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-14%Prison Gangs Behind Bars and B...This book draws on a four-year ethnographic study conducted in the prisons and... This book draws on a four-year ethnographic study conducted in the prisons and on the streets of Greater Manchester, England, to examine gangs and organised crime in the North of England. It includes the personal testimonies of active prison gang moreDetails
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-14%Myths, Politicians and Money: ...Bryan Gould draws on his experience as a leading British politician and as a l... Bryan Gould draws on his experience as a leading British politician and as a lawyer, academic, diplomat and television journalist to explain why the political and economic doctrines that have dominated the western world for three decades have mean moreDetails
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-12%Behind the Wireless: A History...Behind the Wireless tells the story of women at the BBC in the 1920s and 30s. ... Behind the Wireless tells the story of women at the BBC in the 1920s and 30s. Broadcasting was brand new in Britain and the BBC developed without many of the overt discriminatory practices commonplace at the time. Women were employed at a moreDetails
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-15%Open and Closed Economies: Les...This book compares the experiences of the Philippines and Vietnam to gain insi... This book compares the experiences of the Philippines and Vietnam to gain insight into how openness to trade and financing can increase prosperity. In contrast, theoretical and empirical work in the 20th and early 21st centuries have returned mixe moreDetails
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Rapture Revelation and the End...An objective look at the Left Behind series the significance of the Biblical r... An objective look at the Left Behind series the significance of the Biblical references in the books and what they can tell us about apocalyptic Christian fiction in general moreDetails
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Religion Defined And Explained...Examining a selection of major types of theory explaining religion - religious... Examining a selection of major types of theory explaining religion - religious philosophical sociological socio-economic and psychological - this book treats the presuppositions behind such theories and the grounds of their necessity and validity moreDetails
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-14%The Politicization of Social D...The monograph examines the sources of Polish social divisions. It explains the... The monograph examines the sources of Polish social divisions. It explains their emergence and discusses the mechanisms behind their evolution from 1945-2022. The findings corroborate the idea that divisions were formed irrespective of the current moreDetails
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-15%Elite Schooling and Social Ine...This book is the first significant sociological study of Ireland's elite priva... This book is the first significant sociological study of Ireland's elite private schools. It takes the reader behind the gates of these secretive institutions, and offers a compelling analysis of their role in the reproduction of social inequality moreDetails
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-15%Rules, Contracts and Law Enfor...This book examines the role of institutions and law on the economic performanc... This book examines the role of institutions and law on the economic performance of the Ottoman Empire between 1500 and 1800. By focussing on the pre-industrial period, the transition to industrialisation and the mechanisms behind it can be explore moreDetails
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-14%Mosul after Islamic State: The...The book examines the destruction of the architectural heritage in Mosul perpe... The book examines the destruction of the architectural heritage in Mosul perpetrated by Islamic State between 2014 and 2017. It identifies which structures were attacked, the ideological rationale behind the destruction, and the significance of th moreDetails
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-13%Underprivileged Voters and Ele...This volume investigates the reasons behind voter turnout inequalities in cont... This volume investigates the reasons behind voter turnout inequalities in contemporary Europe. It looks at the socioeconomic factors that can inhibit electoral participation at the individual level, and how these factors interact with the institut moreDetails
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-14%Artificial Intelligence in Val...This book analyses various models of value creation in projects and businesses... This book analyses various models of value creation in projects and businesses by applying different forms of Artificial Intelligence in their products and services. First presenting the main concepts and ideas behind AI, Wodecki assesses differen moreDetails
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-14%Japan, Italy and the Road to t...This book employs a comparative approach to explore the decision-making proces... This book employs a comparative approach to explore the decision-making processes behind the Japanese and Italian foreign policies concerned with East Asia, Africa, Europe and the Mediterranean. It explores these policies in relation to the Axis p moreDetails
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-13%The Imperialism of French Deco...This book examines French motivations behind the decolonisation of Tunisia and... This book examines French motivations behind the decolonisation of Tunisia and Morocco and the intra-Western Alliance relationships. It argues that changing French policy towards decolonisation brought about the unexpectedly quick process of indep moreDetails
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-14%The Irish Civil War and Societ...The Irish Civil War and Society sheds new light on the social currents shaping... The Irish Civil War and Society sheds new light on the social currents shaping the Irish Civil War, from the 'politics of respectability' behind animosities and discourses; to the intersection of social conflicts with political violence; to the so moreDetails
