API - Social & Cultural Studies 1

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Climate Justice in Action celebrates the activism and adaptations of Eastern Africa, one of the most climate vulnerable regions of the worl……続きを見る

This open access book examines food security in China with a specific focus on rice harvesting. As the most populous agricultural developing country, China’s food security is closely related to the ……続きを見る

Retail has never existed in a vacuum. This interdisciplinary volume explores how English commercial, co-operative and charity retailing were shaped by and in turn influenced their social and politic……続きを見る

Il Quarto Rapporto Censis-Tendercapital sulla “sostenibilità sociale e la rinnovata sfida del welfare italiano” ha l’obiettivo di porre l’attenzione, tramite le opinioni, i comportamenti e i valori ……続きを見る

The shock of Donald Trump’s election caused many observers to ask whether the liberal international orderーthe system of institutions and norms established after World War IIーwas coming to an end. ……続きを見る

In 'The True Military Power of North Korea', readers are presented with a nuanced exploration of North Korea's military capabilities, strategically curated to cover a broad spectrum of viewpoints an……続きを見る

What does it mean for the future of the planet when one of the world’s most durable authoritarian governance systems pursues “ecological civilization”? Despite its staggering pollution and colossal ……続きを見る

Scoring the Score is the first scholarly examination of the orchestrator’s role in the contemporary film industry. Orchestrators are crucial to the production of a film’s score, yet they have not re……続きを見る

North Korea is a country of paradoxes and contradictions. Although it remains an economic basket case that cannot feed and clothe its own people, it nevertheless possesses one of the world's largest……続きを見る

Bioethics is a field of inquiry and as such is fundamentally an epistemic discipline. Knowing how we make moral judgments can bring into relief why certain arguments on various bioethical issues app……続きを見る

Con un contributo di Randall Collins. Tra le persone che frequentiamo e che ci circondano, e i luoghi in cui trascorriamo parti importanti della nostra vita, appaiono non di rado individui che gener……続きを見る

**Praise for The Inclusion Paradox “Andrés Tapia has become one of the foremost thought leaders in the area of workplace diversity. His unique perspectives on inclusion have shifted the paradigm on ……続きを見る

Este livro resulta do contributo de vários autores à temática da relação entre cultura, arte e tecnologia dos media, central à experiência contemporânea e ao pensamento crítico das últimas décadas, ……続きを見る

On June 3, 2015, massive women’s street demonstrations took place in many cities across Argentina to protest against femicide. Under the slogan Ni una menos, Not One (Woman) Less, thousands of women……続きを見る

The authoritative presentation of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy, this groundbreaking book--now revised and expanded--has been translated into multiple languages. Origi……続きを見る

In this book, Michael J. Shapiro stages a series of pedagogical encounters between political theory, represented as a compositional challenge, and cinematic texts, emphasizing how to achieve an effe……続きを見る

The Anthropology of Religious Conversion paints a picture of conversion far more complex than its customary image in anthropology and religious studies. Conversion is very seldom simply a sudden mom……続きを見る

O presente livro busca estimular a análise do que se chama de “internacionalização do direito penal”, sob o prisma da lavagem de dinheiro e do financiamento do terrorismo: como, num primeiro momento……続きを見る

What do we know about war crimes and justice? What are the discursive practices through which the dominant images of war crimes, atrocity and justice are understood? In this wide ranging text, Micha……続きを見る

Screening Minors in Latin American Cinema is the first volume to delve into the construction of children's subjectivity and agency in Latin American film, and addresses such questions as: How and to……続きを見る

In the past decade community groups have been portrayed as the solution to many social problems. Yet the role of ‘below the regulatory radar’ community action has received little research attention ……続きを見る

"Esta investigación pretende proporcionar elementos para ampliar y ajustar programas de reparación teniendo en cuenta el ámbito de observación privilegiado por la Corte IDH, la cual se ha referido a……続きを見る

Like toddlers all over the world, Sri Lankan children go through a period that in the U.S. is referred to as the “terrible twos.” Yet once they reach elementary school age, they appear uncannily pas……続きを見る

An expanded version of a series of debates between the authors, this book examines the nature of corporate rights, especially with respect to religious liberty, in the context of the controversial H……続きを見る

Many South American films that use the popular road movie format to examine regional culture and attitudes, especially in Argentina and Brazil. Pinazza performs a careful cultural analysis of the fi……続きを見る

Development Corruption in South Africa examines governance matters with a focus on corruption. This rich empirical body on governance variables and governance performance is a welcome addition to So……続きを見る

An exploration of the life-stories of 22 pioneer Arab women who have forged their path to management and leadership in education and welfare, overcoming challenges imposed by a patriarchal society t……続きを見る

Randy Stapilus, the editor and publisher of the Idaho Weekly Briefing and author of four earlier lists of influential Idahoans, has based this one on levels of overall influence in the state – and f……続きを見る

In Black and White Agnieszka Piotrowska presents a unique insight into the contemporary arts scene in Zimbabwe – an area that has received very limited coverage in research and the media. The book c……続きを見る

A transformational approach to conflict argues that conflicts must be viewed as embedded within broader relational patterns and social and discursive structures. Central to this book is the idea tha……続きを見る