Leadership and the Problem of Electoral Democracy in Africa
Case Studies and Theoretical Solutions
In this text, the notion that African leaders are responsible for electoral malfeasance throughout the continent is explored. Five case studies are selected, to illustrate variations and similarities in the dilemma of electoral democracy in Africa’s political system.
In this text, the notion that African leaders are responsible for electoral malfeasance throughout the continent is explored. Five case studies are selected, to illustrate variations and similarities in the dilemma of electoral democracy in Africa’s political system.
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The European Union’s Eastern Neighbourhood Today
Politics, Dynamics, Perspectives
As the European Union faces a crisis and Russia becomes more assertive, Eastern Europe is caught in the middle. This volume explores the region’s opportunities, vulnerabilities, and dilemmas, along with the challenges of a possible second Cold War.
As the European Union faces a crisis and Russia becomes more assertive, Eastern Europe is caught in the middle. This volume explores the region’s opportunities, vulnerabilities, and dilemmas, along with the challenges of a possible second Cold War.
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Reflections on Gender from a Communication Point-of-View
GenderSpectives
This text offers students’ reflections as they grapple with gender issues while intersecting with their identities, sexualities, race and ethnicity, and nationalities. It explores standpoints on gender, internalizing ideas about selfhood and scrutinizing understandings of gender.
This text offers students’ reflections as they grapple with gender issues while intersecting with their identities, sexualities, race and ethnicity, and nationalities. It explores standpoints on gender, internalizing ideas about selfhood and scrutinizing understandings of gender.
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This book explores sustainable livelihood as a key to development beyond mere poverty reduction. It examines strategies for enhancing assets, covering socio-developmental aspects, natural resources, the farm and non-farm sectors, and gender.
This book explores sustainable livelihood as a key to development beyond mere poverty reduction. It examines strategies for enhancing assets, covering socio-developmental aspects, natural resources, the farm and non-farm sectors, and gender.
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Creation, Sin and Reconciliation
Reading Primordial and Patriarchal Narrative in the Book of Genesis
Through a close reading of chapters 1–11, 32–33 and 37–50, Letellier investigates the unique position of the Book of Genesis in its provision of the foundational stories of Creation and the emergence of mankind, paying particular attention to the language and style of the text.
Through a close reading of chapters 1–11, 32–33 and 37–50, Letellier investigates the unique position of the Book of Genesis in its provision of the foundational stories of Creation and the emergence of mankind, paying particular attention to the language and style of the text.
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Information Infrastructure(s)
Boundaries, Ecologies, Multiplicity
This book explores how information infrastructures enable, but also constrain, cooperation across different groups. It questions the role of the material and immaterial objects connecting us—from devices and networks to society itself.
This book explores how information infrastructures enable, but also constrain, cooperation across different groups. It questions the role of the material and immaterial objects connecting us—from devices and networks to society itself.
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Breaking traditional barriers, this collection compares male and female monarchy across the medieval and early modern eras. International scholars demonstrate how the practical expression of power and image revealed more continuity than change over five centuries.
Breaking traditional barriers, this collection compares male and female monarchy across the medieval and early modern eras. International scholars demonstrate how the practical expression of power and image revealed more continuity than change over five centuries.
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Southeast Asian Diaspora in the United States
Memories and Visions, Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
This collection explores Southeast Asian American subjectivities through the interplay of memory and vision. Authors examine diverse homes, creativities, and queer sexualities to provide new visions that link Southeast Asia to America in creative and purposeful ways.
This collection explores Southeast Asian American subjectivities through the interplay of memory and vision. Authors examine diverse homes, creativities, and queer sexualities to provide new visions that link Southeast Asia to America in creative and purposeful ways.
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Ulysses Quotīdiānus
James Joyce’s Inverse Histories of the Everyday
George presents a multi-pronged inverse historical analysis of Joyce’s high-modernist magnum opus Ulysses, foregrounding the historicity of its unapologetic subject matter – the quotidian.
George presents a multi-pronged inverse historical analysis of Joyce’s high-modernist magnum opus Ulysses, foregrounding the historicity of its unapologetic subject matter – the quotidian.
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To be or not to be? The Verbum Substantivum from Synchronic, Diachronic and Typological Perspectives
The verbs of the ‘to be’-group, also called verba substantiva, are among the most enigmatic and complex phenomena of the human language. This text offers a description and interpretation of these verbs and constructions within contemporary linguistic research.
The verbs of the ‘to be’-group, also called verba substantiva, are among the most enigmatic and complex phenomena of the human language. This text offers a description and interpretation of these verbs and constructions within contemporary linguistic research.
