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In this groundbreaking second edition of Learning as Development, Daniel A. Wagner transforms our understanding of international development by positioning learning at its core. Through a compelling……続きを見る

'This book is brilliant. Utterly, utterly brilliant. Apart from the epilogue, which is idiotic' Jeremy Clarkson 'F*cking brilliant' Sarah Knight AN EXHILARATING JOURNEY THROUGH THE MOST CREATIVE AND……続きを見る

〓 A single pamphlet. A nation awakened. In Common Sense, Thomas Paine delivers one of the most powerful and transformative political arguments ever written ー a passionate call for liberty, indepen……続きを見る

OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD 'A hopeful book about the potential for human progress when we work off facts rather than our inherent biases' BARACK OBAMA 'One of the most important books I've ev……続きを見る

Embedded in Southern voices and epistemologies, this book explores how local communities in Central America understand development and the good life in the context of large-scale infrastructure proj……続きを見る

Using New South Wales as a case example, this book engages with central themes of discretionary decision-making processes regarding youth diversion away from court and the broader political and poli……続きを見る

What if understanding human nature could give you the ultimate strategic advantage? 〓 In The Prince, Niccolò Machiavelli unveils one of the most influential and controversial works ever written on ……続きを見る

“[S]heds light not only on the obstacles to making motherhood safer, but to improving the health of poor populations in general.”ーSocial Anthropology Since 1987, when the global community first rec……続きを見る

A vital resource for anyone interested in literature and politics, this is the first in-depth study of epistemic injustice as a concept for literary studies. Focusing on contemporary fiction in an a……続きを見る

Narrative Theory in Journalistic Practice provides innovative analytical frameworks for examining journalistic narratives in today’s digital, multimodal media landscape. The volume expands beyond tr……続きを見る

《茶金》《八尺門的辯護人》竟有這麼多種語言…… 《非常律師禹英禑》裡為什麼有些人聽得懂「沒說出來的話」？ 有些人不擅長「讀空氣」？ 從熱播影劇到經典老片，原來都跟語言學有關係！？ 用18個日常的語言學課題 ……続きを見る

The urgency of mitigating climate change is mounting globally, and developing countries have a key role to play in ensuring a sustainable future. This book provides a comprehensive overview of all a……続きを見る

Winner of the 2024 De Groot Prize awarded by the International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA) Statistical Rethinking: A Bayesian Course with Examples in R and Stan builds your knowledge of and……続きを見る

This book explores climate action and justice in India, a country which has been facing extreme climate events and complex sociopolitical challenges arising from climate change. It offers diverse pe……続きを見る

BOOK OF THE YEAR in The Times, the Sunday Times and the Financial Times Have you heard that language is violence and that science is sexist? Or been told that being obese is healthy, that there is n……続きを見る

This book unpacks the complexities of social development in India, focusing on the institutional bottlenecks that hinder effective policy implementation. While governments and organizations design a……続きを見る

The Routledge Handbook of Water Diplomacy is a comprehensive guide to understanding and practicing water diplomacy – a framework for building relationships, negotiating shared interests, and managin……続きを見る

This book offers a comprehensive analysis of India’s healthcare challenges and the pathways to achieving universal health coverage. It critically examines the current healthcare landscape, highlight……続きを見る

What does ‘quality education’ truly mean, and how can we ensure it is accessible to all children, regardless of their background? This book delves into these pressing questions, offering a comprehen……続きを見る

This book analyses how war and bordering impact daily life and mobility and immobility tactics. It brings to light the memories of people who were displaced from Ukraine’s eastern regions because of……続きを見る

〓 "It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both." 〓 Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince is the ultimate classic on power, politics, and human natureーa bold, brilliant, and controversi……続きを見る

Décembre 1999. La nuit. La tempête souffle sur une petite maison blanche à l'intérieur du parc de Versailles. Un homme en sort, qui assiste au spectacle des arbres arrachés comme des fétus de paille……続きを見る

Why do people wear shirts with the Shakespeare quote “to be or not be?” or a portrait of philosopher Slavoj Žižek? How does popular and mass media adaptation and appropriation influence theoretical ……続きを見る

The landscape of healthcare is changing rapidly, both on an organisational and a technological level. This book gathers medical anthropologists to examine the ways that both patients and health care……続きを見る

Post-cinema designates a new way of making films. It is time to ask whether this novelty is complete or relative and to evaluate to what extent it represents a unitary or diversified current. The bo……続きを見る

Film archives have long been dedicated to preserving movies, and they've been nimble in recent years in adapting to the changing formats and technologies through which cinema is now created and pres……続きを見る

This book takes as its object of investigation an array of traumatic heritage sites and spaces of memory, including museums, former detention camps, and sites of commemoration, in Europe, Argentina,……続きを見る

Social movements are not only remembered in personal experience, but also through cultural carriers that shape how later movements see themselves and are seen by others. The present collection zooms……続きを見る

This book examines the active role of urban citizens in constructing alternative urban spaces as tangible resistance towards capitalist production of urban spaces that continue to encroach various n……続きを見る

While India has been a popular subject of scholarly analysis in the past decade, the majority of that attention has been focused on its major cities. This volume instead explores contemporary urban ……続きを見る