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Bilingualism and Minority Languages in Europe

Current Trends and Developments

Edited By: Maria del Carmen Parafita Couto, Fraser Lauchlan

£61.99

This collection considers such issues as the cognitive, linguistic and emotional benefits of speaking two languages and concerns relating to identity in minority language areas. It underlines the significance of bilingualism when European minority languages are still spoken.

Exhausted Globalisation

Between the Transatlantic Orientation and the Chinese Way

By: Matthias Diermeier, Henry Goecke, Michael Hüther

£61.99

This volume shows that there is an underestimated normative conflict between the transatlantic West and its ideas of 1789, revived in 1989, and the Chinese claim, outlined by Deng Xiaoping in 1978, to shape the world economy on the basis of a newly developed meritocracy.

Politics and Poetics of Belonging

Edited By: Mounir Guirat

£61.99

The contributions here bear witness to the fact that belonging is a multi-faceted concept that necessitates different and shifting idioms of expression. Informed by current debates, they propose new critical directions in understanding national and transnational belonging.

The Mirage of International Criminal Law

Kant’s Metaphysics of Mens Rea

By: Farhad Malekian

£61.99

This book uses Kant’s moral philosophy to argue that international criminal law is a ‘mirage.’ The Security Council’s self-interest and pursuit of economic gain prevent genuine international morality, making justice and human rights crucial, yet ultimately unattainable.

Critical Perspectives on Work-Integrated Learning in Higher Education Institutions

Edited By: Nirmala Dorasamy, Renitha Rampersad

£61.99

This book explores work-integrated learning (WIL) programmes for the student, coordinator and supervisor. It integrates practical industry experience within the higher education curriculum to enhance student development, and highlights the diverse WIL approaches in South Africa.

Saving Sinners, even Moslems

The Arabian Mission (1889-1973) and its Intellectual Roots

By: Jerzy Zdanowski

£61.99

This book investigates the Reformed Church's Mission to Arabia (1889-1973). It explores cultural encounters between missionaries and Muslims, and a unique theology that presented the evangelization of Muslims as critical for Christ’s Second Coming.

This book investigates the Reformed Church’s Mission to Arabia (1889-1973). It explores cultural encounters between missionaries and Muslims, and a unique theology that presented the evangelization of Muslims as critical for Christ’s Second Coming.

Interconnecting Music and the Literary Word

Edited By: Fausto Ciompi, Roberta Ferrari, Laura Giovannelli

£61.99

Dealing with the interconnections between music and the written word, this book brings into focus an updated range of analytical and interpretative approaches which transcend the domain of formalist paradigms and the purist assumption of music’s non-referentiality.

Plunging into Turmoil in the Aftermath of Crisis

Edited By: Cristina Montalvão Sarmento

£61.99

This book questions how different sociological and theoretical approaches contribute to explain crises phenomena, and considers how crises processes and their effects on human social existence demand a re-thinking of the role of the social sciences in society.

Foreign Women Authors under Fascism and Francoism

Gender, Translation and Censorship

Edited By: Pilar Godayol, Annarita Taronna

£61.99

This collection highlights cultural features and processes which characterized translation practice under the dictatorships of Mussolini and Franco. It brings to the fore the “microhistory” that exists behind every publishing proposal, whether collective or individual.

Native America in the 21st Century

By: Jerry Hollingsworth

£61.99

Hollingsworth considers the social problems and status of Native Americans in the United States in the twenty-first century. He identifies the social problems faced by Native Americans today, and brings up a valuable argument: have the Native Americans really assimilated?

The Social, Cultural and Spiritual Dimensions of Modern Indian Poetry in English

Edited By: Vijay Kumar Roy

£61.99

This volume brings together research on the poetry of less-explored modern Indian poets. The book explores the social, cultural and spiritual dimensions of these emerging poets, and will prove useful to students, teachers and all those interested in Indian English poetry.

Problems of and Perspectives on Language Acquisition

Edited By: Diāna Laiveniece

£61.99

This volume explores language acquisition research in Latvia and Lithuania. Detailing a range of views on its problems and perspectives, it stimulates the reader to ask questions, argue, and join the debate. The driving force in this field is dialogue, not simple advice.

The Quest for a Liberal-Socialist Democracy and Development

Against the Behemoth

By: Vjeran Katunarić

£61.99

This book explains why democratic ideologies like liberalism and socialism develop an affinity for authoritarianism. Their self-contained nature eroded their democratic potential. It also provides a set of liberal socialist policies for democratic and sustainable development.

The Changing Landscape of Global Businesses

Principles and Practices

Edited By: Babu George

£61.99

Cross-border business has fundamentally changed. This book addresses today's new dimensions alongside time-honoured principles. Integrating all managerial functions, it provides a comprehensive picture of global business through a rich blend of principles and case studies.

Cross-border business has fundamentally changed. This book addresses today’s new dimensions alongside time-honoured principles. Integrating all managerial functions, it provides a comprehensive picture of global business through a rich blend of principles and case studies.

Intercultural Geopoetics in Kenneth White’s Open World

By: Mohammed Hashas

£61.99

Hashas introduces White’s geopoetics as a radical, postmodern and intercultural project that reclaims the return to communication with the earth, nature, and the self as part of a cosmic unity approach. He traces geopoetics’ beginnings, key concepts, territories and trajectories.

Underwater Worlds

Submerged Visions in Science and Culture

Edited By: Will Abberley

£61.99

This anthology throws open a new area in the emerging field of “blue” environmental humanities by exploring how subaqueous environments have been imagined and represented across cultures and media.

A Social and Solidarity Economy

The Ukrainian Choice

Edited By: Anton Filipenko

£61.99

This volume explores the social and solidarity economy in America, Europe, and Australia, with a focus on its development in Ukraine. The collection will be of interest to academic scholars, as well as political and public decision-makers.

Turkey as a Simulated Country

By: Sabiha Çimen

£61.99

This book provides an overview of the politics of urbanism for Syrian immigrants in Turkey. Based on a field survey, it analyses the cultural meaning of individual life, belonging, and nostalgic identity, providing a sociological and ontological reading of the image.

Florida Studies Review

Edited By: Marcy L. Galbreath, Allyson D. Marino

£61.99

This volume contains a variety of essays about Florida literature and history by scholars from across the state representing every kind of institution of higher learning, from community colleges to small liberal arts institutions to large universities.

Semiotics and Visual Communication II

Culture of Seduction

Edited By: Evripides Zantides

£61.99

This book explores the Culture of Seduction, defining it not as sexual enticement, but as a mechanism of attraction and appeal. In an increasingly hyper-real world, this force has powerful agency in communication, advertising, fashion, and packaging design.