State of Exception
In the state of exception, the law is suspended to preserve order, justifying any abuse of power. This book examines the implications of this juridical no-man’s land, focusing on Italy’s history and its cultural and cinematic representations.
This book explores the long-standing, multi-faceted relationship between Scotland and Europe. From a diversity of viewpoints, it illustrates the richness and complexity of the dialogue over the centuries, and underlines the open and dynamic character of Scottish identity.
In World Constitutionalism, over two dozen scholars pen innovative ideas to visualize a future for a just world order. Their vision crosses national barriers through the realms of Human Rights, Environmental Law, and Global Democracy.
Consuming Visions
This collection of essays explores the “consuming visions” that shaped 20th-century American life. Ranging from the anti-chain store movement to the “bling” aesthetic, these innovative works reveal how questions of consumption have always been political.
(Re)Interpretations
Patriarchal institutions govern women’s lives. This collection of essays illustrates how women challenge these unjust structures—in language, religion, war, and medicine—by telling their own stories and creating new pathways to reclaim justice.
African Mosaic
African Mosaic is essential reading for all students of Africa. This invaluable collection of essays by leading experts deals with the most pressing issues facing the continent, from development and human rights to education and technology.
The Right to Roam
Nomadic groups and sedentary society have been in conflict for ages. ‘The Right to Roam’ examines the right of nomadic groups to maintain their way of life against the drive toward sedentarisation, exploring the case of Travellers in modern Ireland.
As popular culture and politics collide, new technologies accelerate the trend. These interdisciplinary essays explore the ramifications, from how entertainment media shapes our understanding of politics to the ways politicians use technology to connect with us.
Beyond Imagined Uniqueness
This collection of essays explores nationalism in historical and contemporary settings. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, these studies suggest that despite globalization, historically rooted social, cultural, and political forces keep national identity alive.
A Creative Passion
Anarchism—the idea that people can live free from rulers—remains a misunderstood philosophy. This book offers insights into anarchist cultural practices, exploring how, as Bakunin proclaimed, the passion for destruction is also a creative passion.
Spanning the Easter Rising to the Troubles, these essays reveal the nexus of Irish art and politics. Discover how literary giants like Joyce, Yeats, and Beckett and popular icons like Father Ted shaped a nation.
Machiavellis Revivus
This book reframes Machiavelli not as a “teacher of evil,” but as a virtuous humanist. It offers a subversive interpretation of his works as an educational cure for our time—a battle-cry to repel the ignorance and misfortunes in our human condition.
This book bridges academic scholarship with activism to examine Irish society from the viewpoint of those fighting attacks on workers’ rights. Diverse scholars and activists provide a Marxist analysis, showing that the class struggle continues unabated.
This collection of articles presents European culture in its unity and diversity. From a fierce and dramatic past to the transformations it faces due to new political, economic, and cultural challenges, these essays consider local European issues against a global background.
Gender mainstreaming is an essential strategy for equality, but it is plagued by conceptual confusion and practical challenges. This book critiques the politics of mainstreaming, using UK local government case studies to offer new insights for progress.
Protection of Minorities
This book critically examines international standards for minority protection and their application in South Asia. It explores why minorities still face deprivation despite compatible domestic laws, and assesses the potential of regional cooperation.
Where does today’s passionate intensity come from? To understand modern ideological enmity, this book investigates the propaganda of the past, from Hitler’s enemy images to the Rwandan genocide and the invisible enemies of the future.
Justice and Home Affairs
This study evaluates the conditions determining the EU’s success in changing the internal security of Turkey. Using case studies on organised crime, terrorism and drugs, it explores how the EU ensures alignment with its Justice and Home Affairs standards.
Central Europe on the Threshold of the 21st Century
This book discusses Central Europe’s transforming political, economic and social landscape. It is a useful source of knowledge on this “undiscovered island” in contemporary international relations.
Ethnicity and religious confession generate intense controversy. Diversity can lead to either cooperation or conflict. We face discrimination, marginalization, and the inequitable distribution of power. Intercultural dialogue is essential to build a multicultural society.