Interdisciplinary studies

Based on the Datawar research program developed by three French academic institutions, this book seeks to explore the following research question: how do social practices of data collection and analysis in quantitative conflict studies influence researchers' and practitioners' representations of armed conflict?

Darwin's idea has been called the best idea anyone ever had.

First published in 1962, An Outline Geography of Africa gives a general geographical description of Africa.

This book investigates the role of private land developers in the development of Ruwa Town in post-colonial Zimbabwe.

This book offers a groundbreaking exploration of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)’s role in peace-making in the Horn of Africa (HoA), focusing on its efforts in the South Sudan conflict.

The idea that the mind and the body work together to create human well-being is no longer at the fringes of academia.

Offering a critical overview of the state of contemporary investigative journalism, this book considers ways in which investigative journalism can bring about meaningful change and what conditions need to be in place for it to do so.

Over the last three decades, the Romanian economy transitioned from a centralized, nonmarket economy, that outlawed private property, to a thriving, free-market economy.

First published in 1984, in Rhetoric of Everyday English Texts, the author uses over 100 short texts from educated writers in all walks of life to demonstrate that when we communicate there is a powerful unspoken linguistic consensus as to what is 'relevant' to our purpose in writing a particular text for a particular audience.

This book examines peace and conflict processes in Madagascar from the royal period (c.

This book seeks to analyze the subject of populist leaders from a comparative perspective.