This book assesses the diplomatic path of influence taken by German decision-makers during the early nineties in pursuit of their cautiously articulated interest in and commitment to the eastward enlargement of NATO.
This book investigates whether the theory of deliberative democracy - developed in the West to focus democratic theory on the legitimation that... Læs mere
This book contends that far-right parties play pivotal roles in setting the tone of political debates, shaping the political party system, and structuring government policy.
Through focusing on the sexual politics that have emerged out of post-apartheid South Africa, Spurlin... Læs mere
This book broadly frames the scholarly conversation about southern radicalism, putting essays covering a range of historical periods and topics in dialogue with each other so as to get a sense of the range of southern politics and history.
By the end of the Twentieth century, formal schooling - once the privilege of male elites - had become accessible to women, the... Læs mere
The book is an interdisciplinary collection of fifteen essays, with an editorial introduction, on a range of territories in the Commonwealth, Francophone, and... Læs mere
This volume unites scholars from Brazil, the U.S. and Europe, who draw on a close re-reading of the Vargas literature, hitherto unavailable or unused sources, and a... Læs mere
This topical volume seeks to analyze the intimate but under-studied relationship between the construction of national... Læs mere
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.
Includes essays, which examine modernism in Germany and Scandinavia by focusing on the relation between culture, politics, and critical ideological endeavours.
A central concern of this study is the relationship between Wagner the artist and Wagner the social phenomenon. Many of the essays... Læs mere