D.O - Social & Cultural Studies 83

This volume analyzes the successes and failures of foreign interventions in intrastate ethnic wars. Adding value to current research in the fields of international security and conflict resolution, ……続きを見る

Numerous states have passed gender integration legislation permanently admitting women into their military forces. As a result, states have dramatically increased women’s numbers, and improved gende……続きを見る

This is the first full-length study of British women's instrumental chamber music in the early twentieth century. Laura Seddon argues that the Cobbett competitions, instigated by Walter Willson Cobb……続きを見る

One glaring lacuna in studies of Haitian Vodou is the scarcity of works exploring the connection between the religion and its main roots, traditional Yoruba religion. Discussions of Vodou very often……続きを見る

Urban Design Thinking provides a conceptual toolkit for urban design. Bridging the gap between theory and practice, it shows how the design of our cities and urban spaces can be interpreted and info……続きを見る

Throughout Haitian historyーfrom 17th century colonial Saint-Domingue to 21st century postcolonial Haitiーarguably, the Afro-Haitian religion of Vodou has been represented as an “unsettling faith” a……続きを見る

A feminist, an outspoken activist, a woman without a college education, Midge Costanza was one of the unlikeliest of White House insiders. Yet in 1977 she became the first female Assistant to the Pr……続きを見る

The Essex village of Earls Colne boasts one of the most comprehensive collections of historical documents in Britain, and has been the subject of an intensive and ongoing research project to collate……続きを見る

Canadian Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy presents new critical analysis about related developments in the field such as significantly changed concepts of peer review, merit review, the em……続きを見る

There is nothing new about evil; it has been with us since time immemorial. But there is something new about the kind of evil that characterizes our contemporary liquid-modern world. The evil that c……続きを見る

Have you ever thought, How the heck am I going to decide on a presidential candidate?In Hail to the Chief!, Donna Carol Voss lays out the ten most important questions to ask any candidate who wants ……続きを見る

As David Owen notes in The UK’s In-Out Referendum, the European Union’s attempts at conflict resolution have left much to be desired. In the Ukraine, Baltic States, Turkey, and much of the Middle Ea……続きを見る

Early modern Spain was a global empire in which a startling variety of medical cultures came into contact, and occasionally conflict, with one another. Spanish soldiers, ambassadors, missionaries, s……続きを見る

Challenging existing approaches to autism that limit, and sometimes damage, the individuals who attract and receive the label, this book questions the lazy prejudices and assumptions that can surrou……続きを見る

THE AGE OF LOCUST is a cultural essay about locust invasions in Colombia during the twentieth century. The biblical plague was a scourge to agriculture. It caused a great economic impact. The task o……続きを見る

This book brings together social sciencists to create an interdisciplinary dialogue on the topic of social change as a cultural process. Culture is as much about novelty as it is about tradition, as……続きを見る

Screening the Nonhuman draws connections between how animals represented on screen translate into reality. In doing so, the book demonstrates that consuming media is not a neutral act but rather a p……続きを見る

"Em grandes cidades o medo é parte do dia a dia. No contexto urbano, não conhecemos a maior parte dos habitantes e não sabemos o que nos espreita na próxima esquina. Em sociedades globalizadas també……続きを見る

A succinct, uncompromising study of what it means to help other people, this book, first published in 1978, examines the helping process in the light of the principles of Zen Buddhism. Emphasizing t……続きを見る

Dynamics of entrepreneurship have attracted growing attention from scholars of political science, policy studies, public administration and planning, as well as more recently, from the realms of int……続きを見る

Libraries in today's global world have emerged as key players in building a culture for reading in communities while enhancing the literacy development of children, youth, adults and seniors. Whethe……続きを見る

New Technologies and Emerging Spaces of Care provides the latest practice-oriented qualitative research and innovative conceptual discussions of how health and health care systems are currently deal……続きを見る

The trajectory of human thought hints at certain historical facts that somehow have a decisive influence on the path ahead. Presently, in our absolute post-modern times, the notion and implications ……続きを見る

Este livro lança olhares sobre o mito de Frankenstein em seis capítulos escritos por três pesquisadores portugueses e um brasileiro. O objetivo é compreender em profundidade a criatura de Mary Shell……続きを見る

Le plaidoyer corrosif et sans concession d'un homme pour la liberté des femmes Vous avez dit " libérées " ? Libres de leurs choix, libres de leurs corps ? Allons, ouvrons les yeux : partout nous sac……続きを見る

First published in 1998, this study investigates the effectiveness of services for helping women who are survivors of domestic violence. Looking at a sample from Western and Central Oregon, it exami……続きを見る

Illustrated with case studies which explain key concepts and provide practical examples, this book provides a detailed and comprehensive introduction to water management issues from a European persp……続きを見る

Contending that everyday sociability and social networks are central elements to an understanding of urban poverty, Opportunities and Deprivation in the Urban South draws on detailed research conduc……続きを見る

The song of organisational change goes: 'Ready or not, here I come. You can’t hide...' But is change collapsonomics - everything - or have some things not changed? Managing Value in Organisations ar……続きを見る

Jusqu’où peut-on aller pour survivre ? Paul, chirurgien, n’a rien d’un tueur. Pourtant… Échappé d’un hôpital islandais, où il avait été placé en quarantaine après une grave épidémie virale, il affro……続きを見る