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This bookexamines the simultaneous increase of informal sector employment and decreasing access to space for people making a living in the Panamanian informal economy.Author: MARIA LUISA...

New Criticism and Pedagogical Directions for Contemporary Black Women Writers is a collection of critical and pedagogical essays that shed new light on the creative depths of Black women writers. On...

Despite a new era, we are stuck with a 40-year-old education system whose purpose is obsolete. New Era - New Urgency presents a historical case for the need to repurpose education given the...

With twelve original essays that characterize truly international ecocriticisms, New International Voices in Ecocriticism presents a compendium of ecocritical approaches, including ecocritical...

This edited collection lends its origin to recent strands in philosophy that promote a critical conceptual return to the material world outside human culture. Through the lens of literary analysis...

Drawing from an extensive database and a cross-national comparative approach, this book examines the ways and reasons why new media promotes political participation among young people in Russia and...

Ranging from literary fashions and trends in the press to science, militarism, and gender categories, the contributions in this volume shed new light on the Good Neighbor Policy, through which the US...

In the early 20th century, Pacific Rim governments urgently needed to rethink European colonialism. Aschenbrenner explains the strange history of 'adaptation to survive' that marked the struggle...

This book examines recent political and psychological changes in Russian society during Vladimir Putin's third term. Instability in 2011-2012 and new domestic and international contexts make this a...

This book provides an extended examination of Nietzsche and Tocqueville's political thought, with an eye to shedding light on history's democratic drift. It looks not only to a future that filled...

Non-Normative Sexualities in US Latinx and Latin American Literature Through a Capitalist Lens studies how Latin American and Latinx authors represent non-normative sexualities through a capitalist...

The Non-Governmental sector has played a noble role in providing needed support following market failure and government failure all over the world. In developing countries and Africa in particular,...

This book analyzes Pyongyang's nuclear policy changes for the last three decades under Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un. It explains when and why the North Korean leaders have chosen either...

This edited collection investigates the mobilities, resettlement practices, and identities of North Korean defectors who have relocated to the United Kingdom, the United States, Japan, and South...

Nostalgic Empires traces the trajectory of European integration, starting from the decline of Western European empires to the present day. This comprehensive analysis encompasses various conflicts...

This book reveals how sports provide spaces for marginalized communities and create unique platforms that shift how society defines identity. Each chapter delves into how those identities--such as...

This volume of interdisciplinary essays reflect current contributions to literary anthropology. Novel Approaches to Anthropology: Contributions to Literary Anthropology showcases the myriad ways that...

The scope and theme of this book are political, polemical, sociological, and ideological. The book lays a historical foundation to explain the reason Obama has not had a successful political...

Campbell offers a conceptual look into the nature of genocidal intent, systematically analyzing the conceptual and logical structures for genocidal intent, and discussing its theoretical foundations...

Miquel Seguró Mendlewicz, in On Vulnerability, projects vulnerability as a condition of human life and the central concept to understand our existential position in the world. Using René Descartes...

Organ Donation in Japan: A Medical Anthropological Study by Maria-Keiko Yasuoka reveals insight into Japan as the country with the most severe organ shortages and the lowest numbers of organ...

According to originalism, the meaning of a text is determined at the time of its writing. Originalism in Theology and Law explores the similarities and differences between the theological application...

Mark Walker argues for Skeptical-Dogmatism--the view that we should disbelieve our cherished philosophical views, such as beliefs about what makes for a good life, religious beliefs, and political...

A 2023 Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic Title Overworked and Undervalued: Black Women and Success in America is a collection of essays written by Black female scholars, educators, and students as...

This book explores the transformation of Pan-Africanism from a social movement in the Americas to its role in liberation movements in Africa, where it was implemented and transformed. It examines the...

Featuring cutting edge research from top elections scholars, Pandemic at the Polls examines the context under which the 2020 U.S. elections were buffeted by a global pandemic unfolding during a hotly...

Pandemic Playlist explores a selection of popular music recorded in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, analyzing songs by Bono, Cardi B, Kid Rock, Van Morrison, Juvenile and many more. Through...

Online discussions in the form of readers' comments are a central part of many news sites and social media platforms. In this book, Tamara Kunic explores and interprets the ways in which digital...

This book unveils the vibrant and thriving world of Peruvian metal. It brings together a collection of Peruvian scholars, providing a long-overdue spotlight on a musical realm often overlooked in the...

Paul Ricoeur and Environmental Philosophy expands the scope of Ricoeur's hermeneutics to issues of environmental philosophy and discusses the ways in which Ricoeur's hermeneutics has the potential to...