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View book details for Citizenship and Social Movements
Perspectives from the Global South
Debates over social movements have suffered from a predominate focus on North America and western Europe, often neglecting the significance of collective action in the global South. Citizenship and Social Movements seeks to partially redress this imbalance with case studies …
Three of Wildes short stories adapted into enchanting plays for young children. The Selfish Giant chases away spring and summer, leaving the garden in a permanent winter. Only when the giant realises his selfishness and opens his garden to the …
The greatest plays of Terence Rattigan (1911-77) - including The Browning Version, The Deep Blue Sea, Separate Tables and The Winslow Boy - are now established classics. There have been regular revivals of his work, including recent productions in the …
View book details for Pedagogy in Practice
Project-Based Learning in Media Policy and Governance
The book showcases the application of evidence-based teaching and learning strategies in the field of media and communication studies, with specific reference to hands-on projects on media policy analysis. The intent of the book is to translate theoretical ideas and …
Commissioned to paint a vast canvas celebrating the triumphant Battle of Lepanto, the free-spirited Galactia creates instead a breathtaking scene of war-torn carnage. In her fierce determination to stay true to herself, she alienates the authorities and faces incarceration. Her …
The Court of Justice of the European Union has often been characterised both as a motor of integration and a judicial law-maker. To what extent is this a fair description of the Court's jurisprudence over more than half a century? …
View book details for Fashion in European Art
Dress and Identity, Politics and the Body, 1775-1925
Fashion reveals not only who we are, but whom we aspire to be. From 1775 to 1925, artists in Europe were especially attuned to the gaps between appearance and reality, participating in and often critiquing the making of the self …
View book details for The Politics of Football in Yugoslavia
Sport, Nationalism and the State
Winner of the Lord Aberdare Literary Prize for 2018Even before Tito's Communist Party established control over the war-ravaged territories which became socialist Yugoslavia, his partisan forces were using football as a revolutionary tool. In 1944 a team representing the incipient …
From now on, its drones, baby, drones- Robert Gates, former U.S. Defense Secretary Three writers. Two plays. One vital tale of power, sex and infighting at the top of the Washington establishment, and its far-reaching repercussions. As Barack Obama prepares …
View book details for The Hollywood Sequel
History & Form, 1911-2010
This illuminating study charts the changing role of the Hollywood film sequel over the past century. Considering a range of sequels in their industrial, historical and aesthetic contexts, from The Son of a Sheik (1926) to Toy Story 3 (2010), …
View book details for Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire
The Sasanian-Parthian Confederacy and the Arab Conquest of Iran
I.B.Tauris in association with the Iran Heritage FoundationDecline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire has been acclaimed as one of the most intellectually exciting books about late antique Persia to have been published for years. It proposes a convincing contemporary …
This book by the ETUI Transnational Trade Union Rights Expert Network analyses enforcement as a key element making EU labour law effective or ineffective. Enforcement is the key ingredient that makes rights effective and ensures compliance. It can make or …
View book details for Special Operations in Norway
SOE and Resistance in World War II
Between 1940 and 1945, Britain's Special Operations Executive (SOE) carried out sabotage and organised resistance across occupied Europe. Over 5 years, SOE sent over 500 agents into Norway to carry out a range of operations from sabotage and assassination to …
View book details for Working with Conflict 2
Skills and Strategies for Action
Working with Conflict 2 reflects the accumulated wisdom of over 3000 peacebuilding practitioners from 70 countries over the 20 years since the first Working with Conflict book was published. Its focus is on understanding and transforming conflict, building practical strategies …
View book details for The New Normal
Challenges of Managing Business, Social and Ecological Systems in the Post COVID 19 Era
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the world was caught unprepared. We had faced several disruptions including pandemic but not at this level. It brought everything to a grinding halt as nationwide lockdowns were imposed to stopthe spread of infection. Businesses …
"Isn't it funny? The thoughts your brain is capable of having even while you're lying there, bleeding on the carpet?..."The Soft of Her Palm is a devastating exploration of domestic violence, telling the story of Phil and Sarahs troubled and …
View book details for Europe and the Collapse of Yugoslavia
The Role of Non-State Actors and European Diplomacy
In 1992 Yugoslavia finally succumbed to civil war, collapsing under the pressure of its inherent ethnic tensions. Existing accounts of Yugoslavia s dissolution, however, pay little regard to the troubled relationship between the Yugoslav Federation and the European Community (EC) …
'Since your daughter's death I've not been much of a hypnotist.'A man loses his daughter to a car accident. Nothing now is what it seems. It's like he's in a play - but he doesn't know the words or the …
View book details for Developing Resilience in Disruptive Times
Insights from Strategic Management
The first half of the book presents case studies on how the pandemic has affected businesses, management and communities and share insightful stories on tough decisions during, midst, and after the shock of the pandemic. The second half of the …
In a remote Russian town, Olga, Masha and Irina long for life in Moscow but their plans go nowhere. Disaster, deception, meaningless self-sacrifice in Chekhov's heartbreaking masterpiece, each new twist of fate sees the sisters' control over their destiny slip …
View book details for Outcome-Based Cooperation
In Communities, Business, Regulation, and Dispute Resolution
How do we cooperate in social, local, business, and state communities? This book proposes an Outcome-Based Cooperative Model, in which all stakeholders work together on the basis of trust and respect to achieve shared aims and outcomes. The Outcome-Based Cooperative …
"We have chosen to live lives less ordinary..."Crossing the state border in a stolen Ford V-8 with a trunk of sawn-off shotguns and bootleg whiskey, Bonnie and Clyde have found one last place to hide. Time is ticking - they're …
View book details for The Young Turks and the Boycott Movement
Nationalism, Protest and the Working Classes in the Formation of Modern Turkey
The first decade of the twentieth century was the Ottoman Empire's 'imperial twilight'. As the Empire fell away however, the beginnings of a young, vibrant and radical Turkish nationalism took root in Anatolia. The summer of 1908 saw a group …
View book details for Politics and Palestinian Literature in Exile
Gender, Aesthetics and Resistance in the Short Story
Despite, or even because of their tumultuous history, Palestinians are renowned for being prolific cultural producers, creating many of the Arab world's most iconic works of literature. In particular, the Palestinian short story stands out for its unique interplay between …
"My heart had broken. Cracked like a paving stone tapped by a mallet. All things in life which require effort - pleasure, passion, wit and thought - are impossible when your heart is cracked. And it's also very hard to …
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