26 results (0,17952 seconds)

Show all filters

Brand

Merchant

Price (EUR)

Reset filter

Products
From
Shops

Land and Work in Mediaeval Europe (Routledge Revivals) Selected Papers

Land and Work in Mediaeval Europe (Routledge Revivals) Selected Papers

Land and Work in Mediaeval Europe was first published in English in 1967. Throughout the work the idea that Marc Bloch was not only a historian but a great teacher is exemplified as is his ability to ask interesting and original questions through his writing. Topics covered include medieval Germany technical problems in the medieval economy and society and the medieval class structure. | Land and Work in Mediaeval Europe (Routledge Revivals) Selected Papers

GBP 89.99
1

Disability Citizenship and Community Care: A Case for Welfare Rights? A Case for Welfare Rights?

Disability Citizenship and Community Care: A Case for Welfare Rights? A Case for Welfare Rights?

This title was first published in 2002: A critical look at the experiences of disabled people in accessing and receiving community care in the UK. The author uses a framework of citizenship encompassing civil and social rights to ask difficult questions about the role the welfare state plays in preventing and promoting people's independence. The book discusses the relationship between rationing policy professional practice and the needs of disabled people and their families from a citizenship perspective and provides critical insight into possible solutions to promoting disabled people's citizenship and independence within the limits of today's welfare state. | Disability Citizenship and Community Care: A Case for Welfare Rights? A Case for Welfare Rights?

GBP 115.00
1

Personality in the Social Process

Personality in the Social Process

First published in 1985. This book presents a new way to ask an old question. Many fields have considered the nature of the influence that members of a group exert on the course of social events. Social science provides another way to examine this issue. Moreover social science has a particular strength: It helps us to phrase questions more precisely than before it encourages us to follow a line of rea­soning systematically and it requires us to evaluate our ideas in light of a par­ticular kind of evidence. The authors want to use these strengths to explore systematically the ways that factors in the person and in the environment to­gether may shape the emergence of social behavior. | Personality in the Social Process

GBP 175.00
1

Athletic and Orthopedic Injury Assessment A Case Study Approach

Athletic and Orthopedic Injury Assessment A Case Study Approach

The case studies in this book use authentic injury assessment examples to help readers link theory and clinical practice with the goal of becoming competent clinicians. The situations are realistic and present more than 130 of the injuries that athletic trainers may encounter in the real world. The questions that accompany the cases ask readers to identify clinical and differential diagnoses critique the evaluating clinician's actions recommend treatment comment on ethical choices and make many of the decisions they will face in the field. The cases encourage readers to think and problem solve; evidence-based answers (for select cases in the text and for all cases in the instructor's manual) ensure that the recommended clinical decisions are based on the best available research clinical expertise and patient preferences rather than on anecdotal practice. | Athletic and Orthopedic Injury Assessment A Case Study Approach

GBP 130.00
1

Performance at the Urban Periphery Insights from South India

Performance at the Urban Periphery Insights from South India

This edited volume considers performance in its engagement with expanding Indian cities with a particular focus on festivals and performances in Karnataka Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The editors ask how performance practices are affected by urbanisation the effects of such changes on their cultural economy and the environmental impacts of performance itself. This project also considers how performance responds to its context and the potential for performance to be critical of the city’s development and of its own compromises. Bringing together perspectives from the humanities natural and social sciences the book takes a multi-faceted analytical view of live performance connecting contemporary with heritage forms and human with more-than-human actors. The three sections themed around heritage everyday life and future ecologies will be of great interest to students and scholars in performance heritage studies ecology and art history. | Performance at the Urban Periphery Insights from South India

