Crisis, Globalization and Governance
As globalization challenges old business practices, this book tackles how to reinvent governance at private and public levels. It provides strategies to reorient globalization for a safer future, promoting public interest and social democracy.
This volume explores the relations between multinational empires and the nation. It analyzes the origins of nation-states, the issue of national minorities after the dissolution of empires, and the role of art and culture in forming national identities.
Confining Spaces, Resistant Subjectivities
This book offers a contemporary re-reading of postcolonial women’s narratives, focusing on female oppression, voice, and agency. An analysis of unconventional spaces of female resistance, such as prison and madness, yields surprising results.
Scripture
Scripture is a mysterious, enriched word of God with both human and divine authorship. At once ancient and open to contemporary challenges, it draws people into a fertile divine-human dialogue that transcends cultures and times, destroying isolation.
A collection of essays by international scholars on pluralism and other key concepts for understanding our complex contemporary world. These contributions provide a philosophical analysis of the challenges confronting modern society, politics, and culture.
This collection of essays explores how scholars, critics, and artists have reflected upon and re-imagined Charles Dickens’s texts. It offers a vast array of interdisciplinary approaches—from gender studies to film—attesting to his global appeal.
I Want to Change My Life
Talent shows claim to give ordinary people extraordinary opportunities. But do they deliver? This book shows that few contestants achieve lasting success, revealing that television picks its own stars for a good backstory as much as for their talent.
Dance in Ireland
Dance in Ireland provides an in-depth view of dance during the colonial and post-colonial eras. It presents dance as an integral part of Irish life and a signifier of cultural change. An indispensable resource for academics and artists alike.
This collection of essays examines the Korean Peninsula’s nuclear and reunification challenges through the crucial lens of Sino-Japanese relations. While China and Japan share the goal of a stable, nuclear-free Korea, both North and South Korea adeptly resist their influence.
Computer-Assisted Language Learning
This book examines contemporary issues in Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL), exploring the interrelationship of learners, teachers, and tools. Presenting recent findings, it is a valuable resource for researchers and language teachers.
Imagining Home
Tracing the nomadic lives of two exiled writers, this book redefines Romanian and American identity. It offers a crucial new context for Eastern European immigrant narratives.
This volume brings together multiple research perspectives on best practices for constructing spoken corpora. It unites scholars from discourse analysis and data infrastructure to address the concerns of data providers, curators, and data users.
The Elusive Aryans
The elusiveness of the Aryans stems from their mysterious origins and their later assimilation in India. This book addresses both questions, re-examining archaeological material and Vedic literature to trace the transformation of their gods, rituals, and philosophy.
This volume analyzes the relations between multinational empires and the idea of the nation. Topics range from colonialism and the Great Powers to the Great War, decolonization, ethnic conflicts, the dissolution of empires, and the East-West conflict.
This collection of essays from educators across Africa, Asia, and Europe explores key issues in education. Topics range from teacher education and psychosocial development to educational policy and language in teaching. For educators, researchers, and students.
Community Policing as a Public Policy
Many community policing initiatives fail. This book explains community policing not as a philosophy, but as a sustainable public policy. It provides a model with challenges and recommendations to serve as guidelines for policymakers and implementers.
Creative Manoeuvres
Creative Manoeuvres is a collection of writings on the role of creative practice in the formation of knowledge. Contributors, who are both academics and creative writers, explore how knowledge is embodied in art through their own ‘creative manoeuvres’.
Political institutions are often treated as un-gendered, yet rationality has been ascribed to masculinity. This book explores the interdependence of masculinities and concepts like the state, citizenship, and democracy, shedding light on their construction.
This collection of essays from an international conference presents important research in linguistics. It explores language theory, cross-cultural communication, pragmatics, translation, and teaching methods. An essential volume for scholars and students.
The Isle of Man TT Races
This book uses the Isle of Man TT Races to examine the deep links between sport and society. It charts the event’s history and its role in shaping Manx politics, economy, and identity. Where else can a racer take in so much history at 200 mph?
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