As the tragedy of the Grenfell tower fire has slowly revealed a shadowy background of outsourcing, private finance initiatives and a council turning a blind eye to health and safety concerns, many questions need answers. Stuart Hodkinson has those answers. -- .
This book examines the early history of the Irish nationalist youth organisation Na Fianna Éireann and its notable contribution to the Irish Revolution in the period 1909–23. -- .
The last Yugoslav Generation charts the development of youth culture and politics in socialist Yugoslavia, focusing on the 1980s -- .
What are neoliberal lives? This trans-disciplinary book investigates the forty-year war by the American business class to restore its power and profits, revealing the devastating implications for human development and dignity. -- .
This is the first English-language monograph on monarchy in the Dutch colonial world. It reveals the role of mass and amateur... Læs mere
This book brings together an interdisciplinary team of scholars to explore how urban social movements, localised practices of rights claiming, and diverse articulations of sanctuary are reshaping the governance of migration. -- .
Illustrates the centrality of domestic politics to colonial rule and the ways in which mastery over servants was a key expression of colonial power -- .
Representations of Renaissance monarchy analyses the portraits and personal imagery of Francis I, one of the most frequently... Læs mere
Introducing insights from literary studies and narratology into international relations, this study examines the romantic narratives of pirates in Somalia, rebels in Libya and private military and security companies in Iraq. -- .
This volume brings together many aspects of the Tapestry: the practical skills involved in making the embroidery, aspects of its iconography,... Læs mere
This original collection of essays examines for the first time the place of 'saints' and sanctity in nineteenth-century Britain. -- .
Violent conflict brings together two seemingly disparate groups: humanitarians and soldiers. This mixes and convolutes agendas, blurring lines that are... Læs mere