GBP 130.00
1

e-HR Using Intranets to Improve the Effectiveness of Your People

e-HR Using Intranets to Improve the Effectiveness of Your People

Title first published in 2003. Despite all the hype about e-learning the real breakthrough in technology at least as far as HR goes is in the development of the corporate intranet for people management purposes. Bryan Hopkins and James Markham's book explains the potential for intranets in every aspect of HR: personnel administration performance management employee development communication and knowledge management as well as training and e-learning. It asks and answers the key questions you need to ask yourself and provides case studies illustrating how organizations have successfully exploited their intranet to help their people work more effectively and efficiently. HR managers are under pressure to cut costs increase the effectiveness and range of the services they deliver. In many organizations there is also considerable pressure to maximise the returns on investment in technology. This book provides you with the means to achieve all of these goals. | e-HR Using Intranets to Improve the Effectiveness of Your People

GBP 110.00
1

Knowing Not-Knowing and Sort-of-Knowing Psychoanalysis and the Experience of Uncertainty

Knowing Not-Knowing and Sort-of-Knowing Psychoanalysis and the Experience of Uncertainty

A contemporary wide-ranging exploration of one of the most provocative topics currently under psychoanalytic investigation: the relationship of dissociation to varieties of knowing and unknowing. The twenty-eight essays collected here invite readers to reflect upon the ways the mind is structured around and through knowing not-knowing and sort-of-knowing or uncertainty. The authors explore the ramifications of being up against the limits of what they can know as through their clinical practice and theoretical considerations they simultaneously attempt to open up psychic and physical experience. How they ask do we tolerate ambiguity and blind spots as we try to know? And how do we make all of this useful to our patients and ourselves? The authors approach these and similar epistemological questions through an impressively wide variety of clinical dilemmas (e. g. the impact of new technologies upon the analytic dyad) and theoretical specialties (e. g. neurobiology). | Knowing Not-Knowing and Sort-of-Knowing Psychoanalysis and the Experience of Uncertainty

GBP 120.00
1

Revolutions in Learning and Education from India Pathways towards the Pluriverse

Revolutions in Learning and Education from India Pathways towards the Pluriverse

This book offers an important critique of the ways in which mainstream education contributes to perpetuate an inherently unjust and exploitative Development model. Instead the book proposes a new anarchistic postdevelopmental framework that goes beyond Development and schooling to ask what really makes a meaningful life. Challenging the notion of Development as a win-win relationship between civil society the state and the private sector the book argues that Development perpetuates a hierarchical world order and that the education system serves to reinforce and re-legitimise this unequal order. Drawing on real-life examples of ‘unschooling’ and ‘self-designed learning’ in India the book demonstrates that more autonomous approaches such as these can help to fundamentally challenge dominant ideas of education equality development and what it means to lead meaningful lives. The interdisciplinary approach pursued in this book makes it perfect for anyone with interests across the areas of education development studies radical political theory and philosophy. | Revolutions in Learning and Education from India Pathways towards the Pluriverse

GBP 130.00
1

Sex Class and Culture

Sex Class and Culture

First published in 1986 Sex Class and Culture is a collection of Marxist feminist essays that develops an original critical theory and applies it to literature the visual arts and mass media. Lillian Robinson was the first American critic to suggest the essential connections among sex class and race as forces that shape works of art and the critical response to them. In applying her theory to particular texts she considers topics from the Renaissance epic to the Regency romance from Jane Austen to contemporary feminist poets and from factory workers’ memoirs to TV images of career women and housewives. The essays are insightful because Robinson clearly knows this wide assortment of texts cares about their significance and writes about them with wit. They are irreverent because she asserts the feminist critic’s permanent responsibility to ask So What? and they are controversial because she constantly addresses that question to our most powerful and respectable institutions – social and literary. This book will be of interest to students of literature history gender studies and sexuality studies.

