This book explores the role of political factors in the occurrence of currency crises, using an eclectic approach that blends case studies, a rigorous theoretical discussion, and econometric analysis.
This book addresses several gaps in knowledge of aid allocation and effectiveness and provides new analytical insights. Topics covered include the interface between aid... Læs mere
Performance Affects explores performance projects in disaster and war zones to argue that joy, beauty and celebration should be the inspiration... Læs mere
Cutting carbon emissions is urgent but very challenging in wealthy democracies. Energy for the Future analyzes the changing contexts, imperatives and fault lines, and... Læs mere
Divisions in the EU are considered, as well as the conflicts that have arisen from enlargement and foreign policy concerns. Leading... Læs mere
Using original empirical data and critiquing existing research, Samia Bano explores the experience of British Muslim... Læs mere
This book draws on the latest archival releases – including those from the secret world of... Læs mere
Taking as its point of departure the three recurrent themes of nostalgia, memory and local histories, this book is an attempt to map out a new poetics - the 'post-nostalgic imagination' - in Hong Kong cinema in the first decade of Chinese rule.
This unique and original collection by internationally renowned scholars uses critical engagements with Zygmunt Bauman's sociology to understand the challenges that face globalized human societies at the start of the 21st century. Includes a concluding chapter by Bauman.
In the 1970s it seemed infectious diseases had been conquered, but today global epidemics seem to pose a new, more sinister, threat. This fascinating study... Læs mere
Over the past two decades, theatre practitioners across the West have turned to documentary modes of performance-making to confront new socio-political... Læs mere
A study of the international NGO advocacy for social and environmental justice, it looks at the... Læs mere