23.789 results (0,27257 seconds)

Show all filters

Brand

Merchant

Price (EUR)

Show all

Reset filter

Products
From
Shops

Value Beyond Monotheism The Axiology of the Divine

Value Beyond Monotheism The Axiology of the Divine

This book expands the current axiology of theism literature by assessing the axiological status of alternative conceptions of God and the divine. To date most of the literature on the axiology of theism focuses almost exclusively on the axiological status of theism and atheism. Specifically it focuses almost entirely on monotheism typically Judeo-Christian conceptions of God and atheism usually construed as ontological naturalism. This volume features essays from prominent philosophers of religion ethicists and metaphysicians addressing the value impact of alternative views such as ultimism polytheism pantheism panentheism and idealism. Additionally it reflects a wider trend in analytic philosophy of religion to broaden its scope beyond the Judeo-Christian tradition. Value Beyond Monotheism will be of interest to scholars and advanced students working in the philosophy of religion ethics and metaphysics. | Value Beyond Monotheism The Axiology of the Divine

GBP 120.00
1

The Value of Resilience Securing life in the twenty-first century

The Value of Resilience Securing life in the twenty-first century

The Value of Resilience represents one of the first systematic studies of resilience in the field of security studies. At the turn of the twenty-first century resilience has become a ‘buzz-word’ within fields as diverse as network engineering ecosystems management child psychology and military training programmes. Resilience has emerged as a solution to the common problematic of radical contingency experienced across these fields. At its most general level resilience is understood as the capacity to absorb withstand and ‘bounce-back’ quickly and efficiently from a perturbation. It is considered to be both a natural property and a quality which can be improved within a broad array of complex systems. Rather than treating resilience as either a unified concept or technique of governance this book analyses resilience as an emergent security value. Utilizing a biopolitical analytic it demonstrates that the value of resilience has appreciated alongside transformations in the order of power/knowledge enacted by political economies of security. Zebrowski argues that resilience was not lying in wait for the march of science to provide the conditions for its recognition. Nor was it concealed by the distortions of ideology which lifted with the culmination of the Cold War. There is nothing natural about resilience. By drawing attention to the complex historical processes and significant governmental efforts required to make resilience possible this book aims to open up a space through which the value of resilience may be more critically interrogated. It will be of interest to students and scholars of international relations security studies and conflict resolution. | The Value of Resilience Securing life in the twenty-first century

GBP 39.99
1

Hegemony and the Politics of Labour Towards a Discourse Theory of Value in Contemporary Capitalism

Hegemony and the Politics of Labour Towards a Discourse Theory of Value in Contemporary Capitalism

Hegemony and the Politics of Labour takes up a question that goes to the heart of the debate about politics capitalism and discourse: how can labour relations and value production be understood as discursive processes? When they launched their poststructuralist discourse theory almost 40 years ago Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe positioned the contingency of discourse and politics in sharp contrast to the deterministic tendencies of the Marxist critique of capitalism. Moving beyond Marxism as an essentialist ‘other’ discourse theory has since remained notoriously silent on questions related to the core workings of capitalism. This book is the first to bring the central categories of discourse theory into conversation with Marx’s critique of political economy. Reintegrating both traditions it argues that the social relations of labour in capitalism emerge as a hegemonic formation. Its contribution is to extend the reach of discourse theory to the capitalist economy exploring how a post- Marxist account of labour value and class connects to the contingent politics of populism. Hegemony and the Politics of Labour is an original and important contribution to the fields of discourse theory and critique of political economy. | Hegemony and the Politics of Labour Towards a Discourse Theory of Value in Contemporary Capitalism