GBP 105.00
1

Modern and Contemporary Yorkshire Poetry Cultural Identities Political Crises

Modern and Contemporary Yorkshire Poetry Cultural Identities Political Crises

Delving into the landscapes and politics of twentieth- and twenty-first-century South East and West Yorkshire Modern and Contemporary Yorkshire Poetry: Cultural Identities Political Crises theorises Yorkshire as a distinct region of poetry in its own right. In outlining the commonalities and parameters of this branch of poetry Modern and Contemporary Yorkshire Poetry engages the work with a selection of poets writing in and about the region since 1945 including Philip Larkin Ted Hughes Simon Armitage Helen Mort Zaffar Kunial Kate Fox and Vicky Foster. Charting the developments in Yorkshire poetry this book explores several key contexts – including deindustrialisation the Miners’ Strikes and Brexit – in detail evidencing the impacts of these sociopolitical events on the poetry of a region. Modern and Contemporary Yorkshire Poetry investigates 75 years of poetry to ask the question: what is Yorkshire poetry? In other words what is it that connects poems by these writers whilst setting them apart from poetry of other UK regions? | Modern and Contemporary Yorkshire Poetry Cultural Identities Political Crises

GBP 130.00
1

Philosophical Perspectives on Ruins Monuments and Memorials

Philosophical Perspectives on Ruins Monuments and Memorials

This collection of newly published essays examines our relationship to physical objects that invoke commemorate and honor the past. The recent destruction of cultural heritage in war and controversies over Civil War monuments in the US have foregrounded the importance of artifacts that embody history. The book invites us to ask: How do memorials convey their meanings? What is our responsibility for the preservation or reconstruction of historically significant structures? How should we respond when the public display of a monument divides a community? This anthology includes coverage of the destruction of Palmyra and the Bamiyan Buddhas the loss of cultural heritage through war and natural disasters the explosive controversies surrounding Confederate-era monuments and the decay of industry in the U. S. Rust Belt. The authors consider issues of preservation and reconstruction the nature of ruins the aesthetic and ethical values of memorials and the relationship of cultural memory to material artifacts that remain from the past. Written by a leading group of philosophers art historians and archeologists the 23 chapters cover monuments and memorials from Dubai to Detroit from the instant destruction of Hiroshima to the gradual sinking of Venice. | Philosophical Perspectives on Ruins Monuments and Memorials

GBP 130.00
1

Serial Killers in Contemporary Television Familiar Monsters in Post-9/11 Culture

Serial Killers in Contemporary Television Familiar Monsters in Post-9/11 Culture

This volume examines the significant increase in representations of serial killers as central characters in popular television over the last two decades. Via critical analyses of the philosophical and existential themes presented to viewers and their place in the cultural landscape of contemporary America the authors ask: What is it about serial killers that incited such a boom in these types of narratives in popular television post-9/11? Looking past the serial format of television programming as uniquely suited for the presentation of the serial killer’s actions the chapters delve into deeper reasons as to why TV has proven to be such a fertile ground for serial killer narratives in contemporary popular culture. An international team of authors question: What is it about serial killers that makes these characters deeply enlightening representations of the human condition that although horrifically deviant reflect complex elements of the human psyche? Why are serial killers intellectually fascinating to audiences? How do these characters so deeply affect us? Shedding new light on a contemporary phenomenon this book will be a fascinating read for all those at the intersection of television studies film studies psychology popular culture media studies philosophy genre studies and horror studies. | Serial Killers in Contemporary Television Familiar Monsters in Post-9/11 Culture

GBP 130.00
1

Individual and Society Sociological Social Psychology

Individual and Society Sociological Social Psychology

Unlike other texts for undergraduate sociological social psychology courses this text presents the three distinct traditions in sociological social psychology—symbolic interactionism social structure and personality and group processes and structures—and emphasizes the different theoretical frameworks within which social psychological analyses are conducted within each research tradition. With this approach the authors make clear the link between sociological social psychology theory and methodology. Students will gain a better understanding of how and why social psychologists trained in sociology ask particular kinds of questions; the types of research they are involved in; and how their findings have been or can be applied to contemporary societal patterns and problems. This new second edition includes the latest research on topics related to current events and changing societal patterns; more detailed discussions on intersectionality social media and contemporary social movements; as well as a new concluding chapter that asks students to reflect on what they have learned about sociological social psychology and its applicability to contemporary social issues. Engaging exercises and group activities are also embedded within in each chapter to enhance students’ understanding of key concepts theories methods and research findings within the field and how they relate to everyday life. | Individual and Society Sociological Social Psychology

