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With more than 500,000 people killed and at least half the population displaced, Syria's conflict is the most deadly of the twenty-first century. R...

With more than 500,000 people killed and at least half the population displaced, Syria's conflict is the most deadly of the twenty-first century. R...

Today Syria is a country known for all the wrong reasons: civil war, vicious sectarianism, and major humanitarian crisis. But how did this once ric...

Today Syria is a country known for all the wrong reasons: civil war, vicious sectarianism, and major humanitarian crisis. But how did this once ric...

Amid the turmoil of economic crisis, Greece has become the first European experiment of left rule in a sea of neoliberalism. What happens when a go...

Amid the turmoil of economic crisis, Greece has become the first European experiment of left rule in a sea of neoliberalism. What happens when a go...

Taking Control argues that neither side in the Brexit debate really understood the European Union or what was involved in reclaiming Britain's sove...

Taking Control argues that neither side in the Brexit debate really understood the European Union or what was involved in reclaiming Britain's sove...

Injustices of the past cast a shadow on the present. They are the root cause of much harm, the source of enmity, and increasingly in recent times, ...

Facebook is now used by nearly 500 million people throughout the world, many of whom spend several hours a day on this site. Once the preserve of y...

Facebook is now used by nearly 500 million people throughout the world, many of whom spend several hours a day on this site. Once the preserve of y...

Talk and Social Structure is an up-to-date and provocative survey of current developments combining the complementary fields of ethnomethodology an...

Talk and Social Theory will be an essential text for students of sociolinguistics and the analysis of discourse in conversation. introduces the st...

Talk and Social Theory will be an essential text for students of sociolinguistics and the analysis of discourse in conversation. introduces the st...

'I've been talking to brick walls' says Lacan, meaning: 'Neither to you, nor to the Big Other. I'm speaking by myself. And this is precisely what i...

In 1816, the climate went berserk. The winter brought extreme cold, and torrential rains unleashed massive flooding in Asia. Western Europe and Nor...

In this volume some of the world’s leading analysts of globalization discuss the economic, political and ethical implications of global economic in...

In this volume some of the world’s leading analysts of globalization discuss the economic, political and ethical implications of global economic in...

With over 300 million people in need of humanitarian assistance, and with emergencies and climate disasters becoming more common, AI and big data a...

With over 300 million people in need of humanitarian assistance, and with emergencies and climate disasters becoming more common, AI and big data a...

This timely and engaging book argues that technoscientific advances are radically transforming the woman-machine relationship. However, it is femin...

This timely and engaging book argues that technoscientific advances are radically transforming the woman-machine relationship. However, it is femin...

Technologies cannot simply be understood as neutral tools or instruments; they embody the values of their creators and may unconsciously reinforce ...

Technologies cannot simply be understood as neutral tools or instruments; they embody the values of their creators and may unconsciously reinforce ...