GBP 130.00
1

Literature and Understanding The Value of a Close Reading of Literary Texts

Literature and Understanding The Value of a Close Reading of Literary Texts

Literature and Understanding investigates the cognitive gain from literature by focussing on a reader’s close analysis of a literary text. It examines the meaning of ‘literature’ outlines the most prominent positions in the literary cognitivism debate explores the practice of close reading from a philosophical perspective provides a fresh account of what we mean by ‘understanding’ and in so doing opens up a new area of research in the philosophy of literature. This book provides a different reply to the challenge that we can’t learn anything worthwhile from reading literary fiction. It makes the innovative case that reading literary fiction as literature rather than as fiction stimulates five relevant senses of understanding. The book uses examples of irony metaphor play with perspective and ambiguity to illustrate this contention. Before arguing that these five senses of understanding bridge the gap between our understanding of a literary text and our understanding of the world beyond that text. The book will be of great interest for researchers scholars and post-graduate students in the fields of aesthetics literary theory literature in education and pedagogy. | Literature and Understanding The Value of a Close Reading of Literary Texts

GBP 38.99
1

Out of Architecture The Value of Architects Beyond Traditional Practice

Out of Architecture The Value of Architects Beyond Traditional Practice

Out of Architecture is both a call to reassess the architecture profession and its education and a toolkit for graduates and working architects to untangle their skills passions and value from traditional architectural practice and consider alternate pathways. Written by design professionals and expert career consultants this book is informed by numerous client accounts as well as the authors’ own stories and routes out of architecture. The initial chapters follow the narrative of a typical architecture training in the US highlighting the many highs and lows skills honed and ultimately the huge disconnect that can occur between architectural education and practice. Subsequent chapters explore a disillusionment with the profession unhealthy work cultures mentorship working with lead architects toxic perfectionism and the notion of a “calling. ” Authors then present the hopeful accounts of many architects who escaped a profession known for its grueling working conditions to find fulfilling well-paying creative jobs that better utilize the skills of architecture than the architectural profession itself. Written in a unique combination of storytelling and analysis this patchwork of client and author stories makes for an immersive provocative and enjoyable read. A wide range of architecture students graduates educators and professionals will recognize themselves within the pages of this book and find prompts to reassess their working practices teaching styles and the profession itself. It will be of particular value to those students skeptical of joining the architecture workforce as well as those further along and considering a career change. | Out of Architecture The Value of Architects Beyond Traditional Practice

GBP 24.99
1

The Children's Play Centre Its Psychological Value and its Place in the Training of Teachers

The Children's Play Centre Its Psychological Value and its Place in the Training of Teachers

First published in 1937 The Children’s Play Centre is an account of Gardner’s Play Centre and her work in assessing its value in the education of children and the training of teachers. The book puts forward the value of play in the development of children and provides a detailed report of Gardner’s experiment. It also explores the significance of the Play Centre to the technique of training students. It will have lasting relevance for those interested in the history of education and the psychology of education. | The Children's Play Centre Its Psychological Value and its Place in the Training of Teachers

GBP 27.99
1

The Value of Transnational Medical Research Labour Participation and Care

The Value of Transnational Medical Research Labour Participation and Care

What is the value of medical research? With contributions from anthropologists sociologists and activists this approach brings into focus the forms of value – social epistemic and economic – that are involved in medical research practices and how these values intersect with everyday living. Though their work covers wide empirical ground –from HIV trials in Kenya and drug donation programs in Tanzania to industry-academic collaborations in the British National Health Service – the authors share a commitment to understanding the practices of medical research as embedded in both local social worlds and global markets. Their collective concern is to rethink the conventional ethical demarcations betwweenpaid and unpaid research services in light of the social and material organisation of medical research practices. . Rather than warn against economic incursions into medical knowledge and health practice or alternatively the reduction of local experience to the standards of bioethics we hope to illuminate the array of practices knowledges and techniques through which the value of medical research is brought into being. This book was originally published as a special issue of Journal of Cultural Economy. | The Value of Transnational Medical Research Labour Participation and Care