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Violence and Dystopia
Mimesis and Sacrifice in Contemporary Western Dystopian Narratives
A critical examination of imitative desire, scapegoating, and sacrifice in contemporary dystopian narratives through the lens of René Girard’s mimetic theory. It analyzes works by J.G. Ballard, Chuck Palahniuk, Margaret Atwood, and Will Self.
A critical examination of imitative desire, scapegoating, and sacrifice in contemporary dystopian narratives through the lens of René Girard’s mimetic theory. It analyzes works by J.G. Ballard, Chuck Palahniuk, Margaret Atwood, and Will Self.
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Orthodoxy Versus Post-Communism?
Belarus, Serbia, Ukraine and the Russkiy Mir
In post-communist Ukraine, Belarus, and Serbia, the Orthodox faith has become a vital element of political culture. This book analyses Orthodoxy's influence on attitudes towards the West, the EU, and democracy, and its role in shaping modern cultural and national identity.
In post-communist Ukraine, Belarus, and Serbia, the Orthodox faith has become a vital element of political culture. This book analyses Orthodoxy’s influence on attitudes towards the West, the EU, and democracy, and its role in shaping modern cultural and national identity.
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English Studies
New Perspectives
This volume offers a wide range of research on English literature, including Shakespearean, Victorian, and postcolonial studies. With articles on comparative and translation studies, it serves as a fruitful reference and a guide for young academics in their studies.
This volume offers a wide range of research on English literature, including Shakespearean, Victorian, and postcolonial studies. With articles on comparative and translation studies, it serves as a fruitful reference and a guide for young academics in their studies.
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Recovery and Transgression
Memory in American Poetry
This collection is devoted to the ways in which poetic texts shape, and are shaped by, personal and collective memory. It looks at the techniques through which the past is recovered and repurposed in poetry, using poems by T.S. Eliot and Susan Howe, among others, as examples.
This collection is devoted to the ways in which poetic texts shape, and are shaped by, personal and collective memory. It looks at the techniques through which the past is recovered and repurposed in poetry, using poems by T.S. Eliot and Susan Howe, among others, as examples.
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Quality Enhancement in Madrasa Education
An Exploratory Study
This study focuses on the different quality dimensions of the Madrasa education system in Kerala, southwestern India, much neglected in academia. It examines the Madrasa education system in terms of different quality dimensions, including curriculum planning and designing.
This study focuses on the different quality dimensions of the Madrasa education system in Kerala, southwestern India, much neglected in academia. It examines the Madrasa education system in terms of different quality dimensions, including curriculum planning and designing.
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The Reptant Eagle
Essays on Carlos Fuentes and the Art of the Novel
Carlos Fuentes was a leading voice in Latin America’s Boom generation. The Reptant Eagle collects essays by renowned scholars that offer innovative readings of his major works and trace his contribution to the uninterrupted tradition of the art of the novel.
Carlos Fuentes was a leading voice in Latin America’s Boom generation. The Reptant Eagle collects essays by renowned scholars that offer innovative readings of his major works and trace his contribution to the uninterrupted tradition of the art of the novel.
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This volume’s ten studies on Greek Conversation Analysis (CA) fill a key gap in Greek linguistics. Topics range from grammar and storytelling to code-switching and mobile talk, offering a vital reference for scholars and students of talk-in-interaction.
This volume’s ten studies on Greek Conversation Analysis (CA) fill a key gap in Greek linguistics. Topics range from grammar and storytelling to code-switching and mobile talk, offering a vital reference for scholars and students of talk-in-interaction.
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Responding to challenges arising from an increase in Chinese students at western universities, Burrows provides a guide on how to deal with such problems. She explores such issues as cultural differences, as well as suggesting how best to engage the student.
Responding to challenges arising from an increase in Chinese students at western universities, Burrows provides a guide on how to deal with such problems. She explores such issues as cultural differences, as well as suggesting how best to engage the student.
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Invisible Cultures
Historical and Archaeological Perspectives
Some cultural groups are “invisible,” absent from historiographical records or material remains. This volume explores why the memory of these marginalized groups was obliterated and presents new perspectives aimed at returning voice and presence to the “invisibles” of history.
Some cultural groups are “invisible,” absent from historiographical records or material remains. This volume explores why the memory of these marginalized groups was obliterated and presents new perspectives aimed at returning voice and presence to the “invisibles” of history.
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As global conditions shift, we must redefine the nation. It promises solidarity and forges identity, but its power is built upon the indispensable structures of civil society.
As global conditions shift, we must redefine the nation. It promises solidarity and forges identity, but its power is built upon the indispensable structures of civil society.
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