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Bringing together the voices of a diverse group of scholars and language professionals, this edited collection builds on the theory and practice of linguistic and cultural mediation to advocate for mediation as a learning element across the curriculum for collaborative communication in multilingual educational settings.

Originally published in 1964, this book remains a seminal source for contemporary political scientists and offers exceptional insights into notions of responsibility. Wahlke (1971) describes it as 'one of the best analytical surveys of representation.'.

Focusing on the non-Western context and case studies, this book explores theories of interdisciplinary architectural thinking and the construction of urban memory in Chinese cities, with an emphasis on contemporary architecture and the diversity of agencies.

This book offers an analysis of India's welfare policy during the last couple of decades. It will be of interest to researchers in the fields of the politics of welfare, democratisation in changing societies, comparative politics and Indian and South Asian Studies and Asian Politics.

Previous scholars and writers have either celebrated the idealism in Plato's Laws or denounced its totalitarianism. Ryan K. Balot, by contrast, refuses to interpret the dialogue as a political blueprint, whether admirable or misguided. Instead, he shows that it constitutes Plato's greatest philosophical investigation of political life. In this transformative re-appraisal, Balot reveals that Plato's goal was to cultivate a tragic attitude toward our political passions, commitments, and aspirations.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Hilaire Belloc: A spirit contra mundum -- Chapter 2 The Path to the Servile State -- Chapter 3 The Servile State -- Chapter 4 Distributism: An alternative to the servile state -- Chapter 5 Scholastic thought and Bellocian economic theory -- Chapter 6 Belloc and the impossibility of socialism -- Chapter 7 Belloc's place in the history of economic thought -- Chapter 8 Belloc and our world -- Index.

Intro -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- EDITORIAL CONVENTIONS -- FOREWORD -- Chapter One: Confession and Condemnation -- 'WHOEVER COMES INTO THE WITCH PRISON MUST BECOME A WITCH OR BE TORTURED UNTIL HE INVENTS SOMETHING OUT OF HIS HEAD' -- Johannes Junius's false confession -- 'WE JUSTLY FEAR THAT WE WERE SADLY DELUDED AND MISTAKEN' -- Too little too late: the Salem witch trial jurors apologize -- 'EITHER KILL ME OR ACCEPT ME AS I AM, FOR MAY HELL FREEZE OVER IF I EVER CHANGE' -- The Marquis de Sade refuses to change -- 'THE PEOPLE, ONE DAY DISILLUSIONED, WILL REJOICE IN BEING DELIVERED FROM A TYRANT' -- The Angel of Assassination -- 'THE ONLY THING THAT LIES HEAVILY ON MY HEART IS YOUR SORROW' -- The assassination of Alexander II -- 'I DO KNOW I SHAL [SIC] HAVE TO ANSWER BEFORE MY MAKER IN HEAVEN FOR THE AWFUL CRIMES I HAVE COMMITED [SIC]' -- The Baby Farmer -- 'IT'S TOO LATE NOW TO RAKE OVER ASHES IN THE HOPE OF FINDING SOME LIVE COAL' -- Edith Thompson accepts her fate -- 'I FELT EXCITEMENT, A THRILL. I WAS GOING TO KILL A PERSON' -- Richard Hickock admits to the Clutter murders -- 'WE ALL MADE IT THAT NIGHT BUT BARELY!' -- The great escape: an Alcatraz escapee comes forward -- CHAPTER TWO: INJUSTICE -- 'IF I AM A MONSTER, GOD BE MERCIFUL TO ME' -- The trial of Rebecca Lemp -- 'I WANT TO DO JUSTICE TO MYSELF AND TO OTHERS' -- Escaping slavery: Anthony Chase's harrowing story -- 'I DO WORRY ABOUT CUSTOMERS' WATCHES LEFT IN THE EMPTY HOUSE' -- Corrie ten Boom's clock code -- 'ONE DAY MUMMY AND DADDY WILL RETURN AND YOU WILL NO LONGER BE ORPHANS WITHOUT A HOME' -- Nelson Mandela comforts his daughters from afar -- 'HE WAS FREE FOR A WHILE. I GUESS THAT'S MORE THAN MOST OF US CAN EXPECT' -- A Soledad Brother -- From George Jackson to his friend, Joan -- 'IT WOULD NOT BE RIGHT TO RETURN HIM TO PRISON'.