Interdisciplinary studies

This comparative, transatlantic two-volume work covers nearly 120 years of the history of the rights, integration, and security of the Jewish people in both the United States and France, the countries with the largest and third-largest Jewish populations.

John Calvin''s two kingdoms political thought offers a fresh paradigm for constructive Christian engagement in pluralistic liberal societies.

Digitale Räume versprechen ein Mehr an Teilhabemöglichkeiten: Optimistisch könnte man konstatieren, dass sie zu einer Demokratisierung des Diskurses beitragen.

Set in one of the world's most unequal and violent places, this ethnographic study reveals how insurance companies discovered a vast market of predominantly poor African clients.

Traditional valuation approaches are increasingly recognised as being insufficient to address the wicked valuation problems of the diverse peoples and groups that inhabit the globe from north, south, east to west.

This book presents an ethnographic investigation of intimate and reproductive behaviour in current Japanese society, grounded in the viewpoints of a group of Japanese mothers.

This volume provides a detailed up-to-date analysis of the strategic issues and policy options of China's accession to the WTO.

This book focuses on the implementation of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a multi-billion-dollar infrastructure development project intended to connect Asia with Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Realität(streue) ist ein markantes Thema in der Medienkultur des 21.

This is a book about urban complexity - how it evolves and how it gets destroyed.

How to dwell in a forest alongside giants, avoid disturbing a living god, assist an animal with their manners, and help an elephant cross the road.

With deep thought and inspiring examples, this updated book engages readers by increasing their understanding and awareness of what sustainability means conceptually, practically, personally, and professionally.

This book shows the impact of globalization on Southeast Asia, which over a few decades has evolved from a loose set of war-torn ex-colonies to being a centre of global manufacturing.

Genesis offers insight and encouragement to those who live and minister in urban environments.

Framed by critical globalisation theory and David Harvey's 'co-revolutionary moments' as a theory of social change, this book brings together a multi-disciplinary team of researchers to empirically analyse how socialism is being constructed in contemporary Latin America and the Caribbean, and beyond.

"e;Extraordinarily rich, lively and illuminating.

Considering perspectives on creative advertising through a unique media and communications lens, this book encompasses both the theory and practical tools needed to approach and understand creativity in advertising with an original eye.

A sweeping history of emotional life that explores how ''Dear John'' letters became a rite of passage for American servicemen.

The communitarian critic of liberalism argues that the socio-political context is fundamental to any understanding of the individual as such.

The destruction of Trochenbrod, the only exclusively Jewish town outside of Israel, is a mostly overlooked Holocaust tragedy.

Includes hundreds of period photos covering all the details of the trucks, vans and trailers vital to maintain the communications of the U.

For decades the history of the US Military Tribunals at Nuremberg (NMT) has been eclipsed by the first Nuremberg trial the International Military Tribunal or IMT.

Covid-19 in International Media: Global Pandemic Responses is one of the first books uniting an international team of scholars to investigate how media address critical social, political, and health issues connected to the 2020-21 COVID-19 outbreak.

Okinawan people have developed a unique tradition of protest in their long history of oppression and marginalization.

Inside Journalism provides comprehensive career descriptions and training advice for entry into the areas of print journalism (newspapers, magazines, news agencies, freelance work and in-house publications).

Kanno Suga and Kaneko Fumika were both found guilty on different occasions in 1911 and 1926 of conspiring to assassinate the Japanese emperor.

The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is China's largest province, shares borders with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Russia and Mongolia, and possesses a variety of natural resources, including oil.

This volume critically engages with recent formulations and debates regarding the status of the regional languages of the Indian subcontinent vis-a-vis English.

This book offers the first comprehensive analysis of youth, in all its diversity, in Muslim Central Asia and the Caucasus.

This book analyzes how the Iraqi city of Fallujah became registered as a setting for military heroics in American memory.

'A work of exhilarating scope and relevance .

This book examines the patterns, characteristics, causes and coping mechanisms of the poor in Afghanistan applying econometric and statistical techniques.

The book presents key perspectives on teaching and learning science in India.

This presents twenty specially commissioned case studies of farmer participatory approaches to agricultural innovation initiated by NGOs in Latin America.

First published in 1984, this work explores the issues surrounding the industrialisation of the Third World at the beginning of the 1980s.

Based on rare oral data from women participants in the "e;Mau Mau"e; rebellion, this book chronicles changes in women's domestic reproduction, legal status, and gender roles that took place under colonial rule.

This book examines how civil society actors operate under authoritarian constraints, and examines how this is linked to regime change.

In the face of Soviet invasion in 1939 40, and once again in 1941 44, the armies raised by Finland a tiny nation of only 4 million people - astonished the world by their effective resistance.

Terrorism, by its very nature, is a dynamic and rapidly changing phenomenon.

'Ann and Robert Seidman have written an invaluabe theoretical (and practical) guide for those concerned with the role of the state in development.

This book demonstrates the importance and potential role of Traditional Ecological Knowledge in foreseeing and curbing future global pandemics.

In 1989, the International Labor Organization stated that all indigenous peoples living in the postcolonial world were entitled to the right to prior consultation, over activities that could potentially impact their territories and traditional livelihoods.

The changing role of industry, the trend towards automation, the in- creased cost of raw materials and labour rates all emphasize the need for improved quality of manufacture which will lead to better reliability, reduced maintenance costs and incidence of failure, as well as greater consumer confidence.

As China has undergone rapid urbanization and population aging in the past few decades, improving the welfare of older people in rural areas has become an ever more pressing issue.