Delving into archival material from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, "One Law for All?" examines the law in imperial and post-imperial contexts across the globe, including Latin America, Russia, Africa, and East Asia. The essays collecte...

The articles in this volume investigate the topic of ethnic, national, and transnational identities. Using a wide range of theoretical and methodological approaches, the impact of cross-national migration, changes in political borders, collective mem...

This volume focuses on how the far right's views of Islam have been increasingly co-opted by both liberal and conservative parties and woven into the policies of Western governments over the past two decades. The unprecedented influence of xenophobic...

From its very beginning, the specialty chemicals group Clariant has been in a continual process of transformation. This, the first book-length study of the company, gives an insightful account of its historical foundations, starting with the successf...

In reaction to the international financial crisis of 2007, a network of social scientists from seven countries analyzed the various changes in the regulation of financial markets, and this book presents their results. The articles published herein sh...

In the thirty years since the first "test-tube baby", in-vitro fertilization and other methods of reproductive assistance have become a common aspect of family life and medicine in developed nations – and, increasingly, throughout the world. This col...

At the start of the twenty-first century, the Internet was already perceived to have fundamentally changed the landscape for research. With its opportunities for digital networking, novel publication schemes, and new communication formats, the web wa...

In "Corporate Policy and Governance", Fredmund Malik offers insights into his cybernetic toolkit along with instructions for its use. He argues that businesses and other societal institutions can function "autodynamically" – in much the same fashion...

Management expert Fredmund Malik examines the pitfalls of unclear language in "Uncluttered Management Thinking". The use of carelessly defined terms can do a lot of damage, Malik notes, leading to bad, even risky management decisions and actions. Del...

Dictatorships throughout the twentieth century – including Mussolini's Italy, the Third Reich, the Soviet Union, Poland, and East Germany – held elections. But were they more than rituals of participation without the slightest effect on the distribut...