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Social Isolation and Aging in Japan: Policy Responses through Gerontological Ethics

Social Isolation and Aging in Japan: Policy Responses...

Author: Keikoh Ryu
ISBN: 9789819580712
Format: Hardback
$422.37

This book confronts one of the defining challenges of super-aged societies: the surging number of older adults living...  Read More >>

India's Tibetan Refugees: Navigating Exile, State Policies and Host-Community Conflicts

India's Tibetan Refugees: Navigating Exile, State Policies...

Author: Hemaadri Singh Rana
ISBN: 9789819576715
Format: Hardback
$369.57

This book offers a critical analysis of the situation of Tibetan refugees in India through the lenses of human rights,...  Read More >>

Fear as a Political Emotion: The Rise of New Violent Orders

Fear as a Political Emotion: The Rise of New Violent...

Author: Maximiliano E. Korstanje (University of Palermo, Buenos Aires, Bue, Argentina.)
ISBN: 9798901342275
Format: Paperback
$219.91

The turn of the twentieth century witnessed the rise of global dangers like climate change, natural disasters, and...  Read More >>

Iran and the Challenge to U.S. Homeland Security: Strategic Assessments and Policy Responses

Iran and the Challenge to U.S. Homeland Security: Strategic...

Author: Tyron Anthony
ISBN: 9798901342299
Format: Hardback
$390.69

This book presents a multifaceted examination of the Islamic Republic of Iran as a critical national security concern...  Read More >>

Authority and Power in Personalist Regimes: The Soviet Union and Post-Soviet Russia

Authority and Power in Personalist Regimes: The Soviet...

Author: Graeme Gill
ISBN: 9789819582433
Format: Hardback
$118.77

This book identifies nine strategies dictators use to legitimate their rule in the eyes of regime insiders, and...  Read More >>

The Debate Over Whole Milk in U.S. School Meals: Federal Policy, Nutrition Standards, and the Future of Children’s Well-Being

The Debate Over Whole Milk in U.S. School Meals: Federal...

Author: Delmer Espinoza, Jr
ISBN: 9798901342121
Format: Paperback
$139.70

This book examines one of the most contested issues in contemporary school nutrition policy: the role of whole milk...  Read More >>

Breaking Barriers in Post-independence India: A Journey Out Of The Northeast

Breaking Barriers in Post-independence India: A Journey...

Author: Rajkumar Falguni
ISBN: 9781032646237
Format: Hardback
$117.73

The book is a unique and significant addition to the literature on Manipur; it deepens our understanding of the...  Read More >>

North: The Future of Post-Climate America

North: The Future of Post-Climate America

Author: Jesse M. Keenan (Favrot II Associate Professor of Sustainable Real Estate and Urban Planning, Favrot II Associate Professor of Sustainable Real Estate and Urban Planning, Tulane University)
ISBN: 9780197641613
Format: Paperback
$55.95

Climate change is already influencing how and where people live. In North, Jesse M. Keenan argues that America is...  Read More >>

Sounding Good: Advancing Cultural Sustainability and Social Justice through Music

Sounding Good: Advancing Cultural Sustainability and...

Author: Catherine Grant (music researcher and lecturer, music researcher and lecturer, Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University)
ISBN: 9780197698440
Format: Paperback
$55.95

Like biological species and languages, many musical and other cultural practices around the world are at risk. In...  Read More >>

Assessment in Counseling: Practice and Applications

Assessment in Counseling: Practice and Applications...

Author: Richard S. Balkin (Distinguished Professor, Distinguished Professor, University of Mississippi) ,  Gerald A. Juhnke (Professor, Professor, University of Texas at San Antonio)
ISBN: 9780197779590
Format: Paperback
$204.95

Assessment in Counseling takes a different approach to assessment courses, which students often experience as a...  Read More >>

Thriving Sustainably on Planet Earth: Inspiring Innovation in Children's Education

Thriving Sustainably on Planet Earth: Inspiring Innovation...

