The global age is distinguished by disobedience, from the protests in Tiananmen Square to the fall of the Berlin Wall, to the anti-G8 and anti-WTO... Læs mere
Rapid economic growth has put India at the centre of current debates about the future of the global economy. In this fully revised,... Læs mere
Matthew Lange explores education's impact on ethnic violence, highlighting the role that social context plays. Rather... Læs mere
These essays deal with differences in the rates of economic growth in Latin American and mainland North America, specifically... Læs mere
Fully updated and revised, this rigorous but accessible second edition explores Earth's evolution over 4.6 billion years, explaining the underlying physical and chemical... Læs mere
How should we deal with past injustices? Some call for apologies and reparations while others stress the needs of victims of injustice today. Spinner-Halev argues that some peoples... Læs mere
Examines the complex moral and legal issues of preventive warfare, using current debates to shed light on enduring questions about justice, human rights and ethics of war and... Læs mere
Aimed at graduate students and researchers, this book reviews the ecology and function of plant secondary metabolites (PSMs) in... Læs mere
This book explains in simple settings the fundamental ideas of financial market modelling and derivative pricing, using the no-arbitrage principle. All proofs are... Læs mere
Domingos Sodré, an African diviner enslaved in Brazil, managed to obtain his freedom and become a slave owner himself. The book uses Sodré's 1862 arrest on suspicion of witchcraft as a catalyst for discussing African religion and its place in Brazil's slave society.
Using the examples of English and Mandarin Chinese, Crain demonstrates that the underlying expressions and structures in these typologically different languages directly... Læs mere
Neil Duxbury explains the law-making functions of legislatures and courts, the concepts of legislative supremacy and judicial review, the nature of legislative intent and the core principles of statutory interpretation.