Interdisciplinary studies

Title first published in 2003.

The City Makers of Nairobi re-examines the history of the urban development of Nairobi in the colonial period.

Ilan Gur-Ze'ev and Education: Pedagogies of Transformation and Peace critically analyses and introduces the main ideas of Ilan Gur-Ze'ev, reflecting on his continuing theoretical and practical relevance to the field of education.

Tranquillisers are prescribed to almost twice as many women as men, yet very little gender-based research has been carried out on the social context of their use.

EU external democracy promotion has traditionally been based on 'linkage', i.

Year 1966 analyzes the breakthrough moment in the culture of the Polish People's Republic when revolutionary social and cultural changes slowed down in the mid-1960s, leading to a turn toward the idea of a nation as a field of ideological dispute between different social actors.

The concept of boundaries has become a central theme in the study of journalism.

This volume discusses The Thousand and One Nights' themes of space and travel showing how they are used not only as a setting in which the story unfolds, but also as the dynamic force which propels the heroes and the story to the final denouement.

China's workers have been transformed by the transition to capitalism.

This book presents the essential facts of modern Japanese history.

First published in 1991.

"e;A revelation for digital researchers and a provocation for migration scholars.

The shrinking city phenomenon is a multidimensional process that affects cities, parts of cities or metropolitan areas around the world that have experienced dramatic decline in their economic and social bases.

This resource uses evidence-based documentation to examine the veracity of claims and beliefs about the state, nature, and extent of media bias in American news media, including social media, television, radio, newspapers, magazines, and other media outlets.

Erweiterungen des Stimmrechts betreffen auch die Frage, wer an der Selbstbestimmung der Gemeinschaft teilnehmen darf.

Corporate Communication: A Marketing Viewpoint offers an overview of the framework, key concepts, strategies and techniques from a unique marketing perspective.

This book investigates theoretically and empirically whether and (if so) how state weakness influences the way in which national civil societies constitute themselves, using Bangladesh and the Philippines as case studies.

,This book provides valuable lessons that will improve public policy and the quality of decisions that will affect generations to come.

Transmediality in Independent Journalism investigates mainstream journalism and its escape routes to independence through transmedia strategies.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

This work of research by Taj Hashmi puts the issue of women's position in society in historical as well as Islamic perspectives to relate it to the objective conditions in Bangladesh.

Events of the past twenty years, including the Cold War and the War on Terror, have meant that the environments of international development co-operation have changed extensively, with dramatic consequences for development policies and North-South relations in general.

Recent events in Tianamen Square have made such books abruptly important, though in some aspects outdated.

An illustrated account of the Mediterranean clash between the leading RAF and Italian aces flying the Supermarine Spitfire V and the Macchi C.

States across the Muslim world are faced with challenges associated with a perpetual cycle of conflict and violence organized along sectarian lines.

In both Europe and North America it can be argued that the associational and institutional dimensions of the right to freedom of religion or belief are increasingly coming under pressure.

During the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries the fertile islands of Zanzibar and Pemba became of central importance to East Africa's growing contact with the international economy as the ruling dynasty encouraged trade in cloves, slaves and ivory.

Over the past several decades of reform and opening up to the outside world, remarkable economic growth has been achieved in China and has drawn considerable world attention.

The Politics of Prison Crowding investigates recent transformations in Italy's penal system to make the key analytical observation that conditions of overcrowding have become the 'new normal' under which the modern prison system continues to operate and deliver punishment.

Social justice is a concept which is widely touted and lauded as desirable, yet its meaning may differ depending on whether its focus is on the underlying values of social justice, the more specific objectives these entail, or the actual practices or policies which aim to achieve social justice.

Strategy and finance are generally viewed as two separate subjects.

This book examines the construction of an innovation system in Brazil's health industries over the past twenty years.

This Chatham House Paper examines the nature of Soviet relations with Syria, assessing the commitments made and the gains reaped by Moscow and Damascus in the economic, military and political spheres.

Myanmar is known for its engaging history, rich cultural heritage, and diverse ethnic communities.

The idea for this volume came from the enigma that some Central and Eastern European (CEE) European Union (EU) member states have been keen to join the Eurozone while others have shown persistent reluctance.

This volume explores how governments, policymakers and newsrooms have responded to the algorithmic distribution of the news.

The definitive history of MI9's emergency escape and evasion mapping programme and the contribution the maps made to victory in 1945.

This book explores metonymy in language, gesture, music, art and film, and discusses the challenges it presents in cross-cultural communication.

This book explores the work of interpreters and translators at the First Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial of 22 former SS Auschwitz personnel in the mid-1960s, when the voices of dozens of witnesses, speaking 10 different languages, had a profound impact on public understanding of the Holocaust in Germany and beyond.

Die Aufklärung organisch-chemischer Reaktionsmechanismen ist nicht ohne umfangreiche Anwendung physikalisch-chemischer Hilfsmittel möglich, die im wesentlichen im Gebiet der Kinetik liegen.

This book presents a new way of thinking about, teaching, learning, and practicing real estate development.

The emergence of new media today in South Asia has signalled an event, the meaning of which remains obscure but whose reality is rapidly evolving along gradients of intensity and experience.

There is a long tradition of discussion in the philosophy of religion about the problems and possibilities involved in talking about God.

This book examines sport as an inclusive and developmental environment, exploring the conditions by which community sport initiatives can promote personal development, health and social cohesion, particularly for at-risk youth.

Mit diesem Handbuch zur Soldatenkaiserzeit (235–284) wird erstmals eine umfassende Gesamtdarstellung des Römischen Reiches in der Mitte des 3.

Awarded Best Book prize by CIES Globalization and Education SIGAwarded 2nd Prize in the Society of Educational Studies Annual Book PrizeElite schools have always been social choreographers par excellence.

In providing a counterweight to the notion that political violence has irrevocably changed in a globalised world, Violence and the state offers an original and innovative way in which to understand political violence across a range of discipline areas.