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The Psychology of Art

The Psychology of Art

Why do we enjoy art? What inspires us to create artistic works? How can brain science help us understand our taste in art? The Psychology of Art provides an eclectic introduction to the myriad ways in which psychology can help us understand and appreciate creative activities. Exploring how we perceive everything from colour to motion the book examines art-making as a form of human behaviour that stretches back throughout history as a constant source of inspiration conflict and conversation. It also considers how factors such as fakery reproduction technology and sexism influence our judgements about art. By asking what psychological science has to do with artistic appreciation The Psychology of Art introduces the reader to new ways of thinking about how we create and consume art.

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A Day at the Beach: A Grammar Tales Book to Support Grammar and Language Development in Children

A Day at the Beach: A Grammar Tales Book to Support Grammar and Language Development in Children

Pete Jem and Belle are enjoying a day at the beach until the weather turns stormy. Targeting Subject-Verb-Object sentences and early adjectives this book provides repeated examples of early developing syntax and morphology which will engage and excite the reader while building pre-literacy skills and make learning fun as well as exposing children to multiple models of the target grammar form. Perfect for a speech and language therapy session this book is an ideal starting point for targeting client goals and can also be enjoyed at school or home to reinforce what has been taught in the therapy session. | A Day at the Beach: A Grammar Tales Book to Support Grammar and Language Development in Children

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A Trip to the Zoo: A Grammar Tales Book to Support Grammar and Language Development in Children

A Trip to the Zoo: A Grammar Tales Book to Support Grammar and Language Development in Children

Pete and Jem are having lots of fun at the zoo but they both want to see different animals and are pulling their mother in different directions! Targeting Subject-Verb-Object sentences and regular plurals this book provides repeated examples of early developing syntax and morphology which will engage and excite the reader while building pre-literacy skills and make learning fun as well as exposing children to multiple models of the target grammar form. Perfect for a speech and language therapy session this book is an ideal starting point for targeting client goals and can also be enjoyed at school or home to reinforce what has been taught in the therapy session. | A Trip to the Zoo: A Grammar Tales Book to Support Grammar and Language Development in Children

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Reform in Europe Breaking the Barriers in Government

Reform in Europe Breaking the Barriers in Government

One of the most prevailing myths within the social sciences is the difficulty of achieving reform. Governments are either unwilling to push for reform or if they are willing they are unable to do so. This volume illustrates that reform can and does happen and therefore need not by mythologized. Through carefully selected case studies the contributions to this volume illustrate reform in several policy sectors and countries to include the smoking bans in Ireland public housing in the Netherlands and asylum procedures in Germany. Designed to enhance our understanding of the reform process this volume is highly suited to the fields of public administration and policy. | Reform in Europe Breaking the Barriers in Government

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Religion in America: The Basics

Religion in America: The Basics

Religion in America: The Basics is a concise introduction to the historical development of religions in the United States. It is an invitation to explore the complex tapestry of religious beliefs and practices that shaped life in North America from the colonial encounters of the fifteenth century to the culture wars of the twenty-first century. Far from a people unified around a common understanding of Christianity Religion in America: The Basics tracks the steady diversification of the American religious landscape and the many religious conflicts that have changed American society. At the same time it explores how Americans from a variety of religious backgrounds worked together to face the challenges of racism poverty war and other social concerns. This thoroughly revised second edition now covers the Obama and Trump administrations Black Lives Matter Christian nationalism pluralism and the development of the nones and the unaffiliated. With each chapter featuring concise summaries and suggested further readings this book is an invaluable resource for students approaching the history of religion in America for the first time.

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Remaking Europe in the Margins Northern Europe after the Enlargements

Remaking Europe in the Margins Northern Europe after the Enlargements

Originally published in 2005. This comprehensive volume examines the issue of Europe-making related to the post EU/NATO enlargement and the post 9/11 situation. Dual enlargement and the War on Terrorism are raising important questions for various actors in Europe in particular what these developments will mean for the future of regional cooperation and the development of a regional subjectivity. Such concerns have been further compounded by America's distinction between 'New Europe' and 'Old Europe'. The volume analyzes at both policy and conceptual levels how the dual enlargement and the War on Terrorism will impact on regional cooperation in northern Europe. It examines how events in northern Europe have helped shape the nature of European space borders and governance including how the EU the US and Russia have each highlighted northern Europe as a special case to be utilized and learnt from in dealing with problems elsewhere in Europe and globally. Presenting original articles the volume will appeal to scholars of regional politics as well as security international relations theory and geopolitics. | Remaking Europe in the Margins Northern Europe after the Enlargements

