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Europa

Surveying the World: The Europa Regional Surveys of the World

With the new edition of each of the nine Regional Surveys of the World now available, we asked one of our Europa editors to talk us through the process of keeping the Regional Surveys up-to-date.
Now available – the 64th edition of the Europa World of Learning

The 2014 edition of The Europa World of Learning was published in print and online in September 2013. First published in 1947, the Europa World of Learning is now in its 64th edition. The Europa World of Learning is unique in the breadth of its coverage. Most higher education resources are limited to universities and colleges, usually within particular countries or areas.

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Handbooks

New - The Routledge Handbook of Poverty in the United States

In the United States, the causes and even the meanings of poverty are disconnected from the causes and meanings of global poverty. The Routledge Handbook of Poverty in the United States provides an authoritative overview of the relationship of poverty with the rise of neoliberal capitalism in the context of globalization.

Key issues examined by the international selection of leading scholars in this volume include income distribution, employment, health, hunger, housing and urbanization. With parts focusing on the lived experience of the poor, social justice and human rights frameworks – as opposed to welfare rights models – and the role of helping professions such as social work, health and education, this comprehensive handbook is a vital reference for anyone working with those in poverty, whether directly or at a macro level.
New Handbook - Routledge International Handbook of the Arts and Education

This International Handbook brings together leading writers on Arts in Education to provide a much-needed, authoritative guide to the main debates in the field and an informed account of contemporary developments in policy and practice. The collection addresses generic issues common to all the arts while acknowledging differences and recognizing the dangers of over-generalisation. It also includes specific chapters on each of the art forms (visual art, dance, drama, literature, music, media arts) providing a cutting-edge analysis of key contemporary issues in each subject. Order now to take advantage of the pre-publication discounted price. Read more...

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Routledge Library Editions

Explore the latest Psychology Library Editions

The Routledge Library Editions publishing program reissues previously out-of-print books from the Routledge archives, bringing past scholarship to a new generation of students and faculty and offering institutions an unparalleled opportunity to build a library according to research interests or student requirements. New! Emotion: A 12-volume set.
New - Psychology Library Editions: Emotion

Build your library collection with Psychology Library Editions: Emotion. These twelve previously out-of-print titles are now available again, either as a set or as individual volumes, in your choice of print or ebook.

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Routledge Revivals

The Obsolescence of Physical Places? ‘A Geography of the Lifeworld’ in Retrospect

Read our new blog post by David Seamon.
Psychology Revivals - browse the catalog

Psychology Revivals are re-issues of academic works which have long been unavailable, in a wide and eclectic range of topics from across the behavioral sciences. Psychology Revivals are drawn from a distinguished catalog of imprints and authors, restoring to print books by some of the most influential scholars of the last 120 years. Psychology Revivals give you the opportunity to engage with primary sources, and to get a first-hand view of what was happening in psychology at certain seminal moments in the last century. Check out the catalog.