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New Perspectives on Central and Eastern European Studies: Rampart Nations: Bulwark Myths of East European Multiconfessional Societies in the Age of Nationalism (Paperback)

The bulwark or antemurale myth-whereby a region is imagined as a defensive barrier against a dangerous Other-has been a persistent strand in the development of Eastern European nationalisms. While historical studies of the topic have typically focused... more

Journal of European Public Policy: Civilian or Military Power?: European Foreign Policy in Perspective (Paperback)

This text critically examines the belief that the EU not only has an impact on the international system but also a normative civilian and civilizing power. The contributors question whether this assertion fits with the empirical record or is merely... more

Raphael Patai Jewish Folklore and Anthropology: Perspectives on Israeli Anthropology (Paperback)

Surveys past and present research on Israeli anthropology for students and researchers. While Israel is a small country it has a diverse and continually changing society. As a result since the 1960s Israeli anthropology has been a fertile ground for... more

European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought & Cultural Criticism (Paperback): The Preparation of the Novel (Paperback)

Completed just weeks before his death the lectures in this volume mark a critical juncture in the career of Roland Barthes in which he declared the intention deeply felt to write a novel. Unfolding over the course of two years Barthes engaged in a... more

Globalization and Business Politics in Arab North Africa: A Comparative Perspective (Paperback)

The main focus of the book is whether globalization and trade liberalization enable business associations to become real representatives of business interests rather than state-controlled or otherwise ineffective organizations in developing countries.... more

Gender Sport and Development in Africa. Cross-cultural Perspectives on Patterns of Representations and Marginalization (Paperback)

To many young people the term sport has an exhilarating ring; to many older persons it signifies recreation and leisure. From colonial times it has been viewed as a means of social control. Increasingly it is being touted by governments and donor... more

Perspectives of Apartheid South Africa (Paperback)

Perspectives of Apartheid South Africa more

Law and Poverty: Perspectives from South Africa and Beyond (Paperback)

Law and Poverty: Perspectives from South Africa and Beyond is a collection of essays by leading South African and international experts as well as emerging young scholars. The collection focuses on key theoretical and strategic questions concerning the... more

Dispossession and Access to Land in South Africa. An African Perspective (Paperback)

This book deals with the conceptualization of access to land by the dispossessed in South Africa as a human right. Yanou examines the country s property model in the context of the post apartheid constitutional mandate to redress the skewed land... more

Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary H: Hog and Hominy: Soul Food from Africa to America (Paperback)

Frederick Douglass Opie deconstructs and compares the foodways of people of African descent throughout the Americas interprets the health legacies of black culinary traditions and explains the concept of soul itself revealing soul food to be an... more

Medicine and Health in Africa : Multidisciplinary Perspectives (Paperback)

This collection including contributions by historians sociologists anthropologists and biologists emphasizes the social and cultural contexts of African health paying particular attention to the history of the colonial public health system and its legacy. more

Africa: Missing Voices: African Wars : A Defense Intelligence Perspective (Series #7) (Paperback)

African Wars provides a concise summary of four decades of warfare in sub-Saharan Africa with expert commentary by an experienced and highly respected senior U.S. intelligence officer. more

Management and Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Theoretical and Applied Perspectives PB Paperback John O. Okpara

This is a Brand New book in excellent condition. Format: Paperback Author: John O. Okpara ISBN10: 1906704619 ISBN13: 9781906704612 The study of African language pedagogy and use in the Diaspora was initiated in the 1960s as African countries attained... more

Reproductive Health HIV/AIDS and Gender Perspectives in East Africa (Paperback)

This book is a result of a ground breaking research conducted in Oromiya Ethiopia to understand the socio-cultural underpinnings of the salient cultural practices feared to fuel the spread of HIV epidemic and affect sexual and reproductive health among... more

Poverty in Africa: Analytical and Policy Perspectives (Paperback)

Poverty in Africa presents a comprehensive picture on the extent of poverty in Africa and the institutional constraints to poverty reduction Prepared by eminent economists the volume provides an analysis of poverty income distribution and labour... more

Gender Science and Technology: Perspectives from Africa (Paperback)

This sixth volume of the CODESRIA Gender Series is a collection of discourses perspectives practices and policies on the role of the female gender in science and technology particularly in the African context. Although widely advocated as the... more

Global Perspectives: Perspectives on Africa: A Reader in Culture History and Representation (Paperback)

The second edition of Perspectives on Africa: A Reader in Culture History and Representation is both an introduction to the cultures of Africa and a history of the interpretations of those cultures. Key essays explore the major issues and debates... more

Cinema Audiences and Modernity: New perspectives on European cinema history (Paperback)

This book sheds new light on the cinema and modernity debate by confronting established theories on the role of the modern cinematic experience with new empirical work on the history of the social experience of cinema-going film audiences and film... more

European Perspectives: A Social Thought and Cultural Criticism: Julia Kristeva Interviews (Paperback)

A collection of twenty-two interviews and one personal essay Julia Kristeva Interviews presents an intimate and accessible portrait of one of France s most important critical thinkers and intellectual personalities. more

Perspectives on History (History Compass): World War II: The European Theatre (Paperback)

