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This book provides a Critical Race Theory analysis of how the United States Supreme Court under the leadership of Chief Justice John Roberts perpetuates structural inequality through neutral process rhetoric and illusory democratic ideals. It offers a comprehensive critique of the Court's race jurisprudence and post-racialism.

This is the first book to address the theory and practice of proportionality in Latin America. It will be valuable for constitutional law scholars, legal practitioners and students interested in understanding how proportionality is part of larger projects of using constitutional law to confront power abuse and pervasive social inequality.

Challenging the dismissal of democratic liberalism as a significant force in the modern Arab world, Line Khatib explores the liberal movement in the Arab-speaking region. She outlines liberals' methods, ideas and positions, enhancing our understanding of their work, activism, and impact.

Challenging the dismissal of democratic liberalism as a significant force in the modern Arab world, Line Khatib explores the liberal movement in the Arab-speaking region. She outlines liberals' methods, ideas and positions, enhancing our understanding of their work, activism, and impact.

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How does China feed a population of 1.4 billion and shape the global food system? This Element offers a nuanced analysis of China's global food strategy and its impact on food security and the international agri-food order.

In this Element, we investigate how the Ghanaian household wealth index is impacted by travel time reduction, which was a direct effect of infrastructural investments from 2000 to 2016. The wealth index was constructed based on the possession of selected assets and reflects the well-being of residents in Ghana. We employed two datasets, the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) and the DHS Covariates. The two-stage least square estimation was im...

This book examines the rise of the modern state through six case studies of state formation in England, the United States, France, the Soviet Union, Nazi Germany, and the Islamic Republic of Iran. The book summarizes key events in modern history and offers theories about the creation of modern states.

This book examines the rise of the modern state through six case studies of state formation in England, the United States, France, the Soviet Union, Nazi Germany, and the Islamic Republic of Iran. The book summarizes key events in modern history and offers theories about the creation of modern states.

Fusing cutting-edge approaches of systemic-functional linguistics and discourse approaches with Interactional and Applied Pragmatics, this book explores the nature and role of cliches, reimagining this often-disparaged form of language as a means to efficient, effective communication and interaction.

Does interpersonal political communication improve the quality of individual decision making? While deliberative theorists offer reasons for hope, experimental researchers have demonstrated that biased messages can travel via interpersonal social networks. We argue that the value of interpersonal political communication depends on the motivations of the people involved, which can be shifted by different contexts. Using small-group experiments ...

Why do people behave the way they do? Far from seeming reasonable, behavioural scientists have shown that our behaviours often appear irrational. This book shows that behind the many puzzling aspects of human behaviour, are practical reasonings which make us better at navigating the real world.

Why do people behave the way they do? Far from seeming reasonable, behavioural scientists have shown that our behaviours often appear irrational. This book shows that behind the many puzzling aspects of human behaviour, are practical reasonings which make us better at navigating the real world.

Discounting Life shows how and why the war on terror has become permanent, de-democratizing, and planetary. Demystifying law and showing how news and entertainment media conditions us to be fearful and unquestioning, this book equips readers with the skills necessary to re-value life and re-claim law's ideals and protections.

Discounting Life shows how and why the war on terror has become permanent, de-democratizing, and planetary. Demystifying law and showing how news and entertainment media conditions us to be fearful and unquestioning, this book equips readers with the skills necessary to re-value life and re-claim law's ideals and protections.

This book offers social science students fresh approaches to twenty important global questions, through an ethical and socially responsible perspective. Its proposed solutions are shown to be both more effective and more aligned with human values than the traditional capitalist or neoliberal approaches taught at most business schools.

This book offers social science students fresh approaches to twenty important global questions, through an ethical and socially responsible perspective. Its proposed solutions are shown to be both more effective and more aligned with human values than the traditional capitalist or neoliberal approaches taught at most business schools.

What did independence mean during the age of empires? How did independent governments balance different interests when they made policies about trade, money and access to foreign capital? Sovereignty without Power tells the story of Liberia, one of the few African countries to maintain independence through the colonial period. Established in 1822 as a colony for freed slaves from the United States, Liberia's history illustrates how the governm...

By assessing cases of ecolabeling and green building, this book presents a theory of Green Market Transformation that combines innovation and sustainability. It reimagines the ways in which markets can be leveraged to transform industry, and will appeal to a broad readership, from planners to architects, construction managers to researchers.

By assessing cases of ecolabeling and green building, this book presents a theory of Green Market Transformation that combines innovation and sustainability. It reimagines the ways in which markets can be leveraged to transform industry, and will appeal to a broad readership, from planners to architects, construction managers to researchers.