Regional / International studies

Negative images of Africa, which define the continent as being riven with poverty, crime, or war, are increasingly being challenged.

Chen examines the Chinese Nationalist government's distinctive support for private Muslim teachers schools between the 1920s and 1940s, and explores the complex relationship between these institutions and the Chinese state during the Republican period.

This cutting-edge collection explores the histories, aesthetics, and cultural work of fan video across a wide variety of manifestations and genres.

Reframing Faith in Balkan Documentary Film presents the first systematic study of the cinematic representations of religion in the early documentary film on the Balkan Peninsula from 1896 to 1939.

In order to gain a deeper understanding of shame and shamelessness as ethico-political phenomena in the contemporary world, this book stages a cross-cultural dialogue that questions and unsettles established views.

This volume brings together a comprehensive documentation of feminist research while locating gender from the perspective of both practice and praxis frameworks.

The book presents an innovative conceptualization of Western thought, casting the discourse of black and white intellectuals and politicians as a treatise on Occidentalism.

This book provides essential insights into contemporary political actors' narratives of European integration.

Foundational to partnership-building, strategic communication can result in meaningful and sustainable social impact.

The volume examines popular sensibilities via textual, visual, performative, spatial, digital frames of inquiry and critical social-political issues in South Asia.

First published in Yiddish in 1946 and translated into Spanish in 2001, this is the first time that Malka Owsianys story is available in English.

This volume reframes French Impressionist painter Berthe Morisot (1841-1895) in the history of art via a focus on the spaces and people that informed her work and thereby offers a new interpretation of Impressionism and of modernist aesthetics.

This timely, critical book presents an accessible glimpse into the beliefs and ideologies of English that govern Taiwan's private language schools.

This timely, critical book presents an accessible glimpse into the beliefs and ideologies of English that govern Taiwan's private language schools.

Women's lives in India have evolved significantly in the past few decades, particularly in the realms of health, education, economic security, and social standing - including media representation.

Krieg dem Kriege und ein Leben fur den FriedenErnst Friedrich (1894 1967) fuhrte ein Leben, in dem sich die die erste Halfte des 20.

In this welcome new sixth edition of the bestselling textbook Understanding Japanese Society, Joy Hendry and Emma E.

This book tackles two central challenges in the discourse on economic inequality.

Contemporary Far-Right Culture offers a comprehensive overview of the varied manifestations of today's far-right culture.

This book is the third volume in a series on 'Great Minds in Regional Science,' which seeks to present a contemporary view on the scientific relevance of the work done by great thinkers in regional science.

This book tackles two central challenges in the discourse on economic inequality.

This book provides an overview of the relationship between Canada and the European Union (EU), offering a comprehensive treatment of the 'Canada model,' frequently mentioned in the discussions surrounding Brexit.

This book is the third volume in a series on 'Great Minds in Regional Science,' which seeks to present a contemporary view on the scientific relevance of the work done by great thinkers in regional science.

This book tackles the spatial dimension of Europeanization in the Balkans by focusing on cities, inter-urban networks, and urban epistemic communities.

Workers Without Companies contributes to the debate on the future of work in a productive landscape that is now global, while ways of working diversify at an unprecedented pace.

Workers Without Companies contributes to the debate on the future of work in a productive landscape that is now global, while ways of working diversify at an unprecedented pace.

This book tackles the spatial dimension of Europeanization in the Balkans by focusing on cities, inter-urban networks, and urban epistemic communities.

First published in 1958, The Birth of Nigeria's University tells the story of how Dr Kenneth Mellanby, the 'Principal Designate', acquired five square miles of unsurveyed bush, and created there what is now accepted as one of the leading universities in Nigeria.