The book links forced migration, violence and gender relations. Most studies have a particular focus on sexual violence in refugee camps and/or situations. Many chapters... Læs mere
Based on an extended period of research in two local steel factories, this descriptive account offers a wide-ranging critique of... Læs mere
Based on the literature of the GDR and supplemented with a number of so far unpublished documents The most comprehensive account of the GDR economy available in English An English translation of a bestselling German study
Explores the applicability of the concept of liminality to a variety of concrete social and political problems. Examines case studies of some of the most... Læs mere
Advances in genetics are renewing controversies over inherited characteristics, and the discourse around science and... Læs mere
Anthropological interest in new subjects of research and contemporary knowledge practices has turned ethnographic... Læs mere
As part of the neoliberal trends toward public-private partnerships, universities all over the world have forged more intimate relationships with corporate interests and more closely resemble for-profit corporations in both structure and practice.
Today's world is one marked by the signs of digital capitalism and global capitalist expansion, and China is... Læs mere
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.
Scholarship related to environmental questions in Latin America has only recently begun to coalesce around citizenship as both... Læs mere
The purpose of this volume is to analyze the relationships, possible articulations and contradictions between religion and science as forms of life: ways of engaging human experience that originate in particular social and cultural formations.
An expansive collection examining fascism’s transnational dimension. Investigates the movements inspired by the early example of Fascist Italy. Explores the international antifascist organizations that emerged in subsequent years.