GBP 94.99
1

Understanding Chemistry through Cars

Understanding Chemistry through Cars

As the car anticipates its dance around the racetrack the engine growls and pops and all senses become immersed in the smell of exhaust vapors and the sounds of raw speed and excitement. As it turns out these also are the sights sounds and smells of chemistry! The car is a great example of an everyday device with an abundance of chemistry hiding in plain sight. In fact almost everything in a car can be described from a chemical perspective. Understanding Chemistry through Cars guides novice chemists and car enthusiasts in learning basic chemical principles in an engaging context. It also supports upper-level chemists in synthesizing knowledge gained over a chemistry curriculum and seeing how it can manifest in the real world. This book provides an overview of chemistry in relation to cars. Various topics are discussed including the ideal gas law materials chemistry thermochemistry solution chemistry mass transport polymerization light/matter interactions and oxidation and reduction. The book incorporates expected learning outcomes at the beginning of each section detailed and easy-to-follow example problems appendices reviewing basic chemical topics suggestions on how to use the resource in upper-level courses. Ancillary materials such as a Twitter account and an associated blog allow readers to explore the latest in the world of car chemistry ask questions and interact directly with the authors and other experts.

GBP 175.00
1

McDowell and the Hermeneutic Tradition

McDowell and the Hermeneutic Tradition

This volume explores the connections between John McDowell’s philosophy and the hermeneutic tradition. The contributions not only explore the hermeneutical aspects of McDowell’s thought but also ask how this reading of McDowell can inform the hermeneutical tradition itself. John McDowell has made important contributions to debates in epistemology metaethics and philosophy of language and his readings of Aristotle Kant Hegel and Wittgenstein have proved widely influential. While there are instances in which McDowell draws upon the work of hermeneutic thinkers the hermeneutic strand of McDowell’s philosophy has not yet been systematically explored in depth. The chapters in this volume open up a space in which to read McDowell himself as a hermeneutic thinker. They address several research questions: How can McDowell’s recourse to the hermeneutical tradition be understood in detail? Besides Gadamer does McDowell’s work implicitly convey and advance motives from other seminal figures of this tradition such as Heidegger and Dilthey? Are there aspects of McDowell’s position that can be enhanced through a juxtaposition with central hermeneutic concepts like World Tradition and Understanding? Are there further perhaps yet unexplored aspects of McDowell’s infl uences that ought to be interpreted as expressing hermeneutic ideas? McDowell and the Hermeneutic Tradition will appeal to researchers and advanced students working in American philosophy Continental philosophy hermeneutics history of philosophy philosophy of language and epistemology.

GBP 130.00
1

Contextualizing Global Flows of Competency-Based Education Polysemy Hybridity and Silences

Contextualizing Global Flows of Competency-Based Education Polysemy Hybridity and Silences

The new comparative research in this volume explores the global flow of competence-based education curricular policy and frameworks for instructional practice. Taking critical perspectives the chapters trace the pathways through which educators and policy actors adopted and reshaped competence-based education as promoted by the OECD the World Bank and the European Union. The authors ask: What purposes do competence-based educational reforms serve? How are competence-based models internationally deployed and locally modified? What happens as competence-based reforms get re-contextualized and contested in particular cultural social and political contexts? In their nuanced examination of these global flows the authors theorize how competence-based reform strategies variously produce hybridity silent borrowing “loud borrowing ” and new social imaginaries. Although entangled with other “hot topics” in educational research —skills and dispositions for citizenship and employment; higher-order and critical thinking; and socio-emotional learning—competence itself has multiple fluid meanings. The authors dissect this polysemy while documenting the pivotal role of key actors in the development design and deployment of reforms in diverse international contexts. Contextualizing Global Flows of Competency-Based Education will be a key resource for academics researchers and advanced students of comparative education educational research curriculum studies sociology and education leadership and policy. This book was originally published as a special issue of Comparative Education. | Contextualizing Global Flows of Competency-Based Education Polysemy Hybridity and Silences

