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Women and Martial Art in Japan

Women and Martial Art in Japan

This book based on extensive original research examines the practice by women in a university sport setting of kendo the Japanese martial art which using bamboo swords as well as protective armour and descended from traditional swordsmanship instils in its practitioners besides physical skills societal values of etiquette and resilience as well connecting them to a “traditional” outlook which includes a gendered cultural identity. The book therefore illustrates an unexplored example of identity construction in Japan one which legitimises women’s sport experiences within a male-centric physical culture unpacks the notion of “tradition” in kendo and unravels its stultifying control over women’s kendo participation and discusses the androgenicity of women’s participation to highlight its subversive potential to develop women as leaders in sport politics and other fields which continue to be very male dominated in Japan. | Women and Martial Art in Japan

GBP 120.00
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Revolution and Constitutionalism in Britain and the U.S. Burke and Madison and Their Contemporary Legacies

Revolution and Constitutionalism in Britain and the U.S. Burke and Madison and Their Contemporary Legacies

In Revolution and Constitutionalism in Britain and the U. S. : Burke and Madison and Their Contemporary Legacies David A. J. Richards offers an investigative comparison of two central figures in late eighteenth-century constitutionalism Edmund Burke and James Madison at a time when two great constitutional experiments were in play: the Constitution of the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and the U. S. Constitution of 1787. Richards assesses how much as liberal Lockean constitutionalists Burke and Madison shared and yet differed regarding violent revolution offering three pathbreaking and original contributions about Burke’s importance. First the book defends Burke as a central figure in the development and understanding of liberal constitutionalism; second it explores the psychology that led to his liberal voice including Burke’s own long-term loving relationship to another man; and third it shows how Burke’s understanding of the political psychology of the violence of “political religions” is an enduring contribution to understanding fascist threats to political liberalism from the eighteenth-century onwards including the contemporary constitutional crises in the U. S. and U. K. deriving from populist movements. Mixing thorough research with personal experiences this book will be an invaluable resource to scholars of political science and theory constitutional law history political psychology and LGBTQ+ issues. | Revolution and Constitutionalism in Britain and the U. S. Burke and Madison and Their Contemporary Legacies

GBP 130.00
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Culture And Self Philosophical And Religious Perspectives East And West

Culture And Self Philosophical And Religious Perspectives East And West

Traditional scholars of philosophy and religion both East and West often place a major emphasis on analyzing the nature of ?the self. ? In recent decades there has been a renewed interest in analyzing self but most scholars have not claimed knowledge of an ahistorical objective essential self free from all cultural determinants. The contributo | Culture And Self Philosophical And Religious Perspectives East And West

GBP 130.00
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Small and Medium Enterprises Law and Business Uncertainty and Justice

Small and Medium Enterprises Law and Business Uncertainty and Justice

The law plays an ambiguous role in running business. While legal tools can be used to tame uncertainties for example by concluding contracts to safeguard enforcement of future claims they can also generate uncertainty. These secondary uncertainties like ones stemming from vague rights and obligations may be counterbalanced by using different resources and strategies including acting informally modifying business plans or accepting the losses from unpaid dues. This book discusses how small and medium enterprises use the law abstain from using the law and use alternative pathways to manage business uncertainties. Examining these topics through the lenses of an extensive qualitative and quantitative empirical study on justiciable issues access to justice and legal uncertainty among SMEs in Poland it implements and expands upon the paradigmatic paths to justice methodology which has been successfully used to study conflict resolution access to justice and utilisation of the law by individuals in more than 30 jurisdictions. It argues that the grand promise of modern law - that it is a certainty-providing neutral and democratic device to resolve problems and conflicts - is not fully delivered. It reveals how the conditions of a freshly developed capitalism combined with the rule of law backsliding contribute to universal structural problems with access to justice meaning that accessing justice is a resource-hungry process which incentivises small businesses to settle for their legal problems and engage in informal and alternative strategies. | Small and Medium Enterprises Law and Business Uncertainty and Justice

GBP 120.00
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Economics and Alcohol Consumption and Controls

