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Demilitarizing Politics examines the internal political dynamics that occur between the cease-fire and the voting. Terrence Lyons shows that the promise of elections can provide the incentive for the demilitarization of politics and the transformation of institutions made powerful by war into those capable of sustaining peace.

Hosli traces the history of monetary integration in Western Europe and discusses the political and economic factors that led ultimately to the establishment of European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and the euro, and how it actually works.

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The history of social conflict and political machinations surrounding the making of property out of knowledge. Intellectual property law as a continuing process in which conceptions of rights and duties are institutionalized, each settlement prompts new disputes and/or policy shifts, and examine the post-TRIPs era in the context of this process.

The Migration Reader introduces articles and documents that analyze the complex phenomenon of transnational migration and the challenges it poses for contemporary societies, states, and international relations. The Migration Reader introduces the key articles and documents that analyze the complex phenomenon of transnational migration and the challenges it poses for contemporary societies, states, and international relations. Enhanced by the e...

Child Labor and Human Rights provides a comprehensive overview of the phenomenon of child labor from a human rights perspective. The authors consider the connections between human rights and abusive child labor, the pros and cons of a rights-based approach to the problem, and specific strategies for effecting change.

First published in 1832, this is a unique hybrid of Shakespeare criticism, women's rights activism, and conduct literature. Jameson's collection of readings of female characters includes praise for unexpected role models. Her interpretations portray intellect, passion, political ambition, and eroticism as acceptable aspects of women's behaviour.

Published in 1749, the story of Mrs. Teachum and the nine pupils who make up her "little female academy” is widely recognized as the first full-length novel for children, and the first to be aimed specifically at girls. The daily experiences of Mrs. Teachum's charges are interwoven with fables and fairy tales illustrating the book's underlying principles, which draw on contemporary theories of education and virtue.

At critical moments, Britain has played a crucial part in the political evolution of modern Europe, yet its stance has often been ambivalent: sometimes glad to be part of 'European civilization' but at other times rejoicing in the blessings of insularity. This book breaks new ground in tracing the evolving and contested understandings both of Britain and of Europe on the part of politicians, diplomats, historians, and travelers in the centurie...

As the ever-growing capabilities of numerical tools are being used to simulate how fluids and solids respond to high tempuratures and severe loads, a fundamental understanding of the theory of large coupled thermo=mechanical deformations will play an ever-increasing role. This requires a sound understanding of the basic principles of nonlinear continuum mechanics such as those given in this textbook. This book differs from several others in th...

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One of Bernard Shaw's early plays of social protest, Mrs Warren's Profession places the protagonist's decision to become a prostitute in the context of the appalling conditions for working class women in Victorian England.

Alongside recollections of High Wycombe's industrial heritage, this volume also recalls aspects of the town's everyday life, from shops and public houses to leisure pursuits and celebrations

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Caldwell introduces Intensive Interaction, which uses the body language of people whose learning disabilities are combined with autistic spectrum disorder - who have largely been regarded as unreachable - to get in touch with them, giving them a way of expressing themselves which shifts their attention from self-stimulation to shared activity.

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