National debates on excellence and equity tend to focus largely on underachievement in mathematics and science rather than subjects in... Læs mere
This book is a scholarly investigation of the historical development and contemporary transformation of film noir in today’s Hong Kong.
This book explores “Making of” sites as a genre of cultural artefact. Part two attends to “Making of” Gone with the Wind sites, and concludes with “Making of” The Lord of the Rings texts as the acme of the cultural risks and investments charted in earlier chapters.
Discussing philosophy, libertarian property rights theory, reparations and other property rights issues, this volume is of interest to academics, students, journalists and all those interested in this integral aspect of political economic philosophy.
Looking at discrimination, education, environment, health and crime, this volume analyses United States Supreme Court rulings on several legal issues and proposed libertarian solutions to each problem.
This innovative book examines the discourse of reality television, and the elasticity of language in the popular talent show The Voice from a cross-cultural perspective.
Through close readings, exegesis, of individual photographs and careful deployment of contemporary political and aesthetic theory, The Photographic Uncanny argues for a re-envisioning of the political capacity of photography to expose the haunted, homeless,condition of modernity.
The book’s content progresses from general to specific: from the notions of worldview and translation, through a consideration of how worldviews are... Læs mere
This book offers an alternative analysis of the various theories and dimensions of green and environmental justice which are rooted in political economy.
This book examines how the two educational systems of China and the Nordic countries intersect. Over the past decade, there has been increased growth and interaction between China and the Nordic countries due to both government encouragement and academic curiosity.