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In this classic text, now in its fourth edition, Gilbert Rist provides a complete and powerful ov...

This unique and insightful book is the first comprehensive study of think-tanks both based in and...

Critically positions international volunteering within an understanding of the wider geopolitical...

Tamil Tigers explores the birth and death of one of the most ruthless armed groups of recent times.

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China has occupied the limelight in discussions of Africa's burgeoning relations with the non-Wes...

Discounted for a couple of decades as a viable solution, nuclear power is undergoing a resurgence...

China has occupied the limelight in discussions of Africa's burgeoning relations with the non-Wes...

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Climate change is the greatest challenge of the age, and yet fierce disagreement still exists ove...

'The role of the indigenous population in the formation of the Bolivarian constitution is one of ...

Media matters. From encouraging charitable donations and delivering public health messages to pro...

'In this revealing new book, Beas and Dunn explore the phenomenon of 'autochthony' - literally 's...

By demonstrating that Western conceptions of 'civil society' have provided the framework for inte...

By demonstrating that Western conceptions of 'civil society' have provided the framework for inte...

This open access book offers the first full-length, empirical deep-dive into everyday policework ...

With this powerful book, Edmund O'Sullivan aims to radically alter the role of education in build...

Throughout Africa, growing numbers of women are coming together and making their voices heard, mo...

This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the global aid scene.

In Diary of a Child Called Souad, El Saadwi gives us a young female protagonist whose spirit long...

For centuries, duelling played an integral role in the preservation of the aristocratic order in ...

This groundbreaking work remains as relevant today as when it was when first published. Two of Ze...

Seven million Filipinos live or work abroad. One in five wants to emigrate. What has gone wrong i...

Sexuality is a complex and multifaceted domain - encompassing bodily, contextual and subjective e...

'A serious work of theory.'The Guardian 'Jonathan Allan has come up with a whole theory of the ar...