NewYork)Tilly Charles(ColumbiaUniversity

Democracy identifies the general processes causing democratization and de-democratization at a national level across the world over the last few hundr

Contentious Performances presents a logic and method for describing contentious events - occasions on which people publicly make consequential claims

Contentious Performances presents a logic and method for describing contentious events - occasions on which people publicly make consequential claims

Are there any commonalities between such phenomena as soccer hooliganism, sabotage by peasants of landlords' property, road rage, and even the events

Are there any commonalities between such phenomena as soccer hooliganism, sabotage by peasants of landlords' property, road rage, and even the events

This book is an analysis of the relationship between democratization and contentious politics that builds upon the model set forth in the pathbreaking

Democracy identifies the general processes causing democratization and de-democratization at a national level across the world over the last few hundr

This book is an analysis of the relationship between democratization and contentious politics that builds upon the model set forth in the pathbreaking

People rely on networks of strong ties to other people for a wide range of risky long-term activities such as marrying, raising children, sustaining d

People rely on networks of strong ties to other people for a wide range of risky long-term activities such as marrying, raising children, sustaining d

Invites readers into the complex and little-known world of female religiosity and authority in early modern Central Asia, offering a unique analysis o

After running away from the workhouse and pompous beadle Mr Bumble, Oliver Twist finds himself lured into a den of thieves peopled by vivid and memora

Social Groups in Action and Interaction reviews and analyzes the human group as it operates to create both social good and, potentially, social harm.

‘Lewinsky laat met pure, bruisende creativiteit zien hoe fataal en onverbeterlijk de mens steeds weer zijn innerlijke duivel de vrije loop laat.’ – F

The 1854 text, edited by Sylvère Monod, is accompanied here by explanatory footnotes. Contextual pieces by critics and theorists of Dickens’ time brin

As the interminable case of 'Jarndyce and Jarndyce' grinds its way through the Court of Chancery, it draws together a disparate group of people: Ada a

A time machine repairman becomes trapped in a time loop of his own making With only TAMMY - a slightly tearful computer with self-esteem issues - a s

This innovative collection explores the competing and sometimes conflicting roles of citizenship and identity, be it racial, class, ethnic, in popular

The essays collected in this volume all explore the problem of the relation between moral philosophy and modernity. Written in a distinctively lucid s