Filter by
Cultures of Computer Game Concerns : The Child Across Families, Law, Science …
The same computer games are played by youths all over the world, and worldwide games become matters of concern in relation to children: worries rise about addiction, violence, education, time, and economy. Yet, these concerns vary depending upon where they are situated: in families, legal contexts, industry or science. They also play out differently across countries and cultures. This situated …
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783839439340, 9783837639346
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 362 SOR c
Russia's Turn to the East Domestic Policymaking and Regional Cooperation
Development studies; Russia; Far East; International affairs; Energy; Shanghai cooperation organization; Economic development; Security policy; Multilateral organizations; Diplomacy; Regionalism; Russian–European relations; Russia’s “pivot to the East”; Annexation of Crimea; Regional politics; Eurasia; Ukraine; Sanctions regime; Foreign policy
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783319697901
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
The Queen of American Agriculture A Biography of Virginia Claypool Meredith
Virginia Claypool Meredith's role in directly managing the affairs of a large and prosperous farm in east-central Indiana opened doors that were often closed to women in late nineteenth century America. Her status allowed her to campaign for the education of women, in general, and rural women, in particular. While striving to change society's expectations for women, she also gave voice to the i…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781557539274
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
A Cosmopolitan Jurisprudence: Essays in Memory of H. Patrick Glenn
H. Patrick Glenn (1940–2014), Professor of Law and former Director of the Institute of Comparative Law at McGill University, was a key figure in the global discourse on comparative law. This collection is intended to honor Professor Glenn's intellectual legacy by engaging critically with his ideas, especially focusing on his visions of a 'cosmopolitan state' and of law conceptualized as 'trad…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781108894760
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Government Communication Cases and Challenges
This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Government communication is a curiously neglected area of discursive analysis. No considered examination of the subject exists which provides either an account of the contemporary governmental landscape or an explanation of the common and divergent themes on both…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781849665049
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
A Feminist Critique of Police Stops
A Feminist Critique of Police Stops examines the parallels between stop-and-frisk policing and sexual harassment. An expert whose writing, teaching and community outreach centers on the Constitution's limits on police power, Howard Law Professor Josephine Ross, argues that our constitutional rights are a mirage. In reality, we can't say no when police seek to question or search us. Building on …
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781108697477
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
A Faustian Foreign Policy from Woodrow Wilson to George W. Bush
A Faustian Foreign Policy from Woodrow Wilson to George W. Bush critiques U.S. foreign policy during this period by showing how moralistic diplomacy has increasingly assumed Faustian overtones, especially during the Cold War and following September 11. The ideological components of American diplomacy, originating in the late 18th and 19th centuries, evolved through the 20th century as U.S. econ…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780511511592
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
The Politics, Practices, and Possibilities of Migrant Children Schools in Con…
This book examines the dynamics surrounding the education of children in the unofficial schools in China’s urban migrant communities. This ethnographic study focuses on both the complex structural factors impacting the education of children attending unofficial migrant children schools and the personal experiences of individuals working within these communities. As the book illustrates in car…
- Edition
- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-1-137-50900-0
- Collation
- XVII, 185
- Series Title
- Palgrave Studies on Chinese Education in a Global Perspective
- Call Number
- -
A Dynastic History of Iran From the Qajars to the Pahlavis
This rich dynastic study examines the political histories of Iran's last two monarchical dynasties, the Qajars and the Pahlavis. Tracing the rise and fall of both dynasties, Mehran Kamrava addresses essential questions about how and why they rose to power; what domestic and international forces impacted them; how they ruled; and how they met their end. Exploring over two hundred years of politi…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781009224628
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
A Divided Republic Nation, State and Citizenship in Contemporary France
This book is an original and sophisticated historical interpretation of contemporary French political culture. Until now, there have been few attempts to understand the political consequences of the profound geopolitical, intellectual and economic changes that France has undergone since the 1970s. However, Emile Chabal's detailed study shows how passionate debates over citizenship, immigration,…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781107447936
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Computer Science, Information & General Works 
Philosophy & Psychology 
Religion 
Social Sciences 
Language 
Pure Science 
Applied Sciences 
Art & Recreation 
Literature 
History & Geography