The 1990-91 Gulf War, the Israeli-PLO agreement, instances of political and economic reform, and the radical political reassertion of Islam, all indicate that the post-Cold War Middle East is in the grip of dramatic changes.
This book is open access under a CC BY license and charts the rise and fall of various self-harming behaviours in... Læs mere
This is the first book to examine "migrant-soldiers' in the British army and places the phenomenon of Britain's multicultural army in relation to British culture, history and nationalism. It also explores the impact of war on UK society during the 21st Century
This book analyses the development and use of mathematical models in public health research and policy. By introducing a... Læs mere
A lively and engaging study of on-screen and off-screen performances of masculinity, focusing on well-known male actors in... Læs mere
This book presents various national perspectives on the process of regionalization in order to get a more concrete understanding of its... Læs mere
The contributors present a coherent collection of work on the functioning of metaphor in public discourse and related discourse areas from a broadly cognitive-linguistic... Læs mere
An interdisciplinary collection exploring the practices and cultures of mapping in the arts, humanities and social sciences. It features contributions from... Læs mere
This collection, now in paperback, explores how universities are coping with the range of reforms and changes taking place across higher education today.
Western patients are increasingly travelling to developing countries for health care and developing countries are increasingly offering their skills and... Læs mere
Men and the Language of Emotions challenges the commonly held association of rationality with masculinity, involving distancing from the language of emotions. Drawing on... Læs mere
The twentieth century witnessed genocides, ethnic cleansing, forced population expulsions, shifting borders, and other disruptions on an... Læs mere