Interdisciplinary studies

This book offers a novel approach to studying war and peace by foregrounding motherhood in times of conflict and peace processes from a sociological perspective.

We live in an age of digital ID.

RAF recruit Neville Cox is trapped in Soviet rocket development, facing espionage and a daring escape from KGB captivity.

The Lowland South American World showcases cutting-edge research on the anthropology of Lowland South America, providing both an in-depth knowledge of Lowland South American life ways and engaging readers in urgent social, environmental, and political issues in the contemporary world.

Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Between Identity and Change reconsiders psychoanalytic psychotherapy for contemporary contexts.

Originally published in 1982, From Author to Reader, the first of its kind, is a complete review of books in modern society that draws upon the author's own and many other published sources concerning the social aspects of books.

Landmark Essays in Rhetoric of Science: Issues and Methods compiles the essential readings of the vibrant field of rhetoric of science, tracing the growth and core concerns of the field since its development in the 1970s.

Der Band befasst sich mit der Darstellung und Rezeption von Gesundheitsthemen in den Medien und gesundheitsrelevanter medialer Kommunikation im Allgemeinen.

This book presents a multidimensional approach to understanding the effects of COVID-19 on the lifeworld of the marginalised communities in India.

This book examines the three pillars of sustainability (physical environment, social issues, and economic justice) and the progress and achievability of the United Nations' (UN) 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Canada, Guyana, India, Sri Lanka, and the USA.

This book examines the three pillars of sustainability (physical environment, social issues, and economic justice) and the progress and achievability of the United Nations' (UN) 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Canada, Guyana, India, Sri Lanka, and the USA.

This is a study of political leadership and organization during the first thirty years of organized African politics in Kenya, from the formation of the Kikuyu Association after World War I to the first few months of the 'Mau Mau' Emergency.

Governance has been incorporated into the development models of many countries because of its role in ameliorating inequalities in society.

Making Jazz in Contemporary Japan: A Passionate Search for Self-Expression explores the ways in which Japanese jazz musicians express themselves through their art-not to "e;japanize"e; jazz, but to assert one's creativity, passion, and capacity for self-expression-establishing it as an art form with its own sense of musicality and cultural, social, and economic concerns.

This book studies the social formation of India through the lens of religion, state, ethnicity, and governance.

La semiótica tiene como objeto de estudio el sentido: ¿cómo se genera?

This Element shows that although news coverage of misinformation has increased, it has not eroded trust in traditional media.

Exploring the nuances and complexities in men's and women's accounts of how mainstream pornography is experienced in their everyday lives, this book demonstrates how pornography can be both a site for pleasure and pain across gendered lines.

This concise overview of the theories and practice of leadership in the African context is the first of its kind.

Space activities by governmental agencies require considerable state funding and bear long gestation periods with uncertainty in results.

Data governance is the cornerstone of digital economy growth, particularly in Asia, where both the digital economy and the policy space are fast expanding.

This book provides a detailed account of the history, consequences, and events leading up to the 'Inkathagate Scandal' which changed the course of South African history.

This book explores the significant changes in Chinese journalism education in response to the rapid development of digital and new media technologies.

Movingly written by her own daughter, this captivating and intimate biography chronicles the astonishing courage Andree Griotteray, a teenage girl in Nazi-occupied Paris who would become a hero of the French Resistance through her harrowing work as an underground intelligence courier.

Gamification plays a major role in individual and business decision-making in today's digital era, remarkably changing the way businesses perform basic functions.

Inveterate Walkers, Literary Minds: Bengal's Pilgrims and Their Himalayan Journeys brings under its critical focus the writings of Bengal's travellers (mostly pilgrims) who went, on foot, into Himalayan trails from the mid-nineteenth to the early and mid-twentieth century.

This book explores Germany's political, economic, defence, nuclear and cultural relations as well as defence cooperation with and arms transfers to Pakistan from 1949 to the present day.

This book looks at texts produced before and after 9/11 by novelists with Muslim backgrounds in Britain.

By applying modern monetary theories to China's reality, this book reviews the development practice of China's monetary policy and discusses the transitional goals of China's monetary policy in the new stage of high-quality economic development.

The book project strives to establish and interpret the experiences and realities of African migration using African epistemology and philosophy.

This book uses Maori Kaupapa (a Maori approach, practice) to provide unique insights toward the anthropological understanding of power and place in Heretaunga, New Zealand.

Interpreting Music, Engaging Culture: An Introduction to Music Criticism offers a clear, hands-on guide for emerging music critics that brings together aesthetics, critical theory, and practical music criticism in an accessible format.