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The Lebanese state is structured through religious freedom and secular power sharing across sectarian groups. Every sect has specific laws that govern kinship matters like marriage or inheritance. T……続きを見る

Having experienced firsthand the horror of female genital mutilation (FGM), Soraya Miré reveals the personal violation and immense challenges she overcame. This book is at once an intimate revelatio……続きを見る

The Caribbean has made substantial progress in recent years in implementing economic reforms, both at the national and regional level. The Caribbean: Enhancing Economic Integration examines the prod……続きを見る

Could the prevailing view that genocide is the ultimate crime be wrong? Is it possible that it is actually on an equal footing with war crimes and crimes against humanity? Is the power of the word g……続きを見る

Recent years have seen a considerable shift in the sources of financial assistance for global health activities. With the private sector as well as emerging economies joining the more developed nati……続きを見る

This book provides comprehensive scientific information and knowledge survival tips on how to survive a tsunami. It is especially useful to those living (or about to live) in tsunami-prone areas, an……続きを見る

Experiences of Japanese American Women during and after World War II: Living in Internment Camps and Rebuilding Life Afterwards examines the experiences of Japanese American women who were in intern……続きを見る

Tras su inclusión en la Carta de las Naciones Unidas hace más de 6 décadas, los derechos humanos irrumpieron en la escena internacional. En efecto, en la actualidad difícilmente pasa un día sin que ……続きを見る

The Process of Investigation, Fourth Edition addresses the needs of today’s private sector investigative professional by providing a full-spectrum treatment of the investigative process, from case i……続きを見る

'A rare treasure trove.' - Arundhati Roy '[An] important and timely contribution to the study of religious-cultural populism.' - Pankaj Mishra 'A powerful and original work of historical scholarship……続きを見る

Surviving Poverty carefully examines the experiences of people living below the poverty level, looking in particular at the tension between social isolation and social ties among the poor. Joan Maya……続きを見る

The remarkable run of self-proclaimed "democratic socialist" Bernie Sanders for president of the United States has prompted-for the first time in decades and to the shock of many-a national conversa……続きを見る

Featuring contributions from Naomi Klein, Jeremy Scahill, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Anand Gopal, and Owen Jones. The five essential speeches presented here are taken from The Anti-Inauguration, held ……続きを見る

This book will be of interest to scholars and students of Asian studies, cultural industries, economic geography, and related areas of study. It discusses the results of a microscopic survey focusin……続きを見る

The Role of Education in Enabling the Sustainable Development Agenda explores the relationship between education and other key sectors of development in the context of the new global Sustainable Dev……続きを見る

Research on women and food security in Southeast Asia has been limited. The collection of chapters in Ensuring a Square Meal: Women and Food Security in Southeast Asia is one of the first attempts a……続きを見る

Coletânea de (mini/micro)contos ficcionais, inspirados em casos reais envolvendo a infração ao artigo 121 do decreto-lei 2848/40: matar alguém. Talvez o homicídio seja o único crime passível de ser ……続きを見る

Disability and Social Representations Theory provides theoretical and methodological knowledge to uncover the public perception of disabilities. Over the last decade there has been a significant shi……続きを見る

A basic feature of the modern US administrative state taken for granted by legal scholars but neglected by political scientists and historians is its strong judiciality. Formal, or court-like, adjud……続きを見る

Esta Cartilla constituye una apuesta por una ruta académica y científica para realizar con rigor y vigor –como lo afirman sus autores– un trabajo de investigación capaz de expresar en él la formació……続きを見る

Guided by developmental cultural psychology, this volume focuses on understandings and responses to disability and stigmatization from the perspectives of educators practicing in Japan, South Korea,……続きを見る

If you thought the only way for you to return home safe was to embody the vilest evil, would you do it? We’ve always viewed veterans as patriots who defended our nation and destroyed worldwide threa……続きを見る

Perpetrator Cinema explores a new trend in the cinematic depiction of genocide that has emerged in Cambodian documentary in the late twentieth- and early twenty-first centuries. While past films doc……続きを見る

Textiles play a decisive role in history: attire not only indicates status, gender, ethnicity, and religion but illustrates how such boundaries are continuously being negotiated, shifted, and recrea……続きを見る

How do the Japanese men and Chinese women who participate in cross-border matchmakingーindividuals whose only interaction is often just one brief meetingーcome to see one another as potential marria……続きを見る

Waltzing with Bashir proposes a new paradigm for cinema trauma studies - the trauma of the perpetrator. Recognizing a current shift in interest from the trauma suffered by victims to that suffered b……続きを見る

Nach der Ermordung von Michael Brown in Ferguson/Missouri und Eric Garner in New York City durch weiße Polizisten kam es Ende 2014 in den USA zu Massenprotesten gegen rassistisch motivierte Polizeig……続きを見る

Mass Murder in California’s Empty Quarter exposes a story of mass murder, a community’s racism, and tribal treachery in a small Paiute tribe. On February 20, 2014, an unseasonably warm winter day fo……続きを見る

Los autores de esta obra analizan los derechos humanos como relaciones de poder, discursos políticos y performativos, normas internacionales, organización institucional y movilización social. Esto n……続きを見る

Central Asia often evokes images of imperial power rivalry dating back to the 19th century. Yet as the region’s international politics becomes more complex in the age of globalization, the need for ……続きを見る