Economics and Alcohol Consumption and Controls

During the 1950s 1960s and 1970s general levels of alcohol consumption had risen considerably in all parts of the world. In association with this there was a proliferation of alcohol-related problems such as liver disease drunkenness offences marital disharmony and employment difficulties. Many factors influence the probability of alcohol addiction and the habits of drinking; they include age sex race occupation and income. Economic aspects of the use and misuse of alcohol had been attracting increasing attention during the early 1980s. Politicians and scholars alike had drawn attention to the benefits of a vigorous alcohol industry on the one hand and on the other the costs of providing medical social and educational services for those suffering from alcohol-related problems. Originally published in 1983 the real nature of the relationship between economics and alcohol is explored in detail for the first time in this book. It argues for increased participation by economists in the processes of social policy decision-making and considers the key issues of cost-benefit analyses control policies taxation and programme efficiency. No easy solutions are provided but a host of unjustified assumptions about this subject are clarified. This book paved the way for substantial future collaboration between economists and those involved in alcohol studies. | Economics and Alcohol Consumption and Controls

GBP 105.00
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Translation and Ideology Encounters and Clashes

Translation and Ideology Encounters and Clashes

Ideology has become increasingly central to work in translation studies. To date however most studies have focused on literary and religious texts thus limiting wider understanding of how ideological clashes and encounters pervade any context where power inequalities are present. This special edition of The Translator deliberately focuses on ideology in the translation of a rich variety of lesser-studied genres namely academic writing cultural journals legal and scientific texts political interviews advertisements language policy and European Parliament discourse in all of which translation as a social practice can be seen to shape maintain and at times also resist and challenge the asymmetrical nature of exchanges between parties engaged in or subjected to hegemonic practices. The volume opens with two ground-breaking papers that investigate the nature and representation of truth and knowledge in the translation of the sciences followed by two contributions which approach the issue of shifts in the translation of ideology from the standpoint of critical linguistics and critical discourse analysis using data from political speeches and interviews and from English and Korean versions of Newsweek. Other contributions discuss the role that translation scholars can play in raising public awareness of the manipulative devices used in advertising; the way in which potentially competing institutional and individual ideologies are negotiated in the context of interpreting in the European Union; the role translation plays in shaping the politics of a multilingual nation state with reference to Belgium; and the extent to which the concepts of norms and polysystems may be productive in investigating the link between translation and ideology with reference to Chinese data. | Translation and Ideology Encounters and Clashes

GBP 175.00
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Dynamics and Developments of Social Structures and Networks in Prehistoric and Protohistoric Cyprus

Dynamics and Developments of Social Structures and Networks in Prehistoric and Protohistoric Cyprus

This volume substantiates the island of Cyprus as an important player in the history of the ancient Eastern Mediterranean and Near East and presents new theoretical and analytical approaches. The Cypriot Neolithic Chalcolithic and Bronze Age are characterised by an increasing complexity of social and political organisation economic systems and networks. The book discusses and defines how specific types of material datasets and assemblages such as architecture artefacts and ecofacts and their contextualisation can form the basis of interpretative models of social structures and networks in ancient Cyprus. This is explored through four main themes: approaches to social dynamics; social and economic networks and connectivity; adaptability and agency; and social dynamics and inequality. The variety and transition of social structures on the island are discussed on multiple scales from the local and relatively short-term to island-wide and eastern Mediterranean-wide and the longue durée. The focus of study ranges from urban to non-urban contexts and is reflected in settlement funerary and other ritual contexts. Connections both within the island and to the broader Eastern Mediterranean and how these impact social and economic developments on the island are explored. Discussions revolve around the potential of consolidating the models based on specialised studies into a cohesive interpretation of society on ancient Cyprus and its strategic connections with surrounding regions in a diachronic perspective from the Neolithic through the end of the Bronze Age i. e. from roughly the seventh millennium to the eleventh century BCE. Dynamics and Developments of Social Structures and Networks in Prehistoric and Protohistoric Cyprus is intended for researchers and students of the archaeology and history of ancient Cyprus the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean.

