Routledge International Handbooks
Routledge International Handbook of Migration Studies
1st Edition
Edited
By Steven J. Gold, Stephanie J. Nawyn
March 19, 2014
The current era is marked by an unparalleled level of human migration, the consequence of both recent and long-term political, economic, cultural, social, demographic and technological developments. Despite increased efforts to limit its size and consequences, migration has wide-ranging impacts ...
Routledge Handbook of Surveillance Studies
1st Edition
Edited
By Kirstie Ball, Kevin D. Haggerty, David Lyon
February 21, 2014
Surveillance is a central organizing practice. Gathering personal data and processing them in searchable databases drives administrative efficiency but also raises questions about security, governance, civil liberties and privacy. Surveillance is both globalized in cooperative schemes, such as ...
Handbook of Global Economic Governance: Players, Power and Paradigms
1st Edition
Edited
By Manuela Moschella, Catherine Weaver
December 21, 2013
Since mid-2007, the world scenario has been dominated by the US sub-prime mortgage crisis and its repercussions on global financial markets and economic growth. As banks around the world wrote down their losses and governments intervened to rescue domestic financial institutions, financial distress...
Routledge International Handbook of Food Studies
1st Edition
Edited
By Ken Albala
December 18, 2013
Over the past decade there has been a remarkable flowering of interest in food and nutrition, both within the popular media and in academia. Scholars are increasingly using foodways, food systems and eating habits as a new unit of analysis within their own disciplines, and students are rushing into...
Handbook of Human Rights
1st Edition
Edited
By Thomas Cushman
December 17, 2013
In mapping out the field of human rights for those studying and researching within both humanities and social science disciplines, the Handbook of Human Rights not only provides a solid foundation for the reader who wants to learn the basic parameters of the field, but also promotes new thinking ...
Arab Spring and Arab Women: Challenges and opportunities
1st Edition
Edited
By Muhamad Olimat
December 09, 2013
This volume examines the role of Arab women in the Arab Spring and their contribution to the ongoing process of change sweeping the region. The book begins with an examination of the process of democratization and its impediments in the Arab World since the Second World War. It then looks at the ...
Handbook of Central American Governance
1st Edition
Edited
By Diego Sanchez-Ancochea, Salvador Martí i Puig
December 09, 2013
Central America constitutes a fascinating case study of the challenges, opportunities and characteristics of the process of transformation in today’s global economy. Comprised of a politically diverse range of societies, this region has long been of interest to students of economic development and ...
Routledge International Handbook of Participatory Design
1st Edition
Edited
By Jesper Simonsen, Toni Robertson
June 21, 2013
Participatory design is about the direct involvement of people in the co-design of the technologies they use. Its central concern is how collaborative design processes can be driven by the participation of the people affected by the technology designed. Embracing a diverse collection of principles ...
Routledge Handbook of Physical Activity and Mental Health
1st Edition
Edited
By Panteleimon Ekkekakis
June 12, 2013
A growing body of evidence shows that physical activity can be a cost-effective and safe intervention for the prevention and treatment of a wide range of mental health problems. As researchers and clinicians around the world look for evidence-supported alternatives and complements to established ...
Governance in the Middle East and North Africa: A Handbook
1st Edition
Edited
By Abbas Kadhim
January 07, 2013
Governance in the Middle East and North African will be essential reading for scholars, activists and policy makers. This new Handbook presents the first comprehensive framework of the question of governance in the Middle East in its various forms and manifestations: political, ...
Routledge Handbook of Sports Development
1st Edition
Edited
By Barrie Houlihan, Mick Green
December 11, 2012
Sports development has become a prominent concern within both the academic study of sport and within the organisation and administration of sport. Now available in paperback, the Routledge Handbook of Sports Development is the first book to comprehensively map the wide-ranging territory of sports ...
Routledge Companion to Sports History
1st Edition
Edited
By S. W. Pope, John Nauright
December 09, 2011
The field of sports history is no longer a fledgling area of study. There is a great vitality in the field and it has matured dramatically over the past decade. Reflecting changes to traditional approaches, sport historians need now to engage with contemporary debates about history, to be ...