Interdisciplinary studies

In recent years, the United Kingdom has become a more and more divided society with inequality between the regions as marked as it has ever been.

First published in 2000.

Latin American Modern Architectures: Ambiguous Territories has thirteen new essays from a range of distinguished architectural historians to help you understand the region's rich and varied architecture.

This book studies the transnational nature of American cultural production, specifically literature, film, and music, examining how these serve as ways of perceiving the United States and American culture.

Cultures of violence are characteristic of many countries in sub-Saharan Africa and attempts to move towards cultures of peace have often proved difficult and ineffectual.

Communication in Everyday Life: A Survey of Communication offers an engaging introduction to communication based on the belief that communication and relationships are always interconnected.

Islamic Art and Beyond is the third in a set of four volumes of studies on Islamic art by Oleg Grabar.

Administrative litigation systems are a rapidly developing legal field in many countries.

This comprehensive text is the first to introduce evocative autoethnography as a methodology and a way of life in the human sciences.

Focusing on the interplay between domestic-level changes and region-wide interaction, this book provides a comprehensive analytical and theoretical survey of Iranian foreign relations in the Middle East from Antiquity until the Islamic Republic.

The Routledge Companion to Alternative and Community Media provides an authoritative and comprehensive examination of the diverse forms, practices and philosophies of alternative and community media across the world.

This book explores sustainable community development in Ghana post-COVID-19, highlighting examples of how individuals facing extreme challenges have adapted to their changing circumstances.

Providing a modern English translation of a key selection of Ibn Fadl Allah al-`Umari's Masalik al-absar, this book offers a rich description of Egypt and Syria under the Mamluks in the first half of the fourteenth-century A.

The Special Issue consolidates new approaches to the study of the EU's role in the eastern neighbourhood and beyond, informed by post-structuralist traditions in international relations.

Bringing together both leading international scholars and emerging academic talent, Media Accountability in the Era of Post-Truth Politics maps the current state of media accountability in Europe and provides fresh perspectives for future developments in media and communication fields.

Water scarcity due to climate change, population growth, and economic development is a critical issue in many semi-arid and arid regions around the world.

This book explores the personal experiences of professionals who are a part of the post-colonial and late-industrializing reality in the global value chain in Singapore.

This book draws attention to emerging issues around the rights of minorities, marginalized groups, and persons in Africa.

The author assesses the place in world affairs of economic co-operation and integration among Atlantic countries, and the prospects for Atlantic relationships in the near future.

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Based on recently declassified documents, this book provides the first examination of the Truman Administration's decision to employ covert operations in the Cold War.

This volume depicts the life and times of the Mughal emperor Jahangir in the light of his memoirs, Jahangirnama, popularly known as Tuzuk-i Jahangiri.

Our Families, Our Values challenges both the gay community and American society to examine carefully the meaning of family values and the nature of social institutions such as marriage and the family.

Landmark Essays on Rhetorics of Difference challenges the Eurocentric perspective from which the field of rhetoric is traditionally viewed.

Communication is, among other things, about the study of meaning -- how people convey ideas for themselves and to one another in their daily lives.

This book examines policy responses to food waste and loss, an issue of significant, global concern, with one-third of food produced for human consumption lost or wasted.

It is said that behind every successful man there stands a devoted and capable woman.

This book critically examines the colonial dimensions of restorative justice through the lens of justice policy reform in Jamaica.

This book discusses Ambedkar's engagements with the issues of social justice, economic development and caste enclosures.

In 1945, with her fleet destroyed and her armies beaten, the only thing that stood between Japan and an Allied invasion was the numerous coastal defence positions that surrounded the islands.

First published in 1988, Alcoholism Etiology and Treatment provides a stimulating discussion concerning an understanding of the etiology and treatment of alcoholism.

Eric Roman is the first scholar to be granted access to the vast, heretofore closed, archive of documents relating to the communist era in Hungary.

Throughout the world, the threat of climate change is pressing governments to accelerate the deployment of technologies to generate low carbon electricity or heat.

A popular, if erroneous, conception of Buddhism has been that of self-negation or even nihilism, that is to say a religion that is negative in its basic attitude.

Focusing on the neglected journalism of writers more famous for their novels or plays, this new book explores the specific functions of journalism within the public sphere, and celebrate the literary qualities of journalism as a genre.

New Era - New Religions examines new forms of religion in Brazil.

This innovative work introduces the interdisciplinary field of research of kinesemiotics, offering a new adaptable model and means of analysis for understanding forms of movement-based communication, such as dance, that use a codified language shared by a community of users.

The Word in the World is a collection of essays and lectures by H S Shivaprakash, a well-known poet, playwright, and translator.

This book examines environmental issues through the lens of security studies and presents a comprehensive analysis of Indian policy in dealing with threats posed by climate change.

This powerful book tells the story of Anne Skorecki Levy, a Holocaust survivor who transformed the horrors of her childhood into a passionate mission to defeat the political menace of reputed neo-Nazi and Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke.

Combating climate change will increasingly impact on production industries and the workers they employ as production changes and consumption is targeted.

The monumental battles of World War II's Eastern FrontMoscow, Stalingrad, Kurskare etched into the historical record.

Brazil, Russia, India and China are four of the largest and most dynamic contemporary emerging economies in the world.

The coronavirus has rattled humanity, tested resolve and determination, and redefined normalcy.

Understanding Zionism is a detailed introduction to the background and development of the Zionist movement, its various streams, and its impact on government and society in Israel.

A stimulating account of the wide range of approaches towards conceptualising emotions in classical Indian philosophical-religious traditions, such as those of the Upanishads, Vaishnava Tantrism, Bhakti movement, Jainism, Buddhism, Yoga, Shaivism, and aesthetics, this volume analyses the definition and validity of emotions in the construction of