Social Sciences

The Sovereignty of Children in Law

Edited By: Farhad Malekian, Kerstin Nordlöf

£54.99

International law recognizes children’s rights, but national legal and cultural practices often fail to see children as holders of rights. This book examines the child as a self-ruling subject of justice with an independent legal personality.

The Intelligible World

Metaphysical Revolution in the Genesis of Kant's Theory of Morality

By: James Lawler

£54.99

Understanding Kant’s “pre-critical” philosophy is central to appreciating his three critiques. This early work is a hidden background, where his great cosmology informs the “thing-in-itself” and provides the ontological framework for his later ethics.

Legitimacy and Effectiveness in Global Economic Governance

Edited By: Biagio Bossone, Susanna Cafaro, Maria Chiara Malaguti

£54.99

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.

Pronunciation Instruction for Brazilians

Bringing Theory and Practice Together

By: Ubiratã Kickhöfel Alves, Rosane Silveira

£54.99

This book helps Brazilian learners overcome English pronunciation difficulties. It connects theory and practice, using empirical data to inform communicative activities. Suitable for classroom or self-study, it includes an answer key and CD.

Romantic Ireland

From Tone to Gonne; Fresh Perspectives on Nineteenth-Century Ireland

Edited By: Paddy Lyons, Willy Maley, John Miller

£54.99

Romantic Ireland: From Tone to Gonne takes Irish Studies in new directions. Bringing together international scholars, it explores the tumultuous nineteenth century through a cross-cultural comparison with Scotland, enhancing our awareness of colonialism and nationalism.

Current Trends in Greek Linguistics

Edited By: Georgia Fragaki, Thanasis Georgakopoulos, Charalambos Themistocleous

£54.99

This collection of papers presents original research on Greek linguistics from a fresh perspective. The authors bring to the fore aspects of the Greek language that have not been extensively examined, addressing problems in a variety of theoretical frameworks.

Law and Popular Culture

International Perspectives

Edited By: Michael Asimow, Kathryn Brown, David Papke

£54.99

Most people derive their basic understanding of law from cultural products like movies and television. This book explores the global transmission of law-related popular culture across borders, with two dozen authors from nine countries offering international perspectives.

The Intertextuality of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld as a Major Challenge for the Translator

By: Aleksander Rzyman

£54.99

Rzyman focuses on how to deal with Terry Pratchett’s Discworld intertexts: how to track them down, analyse their role, predict translation obstacles, and suggest translation solutions. He also considers the translation of intertextual fragments in the Polish version, Świat Dysku.

Language Acquisition and Development

Proceedings of GALA 2009

Edited By: Ana Castro, João Costa, Maria Lobo

£54.99

An invaluable reference on Language Acquisition, this collection covers a wide range of topics from the GALA conference. It compares L1, L2, and atypical development across all areas of language, from phonology and syntax to semantics and pragmatics.

The Future of Post-Human Chemistry

A Preface to a New Theory of Substances and their Changes

By: Peter Baofu

£54.99

Is chemistry the central science? This book moves beyond conflicting views to provide a better way of understanding chemistry's future. It offers a new theory that will fundamentally change how we think about the field, with enormous implications for humanity.

Is chemistry the central science? This book moves beyond conflicting views to provide a better way of understanding chemistry’s future. It offers a new theory that will fundamentally change how we think about the field, with enormous implications for humanity.

Democracy, Ecological Integrity and International Law

Edited By: Klaus Bosselmann, Laura Westra

£54.99

From the Global Ecological Integrity Group, this collection examines governance from the standpoint of integrity: from democracy and Native governance to globalization and human rights to food, water and climate.

Re-Reading Zola and Worldwide Naturalism

Miscellanies in Honour of Anna Gural-Migdal

Edited By: Marie-Sophie Armstrong, Riikka Rossi, Carolyn Snipes-Hoyt

£54.99

Beyond Zola and France. This collection traces naturalism's global journey and evolution, tracking its transformations across Europe, the Americas, and Asia into the twenty-first century.

Beyond Zola and France. This collection traces naturalism’s global journey and evolution, tracking its transformations across Europe, the Americas, and Asia into the twenty-first century.

Addiction and Performance

Edited By: James Reynolds, Zoe Zontou

£54.99

This collection of essays offers a multidisciplinary exploration of the intertwined relationships between addiction, culture, and performance, moving beyond single-discipline approaches to generate a more complex, politicised understanding of addiction.

Palestine Membership in the United Nations

Legal and Practical Implications

Edited By: Mutaz Qafisheh

£54.99

Leading scholars explore the legal and political aspects of Palestine’s UN membership as a State. This collection goes beyond statehood to consider prospects for resolving one of history's longest conflicts as the two-State solution seems to be failing.

Leading scholars explore the legal and political aspects of Palestine’s UN membership as a State. This collection goes beyond statehood to consider prospects for resolving one of history’s longest conflicts as the two-State solution seems to be failing.

Yesterday’s Tomorrows

On Utopia and Dystopia

Edited By: Pere Gallardo, Elizabeth Russell

£54.99

In 2012, a year of crises and forebodings, the world became a stage for new beginnings and utopian movements. The essays in this book discuss utopia and dystopia in literature and film, using science fiction, gender politics and social sciences to understand the present.

Human Rights from a Third World Perspective

Critique, History and International Law

Edited By: José-Manuel Barreto

£54.99

This collection takes up the point of view of the colonized to unsettle the conventional understanding of human rights. Drawing on Decolonial Thinking and Third World approaches, it constructs a new history and theory to decolonize human rights.

Contemporary Perspectives and Research on Early Childhood Education

Edited By: Jeanne Galbraith, Ozkan Ozgun, Mustafa Yasar

£54.99

This book enhances understanding of approaches to curriculum, instruction, and assessment in early childhood education. It covers holistic development through play, arts, math, and science, and shares diverse research methodologies for researchers and practitioners.

Resistance to Changes in Financial Reporting Standards

By: Edel Lemus

£54.99

Lemus explores resistance to the change from US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). He argues IFRS should act as a singular accounting language, promoting a better economic position in the world financial market.

Engaged Learners and Digital Citizens

Critical Outcomes for Teaching and Learning

By: Brad Garner

£54.99

Garner encourages teaching faculty to adopt a proactive stance to technology through engaging digital tools that promote skill acquisition. He delineates a model for digital learning, providing examples of digital tools and their possible applications for teaching and learning.

Youth and the Labour Market in Romania

Edited By: Vasilica Ciucă, Anthony Forsyth

£54.99

This book examines the Romanian labour market, where youth face decreased job security and a risk of exclusion. It explains the challenges of the long transition from education to decent employment, a struggle faced by all, regardless of education level.

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