Ru - Social & Cultural Studies 4

Rihanna: Barbados World Gurl in Global Popular Culture brings together US- and Caribbean-based scholars to discuss issues of class, gender, sexuality, race, culture and economy. Drawing from litera……続きを見る

In 1860, Somerset Place was one of the most successful plantations in North Carolina--and its owner one of the largest slaveholders in the state. More than 300 slaves worked the plantation's fields ……続きを見る

This book is a very unique one in that it presents the attributes of a great leader, His Excellency Dr. Sam Nujoma, who has won great admiration of being an exemplary leader not only in Namibia but ……続きを見る

The groundbreaking and premier work on nonprofit organizations. The nonprofit sector is growing rapidly, creating a major need for expert advice on how to manage these organizations effectively. Man……続きを見る

This open access book analyses barriers and challenges associated with the financing of clean energy access in sub-Saharan Africa. By considering various economic, financial, political, environmenta……続きを見る

EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. Drawing on comparative research from five countries, What Works in Improving Gender Equality provides an accessible analysis of what gende……続きを見る

Britain’s first Labour government took office on 22 January 1924. Its centenary provides an opportunity to reassess the party's performance over the last 100 years, and with an election pending, the……続きを見る

Woher stammte Hitler? Wie erklärt sich die Wirkung von Hitlers Reden? Inwieweit hat die Großindustrie Hitler unterstützt? Wie übte Hitler seine Herrschaft aus? Welche Einkünfte bezog Hitler? War Hit……続きを見る

Mit Texten von Wolf Wetzel, Marlene Streeruwitz, Moshe Zuckermann, Norman Paech, Rainer Fischbach, Birgit Sauer, Farid Hafez, Michael Meyen, Diether Dehm, Gerhard Hanloser, Joachim Hirsch, Maria Wöl……続きを見る

This book provides an accessible introduction to causal inference and data analysis with R, specifically for a public policy audience. It aims to demystify these topics by presenting them through pr……続きを見る

La migración, en especial la que se desplaza en situaciones de precariedad, es un síntoma de las fallas del modelo económico global. Atenuar esta precariedad comienza cuando se reconoce al migrante ……続きを見る

In the last half century, economics has taken over from anthropology the role of drawing the powerful conceptual worldviews that organize knowledge and inform policy in both domestic and internation……続きを見る

Modern society has a negative view of youth as a period of storm and stress, but at the same time cherishes the idea of eternal youth. How does this compare with ancient Roman society? Did a phase o……続きを見る

More than 150,000 American Jews served in the air war during World War II. Despite acts of heroism and commendations, they were subject to bigotry and scorn by their fellow servicemen. Jews were som……続きを見る

The Private Planning Association of Canada initiated the Atlantic Economic Studies Program to study the implications for Canada of trade liberalization and closer economic integration among the nati……続きを見る

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Open-space Learning offers a unique resource to educators wishin……続きを見る

Discover the richness and beauty of Bali's many performing art forms. This book is a lavishly illustrated introduction to the most popular forms of traditional performing arts in Baliーamong the mos……続きを見る

Some have described the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a scientific bureaucracy with police powers. Does a “cult of infallibility” exist within the FDA, leading to decisions that are contrary……続きを見る

A deep investigation of neoliberalism's proselytizers in Eastern Europe and the Global South Where does free market ideology come from? Recent work on the neoliberal intellectual movement around the……続きを見る

It is widely recognized that Roman law is an important source of information about women in the Roman world, and can present a more rounded and accurate picture than literary sources. This sourceboo……続きを見る

In 'Tradition, Principally with Reference to Mythology and the Law of Nations' by John Francis Arundell, Baron Arundell of Wardour, readers are taken on a comprehensive exploration of the significan……続きを見る

This Palgrave Pivot strives to recount and understand Indigenous Law, as set within a remote community in northern Australia. It pays close attention to the realpolitik and high-level political func……続きを見る

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This cutting edge text considers how Asian philanthropists and charitable organizations break with Western philanthropic traditions and examines t……続きを見る

Sabe-se que o vírus Sars Cov 2 impacta o corpo humano em diversos órgãos, e ainda que o maior perigo resida nas vias respiratórias, nos pulmões, a doença se revelou sistêmica. No interior do corpo f……続きを見る

Experiments are a central methodology in the social sciences. Scholars from every discipline regularly turn to experiments. Practitioners rely on experimental evidence in evaluating social programs,……続きを見る

The Cambridge Manual to Archaeological Network Science provides the first comprehensive guide to a field of research that has firmly established itself within archaeological practice in recent years……続きを見る

The Caucasus region and Central Asia covers a large part of the Eurasian. Both regions, where Russia and China have a serious influence and visibility, also have a location that reflects the hegemon……続きを見る

Behind the Murder Curtain is the true story of Bruce Sackman, Special Agent in Charge of the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General. Sackman’s main responsibilities had been inve……続きを見る

Nilo Cruz is the most produced Cuban American playwright in the United States and was the first dramatist of Hispanic descent to receive the Pulitzer Prize. In his plays, Cruz almost always journeys……続きを見る

In many respects this book, first published in 1961, marked a somewhat radical departure from contemporary historical writings. It is neither a constitutional nor a political history, but a historic……続きを見る