GBP 42.99
1

Know Thyself The Value and Limits of Self-Knowledge

Know Thyself The Value and Limits of Self-Knowledge

Know Thyself: The Value and Limits of Self-Knowledge takes the reader on tour of the nature value and limits of self-knowledge. Mitchell S. Green calls on classical sources like Plato and Descartes 20th-century thinkers like Freud recent developments in neuroscience and experimental psychology and even Buddhist philosophy to explore topics at the heart of who we are. The result is an unvarnished look at both the achievements and drawbacks of the many attempts to better know one’s own self. Key topics in this volume include: Knowledge – what it means to know the link between wisdom and knowledge and the value of living an examined life Personal identity – questions of dualism (the idea that our mind is not only our brain) bodily continuity and personhood The unconscious — including the kind posited by psychoanalysis as well as the form proposed by recent research on the so-called adaptive unconscious Free will – if we have it and the recent arguments from neuroscience challenging it Self-misleading – the ways we willfully deceive ourselves and how this relates to empathy peer disagreement implicit bias and intellectual humility Experimental psychology – considerations on the automaticity of emotion and other cognitive processes and how they shape us This book is designed to be used in conjunction with the free ‘Know Thyself’ MOOC (massive open online course) created through collaboration of the University of Connecticut's Project on Humility and Conviction in Public Life and the University of Edinburgh’s Eidyn research centre and hosted on the Coursera platform (https://www. coursera. org/learn/know-thyself). The book is also suitable as a text for interdisciplinary courses in the philosophy of mind or self-knowledge and is highly recommended for anyone looking for a short overview of this fascinating topic. | Know Thyself The Value and Limits of Self-Knowledge

GBP 19.99
1

Capital Redefined A Commonist Value Theory for Liberating Life

Capital Redefined A Commonist Value Theory for Liberating Life

Capital Redefined presents a unique perspective on the nature of “capital ” departing from the prevailing reductionist accounts. Hosseini and Gills offer an expanded perspective on Marxian value theory by addressing its main limitations and building their own integrative value theory. They argue that the current understanding of “value” must be re-examined and liberated from its subservient ties to capital while acknowledging the ways in which capital appropriates value. This is achieved by differentiating between “fetish value” created by capital and “true value” generated through various commons-based forms of coexistence. The authors propose a defetishization of value by rejecting the commonly accepted idea of its objectivity. They introduce their “commonist value theory ” which redefines capital as both the product and process of perverting the fundamental commoning causes of true value into sources of fetish value. Capital is theorized through a “modular” framework where multiple intersecting processes constitute a comprehensive power structure a “value regime ” representing an unprecedented degree of the domination of capital over life. Their theory reconciles two apparently incompatible views on the notion of value. One view encompasses all inputs involved in capitalist value production and conflates intrinsic and commodity values. The other warns against this conflation as it treats capital as an entity tightly associated only with commodity production and wage labor. The authors believe that establishing alternative forms of value creation based on normative principles of living in commons is crucial as an analytical base for criticizing existing power structures and economic systems. The book offers a theoretical foundation for transforming our life worlds toward “post-capitalist” futures. It appeals to scholars and students in various fields such as political economy capitalism and post-capitalist studies economic and political sociology globalization development studies social ecology and ecological philosophy. The Open Access version of this book available at http://www. taylorfrancis. com has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4. 0 license. | Capital Redefined A Commonist Value Theory for Liberating Life

GBP 48.99
1

Brand Beauty Unleashed The Value of Aesthetics in Marketing

Brand Beauty Unleashed The Value of Aesthetics in Marketing

This book presents an in-depth careful study of our understanding of the concept of beauty in everyday objects and its impact on markets and brands. Moving beyond artistic notions of beauty it demonstrates how beauty is an asset that can be leveraged in the marketplace. Traditionally beauty has been examined in relation to its influence on painting sculpture literature music and architecture. However its value and power in the marketplace is understudied. Álvarez del Blanco provides a systematic analysis of beauty in commonplace objects and brands drawing on cutting-edge research at the intersection of marketing and neurosciences. Through examining the neuroscientific evidence for how the brain processes beauty the author articulates the implications this may have on marketing and brand management. He also offers a glimpse of how beauty may evolve and its marketing implications for firm strategy in the coming decades. Written by a recognized authority in marketing and brand strategy Brand Beauty Unleashed gives students with an interest in marketing consumer behavior branding and neuromarketing an exciting new perspective on this intangible asset. | Brand Beauty Unleashed The Value of Aesthetics in Marketing

