“…In this innovative collection of historical essays the contributors consider a range of past environmental injustices, spanning seven northern and western European countries and with several chapters adding a North American perspective. …”

“…The cultural, geographic and denominational varieties of Christianity worldwide challenge the traditional Western face of academic Christian theology and demand new and global forms of theological thinking across lines. …”

“…SIGMA is publishing this report to make more widely available comparative information on administrative law and administrative supervision in central and eastern European countries, and to highlight certain relationships with developments in these areas in Western Europe. Although each country has its own history and traditions in approaching these matters, there is at the same time emerging a common and widely accepted model of how they should be managed in democratic states. …”

“…Despite the rapid growth since then, with less than 7% immigrants in the population, Denmark still has one of the smallest immigrant populations in Western Europe..…”

“…It analyses the transport situation in the western and eastern European countries, as well as the Baltic States and the CIS. …”

“…Since then the concept of natural law not only remained one of the paradigms of Western civilization but has shaped the development of international legislation in general. …”

“…This book is organized into two parts, the first one focused specifically on the Plutarchian Corpus as a source for the study of art and iconography (sculpture, painting, and numismatics), the second one on the Life of Alexanderand its reception in Western art (painting, tapestry and cinema). It brings together seven studies by Spanish and Portuguese researchers, along with an introductory text. …”

“…Provides the most up to date and comprehensive collection of essays from top scholars in the field Includes contributions from western and eastern Europe, North and Central America, Africa and Asia Offers new conceptual frameworks and new methodologies for mapping the contours of emergent global media and communication policy Draws on theory and empirical research to offer multiple perspectives on the local, national, regional and global forums in which policy debate occurs…”

“…According to this view, the main reason for the defeat of the Islamic world by the Western states can be attributed to the lack of development of a cultural infrastructure that can produce the type of businessman who can take the necessary risks for the development of capitalism…”

“…In How Asia Works, Joe Studwell distills extensive research into the economics of nine countries-Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam, and China-into an accessible narrative that debunks Western misconceptions, shows what really happened in Asia and why, and for once makes clear why some countries have boomed while others have languished.Impressive in scope, How Asia Works is essential listening for anyone interested in a region that will shape the future of the world…”

“…In part one, Núñez traces his researches in Nahuatlan, Tibetan and western theatre, to arrive at his design for a theatre of the human in the cosmos. …”

“…It is one of his most fascinating literary works aimed at those who want to know the western and eastern philosophical world of Adalberto Alves…”

“…Some efforts to integrate hypnosis into Western medical practice in the late nineteenth century were met with stiff resistance by the majority of medical doctors due to lack of scientific foundation, thus hampering its widespread use. …”

“…New concepts are needed in order to respond to this exhaustion of the global project: the volume scrutinizes these responses in the aesthetic realm and under a "post-global" banner, while incorporating alternative, non-Western epistemologies and literatures of the post-colonial Global South…”

“…That lights up the separation, in the whole complex of Western legal tradition, that identifies the countries of the common law…”

“…Is it possible to outline some features of a so-called philosophical fiction in Western literature throughout the last two centuries? …”