"The world is a more dangerously divided place today than it was at the end of the Cold War. This despite the spread of free trade and the advent of digital technologies that afford a degree of global connectivity undreamed of by science fiction writers fifty years ago. What is …
"The world is a more dangerously divided place today than it was at the end of the Cold War. This despite the spread of free trade and the advent of digital technologies that afford a degree of global connectivity undreamed of by science fiction writers fifty years ago. What is …
Examines the key processes and structures that have underpinned the globalization of sport, from the emergence of a global sport power elite and the erosion of folk body cultures to the emphasis on the athlete as machine.
'Sport has changed. Traditions and territorial distinctions are dissolving as a result of new global, political, economic and cultural conditions. The team of authors examine these changes, investigating the power relations that govern the new global sport and assessing the cons…
Visual Cultures is the first study of the place of visuality and Iiteracy in specific nations around the world, featuring authoritative, insightful essays on the value accorded to the visual and the verbal in Japan, Poland, China, Russia, Ireland, and Slovenia. Focusing on the …
"In Heroes and Legends of Fin-de-Siècle France Venita Datta examines representations of fictional and real heroes in the boulevard theater and mass press during the fin de siècle (1880-1914), illuminating the role of gender in the construction of national identity during this fo…
"This is an interdisciplinary study of the cultural politics of nationalism and national identities in modern East Asia. Combining theoretical insights with empirical research, it explores the cultural dimensions of nationhood and identity-making in China, Japan, Korea, Hong Kon…
The Challenge of Making EU Foreign Policy-- D.C.Thomas Explaining EU Foreign Policy: Normative Institutionalism and Alternative Approaches-- D.C.Thomas CASE STUDIES EU Policy on Ukraine during and since the Orange Revolution: 'A door neither closed nor open'-- R.Youngs EU Policy…
