Cultural Studies Products

By Gordon C. Nagayama Hall

Multicultural Psychology introduces students to the myriad ways in which multicultural issues affect our understanding of, and research in, a wide range of domains including biological, developmental, social, and clinical psychological science. It provides in-depth coverage of the largest groups of…

Paperback – 2018-01-15 
Routledge

Edited by Therí A. Pickens

Arab American Aesthetics enlists a wide range of voices to explore, if not tentatively define, what could constitute Arab American aesthetics in literature, material culture, film, and theatre. This book seeks to unsettle current conversations within Arab American Studies that neglect aesthetics as…

Hardback – 2018-01-15 
Routledge
Routledge Studies on Middle Eastern Diasporas

By Luigi Zoja

Countless children throughout the world grow up without fathers. In this revised and updated edition of The Father, accompanied by a new preface, Luigi Zoja studies the reasons for this and assesses the contribution of this phenomenon to social and psychological problems. Using examples from…

Paperback – 2018-01-10 
Routledge

Edited by Milford Bateman, Stephanie Blankenburg, Richard Kozul-Wright

In the mid-1980s the international development community helped launch in Bangladesh what was to quickly become one of the most popular poverty reduction policies of all time. Microcredit, the system of disbursing tiny micro-loans to the poor to help them to establish their own…

Paperback – 2017-12-31 
Routledge
Routledge Critical Development Studies

By Kenneth Anthony Lum

The author provides a detailed portrait of the Spiritual Baptist Faith and Orisha Work, two religions that share a common basis in the traditional religion of the Yoruba in West Africa. Specifically, the author studies the phenomenon of spirit possession, an integral aspect of worship in both…

Paperback – 2017-12-20 
Routledge

By Catherine Heatherington

The discourse around derelict, former industrial and military sites has grown in recent years. This interest is not only theoretical, and landscape professionals are taking new approaches to the design and development of these sites. This book examines the varied ways in which the histories and…

Hardback – 2017-12-15 
Routledge
Routledge Research in Landscape and Environmental Design

By Hui Zhong

China is a country that is rich in antiquities, but it is also a victim of looting that occurred during the period from the First Opium War to the end of the Japanese Occupation (1840 to 1945) when innumerable cultural objects were lost overseas. The Chinese Government insists on asserting its…

Hardback – 2017-12-15 
Routledge
Routledge Research in International Law

By Liam Swiss

Why do aid agencies from wealthy donor countries with diverse domestic political and economic contexts arrive at very similar positions on a wide array of aid policies and priorities? This book suggests that this homogenization of policy represents the effects of common processes of globalization…

Hardback – 2017-12-13 
Routledge
Routledge Global Cooperation Series

Edited by Ayantunji Gbadamosi

Although one perspective depicts young consumers as vulnerable and passive in the marketplace system, our knowledge of this consumer group will be inadequate if limited to this contention. Their roles and relevance in family consumption activities are becoming increasingly profound. Available…

Paperback – 2017-11-27 
Routledge

Edited by Caroline Harper, Nicola Jones, Rachel Marcus, Anita Ghimire, Grace Bentebya Kyomuhendo

Adolescence is a pivotal time in a girl's life. The development of educational, physical, psychosocial, familial, political and economic capabilities enable girls to reach their full potential and contribute to the wellbeing of their families and society. However, progress is still significantly…

Paperback – 2017-11-27 
Routledge

Edited by Tania Abbiate, Markus Böckenförde, Veronica Federico

During the last decade of the 20th century, Africa has been marked by a "constitutional wind" which has blown across the continent giving impetus to constitutional reforms designed to introduce constitutionalism and good governance. One of the main features of these processes has been the promotion…

Hardback – 2017-11-21 
Routledge
Routledge Global Cooperation Series

Edited by Cornelia Ulbert, Peter Finkenbusch, Elena Sondermann, Tobias Debiel

At a time when globalisation has sidelined many of the traditional, state-based addressees of legal accountability, assigning responsibility is contested in many transnational fields. There, political, economic and social actors struggle to define the collectively binding rules of moral conduct. It…

Hardback – 2017-11-17 
Routledge
Routledge Global Cooperation Series