GBP 130.00
1

Critical Views of Logic

Critical Views of Logic

This book examines positions that challenge the Fregean logic-first view. It raises critical questions about logic by examining various ways in which logic may be entangled with mathematics and metaphysics. Is logic topic-neutral and general? Can we take the application of logic for granted? This book suggests that we should not be dogmatic about logic but ask similar critical questions about logic as those Kant raised about metaphysics and mathematics. It challenges the Fregean logic-first view according to which logic is fundamental and hence independent of any extra-logical considerations. Whereas Quine assimilated logic and mathematics to the theoretical parts of empirical science the present volume explores views that stop short of his thoroughgoing holism but instead take logic to be answerable to or entangled with some particular disciplines. The contributions provide views that assign primacy to mathematical reasons Kantian metaphysical grounds Husserlian transcendental phenomenological reflection or normative considerations about how terms ought to be defined in various fields of empirical science or mathematics. Space is thereby carved out between a Fregean position on the one hand and Quinean holism on the other. Critical Views of Logic will be a key resource for academics researchers and advanced students of philosophy linguistics mathematics and computer science as well as those engaged in various fields of empirical science. The chapters in this book except for chapter 4 were originally published in the journal Inquiry.

GBP 130.00
1

Women Stigma and Desistance from Crime Precarious Identities in the Transition to Adulthood

Women Stigma and Desistance from Crime Precarious Identities in the Transition to Adulthood

How do young women negotiate their identity in the shadow of a criminal past? What expectations can these women have and what constraints do they face in embracing change and reform? In this new book Gilly Sharpe returns to the group of women interviewed in her bestselling book Offending Girls to ask these questions and more. Building on wide-ranging interviews with young adult women who have experienced a highly punitive climate in both youth justice and welfare policy this book analyses their vivid personal accounts of stigmatisation and devaluation as former lawbreakers welfare claimants and mothers and examines their gendered transitions from youth criminalisation into adulthood. Women Stigma and Desistance from Crime exposes how stigma which is rooted in structural inequality and thrives in societies with deep economic and social divisions devalues working-class and marginalised women and diminishes their lives. It offers a unique analysis of how criminal stigma is shaped by class-based condescension welfare inaction and school-based disciplinary punishment and reveals how stigma is reproduced over time across education welfare and penal institutions. Meticulously researched and the first study to examine how the lives of young women previously enmeshed in the youth justice system unfold as they transition to adulthood this book will be of interest to scholars and students of criminology and criminal justice sociology social work social policy gender and youth studies and to practitioners and policy-makers in these fields. | Women Stigma and Desistance from Crime Precarious Identities in the Transition to Adulthood

GBP 130.00
1

Sexual Abuse and Education in Japan In the (Inter)National Shadows

Sexual Abuse and Education in Japan In the (Inter)National Shadows

Bringing together two voices practice and theory in a collaboration that emerges from lived experience and structured reflection upon that experience O’Mochain and Ueno show how entrenched discursive forces exert immense influence in Japanese society and how they might be most effectively challenged. With a psychosocial framework that draws insights from feminism sociology international studies and political psychology the authors pinpoint the motivations of the nativist right and reflect on the change of conditions that is necessary to end cultures of impunity for perpetrators of sexual abuse in Japan. Evaluating the value of the #MeToo model of activism the authors offer insights that will encourage victims to come out of the shadows pursue justice and help transform Japan’s sense of identity both at home and abroad. Ueno a female Japanese educator and O’Mochain a non-Japanese male academic examine the nature of sexual abuse problems both in educational contexts and in society at large through the use of surveys interviews and engagement with an eclectic range of academic literature. They identify the groups within society who offer the least support for women who pursue justice against perpetrators of sexual abuse. They also ask if far-right ideological extremists are fixated with proving that so called “comfort women” are higaisha-buru or “fake victims. ” Japan would have much to gain on the international stage were it to fully acknowledge historical crimes of sexual violence yet it continues to refuse to do so. O’Mochain and Ueno shed light on this puzzling refusal through recourse to the concepts of ‘international status anxiety’ and ‘male hysteria. ’ An insightful read for scholars of Japanese society especially those concerned about its treatment of women. | Sexual Abuse and Education in Japan In the (Inter)National Shadows

