A challenging and provocative book that contests the liberal assumption that the rule of law will go hand in hand with a transition to market-based economies and even democracy in East Asia. more » more »

Examines the technical issues of the effect of assessment on curriculum and teaching, and the relationship with learning criterion, and teacher and performance assessment is provided in this book. Joining analyses, it offers a framework for educational assessment. more »

A survey and analysis of major old industrial regions - the Ruhr, South Wales, the Great Lakes and Ontario - in terms of their economic regeneration and their re-emergence as centres of thriving industrial activity of the new kind. more »

Examines the impact of war on Greek society from Homeric times to the age of Alexander and his successors. Discusses the causes and profits of war, links between war, piracy, slavery and trade and the ideology of warfare in literature and art. more »

For most of the twentieth century, modernity has been characterised by the formalisation of social relations as face to face interactions are replaced by impersonal bureaucracy and finance. As we enter the new millennium, however, it becomes increasingly clear that it is only by stepping outside these ... more »

The theoretical arguments and ethnographic perspectives of this book place it at the cutting edge of contemporary anthropological scholarship on identity with respect to the study of ethnicity, nationalism, localism and gender. more »

Newly available - an important student textbook re-issued by Routledge: Beyond Westminster and Whitehall provides the first comprehensive account of the range of sub-central government institutions that are responsible for the delivery of services to citizens. These bodies are the warp and weft of the ... more »

This collection analyzes the potential challenge to the welfare state from postmodern ideas. Contributors explore the relevance of theories of diversity and difference to mainstream and critical soc... more » more »

This book provides a comprehensive look at the way the Union has affected Anglo-Irish and Catholic - Protestant relations and also considers its social, cultural and economic effects on Irish and Br... more » more »

Germinal Life is the sequel to the highly successful Viroid Life. Where Viroid Life provided a compelling reading of Nietzsche's philosophy of the human, Germinal Life is an original and ground-breaking analysis of little known and difficult theoretical aspects of the work of French philosopher Gilles ... more »

Though Foucault is now widely taught in universities, his writings are notoriously difficult. This vital guide critically examines the implications of his work for students and researchers across the range of social sciences. more »

Is youth crime, unemployment and homelessness evidence of a new and dangerous youth underclass? Contributors focus on unemployment, training and the labour market, crime and benefit fraud, homelessness, parenting and shifts in youth policy more »