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The Failure of Political Reform in Venezuela

The Failure of Political Reform in Venezuela

This title was first published in 2001. The victory of former lieutenant colonel Hugo Chavez in the Venezuelan presidential elections of 1998 was criticized as a blow against the country's deep-seated democratic tradition. It is claimed that this simplistic argument fails to recognize the extent of democratic deterioration in the country and the limitations imposed by discredited political actors on a meaningful democratic reform process. The book aims to break new ground in providing unseen evidence of electoral fraud and offers a fresh perspective on the nature of democratic development. | The Failure of Political Reform in Venezuela

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The Authority of Tenderness Dignity and the True Self in Psychoanalysis

The Authority of Tenderness Dignity and the True Self in Psychoanalysis

This insightful and beautifully written work explores nonlinear processes of recovery of the loss of Self. The inherent healing power of hard-earned wholehearted self-acceptance is conceived through the authority of tenderness. The book is the final volume in The Fifth Principle trilogy (the second book being Scum) which chronicled through the course of one boy’s lifetime the methods of a mind which is not a mind in its efforts to prevail under oppressive circumstances. The Authority of Tenderness comes at the end of the journey is written by the adult self of the child and uses poetic vignettes references to foundational psychoanalytic literature and analyses of critical treatment situations to convey the experiences of someone who has been both patient and analyst. The book offers a vivid psychotherapeutic perspective for clinicians trainees students and general readers alike. | The Authority of Tenderness Dignity and the True Self in Psychoanalysis

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InterMedia in South Asia The Fourth Screen

InterMedia in South Asia The Fourth Screen

The emergence of new media today in South Asia has signalled an event the meaning of which remains obscure but whose reality is rapidly evolving along gradients of intensity and experience. Contemporary media in and from South Asia have come to sense a new arrangement of value sensation and force - new forms of becoming that might be usefully termed as 'media ecologies'. This evolution from nation-based forms of communication (Doordarshan All India Radio the national feudal romance) to simultaneous global ones conform and mutate the structures of feeling of local national diasporic and transnational belonging. This collection of original essays is concerned with understanding how people are making meaning from the new media and how subaltern tinkering (pirating peer to peer file sharing hacking noise jamming indymedia etc. ) does things to and in the new media. This exciting works helps us to make sense of the creation of new publics new affects and new experiences of pleasure and value in convergences of intermedia in a fast developing South Asia context. This book was originally published as a special issue of South Asian Popular Culture. | InterMedia in South Asia The Fourth Screen

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Medium Secure Psychiatric Provision in the Private Sector

Medium Secure Psychiatric Provision in the Private Sector

First published in 1998 this volume assesses issues of privatisation and mental health provision in the Medium Secure Psychiatric Care sector including case studies on two regional secure units and Stockton Hall Psychiatric Hospital between 1989 and 1992. It emerged at the end of a period of Conservative Party dominance of almost two decades in which privatisation had been at the forefront of discussion and focused on the midpoint of that era. Despite this privatisation of psychiatric care had received little discussion. Here Katrina R. Moss discusses the role of private medical care in the UK healthcare landscape with focus on the meaning of privatisation attitudes towards privatising the criminal justice system along with relevant legal and medical issues related to regulation by the Mental Health Act 1983. | Medium Secure Psychiatric Provision in the Private Sector

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The Psychology of Comedy

The Psychology of Comedy

What makes us laugh? Why is comedy so important? How does comedy affect our behaviour? The Psychology of Comedy provides a unique insight into the role of laughter and humour in our lives. From the mechanics of comedy and what makes a good joke to the health benefits of laughter the book delves into different types of comedy from slapstick to complex puns and the physiological response it provokes. The dark side of comedy is also considered confronting the idea that what is funny to some can be offensive to others making this universal experience also highly subjective. In a time when comedy continues to be one of the most popular and enduring forms of art The Psychology of Comedy reminds us that laughter really is good for the soul.