GBP 36.99
1

Adam Smith’s Theory of Value and Distribution Economics as a Moral Science Once Again

Adam Smith’s Theory of Value and Distribution Economics as a Moral Science Once Again

Ever since the time of his early interpreters beginning with David Hume Adam Smith’s theory of value has been the subject of confusion and misunderstanding—including a controversy which still rages over whether Smith held a labour theory of value and if so whether he held to it throughout Wealth of Nations or if it was confined to the “Early and Rude State”? This book provides a close reading of Smith’s key text and also incorporates material from the other parts of Smith’s oeuvre especially from The Theory of Moral Sentiments to yield original and important insights into Smith’s theory of value. The book operates on the assumption that Smith is proposing relatively simple ideas about price and takes a conventional view that simple Supply and Demand models can illuminate clearly and consistently with his text his theory of price. Combining these elements the book argues that contra Marx Smith does not have a labour theory of value at all understood as a theory of the determination of the relative price structure. Instead Smith is placed squarely in the supply and demand general equilibrium framework and the claim that he is part of a “surplus tradition” which receives its highest treatment in the work of Piero Sraffa is refuted. This book will be of particular interest to Adam Smith specialists historians of economic thought and research economists who have an interest in Smith. | Adam Smith’s Theory of Value and Distribution Economics as a Moral Science Once Again

GBP 130.00
1

Value First Then Price Building Value-Based Pricing Strategies

Value First Then Price Building Value-Based Pricing Strategies

Value-based pricing – pricing a product or service according to its value to the customer rather than its cost – is the most effective and profitable pricing strategy. Value First Then Price is an innovative collection that proposes a quantitative methodology to value pricing and road-tests this methodology through a wide variety of real-life industrial and B2B cases. This book offers a state-of-the art and best practice overview of how leading companies quantify and document value to customers. In doing so it provides students and researchers with a method by which to draw invaluable data-driven conclusions and gives sales and marketing managers the theories and best practices they need to quantify the value of their products and services to industrial and B2B purchasers. The 2nd edition of this highly-regarded text has been updated in line with current research and practice offering three new chapters covering new case studies and best practice examples of quantified value propositions the future of value quantification and value quantification for intangibles. With contributions from global industry experts this book combines cutting edge research on value quantification and value quantification capabilities with real-life practical examples. It is essential reading for postgraduate students in Sales and Marketing with an interest in Pricing Strategy sales and pricing specialists as well as business strategists in both research and practice. | Value First Then Price Building Value-Based Pricing Strategies

GBP 44.99
1

Philosophy of Suffering Metaphysics Value and Normativity

Philosophy of Suffering Metaphysics Value and Normativity

Suffering is a central component of our lives. We suffer pain. We fall ill. We fail and are failed. Our loved ones die. It is a commonplace to think that suffering is always and everywhere bad. But might suffering also be good? If so in what ways might suffering have positive as well as negative value? This important volume examines these questions and is the first comprehensive examination of suffering from a philosophical perspective. An outstanding roster of international contributors explore the nature of suffering pain and valence as well as the value of suffering and the relationships between suffering morality and rationality. Philosophy of Suffering: Metaphysics Value and Normativity is essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy of mind philosophy of psychology cognitive and behavioral psychology as well as those in health and medicine researching conceptual issues regarding suffering and pain. | Philosophy of Suffering Metaphysics Value and Normativity

GBP 38.99
1

Good Education in a Fragile World The Value of a Collaborative and Contextualised Approach to Sustainability in Higher Education

Good Education in a Fragile World The Value of a Collaborative and Contextualised Approach to Sustainability in Higher Education

