A Philosophical Overview

Civil Disobedience

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'The appearance of the first book-length study of this composer is very welcome, and all the more so as it has fulfilled its brief in such an elegant and discerning style...This is a very informative and insightful study of a much admired body of music ...I am sure there will be many devotees of Wood who will be delighted to read it, as I was.' Jeremy Thurlow, Robinson College, University of Cambridge  ’... diligent, sympathetic and solid study.' Times Literary Supplement  ’... well-presented book... it is a promising debut alongside which future studies of Hugh Wood's music will certainly have to be judged, and consistently thorough, informative, useful, and lively... its narrative descriptions and analytical interpretations of the music deserve to become standard fare for programme-notes for future performances... Venn's neatly and carefully tailored prose consistently succeeds in conjuring up images and impressions of the music that bring it to life and reflect upon its expressive style clearly and efficiently, and that make you wish very much to hear more of it.’ Tempo  ’The appearance of a book-length study of the composer is ... to be welcomed enthusiastically ... Indeed, The Music of Hugh Wood represents a significant step forward in our understanding of the composer’s music. The opening three chapters are contextual, and for anyone coming to this music for the first time, they are unquestionably essential reading ... Read in conjunction with the composer’s own selected writings, Staking Out the Territory, The Music of Hugh Wood is crucial reading for devotees of Wood’s music and for those interested more widely in contemporary British music.’ Music and Letters  ’Venn’s study of Wood is doubly useful, documenting the details of his music, and also positioning him within British musical culture. ... It raises questions about the music of the last sixty years that are relevant and central to the understanding of music by a diverse collection

The Music of Hugh Wood

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Basics of Video Lighting

States, Leaders, and the Microfoundations of Behavioral International Relations

Rethinking Foreign Policy Analysis

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Transitions, Turmoil, and (In)Security

Internal Security Services in Liberalizing States

Refugee Law and Practice in Japan is not only the first book written in English that provides a comprehensive treatment and analysis on the subject, but it is also a remarkable achievement in comparative legal scholarship.  This thorough review not only illuminates the current shortcomings and weaknesses in Japan's refugee law and practice, but it also suggests practical remedies to address these critical areas of concern.  It concludes by providing an agenda for how, and more importantly why, Japan must play a leadership role in advancing international human rights, refugee rights, and world peace, in an era of unprecedented globalisation. James C. Simeon, York University, Toronto, Canada    'This book describes the Japanese law and practice on refugees in a comprehensive manner.  The author, currently an academic, has ample practical experience, for example, as a legal officer of the UNHCR in Australia and a Refugee Examination Counsellor in Japan.  The book skillfully analyzes not only what the law of refugees is, but also how it functions in Japan.' Yuji Iwasawa, University of Tokyo, Japan  '[This book] is the most detailed work in English on actual refugee practice in Japan...[and]  explains better than anyone has done to date in English the puzzle of why a rich and safe country like Japan has such a low number of asylum seekers and recognized refugees. Rather than myopically limit itself to a single narrow explanation or unhelpfully provide an unlimited list of reasons, the great value of this book is how Arakaki's subtlety weaves the argument that it is institutional norms that most matter and are most lacking.' Human Rights Law Review  'Arakaki's work is informed by his work for UNHCR and as a Refugee Examination Counsellor for the Japanese Ministry of Justice. It is a scholarly analysis which throws light into a dark corner of Japan's domestic humanitarian record on refugees. The book is the first comprehensive analysis of the topic in English and makes a u

Refugee Law and Practice in Japan

Iran Khanoom

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Nature-Inspired Algorithms and Applied Optimization

