Social science

Edmund Burke

by Frank O'Gorman

First published in 1973, this title offers a concise and readable account of Burke's political philosophy. As well as examining the foundation for Burke's thought, the book also provides much needed connections...

The Intimate State

by Perveez Mody

This book provides an ethnography of love-marriages in the late 1990s in Delhi, identifying the ways in which marriage is ever more a pitch of intense political contestation. It bears upon anthropological understandings...

Contested Capitalism

by Richard W. Carney

This book examines the political origins of financial institutions across fifteen developed democracies, with focused case studies on the US, France, Japan, Austria, and Germany.

The institutional arrangements...

Whitewash

by John Gabriel

By putting the language used in television, the radio, the internet and press, as well as that spoken by key leaders, under the spotlight, what is ultimately revealed is the existence of a 'white' language,...

Communication, Cultural and Media Studies: The Key Concepts

by John Hartley

Communication, Cultural and Media Studies: The Key Concepts is a book to help you come to terms with terms, compiled by a leading figure in the field. This third edition of this classic text forms an up-to-date,...

Network Journalism

by Ansgard Heinrich

Drawing on current theoretical debates in journalism studies, and grounded in empirical research, Heinrich here analyzes the interplay between journalistic practice and processes of globalization and digitalization....

New Perspectives on the History and Historiography of Southeast Asia

by Michael Arthur Aung-Thwin & Kenneth R. Hall

Using a unique "old-new" treatment, this book presents new perspectives on several important topics in Southeast Asian history and historiography. Based on original, primary research, it reinterprets and revises...

Multiculturalism and Moral Conflict

by Maria Dimova-Cookson & Peter Stirk

Multiculturalism is higher on the daily political agenda than it has ever been. Leading politicians and public commentators speak with an unparalleled bluntness about the perceived limitations of multiculturalism...

Tourists at the Taj

by Tim Edensor

Clearly written and fascinatingly illustrated, Tourists at the Taj describes the conflicting narratives which surround the site. For some the Taj is an evocative symbol of the colonial past. For others it is...

Exploring the Dirty Side of Women's Health

by Mavis Kirkham

In this book, a team of international contributors examine bodies, leakage and boundaries, illuminating the contradictions and dilemmas in women's healthcare.

Using the concept of pollution, this book highlights...

Pareto and Political Theory

by Joseph V. Femia

Pareto and Political Theory is the first book-length study of the philosopher's importance in terms of the most fundamental issues of political discourse: individualism vs. holism, science vs. hermeneutics,...

Beyond the Borderlands: Migration and Belonging in the United States and Mexico

by Debra Lattanzi Shutika

Over the last three decades, migration from Mexico to the United States has moved beyond the borderlands to diverse communities across the country, with the most striking transformations in American suburbs...

Exceptionalism and the Politics of Counter-Terrorism

by Andrew W. Neal

This book is an analysis and critique of the concepts of 'exception' and 'exceptionalism' in the context of the politics of liberty and security in the so-called 'War on Terror'.

Since the destruction of the...

Exemplification in Communication

by Dolf Zillmann & Hans-Bernd Brosius

This volume offers a new conceptual framework for exemplification, a coherent theoretical approach based on contemporary psychological models of information processing, and an exhaustive integration of the pertinent...

Oppositional Discourses and Democracies

by Michael Huspek

When citizens take to the streets or pack assembly halls or share their ideas through the minority press, they often give voice to truths and logic that have otherwise been given little or no airing through...

Narrating Post/Communism

by Natasa Kovacevic

The transition of communist Eastern Europe to capitalist democracy post-1989 and in the aftermath of the Yugoslav wars has focused much scholarly attention - in history, political science and literature - on...

Japanese-American Civilian Prisoner Exchanges and Detention Camps, 1941-45

by Bruce Elleman

The important and previously undocumented event in the history of the Second World War: the negotiation of 'prisoner' exchanges between the United States and Japan during 1941 to 1943, is examined here by Bruce...

Creativity and Conflict Resolution

by Tatsushi Arai

This book explores how creative ways of resolving social conflicts emerge, evolve, and subsequently come to be accepted or rejected in inter-group relations.

Creativity and Conflict Resolution explores a subject...

Indigeneity in the Courtroom

by Jennifer A. Hamilton

The central question of this book is when and how does indigeneity in its various iterations - cultural, social, political, economic, even genetic - matter in a legal sense? Indigeneity in the Courtroom focuses...

The International Politics of the Persian Gulf

by Arshin Adib-Moghaddam

Adib-Moghaddam examines the causes and consequences of conflict in one of the most important regions of the world. Bridging the gap between critical theories of international relations and the empirical study...