GBP 130.00
1

The Theory of International Relations Selected Texts from Gentili to Treitschke

The Theory of International Relations Selected Texts from Gentili to Treitschke

The great writings of the past on the subject of international relations add an important dimension to the contemporary study of the field. The Theory of International Relations consists of substantial selections from authors whose ideas should be readily available to all students of international relations. All the passages selected by the editors ask fundamental theoretical questions searching for the essence of interstate relations. This quest for answers carries the reader into investigations of the causes of war the balance of power the relationship between international relations and the political theory of the state and other major issues of this subject. The editors provide an introduction to the work which sets out the principles of selection and their belief in the relevance of political thought to the understanding of international relations. The selections are arranged in chronological sequence from Alberico Gentili writing in 1598 to Heinrich von Treitschke lecturing in Berlin at the end of the nineteenth century. All are concerned with the nature of international politics. Some of these selections are translated here for the first time and others reprinted from translations not easily obtainable. It is significant that Gentz's essay on the balance of power has not appeared in English since 1806 while Rousseau's writings on international politics have never been fully translated at all. There can be little doubt that the great writers of the past are presently neglected by students of international relations. This work covers extensive ground in solving this problem. As the theoretical background of international relations is acquiring an increasingly important place in college courses in this area the need for this book is widely felt. | The Theory of International Relations Selected Texts from Gentili to Treitschke

GBP 130.00
1

Bariatric Surgery Patients A Nutritional Guide

Bariatric Surgery Patients A Nutritional Guide

Approximately 65% of our population is overweight and 12% are morbidly obese. This is despite more than 25 years of attempted medical management. Clearly all current efforts have failed to control this enormous problem. Could it be that we have failed to recognize the cause of the disease and therefore have misdirected our efforts? � Alfredo Fernandez MD FASMBS Surgeon Tampa Florida Reducing obesity through bariatric surgery provides a sustainable weight loss regimen because it restricts the size of the stomach and limits food intake. However the surgery limits the amount of nutrients absorbed by the stomach and small intestine. This book provides a comprehensive practical guide on pre- and post-nutrition considerations in bariatric patients. It describes surgeries including gastric bypass lap band and sleeve; nutrition protocols for surgery patients; pregnancy considerations- pre- and post-surgery; food consumption post-surgery; advancing healthy food intake after surgery; minimizing negative side effects; and recommendations to maintain healthy diet. This nutritional guide provides health care practitioners descriptions and answers to the many questions bariatric surgery patients need to know and ask in support group meetings and individual counseling sessions. The first chapter focuses on Selling Obesity and Food as a Cheap and Legal Drug outlining how food advertising portion size increases and food frauds have contributed to the obesity crisis. New research into gut hormones microbiome influence on obesity firmicutes and histamine are included as well as pregnancy after bariatric surgery and lifestyle changes�eating sleep hydration stress management�needed for success after surgery. Many health care practitioners will use the Post Op Discharge Diet stages of progression to explain how the patient needs to prepare for their liquid diet and overcome numerous issues like dumping syndrome hypoglycemia a | Bariatric Surgery Patients A Nutritional Guide