GBP 130.00
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Nativist and Islamist Radicalism Anger and Anxiety

Nativist and Islamist Radicalism Anger and Anxiety

This book analyses the factors and processes behind radicalisation of both native and self-identified Muslim youths. It argues that European youth responds differently to the challenges posed by contemporary flows of globalisation such as deindustrialisation socio-economic political spatial and psychological forms of deprivation humiliation and structural exclusion. The book revisits social economic political and psychological drivers of radicalisation and challenges contemporary uses of the term “radicalism”. It argues that neoliberal forms of governance are often responsible for associating radicalism with extremism terrorism fundamentalism and violence. It will appeal to students and scholars of migration minority studies nationalisms European studies sociology political science and psychology. The Open Access version of this book available at http://www. taylorfrancis. com has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4. 0 license | Nativist and Islamist Radicalism Anger and Anxiety

GBP 130.00
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Marxist Political Economy and Bourdieu Economic and Cultural Capital Classes and State

Marxist Political Economy and Bourdieu Economic and Cultural Capital Classes and State

This book systematically addresses Bourdieu’s key ideas and concepts in the context of Marxist thought. In this book Bourdieu’s central theoretical points are analyzed within a political sociological and politico-economic framework which allows for the development of a sequential narrative of his key ideas. Thus the authors are able to highlight the theoretical consistencies and political conclusions which can be derived from Bourdieu’s work. For example Bourdieu’s anti-neoliberal narrative is correlated with his analysis of class and especially with his canonization of the petty bourgeoisie and its strategy for a reformed anti-neoliberal capitalism. The book also analyzes this coherent synthesis of Bourdieu’s work in the context of Marxist political economy including not only Marx but also Lenin Althusser and Poulantzas. In this context the book explores Bourdieu’s work on the state class strategy socialism and capitalism. This unique perspective will be of great interest to social scientists particularly in economics politics and sociology working on Bourdieu Marx and capitalism. | Marxist Political Economy and Bourdieu Economic and Cultural Capital Classes and State

GBP 130.00
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Responsible Finance and Digitalization Implications and Developments

Responsible Finance and Digitalization Implications and Developments

The aftermath of the 2008 crisis has substantially increased the regulation of banks and insurance companies and curtailed their risk taking which has shifted much of the risk to their clients: firms and consumers. At the same time digitalization has encouraged the entry of new firms combining finance and technological innovation a phenomenon known as FinTech. The emergence of non-bank financial entities has contributed to the fragmentation of financial services and also opened up new markets. Furthermore the growing emphasis on corporate social responsibility has made it increasingly important for financial organizations to care about their public image. Drawing together these diverse strands this book examines how the financial sector is evolving and how the existing actors are adapting to the institutional change and to the challenges from new actors and competitors. It also addresses the issue of how financial organizations are providing fixes to the challenges at the systemic level and how a healthier more diverse and socially responsible financial sector is beneficial to the operations of the market economy as a whole. While there are books that address each of these issues and also books that look at organizational diversity there are few that investigate their interconnectedness. Responsible Finance and Digitalization offers a topical overview of the changes that are taking place in the financial sector and how the financial sector itself can contribute to solving global challenges. It equips both students (at MBA and other levels) and practitioners with analytical tools to reflect on this change and to take appropriate action to ensure that their organization can successfully navigate it and create value. | Responsible Finance and Digitalization Implications and Developments

GBP 130.00
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Canadians and Americans Myths and Literary Traditions

Canadians and Americans Myths and Literary Traditions

Much can be learned from a nation's literature. Examining three hundred years of cultural traditions Katherine L. Morrison a former American now a Canadian takes the reader through the historical political and sociological milieu of Canada and the United States to dispel misconceptions that they share near-identical social attitudes and historical experiences. To most Americans and much of the rest of the world America and Canada differ little except in terms of climate. It is true that they share a common British heritage and immigration patterns but there are subtle cultural differences between the two countries. These may appear insignificant to Americans but they are not insignificant to Canadians. Comparing mythologies each of the countries share about the other the author examines national views of their histories from the common origin of both nations in the American Revolution through the two world wars. She also examines the role of nature and images of place and home in Canadian and American literary writing noting the disparate historical development of the two national literatures. Using specific works by recognized authors of their time Morrison considers the role of religion and the church violence and the law and humor and satire in the literature of both countries. The book also explores the role of women race and class in the literature of both countries. It concludes with a discussion of the tenacity of national myths and draws some tentative conclusions. Now published in paperback in the United States Morrison's broad-based approach to a largely unexplored subject will invite future study as well as improve understanding between Canada and the United States. Canadians and Americans will be of interest to cultural historians American studies specialists political scientists and sociologists. | Canadians and Americans Myths and Literary Traditions

