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At the end of the Cold War, the Balkan states of South East Europe were in crisis. They had emerged from two decades of hardline communism with their economies in disarray and authoritarian leaders po

This book examines the transition from civil war to peace. It explores how it can be understood as a `national? experience and not simply as the sum of what international peace builders do. Mining ide

Colloquial Portuguese CD-ROM is an exciting and easy-to-use multimedia language course. 'If you want to get to grips with any of the languages, Routledge's Colloquial Series is the best place you coul

At a time when PE has become a compulsory part of the National Curriculum, this book focuses on the role of PE and sport in schools. This edition includes sections on the National Curriculum, vocation

Through the words of the therapist and the music of the patient Music at the Edge allows the reader to experience a complete music therapy journey. Frances, a trained musician who was facing death fro

John Evelyn (1620-1706) is best remembered for Sylva - his magnum opus - and his Diary. Alongside Pepys' diary, Evelyn's is as well known now as anything else written in their time. A connoisseur of a

In this book, adopting i ek 's own tactic of counterintuitive observation, Simmons reads the corpus of Alfred Hitchcock 's films and i ek 's idiosyncratic citation of them in order to identify the cor

This book attempts to complete the groundbreaking and seminal study of the Vietnam War from an international perspective began by the late-Ralph B. Smith in the 1980s, of which only three volumes of a

This book is an ethnographic study of the cultural and racial politics of an activist UK hip hop culture that uses hip hop "off-street" in the civic spheres of education, spoken word poetry

In Spain, the two hundred years that elapsed between the beginning of the early modern period and the final years of the Habsburg empire saw a profusion of works written by women. Whether secular or r

What do you do with a client who texts incessantly during sessions, or posts derogatory reviews and comments about you online? How do you respond when a client asks to be your Facebook friend, or who

What do you do with a client who texts incessantly during sessions, or posts derogatory reviews and comments about you online? How do you respond when a client asks to be your Facebook friend, or who

Leonard Leshuk begins this study by commenting on the unusual situation whereby a nation as seemingly weak and backward before World War II as the Soviet Union could, in the space of a few years, chal

I owe you a dinner invitation, you owe ten years on your mortgage, and the government owes billions. We speak confidently about these cases of debt, but is that concept clear in its meaning? This boo

This fresh and engaging book looks at each of the Roman emperors from Julius Caesar in 44BC to Romulus Augustulus in AD 476, illuminating not only the manner of their deaths but what their final days

This book provides a brief but wide-ranging history of torture in Europe and America as well as an analysis of its return in the aftermath of the 'war on terror'. During the state of exception declare

This book provides a brief but wide-ranging history of torture in Europe and America as well as an analysis of its return in the aftermath of the 'war on terror'. During the state of exception declare

This major new book explores the key question a why and how did US nuclear non-proliferation export policy change in the aftermath of the Cold War,a (TM) by tracing the historical roots of the nuclear

Science is one of the main features of the contemporary world, and shapes our lives to an extent that has no precedents in history. Yet science as we know it today is the outcome of contingent social

In late-1990s Britain, the salwaar-kameez or 'Punjabi suit' emerged as a high-fashion garment. Popular both on the catwalk and on the street, it made front-page news when worn by Diana, Princess of Wa

In 1911 Jung published a book of which he says: '...it laid down a programme to be followed for the next few decades of my life.' It was vastly erudite and covered innumerable fields of study: psychia

The startling growth of China’s economic and military power, as well as its cultural influence, is having a huge impact on the rest of the world. The key region to observe this impact is, of cou

During the decade of its existence in India, the multiplex cinema has been very much a sign of the times – both a symptom and a symbol of new social values. Indicative of a consistent push to create a

The inter-war years were, at the time, perceived to be years of crisis across the world. The First World War, the war to end all wars, had solved nothing and its legacy was a world full of unresolved

Today’s Iran is rarely out of the headlines. Labelled by George W Bush as a part of his ‘axis of evil’ and perceived as a real nuclear threat by some, Iran is increasingly seen as an enemy of the West

A new contribution to our understanding of democracy and multiculturalism, which bridges the gap between abstract accounts of public reasoning and more concrete proposals for democratic reform.This new study unites the two central themes of contemporary political theory: multiculturalism and group-recognition, and connects them to the increasingly important theme of deliberative democracy.Bringing together the thinking of key theorists such Rawls, Habermas, and Pettit, with that of multiculturalists such as Kymlicka and democrats, such as Young, Phillips, and Williams, Cillian McBride challenges the conventional group-based understanding of political inclusion to advance a radical new interpretation of deliberative politics. While sharing the goal of making democratic politics more sensitive to the concerns of the disadvantaged, she adopts a contestatory approach to politics and culture, instead of a politics of cultural protectionism and deference to group claims.This book will be of

Explores how the post-war 1945-48 government influenced opinion on its long-term policy in Palestine, aimed to secure British political, economic and strategic interests in the Middle East. This book

Understanding pupils' perspectives on their learning has been shown to be of significant help in planning and implementing an effective literacy teaching programme. This book offers a new viewpoint of