This volume brings together scholarly articles from many leading researchers and academics in the field of design theory, design research, and design studies. The text is divided into three sections,
Sachsman explores the fourth branch of government—the press—and its political divisions that played a role in setting the agenda for the American Civil War and continued during the conflict. Organized
Intersex/DSD is an umbrella term used to describe various congenital conditions in which the development of sex differs from what medical professionals generally understand to be "male" or "female." T
Women played a major part in the French Revolution of 1789, but have received very little recognition for their contributions. The many claims and protests put forth by women at that time were suppres
More than a hauntingly beautiful memoir about small dogs in Big Sky country, this book is a wise account of the relationships among dogs, humans, and the land that surrounds them. It is the story of s
This collection of essays on transnational Chinese cinema explores the corporal, psychological, and affective aspects of experiencing bodies on screen; engages with the material and discursive element
This collection of original essays interrogates the nature of intercultural and intra-cultural encounters through anthropological case studies of Asia, Africa, and the Pacific Islands. The chapters sh
The problems and issues arising from globalization are difficult to resolve, in part because our ways of conceptualizing the conflicts and responding to them are inadequate. This book fills this gap,
Unnatural States is a radical critique of international theory, in particular, of the assumption of state agency—that states act in the world in their own right. Peter Lomas argues that since the univ
The Grandchildren is a collection of intimate, harrowing testimonies by grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Turkey's "forgotten Armenians"—the orphans adopted and Islamized by Muslims after the A
Efforts at coordination between nations are at the heart of the challenges of globalization. Despite steadily growing interdependencies, individual nations still have specific interests that present o
This book discusses eight dimensions of globalization—world order, culture, the state, information technology, economics, production, development, and Bretton Woods Institutions—from the perspective o
This book focuses on the relationship between public morality and personal action in the American political community. It emphasizes the responsibilities of citizens and government to find and confirm
This book explores the complex relationship between gambling and Chinese culture. Lam, an associate professor of marketing at the University of Macau, looks at the history of gambling in China, its pl
While the study of race relations in the United States continues to inspire and influence European thinking, Europeans have yet to confront their own history. To be black in Europe—whether during the
This memoir relates the tale of author Harold J. Bershady's intellectual coming of age, and is is focused not only on the author's intellectual development, but on the evolution of scholarship in the
This work presents an original framework for understanding the cultural psychology and social dimensions of creativity. Part one offers a theoretical foundation, with a review of paradigms in the stud
Originally published in 1961, Images of the American City examines how Americans dealt with the rapid shock of urbanization as it evolved from an agricultural nation. Working from the framework of a s
Environment Reporters in the 21st Century is the story of a relatively new journalistic beat, environmental reporting. This book explores the development of the environmental beat as a specialty durin
Huang has revised his original nine essays and added two more. One of them describes the experiences of Mainland Chinese visitors to Taiwan in the early years after World War II as an inspiration for
Hatred, Lies, and Violence in the World of Islam examines the torrential flood of anti-Israeli, anti-Jewish, and anti-Zionist propaganda that permeates many Muslim societies. Raphael Israeli locates t
The first volume of this introduction in Thomistic philosophy includes as part 1 Cosmology as the philosophy of inanimate nature and as part 2 the philosophy of animate nature that is philosophical ps
The second volume in the introduction to modern Thomistic philosophy includes three parts. Part one is on epistemology, the second part is on general metaphysics and part three on natural theology.Thi
Redner examines the processes that have led to the destruction of civilizations in Europe, the Americas, and throughout Africa and Asia. He argues that, despite our quality of life and unprecedented m
This text investigates the impact of Soren Kierkegaard's writing on the development of modern psychology. Klempe examines Kierkegaard's impact on experimental psychology, the German Enlightenment's ov
This book analyzes Talcott Parsons' largest-scale effort to overcome the relativism and subjectivism of the social sciences. Harold J. Bershady sets forth Parsons' version of the characteristics desir
While it is gaining in academic prominence, discussion of the imagination is too often neglected. Society is dangerously unaware of the intimate relationship between culture and politics, ethics and a
First published in 1914, this book contains five essays on the power of a court to review and invalidate unlawful acts by the legislative and executive branches of government. The essays discuss the l
This festschrift, of sorts, for Robin Fox, a major figure in biosocial science and modern anthropology, contains essays by major thinkers in the field, and covers a wide variety of subjects: a fitting
This book examines the values of citizens of the US, in an attempt to better understand the scope of the intellectual geography of American society. Authors Neal and Youngelson-Neal look at both the f
This sociological study claims that work and leisure don't always have to be separate and emphasizes instead the positive relationship between work and leisure, dubbed 'occupational devotion' by the a
Green Energy Economies offers insight into the major drivers that are shaping a new future powered by clean energy sources. Assembling cutting-edge researchers as contributors, the book provides a com
There are no jokes in the Hebrew Bible, say the Friedmans, both business scholars by day, but there is an abundance of wit and humor, including sarcasm, irony, wordplay, humorous imagery, and humorous
Formerly a top operational manager with multinational organizations, John Harte applies his hands-on knowledge of the business world to provide a realistic examination of workplace and marketplace con
Government contracting is plagued by nefarious, amateurish, and criminal behavior. By awarding government contracts to corporations as compensation for lavish gifts and personal favors, the United Sta
Citing the effectiveness of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA) of 1995, as equal to posting the Sixth Commandment in a strip club, Bennett spotlights the unfunded federal mandate--popular with bo
The forest foragers of the Congo Basin, known collectively as "Pygmies," are the largest and most diverse group of active hunter-gatherers remaining in the world. At least fifteen different
As in many other European countries, the sustainability of the long-term care system is a key issue in the Dutch policy debate. In order to shed light on this issue this book compares the way elderly
These original essays debate two ways of theorizing social life. One way is the integrative or holistic model of thought typified in the writings of Confucius. The other, the revolutionary tradition,
Although the period leading up to the Nazi genocide of Europe's Jews has been well recorded, few sources convey the incremental effect of specific decrees aimed to dehumanize Jews caught in Hitler's n