Terrorist Groups in Silicon Valley and Boston Are Smashed by the Follower

The Follower III

'Sandra Resodihardjo's book is an outstanding example of how to do first class social science: it uses the closest, most scrupulous empirical research to illuminate big themes about how crisis produces policy reform.  It will be of great interest well beyond the specialised field of researchers into prison policy.' Michael Moran, University of Manchester, UK  'In her finely crafted analysis of policy reform following prison escapes and cell shortages in the Netherlands and escapes and riots in Britain, Dr Resodihardjo  demonstrates that the "crisis-reform" thesis does not follow a predictable route but can be influenced by many contingencies. A remarkable achievement in internationally comparative research.' Roy King, University of Cambridge, UK  'There is much to recommend in this book, a very strong feature of which is that the measurement of policy change is calculated beyond the all-too-typical measurements of punctuated equilibrium based on media and tone now utilized by many researchers. For this important reason, as well as the interesting and informative policy descriptions presented in this book, this book is well worth reading.'  Public Administration  'This book provides an excellent resource for the various professionals working to improve parole systems. Both problems and possible resolutions are identified. International Criminal Justice  'This book provides an excellent resource for the various professionals working to improve parole systems. Both problems and possible resolutions are identified.'  International Criminal Justice Review

Understanding Crisis-Reform Processes

Crisis and Change in the British and Dutch Prison Services

'Through a rich and imaginative engagement with the writings of Habermas, Arendt and MacIntyre, Keith Breen conducts a profound and challenging investigation into the legacy of a broadly Weberian understanding of the political condition of modernity, and the place of individual subjectivity within it. Under Weber's Shadow is a work that should be of exceptional interest to all those concerned with the way we live now.' John Horton, Keele University, UK    'Under Weber's Shadow offers a powerful demonstration of just how central - and how intellectually productive - Weber's analysis of modernity was for twentieth-century political theory. Breen's insightful examinations of Habermas, Arendt, and MacIntyre, reveal surprising continuities across their work, while mounting a compelling argument against their "intersubjectivist" responses to Weber's political realism.' Jason Frank, Cornell University, USA  'Based on a breathtaking reconstruction of the limits of Weber's vision of modernity and modern political life and of Habermas's, Arendt's and MacIntyre's various attempts to overcome these limits, Breen offers a creative and vigorous vindication of the strategic moment of politics, albeit one directed towards human flourishing and kept in check by moderation and care.' Alessandro Ferrara, University of Rome 'Tor Vergata', Italy  '... each of these assessments is highly insightful and detailed, the authors presented fairly, sympathetically, and in their own voice, the subsequent critique is all the more penetrating and persuasive. There are flashes of brilliance here... of special interest to scholars of Arendt, Habermas and MacIntyre...' LSE Review of Books blog  '[Breen’s] for the most part well-argued and often illuminating reading of Habermas, Arendt, and MacIntyre helps broaden our understanding of these three distinct thinkers’ varying critiques of and responses to Weber and the challenge of political modernity - as well as their possible limitations. In so do

Modernity, Subjectivity and Politics in Habermas, Arendt and MacIntyre

Under Weber’s Shadow

Eude Sur l'Influence Religieuse Et Sociale Des Institutions Monastiques Au Moyen-Âge

Le Vénérable Guillaume, Abbé de Saint-Bénigne, Réformateur de l'Ordre Bénédictin Au XIE Siècle

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Gender in the Elizabethan Versions of Boiardo, Ariosto and Tasso

