Tropicalia was a watershed cultural movement in Brazil. This title shows how the tropicalists appropriated and parodied cultural practices in order to expose the fissure between their nation’s idealized image…

This collection of articles by leading scholars traces the history of Brazilian popular music through the 20th century. It focuses on how traditional Brazilian musical styles have ben influenced by…

World-systems analysis has developed rapidly over the past thirty years. Today’s students and junior scholars come to world-systems analysis as a well-established approach spanning all of the social sciences. The…

World-systems analysis has developed rapidly over the past thirty years. Today’s students and junior scholars come to world-systems analysis as a well-established approach spanning all of the social sciences. The…

This unique volume, which deals with a uniquely significant topic, reviews the role of deputy ministers within government, providing a major new understanding of their responsibilities and interactions at both…

Providing sweeping coverage, Global Struggles and Social Change is perfect for students and anyone interested in globalization, international and comparative politics, political sociology, and communication studies.

This book draws on original research bringing together dimensions of cities we know have a bearing on our health and wellbeing–including transportation, housing, energy, and foodways–and illustrates the role of…

The World Social Forum quickly became the largest political gathering in human history and continues to offer a direct challenge to the extreme inequities of corporate-led globalisation