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-15%Women, Ageing and the Screen I...This book explores the challenges facing women from their mid-forties as they ... This book explores the challenges facing women from their mid-forties as they attempt to build/maintain careers in the screen industries. Essays are concerned with the intersection of gender and age on screen and behind the camera and how that can moreDetails
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-14%International Organizations an...This volume explores how international organizations became involved in the ma... This volume explores how international organizations became involved in the making of global development policy, and looks at the driving forces and dynamics behind that process, critically assessing the consequences their policies have had around moreDetails
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-14%Spenser's Heavenly Elizabeth: ...This book reveals the queen behind Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene. Placing... This book reveals the queen behind Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene. Placing Spenser's epic poem in the context of the tumultuous sixteenth century, Donald Stump offers a groundbreaking reading of the poem as an allegory of Elizabeth I' moreDetails
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-13%Energy Investments: An Adaptiv...This book examines what lies behind the uncertainties surrounding the fuel and... This book examines what lies behind the uncertainties surrounding the fuel and power markets. Exploring the role of renewables and how they potentially disrupt or create opportunities, it challenges widely accepted wisdoms in investment. The autho moreDetails
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-14%The Fairytale and Plot Structu...This book offers a detailed exploration of the plot genotype, the functional s... This book offers a detailed exploration of the plot genotype, the functional structure behind the plots of classical fairy tales. By understanding how plot genotypes are used, the reader or creative writer will obtain a much better understanding o moreDetails
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-15%Digital Transformation in Busi...The digital traces that people leave behind as they conduct their daily lives ... The digital traces that people leave behind as they conduct their daily lives provide a powerful resource for businesses to better understand the dynamics of an otherwise chaotic society. Digital technologies have become omnipresent in our lives a moreDetails
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-14%Armed Coexistence: The Dynamic...This book is the first to comprehensively explore the origins and reasons behi... This book is the first to comprehensively explore the origins and reasons behind the Sino-Indian border dispute's intractability. Utilising an array of accurate maps, tables, archival and scholarly research, this book shows how an ambiguous fronti moreDetails
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-12%Dark Money and the Politics of...This book goes deep behind the scenes of school privatization campaigns to exp... This book goes deep behind the scenes of school privatization campaigns to expose the complex networks of funding that sustain these efforts - often hidden from the view of the public. Using the example of a 2016 Massachusetts charter school refer moreDetails
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-15%Desistance from Crime: New Adv...This book represents a brief treatise on the theory and research behind the co... This book represents a brief treatise on the theory and research behind the concept of desistance from crime. This ever-growing field has become increasingly relevant as questions of serious issues regarding sentencing, probation and the penal sys moreDetails
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-14%The Smartphone Paradox: Our Ru...The Smartphone Paradox is a critical examination of our everyday mobile techno... The Smartphone Paradox is a critical examination of our everyday mobile technologies and the effects that they have on our thoughts and behaviors. Alan J. Reid presents a comprehensive view of smartphones: the research behind the uses and moreDetails
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-15%A Political Economy of Free Zo...This is the first book-length empirical study of free zones (FZs) in Gulf Coop... This is the first book-length empirical study of free zones (FZs) in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. The volume systematically illustrates the development processes behind FZs in Gulf Arab states and assesses the impact of these commerci moreDetails
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-14%Japanese "Judicial Imperialism...This book explores the legacy of the Japanese empire in Korea, asking how colo... This book explores the legacy of the Japanese empire in Korea, asking how colonialism arose as a legal idea. What was the legal process behind the establishment of colonialism as Japan's prime strategy towards Korea since the late 19th century? By moreDetails
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-15%The Economics of Motorsports: ...This book, the first study of its kind, examines the economics behind motorspo... This book, the first study of its kind, examines the economics behind motorsports, in particular Formula One. Chapters discuss the costs involved in Formula racing and how they are borne by teams, promoters and racers. The book also looks at how s moreDetails
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-15%Russia's Relations with the GC...This book offers insight into the motives behind Moscow's behaviour in the Per... This book offers insight into the motives behind Moscow's behaviour in the Persian Gulf (with a specific focus on the GCC member states and Iran), considering Russia's growing role in the Middle East and its desire to protect national interests us moreDetails
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-14%The Voluntary Sector in Prison...This volume examines how volunteers and non-profit programs encourage institut... This volume examines how volunteers and non-profit programs encourage institutional change in prisons and offer individual support and services to people who are housed behind bars. Through a diverse set of chapters, including two that are co-writ moreDetails
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