GBP 130.00
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Medical and Healthcare Interactions Members' Competence and Socialization

Medical and Healthcare Interactions Members' Competence and Socialization

Presenting a series of empirical studies by scholars working with approaches from ethnomethodology and conversation analysis Medical and Healthcare Interactions studies real-life work and training encounters among medical and healthcare professionals and trainees or between professionals and patients. Using video analysis and detailed description it considers the methods and procedures through which professionals trainees and patients produce actions and interpret those of others exploring questions of member competence and socialization within situated courses of interaction. The book offers fruitful contributions for training and education in the field of healthcare and will appeal to scholars in the human and social sciences with interests in interaction ethnomethodology and conversation analysis. | Medical and Healthcare Interactions Members' Competence and Socialization

GBP 130.00
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Anti-Fascism and Ethnic Minorities History and Memory in Central and Eastern Europe

Anti-Fascism and Ethnic Minorities History and Memory in Central and Eastern Europe

Anti-Fascism and Ethnic Minorities explores how and to what extent fascist ultranationalism elicited an anti-fascist response among ethnic minority communities in Eastern and Central Europe. The edited volume analyses how identities related to class ethnicity gender and political ideologies were negotiated within and between minorities through confrontations with domestic and international fascism. By developing and expanding the study of Jewish anti-fascism and resistance to other minority responses the book opens the field of anti-fascism studies for a broader comparative approach. The volume is thematically located in Central and Eastern Europe cutting right across the continent from Finland in the North to Albania in the Southeast. The case studies in the 14 research chapters are divided into five thematic sections dealing with the issues of (1) minorities in borderlands and cross-border antifascism (2) minorities navigating the ideological squeeze between communism and fascism (3) the role of intellectuals in the defence of minority rights (4) the anti-fascist resistance against fascist and Nazi occupation during World War II and (5) the conflictual role ascribed to ethnicity in post-war memory politics and commemorations. The editors describe their intersectional approach to the analysis of ethnicity as a crucial category of analysis with regard to anti-fascist histories and memories. The book offers scholars and students valuable historical and comparative perspectives on minority studies Jewish studies borderland studies and memory studies. It will appeal to those with an interest in the history of race and racism fascism and anti-fascism and Central and Eastern Europe. | Anti-Fascism and Ethnic Minorities History and Memory in Central and Eastern Europe

GBP 130.00
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Diversity and Change Education Policy and Selection

Diversity and Change Education Policy and Selection

It is not only the UK education system which has recently undergone a process of change although it has certainly been one of the most dramatically affected. Free market conceptions have played their part in these changes particularly throughout the European Union. This collection therefore focuses on the economic and social contexts for education both in the UK and internationally and how these have had an impact on the education systems of different countries. The authors write from a wide range of standpoints some supportive and some critical of the new paradigms but all focus on the traditions which have been subjected to ideological attacks and in the processes and outcomes of those attacks. | Diversity and Change Education Policy and Selection

GBP 175.00
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Brexit and Energy Law Implications and Opportunities

Brexit and Energy Law Implications and Opportunities

Bringing together leading experts from across the UK and Europe this book provides a comprehensive analysis of the impact of Brexit on the energy sector in the UK and in the European Union and its Member States. In recent decades the trend within the EU has been towards greater integration and liberalisation of energy markets. Through the development of the Union’s internal energy market and the funding of cross-border energy infrastructure EU membership facilitates cross-border trade in energy promotes security of energy supply and via the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) allows EU Member States to trade in nuclear material for energy production. Brexit changes all of this. The significant level of integration and interdependence in EU energy policy means that the UK’s departure from the Union poses many challenges for the UK the EU and EU Member States. While certain energy-related arrangements have been addressed the relationship between the UK and EU in the energy sector has been changed fundamentally. In this context important and interrelated questions arise such as the following: Under what terms will energy trading between the EU and UK now take place? What access will the UK have to EU energy markets? What does Brexit mean for the security of energy supply? What does the UK’s departure from Euratom mean for nuclear research? Can the crossborder single energy market (SEM) on the island of Ireland continue following Brexit? What implications does Brexit have for renewables the environment and climate change? Brexit comes at a time when the European energy sector is undergoing the processes of decarbonisation and energy transition. This book offers researchers legal practitioners and policy advisers in-depth understanding of the interplay between these challenges and Brexit. | Brexit and Energy Law Implications and Opportunities

