Historically, European churches have played a large part in the provision of welfare. Responsibility, however, has gradually shifted to the state a€“ a shift that forms an integral part of the process
In 2003, demographers at INDEPTH Network formed the Migration and Urbanization Working Group to provide a different view of migration than other studies by using a different data structure. Among the
Drawing upon recent scholarship in Renaissance studies regarding notions of the body, political, physical and social, this study examines how the satiric tragedians of the English Renaissance employ
Tonry (U. of Minnesota Law School) collects sixteen of his own writings in the field of criminal law, previously published between 1978 and 2009. In putting together the collection, he has chosen to e
Discussion of medieval European expansion tends to focus on expansion eastward and the crusades. The selection of studies reprinted here, however, focuses on the other end of Eurasia, where dwelled th
How do international organizations support local peacebuilding? Do they really understand conflict? Partners in Peace challenges the global perceptions and assumptions of the roles played by civil soc
Trusting Others, Trusting God is an investigation of the concepts of moral and religious trust. The question of why or how it is rational to trust anyone has been the typical focus of philosophers, wi
Most theorists of deliberative democracy treat deliberation as a procedure in decision-making. This approach neglects an important phase oriented not so much to decision-making but to social learning
This book reconsiders the nature and formation of Asia's economic order during the 1930s and 1950s in light of the new historiographical developments in Britain and Japan. Recently several Japanese ec
Absolute poverty causes about one third of all human deaths, some 18 million annually, and blights billions of lives with hunger and disease. Developing universalizable norms aimed at tackling absolut
Understanding the dynamics of the illiberal practices of liberal states is increasingly important in Europe today. This book examines the changing relationship between immigration, citizenship and int
A few historians, but mostly scholars of English literature examine letters and transnationalism, letters and authorship, letters and periodicals, and letters and 21st-century editions. Among their to
This book provides a critical overview of the relationships between planning and railway management and development during the key period in the 20th Century when the railway was in public ownership:
The relationship between pain and theater in English drama is explored by scholars mostly of English literature. A main concern is to show how pain, which is a perennial companion through all the ages
This volume brings together Wendy Davies's pioneering early studies on the text of the Book of Llan DA￠v alongside later pieces which explore the place of Wales in the wider world of the early middle
Sumptuary laws have been instituted throughout history. They are generally meant to distinguish rank in society, although some have included identifying people of other religions. Often they are preci
Exemplary Spenser analyses the didactic poetics of The Faerie Queene, renewing attention to its avowed attempt to "fashion a gentleman or noble person in vertuous and gentle discipline&qu
The vast majority of European countries have never had a Newton, Pasteur or Einstein. Therefore a historical analysis of their scientific culture must be more than the search for great luminaries. Stu
Nadas (/music, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill/) and Cuthbert (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) have done a great service to musicologists by bringing together twenty-seven articles
Rural Identities investigates and engages with the ways in which ideas of the English countryside and rural nature, are enrolled into and fashion the narratives of Englishness. At the heart of the boo
This book explores the Pentecostal and charismatic movements, tracing their development and their variety. Hocken shows how these movements of the Holy Spirit, both outside the mainline churches and a
Ninian Smart came to public prominence as the founding Professor of the first British university Department of Religious Studies in the late 1960s. His pioneering views on education in religion proved
Migrant Women Transforming Citizenship develops essential insights concerning the notion of transnational citizenship by means of the life stories of skilled and educated migrant women from Turkey in
Seventeen international academics, researchers, health practitioners, and journalists contribute nine chapters critically assessing the relationship between gender, inequality and vulnerability to HIV
Krishnamurthy (Fitchburg State College) presents 12 essays examining a diverse array of figures who through various forms sought to engage 18th and 19th British audiences with the realities of the wor
Among the states that have moved from authoritarianism in the past 15 years, most have not moved beyond the mere procedures of democracy. They remain entrenched in a 'grey area' in which neither autho
Based on insights from Filipina experiences of domestic work in Paris and Hong Kong, this volume breaks through the polarized thinking and migration-centric policy action on the protection of migrant
It is a truism in teaching choral conducting that the director should look like s/he wishes the choir to sound. The conductor's physical demeanour has a direct effect on how the choir sings, at a leve
This is a study of three Scottish and Irish women novelists of the Romantic period: Elizabeth Hamilton, Maria Edgeworth, and Sydney Owenson (Lady Morgan). The author, Egenolf (Texas A&M U.), explo
Scholars have tended to portray T.H. Huxley, John Tyndall, and their allies as the dominant cultural authority in the second half of the 19th century. Defenders of Darwin and his theory of evolution,
Potvin and Myzelev (European art and design history and art history, U. of Guelph, Canada) compile 11 essays that examine how collecting objects from applied and decorative arts impacted the identity
To complement his first collection of articles (Rome's Fall and After, 1989), Walter Goffart presents here a further set of essays, all but two published between 1988 and 2007. They mainly focus on tw
Stephen Hamrick demonstrates how poets writing in the first part of Elizabeth I's reign proved instrumental in transferring Catholic worldviews and paradigms to the cults and early anti-cults of Eliza
Presents an anthropological perspective on the hidden continuities between corruption and law. This book argues that the two opposites, corruption and law, are inextricably linked - with the possibili
The worldwide interest in sustainable development has not only prompted ecological developments in policy and research in key sectors such as industry or transportation, but also in the management and
For librarians, architects, and others, Dewe (information studies, U. of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK) highlights the policies, processes, and design issues and problems involved in successful library refur
This intriguing anthropological study investigates how the boatmen of Banaras have repositioned themselves within the traditional social organization and used their privileged position on the river to
This book scrutinizes the new legal nature and stipulations of International Public Works Agreements and provides an in-depth analysis of new forms of infrastructure agreements which have been created
Gendering Migration demonstrates the significance of studying migration through the lens of gender and ethnicity and the contribution this perspective makes to migration histories. Through a considera
Writing primarily for fellow religious studies scholar, Dutton examines the relationship between universities, their role as sites for rite of passage, and evangelical students groups operating within