This edited collection aims to provoke discussion around the most important question for contemporary higher education – what kind of education (in terms of purpose pedagogy and policy) is needed to restore the health and wellbeing of the planet and ourselves now and for generations to come? The book contains contributions from colleagues at a single UK University internationally recognised for its approach to sustainability education. Introducing a conceptual framework called the ‘Paradox Model’ the book explores the tensions that underpin the challenge of developing sustainability in higher education in the 21st century. It asks probing questions about the purpose of higher education in the 21st century given growing concerns in relation to planetary safety and justice and calls for a rethinking of educational purpose. It draws upon the theory and practice of education and explores how these can develop an understanding of sustainability pedagogies in practice. Finally it delivers thought-provoking discussion on what constitutes a ‘good’ higher education that meets the needs of a world in crisis. Drawing on a planetary health lens the book concludes with a ‘manifesto’ that brings together the key insights from the contributing authors. This will be an engaging volume for academics and educators from a wide range of disciplines in higher educational settings interested in translating sustainability theory into educational practice. | Good Education in a Fragile World The Value of a Collaborative and Contextualised Approach to Sustainability in Higher Education

GBP 130.00
1

Systemic Coaching Delivering Value Beyond the Individual

Systemic Coaching Delivering Value Beyond the Individual

Hawkins and Turner argue that coaching needs to step up to deliver value to all the stakeholders of the coachee including those they lead colleagues investors customers partners their local community and also the wider ecology. Systemic Coaching contains key chapters on how to contract in various settings how to work relationally and dialogically how to expand our own and others’ ecological awareness how to get greater value from supervision work with systemic ethics and expand our impact. While illustrating why a new model of coaching is necessary Hawkins and Turner also provide the tools and approaches that coaches and clients need to deliver this greater impact accompanied by real-life case examples and interviews from the authors and other leading coaches and leaders globally. Systemic Coaching will be an invaluable resource for coaches in practice and in training mentors coach supervisors consultants in leadership development and HR and L&D professionals and leaders. | Systemic Coaching Delivering Value Beyond the Individual

GBP 26.99
1

The Guise of the Good A Philosophical History

The Guise of the Good A Philosophical History

This is the first book to trace the doctrine of the guise of the good throughout the history of Western philosophy. It offers a chronological narrative exploring how the doctrine was formulated the arguments for and against it and the broader role it played in the thought of different philosophers. In recent years there has been a rich debate about whether value judgment or value perception must form an essential part of mental states such as emotions and desires and whether intentional actions must always be done for reasons that seem good to the agent. This has sparked new theoretical interest in the classical doctrine of the guise of the good: whenever we desire (to do) something we see it under the guise of the good; that is we conceive of what we desire as good desirable or justified by reasons in some way or another. This book offers a systematic historical treatment of the guise of the good. The chapters span from Ancient and Medieval philosophy (Socrates Plato Aristotle Augustine and Aquinas) through the early modern period (Hobbes Spinoza Locke Hume and Kant) and up to Elizabeth Anscombe's rediscovery in the 20th century after a period of relative neglect. Together they demonstrate how history can offer potential new models of the guise of the good—or new arguments against it—as well as to give a sense of how the guise of the good can bear on other philosophical issues. The Guise of the Good: A Philosophical History is an excellent resource for scholars and students working on the history of ethics philosophy of action and practical reason. | The Guise of the Good A Philosophical History

GBP 120.00
1

Sustainable Value Creation

Sustainable Value Creation

The goal of this book is to define Sustainable Value Creation in terms of a set of principles that differentiate it from existing definitions of CSR and from related concepts such as sustainability and business ethics. To internalize these ten principles is to understand how the firm can respond to stakeholder needs to optimize value creation over the medium to long term. Ultimately this second edition book aims to reform both business practice and business education. By building a theory that redefines CSR as central to the value creation process the ten principles of Sustainable Value Creation redefine how firms approach each of their operational functions but also how these subjects should be taught in universities worldwide. As such this book will hopefully be of value to instructors as a complement to their teaching students as a guide in their education and managers as a framework to help them respond to the complex dynamic context that they are expected to navigate every day. This book is a manifesto for success in today’s complex dynamic business environment. The book is designed as an easy-to-digest critical introductory text to CSR. With supporting online teaching resources it is aimed primarily at the MBA and Executive MBA market and for CSR sustainability and business ethics courses taught by instructors skeptical of existing definitions and organizing principles of CSR sustainability or business ethics.

