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Japanese and the Jesuits

by Mr J F Moran & J. F. Moran

The Japanese and the Jesuits examines the attempt by sixteenth century Jesuits to convert the Japanese to Christianity. Directing the Jesuits was the Italian Alessandro Valignano, whose own magisterial writings,...


Readings from Emile Durkheim

by Prof Kenneth Thompson

Emile Durkheim is regarded as a "founding father" of sociology, and is studied in all basic sociology courses. This handy textbook is a key collection of translations from Durkheim's major works.


Feminist Review: Issue 43: Issues for Feminism

by The Feminist Review Collective

In this issue each article addresses a topical and controversial theme in contemporary feminist debate: pornography, the veil, HRT, disability and the Inkatha Women's Brigade.


Feminist Review: Issue 44: Nationalisms and National Identities

by The Feminist Review Collective

Feminist Review is the UK's leading feminist journal. It has a unique place in the women's movement internationally. This issue focusing on Nationalism and National Identities features articles by Nahid Yegeneh...


Political Thought of Karl Popper

by Jeremy Shearmur

The Political Thought of Karl Popper offers a controversial treatment of Popper's ideas about politics, informed by Shearmur's personal knowledge of Popper together with research on unpublished material in the...


Social Class in Modern Britain

by Gordon Marshall, Howard Newby & David Rose

The book incorporates three alternative conceptions of class. Erik Olin Wright's structural Marxist account is set alongside John Goldthorpe's occupational class schema, and the Registrar-General's prestige...


Archaeology and Language III: Artefacts, Languages and Texts

by Roger Blench & Matthew Spriggs

Archaeology and Language III interprets results from archaeological data in terms of language distribution and change, providing the tools for a radical rewriting of the conventional discourse of prehistory....


Psychology For Social Workers: Black Perspectives

by Lena Robinson

Psychology for Social Workers is designed to help qualifying and practising social workers to understand and counteract the impact of discrimination, work in an ethnically sensitive way and demonstrate an awareness...


Hyperreality and Global Culture

by Nicholas Perry

This book explores a world where the boundaries between reality and representation have become blurred, a world where LA Law is used to train lawyers.

Drawing on examples from around the globe, Nick Perry presents...


Shaping Childhood: Themes of Uncertainty in the History of Adult-Child Relationships

by Roger Cox

What part has religion played in the history of child-rearing? How do we persuade children to behave rationally and how should we exercise adult authority? What use do we make of their innocence and how do we...


Feminist Review: Issue 46

by The Feminist Review Collective

A unique combination of the activist and the academic, Feminist Review has an acclaimed place within women's studies courses and the women's movement.

Feminist Review is produced by a London-based editorial...


Feminist Review: Issue 47

by The Feminist Review Collective

A unique combination of the activist and the academic, Feminist Review has an acclaimed place within women's studies courses and the women's movement.

Feminist Review is produced by a London-based editorial...


Beyond Beijing: Liberalization and the Regions in China

by Dali L. Yang

This book offers a balanced assessment of the dynamics and consequences of the decentralization of power and resources in post- Mao China. The author argues that decentralization has increased tensions amongst...


Social Democracy and Rational Choice

by Henry Milner

Is it possible in this post-socialist world, for equity and efficiency to be reconciled ? Or is a productive welfare state a contradication in terms ? This book addresses these questions in theory and in practice,...


Melancholy and the Critique of Modernity: Soren Kierkegaard's Religious Psychology

by Harvie Ferguson

The connections between the emergence of modern society and the experience of melancholy are explored through a comprehensive re-examination of Soren Kierkegaard's rich and insightful writings.


Politics of Jean-Francois Lyotard

by Chris Rojek, Mr Bryan S Turner & Bryan Turner

Jean-Francois Lyotard is still considered to be the father of postmodernism. An international range of contributors in the field of cultural and philosophical studies, including Barry Smart, John O' Neill and...


Housing Policy in the 1990s

by Johnston Birchall

Housing Policy in the 1990s explores the deluge of Conservative legislation of the late 1980s and examines what its effects will be during this decade and into the next century. The contributors discuss and...


The Future of Water in African Cities: Why Waste Water?

by Michael Jacobsen & Michael Webster

The objective of this study is to assist public authorities to identify and address the future challenges of urban water supply, sanitation, and flood management in cities. In order to do that, this report uses...


The Gulf: The Bush Presidencies and the Middle East

by Michael F. Cairo

Presidents George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush both led the United States through watershed events in foreign relations: the end of the Cold War and the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Many high-level...


Empowering Women: Legal Rights and Economic Opportunities in Africa

by Mary Hallward-Driemeier & Tazeen Hasan

The importance of property rights in providing the incentive to invest, work hard, and innovate has been recognized for centuries. Yet, many women in Africa do not have the same property rights or formal legal...