Global encounters

international political economy, development and globalization

The global politics of unequal development

Although the phrase 'North-South divide' is not heard so much these days, the core issues which divide rich countries from poor countries in global politics are still very much with us. This path-breaking book offers a new way of thinking about these questions, grounded in ...

Dieu est-il laïque?

fin des intégrismes

International Human Rights lexicon

Table of Contents Arms Children Culture Death Penalty Democracy Detention Development Disability Disappearances Education Fair Trial Food Globalization Health Housing Indigenous Peoples International Crimes Media Privacy Protest Racism Refugees Religion Sexuality Terrorism Torture Universality Victims Women Work

The social contours of risk

.Vol.I: publics, risk cominication and the social amplification of risk

We live in a #risk society# where the identification, distribution and management of risks, from new technology, environmental factors or other sources are crucial to our individual and social existence. Jeanne and Roger Kasperson are two of the world#s leading and most influential analysts ...

Money on the Silk Road

the evidence from Eastern Central Asia to c. AD 800

This book focuses on the money of Eastern Central Asia to c. AD 800, a period of over 900 years, across a vast geographical area with a very diverse population of different cultures and traditions. The only relevant historical accounts are those found in the ...

International marketing strategy

Law and the beautiful soul

What is law? How is legal responsibility defined? How does law reflect moral judgment? Why are law's definitions uncertain and conflicted? Basic questions for liberal law and criminal justice - what could they have to do with the forgotten historical figure of the Beautiful Soul ...

Transnational & comparative criminology

This book examines the issues of crime and its control in the 21st century - an era of human history where people live in an increasingly interconnected and interdependent world. It is one of the very few books that examines crime and its control in a ...

The establishment of the Han Empire and Imperial China

Joan of Arc and the Hundred Years War

When in Henry II of England married Eleanor of Aquitaine of France in 1154 A.D., he became at once the reigning sovereign over a vast stretch of land extending across all of England and half of France—and yet, according to the feudal hierarchy ...

Events that changed Germany

Daily life of the Vikings

The emperor Justinian and the Byzantine Empire

Martínez se va a la guerra

intervenciones militares de España en el extranjero

Handbook of consumer behavior, tourism and internet

Make the most of your online business resources The growing acceptance and use of the Internet as an increasingly valuable travel tool has tourism and hospitality businesses taking a critical look at their business-to-customer online environments while pondering such questions as, #How do I get ...

Writings on Common Law and Hereditary right

This volume in the Clarendon Edition of the Works of Thomas Hobbes contains A dialogue between a philosopher and a student, of the common laws of England, edited by Alan Cromartie, supplemented by the important fragment on the issue of regal succession, 'Questions relative to ...

Constitutional environmental rights

This book shows why a fundamental right to an adequate environment ought to be provided in the constitution of any modern democratic state. This book is the first to examine the question from the perspective of political theory. It explains why the right to an ...

Making the EMU

the politics of Budgetary surveillance and the enforcement Maastricht

Losers' consent

elections and democratic legitimacy