Assists academic staff to develop their effectiveness as teachers and improve their students' learning by giving practical guidelines and suggestions for teaching and a series of activities. more » more »

Examines the changes undergone by Roman cities in the Late Roman empire and seeks to explain why urban life disappeared in some regions, while elsewhere cities survived through to the Middle Ages an... more » more »

Includes both comparative analysis of party systems, elections and governments, as well as individual case analyses of 44 European countries. Featured countries include: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus (Greek), Turkish Republic of Northern Cypress (TRNC), Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia ... more »

Sacred Languages and Sacred Texts is the first comprehensive study of the role of languages and texts in the religions of the Greco-Roman world, including Judaism and Christianity. It explores bilingualism, language learning, literacy, book production and translation, as well as some of the more explicitly ... more »

This book addresses the global issue of poverty in ten different countries, discussing its causes, its extent and nature, socio-economic and historical contexts, and the measures that have been taken to mitigate it. more »

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Texts, Facts and Femininity are a collection of essays, which illustrate the full range of work by this leading feminist scholar on social relations as texts. It includes Smith's famous essay K is m... more » more »

The first examination of the importance of NATO's Mediterranean Initiative for the security and stability of the Euro-Mediterranean area, this book discusses the challenges, risks, and possible threats to NATO member states, which may stem from the southern and eastern Mediterranean. more »

Based upon freshmen class surveys and interviews, this book seeks to understand the 104th GOP freshmen's high class identity and group power as well as the nature and scope of the class's legislativ... more » more »

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Product Info Compromising Traditions: The Personal Voice in Classical Scholarship is the first collection of theoretically informed autobiographical writing in the field of classical studies. more »

This wide-ranging and assured book, written by one of the leading Weber scholars in the English-speaking world, shows us the many sides of Max Weber. The book provides an authoritative guide to the current burning issues in social theory, religion, rationalization, the body, modernization and capitalism ... more »