Series: Logos Studies in Language and LinguisticsThis study fills a vital gap in the current literature on the effects of the financial and economic crisis, and features detailed reports from six Euro
Series: Logos Studies in Language and LinguisticsThis book explores the human rights consequences of recent and ongoing revisions of mental health legislation in England and Ireland. The author uses t
Since the "Opening Up" period of 1978-80, China has urbanized with unprecedented speed. The construction of completely new cities and the dramatic redevelopment of existing urban centers hav
Series: Critical Concepts in the EnvironmentThis new title in the Routledge Major Works series, Critical Concepts in Economics, is a four-volume collection of canonical and cutting-edge research in ag
The proposed enlargement of the European Union to include countries from Central and Eastern Europe has become an important political issue. Widening the European Union focuses on those institutional
Empire of Pleasures presents an evocative survey of the sensory culture of the Roman Empire, showing how the Romans themselves depicted their food, wine and entertainments in literature and in art.Thi
The Routledge Companion to Fascism and the Far Right is an engaging and accessible guide to the origins of fascism, the main facets of the ideology and the reality of fascist government around the wor
Contemporary globalisation both challenges conventional forms of democracy and is opening up new needs and possibilities for democratisation beyond the territoriality of national states. These issues
Series: New AccentsA sourcebook of Stephen Ball's key writings. Drawing on over twenty years' work, Professor Ball has selected his seminal work - from education policy and sociology to his work on ed
Series: New AccentsThis set includes the works of neglected theorists such as Horace Wyatt and Michael West. This set complements English as a Foreign Language Teacing, 1912-1936: Pioneers of ELT.
Series: New AccentsThis collection covers the organization, financing and regulation of health care systems in four clear contexts: reforming health care systems, understanding health care politics, f
Series: New AccentsThis wide-ranging collection of papers provides a valuable resource for scholars who need to ground their own study in wider historical and global discourses concerning the educatio
Series: New AccentsThis collection demonstrates how the fields of special education and inclusive education have evolved philosophically and technically over the past thirty years and gives examples o
Series: New AccentsThis collection makes available a selection of articles from nineteenth-century newspapers, periodical and books which are otherwise unavailable except in their original publication
Series: New AccentsThis collection provides a range of essays both canonical in, and at the cutting edge of, communication theory. Selections included provide in-depth theoretical analysis and theoret
Series: New AccentsThis collection enables policy makers, teacher educators and other academic researchers to access the wealth of already published material on teacher education in the form of journa
Series: New AccentsThis major work brings together some of the most significant and influential writing on the history of education during the past thirty years. It illustrates key themes and their re
Series: New AccentsCovering the key points of dispute and areas of controversy within the field, this outstanding collection includes papers from the leading writers, and presents a sophisticated and
Series: New AccentsThis collection focuses on the small number of creative pioneers working overseas in the 1920s and 1930s whose work laid the methodological foundations for contemporary English lang
Series: Critical Evaluations in Business and ManagementThe study of the Arab-Israeli conflict has generated a huge body of literature, some of it factual and evidence-based, some more polemical and pr
Civic Republicanism is a valuable critical introduction to one of the most important topics in political philosophy. In this book, Iseult Honohan presents an authoritative and accessible account of ci
Is language sexist? Do women and men speak different languages?Gender, Language and Discourse uniquely examines the contribution that psychological research - in particular, discursive psychology - ha
This four-volume set represents the most significant research in the field of construction management, from refereed journals, conference proceedings and book chapters.The first section, context of co
This volume presents a leading contribution to the substantive arena relating to Consent in the criminal law. In broad terms, the ambit of legally valid consent in extant law is contestable and opaque
Series: Collected WorksThe collection examines how the traditional genres of rock, pop and soul have broken down and what has replaced them, as well as showing how this proliferation of musical styles
Issues of sexuality and gender are hotly contested in both religious communities and national cultures around the world. In the social sciences, religious traditions are often depicted as inherently
Series: Routledge Library EditionsThis companion takes stock of the current state of literature on migration law, theory and policy, and sketches out the contours of its future long-term development i
History of Humanity: The Twentieth Century sees the publication of the seventh and final volume in the monumental History of Humanity series, published in association with UNESCO.With essays from an i
How were early Christians influenced by contemporary assumptions about ethnic and colour differences?Why were early Christian writers so attracted to the subject of Blacks, Egyptians, and Ethiopians?L
This sociology of the green movement begins by distinguishing between "green" and "environmental" concerns. Green not only indicates a commitment to nature apart from its use to humans, but to radi
A comprehensive overview of politics in Singapore since self-governance. The authors examine how this tiny island has developed into a global financial centre and an economic and social success under
A major feature of the political development of Western democracies is the growth of indigenous, ethnic and national groups striving for political self-determination. This book analyses the institutio
Series: Ethical InvestigationsThe main focus of the volume - the processes of choice and decision-making in different economic systems - offers exceptional scope for the convergence of economic and an
Series: The International Library of Criminology, Criminal Justice and PenologyGraphene is the strongest material ever studied and in the future may be an efficient substitute for silicon. There is no
Series: Critical Perspectives on Business and ManagementOne of the primary applications of human factors engineering is in the aviation domain, and the importance of human factors has never been great
Series: Subcultures and Subversions: 1750-1850Graphene is the strongest material ever studied and can be an efficient substitute for silicon. This six-volume handbook focuses on fabrication methods, n
The Politics of Atrocity and Reconciliation examines contemporary political violence and atrocity in the context of the crisis of the nation-state. It explores the way violence is used to unmake the s
Tobias Döring uses Postcolonialism as a backdrop to examine and question the traditional genres of travel writing, nature poetry, adventure tales, autobiography and the epic, assessing their relevance
This book introduces radically alternative models of civil society that have been developed outside the liberal democratic frame of reference, models which suggest that civil societydoes offer new and
Development and Democracy confirms the robust relationship between levels of economic development and democracy, but suggests that globalization is a key variable in determining the tenuous nature of
