Regional Studies

In the Shadow of Great Powers is the second volume of Christoph Baumers History of the Caucasus. It covers the period from the Seljuk domination of...

Weaving has been a significant aspect of Indias cultural and economic history. Climate change is increasingly affecting crucial relationships withi...

This book critically engages criminal law issues relating to sexuality and violence in order to argue that an attention to emotions can produce a m...

This book reinterprets the notion of the commons by tracing how it has been mobilised in the aftermath of economic crisis. In a period of widesprea...

Focusing on cities in the European Arctic, this book consolidates research on sustainable development, local and urban governance, and transnationa...

This Handbook presents a comprehensive overview of 3,000 years of Chinese literature from its earliest beginnings to the end of the Qing (1644-1911...

This book critically examines the ways in which translation studies can offer a conceptual framework for understanding and researching internationa...

How politics in America works today, how it got that way, and how its likely to change through reformthese are the themes that pervade every chapte...

How politics in America works today, how it got that way, and how its likely to change through reformthese are the themes that pervade every chapte...

This edited volume gathers insights into the production of knowledge about interculturality in education and research in the Middle East and North ...

Using a capability approach as an analytical framework, this timely volume examines how access to higher education, enabled through private univers...

This book critically analyzes the hidden political dimensions associated with the planning of Indonesia's new capital. Planning Indonesias New Capi...

This volume proposes speaking up and talking back as new theoretical access points for studying feminist activism in digital spaces.Drawing on the ...

South Asian Disability and Deaf Theatres investigates translocal intimacies in relation to 21st century transnational South Asian disability theatr...

How did the temple-scape of Suzhou transform into garden-scape during the 13th to 16th centuries? This book investigates the landscape evolution of...

This edited volume offers fresh insights into the experiences of international faculty in East Asia, highlighting how they adapt to, influence, and...

This book examines the representation of Muslim identity in Hindi films by focusing on different aspects of Muslim identity - historical, cultural,...

India is the fastest growing and worlds third largest economy in terms of GDP in PPP terms. Sustainable development of India will ensure the welfar...

This book introduces a new theory of national identity, arguing that the nation does not only represent an abstract imagined community, but that it...

This book defines regional climate leadership in East Asia and the Pacific as a novel addition to the climate leadership theory. It develops criter...

Over the last twenty-five years, the Africa Rising discourse has been used to signify hope and promise for the continent, marking a break from prev...

The remarkably creative life of Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) has long been an area of scholarly enquiry. Yet, surprisingly, his role as the foun...

The Works of Lin Yutang is the first book to provide a comprehensive study of Lin Yutangs translation theory and translated (and written) works in ...

This book examines the processes of transition from authoritarian rule in Tunisia and Egypt between 2011 and 2014, arguing that differences between...

With the methodology of eye-tracking experiments, in-depth interviews, and large-scale questionnaires across cities, this book provides a panoramic...

Using the analogy of an orchestra, the book looks at the ways in which the Party-state conducts communications in China.Rather than treating Chinas...

This book explores the growth and operations of the Japanese restaurant in Australia since the early 2000s from perspectives of both restaurant wor...

This book studies the intersection of language and social privilege in education in India. Drawing on rich ethnographic detail and primary data, it...

For more than 40 years, researchers have explored the utility of Bourdieus sociology for settings beyond the French and Algerian contexts of its or...

This book traces developments in design education in India and shows the continuing impact of the Bauhaus School of design education, which formed ...

This book examines the complexities of womens lives in Africa and the transnational spaces of Europe and North America through the literary works o...

This book is about the soul of the city, embodied in its spaces and people. It traces dynamics in inner city neighbourhoods of South Africas post-a...

Adopting a critical political economy perspective this book sheds new light on the social and political struggles that shaped the political dynamic...