This book presents data on Ugandan khat within the context of international debates on the drug, and the proposed ban in 2009. By telling... Læs mere
In Germany, Grand Coalitions of the two major parties - the Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) and the Social Democrats (SPD) - generally have a bad reputation.
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Beginning with Saint Thomas Aquinas and ending with the latest developments in international human rights, 'Narrative,... Læs mere
This book documents recent and historical events in the theoretically-based practice of peace development. Its diverse collection of essays describes different aspects of... Læs mere
Against a historical backdrop that includes eighteenth-century language theory, children's literature and education, debates on the French Revolution,... Læs mere
This book examines the role of nonformal education (NFE) in African languages in promoting democracy in Senegal. The results indicate that NFE stimulates community and political participation and appears to have a stronger effect on participation than formal education.
With insight and scholarship, Alan Brill crisply outlines the traditional Jewish approaches to other religions for an age of globalization.
Drawing on a close reading of nearly forty years' worth of personal letters and her will, and incorporating new archival material, Margaret Paston emerges from this study as the best example we have of how lay piety was negotiated and integrated into daily medieval life.
In a unique effort, this book brings together, for the first time, scholarly analyses by eminent researchers of the... Læs mere
The study follows the early evolution of the American frontier hero, from its roots in Mary Rowlandson's narration of her... Læs mere
This highly readable book represents a unique approach to the controverted matter of the relations of literature and religion, eschewing linear argument in favor of a nuanced essayistic manner that elucidates texts and issues of immediate and lasting concern.