GBP 125.00
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Money and Capital Markets Pricing yields and analysis

Money and Capital Markets Pricing yields and analysis

Money and Capital Markets provides the most up-to-date practical coverage of the pricing and analysis of financial instruments and transactions available for Australian and international capital markets. Here you have the underlying tools and techniques for the valuation and risk management of short-term money market and capital market securities and their derivatives. In a clear and direct way Michael Sherris covers fixed interest securities forwards futures swaps options and interest rate derivatives (new in the Second Edition). Everything - from yield calculations to tax and horizon effects to interest rate risk measures - is lucidly explained and extensively illustrated with examples. An invaluable reference for money market professionals Money and Capital Markets is essential reading for tertiary students of finance accounting and actuarial studies. | Money and Capital Markets Pricing yields and analysis

GBP 130.00
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Interview and Indicators in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy

Interview and Indicators in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy

The book deals with initial interviews in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy suggesting the idea of special indicators. These indicators relate to three main areas. Firstly psychoanalytical understanding of initial interviews to evaluate the patient's suitability for a psychoanalytically based treatment discussing the dynamics aims and technique of the interview. Three areas to be explored in the interview are considered: psychopathological data; biographical data and data arising from the interaction of the patient with the therapist in the interview itself. Secondly part of the book is devoted to the definition and description of what the author calls indicators for the therapist to build a personality profile showing suitability for psychoanalytic treatment. The main theoretical bases of the book are Freud Klein and Bion. A third part deals with the controversial issue of the differentiation between psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy. The specificity of psychoanalysis is defined in comparison with psychotherapy. A specific psychoanalytic method and setting may be created as well as a specific psychotherapeutic method and setting. | Interview and Indicators in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy

GBP 130.00
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Learning and Memory Basic Principles Processes and Procedures

Learning and Memory Basic Principles Processes and Procedures

Learning and Memory provides a balanced review of the core methods and the latest research on animal learning and human memory. Topical coverage ranges from the basic and central processes of learning including classical and instrumental conditioning and encoding and storage in long-term memory to topics not traditionally covered such as spatial learning motor skills and implicit memory. The general rules of learning are reviewed along with the exceptions limitations and best applications of these rules. Alternative approaches to learning and memory including cognitive neuroscientific functional and behavioral are also discussed. Individual differences in age gender learning abilities and social and cultural background are explored throughout the text and presented in a dedicated chapter. The relevance of basic principles is highlighted throughout the text with everyday examples that ignite reader interest in addition to more traditional examples from human and animal laboratory studies. Research examples are drawn from education neuropsychology psychiatry nursing and ecological (or everyday) memory. Each chapter begins with an outline and concludes with a detailed summary. Applications and extensions are showcased in text boxes as well as in distinct applications sections in every chapter and review and recapitulation sections are interspersed throughout the chapters. | Learning and Memory Basic Principles Processes and Procedures

GBP 140.00
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Heritage Conservation and China's Belt and Road Initiative

Heritage Conservation and China's Belt and Road Initiative

This book explores how China’s Belt and Road Initiative through promoting a non-Western-centred geopolitical narrative is affecting the conservation and management of Belt and Road heritage sites. Considering the dynamics between academics heritage professionals and government officials the inscription process and management of Silk Roads heritage sites and the practice of China’s Belt and Road heritage diplomacy the book examines how changing heritage conservation practices are influenced by politics and professionalism and negotiated in different ways across different nation states in the Belt and Road zones. Highlighting the different aims and outlooks of Chinese diplomacy UNESCO and other international heritage conservation organisations nation states as guardians of national interests and local communities as custodians of everyday lived heritage it shows how the Belt and Road Initiative has energised multilateral efforts in heritage diplomacy and management. It also discusses how the ‘professional’ status of heritage professionals including practitioners engaged by governments and international organisations and also scholars and researchers who provide consultancy advice is often not politics-free with heritage professionals often co-opted into speaking for stakeholders especially national governments. | Heritage Conservation and China's Belt and Road Initiative

