These essays consider the Godzilla films and how they shaped and influenced postwar Japanese culture, as well as the globalization... Læs mere
Organized around the three great civilizations of the region - Western European, Orthodox Christian and Muslim - this is a much-needed guide to the... Læs mere
Although in hindsight the end of the Cold War seems almost inevitable, almost no one saw it coming and there is... Læs mere
We live in an era where our view of school is reduced by a superficial public conversation. In this context, the complexity of the educational process and the debate... Læs mere
The climate policy debate has been dominated by economic estimates of the costs of policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, the distribution of 'climate rights' is crucial to determining the economic affects of various policies.
As the World Bank famously put it back in 1989, 'underlying the litany of Africa's development problems is a crisis of... Læs mere
This collection focuses on a woman's point of view in love poetry, and juxtaposes poems by women and poems about women to raise questions about how femininity is constructed.
A leading Turkish political scientist enhances understanding of the interactions of liberal democracy with longstanding cultural cleavages along... Læs mere
This book offers a brief, broad, comparative study of ethnic politics that places ethnic conflict within the context of particular political systems. To... Læs mere
Building on Max Weber's thesis that the dynamic of capitalism actually erodes individual freedom and the meaningfulness of social life - famously resulting in a culture... Læs mere
The changes that are engulfing the world today - the fall of nation-states and dictatorships, migrations and border crossings, revolution,... Læs mere
During World War I the U.S. demanded that all able-bodied men work or fight. White men who were husbands and fathers, owned property or worked at... Læs mere