Society and Social Sciences

Focusing on the intersection of literature and politics since the beginning of the 20th century, this book examines authors, historical figures, major literary and political works, national literatures, and literary movements to reveal the intrinsic links between literature and history.

This book is an engaging and comprehensive resource for high school and college students on modern topics in human sexuality, covering subjects such as gender roles and dating to sexual orientation and sex itself.

Covering some of the most hotly contested topics in crime and criminal justice, including proposed sentencing and prison reforms, controversial developments like Stand Your Ground laws, and Supreme Court decisions, this work supplies essential background, current data, and a range of viewpoints on these important issues.

Hate crime is a disturbing phenomenon that is the subject of constant debate, discussion, and legislation.

Perfect for any reader interested in fashion, history, or popular culture, this text is an essential resource that presents vital information and informed analysis of key fashion fads not found elsewhere.

Through the use of primary source documents, readers can learn about key opinions and legislation in the important field of animal rights and welfare-a current and highly relevant topic.

This thoroughly annotated document collection gives students and researchers an authoritative source for understanding the evolving political and legal relationship between church and state from colonial times to the present day.

Now in its fourth edition and completely updated, this is the most comprehensive book on constitutional amendments and proposed amendments available.

Taking the concept of beauty seriously, this encyclopedia examines how humanity has sought and continues to seek what is "e;beautiful"e; in a variety of cultural contexts, giving readers an understanding of how to look at beauty both intellectually and critically.

African American folklore dates back 240 years and has had a significant impact on American culture from the slavery period to the modern day.

How have individuals with mental illness been treated historically and what are their experiences today?

Unlike any other book of its kind, this volume celebrates published works from a broad range of American ethnic groups not often featured in the typical canon of literature.

This book enables readers to learn about upstanders, partisans, and survivors from first-hand perspectives that reveal the many forms of resistance-some bold and defiant, some subtle-to the Nazis during the Holocaust.

Providing a comprehensive framework for the broad subject of human sexuality, this two-volume set offers a context of historical development, scientific discovery, and sociopolitical and sociocultural movements.

This book is a "e;best of"e; collection of tips and exercises to help nurture young writers and strengthen core skills.

Rebels of the South!

What is self-harm and what causes it?

This book is a "e;best of"e; collection of tips and exercises to help nurture young writers and strengthen core skills.

A thorough examination of the history of Cuba, focusing primarily on the period from the revolution in 1959 to the present day.

A bilingual collection of enchanting folk tales from the peoples of Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Uruguay, and Paraguay, accompanied by historical and geographical background as well as color photographs.

eBooks offer students as well as teachers, school and public librarians, and parents tremendous possibilities.

An unbiased examination of profiling in the criminal justice system-one of the most hotly contested public policy issues-on the streets, in the courts, and in the jails and prisons of America.

A fascinating cartographic study of urban development, perfect for map and history lovers.

The author presents a number of strategies for making decisions based on desires or values which are incompatible or which conflict with one another in various ways.

The author presents a number of strategies for making decisions based on desires or values which are incompatible or which conflict with one another in various ways.

Is it desirable, or even necessary, to have distinct human rights for cultural identities?

The concept of 'uneven and combined development' was originally coined by Leon Trotsky to theorise Tsarist Russia's distinctive experience of modernity and revolution.

Jan Patocka, perhaps more so than any other philosopher in the twentieth century, managed to combine intense philosophical insight with a farsighted analysis of the idea and challenges facing Europe as a historical, cultural and political signifier.

Wolfgang Ernst has demonstrated that the knowledge of time-giving ('chrono-poetical') media and their temporal essence enriches the tradition of philosophical inquiry into the nature of 'time'.

Qualitative methods are increasingly used within health economics research, but there is almost no specific material to guide the use of these methods in this context; there is very little that links them to the specific questions that (health) economists ask or that provides guidance on analyzing from an 'economic' or 'resource-focused' perspective.

Hong Kong was once an established hub of creativity in Asia recognized internationally for its cinema, Bruce Lee and Kung Fu.

The Scottish Referendum in September 2014 had significant and far-reaching consequences for the political settlement of the United Kingdom.

It is already clear that climate engineering raises numerous troubling ethical issues.

The conviction that we all have, possess or inhabit a discrete culture, and have done so for centuries, is one of the more dominant default assumptions of our contemporary politico-intellectual moment.

German ordoliberalism originated at the end of the Weimar Republic (1918-1933) in a context of hyper-inflation, depression, mass unemployment and social unrest.

What is the significance of the visual representation of revolution?

Elinor Ostrom was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in economics.

A quarter of a century ago, Heather Joshi edited a landmark volume (sponsored by the British Society for Population Studies and the Centre for Economic Policy Research) entitled The Changing Population of Britain.

Does recognition of the basic human right to subsistence imply that the needy are morally permitted to take and use other people's property to get out of their plight?

Disrupting Maize undertakes a critical interrogation of the symbol and the staple food of the Mexican nation.

In this fascinating and timely book, Maren Behrensen facilitates a conversation between philosophy and the 'practitioners' of identity.

How can ethics be communicated in an age of globalisation?

This book studies the tension between arts and politics in four contemporary artists from different countries, working with different media.

The Bandung Conference was the seminal event of the twentieth century that announced, envisaged and mobilized for the prospect of a decolonial global order.

Human rights and development cannot be understood separately.

Is the notion of postcolonial Europe an oxymoron?

In the early part of the 20th century, state and corporate propagandists used the mass media to promote the valor and rightness of ascending U.

Although the most pernicious consequences of the crisis have apparently abated, the long-term political repercussions remain unclear.

Since the 2008 financial crisis, the neoliberal ideas that arguably caused the damage have been triumphant in presenting themselves as the only possible solution for it.

The book explores in depth both the origins of the Greek debt crisis and the conditions under which the economy might be turned around from its current malaise.