Regional / International studies

This volume explores agricultural commercialization from a gender equality and right to food perspective.

This ground-breaking textbook engages readers in conversation about responding to the effects of diversity within formal criminal justice systems in Westernized nation-states.

Governing Religious Diversity in Cities provides original insights into the governance of religious diversity in urban contexts from a variety of theoretical perspectives, and drawing on a wide range of empirical examples in Europe and Canada.

This text challenges existing writing on 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza'iri which divides his life into two juxtaposed phases separated by narratives of conversion: from Francophobia to Francophilia, from militarism to pacifism, from activism to quietism, from Islamism to pluralism, from politics to religion.

An uncommon and intimate account of the lives of two conscientious objectors In the summer of 2013, Suzanne Kesler Rumsey discovered hundreds of letters exchanged between her late grandparents, Miriam and Benjamin Kesler.

This book examines the vital nature of the subject of leadership in Asia and looks, in particular, at the processes and practices within the Asia Pacific region.

Discussing the civilizatory crisis and processes of refeudalization this volume brings into dialogue two of the most creative approaches, in Olaf Kaltmeier and Edgardo Lander, to rethink capitalism in the 21st century.

This book offers an overview of the formation of the Afghan state and of the politics, economic challenges and international relations of contemporary Afghanistan.

Most people have heard of the Stauffenberg Plot but it is not widely known that this was only one of a long series of attempts on the life of Adolf Hitler.

Dutch SS accounts are very rare, particularly ones such as this, covering recruitment, training, and frontline service first with 5th SS Panzer Division 'Wiking', then later with SS Regiment Besslein.

Science Policy in the Soviet Union (1990) examines the major institutional and behavioural aspects influencing scientific research in the USSR.

Based on the celebrated five-volume set published in 2005, this updated one-volume edition offers readers a concise yet complete understanding of the interplay between the major religions and human rights.

Based on previously unused primary sources obtained from both sides of the Atlantic, this study provides a more fundamental, consistent, and balanced source-based assessment of the role of the U.

Während die Besetzung der britischen Kanalinseln durch die Wehrmacht in den Jahren 1940 bis 1945 in Deutschland vergessen ist, ist sie in Großbritannien durchaus im kollektiven historischen Bewusstsein präsent.

Chinas Aufstieg verändert zweifelsfrei die globale Machtverteilung.

This volume critically engages with the question of cultural difference and the idea of living with diversity in the context of India and Europe.

The Pergau dam in Malaysia was the most controversial project in the history of British aid.

This book examines Kerala's recent development trajectory and highlights the impact of COVID-19 on its economy.

Pakistan is one of the most important states in the international system and a key concern of western security.

This book examines security in Latin America through an environmental lens, at a time when this region faces a broad and growing spectrum of threats.

This book provides a detailed analysis of the core concepts of national identity articulated by Iberian writers during the period between 1900 and 1925.

Over the 20th century, Morocco has become one of the world's major emigration countries.

This volume discusses the complex relationship between Protected Areas and tourism and their impact on community livelihoods in a range of countries in Southern Africa.

This book analyzes the Kurdish problem in Turkey from the point of view of the Turkish authorities, as well as from the perspective of disaffected Kurds living in that state and abroad.

This book provides a definitive overview of contemporary developments in our understanding of urban life in China.

This book examines EU and US bilateral trade and investment relations with China, their attempts to level the economic playing field and to narrow the 'reciprocity gap' in market openness.

40 or 50 families control the economies of Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia.

This book sketches the history of political forces in modern India.

This book acquaints readers with a range of techniques to help them effectively identify, record, map, analyze and report on patterns in various dimensions of human development (HD) with spatial scales down to the village level.

Maritime piracy off the coast of Somalia was first recognised as a global concern in 2008 after the hijackings of World Food Programme vessels.

This book examines the politics involved in the mobilization of the Latinx vote in America.

The book investigates facets of global Protestantism through Anglican, Quaker, Episcopalian, Moravian, Lutheran Pietist, and Pentecostal missions to enslaved and indigenous peoples and political reform endeavours in a global purview that spans the 1730s to the 1930s.

Why did Fonzie hang around with all those high school boys?

First published in 1987 and in English in 1989, Gabon provides an essential introduction to the geography, history, sociology, economics and politics of Gabon in considerable detail.

Food security is one of the twenty-first century's key global challenges, and lessons learned from India have particular significance worldwide.

This book offers a systematic examination, analysis and evaluation of Israeli national security statecraft in terms of challenges and responses.

The importance of the Himalayan state of Nepal has been obscured by the international campaign to free Tibet and the vicissitudes of the Sino-Indian rivalry.

In recent years the countries of southern Europe have undergone, with varying intensity, a serious and prolonged economic crisis.

With Allied armies poised on the banks of the Rhine, Nazi Germany tottered on the brink of collapse.

The Thiri Rama - or the Great Rama - was written for court performance and is the only known illustrated version of the Ramayana story in Myanmar.

"e;A truly thrilling expose of the previously unknown Nazi assassination plot that could have changed history.

Through the analysis of over seventy films and thirty television series, ranging from Shortbus, Sweet Home Alabama, and Poseidon to Noah's Arc, Brothers & Sisters, and Dawson's Creek, Goltz examines reoccurring narrative structures in popular media that perpetuate the extreme value placed upon "e;young"e; gay male bodies, while devaluing health, aging, and longevity.

This book critically analyzes the European Union's promotion of LGBTI rights in the international arena.

Contemporary societies are constructed, constricted, and constrained by various series of examinations.

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Globalization has spawned more active transnational religious communities, creating a powerful force in world affairs.

The SBD Dauntless dive-bomber was a key cog in the US Navy's aerial arsenal throughout the Pacific War.

Land for the adivasi Santal women in Dumka, Jharkhand stands for security, social position and identity, and in this men have a distinct advantage.