Interdisciplinary Studies

The theme of the book education and development, is central to the current contemporary discourses on development. The nexus between education and...

This latest volume provides a framework, evidence, and recommendations on how to attain a dynamic and inclusive digital economy. Europe 4.0 is poss...

This report comprehensively reassesses the prospects for industrialization playing a critical role in Sub-Saharan African countries' development an...

This book offers an alternative perspective to the reigning socio-political and economic approaches to evaluating media systems and why and how the...

Over the past 40 years, the number of people in China with incomes below US$ 1.90 per day has fallen by close to 800 million. The report explores t...

How do faith-based organizations influence the work of transnational peacebuilding, development, and human rights advocacy? How is the political ro...

In its steady march across the United States, methamphetamine has become, to quote former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, the most dangerous dru...

Since its hard-won independence from Pakistan, Bangladesh has been ravaged by economic and environmental disasters. Only recently has the country b...

This book is an interdisciplinary study of the commerceartpolitics nexus of Hong Kong cinema from 2000 to 2020, investigating the current nascent g...

This book brings a rich and nuanced analysis of selfie culture. It shows how selfies gain their meanings, illustrates different selfie practices, e...

Public opinion in the United States contains a paradox. The American public is symbolically conservative: it cherishes the symbols of conservatism ...

Gestures are central to the way people use language when they interact. This book places our impulse to gesture at the very heart of linguistic str...