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South Asia Migration Report 2017

Rajan, S. Irudaya
South Asia Migration Report 2017
The South Asia Migration Report 2017 is the first of its kind, documenting migration profiles, diaspora, recruitment, and remittances both in individual countries as well as the South Asian region as a whole. It also discusses skilled, unskilled, and internal migrations. The volume: includes on-the-ground studies from 6 nations: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Afghanistan, discusses public policy, effects of global recession...

CHF 196.00

Rethinking Case Study Research

Bartlett, Lesley / Vavrus, Frances
Rethinking Case Study Research
In Rethinking Case Study Research: A Comparative Approach, the authors describe, explain, and illustrate the horizontal, vertical, and transversal axes of comparative case studies in order to help readers develop their own comparative case study research designs.

CHF 180.00

Urban Interstices

Brighenti, Andrea Mubi
Urban Interstices
Bringing together a team of international scholars with an interest in urban transformations, spatial justice and territoriality, this volume questions how the interstice is related to the emerging processes of partitioning, enclave-making and zoning, showing how in-between spaces are intimately related to larger flows, networks, territories and boundaries. Illustrated with a range of case studies from places such as the US, Quebec, the UK, It...

CHF 87.00

Women, Incarceration, and Human Rights Violations

Gundy, Alana Van / Baumann-Grau, Amy
Women, Incarceration, and Human Rights Violations
A rich examination of the neglect and abuses occurring to women in correctional facilities, Women, Incarceration, and Human Rights Violations draws upon a wealth of case studies from around the world and class action law suits to shed light on ¿covert¿ abuse such sexual or physical abuse, as well as ¿overt¿ abuse such as the denial of medical treatment. Calling attention to the necessity of addressing the gender-specific needs of women who are...

CHF 92.00

Balzac, Grandville, and the Rise of Book Illustration

Yousif, Keri
Balzac, Grandville, and the Rise of Book Illustration
How the rise of book illustration affected the historic hegemony of the word is the topic of Keri Yousif's study of the complex relationship between the novelist Honoré de Balzac and the illustrator J. J. Grandville. As Yousif shows, the industrialisation of the illustrated book spawned a triadic relationship between publisher, writer and illustrator that transformed the book from a product of individual genius to a cooperative and commercial ...

CHF 79.00

Food and War in Twentieth Century Europe

Duffett, Rachel / Zweiniger-Bargielowska, Ina
Food and War in Twentieth Century Europe
Wars cannot be fought and sustained without food and this unique collection explores the impact of war on food production, allocation and consumption in Europe in the era of total war. The analysis ranges from military provisioning and systems of food rationing to civilians' survival strategies and the role of war in stimulating innovation and modernization.

CHF 87.00

Federalism beyond Federations

Requejo, Ferran / Klaus-Jürgen, Nagel
Federalism beyond Federations
Since the end of the Second World War, a number of democratic European countries have established a decentralized system of government based on federal or regional patterns. Here, leading international scholars analyze which countries have evolved more symmetrically, why this is so, and what the role of political actors has been in these processes.

CHF 87.00

International Communications

Lyall, Francis
International Communications
This volume provides an up-to-date analysis of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the Universal Postal Union (UPU). The book analyses the organizations' development from inception to the present, mapping the major changes that have occurred in communication transmission in this time.

CHF 87.00

Small States in the European Union

Panke, Diana
Small States in the European Union
No other study comprehensively analyses small states in a comparative perspective, examines their activity levels in EU negotiations and outlines which conditions are needed for the effectiveness of a broad range of strategies. An indispensable resource for students and researchers interested in how and under which conditions small states can influence EU policies and which of the small states are most likely to be successful.

CHF 87.00