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Reading Richard III and the Tower of London - Bok av Kristen Deiter - Inbunden

Reading Richard III and the Tower of London - Bok av Kristen Deiter - Inbunden

This is the first book on Richard III and the Tower of London, shedding new light on the King's reputation, the Castle's lore, and early-modern literature's role in building associations between them. It is also one of the first books to integrate conceptual blending theory and spatial literary studies, empowering scholars and students to analyze literature and locations in new ways. This book fills gaps in the existing knowledge about both Richard III and the Tower of London. Neither literary nor..

SEK 1831.00
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Power and Space - Essays on a Shifting Relationship - Bok av John Allen - Inbunden

Power and Space - Essays on a Shifting Relationship - Bok av John Allen - Inbunden

Power and Space sets out the inherently spatial nature of power today and seeks to change the conversation around how power exercises us in the contemporary moment.The essays brought together in this book are a response to the fact that conventional descriptions of power and its ordered geographies no longer chime with our lived experience. Spatiality matters to the workings of power nowadays and this book sheds light on what it is that we face when power is exercised though more subtle, spatially..

SEK 2037.00
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On Power in Architecture - From a Materialistic, Phenomenological, and Post-Structuralist Perspective - Bok av Mateja Kurir - Inbunden

On Power in Architecture - From a Materialistic, Phenomenological, and Post-Structuralist Perspective - Bok av Mateja Kurir - Inbunden

Architecture has always been a decisive manifestation of power. This volume brings an attempt to question and reflect on the relationship between power and architecture from three philosophical perspectives: materialistic, phenomenological and post-structuralist.This collection opens an interdisciplinary investigation that aims to reflect on architecture and its interconnectedness with power within philosophy and cultural theory at large, while presenting these concepts using practical examples from..

SEK 1946.00
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China on the Rise - The Transformation of Structural Power in the Era of Multipolarity - Bok av Efe Can Gürcan - Inbunden

China on the Rise - The Transformation of Structural Power in the Era of Multipolarity - Bok av Efe Can Gürcan - Inbunden

This book analyses China's multidimensional rise in the context of the international political economy, drawing on Susan Strange's concept of 'structural power.'Examining the sources of Chinese power along with its geopolitical, economic, and cultural reflections, the authors consider how China's rise is linked with the incremental process of multipolarization in world politics.Providing a systematic, analytical, and empirically rich account of China's surge in the international political economy,..

SEK 2031.00
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Authority and Delinquency in the Modern State - A Criminological Approach to the Problem of Power - Bok av Alex Comfort - Inbunden

Authority and Delinquency in the Modern State - A Criminological Approach to the Problem of Power - Bok av Alex Comfort - Inbunden

In Authority and Delinquency in the Modern State, originally published in 1950, Alex Comfort discusses the relationship between crime and power, and traces the mechanisms which may lead to delinquent behaviour by those in office. In the early twentieth century, the literature of abnormal behaviour contained many hints of identity between the psychogenesis of crime and the psychogenesis of political power, and with the recognition of \war crimes\, and the possible criminality of governments, these..

SEK 1300.00
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Histories of Urban Planning and Political Power - European Perspectives - Bok av Victoria Grau - Inbunden

Histories of Urban Planning and Political Power - European Perspectives - Bok av Victoria Grau - Inbunden

Urban planning has always been a preeminent instrument of political power. In this volume, contributions from Europe and Latin America provide insight into the functions of planning under very different political and societal constellations over the last hundred years: dictatorships, parliamentary democracies and illiberalism; capitalism and state socialism; state interventionism and neoliberalism; societies in times of peace and societies marked by colonial, civil, world or cold wars.The dictatorships..

SEK 1950.00
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Discourse in the Digital Age - Social Media, Power, and Society - Bok av Eleonora Esposito - Inbunden

Discourse in the Digital Age - Social Media, Power, and Society - Bok av Eleonora Esposito - Inbunden

This collection makes the case for existing critical discourse analysis theory and methods to meaningfully engage with the communicative parameters, power dynamics, and technological affordances of contemporary digital spaces.This book lends a critical focus on discursive practices operating through the paradigm of social media communication, addressing the crucial interface of discourse and the participatory web with disciplinary rigour and a well-balanced focus. This volume features chapters highlighting..

