Tourism in Cuba a€“ described by Fidel Castro as 'the evil we have to have' a€“ has been regarded both with ambivalence, and as a crucial aspect of development and poverty alleviation. The result is a
The author was born in South Africa, went to law school there, and has taught law for the last several decades in the US, Europe, South Africa, Canada, and Australia. She has maintained a passionate i
Now as we face major questions about how we use land and the impact of our land use on the global environment, farming once again faces a challenging and uncertain future. This book draws on the exper
This volume examines the Indian Army between the outbreak of war in 1939 and the partition of India in 1947. With contributions from many of those at the forefront of the study of the Indian Army and
In four long British poems written in the latter half of the 19th century, Machann (English, Texas A&M U.) teases out and analyzes the trait of behaving in ways thought to be typical and appropria
Every Greek and every friend of the country knows the date 1821, when the banner of revolution was raised against the empire of the Ottoman Turks, and the story of 'Modern Greece' is usually said to b
If and how the nature of civil society in Asia differs from that in Europe, whether it has any defining characteristics, whether it has more than one form, and whether it has to take a predictable for
From the end of the Second World War and throughout the era that came to be known as the Cold War, the Middle East was a battleground for Great Power rivalries and constant wars. These were fought bet
How much risk should we take?A Short Guide to Risk Appetite sets out to help all those who need to decide how much risk can be taken in a particular risky and important situation. David Hillson and Ru
Artistic Practice as Research in Music: Theory, Criticism, Practice brings together internationally renowned scholars and practitioners to explore the cultural, institutional, theoretical, methodologi
Based on theoretical developments in research on world-systems analysis, transnational migration, postcolonial and decolonial perspectives, whilst considering continuities of inequality patterns in th
The workings of multi-level governance -- institutional choices concerning centralisation, decentralisation and subsidiarity -- are widely debated within European public policy, but few systematic stu
Critical Interventions in the Ethics of Healthcare argues that traditional modes of bioethics are proving incommensurable with burgeoning biotechnologies and consequently, emerging subjectivities. Dra
Deliberately eschewing disciplinary and temporal boundaries, this volume makes a major contribution to the de-traditionalization of political thinking within the discourses of international relations.
Crossing disciplinary and chronological boundaries, Volunteer Tourism: Popular Humanitarianism in Neoliberal Times is the first full-length treatment of volunteer tourism from a longitudinal ethnograp
Emerging traits of late global modernity such as transnationalism, multiculturalism, individualization and supranational contexts of action raise the question of what holds society together. Responses
This handbook offers a systematic presentation composed of 28 contributions from an international mix of seasoned authorities, younger professionals, academics, practitioners, and representatives of b
While scholars have long recognized Kierkegaard's important contributions to fields such as ethics, aesthetics, philosophy of religion, philosophical psychology, and hermeneutics, it was usually thoug
Post-foundationalist agonistic democratic theory emphasizes contestation of basic principles, conflict between citizens, respect for difference, and attention to the informal operations of power. From
While there is trend towards favoring interprofessional, multidisciplinary models of care in health and human service organizations, there remain problems in harmonizing different professional knowled
Despite airlines' tremendous efforts to streamline their operations to minimise controllable costs and improve flight punctuality, system inefficiencies are continuously on the increase. They inevitab
Romantic Border Crossings participates in the important movement towards 'otherness' in Romanticism, by uncovering the intellectual and disciplinary anxieties that surround comparative studies of Brit
Who enjoys statutory preferred creditor status? What justifications exist for jurisdictions to maintain statutes that favour 'priority' creditors over other creditors and contributories? This book exa
Geographical Aesthetics places the terms 'aesthetics' and 'geography' under critical question together, responding both to the increasing calls from within geography to develop a 'geographical aesthet
Governing Europe's Marine Environment is a coherent up-to-date multidisciplinary analysis of current approaches and challenges to the sustainable governance of Europe's marine environment. Structured
Respecifying Lab Ethnography delivers the first ethnomethodological study of current experimental physics in action, describing the disciplinary orientation of lab work and exploring the discipline in
International Relations scholarship posits that legitimacy, authority and violence are attributes of states. However, groups like Hizballah clearly challenge this framing of global politics through it
A rigorous theoretical study, illustrated with interview material gathered amongst managers from internationally operating corporations, this book sheds light on the processes and nature of contempora
This thought provoking volume on Internet addiction explores the topic from the perspective of personal, cultural, and political dangers associated with increasing dependence on recreational informati
The leading academic authorities contributing to this book have been involved in major studies carried out for international organisations, individual governments, and national trades' union organisat
Architecture for a Free Subjectivity reformulates the French philosopher Gilles Deleuze's model of subjectivity for architecture, by surveying the prolific effects of architectural encounter, and the
Ethnographies of the Videogame uses the medium of the videogame to explore wider significant sociological issues around new media, interaction, identity, performance, memory and mediation. Addressing
Kearns (commercial aviation management, U. of Western Ontario) has a background in flying, aeronautical science, human factors, systems engineering, education, and instructional design for online lear
Biosocial criminology is an emerging perspective that highlights the interdependence between genetic and environmental factors in the etiology of antisocial behaviors. However, given that biosocial cr
Counselling Ideologies draws our attention to the dilemmas inherent within the therapeutic ideologies commonly subscribed to by psychotherapists and counsellors working with those who challenge heter
The topic of international finance is of increasing interest in international relations, especially in our twenty-first century globalizing world. This collection provides information and perspectives
Explicitly comparative in its approach, Paradoxes of Cultural Recognition discusses central issues regarding multiculturalism in today's Europe, based on studies of Norway and the Netherlands. Disting
Introduction to Air Transport Economics: From Theory to Applications uniquely merges the institutional and technical aspects of the aviation industry with their theoretical economic underpinnings. In
Andrew Shenton's groundbreaking cross-disciplinary approach to Messiaen's music presents a systematic and detailed examination of the compositional techniques of one of the most significant musicians
In this collection of nine essays, Reily (anthropological studies, Queen's U. Belfast, UK) brings together research by an international group of music scholars, anthropologists, and ethnomusicologists
