Social science

Treason: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism

by Ann Coulter

“Liberals’ loyalty to the United States is off-limits as a subject of political debate. Why is the relative patriotism of the two parties the only issue that is out of bounds for rational discussion?”

In...

Domestic Wastewater Treatment in Developing Countries

by Duncan Mara

Affordable and effective domestic wastewater treatment is a critical issue in public health and disease prevention around the world, particularly so in developing countries which often lack the financial and...

Environment and Economics in Nigeria

by Toyin Falola & Adam Paddock

This volume gathers contributors across a wide range of disciplines to explore the relationship between the environment, economics, and development in Nigeria from the twentieth century to the present, examining...

Market Economy and Urban Change: Impacts in the Developing World

by Mohamed Hamza & Roger Zetter

Across the developing world the preceding decade or so has witnessed a profound reconfiguration of the political economy of urban policy. This new policy environment is driven by globalization, the neo-liberal...

Print, Visuality, and Gender in Eighteenth-Century Satire: "The Scope in Ev'ry Page"

by Katherine Mannheimer

This study interprets eighteenth-century satire's famous typographical obsession as a fraught response to the Enlightenment's "ocularcentric" epistemological paradigms, as well as to a print-cultural moment...

Internet and Surveillance: The Challenges of Web 2.0 and Social Media

by Christian Fuchs, Kees Boersma & Anders Albrechtslund

The Internet has been transformed in the past years from a system primarily oriented on information provision into a medium for communication and community-building. The notion of "Web 2.0", social software,...

Islamic Revivalism in Syria: The Rise and Fall of Ba'thist Secularism

by Line Khatib

Contemporary studies on Syria assume that the country's Ba'thist regime has been effective in subduing its Islamic opposition, placing Syria at odds with the Middle East's larger trends of rising Islamic activism...

Persia and its People (RLE Iran A)

by Ella C C Sykes

This volume gives a popular description of Iran and was the result of the author's extensive travelling in the country and close knowledge of its people and customs over a period of 3 years at the turn of the...

Contemporary Theorists for Medical Sociology

by Graham Scambler

Contemporary Theorists for Medical Sociology explores the work of key social theorists and the application of their ideas to issues around health and illness.

Encouraging students and researchers to use mainstream...

The Community Planning Event Manual: How to use Collaborative Planning and Urban Design Events to Improve your Environment

by Nick Wates

Want to improve your village? Your town? Your city? A community planning event may be just what you have been waiting for. All over the world people are organizing dynamic collaborative events to improve their...

Moral Panic and the Politics of Anxiety

by SEAN HIER

Moral Panic and the Politics of Anxiety is a collection of original essays written by some of the world's leading social scientists. It seeks to provide unique insight into the importance of moral panic as a...

Art Platforms and Cultural Production on the Internet

by Olga Goriunova

In this book, Goriunova offers a critical analysis of the processes that produce digital culture. Digital cultures thrive on creativity, developing new forces of organization to overcome repetition and reach...

The Politics of Loss and Trauma in Contemporary Israeli Cinema

by Raz Yosef

The last decade has marked the growing visibility and worldwide interest in Israeli cinema. Films such as Walk on Water, Or, My Treasure, Beaufort and Waltz with Bashir have been commercially and critically...

The Communist Youth League and the Transformation of the Soviet Union, 1917-1932

by Matthias Neumann

The study of Soviet youth has long lagged behind the comprehensive research conducted on Western European youth culture. In an era that saw the emergence of youth movements of all sorts across Europe, the Soviet...

Environmental Solidarity: How Religions Can Sustain Sustainability

by Pablo Martínez de Martínez de Anguita

The past few decades have seen the beginnings of a convergence between religions and ecological movements. The environmental crisis has called the religions of the world to respond by finding their voice within...

Climate Change Risks and Food Security in Bangladesh

by Winston Yu

Managing climate variability and change remains a key development and food security issue in Bangladesh. Despite significant investments, floods, droughts, and cyclones during the last two decades continue to...

Countryside Planning: New Approaches to Management and Conservation

by Kevin Bishop & Adrian Phillips

Not since the 19th century has the future of the countryside been such a focus of political and public attention, nor of profound uncertainty and anguished debate. A watershed has now been reached, and in this...

Morningstar

by Morningstar Mercredi

A powerful and moving story of one woman's victory over abuse, poverty, and discrimination to recover her life, her self-esteem and the love of her son.

The Last Hunger Season: A Year in an African Farm Community on the Brink of Change

by Roger Thurow

The story of a group of Kenyan farmers working to transcend lives of dire poverty and hunger illuminates the challenges, and vital necessity, of transforming Africa’s agriculture sector

The Seamanship Examiner

by David House & Farhan Saeed

The Seamanship Primer is a complete study and revision guide, based on the international Standards of Training, Certification and Watch Keeping, for cadet and serving crew in the merchant marine sector. It is...