Journalism and Politics in Nigeria: Embers of the Empire (Ette Mercy)(Pevná vazba)

Journalism and Politics in Nigeria: Embers of the Empire (Ette Mercy)(Pevná vazba)

This book explores the legacy of colonial heritage on Nigerian political activities and journalistic

Governance and Politics in Post-Military Nigeria: Changes and Challenges (Adejumobi S.)(Pevná vazba)

This edited collection is the product of a National Research Working Group (NRWG) established by Said Adejumobi and supported by the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA). It analyzes the progress made in Nigeria since the return to democratic rule in 1999 and the prospects of democratic

The Fourth Estate: Journalism in Twentieth-Century Ireland (O'Brien Mark)(Pevná vazba)

The Fourth Estate examines the history of journalists and journalism in twentieth-century Ireland. While many media institutions have been subjected to historical scrutiny, the professional and organisational development of journalists, the changing practices of journalism and the contribution it

Latin American Adventures in Literary Journalism (Calvi Pablo)(Pevná vazba)

Latin American Adventures in Literary Journalism explores the central role of narrative journalism in the formation of national identities in Latin America, and the concomitant role the genre had in the consolidation of the idea of Latin America as a supra-national entity. This work discusses the

Empire of Lies (Khoury Raymond)(Pevná vazba)

Empire is a sweeping thriller in the tradition of The Man in the High Castle, Fatherland and Underground Airlines from New York Times bestselling author Raymond Khoury.Istanbul, 1683: Mehmed IV, sultan of the Ottoman Empire, is preparing to lay siege to Vienna, capital of the Holy Roman Empire,

The Politics of Mobile Citizenship in Europe (Siklodi Nora)(Pevná vazba)

The Politics of Mobile Citizenship in Europe explores contemporary models of national and European Union (EU) citizenship in the context of intra-EU mobility. Scholars have often addressed these models from separate disciplinary standpoints. National citizenship has been studied through the prism

Augustus and the Destruction of History - The politics of the past in early imperial Rome(Pevná vazba)

Jesus and the Politics of Roman Palestine (Horsley Richard A.)(Pevná vazba)

In Jesus and the Politics of Roman Palestine, Richard A. Horsley offers one of the most comprehensive critical analyses of Jesus of Nazareth�s mission and how he became a significant historical figure. In his study Horsley brings a fuller historical knowledge of the context and implications of

Studies in Law, Politics, and Society (Sarat Austin)(Pevná vazba)

This special issue of Studies in Law, Politics and Society contains two sections, focusing on the interaction between law and religion, together with the ways in which the law simultaneously enhances and inhibits projects of social

The Tribe: The Inside Story of Irish Power and Influence in Us Politics (Perry Caitriona)(Pevná vazba)

Sorting Sexualities: Expertise and the Politics of Legal Classification (Vogler Stefan)(Pevná vazba)

In Sorting Sexualities, Stefan Vogler deftly unpacks the politics of the techno-legal classification of sexuality in the United States. His study focuses specifically on state classification practices around LGBTQ people seeking asylum in the United States and sexual offenders being evaluated for

Awakening - #MeToo and the Global Fight for Women's Rights (Stone Meighan)(Pevná vazba)

A groundbreaking account of the #MeToo movement in Brazil, China, Nigeria, Pakistan, Egypt, Tunisia and

Traitors of Rome (Eagles of the Empire 18) (Scarrow Simon)(Pevná vazba)

The enthralling new Cato and Macro adventure in Simon Scarrow's bestselling Eagles of the Empire series. Not to be missed by readers of Conn Iggulden and Bernard Cornwell. AD 56. Battle-hardened veterans of the Roman army Tribune Cato and Centurion Macro are garrisoned at the eastern border, aware

Between Families and Frankenstein: The Politics of Egg Donation in the United States (Heidt-Forsythe Erin)(Pevná vazba)

Labour and the left in the 1980s (Davis Jonathan)(Pevná vazba)

This volume of essays constitutes the first history of Labour and left-wing politics in the decade when Margaret Thatcher reshaped modern Britain. Leading scholars explore aspects of left-wing culture, activities and ideas at a time when social democracy was in crisis. There are articles about

Twilight of the Merkel Era: Power and Politics in Germany After the 2017 Bundestag Election (Langenbacher Eric)(Pevná vazba)

Performing Process (Meehan Emma)(Pevná vazba)

The chapters in this collection examine the methods, politics and philosophy of sharing choreographic process, aiming to uncover theoretical repercussions of and the implications for forms of knowledge, the appreciation of dance, education and artistic

The Politics of Inequality (David Pettinicchio)(Pevná vazba)

In The Politics of Inequality, David Pettinicchio has gathered an interdisciplinary team of leading experts to make a valuable contribution to the existing inequalities literature through a political sociology lens. Broad social, political and economic forces associated with neoliberalism and

Change and the politics of certainty (Edkins Jenny)(Pevná vazba)

The book engages with our desire to seek change in a world of increasing inequality, exclusion and violence. Deploying practical, academic and autobiographical illustrations, the book argues that although we might need to traverse the fantasy of certainty and security, we do not need to give up on

Reason and Politics: The Nature of Political Phenomena (Blitz Mark)(Pevná vazba)

Reason and Politics explores the central phenomena of political life and, therefore, of human affairs in general.Amidst the seemingly endless books on more and more narrowly specialized topics within politics, Mark Blitz offers something very different in this book. Reason and Politics: The Nature

Twilight of Democracy - The Failure of Politics and the Parting of Friends (Applebaum Anne)(Pevná vazba)

A Matter of Obscenity: The Politics of Censorship in Modern England (Hilliard Christopher)(Pevná vazba)

A comprehensive history of censorship in modern Britain For Victorian lawmakers and judges, the question of whether a book should be allowed to circulate freely depended on whether it was sold to readers whose mental and moral capacities were in doubt, by which they meant the increasingly literate

The Politics of Association in Hellenistic Rhodes (A. Thomsen Christian)(Pevná vazba)

A new perspective on political organisation in Hellenistic Rhodes and the ancient Greek citystate The first comprehensive study of Rhodes in more than 20 years and one of the few books dedicated to a single Hellenistic city-state Introduces the reader to Hellenistic Rhodes, an important, but also

Identity and the Difficulty of Emancipation (Kaul Volker)(Pevná vazba)

This book provides a comprehensive account of the phenomenon of identity in politics, featuring for the first time the question of individual emancipation. It addresses the burning questions of our times, viz. nationalism, populism, Islamic fundamentalism, multiculturalism, postsecularism and