, as devoted sister, devout reformers, and dedicate
In April 2000, literary and cultural historians journeyed from Britain, Ireland, Wales, North American, and Austria to Leeds, England, to attend the conference Science in the Nineteenth-Century Period
Focusing on European collaboration outside of the European Union (EU), this volume deepens the analysis of the current status of space policy in Europe, looking at the roles and functions of the insti
Situating small and medium enterprises (SMEs) at the center of their analysis of regional development policy, especially in the dynamics of relative economic growth and types of convergence, Fingleton
This volume brings together researchers from different European countries and disciplines who are involved in Clinical Ethics Consultation (CEC). The work provides an analysis of the theories and meth
Political Parties and Elections presents a comparative analysis of the ways in which advanced industrial democracies seek to regulate the activities of political parties in electoral contests. Actual
In recent years, a conservative majority of the U.S. Supreme Court, over vigorous dissents, has developed circumventions to the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment that allow state legislature
Focusing on the 1980s and 1990s, this collection seeks to provide an accessible overview of Portugal's recent political and economic change and the tensions and challenges produced by such change. Syr