Through original photographs and documents and the words of those who lived through it World War II: The European Theatre gives insight into the global struggle in which the fates of so many people hung in the balance. This volume gives an overview of... more

Turning the Kaleidoscope: Perspectives on European Jewry (Paperback)

Far from being a blank space on the Jewish map or a void in the Jewish cultural world post-Shoah Europe is a place where Jewry has continued to develop even though it is facing different challenges and opportunities than elsewhere. Living on a... more

Routledge Research EADI Studies in Development: Perspectives on European Development Cooperation: Policy and Performance of Individual Donor Countries and the EU (Paperback)

Events of the past twenty years including the Cold War and the War on Terror have meant that the environments of international development co-operation have changed extensively with dramatic consequences for development policies and North-South... more

Transnational Constitutionalism: International and European Perspectives (Paperback)

An interdisciplinary perspective is adopted to examine international and European models of constitutionalism. In particular the book reflects critically on a number of constitutional themes such as the nature of European and international... more

European Perspectives: A Social Thought and Cultural Criticism: Prison Notebooks: Volume 1 (Paperback)

Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937) is widely celebrated as the most original political thinker in Western Marxism and an all-around outstanding intellectual figure. Arrested and imprisoned by the Italian Fascist regime in 1926 Gramsci died before fully... more

European Legal History: A Cultural and Political Perspective (Paperback)

The rediscovery of Roman law and the emergence of classical canon law around AD 1100 marked the beginnings of the civil law tradition in Europe. Between the twelfth and eighteenth centuries a highly sophisticated legal science of a truly European... more

Constitutional Courts and Democratic Values : A European Perspective (Paperback)

In this book Víctor Ferreres Comella contrasts the European centralized constitutional court model in which one court system is used to adjudicate constitutional questions with a decentralized model such as that of the United States in which courts... more

European Perspectives: A Social Thought and Cultural Criticism: Prison Notebooks: Volume 3 (Paperback)

Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937) is widely celebrated as the most original political thinker in Western Marxism and an all-around outstanding intellectual figure. Arrested and imprisoned by the Italian Fascist regime in 1926 Gramsci died before fully... more

European Perspectives: A Social Thought and Cultural Criticism: The Portable Cixous (Paperback)

Hélène Cixous is more than an influential theorist. She is also a groundbreaking author and playwright. Combining an idiosyncratic mix of autobiographical and fictional narrative with a host of philosophical and poetic observations Cixous s writing... more

European Commission Decisions on Competition: Economic Perspectives on Landmark Antitrust and Merger Cases (Paperback)

European Commission Decisions on Competition provides a comprehensive economic classification and analysis of all European Commission decisions adopted pursuant to Articles 101 102 and 106 of the FEU Treaty from 1962 to 2009. It also includes a sample... more

Professionals in Early Childhood Education and Care Systems: European Profiles and Perspectives (Paperback)

In a European context of rapidly expanding early education/ care provision for young children the staffing of these services is a critical quality issue. What are the requirements for professional education and training? How alike or how varied are the... more

Corporate Reputation and its Importance for Business Success : A European Perspective and its Implication for Public Relations Consultancies (Paperback)

Inhaltsangabe: Abstract: Ignored for a long time intangible assets are now gaining increased attention. In the last decade especially in the United States company managers recognized that intangible assets may provide companies with a more stable basis... more

New Directions in Archaeology: Hunter-Gatherer Economy in Prehistory: A European Perspective (Paperback)

It has been said that for 99 per cent of their cultural history human societies have made their living through the collection of wild resources. It is therefore perhaps not surprising that the study of hunters and gatherers has become an increasingly... more

Researching Early Childhood Education: European Perspectives (Paperback)

`Provides a useful overview of developments in early childhood education research in the countries included and interesting comparative data for further study and analysis. It should prove a useful resource book for the growing number of early... more

New German Historical Perspectives: Crises in European Integration: Challenges and Responses 1945-2005 (Paperback)

While the major trends in European integration have been well researched and constitute key elements of narratives about its value and purpose the crises of integration and their effects have not yet attracted sufficient attention. This volume with... more

New Studies in European Cinema: Cross-Channel Perspectives: The French Reception of British Cinema (Paperback)

This book is the first ever full-length study of the reception of British cinema in post-war France challenging François Truffaut s infamous dismissal of British cinema as a contradiction in terms a comment which has been and still is widely... more

E-Content: Technologies and Perspectives for the European Market (Paperback)

Technologies develop rapidly and reach hurricane levels of velocity but quality e-content and innovative applications lag behind. This book addresses the question of how content industries change within a digital environment and what role information... more

Industrial Organization: A European Perspective (Paperback)

Industrial Organization: A European Perspective presents a clearly explained and stimulating introduction to the basic theoretical models of industrial economics (including perfect competition monopoly Bertrand and Cournot competition) and to the most... more

European Perspectives: A Social Thought and Cultural Criticism: Prison Notebooks: Volume 2 (Paperback)

Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937) is widely celebrated as the most original political thinker in Western Marxism and an all-around outstanding intellectual figure. Arrested and imprisoned by the Italian Fascist regime in 1926 Gramsci died before fully... more