Finding trans-Caribbean-ness to be a new type of emergent nationalism, Henke (political science, Metropolitan College of New York, US) and Magister (a researcher at the Center for Literary and Cultura
Drawing on the work of feminist scholars and postcolonial, psychoanalytic, and poststructuralist theories, Saunders (English, U. of Miami) explores what she views as the "limits" of the Calibanesque t
This collection of 14 papers comes from workshops held in May 2002 ("Political Theory and Dialogue of Civilizations") and May 2003 ("Political Science and Dialogue of Civilizations") in Tehran, sponso
Knowledge workers include the upper end, such as journalists, broadcasters, filmmakers, and the low end workers in data entry, software coding and maintenance of computer systems. This collection of 1
The book's main argument is that global social injustice is by and large epistemological injustice. It maintains that there can be no global social justice without global cognitive justice.
Rybin (interdisciplinary arts, Ohio U.) considers the work of filmmaker Michael Mann and how he is a "genre stylist" of crime films. Specific films are analyzed; these are The Jericho Mile, Thief, The
Jackson (curriculum and instruction, U. of Massachusetts) presents a developmental model designed to support gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) teachers. Building from extensive interviews
Class Construction explores class, racial, and gender identity construction among white, working-class students. Delving into River City High School, Freie asks what happens to the adolescent children
The Republic of Moldova is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, located between Romania and Ukraine that has at various times been politically ruled by the Russian Empire, Romania, and the Soviet U
Cattaneo (1801-1869) was a leading Italian economic theorist and political thinker. This volume presents one of Cattaneo's most significant essays, in which he identifies mind, i.e. intelligence and
Rainbow Jews looks at the intersection of gay and Jewish identity in American and Israeli film and theater from the 1960s to the present. Through a close reading of the texts of numerous American and
America and the Limits of the Politics of Selfishness examines Congress, the Presidency, the public, and public policy, demonstrating the important impact of the public's selfishness, morality, compas
Agreeing with the definition of whiteness as "a refusal to acknowledge how white people are implicated in certain social relations of privilege and relations of domination and subordination," Cooks (c
This is a paperbound reprint of a 2005 book. Roman (Justice Policy Center, Urban Institute), Ahn-Redding (a doctoral candidate in Justice, Law, and Society at American U.), and Simon (public affairs a
Dirty Work explores the lives and work of recent immigrants from Africa, Asia, and elsewhere to the southern Italian region of Sicily. Using extensive research, Cole and Booth focus on the experiences
In this study, Obeng examines the history, faith, and cultural practices of the Karnataka African Indians (Siddis/Habshis). Drawing upon years of field research in India, he describes how people belon
This is a paperbound reprint of a 2002 book. Simon (School of Public Affairs and the Washington College of Law at American U.) and Blaskovich (Chicago Police Dept.) present a statistical and descripti
In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries the top minds of the Bourbon dynasty knew they could not exploit something if they did not know where it was. The kings of France tried desperately to creat
Years before becoming Japanese Prime Minister, Miyazawa Kiichi served as the secretary to Ikeda Hayato while the latter was finance Minister and when he was Minister of International Trade and Industr
Freedom's Journal hit the streets of New York in March 1827, and provided the first opportunity for African Americans to express their views without having to convince a white publisher. A scholar and
While the end of the Cold War stirred many to proclaim the final triumph of capitalism, Anton (philosophy, San Francisco State U.) and Schmitt (emeritus, philosophy, Brown U.) maintain that "we have n
Despite recent advances in civil rights, many American institutions of higher education remain largely white and often hostile to minority faculty and students. In response, Oregon State U. has develo
Moody (political science, U. of Notre Dame, Indiana) describes Chinese conservatism as an exclusion of utopian vision and concentration on steady and sure material progress to enhance both people's li
The art of fengshui has had a deep and extensive impact on Korean, Chinese, and other East Asian cultures. Korean native Yoon (geography and environmental science, U. of Auckland, New Zealand) explore
This is the third and final volume in the series on American political thought edited by Ronald J. Pestritto and Thomas G. West. The book addresses how the major themes in American political thought_i
Part Blood, Part Ketchup analyzes novels by 20th century authors Edith Wharton, J.D. Salinger, Philip Roth, John Irving, and Jamaica Kincaid, uncovering trends that obliterate cultural divides. With u
This is the third and final volume in the series on American political thought edited by Ronald J. Pestritto and Thomas G. West. The book addresses how the major themes in American political thought_i
Exploring a range of literary, poetic, and filmic texts, occasionally in comparison to political texts, the 13 papers presented by Go (political science, Calvin College) and Dolan (rhetoric, U. of Cal
Secular Spirituality challenges the traditional dichotomy between Enlightenment reason and religion. It follows French romantic socialists' and spiritists' search for a new spirituality based on reinc
Written by a team of professors of education, law, and public policy, this text explores the issue of academic freedom in Hong Kong since its return to China. Drawing upon interviews with academics an
Using detailed and comprehensive analysis, Generations of Giving: Leadership and Continuity in Family Foundations examines continuity and leadership over time within family foundations. Although the f
The Embodiment of Disobedience explores the ways in which the African Diaspora has rejected the West's efforts to impose imperatives of slenderness and mass-market fat anxiety. Andrea Elizabeth Shaw l
In a sequel to their 2000 collaboration on art, commerce, and technoscience, Sassower (philosophy) and Cicotello (visual arts, both U. of Colorado-Colorado Springs) take on art, politics, and propagan
Planning the Past studies the way a post-colonial society reconstructs its national history and grapples with its colonial past, specifically in Port Royal, a Jamaican village with a dramatic history
Knutsen (political science, U. of Oslo, Norway) investigates the relationship between economic social class and party choice in political systems. His analysis, studying European voting patterns form
Students and practitioners of Muslim political thought from Western and Muslim countries explore attempts by Muslim thinkers in the recent past and the present--a generation or two after most Muslims
A growing share of the world's population lives in the 175 developing countries, while global income and wealth are increasingly concentrated in the 25 developed countries. The resulting migration fro
Cultus Americanus applies a philosophical model of political culture as ideology, religion, and myth, to a re-consideration of America's liberal consensus to explain cultural diversity in America. Aut
To Broaden the Way suggests that the texts of both the Jewish and Confucian tradition talk in riddles of a special kind: riddles which are introduced-and answered-by religious forms of life. Using a '
Time Signatures engages in a close study of the autobiographical writings of three contemporary Francophone writers from the Maghreb: Assia Djebar, HZl_ne Cixous, and AbdelkZbir Khatibi. Alluding to m
