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In 1728 a stranger handed a letter to Governor Yue calling on him to lead a rebellion against the Manchu rulers of China. Feigning agreement, he learnt the details of the plot and immediately inform……続きを見る

Wie sähe die Welt aus, wenn wir auf Wissenschaft hören? Franca Parianen macht sich auf die Reise quer durch die Republik und fragt zwölf Wissenschaftler:innen, was ihre Disziplin uns für die Zukunft……続きを見る

Restoring Justice: An Introduction to Restorative Justice, Sixth Edition, offers a clear and convincing explanation of restorative justice, a movement within criminal justice with ongoing worldwide ……続きを見る

This important work critically investigates the use of rating and ranking systems in higher education to show how they govern the academic population through the creation of competition and antagoni……続きを見る

In research on 'mass killings' such as genocides and campaigns of state terror, the role of ideology is hotly debated. For some scholars, ideologies are crucial in providing the extremist goals and ……続きを見る

This book draws on the experiences of the indigenous movement in Myanmar to explore how the local construction of indigenous identities connects communities to global mechanisms for addressing human……続きを見る

Bridging disparate literatures on courts and the legal profession in China, Jonathan J. Kinkel introduces an innovative cross-disciplinary framework to understand the reality of Chinese politics and……続きを見る

Against the gloomy forecast of "The Vanishing Diaspora", the end of the second millennium saw the global emergence of a dazzling array of Jewish cultural initiatives, institutional modalities, and i……続きを見る

Interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) is a qualitative research approach committed to the examination of how people make sense of their major life experiences. This text provides a detailed……続きを見る

Drawing on diverse examples from literature, film, memoirs, and popular culture, Men, Masculinities, and Infertilities analyses cultural representations of male infertility. Going beyond the biomedi……続きを見る

In 2015, students at the University of Cape Town used the slogan #RhodesMustFall to demand that a monument of Cecil John Rhodes, the empire builder of British South Africa, be removed from the unive……続きを見る

This monograph provides a detailed yet concise narrative of the history of the ethnic Germans in the Russian Empire and USSR. It starts with the settlement in the Russian Empire by German colonists ……続きを見る

A sweeping examination of how germs have played a starring role in the most significant transformations in history, from the rise of Homo sapiens to the creation of world religions and the birth of ……続きを見る

The climate, which had been relatively stable for centuries, is well into a new and dangerous phase. In 2020 there were 22 weather and climate disasters in the United States, which resulted in 262 d……続きを見る

A hilarious gift book to help Remainers cope in the run-up to the fateful Brexit moment. 'So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, good night I hate to go and leave this pretty sight So long, farewell, a……続きを見る

In this challenging and original study, Jonathan Wistow positions social policy within political economy and social contract debates. Focusing on individual, intergenerational and societal outcomes ……続きを見る

««Jonathan Gottschall non è solo il più profondo pensatore in circolazione sul potente ruolo delle storie nelle nostre vite, ma è anche uno scrittore vivace e spiritoso. Il lato oscuro delle storie ……続きを見る

Human Resource Management in Public Service: Paradoxes, Processes, and Problems offers provocative and thorough coverage of the complex issues faced by employees and managers in the public sector, i……続きを見る

How has Russia's invasion of Ukraine changed the international security, economic and political terrain? “The war in Europe will leave China in a stronger position, as it unifies the West. This is s……続きを見る

Even in the wake of the biggest financial crash of the postwar era, the United States continues to rely on Securities and Exchange Commission oversight and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which set tougher ……続きを見る

A resource for working through conflict with dialogue toward the goal of peace. Building Dialogue is intended as an aide to inter-contextual analysis of conflict and practices of peace. This book em……続きを見る

Written for social science students who will be working with or conducting research, Mathematics for Social Scientists offers a non-intimidating approach to learning or reviewing math skills essenti……続きを見る

Das Grundgesetz ist gerade in Krisenzeiten die Grundlage jedes gesellschaftspolitischen Diskurses in Deutschland. Höchste Zeit also für einen Kommentar, der die Verfassung für unsere Zeit neu erklär……続きを見る

Africa’s Slaves Today, first published in 1975, examines the question of the persistence of slavery in modern Africa. It concludes that slavery is by no means dead in certain regions, but that at th……続きを見る

Der Band bietet einen ersten systematischen Ansatz, um kollektive Fragen und Phänomene in der bislang eher disziplinär-fragmentierten Lagerforschung zu diskutieren, ohne dabei die empirische Plurali……続きを見る

Drawing from remarkable examples of movements around the world, and sprinkled with stories from the authors' grassroots educational work in the Global Dream Accelerated Learning for All (ALfA) progr……続きを見る

Profiteure internationaler Sportveranstaltungen behaupten stets, man habe Politik und Sport voneinander zu trennen. Angesichts der Fußball-WM in Katar räumen Klaus-Dieter Stork und Jonas Wollenhaupt……続きを見る

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 BOOKER PRIZE ‘Dazzling’ GUARDIAN ‘Blistering’ THE TIMES 'A delight' DIANA EVANS ‘Fiction written at the highest level’ ANN PATCHETT 'Hilarious, revelatory' MARLON JAMES An……続きを見る

This book explores fictional representations and narrative functions of animal characters in animated and live-action film and television, examining the ways in which these representations intersect……続きを見る

Este libro plantea algunas concepciones alternativas presentes en los debates en torno a la integración latinoamericana, a partir de conceptos clásicos sobre el desarrollo, el liderazgo, la soberaní……続きを見る