Sometimes it’s the simple things in life that matter the most. Emma is a small town girl with big dreams. After years of working hard, she thought she finally had it all: a beach house in Malibu, a fiancé who is a well-known surgeon, and a climbing career in the newspaper world. Except, when Emma finds Matt in bed with another woman only weeks before their wedding, she takes a giant leap …
Engaged Encounters: Thinking about Forces, Fields and Friendships with Monique Nuijten is a festschrift celebrating the scholarly, professional and personal contributions and insights of Monique Nuijten. As a creative scholar, Monique is known for her theoretical contributions to the study of development, social movements, the state, organizations, and corruption - to name a few topics. She ins…
This collection is the result of a large project, which started in 2015, and of many engaging discussions with scholars, who have contributed to our research over the years. We are indebted to the Academy of Finland and the Kone-foundation for funding our project Dealing with Difference: Peddlers, Consumers and Trading Encounters in Finland, 1840–1960. Thank you for financing and be…