Interdisciplinary studies

Deanna Fernie analyzes the significance of sculpture in Hawthorne's fiction through the recurring motif of the fragment in its double guise as ruin and project.

This book uses the political economy approach to examine the relative failure of federalism in Nigeria.

The growing inequality in the global economy across the planet is reaching unprecedented levels.

Architectural design can play a role in helping make the past present in meaningful ways when applied to preexisting buildings and places that carry notable and troubling pasts.

Originally published in 1982.

This book explores the politics of conservative Christian churches and social movements in Russia and the United States, focusing on their similar concerns but very different modes of political engagement.

This is the fourth, revised and updated, edition of Geoffrey Till's Seapower: A Guide for the Twenty-first Century.

This book examines the normative tensions inherent in upward mobility within the international system, focusing particularly on the clash between sovereign self-interest and the putatively universal norms associated with international interventions.

A topical, up-to-date and highly authoritative survey of the highly controversial debate around reform of the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy.

Between 1939 and 1945, over two hundred German and forty-five Allied servicemen were interned in neutral Ireland.

The book provides insights on decolonising media and communication studies education from diverse African scholars at different stages of their careers.

Security challenges pose significant hardship for citizens of Caribbean nations.

This book links theoretical discussions about globalization and the distribution of wealth with a rich empirical analysis of Latin America.

First published in 1942, this dictionary was designed to help civilians and members of H.

The Grameen Bank of Bangladesh has successfully lent small sums to poor women for income generation.

The Routledge Handbook of Translation and the City is the first multifaceted and cross-disciplinary overview of how cities can be read through the lens of translation and how translation studies can be enriched by an understanding of the complex dynamics of the city.

The period of Muslim occupation in Spain represents the only significant contact Islam and Europe was ever to have on European soil.

When the Nazis seized power in Germany in 1933 they promised to create a new, harmonious society under the leadership of the Fuumlhrer, Adolf Hitler.

Developing Writing Skills in Arabic is specifically designed for upper-intermediate to advanced students who need to write Arabic for personal, professional and academic purposes.

This book introduces the usage, functionality, and application of data in geographic information systems (GIS) for geo-spatial analysis.

From tracking down information to symbolising human experiences, this book is your guide to telling more effective, empathetic and evidence-based data stories.

Economic reform in China has resulted in a widening gap between the rich and the poor, and urban poverty has emerged as a key factor which may affect future development.

The expanding interdependencies of the world's diverse and divided populations have created a world society.

Using quantitative techniques, this volume provides empirical evidence on the crucial role of public provisioning of food, water, sanitation and health care in reducing undernutrition among women and children in India.

There is a large literature dealing with the spillover effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to emerging and developing economies at the aggregate level.

This book examines Jewish life in Vienna just after the Nazi-takeover in 1938.

A major new interpretation of the Holocaust, contextualizing the destruction of the Jews within Nazi violence against other groups.

Fairness of wage distribution - or the perception of such - is a phenomenon crucial for the stability of new democracies.

Continuing its tradition of providing students with a thorough review of ancient Greek and Roman rhetorical theory and practices, A Synoptic History of Classical Rhetoric is the premier text for undergraduate courses and graduate seminars in the history of rhetoric.

This Briefs advances a theoretical approach that recognizes social movements as contingent enterprises.

Exploring European changes in religious and secular beliefs and practices related to life passages, this book provides a deeper understanding of the impacts of social change on personal identity and adjustment across the life course, According to latest research, Europeans who consider religious services appropriate to mark life passages significantly outnumber those who declare themselves as believers.

This 2007 text examines the problem of national identity formation in the context of globalization.

Der Hauptteil umfasst knapp 100 Dokumente in den fünf gesonderten Themenblöcken, die das Handeln des preußischen Kultusministeriums bzw.

The assumption that Christianity in India is nothing more than a European, western, or colonial imposition is open to challenge.

By imparting crucial insights into the digital evolution of far-right extremism and its challenges, this book explores how far-right extremism has transformed, utilising digital spaces for communication and employing coded language to evade detection.

This book provides a rich, detailed analysis of the experiences of young women growing up in post-colonial, rapidly modernizing Malaysia.

Across organisations and communities there are leaders who manage to get things done through their ability to understand how a network of individuals connect, who to talk to and how to bring people together in the right constellation of effort.

Im Vergleich zum stationären Betrieb stellen Ausgleichsvorgänge in Netzen eine erhöhte Beanspruchung der Betriebsmittel dar.

Founded by Sayyid Ahmad (1786-1831) of Rae Bareli, the Wahhabi Movement in India was a vigorous movement for socio-religious reforms in Indo-Islamic society in the nineteenth century with strong political undercurrents.

This book examines the key developments in the UK magazine industry since 2014 and explains in detail how the business has innovated to survive.

This book studies the composition or structure of Surat Maryam - the 19th sura of the Qur'an - according to the principles of Semitic rhetoric.

Linear programming is a relatively modern branch of Mathe- matics, which is a result of the more scientific approach to management and planning of the post-war era.

Ensuring equity in healthcare is the main concern of health policymakers in order to provide a sustainable health system.

Handbook of Contemporary China is a convenient reference in one single volume that offers comprehensive overviews of crucial cultural dimensions and key institutions of China.

With the use of wide-ranging case studies the author clearly illustrates the impact of schemes intended to re-allocate land in developing countries.

This book discusses how face-to-face interaction via the Internet affects what we can and will do, and its limitations and potential benefits.