This compendium gathers perspectives on the history of labour in Ireland, as well as on Irish-American labor, particularly since the mass emigration prompted by the famine of the 1840s. It also examines the specific role that the Irish played in the Inland Northwest.
Renewing the Self
This publication analyses the roots, significance, and future of the stunning resurgence of religious engagement in both politics and civil society in the UK through the lens of contemporary Christian communities.
Made for Japan
This book describes the first Japanese translation of the famous Job Descriptive Index (JDI) surveys. It invites multinational companies to participate in validating the surveys to create a powerful new scientific tool for measuring job satisfaction in Japan.
This publication features presentations given at the 14th International Conference on Philosophical Practice, and will be of significance and interest not only for philosophers and philosophical practitioners, but also for psychotherapists, counsellors, and other professionals.
The concern of this anthology is the relationship between traditional music and archives as seen from historical and epistemological perspectives. The articles within focus on archives, individual and collective memory, and heritage as today’s recreation of the past.
New Women’s Writing
The uptake of women’s writing as a distinct literary genre since the 1960s has been multifarious, and has fuelled a generation of literary and cultural studies. This anthology addresses this legacy and reflects on how a critical history of women’s writing may be created.
Queer Rebellion in the Novels of Michelle Cliff
Ilmonen highlights Jamaican-American author Michelle Cliff’s literary rebellion against the colonial, gendered and racist norms of Western Modernity. She also considers myths, rites, and cultural memory as sites of healing in the midst of colonial bodily politics.
Framing Violence
This collection analyses many of the questions surrounding challenges in framing the rising violence across the globe and in its new forms. It provides case studies and debates, with violence discussed in its political form and its domestic, financial, and artistic forms.
International Migration in the 21st Century
This anthology tackles the problems surrounding international migration, raising the question of the reasons for, and consequences of, being a migrant in the 21st century. Some of the issues it investigates include migrant identities, integration, voting behavior and citizenship.
While the destruction of archaeological sites in war often makes the headlines, lesser disputes about local heritage sites go unreported. This book focuses on conflicts between archaeological conservation and religious faiths which use archaeological heritage in their practices.
This book discusses elements of the domestic enforcement of EU competition law, to contextualise further boosting this enforcement exercise. It reflects on topics like the sufficiency of the enforcement toolbox of national competition authorities and domestic bodies’ duties.
A reflection is made here on the relationship between language and music, two unique, innate human capacities. The text provides a clear explanation of the centrality of melodies and rhythm to foreign language learning acquisition.
The Visual Politics of War Volume Two
This volume examines the visual politics of war and crisis in today’s hostile media environment. Scholars from around the world explore how images and personas are developed and appropriated by those with their own distinct political agendas.
Nanoclusters in amorphous materials cast new light on modern science and technology. However, few publications have focused on their electronic properties. This book presents a detailed study, from basic characteristics to technical aspects like new single electron transistors.
Written by international experts, this book covers major environmental contaminations and their remediation using bio-based solutions. It details the mechanisms of bioremediation and how bacteria and plants decontaminate pollutants. A valuable resource for scientists.
Little is known about Mesopotamian houses. This book addresses this gap by analysing houses in the third millennium, a critical period for early urbanization, relating their characteristics to the socio-economical history of the period.
Written from a practical perspective with up-to-date scholarly references, this monograph investigates perspectives on teaching for the tertiary sector. Providing guiding principles and advice for teachers at the tertiary level, it will appeal to both teachers and learners.
Despite the enduring popularity of the works of Shadhiliyya master Ibn ‘Ata’ Allah, there has been no systematic analysis of his worldview. This book is the first study to highlight the interconnections in his writings, building a new understanding of his Sufism.
Rethinking Sustainable Development in Terms of Justice
This title explores renewed and distinctive approaches to the sustainability and justice debate, integrating a range of perspectives that include moral philosophy, sociology and law.
The Effects and Consequences of Migration and Immigration on the Lebanese Economy and Tourism Sector
This book analyses Lebanon’s economy, tourism, migration, and immigration after the Syrian conflict. It provides insight into public and private policies, offering a holistic analysis with recommendations for scholars and practitioners in Middle Eastern politics and economics.