Governance has emerged as a central concept and key word in China's governmental and local policy and practice at different levels. This edited collection combines... Læs mere
Reading texts in relation to feminist, queer, and race theory and Buddhist philosophy, this book argues that an understanding of spirit is critical to explaining the power that social movements have to change hearts, minds, and social structures.
Academic freedom has been a principle that undergirds the university since 1915. Spanning a wide array of disciplinary fields, Academic Freedom in the Post-9/11 Era... Læs mere
An exploration of the idea of government of peoples who freely accept liberal democracy and try to realize democracy in... Læs mere
This book reads the whole of Bret Easton Ellis's oeuvre to date from Less Than Zero to Imperial Bedrooms and asks to what extent Ellis's novels can be read as critiquing the cultural moments of which they are a part.
Banta draws upon essays in Vanity Fair by noted journalists, literary figures, and cultural critics in order to examine the manner... Læs mere
Beginning with World War II, and girded by the Cold War, American advertisers, brand name corporations, and representatives of the federal government institutionalized a system of consumer capitalism which they called free enterprise.
This exciting and timely collection brings together international and national scholars and advocates to provide historical overviews of efforts to pass basic income guarantee legislation in their respective countries and/or across regions of the globe.
Many of the most celebrated British films of the immediate post-war period (1945-55) seem to be occupied with "getting on" with life and offering... Læs mere
Explores how American youth are indoctrinated with Zionist mythology and how to intervene in that process by teaching... Læs mere
The first study of the productions of the minor theatres, how they were adapted to appeal to the local patrons and the audiences who worked and lived in these communities.
Randall Heskett uses both historical criticism and a form-critical approach to analyze and assess Lamentation and Restoration of Destroyed Cities as oral traditions of ancient Israelite prophetic genres.