The author's sharply critical perspective reveals how this epistemology of alterity has kept Africa ensnared within colonial matrices of power, serving... Læs mere
As the transition from socialism to a market economy gathered speed in the early 1990s, many people proclaimed the final success of capitalism as a practice and neo-liberal economics as its accompanying science...
While some scholars have said that there is no such thing as culture and have urged to abandon the concept altogether, the contributors to this volume overcome this impasse by understanding cultures and their representations for what they ultimately are - rhetorical constructs.
In nineteenth-century Europe the ruling elites viewed the theater as a form of communication which had enormous... Læs mere
The history of postwar German cinema has most often been told as a story of failure, a failure paradoxically epitomized by the remarkable popularity of film throughout the late 1940s and 1950s. Through the analysis of 10 representative films, Hester Baer reassesses this period...
Around the world, intensifying development and human demands for fresh water are placing unsustainable pressures on finite resources.... Læs mere
Papua New Guinea's village court system was introduced in 1974, partly in an effort to overcome the legal, geographical, and... Læs mere
Draws on the expertise of historians, anthropologists and geographers Illustrates the way identities are formed and change over time Relies on the expertise of a number of experienced and knowledgeable scholars working on this region
Ghetto, forced labor camp, concentration camp: All of the elements of the National Socialists' policies of annihilation were to be found... Læs mere
Up-to-date synthetic overview of modern German citizenship and migration policy Strong historical dimension Interdisciplinary (e.g. law, history, public policy & political science)
The large and sudden influx of missionaries into the former Soviet Union after seventy years of militant secularism has been controversial, and the widespread occurrence of conversion has led to anxiety about social and national disintegration.
During the 4 decades of the communist regime in Czechoslovakia a vast literature on working-class... Læs mere