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The Kalamari Union: Middle Class in East and West

The Kalamari Union: Middle Class in East and West

First published in 1998 this volume asks: are new social classes in the making in eastern Europe? Are class issues withering away? How do different classes organize their lives what kind of strategies do they adopt in East and West. Markku Kivinen brings Eastern Europe into the class debate. Recent sociological discussions have touched upon questions of class in Eastern Europe only very provisionally. On the other hand old analyses of social stratification under conditions of 'actually existed socialism' are no longer relevant in the current situation. This book analyses processes of class relations in Eastern Europe from new theoretical vantage-points using up-to-date empirical data. Under socialism power was said to be vested in the working class. However there was a constant tension between the 'holy proletariat' and the real life of the working class. Today all political forces in Eastern Europe; leftist and liberal alike are hankering for the middle class. This book explores the real processes in both East and West. This leads to more concrete political and even moral issues. The new 'sacred middle class' is challenged. The contributors adopt several conceptual approaches and perspectives which enter into a fruitful exchange in this book. | The Kalamari Union: Middle Class in East and West

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Budgeting and Performance Management in the Public Sector

Budgeting and Performance Management in the Public Sector

Public sector management and accounting scholarship has witnessed enormous change over the last four decades. Several reform paradigms have become well-known and disseminated worldwide under acronyms such as NPM – New Public Management NPG – New Public Governance and PV – Public Value. At the start of a new decade questions arise as to what will come next. This book reviews and investigates the key components of NPM NPM and PV and discusses what lies beyond these acronyms. It analyses the claimed benefits and drawbacks of each of the three paradigms using reviews of the pertinent literature as well as a raft of case studies. The integration of theoretical and empirical insights contributes to a better understanding of what has changed and what has remained the same over the years. Specifically this book stands out in its use of performance measurement and budgetary lenses to explore the multidimensional processes of reform and change in the public sector. By focusing on the crucially important transformations that have occurred in the field reviewing several paradigms and analysing different practices from a longitudinal and comparative perspective the book will be essential in guiding students and scholars of public management and accounting. | Budgeting and Performance Management in the Public Sector

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Music as Care: Artistry in the Hospital Environment CMS Emerging Fields in Music

Music as Care: Artistry in the Hospital Environment CMS Emerging Fields in Music

This book provides an overview of professional musicians working within the healthcare system and explores programs that bring music into the environment of the hospital. Far from being onstage musicians in the hospital provide musical engagement for patients and healthcare providers focused on life-and-death issues. Music in healthcare offers a new and growing area for musical careers distinct from the field of music therapy in which music is engaged to advance defined clinical goals. Rather this volume considers what happens when musicians interact with the clinical environment as artists and how musical careers and artistic practices can develop through work in a hospital setting. It outlines the specialized skills and training required to navigate safely and effectively within the healthcare context. The contributors draw on their experiences with collaborations between the performing arts and medicine at Boston University/Boston Medical Center University of Florida/UF Health Shands Hospital and the Peabody Institute/Johns Hopkins Medicine. These experiences as well as the experiences of artists spotlighted throughout the volume offer stories of thriving artistic practices and collaborations that outline a new field for tomorrow's musical artists. | Music as Care: Artistry in the Hospital Environment CMS Emerging Fields in Music

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The Norwegian Mission’s Literacy Work in Colonial and Independent Madagascar

The Norwegian Mission’s Literacy Work in Colonial and Independent Madagascar

Offering an original historical perspective on literacy work in Africa this book examines the role of the Norwegian Lutheran mission in Madagascar and sheds light on the motivations that drove colonizing powers’ literacy work. Focusing on both colonial and independent Madagascar Rosnes examines how literacy practices were facilitated through mission schools and the impact on the reading and writing skills to Malagasy children and youth. Analysing how literacy work influenced identity formation and power relations in the Malagasy society the author offers new insights into the field of language and education in Africa. | The Norwegian Mission’s Literacy Work in Colonial and Independent Madagascar

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The Contested Rescaling of Economic Governance in East Asia

The Contested Rescaling of Economic Governance in East Asia

One of the apparent contradictions which has puzzled observers of East Asian politics is why despite the region's considerable economic integration economic governance institutions remain largely underdeveloped. This book stems from the observation that the study of actual forms of economic governance in Asia has been impeded by the dominance of a ‘regionalism’ problematique. Scholars have focused on the emergence – or not – of regional multilateral institutions seeking to evaluate these institutions’ capacities to enforce disciplines on Asian states. However they have also neglected prior and more pertinent questions regarding the causal determinants of regional economic governance which animate the contributions to this collection: What factors shape the scale and instruments of economic governance in Asia; and how and why is economic governance being rescaled between the sub-national national and regional levels? In the chapters of this book the contributors explore the social and political struggles over the scale and instruments of economic governance. They identify and explain the emergence of a wide variety of regional modes of economic governance explain the factors shaping the spatial scale of economic governance in Asia and discern the patterns of regional integration to which they give rise. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Australian Journal of International Affairs. | The Contested Rescaling of Economic Governance in East Asia

