Social Sciences

A Modest Proposal in the Context of Swift’s Irish Tracts

A Relevance-Theoretic Study

By: Maria-Angeles Ruiz Moneva

£49.99

This work contextualizes Swift's masterpiece, A Modest Proposal, within his wider writing on Ireland. It analyzes a selection of his Irish Tracts to trace the evolution of his views, providing new insights for a better understanding of the satire.

This work contextualizes Swift’s masterpiece, A Modest Proposal, within his wider writing on Ireland. It analyzes a selection of his Irish Tracts to trace the evolution of his views, providing new insights for a better understanding of the satire.

Dante and Heterodoxy

The Temptations of 13th Century Radical Thought

Edited By: Maria Luisa Ardizzone

£49.99

This volume explores Dante’s “temptations” by the radical thought of the 13th century. Spurred by new Aristotelian and Greek-Arabic learning, Dante interrogated heterodox ideas, revealing a poet deeply involved in the intellectual debates of his culture.

New Challenges for the EU Internal Security Strategy

Edited By: Maria O'Neill, Ken Swinton, Aaron Winter

£49.99

Building on original research, this collection examines the EU's Internal Security Strategy. Experts from law, politics, and other fields analyze its approach to terrorism, cybercrime, and cross-border crime, and its implications for democracy and human rights.

Building on original research, this collection examines the EU’s Internal Security Strategy. Experts from law, politics, and other fields analyze its approach to terrorism, cybercrime, and cross-border crime, and its implications for democracy and human rights.

Humorous Structures of English Narratives, 1200-1600

By: Theresa Hamilton

£49.99

How does humour work? This book tests Attardo & Raskin’s General Theory of Verbal Humor, proposing a new ‘humorist reading’. By providing the tools to ask ‘why is this humorous?’, it offers a valuable new way to understand any literary text.

One World Periphery Reads the Other

Knowing the “Oriental” in the Americas and the Iberian Peninsula

Edited By: Ignacio López-Calvo

£49.99

These essays study the decentering interplay between “peripheral” areas and marginalized social groups. They explore rich “South-South” cross-cultural exchanges that disrupt the center-periphery dichotomy, creating multiple centers without Western mediation.

South Sudanese Diaspora in Australia and New Zealand

Reconciling the Past with the Present

Edited By: Daniel Harris, Tanya Lyons, Jay Marlowe

£49.99

This collection of contemporary research offers crucial insights into the South Sudanese resettlement experience in Australia and New Zealand. Diverse scholars examine the challenges, opportunities, and successes of one of the region's fastest-growing communities.

Suffrage, Gender and Citizenship – International Perspectives on Parliamentary Reforms

Edited By: Pirjo Markkola, Seija-Leena Nevala-Nurmi, Irma Sulkunen

£49.99

This publication studies suffrage, citizenship and parliamentary reforms in various socio-political contexts. By highlighting national differences, this collection argues that the age of suffrage narratives based on universal emancipation is over.

Questions of Civil Society

Category-Position-Functionality

Edited By: Adam Jarosz, Adam Jarosz

£49.99

This interdisciplinary volume explores civil society, stimulating new research questions. Avoiding a fixed definition, it examines civil society's pivotal role in 21st-century upheavals and in the renegotiation of relations between the state and society.

This interdisciplinary volume explores civil society, stimulating new research questions. Avoiding a fixed definition, it examines civil society’s pivotal role in 21st-century upheavals and in the renegotiation of relations between the state and society.

The Proceedings of the 19th Annual History of Medicine Days Conference 2010

The University of Calgary Faculty of Medicine, Alberta, Canada

Edited By: Beth Cusitar, Aleksandra Loewenau

£49.99

Discover new voices in the history of medicine. This illustrated volume features student research on nursing, public health, psychiatry, eugenics, and more. It also includes the compelling keynote address from the conference.

