Books published by Amsterdam University Press

This volume is a collection of papers presented at the 2007 colloquium on new perspectives on games and interaction at the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences in Amsterdam.

Two renowned experts on religious tolerance in early modern Brazil

This study unravels the real dynamics at stake within the Lebanese Madame/Sri Lankan housemaid relationship

A fascinating exploration of the evolution of such concepts as originality and authenticity in the age of new media, including a contribution from Mieke Bal

A comparative study of how economic and political differences between Antwerp and Barcelona influence the life-course trajectories of Senegalese and Gambian migrants.

In "http://www.aup.nl/do.php?a=show_visitor_book&isbn=9789053569733">Decline of the Corporate Community Eelke Heemskerk describes and investigates the decline of the 'Old boys network' in the business world.

A pioneering comparison of the director's theatre and film productions.

Focuses on the institutionalsiation of intra-regional and inter-regional cooperation in the international system with emphasis on the changing relationship between the EU, China and India

-Raise Your Voices and Kill Your Animals� is an anthropological study in which G.C. van de Bruinhorst explores the relationship between Islamic texts and ritual behaviour as illustrated in the annual Sacrificial Feast in Tanzania.

Pionering study of the deployment of social capital to evaluate the cohesion and integration of three generations of Moroccans living in London.

About the evolution of prison in the Netherlands, Germany and France during the early moden period with reference to all of Europe

This study is on the differences between first and second-generation immigrants who are self-employed.

On the tense relations and mutual suspicions between Christians and Muslims

A fascinating study provides an inside perspective into human smuggling processes

Examines changes in the social security provision in a range of European countries, with special emphasis on the Bismarckian welfare states such as the Netherlands and Belgium.

Latest IMISCOE publication analyses citizenship policies in the ten new EU Member States

Detailed study of each country's nationality laws, their historical background and current provisions in 15 member states of the EU, executed by the renowned IMISCOE network

Explores the phenomenon of 'return migration' in Greece through the settlement and identification processes of second-generation Greek-American returning migrants.

Provides a theoretical model for researching the organising process of immigrants in host societies

Explores the complex set of processes that determine the incorporation patterns of migrants from Balkan countries in Greece.

Investigation of the syntactic properties of empty categories and dummy pronouns within the framework of Government- Binding theory.

In the series Solidarity and Identitya highly readable study of gift-giving in seventeenth- century Holland across the social spectrum of the period.

What about Asia? Revisiting Asian Studies brings together scholars from Asia, Europe and America to test the strength of a field of study which, considering the rise of Asia, should be gaining momentum. But is it? This is one of the many questions that the contributors to this volume ask themselves. In the past decade the use and legitimacy of area

An essential perspective on the latest shifts in roles of the health and welfare professionals throughout Europe

A discussion of relevant academic insights and a presentation of a framework for analysing national interest representation

Overview of current theories and empirical research on citizenship in European contexts of migration

In honor of Michael Montias' contributions to the field of the history of art, an international group of leading scholars have contributed essays to mark his achievements.

Offers a theoretical understanding of the forces that have led governments to view trade unions as vital negotiating partners, and gives an analysis of the challenges that increasing monetary integration will continue to pose.

Among the abundant Alfred Hitchcock literature, Hitchcock's Motifs has found a fresh angle. Starting from recurring objects, settings, character-types and events, Michael Walker tracks some forty motifs, themes and clusters across the whole of Hitchcock's oeuvre, including not only all his 52 extant feature films but also representative episodes fr