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Poverty is a paradoxical state. Recognizable in the eld for any sensitive obse... Poverty is a paradoxical state. Recognizable in the eld for any sensitive observer who travels in remote rural areas and urban slums and meets marginalized people in a given society poverty still remains a challenge to conceptual formalization and... more

Terrorism is a complex phenomenon that cannot be understood through reading of... Terrorism is a complex phenomenon that cannot be understood through reading of a number of unrelated academic articles or a dry overview of the history of terrorism or the investigative techniques. For A New Understanding of Terrorism the Editors... more

This book deals with a subject that has recently been the focus of debate and ... This book deals with a subject that has recently been the focus of debate and law reform in many jurisdictions: how much scope should spouses have to conclude agreements concerning their financial affairs and under which circumstances should such... more

In Losing the News Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Alex S. Jones offers a pr... In Losing the News Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Alex S. Jones offers a probing look at the epochal changes sweeping the media changes which are eroding the core news that has been the essential food supply of our democracy. more

In No Caption Needed Robert Hariman and John Louis Lucaites provide the defini... In No Caption Needed Robert Hariman and John Louis Lucaites provide the definitive study of the iconic photograph as a dynamic form of public art. Their critical analyses of nine individual icons explore the photographs themselves and their... more

Nearly forty percent of humanity lives on an average of two dollars a day or l... Nearly forty percent of humanity lives on an average of two dollars a day or less. If you ve never had to survive on an income so small it is hard to imagine. How would you put food on the table afford a home and educate your children? How would you... more

2009 Choice Outstanding Academic Title A survey into an emerging pattern of la... 2009 Choice Outstanding Academic Title A survey into an emerging pattern of labor instability and uneven global development Is job insecurity the new norm? With fewer and fewer people working in steady long-term positions for one employer has the... more

This is a Brand New book in excellent condition. Format: Paperback Author: Hau... This is a Brand New book in excellent condition. Format: Paperback Author: Haugen David ISBN10: 0737747722 ISBN13: 9780737747720 Globalization Opposing Viewpoints more

This work addresses the politics of globalization and the rise of anti-capital... This work addresses the politics of globalization and the rise of anti-capitalist movements. more

What is the relationship between media representations of violence and violenc... What is the relationship between media representations of violence and violence in the real world? Video games television and film depict complex scenes of violence that millions watch each day. Does this translate into an acceptance of violence? Or... more

A noted conflict expert shows how accelerating globalization is causing danger... A noted conflict expert shows how accelerating globalization is causing dangerous global insecurity that must be met by new security models and policies. The New Global Insecurity: How Terrorism Environmental Collapse Economic Inequalities and... more

The War on Terror Narrative analyzes three types of data--presidential speeche... The War on Terror Narrative analyzes three types of data--presidential speeches U.S. media discourse and focus group interviews--to provide a longitudinal and holistic study of the formation circulation and contestation of the Bush administration s... more

In a boundary-crossing and globalizing world the personal and social positions... In a boundary-crossing and globalizing world the personal and social positions in self and identity become increasingly dense heterogeneous and even conflicting. In this handbook scholars of different disciplines nations and cultures (East and West)... more

This book sets out the case for a cosmopolitan approach to contemporary global... This book sets out the case for a cosmopolitan approach to contemporary global politics. It presents a systematic theory of cosmopolitanism explicating its core principles and justifications and examines the role many of these principles have played... more

This innovative book challenges the most powerful and pervasive ideas concerni... This innovative book challenges the most powerful and pervasive ideas concerning political economy international relations and ethics in the modern world. Rereading classical authors including Adam Smith James Steuart Adam Ferguson Hegel and Marx it... more

Best-selling author Thomas Friedman says that globalization has made the world... Best-selling author Thomas Friedman says that globalization has made the world flat and that we cannot stop the process. But while it is right to say that globalization tends to flatten our world it is wrong to say that there are no alternatives to... more

An enthralling memoir of a woman who risked her life to help a people under si... An enthralling memoir of a woman who risked her life to help a people under siege and a country caught between freedom and oppression (Publishers Weekly--starred review). In 1990 sixty-five-year-old activist and grandmother Barbara Bick traveled... more

Until recently struggles for justice proceeded against the background of a tak... Until recently struggles for justice proceeded against the background of a taken-for-granted frame: the bounded territorial state. With that Westphalian picture of political space assumed by default the scope of justice was rarely subject to open... more

Born in St. Kitts and brought up in the UK bestselling author Caryl Phillips h... Born in St. Kitts and brought up in the UK bestselling author Caryl Phillips has written about and explored the experience of migration for more than thirty years through his spellbinding and award-winning novels plays and essays. Now in a... more

What is it like to work in the media? Are media jobs more creative than those ... What is it like to work in the media? Are media jobs more creative than those in other sectors? To answer these questions this book explores the creative industries using a combination of original research and a synthesis of existing studies.... more