Interested in the nexus between sport, gender, and language, Sport, Rhetoric, and Gender: Historical Perspectives and Media Representations contains 21 wide-ranging chapters examining sport vis-à-vis the language surrounding and incorporated by it in the world arena.
Correcting misconceptions through profiles of diverse families, Rivero uncovers the changing and complex needs of children today.... Læs mere
This book explores the mutual influences exerted by the British-Christian and British-Jewish communities on each other during the period... Læs mere
When does the U.S. support partition of a warring or failing state? This book uses detailed comparative examintion of U.S. policies in these three cases to assess the relative impact of a number of factors in U.S. decisionmaking.
This book explores globalization through a historical and anthropological study of how familiar soft drinks such as Coke and Pepsi became valued as more than mere commodities.
Saltman traces the evolution of voting technology in the USA, from voice to digital, highlighting how the... Læs mere
Hannah Arendt's approach to politics focuses on action and conduct, rather than institutions, constitutions, and states. In light of Arendtian conceptions of politics, essays in this book challenge conventional IR theories.
This edited volume reconsiders the conventional wisdom, which argues that comparative performance (in economic, social, political, as well as diplomatic arenas)... Læs mere
This collection charts the terrain of contemporary Japanese animation, one of the most explosive forms of visual culture to emerge at the crossroads of transnational cultural production in the last twenty-five years.
This collection looks at the on-going significance of Black Consciousness, situating it in a global frame, examining the legacy of Steve Biko, the current state of post-apartheid South African politics, and the culture and history of the anti-apartheid movements.
This book studies ten dissident democratic leaders in Asia to show their vital role in democratic transformations. These explorationsof... Læs mere
Ann Kelly's provocative book breaks the mold of Swift studies. Twentieth century Swift scholars have tended to assess... Læs mere