Author: James Biddulph (Homerton College) ,  Emily Shuckburgh (University of Cambridge)
ISBN: 9781009309011
Format: Paperback
$72.45

From diverse disciplinary fields, academics provide compelling visions for education that disrupt but also open...  Read More >>

Imperfect Equilibrium: Civil–Military Relations in Russian Defense Policymaking

Imperfect Equilibrium: Civil–Military Relations in Russian...

Author: Kirill Shamiev
ISBN: 9781805264279
Format: Paperback
$57.99

Why has Russia's military struggled to adapt to the challenges of contemporary warfare?  Read More >>

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Student Politics and Representation in Higher Education

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Student Politics and Representation...

Author: Dr Manja Klemencic (Harvard University, USA)
ISBN: 9781350376014
Format: Paperback
$79.99

This open access handbook offers a unique and unprecedented global comparative account of student politics and representation...  Read More >>

The Cambridge Companion to Folk Music

The Cambridge Companion to Folk Music

Author: Ross Cole (University of Leeds)
ISBN: 9781009407588
Format: Paperback
$72.45

An invaluable resource for readers seeking to understand the history and practice of folk music and song across...  Read More >>

The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West

The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief,...

Author: Alexander C. Karp ,  Nicholas W.Zamiska
ISBN: 9781529945409
Format: Paperback
$26.99

From one of tech's boldest thinkers and his deputy comes a sweeping indictment of Silicon Valley, and a vital and...  Read More >>

Fearless and Free: A Memoir

Fearless and Free: A Memoir

Author: Josephine Baker ,  Anam Zafar
ISBN: 9781784878351
Format: Paperback
$26.99

""Published in English for the first time, this is the memoir of the fabulous, rule-breaking, one-of-a-kind Josephine...  Read More >>

The Historical Imaginary: Quebec National Cinema in the Twenty-First Century

The Historical Imaginary: Quebec National Cinema in...

Author: Amy J. Ransom
ISBN: 9781487560966
Format: Hardback
$160.00

The Historical Imaginary examines Quebec's French-language feature films through the lens of ""national cinema,""...  Read More >>

Clients, Rivals, and Rogues: Why Great Powers Intervene in Revolutionary Civil Wars

Clients, Rivals, and Rogues: Why Great Powers Intervene...

Author: Erin K. Jenne (Central European University, Vienna) ,  Milos Popovic (Independent scholar)
ISBN: 9781009560542
Format: Paperback
$82.80

A ground-breaking approach to understanding how great powers respond to revolutionary civil wars around the world....  Read More >>

John Dewey's Human Nature and Conduct: A Centennial Handbook

John Dewey's Human Nature and Conduct: A Centennial...

Author: Leonard J. Waks (Qufu Normal University) ,  Andrea R. English (University of Edinburgh)
ISBN: 9781009446396
Format: Paperback
$82.80

This handbook re-introduces one of John Dewey's most important works for a new generation seeking unified perspectives...  Read More >>

The Powerful Norm for Climate Change Action: How International Organizations Legitimate Themselves Amid Contestation

The Powerful Norm for Climate Change Action: How International...

Author: Laura von Allwörden (Christian Abrechts Universität in Kiel)
ISBN: 9781529252392
Format: Paperback
$61.95

This analysis reveals how the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the International...  Read More >>

The Essential Anna Politkovskaya

The Essential Anna Politkovskaya

Author: Anna Politkovskaya
ISBN: 9781784879730
Format: Paperback
$29.99

Published to mark the 20th anniversary of her assassination- An introduction to the internationally admired journalist,...  Read More >>

The Story of British Video Activism

The Story of British Video Activism

Author: Ed Webb-Ingall (Independent scholar and filmmaker, UK)
ISBN: 9781839022234
Format: Paperback
$59.99

Explores the impact of portable video recording technology on the development of activism produced by different...  Read More >>

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