SEK 2020.00
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The Power of Emotional Intelligence - A Primary School Toolkit - Bok av Molly Potter - Inbunden

The Power of Emotional Intelligence - A Primary School Toolkit - Bok av Molly Potter - Inbunden

We've all been told emotional intelligence is a good thing, but are we really clear about what it is and how we can all get more of it? We know it helps children self-regulate, be more motivated, maintain relationships and be more resilient but how do we go about accessing these benefits?The Power of Emotional Intelligence will help primary school teachers and leaders to increase their awareness and use of emotional intelligence to improve the wellbeing of the whole school community. It includes..

SEK 1946.00
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The Struggle for Abolition - Power and Legitimacy in Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament Diplomacy - Bok av Kjølv Egeland - Inbunden

The Struggle for Abolition - Power and Legitimacy in Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament Diplomacy - Bok av Kjølv Egeland - Inbunden

Can the genie be returned to the bottle? This book investigates the pursuit by states, civil society groups, and international organisations of nuclear abolition. Detailing the evolution of the institutional architecture for multilateral nuclear disarmament from the 1960s onwards, The Struggle for Abolition tells a story of high hopes, broken promises, and clashing views of history, security, and the future.Global nuclear politics deals in material power and security but is also shot through with..

SEK 2031.00
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The Healing Power of Community - Mutual Aid, AIDS & Social Transformation in Psychology - Bok av Lusijah Marx - Inbunden

The Healing Power of Community - Mutual Aid, AIDS & Social Transformation in Psychology - Bok av Lusijah Marx - Inbunden

The Healing Power of Community offers a diverse cross section of interdisciplinary and depth-psychological perspectives in support of using mutual aid approaches in all levels of group and community practice as a remedy for individualism and social and political divisions, centering social justice.Written by three distinct voices who collaborated at the height of the AIDS crisis, the book begins with an autoethnographic study of Project Quest, an HIV/AIDS clinic established in 1989, before looking..

SEK 1967.00
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Music, Piety and Political Power in 17th Century Salzburg - The Sounds of Good Government - Bok av Kimberly Beck Hieb - Inbunden

Music, Piety and Political Power in 17th Century Salzburg - The Sounds of Good Government - Bok av Kimberly Beck Hieb - Inbunden

Music, Piety and Political Power in 17th Century Salzburg traces the role of sacred music in the service of politics at the archbishopric of Salzburg, one of many jurisdictions that made up the Holy Roman Empire in the second half of the seventeenth century.The author reveals that the use of music to present political, cultural, religious meaning was not limited to cross-confessional communities, the Imperial capital of Vienna, or other early modern metropolitan centers such as Munich and Paris.Presenting..

SEK 1946.00
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Intimate Politics - Fertility Control in Global Historical Perspective - Bok av Cassia Roth - Inbunden

Intimate Politics - Fertility Control in Global Historical Perspective - Bok av Cassia Roth - Inbunden

This book places the intimate experience of fertility control at the heart of political and social approaches toward women's bodies.Across the globe, women have always controlled their fertility through intimate efforts ultimately tied to larger political processes and gendered power dynamics. Women's biological reproductive capabilities have been contested sites of power struggles, shaping the formation, rule, and dissolution of political regimes throughout history. Yet these intersections between..

SEK 2037.00
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Land, Cultural Dispossession, and Resistance - Afrodescendent and Indigenous Peoples in the Americas - Bok av Stephen Haymes - Inbunden

Land, Cultural Dispossession, and Resistance - Afrodescendent and Indigenous Peoples in the Americas - Bok av Stephen Haymes - Inbunden

This volume provides readers with accounts of the contemporary consequences of the Eurocentric Western model of racialized power and extractivist development: cultural, linguistic, and land dispossession, displacement and forced migration, climate and water injustice, and the environmental destruction of Afro-descendent and indigenous communities in the Americas.The past and present circumstances of Afro-descendent and Indigenous peoples in the Americas have been shaped by the \coloniality of power\..

SEK 1946.00
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Arms Control at Sea - Bok av J Richard Hill - Inbunden

Arms Control at Sea - Bok av J Richard Hill - Inbunden

Originally published in 1989, this book reviews the history of maritime control measures from before the First World War and provides a critical examination of both the objectives of maritime power and the concepts of disarmament, peace zones, parity, verifiability and peaceful co-existence. It argues that the objectives or maritime power are not necessarily incompatible with international security and that strategic deterrence can contribute to improved security. Limitation measures, it is argued,..

