Palgrave Macmillan Us: 3342 books
Human Rights Trade-Offs in Times of Economic Growth
The Long-Term Capability Impacts of Extractive-Led Development
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
This book uncovers a historical dependency on smelting activities that has trapped inhabitants of La Oroya, Peru, in a context of systemic lack of freedom. La Oroya has been named one of the most polluted places on the planet by the US Blacksmith Institute. Residents face the dilemma of whether to...
The Economics of Biofuel Policies
Impacts on Price Volatility in Grain and Oilseed Markets
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2015
The global food crises of 2008 and 2010 and the increased price volatility revolve around biofuels policies and their interaction with each other, farm policies and between countries. While a certain degree of research has been conducted on biofuel efficacy and logistics, there is currently no book...
by S. Sanford
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2007
Defying the general belief that American citizenship is in decline, Sanford claims that Generation X is actually taking positions of civic leadership and authority as Baby Boomers retire. By exploring traditional instruments of social capital, civic culture and political science, she attempts to make us understand this maligned generation better.
The Medieval Python
The Purposive and Provocative Work of Terry Jones
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2012
This is a collection of essays by diverse hands engaging, interrogating, and honoring the medieval scholarship of Terry Jones. Jones' life-long engagement with the Middle Ages in general, and with the work of Chaucer in particular, has significantly influenced contemporary understanding of the period...
Cities and Citizenship at the U.S.-Mexico Border
The Paso del Norte Metropolitan Region
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2010
The volume is a cutting-edge, interdisciplinary approach to analyzing an enormously significant region in ways that clarify the kind of everyday life and work that is generated in a major urban global manufacturing site amid insecurity, inequality, and a virtually absent state.
Meanings of Life in Contemporary Ireland
Webs of Significance
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2014
The struggle to create and sustain meaning in our everyday lives is fought using cultural ingredients to spin the webs of meaning that keep us going. To help reveal the complexity and intricacy of the webs of meaning in which they are suspended, Tom Inglis interviewed one-hundred people in their native...
Beyond the Human-Animal Divide
Creaturely Lives in Literature and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
This volume explores the potential of the concept of the creaturely for thinking and writing beyond the idea of a clear-cut human-animal divide, presenting innovative perspectives and narratives for an age which increasingly confronts us with the profound ecological, ethical and political challenges...
Comedy, Seriously
A Philosophical Study
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2014
Comedy, Seriously provides a philosophical interpretation of comedy and argues that comedy displays a particular kind of rationality that reflects philosophical thinking. In particular, that comedy is defined not so much by laughter or jokes, but rather the structure of its plot, which is isomorphic...
Theological Perspectives for Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
Public Intellectuals for the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
Rather than wield religion as a weapon or a ruse in irrational appeals, the book attempts to reimagine a shared American mythos and ethos, by reminding us of our shared stake in creating an America committed to the life of all peoples and species and to the full developments of our capabilities as an exercise of liberty.
by J. Font-Guzmán
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2016
Drawing from in-depth interviews with a group of Puerto Ricans who requested a certificate of Puerto Rican citizenship, legal and historical documents, and official reports not publicly accessible, Jacqueline Font-Guzmán shares how some Puerto Ricans construct and experience their citizenship and...
American Empire and the Arsenal of Entertainment
Soft Power and Cultural Weaponization
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2014
Movies, television, and American culture permeates even the most remote reaches of the globe in unprecedented levels. What affect does the spread of the American zeitgeist have on global perceptions of the US? This book analyzes the complex role entertainment plays in foreign policy - weighing its benefits and setbacks to national interests abroad.
Gender and the Political
Deconstructing the Female Terrorist
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
Analyzing women labeled as terrorists in the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Gender and the Political examines Western cultural constructions of the female terrorist. The chapters argue that the development of the discourse on terrorism evolves in parallel with, and in response to, radical feminism in the US during this time.
The Anthropology of Elites
Power, Culture, and the Complexities of Distinction
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2012
Offering insightful anthropological-historical contributions to the understanding of elites worldwide, this book helps us grasp their ways of life and role in times of contested global inequalities. Case studies include the Polish gentry, the white former colonial elite of Mauritius, professional elites, and transnational (financial) elites.
Global Economic and Cultural Transformation
The Making of History
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2013
Society today faces multi-dimensional challenges that are hard to define and even harder to deal with. Social and economic systems throughout the world are becoming more complex and interdependent, and globalization is moving beyond the sphere of economics to engulf other aspects of life, particularly...