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Illustrates that what is distinctive about any particular society is not the fact of its modernity, but rather its own unique debates about modernity. The book addresses the roles of various interests in the making of India's public culture - examining different sites of consumption.

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Travel back in time to the North-Eastern part of North America of the 1500s, when initial and sustained contacts between Europeans and Natives were being formed along increasingly developed trade routes.

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In this volume, the author seeks to explore those unobtrusive links that regulate and organize the ensemble of our representations - the raw material refashioned in our imaginary and our fantasies - exploring what it is that is recognizably "postmodern" about them.

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Political parties have always been fundamental to Australias representative democracy. As organisations, however, their continued centrality and longevity depend upon their ability to respond to changing political, social and technological circumstances, such as declining levels of membership and partisan affiliation, and the rise of social media.

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Gothic images pervade contemporary culture, from popular interior decorating programmes to news stories of vampire-obsessed killers. This book seeks to analyse this trend. Why is Gothic perennially undergoing revival What is its role in modern consumer culture And is its popularity or its usefulness drawing to an end

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Policing, crime, poverty, prison management - these are just some of the key issues facing society today. This book addresses such issues, raising questions that should be of interest not only to academic criminologists but also to all those involved in the criminal justice system.

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Demonstrates how national identity affects the dynamics of immigration. Revealing cross-national differences in how immigration and diversity are contended by different national governments, this book finds that how citizenship is constructed is the key variable defining the experience of Europe's immigrant populations.

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Demonstrates how national identity affects the dynamics of immigration. Revealing cross-national differences in how immigration and diversity are contended by different national governments, this book finds that how citizenship is constructed is the key variable defining the experience of Europe's immigrant populations.

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An exploration of the ethical and political implications of revealing a public figure's hidden homosexuality through the controversial practice of outing.

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This book is the first comprehensive survey of the Irish state, its history and evolution, its nature and its role in Ireland's recent economic boom. Containing contributions from some of the leading authorities on the subject, it offers an in-depth analysis of a state widely seen as a model of success in this globalised era. -- .

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Costa Lima examines European literary traditions from the perspective of a Latin American who sees the culture of his native Brazil haunted by unresolved questions from the Northern Hemisphere.

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Freedom of speech. Free exercise of religion. The right to peacefully assemble and to bear arms. Free will is an integral part of democracy, but how free are we really

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Explores what is wrong with black culture and what needs to be done to fix neighbourhoods and improve lives. This title provides a window into the complex, contradictory perspectives that exist within every member of the black community while also offering comic anecdotes.

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Originally published: Boston: South End Press, c1978.

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This is a political journey without compromise, forged in anti-apartheid protests and continued on today against the bullying and intolerance of the hard left. Above all, it is a damning indictment of the state of the modern Labour Party and an impassioned plea for a decent and principled opposition.

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Cooperativism and Democracy contains a selection of texts in socio-political thought focusing on Polish cooperativism which make an important contribution to the debate over the relationship of contemporary economics and politics.

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The most up-to-date and comprehensive study on the effect of conflict on young people in the Middle East and North Africa today.