Interdisciplinary Studies

Die Publikation stellt den Hongkonger Philosophen Lao Sze-kwang (1927-2012) anhand seiner kulturtheoretischen Schriften und mit Blick auf seine Pos...

Die Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit der Frage, wie Subjektivität als wesentlich geschichtlich gefasst werden kann. Ein aktuelles Problem besteht darin,...

Biogenic toxins are fascinating natural products characterized by an enormous diversity of chemical structures and pharmacological activities. They...

Throughout history, manuscripts have been made and used for religious, artistic, and scientific performances, and this practice continues in most c...

Since Soviet collapse, the independent republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan have faced tremendous political...

Modern Iran since 1797 offers a comprehensive analysis of political, social and economic developments in Iran since the end of the eighteenth centu...

Urban education and its contexts have changed in powerful ways. Old paradigms are being eclipsed by global forces of privatization and markets and ...

Retaining the broad yet practical approach of previous editions, this popular textbook has been fully updated with research and theory from the las...

The Wests actions in the Middle East are based on a fundamental misunderstanding: political Islam is repeatedly assumed to be the main cause of con...

Ragged Trousered NGOs is a compelling first-hand account of the NGO sector and wider civil society over the past 40 years, examining how and why pe...

This book discusses the nuances of corridor development in India and its implications on land acquisition and displacement. It explores the complex...

Complaint systems have existed in China for many years, and in 2004, a debate took place in the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) over the Letters an...

This book aims to reinvigorate realist international relations theory by developing a catalogue of micro-mechanisms able to explain security policy...

This book provides an up-to-date critical analysis of the integration of environmental policies into US free trade agreements. The work focuses on ...

Economic diversification remains at the top of the agenda for hundreds of regions around the world. From the single commodity economies of African ...

Forty years after becoming an independent state, Israel is still involved in deadly strife with many of its Arab neighbors and with the Palestinian...

This book presents more than 1,000 entries organized in twenty-six major categories in the fields of conflict and peace studies. It focuses on glob...

India Migration Report 2016 discusses migration to the Persian Gulf region. This volume: looks at contemporary labour recruitment and policy, both ...

The view that America and Russia have burned their candles on security cooperation with respect to nuclear weapons is simply mistaken. This timely ...

City greening has been heralded for contributing to environmental governance and critiqued for exacerbating displacement and inequality. Bringing t...

This book brings together Indian and European perspectives on Indias polity, economy and international strategy. It explores internal, regional and...

Ecocriticism and environmental communication studies have for many years co-existed as parallel disciplines, occasionally crossing paths but typica...

Indias National Security: Annual Review 2013 comprehensively analyses Indias engagement with major world powers, and immediate neighbours in a comp...