Publications
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Social Touch in Human–Robot Interaction
(2024)
In this book for researchers and students, editors Shiomi and Sumioka bring together contributions from researchers working on the CREST project at ATR Deep Interaction Laboratories, a world leader in social robotics, to ...
The Mechanics of Modernity in Europe and East Asia
(2005)
Why, from the eighteenth century onwards, did some countries embark on a path of sustained economic growth, while others stagnated? This text looks at the kind of institutions that are required in order for change to take ...
Technology and Sustainable Development
(2023)
governance;politics;Sustainable development goals;sustainability;technological change
Chapter 13 Male Survivors of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence, Masculinities, and Peacebuilding
(2025)
This handbook engages with and broadens current debates on men and masculinities in conflict and peacebuilding. Through an expansive range of chapters across a unique array of geographical settings, the volume shatters ...
The Chobanids of Kastamonu
(2024)
This book provides a novel approach to the history of medieval Anatolia by analysing political, religious and cultural developments in the region of Kastamonu during the reign of the Chobanid dynasty (c. 1211–1309). During ...
Finding Your Way with Your Baby
(2022)
Finding Your Way with Your Baby explores the emotional experience of the baby in the first year and that of the mother, father and other significant adults.
This updated edition is informed by latest research in neuroscience, ...
Chapter Introduction
(2021)
This book addresses the complex intersection of secret police operations and the formation of the religious underground in communist-era Eastern Europe. It discusses how religious groups were perceived as dangerous to the ...
Chinese Transnational Families
(2022)
The research presented in this book explores care and its circulation in Chinese transnational families that are split between China and Spain, and the paths these families’ children have taken through their lives so far: ...
Chapter Introduction
(2024)
Emphasizing the resilience of theatre arts in the midst of significant political change, Theatre After Empire spotlights the emergence of new performance styles in the wake of collapsed political systems.
Centering on ...
English in the Nordic Countries
(2024)
People in the Nordic states – Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and Iceland – rank as among the most proficient speakers of English in the world. In this unique volume, international experts explore how this came to be, ...
Differentiated Integration in a Nordic Perspective
(2025)
This book analyses differentiation in European integration from a Nordic perspective.
Following an interdisciplinary approach and focusing on the idea of the Nordics as a laboratory of differentiation, the book explores ...
Chapter 12 Careful with heritage
(2020)
Food Heritage and Nationalism in Europe contends that food is a fundamental element of heritage, and a particularly important one in times of crisis. Arguing that food, taste, cuisine and gastronomy are crucial markers of ...
Persuasion and Legal Reasoning in the ECtHR Rulings
(2023)
This book analyses the case law of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) from the point of view of argumentative tools used by the Court to persuade the audience – States, applicants and public opinion – of the ...
From Reception to Integration of Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Poland
(2023)
This book sheds light on the complex experiences of asylum seekers and refugees in Poland, against a local backdrop of openly anti-refugee political narratives and strong opposition to sharing the responsibility for, and ...
Japan's China Policy
(2005)
Japan's China Policy understands Japan's foreign policy in terms of power - one of the most central concepts of political analysis. It contributes a fresh understanding to the subject by developing relational power as an ...
Manufacturing Competitiveness in Asia
(2003)
There are competing theories to explain the reasons behind the international competitiveness of manufacturing in Asia. Analysing these different theories will bring important lessons, not just for Asia, but for developing ...
Chapter 1 Introduction
(2020)
In the immediate aftermath of the 2007 Kenyan Presidential election, the country
entered into a political, economic and humanitarian crisis. Post-election violence
erupted leading to estimates of over 1,000 people being ...
Chapter 1 Introduction
(2024)
Yifei Yan’s ambitious multi-method case study of government middle schools in Beijing and Delhi provides fresh insights into how educational accountability can be designed to work, in part and as a whole.
Getting schools ...
Citizenship in Antiquity
(2023)
Citizenship in Antiquity brings together scholars working on the multifaceted and changing dimensions of citizenship in the ancient Mediterranean, from the second millennium BCE to the first millennium CE, adopting a ...
Chapter 5 The Agents of Resilience
(2024)
This timely volume offers an international and cross-disciplinary examination of risk and crisis communication theory and practice in Europe. Placing the rapidly developing field of risk and crisis communication within the ...