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Robin Cohen
Originally published in 1994, this original analysis shows how the British as a people are constantly defined and redefined through their interactions with several 'frontiers of identity', namely Celts, expatriates…
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This is a concise book which evaluated social and political change in South Africa at a key moment in the nation's history and which assesses the limits and possibilities of…
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Small territories and islands both exposed to the vicissitudes of international power rivalries and can find it difficult to sustain a stable internal political and economic order. Originally published in…
Originally published in 1974 and with a new introduction for the 1981 edition, this book is a clear and vivid history of the role of organized labour in the politics…
Originally published in 1989, at a time when the reality of a single European Community had begun to materialize, the comfortable belief that many European countries offered havens for those…
'Popular Struggles or One Struggle?' Originally published in 1988 shortly after the miners' strike in South Africa of 1987, this book begins with a strongly argued and seminal discussion of…
Originally published in 1983, this anthology was the first to integrate the political experiences of the Central American mainland and the Caribbean archipelago and provides analyses of some of the…
Originally published in 1990, this book provides a unique view of South Africa and when it was published, it represented a coming of age of a new and vigorous strand…
Originally published in 1978, this book was distinctive in translating the work of French labour specialists and includes chapters on Nigeria, South Africa, Senegal, Kenya, Tanganyika, Madagascar and Botswana
Prof Robin Cohen
Migration looks at the history of migration from prehistoric man’s first steps out of the Rift Valley to the present-day exodus from Syria, and considers the effects migration has had…
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Originally published in 1991, this volume discusses the urban working class, and international migrants. The book exhibits the fruitful interaction that has taken place between sociological theory, new views of…
An introduction to the concept of diaspora which provides the basic building blocks of comparative and theoretical analysis. It explores the relationship between migration, homeland and identity for both traditionally…
Originally published in 1987, and now reissued with a substantial new introduction by Robin Cohen, this work argues that a major engine of capital's growth lies in its ability to…
In this volume of provocative essays, leading scholars from Africa, Europe, and the United States examine the extent to which popular demands for democracy are both subverting and enriching the…
This book examines the extent to which popular demands for democracy are both subverting and enriching the postcolonial order in Africa. It explores a wide range of topics, including economic…
A collection of essays on island societies, focussing mainly on the Caribbean, Mauritius and St Helena.
This expanded and fully-revised edition adds new chapters on incipient diasporas and diaspora engagement while incorporating changing meanings of the concept of diaspora, updated statistics and new interpretations. The book…
Leading scholars consider issues such as migration patterns, the flights of refugees and illegal migration. Beginning in the sixteenth century with the establishment of European colonies overseas, it covers the…
The first of two introductory volumes to the series examines defining, comparative, and synoptic aspects of diasporas. Proposes a typology of victim, labor, trade, imperial, and cultural diasporas, and discusses…
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Robin Cohen (University of Oxford, UK)
Shows how the preferences, interests, and actions of global capital, migrant labour and national politicians intersect and often contradict each other. This work explores how nation-states segment the ‘insiders’ from…
Robin Cohen Reinach
My Father Myself is an adult daughter’s tender and humorous memorial to a father she will always hold dear. Jerome M. Cohen is a former New York City real estate…
With a diverse set of over 70 cases, quizzes, and a problem-based learning approach, this volume expertly provides an interactive and in-depth learning experience for any medical professional.
This text provides a broad and systematic analysis of social movements in a globalizing world, integrating case material fom a range of fields.
The AI conference series is the premier event sponsored by the Canadian - ciety for the Computational Studies of Intelligence / Societe canadienne pour l'etude d'intelligence par ordinateur. We accepted…
Originally published in 1975, this volume reassesses the historical, political and social role of African workers and examines the extent to which a working class has formed and undertaken collective…
Originally published for the first time in English in 1979 this book represents one of the earliest Marxist analyses of the impact that colonialism had on Africa during the first…
Robin Cohen,Paul Kennedy
Offers an approach to sociology that takes the global dimensions of the contemporary world as its overarching framework. Balancing contemporary sociological theory and concepts with arguments and examples drawn from…
The Creolization Reader illuminates old creole societies and emerging cultures and identities in many parts of the world. Areas covered include Latin America, the South Atlantic/Indian oceans, the Caribbean, West…
In this exciting and authoritative collection over 40 scholars from many countries have explored the evolving use of the concept of diaspora, its possibilities as well as its limitations. This…
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The term cosmopolitanism has attracted many understandings and uses over the years. Covering the global, national, social and personal levels of analysis, this text considers the multiple meanings of the…
Robin Cohen,Olivia Sheringham
In the face of the destructive possibilities of resurgent nationalisms, unyielding ethnicities and fundamentalist religious affinities, there is hardly a more urgent task than understanding how humans can learn to…
Robin Cohen,Nicholas Van Hear
Combining social science fiction, utopianism, pragmatism, sober analysis and innovative social theory, the authors address one of the biggest dilemmas of our age - how to solve the problems arising…
Robin Cohen (University of Oxford),Paul Kennedy (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)
A core introduction to Sociology that puts global issues at the heart of its discussion.
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From religion to recession and social media to corporate power, this third edition continues to be the authority on global issues in contemporary society. Combining updated discussion of global challenges…
Originally published in 1979, this book examines differing forms of international, interracial working- class action and the relationship between workers' struggles in the periphery and those in advanced capitalist countries.
Originally published in 1987, this book focusses on the debate around the international role of the working class and other dominated classes such as the rural and urban poor.
This book discusses the impact of time and geography on the study of psychopathology, simultaneously drawing from several disciplines, including: sociology, anthropology, economics, psychology, social policy, psychiatry and epidemiology.
All aspects of both preclinical Anticancer effects of elevated (noncauterizing) tem and clinical WBH, ranging from molecular biology perature were first observed in ancient Egyptian times and physiology to WBH…
