Victor V. Ramraj & Arun K. Thiruvengadam 
Emergency Powers in Asia [PDF ebook] 
Exploring the Limits of Legality

In two volumes these books review and expand the theory that poverty in the world”s poorest regions could be alleviated by providing small loans to micro-entrepreneurs. Volume 1 provides detailed an …

The Global Beauty Industry is an interdisciplinary text that uses beauty to explore topics of gender, race, class, colorism, nation, bodies, multiculturalism, transnationalism, and intersectionality. …

An estimated 600 million people now live in informal or ”squatter” settlements in the rapidly growing cities of the developing world. With such settlements often lacking basic necessities, there is …

Representing a significant survey and evaluation of major media literacy projects in the U.S. and selected countries throughout the world, this book covers all aspects of critical viewing skills. It …

This book examines the international, regional and domestic human rights frameworks that establish victim rights as a central force in law and policy in the twenty-first century. Accessing substantia …

The Routledge Handbook of Korean Culture and Society is an accessible and interdisciplinary resource that explores the formation and transformation of Korean culture and society. Each chapter provide …

The Handbook of Applied System Science is organized around both methodological approaches in systems science, and the substantive topic to which these approaches have been applied. The volume begins …

Bereavement is a painful and inevitable experience. This book shares the experience of many bereavements, how they are dealt with, understood, and eventually adapted to in the ongoing framework of hu …

Studies in housing have often concentrated on an abstract institutionalised approach isolated from the broader base of the social sciences. This book is the first to treat housing as a subject of soc …

Looking at the communities of Central and West Harlem in New York City, this study explores the locus, form and significance of socioeconomic differentiation for African American professional-manager …