GBP 130.00
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Historical Performance and New Music Aesthetics and Practices

Historical Performance and New Music Aesthetics and Practices

The worlds of new music and historically informed performance might seem quite distant from one another. Yet upon closer consideration clear points of convergence emerge. Not only do many contemporary performers move easily between these two worlds but they often do so using a shared ethos of flexibility improvisation curiosity and collaboration—collaboration with composers past and present with other performers and with audiences. Bringing together expert scholars and performers considering a wide range of issues and case studies Historical Performance and New Music—the first book of its kind—addresses the synergies in aesthetics and practices in historical performance and new music. The essays treat matters including technologies and media such as laptops printing presses and graphic notation; new music written for period instruments from natural horns to the clavichord; personalities such as the pioneering singer Cathy Berberian; the musically “omnivorous” ensembles A Far Cry and Roomful of Teeth; and composers Luciano Berio David Lang Molly Herron Caroline Shaw and many others. Historical Performance and New Music presents pathbreaking ideas in an accessible style that speaks to performers composers scholars and music lovers alike. Richly documented and diverse in its methods and subject matter this book will open new conversations about contemporary musical life. | Historical Performance and New Music Aesthetics and Practices

GBP 130.00
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British Pakistanis and Desistance Poverty Prison and Identity

British Pakistanis and Desistance Poverty Prison and Identity

Focusing on the lives of first- and second-generation British Pakistani young adult men and those approaching middle age who offend or have offended and the experiences of their fathers bringing them up in a de-industrialised city this book examines the influence of social relations on their moves toward and away from crime particularly the impact of father-son relationships. It seeks to understand their transitions as they aged; the meanings they place on their ethno-cultural social and economic marginalization; and the licit and illicit opportunities and constraints that influence their identity and social integration as well as their place in British society. British Pakistanis and Desistance focuses on the distinct context relations and situations in which British Pakistani young adult offending and desistance takes place such as family formation education prison neighbourhood change and long-term changes in the types availability and quality of work. Sketching a ‘life-course’ approach it locates desistance theory and its application within the relationship between biography and social structure using a case study of entrepreneurial criminality as an attempt at recovery from deindustrialisation. An accessible and compelling read this book will appeal to students and scholars of criminology sociology desistance social policy and to all those interested in the lived experience of British Pakistani men. | British Pakistanis and Desistance Poverty Prison and Identity

GBP 130.00
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Planning and the Politicians and Other Essays

Planning and the Politicians and Other Essays

First published in 1969 Planning and the Politicians is a collection of essays on political subjects which ranges from a study of the British House of Commons through a discussion of decentralization in various countries to an examination of the problems of economic planning in a ‘new’ state. They are arranged in four sections entitled Parliament Administration Development and Principles. As the book’s title implies there is a constant preoccupation throughout the essays with the practical issues of politics and public administration and with the more general problems of political choice that face the individual in the modern world. An introductory essay explains the author’s personal approach to political studies. The book will be of interest to students of political science governance administration and economics. | Planning and the Politicians and Other Essays

GBP 115.00
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The Monarch and the (Non)-Human in Literature and Cinema Western and Global Perspectives

The Monarch and the (Non)-Human in Literature and Cinema Western and Global Perspectives

This collection studies the representations of the character of the monarch in literature and cinema. Being a person an institution a character archetype and a narrative role the characters of the monarch and other royal or regal characters oscillate between humanity and the non-human. As such they are hybrid forms of existence and subjectivity. The authors of this collection explore this hybridity across large spectra of genres historical periods and cultural contexts. Some of the most prolific and widely read scholars analyze the archetype of the monarch on the page the stage and the screen. They cover large swathes of intersecting creative and interpretive territories including ancient epic and religious poetry Arthurian legends British Renaissance and modern drama British horror films and Hollywood crime and sports films. This collection also features interviews with six prominent comic book writers and artists who discuss the influence of classical royal archetypes on their works. | The Monarch and the (Non)-Human in Literature and Cinema Western and Global Perspectives

GBP 130.00
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