Translating Women in Early Modern England

'An amazingly learned, well-researched, and in-depth look at women’s religious activities in the "Christian Century" in Japan, including leaders in the Zen Buddhist and Shinto traditions as well as the Japanese women who became Christian teachers and catechists. The book gives a human face to the story of cultural encounters and religious conversion, explores women’s activities within and in opposition to Christianity from a global perspective, and offers a startling new explanation for the "closing" of Japan to the West.' Merry Wiesner-Hanks, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA  'A monumental achievement! Haruko Ward has revealed a century of forgotten lives and given voice and agency to religious leaders who have been absent too long from our histories. She has shown us, in all their variety and complexity, the female leaders who transgressed and transformed Japan's religious culture. This is more than a history of women or a history of religion. It is a book that will change the way that we think about a crucial and transitional age in the history of Japan.' D. Max Moerman, Columbia University, USA  'Haruko Ward's new book on the unique role played by women in evangelization in early modern Japan breaks new ground in the study of Christian missions in East Asia. Based on an extensive knowledge of primary sources in a number of languages, it is an impressive piece of original scholarship and will become an important reference work for further research.'  M. Antoni J. ÃœÃ§erler, S.J., Campion Hall, Oxford, UK  ’This very readable volume represents an extraordinary degree of scholarship, drawing on original sources in Portuguese, Japanese and Latin, with secondary material also in German, and working with theoretical and analytic tools from disciplines including history, feminism, theology and ethnology.’ Parergon  ’This work is a valuable contribution to the history of Christian missionary activity in Asia and to women’s studies. It joins a growing n

Women Religious Leaders in Japan's Christian Century, 1549-1650

'Non-linear, non-contiguous, non-establishment.  A fresh take on 21st century warfare where the Army and Air Force are urged to become more Marine-like to close the seams in joint operations.'  Stephen Chiabotti, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, USA  'Finally!  Transformation must be more than a change in technology.  Forward thinking, yet practical, AirLandBattle21 proposes much needed credible solutions to the question of how land and air forces can and should be mutually supportive, even interdependent to maximize their capabilities on the 21st century battlespace.  The Army and Air Force need to take notice of the revolutionary concepts in this important work.' Robert Mahoney, Marine Corps War College, USA

Transformational Concepts for Integrating Twenty-First Century Air and Ground Forces

AirLandBattle21

Band 1: Das niederdeutsche Drama

Das niederdeutsche Schauspiel

Health care chaplaincy is currently undergoing a rapid transformation. An inherited and accepted service, embedded in the National Health Service since its inception, it is inevitably caught up in the changes that affect both the service as a whole and the wider social context. This invaluable book will stand the test of time. Health care professionals will find it a constant point of reference as they wrestle with the issues both locally and nationally. Many others will find this book a way of being informed about a key area of health care. Most importantly, there is a challenge here to the churches to take chaplaincy seriously as the frontier ministry it is. For practical theologians this is a welcome and accessible study of a vital sector of ministry, useful for reflection and teaching. Paul Ballard, Cardiff University, UK  ’Spiritual care on the NHS has been in the news a great deal in recent times, from the forced demise of the chaplaincy team at Worcester to the more recent calls from the Secular Society to cease NHS funding for chaplains.  In addition, those of us serving in this capacity are working through important issues related to whether we are primarily authorised and commissioned to our 'faith communities', or a new and distinct profession in health care.  In this book, Chris Swift, an experienced head of chaplaincy services at Leeds Teaching Hospitals, seeks to respond to these challenges and dilemmas, and sets forth some interesting ideas of how NHS chaplaincy might move forward with integrity and a growing confidence. ... I recommend this book warmly. May it be used to encourage and inspire those of us serving in the marginal space that is health-care chaplaincy, and to challenge our faith communities to understand and appreciate better our work, and learn lessons for its ministry and mission in Britain today.’ Church Times  ’Hospital Chaplains may be 'at the forefront of the mission of the church', says the Archbishop of Canterbury, but acco

The Crisis of Spiritual Care on the NHS

Hospital Chaplaincy in the Twenty-first Century

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Civilization at the Crossroads