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The Growth of a Storyteller Helicopter Stories in Action

The Growth of a Storyteller Helicopter Stories in Action

This sequel to the bestselling Princesses Dragons and Helicopter Stories reveals the positive impact the storytelling and story acting curriculum of Vivian Gussin Paley has on young children’s literacy communication and confidence. Telling the story of three years of classroom-based research with children aged two to seven it shows the Helicopter Stories approach in action capturing the children’s development as storytellers and their delight at having their stories listened to scribed and acted out. In each chapter Trisha Lee’s passion for children’s unique voices shines through as she shares and reflects on the children’s stories paying each of them the same respect as would normally be bestowed on adult writers. Exploring the importance of story in children’s lives the book: Examines the cognitive and developmental impact of implementing a Helicopter Stories approach over an extended time period Analyses the stories told by children using the story structure of the Hero’s Journey and the seven basic plot types Explores how and why stories connect with us including children’s innate ability to empathise with the hero from a very young age Includes rich case studies of children at different ages and developmental stages including those with additional needs Offering a fascinating insight into how Helicopter Stories work in practice and addressing the frequently asked questions about the benefits of using this approach The Growth of a Storyteller is valuable reading for anyone interested in storytelling and story acting with their children. | The Growth of a Storyteller Helicopter Stories in Action

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Embracing Technology in the Early Years A Practitioner’s Guide

Embracing Technology in the Early Years A Practitioner’s Guide

Why should we embrace technology? How can it make the practitioner’s role easier? This book is the answer to these questions equipping Early Years practitioners with the skills and knowledge to use technology: both that which they already have and that which they can access from beyond the setting (such as in the local community and online). Written by an expert in both Early Years and Digital Inclusion it provides practical tips and guidance for practitioners working at all levels to implement the use of technology across all areas of the curriculum and to support the development of the characteristics of effective learning. Drawing on contemporary theory and research chapters cover key topics such as: the short- and long-term benefits of incorporating technology for children families and staff making the most of pre-existing technology alongside guidance on how best to use new technology consideration of safeguarding issues around the use of technology with children technology beyond the setting and the use of local resources how technology can support professional development potential pitfalls of using technology Containing links to curriculum and reflective prompts this engaging and accessible book is essential reading for those interested in using technology to develop as a practitioner and continue to provide the best care and learning for every child. | Embracing Technology in the Early Years A Practitioner’s Guide

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Classical Mythology: The Basics

Classical Mythology: The Basics

This new edition introduces the core elements of ancient Greek and Roman narratives about immortal gods and heroic humans. It explains how myths once shaped ancient ways of thinking and how they have fascinated and inspired artists writers musicians scientists and scholars since. In six clear and concise chapters this book explains what myths are sketches the main stories about divinities heroes and heroines and explores through specific case studies the ways in which they influenced modern culture from Renaissance opera to contemporary video games and social movements. The second edition also features a new chapter analyzing how myths have been used in politics from antiquity to the present day. More than two dozen illustrations maps and charts complement the text. No prior knowledge of mythology is assumed and the book incorporates the latest scholarship on classical mythology providing annotated lists of further readings. Anyone who has encountered Greek or Roman myths in literature art or pop culture and wants to know more about the cultural contexts for the stories will benefit from this compact book. Intended for a wide readership the second edition of Classical Mythology: The Basics continues to off er a clear introduction to the subject for undergraduates scholars and the general reader.

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Descriptosaurus Punctuation in Action Year 1: The Ninjabread Girl

