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Sex Trafficking in South Asia
Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 150.00This book is a critical feminist analysis of sex trafficking. Arguing that trafficking in girls and women is a product of the social construction of gender and other dimensions of power and status within a particular culture and at a particular historical moment, this book offers the necessary locally grounded analysis. Focusing on the case of... more...
Talking Difference
SAGE Publications 1995; US$ 58.00` Talking Difference provides an excellent critical review of a good selection of the research in language and gender published over the last 20 years, including a substantial amount from the area of psychology... I found this an exhilarating book, written with energy and wit. Crawford maintains a consistently critical approach, identifying contradictions... more...
Practicing Perfection
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 44.95The memory feats of famous musicians seem almost superhuman. Can such extraordinary accomplishments be explained by the same principles that account for more ordinary, everyday memory abilities? To find out, a concert pianist videotaped her practice as she learned a new piece for performance, the third movement, Presto, of the Italian Concerto by J.S.... more...
Gender Differences in Human Cognition
Oxford University Press 1997; US$ 26.99In the COUNTERPOINTS series, this volume summarizes and addresses the validity, or invalidity, of research into gender differences and questions the ideology behind this research and its consequences. more...
The International Protection of Internally Displaced Persons
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 50.00Internally displaced persons have been forced to leave their homes because of war and human rights abuses, but have not left their country. This has major consequences in terms of the protection available to them. This book aims to offer an overview of this important humanitarian and human rights challenge. more...
International Legal Argument in the Permanent Court of International Justice
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 54.00The International Court of Justice is the principal judicial organ of the UN, and successor of the PCIJ, which was the first real permanent court of justice at the international level. Drawing on archival material, this book describes the ground-breaking contributions of the PCIJ to international law. more...
Compensation for Personal Injury in English, German and Italian Law
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 62.00Cross-border claims for personal injuries are becoming more common, creating a need to know more about the law of damages in Europe and America. This book aims to fill that gap by looking at the law in England, Germany and Italy. more...
Prosecuting International Crimes
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 58.00This book concentrates on the legitimacy of the international criminal law regime. It explains the development of the system of international criminal law enforcement in historical context, with regard to international relations theory. more...
Dispute Settlement in the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 54.00The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea is one of the most important constitutive instruments in international law. This book explores whether a compulsory dispute settlement mechanism is necessary for the regulation of the oceans under the Convention. more...
New Thoughts on the Black Arts Movement
Rutgers University Press 2006; US$ 26.95During the 1960s and 1970s, a cadre of poets, playwrights, visual artists, musicians, and other visionaries came together to create a renaissance in African American literature and art. This charged chapter in the history of African American culture-which came to be known as the Black Arts Movement-has remained largely neglected by subsequent... more...
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