This remarkable book examines how the Islamist movement and its competition with secular-nationalist factions have transformed the identities of ordinary Palestinians since the first Palestinian uprising, or intifada, of the late 1980s.
Sorbische Frauen wurden in nationalen/ethnischen Diskursen oft auf eine reprasentative Position - Symboltragerinnen des kulturellen Erbes und Huterinnen der ethnischen Identitat - festgelegt.
This volume brings to a close Jefferson's increasingly stormy tenure as Secretary of State, documenting, among many things, his epochal duel with Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton over the conduct of American foreign policy.
Over the past several decades, civil and ethnic wars have undermined prospects for economic and political development, destabilized entire regions of the globe, and left millions dead.
The Functionally Fluent Teacher explores how teachers can build more effective relationships with the key stakeholders in school life - pupils, colleagues, leaders, parents and the wider community.
Fiscal Disobedience represents a novel approach to the question of citizenship amid the changing global economy and the fiscal crisis of the nation-state.
In ihrem eindringlichen Plädoyer zeigt Elsbeth Müller, ehemalige Geschäftsleiterin der UNICEF Schweiz: Nur wenn wir Kinderrechte ernst nehmen, hat unsere Gesellschaft eine Zukunft.
An invaluable guide for every step of the college experience, from deciding if and where to go to maximizing academic, social, personal, and professional opportunitiesThe College Handbook shows how college is a journey rather than simply a destination, guiding undergraduates and their families through each phase of student life using a proven approach that is clear, practical, and effective.
'Pulls off the rare feat of making you laugh, think and feel like you happened upon a top secret dossier' GEOFF NORCOTT'MONEYMANIA is a page-turner and a must read if you wonder why the world is so screwed up.
La renuncia voluntaria a los privilegios hereditarios de la aristocracia, la voluntad científica de su pensamiento, así como el estilo de su escritura, claro y pedagógico, hacen de Piotr A.
Isaiah Berlin (1909-1997), filosofo, historiador de las ideas y profesor universitario, fue un elocuente defensor de la libertad individual frente a los totalitarismos.
A defunción dos sexos: disidentes sexuais na Galiza contemporánea é un libro divulgativo que recompila historias e memorias de persoas que viviron alén da norma sexual na Galiza dos últimos cento cincuenta anos.
During the thirteen months covered by this volume, Thomas Jefferson spent more than half of his time in Philadelphia serving as vice president under President John Adams and presiding over a Senate that was dominated by his political opponents, the Federalists.
Pensamiento critico y eficacia es un libro dirigido al publico interesado en el buen juicio, en la reflexion critica, en el modo de tomar decisiones solidas o en la manera de resolver problemas eficazmente.
From the nineteenth through the mid-twentieth centuries, millions of American men and women participated in fraternal associations--self-selecting brotherhoods and sisterhoods that provided aid to members, enacted group rituals, and engaged in community service.
Good strategic assessment does not guarantee success in international relations, but bad strategic assessment dramatically increases the risk of disastrous failure.
Despite the Odds poses an important question: How can we account for successful policy reform initiatives when the political cards are stacked against change?
The last quarter century has been marked by the ascension of neoliberalism--market deregulation, state decentralization, and reduced political intervention in national economies.
This book contends that beneath the frenzied activism of the sixties and the seeming quiescence of the seventies, a "e;silent revolution"e; has been occurring that is gradually but fundamentally changing political life throughout the Western world.