Descriptosaurus Punctuation in Action Year 1: The Ninjabread Girl

The Gingerbread Man was rather a handful but wait until you meet the Ninjabread Girl! With a Hiiiiii-yaaaaa! she runs away saying Run! Run! So fast like a twirl … you can’t catch me I’m the Ninjabread Girl! Can the Ninjitsu Trainer catch her? What about the crocodile? Or the wolf? Can nothing stop her? On her journey the Ninjabread Girl writes the story with the assistance of the spirit fox Kitsune and Punctua the Fairy Godmother of Writing to punctuate properly and become a bestselling author. Descriptosaurus Punctuation in Action Year 1: The Ninjabread Girl is part of a short series of age-specific beautifully illustrated stories that can be read for pleasure and/or used as a contextualised resource containing a step-by-step guide to teaching punctuation. The characters from each story are used to demonstrate a range of punctuation rules in a fun and engaging way appropriate to the book's age group. Areas covered include: formulating punctuation rules. the use of misconceptions to highlight common errors. teaching tips to provide a punctuation model. The book explores the impact of punctuation on reading understanding meaning and effect and can be used as a basis for pupils’ own punctuation or included in their ‘Writer’s Toolkit. ' These new Descriptosaurus stories are an indispensable teaching aid for making punctuation fun for all primary teachers and literacy coordinators.

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The City's Hinterland Dynamism and Divergence in Europe's Peri-Urban Territories

The City's Hinterland Dynamism and Divergence in Europe's Peri-Urban Territories

Despite the fact that the rural commuter belts of cities are major loci of population change economic growth and dynamic social change within city regions most research tends to ignore this area while focusing on the built-up city core. However with the current emphasis on the role of rural areas in policy debates it is vital to recognize the importance of the 'commuter belt'. By comparing four major European cities (in England France Germany and Spain) this book offers the first comparative investigation of the dynamism of city rural hinterlands. It assesses whether rural areas will become effectively integrated into quality of life improvements as a result of their inter-dependencies with cities focusing on the critical arenas of employment change housing and service provision. In doing so it investigates how change in these three fields impact on the quality of life and physical environment of rural hinterlands. | The City's Hinterland Dynamism and Divergence in Europe's Peri-Urban Territories

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Sociology in the Soviet Union and Beyond Social Enquiry and Social Change

Sociology in the Soviet Union and Beyond Social Enquiry and Social Change

This fascinating and comprehensive volume traces the development scope and character of sociological research in Russia and subsequently the Soviet Union from the turn of the 20th century to the 1990s. Opening with the lively social debates of pre-Revolution Russia Elizabeth Weinberg discusses the intellectual factions of the post-Revolutionary period and the eventual replacement of 'idealism' with 'materialism' leading to the emergence of Soviet sociology in 1956. The book examines the methods of research that were accepted as valid for Marxist research offering a profile of key Soviet sociologists and the research climate in which they operated. It also discusses the main areas of research that predominated in Soviet sociology with separate chapters on two of the most significant: public opinion research and time-budget studies. This fully revised newly updated edition of The Development of Sociology in the Soviet Union concludes with a discussion of the involvement of Soviet sociologists in the processes of perestroika and glasnost and the changing position of sociology from the late 1980s onwards. | Sociology in the Soviet Union and Beyond Social Enquiry and Social Change

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Catholic Shrines in Chennai India The politics of renewal and apostolic legacy

Catholic Shrines in Chennai India The politics of renewal and apostolic legacy

Though proportionally small India's Christians are a populous and significant minority. Focussing on various Roman Catholic churches and shrines located in Chennai a large city in South India where activities concerning saintal revival and shrinal development have taken place in the recent past this book investigates the phenomenon of Catholic renewal in India. The author tracks the changing local significance of St. Thomas the Apostle who according to local legend was martyred and buried in Chennai and details the efforts of the Church hierarchy in Chennai to bring about a revival of devotion to St. Thomas. Insodoing the book considers Indian Catholic identity Indian Christian indigeneity and Hindu nationalism as well as the marketing of St. Thomas and Catholicism within South India. | Catholic Shrines in Chennai India The politics of renewal and apostolic legacy

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Signifying Place The Semiotic Realisation of Place in Irish Product Marketing

Signifying Place The Semiotic Realisation of Place in Irish Product Marketing

Through a socio-semiotic analysis of promotional materials used by both producers of quality products and their support organizations this book investigates the use of imagery especially images of place in three contrasting regions of Ireland. It highlights the role of place (particularly rural) imagery in the promotion of handcrafts and rural tourism services and suggests some of the meanings which may be contacted through the use of such imagery. Much of the research to date in this field has concentrated on the use of imagery to promote particular places rather than products and in an Irish context on the promotion of Ireland as a tourism destination. This book focuses on the regional and local level to examine the creation and use of more micro-place specific images - both real and mythical - by small and medium sized businesses and explores the extent to which the two industries borrow from and feed into firstly each other and secondly macro place myths and iconographies. | Signifying Place The Semiotic Realisation of Place in Irish Product Marketing

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