Promoted as a way of healing people from wounds inflicted by the world, modern yoga offers an “anti-world” to which practitioners can escape.... Læs mere
SCAR/CITY steps outside binary conversations and poetically interrogates a system that results in depravity and scarcity leaving us homeless literally and metaphorically. These poems walk... Læs mere
Unintended Nations tracks the history of a concept of civilization that emerged in nineteenth-century France and reveals the network of dynamic interactions that helped shape modernity and national identity in Southeast Europe and beyond.
This volume analyses the effect of decentralization and federalism on policy outcomes and on public preferences, as well as the connections between fiscal federalism, political forces, and inequality.
Ornament and Symbol in French Romantic Architecture reconstructs vibrant debates surrounding ornament and artistic... Læs mere
A groundbreaking exploration of the cultural contributions of Russian-speaking immigrants to Israel over the past thirty years, Dual Diaspora investigates how writers, filmmakers, and visual artists reconcile their Soviet past with their Israeli present.
Forty per cent of the world’s population lives in federal countries, each facing their own crises and... Læs mere
In 1958, 14,000 miners and smeltermen in Sudbury, Ontario, downed their tools and struck against the International... Læs mere
Randia’s Quiet Theatre draws on autofiction, interviews, and performance ethnography to unravel the politics of aging in Poland, while revealing how theatre and ethnography can become springboards for creating worlds in which the elderly can live with dignity.
In the mid-twentieth century, Montreal’s influential mayor Jean Drapeau endeavoured to transform Montreal into a world-class... Læs mere
Our impact on future generations has never been greater, and the challenges we face are increasingly long-term. Future-Generation Government proposes ways that we can reward our governments for making durable policy decisions that anticipate future crises.