Series: Major Themes in EducationDiverse perspectives including comparative, structural and ethnic frameworks, ensure a balanced treatment of a pervasive element of modern Russia.
Series: Collected Writings of Modern Western Scholars on JapanThis book advances a new approach, based on existing law, to constructing entitlements in human tissue and resolving resulting property co
Post-Soviet Political Order asks what is shaping the institutional pattern of the post-Soviet political order, what the new order will be like, what patterns of conflict are emerging, and what can be
Death had an important and pervasive presence in the middle ages. It was a theme in medieval public life, finding expression both in literature and art. The beliefs and procedures accompanying death w
The editor is director of the Center for Applied and Professional Ethics at the U. of Tennessee, Knoxville. She draws together 17 essays by contributors involved with medical ethics and the humanities
The first-ever compilation of articles that highlights the intersection of Derridean and feminist theories--a work that represents the extensive and diverse response feminist theorists have had to Der
This book, the first in the field for two decades, looks at the relationships between geography and religion. It represents a synthesis of research by geographers of many countries, mainly since the 1
Critical and distinct from many traditional business improvement texts, this book is the first to fully integrate innovation, quality and knowledge management.
This book traces the development of market research, its technical resources, its personnel and its organizations. Among its key themes are:the rise and fall of occupational controldevelopment of new
This book maps a new cultural history that explores the media and popular culture of late-twentieth century Ireland and asks: How are modernity, popular culture and the media related in Ireland in way
This is a much-needed account of the key theoretical and practical issues in post-Cold War European security.Graham Timmins and James Sperling clearly explain the main dimensions of the debates on the
Drawing together theoretical and philosophical debates about the nature of colour, this book examines the significance of colour for film theories of subjectivity and sexual difference. While existing
Positioning Henry James within his transatlantic and pan-European contexts, Peter Rawlings relocates James and the New Criticism's ideology of organicism in biology rather than in aesthetics. Rawlings
City environmental initiatives have been heralded for their contributions to global environmental governance and critiqued for exacerbating displacement and inequality. Bringing these two disparate an
This book is an accessible and innovative introduction to the key issues and emerging challenges of US national security policy in the twenty-first century.The text explores how the United States, as
This book is an accessible and innovative introduction to the key issues and emerging challenges of US national security policy in the twenty-first century.The text explores how the United States, as
The post-compulsory education and training sector plays a critical role in both the vocational and academic education of our young people. At the heart of its philosophy has been widening participatio
Through the use of contemporary case studies, this book examines the role of knowledge in water practices across Asia. It challenges the idea of water as a mere resource, by showing how
River systems around the world are degraded and are being used unsustainably. The development of flexible regimes with the potential to meet essential consumptive needs while restoring environmental f
Series: ICLARS Series on Law and ReligionThis book investigates how and why the criminal law differentiates between different types of body alterations, with particular reference to how they are conce
Isabelle Meier presents a unique examination of the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren, viewed through the lens of analytical psychology. This relationship can have a huge impact on p
The development of the ecosystem services paradigm has enhanced our understanding of natural capital as an indispensable form of capital asset along with produced and human capital. This book hig
This book examines the social dynamics behind the creation of internationalized criminal law. Although the emergence of different forms of international criminal law in the 1990s has been the top
This study looks at the role that fictional and actual material things play in black-American literature and culture. The bookanalyzes cultural products ranging from fictional literary narratives and
The upheavals of the Arab Spring grabbed the world’s immediate attention, and concern quickly grew over their potential aftermath, with the fear that a ‘tidal wave’ of immigrants and refugees would ‘f
This Adelphi examines defence procurement in Asia against a backdrop of the region’s fragmented security infrastructure. The overlapping alliances, multilateral bodies and regional dialogues are ill-e
This book provides a comprehensive account of the global, regional and urban dimensions of China’s development, and the resulting socio-economic and political outcomes. Shin begins by documenting and
There are two predominant approaches to the study of art nouveau architecture: some historians considering it to be the swan song of the great period styles, while others crediting the architects of t
Nearly all the peace accords signed in the last two decades have included power-sharing in one form or another. The notion of both majority and minority segments co-operating for the purposes of polit
Social and political psychologists have attempted to reveal the reasons why individuals and societies that acknowledge that peace would improve their personal and collective wellbeing, and are aware o
Democracy and Education Reconsidered highlights the continued relevance of John Dewey’sDemocracy and Education while also examining the need to reconstruct and re-contextualize Dewey’s educational phi
Offering new research and analysis on the relation between gender and evolution, this book explains conflict between the sexes and the frequent emergence and stubborn continuation of patriarchal regim
Global Garbage examines the ways in which garbage, in its diverse forms, is being produced, managed, experienced, imagined, circulated, concealed, and aestheticized in contemporary urban environments
This text outlines what sociologists need to know of the nature of communication and of mass culture, while also looking in some empirical detail at the workings of the Hollywood community and the psy
On the Lyricism of the Mind: Psychoanalysis and Literature explores the lyrical dimension (or the lyricism) of the psychic space. It is not presented as an artistic disposition, but rather as a univer
Compact living is sustainable living. High-density cities can support closer amenities, encourage reduced trip lengths and the use of public transport and therefore reduce transport energy costs and c
The term ‘space’ is inherently geographical. Educational provision and activity takes place within spaces ranging from a room at home or in a school to a campus to an administrative area which could b
