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This book analyses and reveals evidence of changing patterns and processes of democratic or autocratic direction at subnational levels (provinces and cities) along with their relationship to those a……続きを見る

This book is going to be perhaps the most lethal weapon in the arsenal against the so-far partially successful attempts (thanks to social media) to tout the 20-year Marcos era (January 1966 to Febru……続きを見る

In Understanding and Addressing Disaster Risk, the authors explain how people modify the environment and exert power over each other in ways that make nature potentially harmful and put people in ha……続きを見る

Quando a esperança cruza fronteiras… e encontra um muro. De Volta Para o Nada é a história real de Ashir, um jovem sudanês que sobreviveu à guerra, à perda da família, à escravidão e ao tráfico huma……続きを見る

Written in the thirteenth century, the Icelandic prose sagas, chronicling the lives of kings and commoners, give a dramatic account of the first century after the settlement of Icelandーthe period f……続きを見る

J.C. Dias did not plan to write this book. He did not plan to meet Ashir. But some stories refuse to let you go. Inside one of four UK prisons, J.C. met a man he calls Ashir, a refugee from Darfur w……続きを見る

The guard locked the door and said: "Enjoy your stay." In that moment, J.C. Dias ー former International Operations Director, husband, father of two ー lost everything. Not in a boardroom. Not gradu……続きを見る

Esta edición digital en formato ePub se ha realizado a partir de una edición impresa digitalizada que forma parte de los fondos de la Biblioteca Nacional de España. El proyecto de creación de ePubs ……続きを見る

The COVID pandemic has shaken the material and social foundations of the world more than any event in recent history and has highlighted and exacerbated a longstanding crisis of care. While these ch……続きを見る

The Declaration of Arbroath, 6 April, 1320, is one of the most remarkable documents to have been produced anywhere in medieval Europe. Signed by 51 Scottish nobles, it confirms Scotland's status as ……続きを見る

Two generations ago, young men and women with only a high-school degree would have entered the plentiful industrial occupations which then sustained the middle-class ideal of a male-breadwinner fami……続きを見る

Postcolonialism explores the political, social, and cultural effects of decolonization, continuing the anti-colonial deconstruction of western dominance. This Very Short Introduction discusses both ……続きを見る

Kantian-inspired approaches to ethics are a hugely important part of the philosophical landscape in the 21st century, yet the lion's share of the work done in service of these approaches has been at……続きを見る

'... undoubtedly a first-rate companion for any undergraduate or post-graduate law course.' John Taggart, Criminal Law Review This outstanding account of modern English criminal law combines detaile……続きを見る

This unique textbook provides an introduction to statistical inference with network data. The authors present a self-contained derivation and mathematical formulation of methods, review examples, an……続きを見る

Sixteen true crime cases with a connection to two West Midlands English towns from the Middle Ages to the early decades of the twentieth century. Criminal cases give us a fascinating, often harrowin……続きを見る

Development of voluntary control of movement begins in infancy and progresses into childhood as the child attains postural, locomotor and prehensile control. With the refinement of walking, control ……続きを見る

Handsome, athletic Stone Ayers was done with the Army, done with college and living as ski instructor at Lake Tahoe when he met Dominic Balducci. Just what Dominic did for a living wasn't immediatel……続きを見る

The text offers a comprehensive and unique perspective on disaster risk associated with natural hazards. It covers a wide range of topics, reflecting the most recent debates but also older and pione……続きを見る

If you are a student, a teacher or anyone that has ever been in school this book is for you! Learn what needs to happen now in education as the traditional learning environment that is the heart of ……続きを見る

This volume uniquely draws together seven contemporary plays by a selection of the finest African women writers and practitioners from across the continent, offering a rich and diverse portrait of i……続きを見る

Livro bilíngue ↔BR ↔ EN↔ Bilingual book The Author sets up divergent Capoeira games interacting with the cultural & political affairs of the taxpayers (Capueristas) in the 1990s and again throughout……続きを見る

This theoretical contribution argues that the domination of Western knowledge in disaster scholarship has allowed normative policies and practices of disaster risk reduction to be imposed all over t……続きを見る

“A vivid and convincing account of one of the most significantーbut too often overlookedーfigures in our history.”ーJon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Lion Overshadowed by both h……続きを見る

How historically rooted power dynamics have shaped the evolution of civil society globally. The civil society sectorーmade up of millions of nonprofit organizations, associations, charitable institu……続きを見る

The Chicago Food Encyclopedia is a far-ranging portrait of an American culinary paradise. Hundreds of entries deliver all of the visionary restauranteurs, Michelin superstars, beloved haunts, and fo……続きを見る

According to Carl J. Couch, the history of human society is one of successive, sometimes overlapping, information technologies used to process the various symbolic representations that inform social……続きを見る

Explores the contentious debates among Black Catholics about the proper relationship between religious practice and racial identity Chicago has been known as the Black Metropolis. But before the Gre……続きを見る

This eye-opening study gives a nuanced, provocative account of how German soldiers in the Great War experienced and enacted masculinity. Drawing on an array of relevant narratives and media, it expl……続きを見る

This book offers an innovative way of doing critical discourse analysis that focuses on the performatively produced concepts and social structures that support oppressive attitudes in a community. I……続きを見る