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The Times Higher Education's Book of the Week  'Tara Brabazon has ushered cultural studies out of the drawing room and prodded it back onto the streets, where it matters more than ever.' Justin O'Connor, Queensland University of Technology, Australia   'Brabazon is a "war writer", grappling not with the culture wars but with war itself, including the wars within. She offers a cultural studies approach to the period between 9/11 and the present.  Her elegiac essays range widely.  Brilliant Brabazon is an antidote to the Bush "war presidency" and its dispiriting denouement.  She makes cultural studies matter again.' Ben Agger, University of Texas at Arlington, USA  'Tara Brabazon has written a beautiful, passionate, and political book about popular culture in which the learning of pleasure is matched by the pleasure of learning, critique, and civic engagement. One cannot think about politics without engaging popular culture as a powerful educational force, and Thinking Popular Culture is one of the best books available to confront this crucial question with great insight, enormous courage, and sense of social responsibility.' Henry Giroux, McMaster University, Canada  'There is no one else with Brabazon's combination of raucousness and subtlety, offensive pugnacity and dazzling charm, terrific garrulity and razor incisiveness...Indeed, this packed and fizzing book is in many of its sections a celebration sung over the great achievements and works of art wrung from this epoch by both television and the great frescoes of popular culture, especially rock music, which provides its staple...Thinking Popular Culture reads like a pasted-together but perfectly coherent series of shortish newspaper articles. I don't know whether or not this is the case, but the point is really that this swift, darting movement of the author's mind from topic to subject permits her to spin a long, ravelling and gossamer thread of continuity and connectedness along the multitudinous quiddity of

War, Terrorism and Writing

Thinking Popular Culture

A Doctor's Journey Through Addiction to Recovery

From Harvard to Hell...and Back

Democracy, Energy and the War on Terror

US Policies in Central Asia

'The book engages with a broad range of complex ideas and does so in an accessible manner. It will be of interest to all students of the "technologies of the sign" that saturate the contemporary world.' Theo Vurdubakis, Lancaster University, UK

Advertising and Cultural Politics in Global Times

'Joseph Kestner’s Masculinities in British Adventure Fiction, 1880-1915 is a welcome addition to the field of travel and imperial fiction from the late-Victorian period to the First World War.'   Catherine Wynne, University of Hull, UK  'One of the strengths of Kestner's work is the care with which he has sought out his authors' published views of their chosen genre...'  Modern Language Review  'One of the chief uses to which Masculinities in British Adventure Fiction can be put is as a guide to the extant criticism, for Kester's research is impressively comprehensive.'  English Literature in Transition  'Kestner has read widely and has a very clear sense of the literary context in which these novels and tales appeared; the close readings and précis are often excellent; and he is particularly knowledgeable about contemporary reviews, and makes some good use of the authors’ own pronouncements about their work.'  Victorian Studies

Masculinities in British Adventure Fiction, 1880-1915

American Political and Military Biography: In Two Parts. Part I. the Political Lives and Public Characters of the Presidents of the United States, and

'No American novel is a more eligible candidate for a publishing history than Uncle Tom’s Cabin, whose publication was a national event in its own time and has been a barometer of the national climate ever since. Claire Parfait has expertly taken the measure of that phenomenon in this meticulously researched, comprehensively designed book. Better yet, she has incorporated into its historical coverage a sophisticated analysis about paratexts, illustrations, and reader reception that gives this book a sharp critical edge. This is not only the outstanding publishing history of an American novel but a significant contribution to US literary history.' Ezra Greenspan, Southern Methodist University, USA  'In Claire Parfait, Stowe's remarkable novel has found the chronicler it richly deserves. She takes the reader on a journey from the book's inception through its multiple editions, always with an eye towards what the novel's fraught publishing history and changing status tell us about the conditions of female authorship and most especially each generation's attempts to come to terms with the legacy of slavery in the U.S.' Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Harvard University, USA  ’The Publishing History of Uncle Tom's Cabin is an important addition to Stowe-scholarship and a valuable resource for further research.  Of particular relevance are Parfait's historical findings and the insights into the publishing history of the novel in the 19th century that she grants us.  She has dug up many new noteworthy details and has excavated tons of facts and figures.’ Zeitschrift fÃ¼r Anglistik und Amerikanistik

The Publishing History of Uncle Tom's Cabin, 1852-2002

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Civil Disobedience

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