Language ideologies and media discourse

texts, practices, politics

Edited by Sally Johnson and Tommaso M. Milani. This book presents an exploration of the relationship between language ideologies and media discourse, together with the methods and techniques required for the analysis of this relationship. The study of language ideologies has become a key theme ...

International trust Laws

International Trust Laws provides practical and broad ranging coverage of the most important issues in international trust law across leading jurisdictions. It analyzes crucial topics surrounding the creation of trusts, the powers and duties of trustees, mechanisms of control, and the special uses of trusts ...

The early church

history and memory

This study of the early church is written from a new religious and theological studies perspective. It builds on recent research in ancient history, archaeology, classical and oriental and cognate studies and also takes account of recent developments in reception studies, in particular in the ...

Federalismo en teoría y práctica

el Caso Español como proceso federal Estudio de la Autonomía Regional y Local en los Sistemas Federales

"... Como es sabido, el derecho público español ha influenciado decididamente las instituciones latinoamericanas. En la Colonia, lo hizo con el derecho indiano y sus desarrollos; tras la independencia de los territorios, sirvió como un parámetro que guía las construcciones jurídicas de estos países, pues es ...

El artista, el filósofo y el guerrero

la historia de un encuentro que marcó a Europa

Traducción de Joan Soler. En el otoño de 1502, Leonardo da Vinci, Nicolás Maquiavelo y César Borgia viajaron juntos por las montañas, los pueblos remotos y las ciudades de la Romagna italiana participando en la campaña militar más incierta de la época. El artista, el ...

La clase creativa

la transformación de la cultura del trabajo y el ocio en el siglo XXI

La clase creativa de Richard Florida es un texto esencial para entender a qué nuevos retos se enfrenta la economía mundial y la sociedad en general. ¿Qué son «las clases creativas»? La creatividad se ha convertido en el gran factor del éxito económico. ¿Quiénes forman ...

The lost world of old Europe

the DanubeValley,5000-3500 BC

Edited by David W. Anthony. "An excellent, up-to-date, and much-needed synthesis on the Copper Age in the lower Danube valley. David Anthony is a renowned researcher, and his expertise is complemented by respected senior researchers who have published widely on southeast European prehistory. This book ...

Europe´s promise

why the european way is the best hope in an insecure age

Steven Hill ends the transatlantic debate over which economic and political system is superior: Europe wins. While America and China fight for oil and minerals, Europe already achieves more with less. Indeed, the path to the American Dream is the European Way."--Parag Khanna, author ...

Experimentalist governance in the European Union

towards a new architecture

Eds. Charles F. Sabel, Jonathan Zeitlin. This book advances a novel interpretation of EU governance. Its central claim is that the EU's regulatory successes within-and increasingly beyond-its borders rest on the emergence of a recursive process of framework rule making and revision by European ...

El universo en tres pasos

del Sol a los agujeros negros y el misterio de la materia oscura

El universo es como un pozo oscuro en el que identificamos algunas luces. Un pozo lleno de maravillosas sorpresas, que sólo podemos descubrir y comprender a través de la observación y la interpretación teórica. La búsqueda es tan sutil como compleja. ¿Cómo podemos saber acerca ...

Key themes for the study of Islam

Edited by Jamal J. Elias. From Gender and History to Prayer and Prophecy, Key Themes for the Study of Islam examines the central themes indispensable to an informed understanding of Islamic religion and society. With each authoritative chapter written by a world expert in that ...

Picturing Islam

art and ethics in a muslim lifeworld

Picturing Islam: Art and Ethics in a Muslim Lifeworld explores issues of religion, nationalism, ethnicity, and globalization through the life and work of the prominent contemporary Indonesian artist Abdul Djalil Pirous. · Presents a unique addition to the anthropology of art and religion. · Demonstrates the impact ...

Christianity, Truth, and Weakening Faith

a Dialogue

Ed. Pierpaolo Antonello; Trans. William McCuaig. The debate over the place of religion in secular, democratic societies dominates philosophical and intellectual discourse. These arguments often polarize around simplistic reductions, making efforts at reconciliation impossible. Yet more rational stances do exist, positions that broker a peace ...

Carnal Knowledge and Imperial Power

Race and Intimate in Colonial Rule

'To my knowledge, there simply is no one else writing on questions of colonialism, gender, race, and intimacy who brings this depth and reach of historical and anthropological illumination to bear.'--Nancy F. Cott, author of Public Vows: A History of Marriage and the Nation ...

Affective meditation and the invention of medieval compassion

This book offers a new history of a major medieval genre, affective meditations on the Passion. It argues that women were instrumental in the creation of this genre, and it illuminates how these scripts for the performance of prayer served to construct compassion itself as ...

Between terror and democracy

Algeria since 1989

Algeria's democratic experiment is seminal in post-Cold War history. The first Muslim nation to attempt the transition from an authoritarian system to democratic pluralism, this North African country became a test case for reform in Africa, the Arab world and beyond. Yet when the ...

Revolution, rebellion, resistance

the power of story

Why do revolutions happen?nbsp; Decades of social science research have brought us little closer to understanding where, when and among whom they occur.nbsp; nbsp; In this groundbreaking book, Eric Selbin argues that we need to look beyond the economic, political and social structural ...

Set-off Law and practice

an international handbook

Eds. William Johnston, Thomas Werlen. The 2nd edition of Set-Off Law and Practice - An International Handbook is an invaluable guide to the application and practice of the rules of set-off in over 30 jurisdictions spanning Europe, Asia and the Americas. The work provides an at-a-glance ...

Global competition

Law, markets, and globalization

Global competition now shapes economies and societies in ways unimaginable only a few years ago, and competition (or 'antitrust') law is a key component of the legal framework for global competition. These laws are intended to protect competition from distortion and restraint, and on the ...

The International Criminal Court

a commentary on the Rome Statute

The International Criminal Court has been operational since mid-2003, following the entry into force of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on 1 July 2002. The Rome Statute is among the most complex international treaties, a combination of public international law, international humanitarian ...