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The Means of Reproductionby Michelle Goldberg
Penguin Group Inc. 2010; US$ 12.99A groundbreaking new work on the global battle over reproductive rights by the author of The New York Times bestseller Kingdom Coming Award-winning journalist Michelle Goldberg shows how the emancipation of women has become the key human rights struggle of the twenty-first century in The Means of Reproduction . Deeply reported across four continents, the book explores issues such as abortion, female circumcision, and Asia's missing girls to dramatize the connections between international policymaking and individual lives. Goldberg demonstrates how women's rights are key to addressing both overpopulation and rapid population decline, reducing world poverty, and retarding the spread of AIDS. Sweeping and ambitious, this is a must-read... more...
Implementing Public Policyby M. Hill; P. Hupe
Sage Publications Ltd. 2002; US$ 51.95Bringing the major current insights in implementation research and theory together, Public Policy, Implementation and Governance reviews the literature on public policy implementation, relating it to contemporary developments in thinking about governance. more...
Media, Monarchy and Powerby Neil Blain; Hugh O'Donnell
Intellect 2003; US$ 10.00Is obsession with the Royal Family in Britain a fact of culture or an illusion of media culture? What interest do the European media display in their royal families? Does twenty-first century monarchy remain a political and ideological force - or is it just an economic commodity? Media, Monarchy and Power provides a radical insight into the cultural and political functioning of royalty in five countries. Blain and O'Donnell examine the bonds between monarchies and their 'subjects' or 'citizens', and the relationships between royal families, the media, and nation-states. Numerous case-studies from press and television in Europe and the UK support a theoretical account of the operation of monarchy and royalty in the media. Central to the concerns... more...
Sparks from the Anvil of Oppressionby Robert Gregg
Temple University Press 2010; US$ 27.95While assuming the importance of churches within black communities, social historians generally have not studied them directly or have treated the black denominations as a single unit. Gregg focuses on the African Methodist churches and churchgoers in Philadelphia during the Great Migration and the concurrent rise of black ghettoes in the city to show the variety and richness of African American culture at that time. more...
Between Barack and a Hard Placeby Tim Wise
City Lights Publishers 2009; US$ 13.95How Barack Obama's rise is reshaping the meaning of race in the United States today. more...
Nationalism and National Integrationby Anthony H. Birch
Routledge 1989; US$ 52.95A concise and stimulating analysis of the theory of nationalism, and the theories, process and problems of national integration. Although nationalism is the most successful political ideology in human history, its achievement in getting the world's entire land surface divided between nation-states has led to considerable problems in integrating the ethnic and cultural minorities within these states. more...
Citizenships, Contingency and the Countrysideby Gavin Parker
Routledge 2001; US$ 198.00This work defines citizenship in relation to the rural environment. It expands and explores a widened conceptualization of citizenship and sets out a range of examples where citizenship has been expressed in and over the rural environment. more...
Politics of Nation Building and Citizenship in Singaporeby Michael Hill; Kwen Fee Lian
Routledge 1995; US$ 195.00The creation of a national identity has been a central feature of political life in Singapore. A broad strategy of multiculturalism together with the creation of 'Asian values' has served the purpose of building a new national identity. more...
Citizenship, Nationality and Migration in Europeby David Cesarani; Mary Fulbrook
Routledge 1996; US$ 41.95This volume draws together international experts and examines how concepts of citizenship have evolved in different countries and in varying contexts. Britain, Italy, France and Germany are focused on within a broader European context. more...
Education with Characterby James Arthur
RoutledgeFalmer 2002; US$ 53.95'Education with character' is the latest 'buzzphrase', but until now there's been no real concensus on some of the key issues. This book addresses the gap, adopting a cross-disciplinary approach to the matters in hand. more...