GBP 29.99
1

Social Value in Construction

Social Value in Construction

While the concept of social value is not new recent interest in social value in construction has grown because of new social procurement legislation around the world and an increasing acceptance of the need to ensure construction projects provide social value rather than simply economic value. Despite this growing recognition literature and professional guidance on the subject is hard to find. This is the first book looking at social value in construction and it sets the agenda by asking and answering important questions like: How is the construction industry developing and supporting social enterprise and social value and for who? How and when is the industry recording and measuring social value and its effect? Which organisations are doing things well and what can we learn from their experiences? What can industry players do together to consolidate efforts and drive improvements? What are the key challenges in the field and what does the future look like? Drawing on a variety of professional and academic experiences and disciplines the authors present global perspectives and lay the foundations for creating social value in the construction industry. This timely book makes use of real-life case studies and examples of best practice to demonstrate how innovative companies can utilise contemporary research to create social value through their projects. It is time the construction industry viewed community involvement and corporate social responsibility as an opportunity rather than a risk and this is the book that shows the industry how. This is essential reading for all professionals in the construction engineering architecture and built environment sector. In particular project managers clients contract managers quantity surveyors CSR and HR personnel will gain a lot from reading this book.

GBP 46.99
1

Value and Waste in Lean Construction

Value and Waste in Lean Construction

Non-value adding activities are otherwise known as ‘waste’ in the lean construction lexicon. The aim of this collection is to build a common understanding of the role and contribution of value-adding activities in achieving stipulated objectives and continuous improvement in construction projects and to contrast this with waste. Although the lean approach to construction projects has been widely covered this is the first book that explicitly provides the link between value and waste in the Architecture Engineering and Construction (AEC) sector. This internationally researched collection seeks to create a paradigm shift which will shape work processes and future directions for how value is conceptualized and operationalized in both the project management and business aspects of construction. The readers will gain an understanding of: The value-adding paradigm in construction How to make value-supporting decisions Waste identification and control in practice With contributions from South Africa Brazil Norway and the USA the implications of this book are globally relevant. This is essential reading for all higher level students of construction management and economics and all professionals interested in value management. | Value and Waste in Lean Construction

GBP 38.99
1

Ukraine Russia and the West When Value Promotion Met Hard Power

Ukraine Russia and the West When Value Promotion Met Hard Power

Why did Russia’s all-out war against Ukraine come as such a surprise to the West? This is a key question considered by this reflective and wide-ranging book. The book argues that Russia and the West were playing different games: while Russia under Putin had become obsessed with using hard power to restore the Cold War security architecture in Europe the major Western powers had become equally obsessed with value promotion that would ensure a global triumph for the values of the West touted as “universal values. ” The Russian play for spheres of interest was clearly defined and demarcated the Western play for values was by definition without limits. Hence there could be no common ground no constructive communication and no common understanding. While Russia convinced itself that it would be successful in forcing the West to accept its claims for a new security order based on hard power Western governments deluded themselves into believing that value promotion would transform Russia into a liberal democracy and a rules-based market economy. Examining the full situation exploring political military economic and business spheres the book provides a deep analysis of how the present confrontation has come about. | Ukraine Russia and the West When Value Promotion Met Hard Power

GBP 34.99
1

The Baseball Glove History Material Meaning and Value

The Baseball Glove History Material Meaning and Value

The baseball glove is a ubiquitous item a crucial piece of equipment in the game of baseball and it offers the opportunity to examine the production of material culture and social practice at numerous levels. Where and how is a glove made and how does its manufacture square with the narratives surrounding its place in American cultural life? What are the myths superstitions and beliefs surrounding its acquisition care use and significance? How does a glove function as the center of a web of cultural practices that illustrate how individuals relate to a consumer good as a symbol of memory personal narrative and national identity? How do the manufacturers of baseball gloves draw upon promote and in some sense create these practices? How do these practices and meanings change in other national and cultural contexts? The Baseball Glove offers students the opportunity to examine these questions in an engagingly written and illustrated book that promotes hands-on interaction with a quintessential item of material culture. At the same time the book gives students the space for critical self-reflection about the place of material goods like sporting equipment in their lives and it provides the chance to learn different methodological approaches to studying everyday objects. | The Baseball Glove History Material Meaning and Value

