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Popular Sovereignty in the West: Polities, Contention, and Ideas

by Geneviève Nootens

This book is an inquiry into the history of the idea of popular sovereignty as it has been shaped by the struggles between rulers and ruled. It builds on the notion that a thorough analysis of how the idea of...

Rethinking the French New Right: Alternatives to Modernity

by Tamir Bar-On

This book focuses on the philosophy, politics and impact of the 'New Right' which originated in France and has since influenced activism, ideology and policy in a number of European countries.

This book explores...

Europeanization and New Member States: A Comparative Social Network Analysis

by Flavia Jurje

This book examines the Europeanization of the polity and politics of a new EU Member State. Using social network analysis in a comparative research design, it provides a systematic analysis of the effects of...

The Fall of the Iron Curtain and the Culture of Europe

by Peter I. Barta

The end of communism in Europe has tended to be discussed mainly in the context of political science and history. This book, in contrast, assesses the cultural consequences for Europe of the disappearance of...

Rhetorical Investigations: G.B. Vico and C.G. Jung

by Leslie Gardner

Rhetorical analysis of texts exposes plausible 'truths' and presumptions implied by the writer's presentation. In this volume, Leslie Gardner analyses the master psychologist Jung, who claimed to be expert at...

Contemporary Pakistani Fiction in English: Idea, Nation, State

by Cara N. Cilano

Looking at a wide selection of Pakistani novels in English, this book explores how literary texts imaginatively probe the past, convey the present, and project a future in terms that facilitate a sense of collective...

Language and Identity in Englishes

by Urszula Clark

Language and Identity in Englishes examines the core issues and debates surrounding the relationship between English, language and identity. Drawing on a range of international examples from the UK, US, China...

War in International Society

by Lacy Pejcinovic

Is war an institution of international society and how is it constituted as such across the evolution of international society? This book is an inquiry into the purpose of war as a social institution, as originally...

Sport and Film

by Seán| Crosson

The sports film has become one of commercial cinema's most recognizable genres. From classic boxing films such as Raging Bull (1980) to soccer-themed box-office successes like Bend it Like Beckham (2002), the...

Framing Languages and Literacies: Socially Situated Views and Perspectives

by Margaret R. Hawkins

In this seminal volume leading language and literacy scholars clearly articulate and explicate major social perspectives and approaches in the fields of language and literacy studies. Each approach draws on...

Sport in a Capitalist Society: A Short History

by Tony Collins

• Why are the Olympic Games the driving force behind a clampdown on civil liberties?
• What makes sport an unwavering ally of nationalism and militarism?
• Is sport the new opiate of the masses?

These and many...

Business to Business Marketing Management: A Global Perspective

by Alan Zimmerman & Jim Blythe

Business to business markets are considerably more challenging than consumer markets and demand specific skills from marketers. Buyers, with a responsibility to their company and specialist product knowledge,...

Human Trafficking: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

by Mary C. Burke

The practice of one human being exploiting another in slavery-like conditions is not new. Today, it is called human trafficking. Social, political, and economic forces over the past 60 years have changed how...

Martial Arts and the Body Politic in Meiji Japan

by Denis Gainty

In 1895, the newly formed Greater Japan Martial Virtue Association (Dainippon Butokukai) held its first annual Martial Virtue Festival (butokusai) in the ancient capital of Kyoto. The Festival marked the arrival...

Gender, Modernity and Male Migrant Workers in China: Becoming a 'Modern' Man

by Xiaodong Lin

Rural-urban migration within China has transformed and reshaped rural people's lives during the past few decades, and has been one of the most visible phenomena of the economic reforms enacted since the late...

The World of Agricultural Economics: An Introduction

by Carin Martiin

This textbook takes a truly international approach towards agricultural economics, uniting many different perspectives on the subject and providing insight into agriculture in general, and into how practical...

Bilingual Education and Language Policy in the Global South

by Jo Arthur Shoba & Feliciano Chimbutane

This volume considers a range of ways in which bilingual programs can make a contribution to aspects of human and economic development in the global South. The authors examine the consequences of different policies,...

Healthy City Planning: From Neighbourhood to National Health Equity

by Jason Corburn

Healthy city planning means seeking ways to eliminate the deep and persistent inequities that plague cities. Yet, as Jason Corburn argues in this book, neither city planning nor public health is currently organized...

Transformational Diplomacy in the Cold War

by Keith Hamilton

This book examines the 'Know How Fund', Britain's bilateral technical assistance programme in post-communist central and eastern Europe, devised in response to the end of the Cold War.

The Know How Fund (KHF)...

Peacebuilding and International Administration: The Cases of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo

by Niels van Willigen

This book provides a detailed historical and political analysis of the role and effectiveness of international administration in statebuilding. It analyses how the international administrations in Bosnia and...