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Imagining a better future is at the heart of development. But mainstream development models are driven by a very narrow, Western-centric set of ideas about what it means to be human. What could be p……続きを見る

One of the greats of blues music, Willie Dixon was a recording artist whose abilities extended beyond that of bass player. A singer, songwriter, arranger, and producer, Dixon's work influenced count……続きを見る

Voici la fascinante histoire du parasitisme chez les champignons. Depuis leur origine en tant que champignons aquatiques, il y a un milliard d’années, jusqu’aux redoutables Cordyceps, en passant par……続きを見る

Asakawa, Hashimoto and Hirahara explores the widening inequality and its social consequences in Tokyo Metropolitan area by using two approaches, one from social class and social stratification theor……続きを見る

L’obiettivo di questo volumetto è lasciare una traccia a chi si avventura nel mondo di quella speciale forma di teatro che è il teatro integrato, trattando con un po’ di leggerezza un tema così dol……続きを見る

Treize mille espèces de fourmis identifiées sur la terre ! Dans ce passionnant récit à partir de leurs voyages à travers le monde, Audrey Dussutour et Antoine Wystrach, deux des plus éminents cherch……続きを見る

Quand on n'a jamais cuisiné, on s'en fait toute une montagne, mais, une fois passé le cap des premiers oeufs au plat cramés, faire la cuisine devient un jeu et un plaisir. Si vous avez envie de vous……続きを見る

This book discusses applied life cycle and supply chain management approaches for the sustainable development of tourism in Asian countries. The book describes the current state of the tourism indus……続きを見る

Drawing on recent work in the contemporary philosophy of economics, this book presents new ideas on liberalism, including the concept of ‘growth-oriented liberalism’. Since the end of the Cold War, ……続きを見る

The work of environmental educators and activists in India and South Africa offers new models for schooling and environmental activism. Education has never played as critical a role in determining h……続きを見る

Informed by ‘critical religion’ perspective in Religious Studies and postcolonial self-reflection in Sociology, this book interrogates the ideas of ‘religion’ and ‘the secular’ in social theory and ……続きを見る

Human trafficking has become one of the most spoken-of problems of our day, and fighting it has grown into a multi-million-dollar project sector. This book is about how we all come to name various e……続きを見る

WITH MORE THAN 50 VINTAGE PHOTOS AND ILLUSTRATIONS From the 1880s to 1920s, more than 2 million Jews immigrated to the United States. Most were fleeing poverty and persecution in Eastern Europe and ……続きを見る

Alternate Channels explores the fight for lesbian and gay visibility on 20th-century American television, as gay activists faced off with powerful, often vicious "traditional values" crusaders, with……続きを見る

Disaster management is an increasingly important subject, as effective management of both natural and manmade disasters is essential to save lives and minimize casualties. This book discusses the be……続きを見る

The change in Turkish foreign policy towards the Middle East in the post-Cold War era is a highly debated issue, with most experts believing that Europeanization has become the driving force behind ……続きを見る

This book critically examines the term ‘religion’ (shūkyō) as a social category within the sociological context of contemporary Japan. Whereas the nineteenth-century construction of shūkyō has been ……続きを見る

Vapid A Decadent Adult Gay Fantasy about Hollywood At the Beginning of the AIDS Crisis SYNOPSIS Vapid is a dark comedy/satire about the decadent underworld of gay Hollywood in the early 1980s as the……続きを見る

Leonard Cassuto's cultural history links the testosterone-saturated heroes of American crime stories to the sensitive women of the nineteenth-century sentimental novel. From classics like The Big Sl……続きを見る

Em Educação Vegana: a urgência de novos olhares, os leitores e leitoras encontrarão reflexões sobre as práticas culturais humanas que se naturalizaram com o passar dos tempos na sua vivência interes……続きを見る

This book introduces the Japanese urban food desert (FD). Currently, Japan has the most rapidly aging society in the world, with a shrinking population and food desert issues in connection with the ……続きを見る

Since the early 1990s, there has been a clear evolution in the military dimension of Japanese diplomacy. From Gulf War I in 1991 to the present day, an incremental but unmistakable acceptance of, an……続きを見る

Ecoambiguity, Community, and Development takes stock of cultural and environmental contexts in many different regions of the world by exploring literature and film. Artists and scholars working in t……続きを見る