GBP 36.99
1

The Question of Limits A Historical Perspective on the Environmental Crisis

The Question of Limits A Historical Perspective on the Environmental Crisis

We have forgotten how to think about limits. Most philosophical approaches to the environment have focused primarily on the value of the natural world the status of anthropocentrism and the Anthropocene and the largely ethical questions of our impact on the world. While fully acknowledging these concerns this book emphasizes the centrality of the confrontation between the imperative of growth that has been present since the Enlightenment and our belated rediscovery of limits. The expression Limits to Growth the title of a famous book from 1972 by Donella H. Meadows et al. may have passed into a common discourse yet the notion of limits itself remains insufficiently theorized or even reflected upon in the current movement of environmental advocacy. Sometimes it even seems as if there is an effort to avoid it. This book argues that on the contrary we can only resolve the present global challenges by confronting the question of limits and making it central to our reflection. This entails discussing the long history of thinking about limits in which Malthus is the most infamous figure but which also includes such major participants as John Stuart Mill and Karl Marx. Ultimately The Question of Limits contends that the value of embracing limits extends beyond the environment and offers the potential to become a transformative social good. The Question of Limits will be of great interest to students and scholars working at the intersection of environmental studies economics intellectual history and philosophy. | The Question of Limits A Historical Perspective on the Environmental Crisis

GBP 39.99
1

Program Evaluation A Primer for Effectiveness Quality and Value

Program Evaluation A Primer for Effectiveness Quality and Value

This timely unique and insightful book provides students and practitioners with the tools and skills needed to evaluate social and policy programs across a range of disciplines—from public health to social work to education—enabling the allocation of scarce human and financial resources to advance the health and well-being of individuals and populations. The chapters are organized according to the main tasks involved in conducting an evaluation to produce unbiased evidence of program effectiveness quality and value. The chapters include methods for selecting and justifying evaluation questions or hypotheses designing evaluations sampling participants selecting information sources and ensuring reliable and valid measurement. The final section of the book is focused around managing and analyzing data and transparently reporting the results in written and oral form. The book features international case studies throughout covers quantitative qualitative and mixed-method approaches and is also informed by new online methods developed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Among the book’s unique features is a focus on international standards for conducting ethical evaluations and avoiding research misconduct. Also featuring checklists example forms and summaries of the key ideas and topics this very practical book is essential reading for students in the social behavioral and health sciences and will be a key resource for professionals in the field. | Program Evaluation A Primer for Effectiveness Quality and Value

GBP 44.99
1

The Realm of a Rain Queen A Study of the Pattern of Lovedu Society

The Realm of a Rain Queen A Study of the Pattern of Lovedu Society

Originally published in 1943 this book discusses the life and culture of the Lovedu a Bantu tribe in South Africa. As well as discussing the Rain-Queen much of the book is devoted to the royal institutions; the network of links woven by kinship marriage and marriage cattle the legal procedure of compromise and appeasement and various aspects of magic witchcraft and religion. Considered as a whole the culture emerges as a structure supporting and in turns supported by the Rain-Queen. | The Realm of a Rain Queen A Study of the Pattern of Lovedu Society

GBP 31.99
1

The Routledge Handbook of Korean as a Second Language

The Routledge Handbook of Korean as a Second Language

The Routledge Handbook of Korean as a Second Language aims to define the field and to present the latest research in Korean as a second language (KSL). It comprises a detailed overview of the field of KSL teaching and learning discusses its development and captures critical cutting-edge research within its major subfields. As the first handbook of KSL published in English this book will be of particular interest to advanced undergraduates graduate students language teachers curriculum developers and researchers in the fields of KSL and applied linguistics. While each chapter will be authored by internationally renowned scholars in its major subfields the handbook aims to maintain accessibility so that it can also be of value to non-specialists.

GBP 205.00
1