What are the characteristics of media in small nations? This collection brings together perspectives and case-studies from across Europe to explore the challenges and advantages, providing insights into media policy, representation, and national identity.
Cinema, Television and History
Rethinking the relationship between cinema, television and history, this collection of essays explores how historical events are interpreted and adapted for the screen, as well as the work of the historian exploring the archive.
10th Conference on British and American Studies – Crossing Boundaries
This collection of papers explores language, literature, and culture through the overarching notion of Englishness. It provides a snapshot of the multiple vantage points from which these phenomena can be studied, focusing on English-speaking communities.
This book addresses learning styles in second language development. It explores various models of style and their significance for educators, concluding with a discussion of the practical exploitation of learning style awareness in second language education.
This book is a comprehensive introduction to Proto-Indo-European, Balto-Slavic and Proto-Slavic accentology. It summarizes the major approaches of the last thirty years and traces how accentual patterns developed from the proto-language to modern languages.
The 2007 financial crisis revealed the fallibility of our global economic system. This book offers a critical view, examining the relations between State sovereignty and markets while investigating gaps in major international organizations like the IMF and WTO.
Does interactivity enhance e-Learning? While often claimed, little scientific evidence exists. This book provides proof, presenting three empirical studies on the impact of interactive feedback on learners, teachers, and the environment.
This workbook introduces language’s basic systems—sound, meaning, and grammar—and how to describe them. Using actual language data, you get involved in linguistic analysis with a focus on real human usage, not correctness.
This book argues that a religious worldview is only one of many identities immigrants use to assimilate. It finds that generational stage, gender, and religious tradition are more significant than religious orthodoxy in shaping immigrant stances on social and economic issues.
Human Rights and Diverse Societies
In a world of increasing diversity, how can universal human rights be practically realized? This book explores the tensions between group identities and individual freedoms, identifying new frameworks to empower marginalized groups in diverse societies.
Misapplying Globalization
This book studies Jordan’s rapid adoption of TRIPS intellectual property laws. It argues these standards, designed for multinationals, are damaging Jordan’s legal institutions and foreclosing possibilities of innovation that could bring economic benefits.
Beyond Superlatives
A new generation of scholars applies Whitehead’s philosophy to “superlatives”—valued concepts like truth, novelty, care, and love. By deconstructing these ideas, the essays release an invitation of possibility, extending Whitehead’s thought in novel directions.
Science, Democracy and Relativism
This book argues that scientific knowledge is relative, produced by consensus. This is good for democracy, as it views knowledge as a matter of deliberation, not discovery. For democracy to flourish, the public must co-author, co-produce and co-own science.
Across the global South, urban space triggers social conflict but also creates new possibilities for activism. These cross-disciplinary essays explore the complex relationship between planning, politics, and power, asking a central question: are cities to be tamed?
The essays in this volume explore the relationship between human consciousness and the arts, including theatre, literature, film, and music. This collection reflects a wide range of international disciplines and highlights the growing interest in consciousness studies.
The Edges of Trauma
A collection of essays on visual art and literature that explores the cultural construction of trauma. Scholars offer new perspectives on historical traumas and canonical texts, examining how the non-experience of trauma finds its way into artistic representation.
This book situates African literature as a site of artistic and cultural production within postcolonial politics. It evaluates the literature as a cultural contestation with imperial knowledge and as an ideological strategy for societal self-knowledge.
This collection of articles considers how popular cultures create a global cultural exchange, precipitating new adaptations and connections. The collection demonstrates that the everyday lives of ordinary people are unified through their expressions of shared humanity.
Performative Inter-Actions in African Theatre 2
This collection explores how African theatre instigates social change. Contributions demonstrate the ingenuity of practitioners who adapt indigenous forms to engage with contemporary realities, creating an aesthetic that is identifiably African.
This book shows how literature is central to children’s education. Literary works open young minds and help them understand the world. This approach motivates students to improve literacy skills and develop literary competence for independent interpretations.
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