The era of post-colonialism and globalisation has brought new intensities of debate concerning the existence of diversity and plurality, and the need to work in partnerships to resolve major problems
The 2004 US election provided French citizens and their media with a springboard for re-conceiving 'self' and 'other'. By examining how the French media – newspapers, television, the internet and scho
In a reassessment of the long-accepted division between religion and enlightenment, Ana M. Acosta here traces a tissue of readings and adaptations of Genesis and Scriptural language from Milton throug
Part of the International Library of Essays in Law and Society series, this volume addresses the interactions between legal studies and the work of social theorists. Cotterrell (Queen Mary and Westfie
American theologian and lawyer Stringfellow (1928-85) did his work among the marginalized and disaffected, and so while highly regarded by many acclaimed theologians of his day, remains on the margins
The contributors of these eight articles describe research in gathering and analyzing data about past and current trends in environmental, social and economic issues in a community or region. The proc
Pugh (economics and social research, U. of Westminster, UK) and Potter (human geography, U. of Reading, UK) present 10 papers that assess the current range and future prospects of participatory planni
Cultural and religious identity and family law are inter-related in a number of ways and raise various complex issues. European legal systems have taken various approaches to meeting these challenges.
Mitchell (San Jose State U.) examines linguistic change and the controversies over the teaching and study of grammar in seventeenth and eighteenth-century England, based on research from over 300 gram
It is more possible than ever to influence and shape our working environments, our experience of work and each other. Business leaders who set the conditions and create engaging, meaningful work throu
The Palestinian Executive is based on field research in the West Bank and Gaza, which involved interviewing 110 executives from 63 publicly and family-owned companies. Using a cross-cultural and conte
The European Union is a key player in international economic relations, but its exact role and how it goes about making decisions and negotiating is often poorly understood within and especially outsi
The idea that buildings could be used to reform human behaviour and improve society was fundamental to the 'modernist' architecture and planning of people like Walter Gropius, Le Corbusier and JosAc L
Stone considers the wide variety of historical uses, from simple masonry walling through to elaborate carving and decoration. The book considers why stone decays or fails and how to assess and underst
The European Union is a key player in international economic relations, but its exact role and how it goes about making decisions and negotiating is often poorly understood within and especially outsi
Surfing Life is a study of surfing and social change that also provides insights into other experience-based contemporary subcultures and the nature of the self and social formations in contemporary s
Almost a thousand years of music are treated in this volume on the performance practice of the Middle Ages, covering monophony and polyphony, sacred and secular, genre and theory. The essays selected
Analyses of contemporary tourism planning and policymaking practice at local to global scales is lacking and there is an urgent need for research that informs theory and practice. Illustrated with a s
Robert Fludd (1574-1637) is well known among historians of science and philosophy for his intriguing work, The Metaphysical, Physical and Technical History of both Major and Minor Worlds, in which mus
Palmer (1805-81) is generally considered to have worked outside the mainstream of Romantic painting and music, but art historians show how he adapted and commented on what his contemporaries and prede
M. Goodman, D. Goodman, and Redcliff all in geography at King's College, London, define space as any location, including the human body, and consumption as everything from eating and drinking to build
Scholars of French literature in the US, Belgium, and Canada explore collaboration in novels and other genre, and focus the collaborative texts themselves rather than trying to plumb the depths of the
Drawing on the generic and mythic strength of comedy and the theories of Bakhtin, Bergson, and Hobbes, this book identifies the radical nature of early modern English comedy. The satirical comedic act
Brabazon (media, U. of Brighton) surveys the teaching end of the academe and finds it sorely lacking, with librarians begging for funds and instructors seeking little more than skill development and g
Over the course of the 1990s and the beginning of the century, Spanish investment in Latin America has grown in industries as diverse as telecommunications, energy, banking, and tourism and in nearly
Kardam (Monterey Institute of International Studies) was born and raised in Turkey, and still spends several months a year there with her family, and so can describe changes in the country's policies
Scholars of history, musicology, and English, contribute essays on the history of "how-to" books and manuals published in England between 1500 and 1800, based on a conference held in Newnham College,
Third-century Christian philosopher and theologian Origin, who studied in Alexandria and preached in Caesarea, must have apprenticed to Plato or to one of his apostles, but the evidence is diffuse and
Recent significant developments in the European space sector have had an impact on business and the growth of national and European commercial space law. This book analyses and assesses the legal issu
In the current business climate the impact of the volume and nature of regulatory change and the regulatory risk arising from this is a significant business risk for regulated firms and regulators ali
Through the analysis of several commemorative acts in space, matter and image, namely museums and memorials, this book reflects on the ways in which architecture as a discipline, a practice and a disc
In The Focused Organization Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez shows you how fewer, more effectively elected and managed projects are the key to strategic and long-term success. Using his own research and work e
Lying on the periphery of Europe, Russia, Turkey and Iran, and also being of interest to the United States, the South Caucasus is receiving growing attention among decision-makers and scholars of inte
Hans Werner Henze is a prolific and internationally famous composer of the post-Second World War period. He is amongst the most frequently performed and recorded composers of his generation, and has b
This monograph on the music of Leonard Bernstein examines his works in musical theater, theater, and opera and explores the evolution of composing style and the effects of the composers success in mor
How regions and cities adapt to a Network Society and a globalized environment, the policies they pursue and how structures of governance are transformed in the pursuit of those policies are major the
In the field of seventeenth-century English drama, women participated not only as spectators or readers, but more and more as patronesses, as playwrights, and later on as actresses and even as manager
In this impressive volume, an international group of 13 architects and art historians look at the enduring style of house and how it continues to adapt to changing regions, historical periods, and cul
Somatechnics highlights the reciprocal bond between the sA’ma and the technAc of 'the body' and the techniques in which bodies are formed and transformed as crafted responses to the world around us. S
Chantler examines the aesthetic of German composer and writer of fantastic tales and music criticism Hoffmann (1776-1822) within the context of the history of ideas during the late 18th and early 19th
