Routledge International Handbooks
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 ...
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 ...
Routledge Handbook of Deviant Behavior
1st Edition
Edited
By Clifton D. Bryant
July 25, 2011
The Handbook of Deviant Behavior presents a comprehensive, integrative, and accessible overview of the contemporary body of knowledge in the field of social deviance in the twenty-first century. This book addresses the full range of scholarly concerns within this area – including theoretical, ...
Routledge Handbook of Biomechanics and Human Movement Science
1st Edition
Edited
By Youlian Hong, Roger Bartlett
July 21, 2010
The Routledge Handbook of Biomechanics and Human Movement Science is a landmark work of reference. Now available in a concise paperback edition, it offers a comprehensive and in-depth survey of current theory, research and practice in sports, exercise and clinical biomechanics, in both established ...
Handbook of the New Sexuality Studies
1st Edition
Edited
By Steven Seidman, Nancy L. Fischer, Chet Meeks
September 19, 2006
As the field of sexuality studies has become a growth area in academia and classes on sexuality studies are incorporated into various disciplines, the expanding book market has been filled with specialist oriented texts which are often theoretically focused and contain too many summaries for an ...