Wings in Orbit: Scientific and Engineering Legacies of the Space Shuttle, 1971-2010 [EPUB ebook] 

Significant advances have occurred in recent years in Europe and in North America in addressing agri-environmental policies. Land use issues tend to be more pressing in Europe than in the US as a who …

The northern Tuareg (the Tuareg of Algeria) – the nomadic, blue-veiled warlords of the Central Sahara – were finally defeated militarily by the French at the battle of Tit in 1902. Some sixty years l …

The first study of state feminism in a non-western nation state, this volume focuses on the activities and roles of the Women”s Bureau of the Ministry of Labor in post-World War II Japan. While stat …

This book offers a multifaceted, analytical account of counterterrorism argumentative speech. Traditionally, existing scholarship in this field of research has taken a selective focus on issues and a …

Drawing on qualitative and quantitative research, this book provides a path-breaking account of civil society in the Philippines. It challenges the widespread belief in political science and developm …

First published in 2008. Intended for would-be travellers to Georgia, this guide presents information on all of the country”s regions, as well as its history, language, literature, and political con …

This book focuses on the entwinement of politics and medicine and power and knowledge in India during the age of empire. Using the powerful metaphor of ‘pathology’ – the science of the origin, nature …

More than ever, humanitarian aid workers and diplomats are engaging with vulnerable populations in areas once considered too dangerous to touch. Drawing on decades of on-the-ground experience in conf …

In Give Peace a Chance, the distinguished Dr. Hamburg teams up with his filmmaker son to tell the story of selected significant peace achievements over the past 25 years. Including lessons from perso …

Social media are increasingly revolutionising the ways in which political communication works, and their importance for engaging citizens in politics and public affairs is well understood by politica …