SEK 1267.00
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Transforming Food Systems - Narratives of Power - Bok av Molly D Anderson - Inbunden

Transforming Food Systems - Narratives of Power - Bok av Molly D Anderson - Inbunden

This book focuses on the contested nature and competing narratives of food system transformations, despite it being widely acknowledged that changes are essential for the safeguarding of human and planetary health and well-being.The book approaches food system transformation through narratives, or the stories we tell ourselves and others about how things work. Narratives are closely connected with theories of change, although food system actors frequently lack explicit theories of change. Using political..

SEK 2020.00
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Academia Versus the World Outside - Institutionalized Knowledge and Its Discontents - Bok av Bruce Fleming - Inbunden

Academia Versus the World Outside - Institutionalized Knowledge and Its Discontents - Bok av Bruce Fleming - Inbunden

Academia versus the World Outside explains the givens of the knowledge industry within the ivory tower, colleges and universities. It then moves outside academia to consider this restricted world the way most people see it. The contrast between these two views of academia explains and is at the basis of a major portion of the left-right animosity of our day.The knowledge industry, a creation of the post-Enlightenment modern age along with other industrial and post-industrial enterprises, is based..

SEK 2031.00
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Ethnofederalism in Cyprus - Territory, Power and Security - Bok av Pavlos I Koktsidis - Inbunden

Ethnofederalism in Cyprus - Territory, Power and Security - Bok av Pavlos I Koktsidis - Inbunden

The book develops a robust and holistic theoretical understanding of the intrinsic security concerns which lie at the heart of the protracted conflict in Cyprus. The work offers a theoretical grounded account of intractability in Cyprus by unfolding the rationale and prevalence of competitive approaches held by Greek and Turkish Cypriots alike. The analysis explains how crude security interests have given rise to an existentialist security dilemma that has prevented Greek and Turkish Cypriots, and..

SEK 2031.00
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Gender and Power in Early Childhood Education in Indonesia - Bok av Vina Adriany - Inbunden

Gender and Power in Early Childhood Education in Indonesia - Bok av Vina Adriany - Inbunden

Adriany explores gender discourses in early childhood education in Indonesia, as well as how teachers and children are engaged in the process of constructing, negotiating and resisting dominant gender discourses in kindergartens.Using an ethnographic approach, Adriany explores how both the teachers and children are doing and undoing their gender. She adopts feminist poststructuralist and postcolonial theories through her research and in that context, view gender as something fluid and unfixed. The..

SEK 2016.00
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Rural India - Land, Power and Society Under British Rule - Bok av Peter Robb - Inbunden

Rural India - Land, Power and Society Under British Rule - Bok av Peter Robb - Inbunden

First published in 1983, Rural India intends to provide pictures of Indian rural society in the past, from the standpoint of relationships and exchanges between the countryside and the more general physical and cultural context of which it is a part. A predominant theme is control over land and people. Others are the impact of British rule, the political role of local networks and ties, and the response to and internalising of external stimuli. Attempts are made to examine the concepts employed by..

SEK 1660.00
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Solidarity Economy - Alternative Spaces, Power and Politics - Bok av Ana Margarida Fernandes Esteves - Inbunden

Solidarity Economy - Alternative Spaces, Power and Politics - Bok av Ana Margarida Fernandes Esteves - Inbunden

Solidarity economy-based alternative spaces result from an interface among structural factors, institutional regimes and forms of collective action that mobilise narratives of change, collective identities and non-capitalist economic practices.This book analyses how solidarity economy initiatives develop alternative spatialities as counterpower to mainstream economy. Based on case studies in Europe, Latin America, and Asia, it elaborates on how different scales of solidarity economy-based alternative..

SEK 2020.00
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Activated Citizenship - The Transformative Power of Citizens' Assemblies - Bok av Marjan H Ehsassi - Inbunden

Activated Citizenship - The Transformative Power of Citizens' Assemblies - Bok av Marjan H Ehsassi - Inbunden

To counter pervasive levels of citizen disengagement from political institutions, this book examines democratic innovations that meaningfully engage with citizens to address some the deficits of western representative democracies. Citizens' assemblies provide one such innovation, offering opportunities for more consistent participation between elections, more meaningful input in government decision making, and more impactful platforms for participation. This cutting-edge book introduces a new definition..

SEK 1950.00
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