The Social Economy
International Conference on Political Economy of Water
Access to water is a fundamental human right affecting quality of life and dignity. The social work profession must address the challenges of water scarcity. This book examines the issue and develops viable social work intervention strategies based on successful models.
Managing Globalization
This essential reference provides scientific evidence and direction to businesses competing in the contemporary environment. It presents research on globalization, strategic management, and innovation that transcends classical theory for practical implementation.
The Dan Brown Craze
Zhang and Zhu investigate why the work of Dan Brown has attained such global appeal, from a Chinese perspective, and provide a detailed exploration of his plots, characterisation, themes, and techniques.
Current Research on Language Learning and Teaching
This first collection of essays by scholars from Bosnia and Herzegovina provides state-of-the-art overviews of current issues in the language sciences, uniting interdisciplinary perspectives on language acquisition and its applications for foreign language education.
Edmund Burke, the Imperatives of Empire and the American Revolution
Edmund Burke advocated for America’s rights yet fiercely criticized the French Revolution. This volume presents his writings on the American Crisis, exploring the core paradox: Was this defender of colonial liberty a friend or a foe of revolution?
Constructing Legal Discourses and Social Practices
This title looks descriptively and interpretatively at the various existing forms of legal discourse and how these are framed and organised by social practices within distinctive sites of legal communication.
This volume revisits the concepts of reality and realism with regard to their relation to religion and the religious real, presenting ten essays that offer methodologically diverse and intellectually challenging analyses.
Yea, Alabama! A Peek into the Past of One of the Most Storied Universities in the Nation
Battles relates the narrative of the storied University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, in the United States, bringing to the fore many new facts, new stories, new characters, new revelations, and new photos that offer the fullest picture of the University provided to date.
Using and Abusing Science
This title explores how, and to what extent, science has been used by politicians to add legitimacy to their discourse over the past three centuries, and provides an illuminating illustration of the relationship between science and the political.
Agents of Space
This collection investigates the potentialities afforded by space in eighteenth-century art and visual culture, and underscores the ways in which agency can be productive to multifarious lines of artistic, cultural, and historical inquiry.
The Selected Letters of Katharine Tynan
Poet, novelist, and fighter for justice, Katharine Tynan (1859–1931) wrote through the turbulent times of Irish politics, the Great War, and civil war. An early friend of W. B. Yeats, her autobiographies and letters provide valuable insight into her extraordinary life.
Writing New Worlds
This book analyses the different ways in which travel literature constituted a fundamental pillar in the production of knowledge in the modern era, showing how authors, scholars and artists between the 15th and 17th centuries responded to the challenges of modernity.
Resilience Under Siege
This anthology explores the challenges and solutions experienced within Zimbabwe’s economic and social spheres, with particular reference to the “crisis years” (2000-2008) and the “promising turn” (2009-2012), analysing how individuals and institutions responded to the crisis.
Mediterranean Heritage in Transit
Given the importance of Mediterranean itineraries in the shaping of the European Union’s cultural heritage, the papers brought together here help shed light on the multifaceted entities that constitute the vibrant socio-semiotic landscape of this region.
Questions of Authority
Zouidi examines the issues of authority and authorship in William Shakespeare’s problematic masterpiece Hamlet. In doing so, he argues that the Bard seeks to eternalize himself through his play, that Hamlet dramatizes the authorial quest for sempiternity.
Of Treason, God and Testicles
This monograph analyses in what shape the interplay between widespread political and ideological Cold War convictions and Cold War notions of masculinity found its way onto British and American cinema screens during the early days of the conflict.
This collection deals with the connection between relationship marketing management and trade fair activity management. It investigates the role of trade fairs with regard to B2B relationship marketing management in the world economic crisis era.
The Hebrew Orphan Asylum Band of New York City, 1874-1941
The story of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum Band (1874–1941) is the story of New York City. The band was ever-present, performing at parades, ground-breakings, and celebrations, typifying the Jewish-American experience and the critical role of community music-making.
The Whirlwind of Passion
This collection of essays by distinguished scholars provides fresh insight into Shakespearean studies. It explores the Bard’s oeuvre through critical, performance, and comparative analyses, emphasizing the playwright’s relevance today.
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