Global Encounters

Pedagogical Paradigms and Educational Practices

Edited By: Iris Guske

£49.99

Scholars worldwide share their most successful teaching practices in cross-cultural studies and international education. This compilation highlights the need for culturally sensitive education to foster skills in the next generation of global citizens.

The Future of Post-Human Urban Planning

A Preface to a New Theory of Density, Void, and Sustainability

By: Peter Baofu

£49.99

Is sustainability as desirable as we are led to believe? Contrary to conventional wisdom, the concern has been exaggerated, becoming a fad with ignored dark sides. This book provides a better way to understand sustainability, transcending the debate.

Changing Landscapes for Childhood and Youth in Europe

Edited By: Vassiliki Deliyianni

£49.99

Globalisation and technological change are transforming young people's lives. This collection explores the social construction of the life-course, the contours of belonging through migration and poverty, and the potential of virtual worlds.

Globalisation and technological change are transforming young people’s lives. This collection explores the social construction of the life-course, the contours of belonging through migration and poverty, and the potential of virtual worlds.

Religion at Work in Globalised Traditions

Rainmaking, Witchcraft and Christianity in Tanzania

By: Anders Kaliff

£49.99

In a Tanzanian Sukuma community, traditional rainmaking has vanished. As Christianity spreads, why are witchcraft and witch killings increasing? This book analyses how witchcraft and Christianity supplement each other to provide answers for this world and the next.

Partnership for Development

Alternative Approaches to Poverty Alleviation in Bangladesh

By: Nilufa Akhter Khanom

£49.99

This book examines how Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) can alleviate poverty in Bangladesh. Using case studies, it evaluates the performance and effects of novel PPP arrangements, identifying opportunities and constraints for their success.

New Cinema, New Media

Reinventing Turkish Cinema

Edited By: Murat Akser, Deniz Bayrakdar

£49.99

This volume covers the relationship between innovation and politics in new Turkish cinema. It analyzes recurring themes of memory, trauma, and identity, with in-depth studies of renowned filmmakers like Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Fatih Akın, and Semih Kaplanoğlu.

The Gülen Hizmet Movement

Circumspect Activism in Faith-Based Reform

Edited By: Tamer Balci, Christopher L. Miller

£49.99

This volume covers the origins, development, and ideas of the Gülen Hizmet Movement (GHM), one of the world's largest Islamic movements. It explores Gülen’s educational philosophy, views on Islam and democracy, political engagement, and interfaith dialogue.

This volume covers the origins, development, and ideas of the Gülen Hizmet Movement (GHM), one of the world’s largest Islamic movements. It explores Gülen’s educational philosophy, views on Islam and democracy, political engagement, and interfaith dialogue.

Vagueness as a Political Strategy

Weasel Words in Security Council Resolutions Relating to the Second Gulf War

By: Giuseppina Scotto di Carlo

£49.99

Did vague UN resolutions lead to the Second Gulf War? This book offers a linguistic analysis of how strategic vagueness in Security Council texts allowed the US to interpret them as an authorization for war, and asks if this is a deliberate political strategy.

Reflections on / of Dickens

Edited By: Ewa Kujawska-Lis, Anna Krawczyk-Łaskarzewska

£49.99

This collection of essays explores how scholars, critics, and artists have reflected upon and re-imagined Charles Dickens’s texts. It offers a vast array of interdisciplinary approaches—from gender studies to film—attesting to his global appeal.

Barrie, Hook, and Peter Pan

Studies in Contemporary Myth; Estudios sobre un mito contemporáneo

Edited By: Elisa T. Di Biase, Alfonso Muñoz Corcuera

£49.99

He is the boy who will never grow up, yet he is over a century old. A powerful icon, he seems to have been floating in our culture forever. This book is a tribute to this dear, mysterious, and seductive character who is now more alive than ever.

The Lure of Texas

By: Robert D. Morritt

£49.99

An in-depth history of Texas, from its occupation by Spain, France, and Mexico, through contemporary accounts of battles like the Alamo, to the establishment of Statehood.

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