This volume contains 18 articles by political science, communication, and other researchers from Europe, the US, Mexico, and India, who examine the use of new media technologies in social and polit
This book explores the role of grassroots campaigning for public education as a middle-class school choice strategy. Drawing upon a rich, ethnographic study of long-term campaigns lobbying the Victori
In the light of mass migration, the rise of nationalism and the resurgence of global terrorism, this timely volume brings the debate on border protection, security and control to the centre stage of i
From Disneyworld to Abu Dhabi, and the resorts and casinos of Singapore and Macau, “tourist utopias” are a growing part of international capitalism. The book brings together a group of scholars from a
This book is the fruition of five years’ work in exploring the idea of superdiversity. The editors argue that sociolinguistic superdiversity could be a source of inspiration to a wide range of post-st
This book is the fruition of five years’ work in exploring the idea of superdiversity. The editors argue that sociolinguistic superdiversity could be a source of inspiration to a wide range of post-st
This book analyzes the successes and impediments of various educational policies in Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Afghanistan. The authors analyze how current and past discourses on gender, religion, cult
Boys do less well than girls in all areas of learning in the EYFS Profile and continue to lag behind girls in assessments throughout their school careers. This book draws on current research into how
Boys do less well than girls in all areas of learning in the EYFS Profile and continue to lag behind girls in assessments throughout their school careers. This book draws on current research into how
Photographer Paul Barbera presents his next volume in the Where They Create series, directing his lens to a new geographical locale: Japan. Making this metropolis his destination of choice, he chroni
This book explores a range of alternative community based approaches to working with mental distress.Mental health and distress are issues many individuals have to deal with on a daily basis. Whilst f
Asghar studies the modes and aesthetics of interior decoration in the homes of people of different strata of society in Punjab Pakistan, both rural and urban. He conducted an ethnographic field stu
This resource provides a common sense approach to understanding the causes and triggers of students’ challenging behaviour whilst also providing teachers and school leaders with simple tools that can
This resource provides a common sense approach to understanding the causes and triggers of students’ challenging behaviour whilst also providing teachers and school leaders with simple tools that can
Social inclusion and equity in higher education necessitate the transformation of higher education structures, practices and cultures that have been produced and reformed over time by those in privile
Much has been written about the history of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, but one story remains untold: that of the grassroots activism that maintained local communities in the face of violence. Th
During and after World War I, over one million Ottoman Greeks were expelled from Turkey, a watershed moment in Greek history that resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths. And while few dispute the
“We are reminded that the Caribbean was a more complicated place than we usually imagine.”—Kenneth G. Kelly, coeditor of French Colonial Archaeology in the Southeast and Caribbean Caribbean plantati
Naamiwan’s Drum follows the story of a famous Ojibwe medicine man, his gifted grandson, and remarkable water drum. This drum, and forty other artefacts, were given away by a Canadian museum to an Amer
This book reevaluates fiction devoted to the postwar American suburb, examining the way these works imagine suburbia as a communal structure designed to advance a particular American identity. Postmod
This book is devoted to the study of non-linear evolution and difference equations of first or second order governed by maximal monotone operator. This class of abstract evolution equations contains o
This volume provides the most current research on smart cities. Specifically, it focuses on the economic development and sustainability of smart cities and examines how to transform older industrial c
In the six essays of this book, Ksana Blank examines affinities among works of nineteenth and twentieth-century Russian literature and their connections to the visual arts and music. Blank demonstrate
What is the political allure, value and currency of emotions within contemporary cultures of governance? What does it mean to govern more humanely? Since the emergence of an emotional turn in human ge
This book examines the struggle against racial and cultural inequity in educational systems, presenting the case study of a New Zealand school and its community’s determination to resist alienating en
This publication elaborates a cultural perspective on the city and explore how it might improve our understanding of civic learning as an essential component of the city. A cultural understanding of c
This book examines the struggle against racial and cultural inequity in educational systems, presenting the case study of a New Zealand school and its community’s determination to resist alienating en
Although fun is sometimes seen as a barrier to real learning, joy is a vital part of effective education and motivates students to connect with what they’re learning. Learn how to have meaningful conv
Embraced for the dramatic opportunities afforded by a house full of strangers, the British boarding house emerged as a setting for novels published during the interwar period by a diverse range of wom
Each year, more than half a million migrant children journey from countries around the globe and enter the United States with no lawful immigration status; many of them have no parent or legal guardia
This book analyzes the rhetorical strategies employed by the four Democratic presidents, Truman, Johnson, Clinton and Obama, who tried to expand access to and affordability of healthcare in the United
We tend to think of early medieval people as unsophisticated about geography because their understandings of space and place often differed from ours, yet theirs were no less complex. Anglo-Saxons con
Contemporary educational practices and policies across the world are heeding the calls of Wall Street for more corporate control, privatization, and standardized accountability. There are definite shi
"This book is essential reading on the spatial concepts that two erstwhile neighboring cultures, Lithuanian and German, once associated with one physical space--a Lithuanian region in Prussia. Coverin
This volume collects a selected number of papers presented at the International Workshop on Operator Theory and its Applications (IWOTA) held in July 2014 at Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. Main deve
Planer und Studierende werden oft erst spät mit den vielseitigen Möglichkeiten des Trockenbaus vertraut. Dabei ermöglicht er beim raumbildenden Ausbau große gestalterische Freiheiten bei gleichzeitige
