Society and Social Sciences

City governments are going bankrupt.

Corruption is linked to a wide range of developmental issues, including undermining democratic institutions, slowing economic development and contributing to government instability, poverty and inequality.

Democracy is overrated.

The ignorant bystander: Britain and the Rwandan genocide uses a case study of Britain's response to the genocide to explore what factors motivate humanitarian intervention in overseas crises.

Violence and Gender in the Globalized World expands the present discourse on gender and violence, discovering new ways to address the complexities encountered in academic research on the topic.

Military action in South Ossetia, growing tensions with the United States and NATO, and Russia's relationship with the European Union demonstrate how the issue of Russian nationalism is increasingly at the heart of the international political agenda.

Originally published in 1984.

This book provides mental health professionals and counselors with a conceptual understanding and practical suggestions for educating children in skills that can promote their mental health.

Anti-Racist Educational Leadership and Policy helps educational leaders better comprehend the racial implications and challenges of the current educational policy landscape.

In this powerful and authoritative study Jody Allen Randolph providesthe fullest account yet of the work of a major figure in twentieth-century Irish literature as well as in contemporary women's writing.

This book examines PRC "e;involved"e; seaports overseas, where involvement can take the form of PRC foreign direct investment (FDI), contracting, and/or terminal operations, in countries such as Cambodia, Pakistan, and the Philippines.

Now in an extensively revised tenth edition, Introducing Public Administration provides students with the conceptual foundation they need, while introducing them to important trends in the discipline.

How can we create a healthier world and prevent the crisis next time?

Many can attest to the importance of the self-growth that occurs for young people through the arts and their accompanying communities of support, understanding, and caring.

When Nigeria hosted the Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture (FESTAC) in 1977, it celebrated a global vision of black nationhood and citizenship animated by the exuberance of its recent oil boom.

This textbook provides an accessible and interdisciplinary introduction to genocide with an emphasis on the criminal aspect of genocide.

This book examines the implications of new communication technologies in the light of the most recent work in social and cultural theory and argues that new developments in electronic media, such as the Internet and Virtual Reality, justify the designation of a "e;second media age"e;.

While he is more commonly known for his Trinitiarian works and theology, this study assesses mid-fourth-century bishop Hilary of Poitiers' view of the human condition.

Using the international climate regime as an example, Simone Schiele analyses the ability of international environmental regimes to evolve over time.

A groundbreaking story of African agency and the abolition of slavery, providing a new perspective on the Atlantic slave trade.

This is a study of the most fascinating and idiosyncratic of all seventeenth-century figures.

Barbara Köhler Stüdeli legt mit dem vorliegenden Band die erste explorative Studie vor, die die mediale Identitätsdarstellung öffentlicher Akteure empirisch untersucht und ihren Einfluss auf die Reputation von Organisationen und Management analysiert.

Covering their lives from childhood to the end of the Georgia governorship, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter is one of the few major biographies of an American president that pays significant attention to the First Lady.

A convincing critique of the neglect of death in psychoanalytic theory, arguing that death has been a repressed subject in psychoanalysis.

Schools and other forms of education have significant impacts on people's views about emotions and emotional experiences.

When tragedy strikes a community, it is often unexpected with long-lasting effects on the people left in its wake.

An important contribution to the professional work performed in the areas on emerging technologies, this book provides an extensive expansion of the literature base on contemporary theories and investigative techniques used in the forensic sciences.

This book is a compilation of significant reports and testimonies issued in December 2018.

With about 70,000 domestic and international adoptions each year in the United States and Canada, adoption remains a major means of building families in both countries.

5784 Jahre Denkgeschichte für die ZukunftShitstorms, Sex, Selbstbestimmung – ein ungewöhnlicher Blick auf aktuelle Themen:Wenn es heute um jüdisches Leben geht, dreht sich die Diskussion – insbesondere in Deutschland – meist um den Holocaust, den arabisch-israelischen Konflikt oder Antisemitismus.

This book examines social transformation during the Tang-Song period by focusing on the emergence and development of the "e;society of moneyed elite"e; in ancient China.

This book describes how different nations have defined the core competencies and skills that young people will need in order to thrive in the twenty-first-century, and how those nations have fashioned educational policies and curricula meant to promote those skills.

1948 edition of this popular work, first published in 1844.

What is Chekhov's method of ensuring audience participation?

Portuguese democracy is now celebrating its 50th anniversary.

Attacks by network-based transnational terrorist groups cause on average 25,000 deaths every year worldwide, with the law enforcement agencies of some states facing many challenges in bringing those responsible to justice.

A useful handbook, this text presents guidelines frequently followed by writers of reports of empirical research designed for publication in scientific business journals.

This book travels to the heart of power, inequality and injustice in water politics.

India has one of the highest numbers of HIV carriers in the world.

Animal Cognition looks at how non-human animals process information from their environment.

The role of the police force was central in the politics and social life of Egypt during the British occupation between 1882 and 1914.

The 1950s and 1960s were a transformative phase in modern Irish history.

Among the scientific advances over the last one hundred years, those in psychological science rank among the most prolific and revealing.

Plucked from a humble nomad family to become the leader of one of Tibet's oldest Buddhist lineages, the young Seventeenth Karmapa draws on timeless values to create an urgent ethic for today's global community.

Award-winning author MaryAnn Kohl offers children ages 5-8 over 100 art experiences that value the process of art more than the final product.

'Independence in Europe', adopted by the Scottish National Party (SNP) as its core policy in 1988, has become part and parcel of contemporary Scottish nationalism.