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Can a recovery programme like Alcoholics Anonymous inadvertently discourage women from seeking treatment? Are there ways that it can more effectively contribute to their sobriety? Combining individual personal narratives with statistical data, Jolene Sanders offers valuable insight into how women adapt the twelve-step programme and interact with the masculine culture of AA in ways that allow them to conquer addiction and take control of their ...

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In Blood and Capital: The Paramilitarization of Colombia, " Jasmin Hristov examines the complexities, dynamics, and contradictions of present-day armed conflict in Colombia. She conducts an in-depth inquiry into the restructuring of the state's coercive apparatus and the phenomenon of paramilitarism by looking at its military, political, and legal dimensions. Hristov demonstrates how various interrelated forms of violence by state forces, para...

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This book offers a critical feminist perspective on the widely debated topic of transitional justice and forgiveness. Louise Du Toit examines the phenomenon of rape with a feminist philosophical discourse concerning women 's or feminine subjectivity and selfhood. She demonstrates how the hierarchical dichotomy of male active versus female passive sexuality which obscures the true nature of rape is embedded in the dominant western symbolic fram...

Suitable for scholars of gender and sexuality and those interested in Asia.

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Presents various perspectives on the role of ethics in public sector management - what it is and where it is going. This book covers a range of topics, diverse theoretical and conceptual paradigms, and global examples, and provide a broader view. It includes both theoretical insights and commentaries grounded in practice.

In the midst of the atrocities reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the seemingly constant strife in the Horn of Africa, and the ongoing violence in Darfur, how do we make sense of the simultaneous increase in interstate security cooperation in Africa? Benedikt Franke assesses the peace and security architecture that is taking shape under the nominal leadership of the African Union, analysing the emerging structures and trends and als...

Looks at the character and impact of the developing China - Latin America relationship. This title examines how the relationship has taken on distinct characteristics in various subregions, considering the role of supplier-and-market countries such as Argentina and Brazil, China's cautious dance with populism as it seeks access to Andean oil.

Most principles of economics texts are predicated narrowly on the concept of scarcity as a fundamental force, but that is only one aspect of economics. This title provides a discussion of the concept of abundance - what it means, how we can move toward it, and what keeps us from doing so.

Essential reading for scholars of gender and sexuality and anyone interested in Asia.

This study focuses on the distribution of early Dong Son bronze drums, from their centres of production in north Vietnam throughout Mainland and Island Southeast Asia, as evidence of cultural contact and cross-regional exchange along river and maritime routes from the late Metal Age to the proto-historic period. This is the period just prior to, and overlapping with, the first Chinese and Indian influences in the wider region. The exchange of ...

This fantastic range of fiction for Shared, Guided and Independent reading gives you stories your children will love to read over and over again. Gaelic and Scottish teaching support also accompanies this reading series.

A Child's War tells the story of Germany's occupation of Guernsey through the eyes of a young girl.

The first comprehensive case study of how a multilingual learner approaches a new language.

This edition features the latest concepts and applications while not losing focus on the core concepts that made the previous edition so successful. It contains additional exercise and interesting comments, included in each chapter, which emphasize topical Operations Management issues. This edition is also contemporized to keep abreast of current developments in the field. It is thus a very well suited text for undergraduate students who hope ...