GBP 175.00
1

Telling Pieces Art As Literacy in Middle School Classes

Telling Pieces Art As Literacy in Middle School Classes

Telling Pieces is an exploration of how pre-adolescent middle-school children develop a knowledge and understanding of the conventions of art (art as literacy) and how they use this knowledge to create representations of their lives in a small midwestern U. S. town. Beginning with an overview of social semiotics and emergent literacy theorizing the authors set the stage for their study of sixth graders involved in art. A galleria of children's artworks is presented allowing readers/viewers to consider these texts independent of the authors' interpretations of them. Then set against the galleria is the story of the community and school contexts in which the artworks are produced-contexts in which racism homophobia and the repression of creativity are often the norm. The interpretation the authors bring to bear on the artworks reveals stories that the artworks may or may not tell on their own. But the tales of artistic literacy achievement are counterbalanced by reflection about the content of the artworks produced because the artworks reveal the impossibility for students to imagine beyond the situational bounds of racism homophobia and religiosity. The authors conclude by raising questions about the kinds of conditions that make literacy in art possible. In doing so they explore selected alternative models and in addition ask readers to consider the implications of the ideological issues underlying teaching children how to represent their ideas. They also advocate for a participatory pedagogy of possibility founded on ethical relational principles in the creation and interpretation of visual text. Of particular interest to school professionals researchers and graduate students in literacy or art education this pioneering book: brings together the fields of art education and literacy education through its focus on how middle school students come to work with and understand the semiotic systems introduces sociolin | Telling Pieces Art As Literacy in Middle School Classes

GBP 175.00
1

The Good Society

The Good Society

The Good Society is a critical text in the history of liberalism. Initially a series of articles published in a variety of Lippmann's favorite magazines as the whole evolved it became a frontal assault against totalitarian tendencies within American society. Lippmann took to task those who sought to improve the lot of mankind by undoing the work of their predecessors and by undermining movements in which men struggle to be free. This book is a strong indictment of programs of reform that are at odds with the liberal tradition and it is critical of those who ask people to choose between security and liberty. The Good Society falls naturally into two segments. In the first Lippmann shows the errors and common fallacies of faith in government as the solution to all problems. He says from left to right from communist to conservative. They all believe the same fundamental doctrine. All the philosophies go into battle singing the same tune with slightly different words. In the second part of the book Lippmann offers reasons why liberalism lost sight of its purpose and suggests the first principles on which it can flourish again. Lippmann argues that liberalism's revival is inevitable because no other system of government can work given the kind of economic world mankind seeks. He did not write The Good Society to please adherents of any political ideology. Lippmann challenges all philosophies of government and yet manages to present a positive program. Bewildered liberals and conservatives alike will find this work a successful effort to synthesize a theory of liberalism with the practice of a strong democracy. Gary Dean Best has provided the twenty-first century reader a clear-eyed context for interpreting Lippmann's defense of classical liberalism. The Good Society is the eleventh in a series of books written by Walter Lippmann reissued by Transaction with new introductions and in a paperback format. As with other major figures of the twentieth century such as Thorstein Veblen Peter Drucker Margaret Mead and Richard Hoggart these are classic books with contemporary perspectives.

GBP 130.00
1

The Incorporated Wife

The Incorporated Wife

Originally published in 1984 this book touches the private lives and professional responsibilities of men and women as it illustrates the comic as well as serious effects of the ‘incorporation’ of wives into some important State and commercial institutions. Beyond their domestic functions wives have in particular ways been valuable props to many a husband’s career and many an employer’s and the nation’s interests. For example the Army civil administrations at home and overseas and the police have without questioning depended on the services of wives – given silently willingly or unwillingly. Yet the nature of the relationship of these ‘incorporated’ wives to the objectives of such institutions has until recently been largely unregistered in practice unrecorded in social and historical accounts and unstudied by analysts. This book provides a wealth of ethnographic material. Personal anecdotes and scholarly interpretations throw light on the conceptual systems underlying the workings and cultures of institutions as well as the construction of identities. Many will find their experiences echoed here. The issues raised are important not only for individual men and women for whom such ‘incorporation’ may provide advantages as well as constraints but because of the bearing they have on our understanding of marriage especially since we cannot be sure this will continue in its present mode or as the dominant form of conjugal union. As more married women assume greater responsibilities at work will their husbands give the same support to their wives and those who employ them as they themselves received? Further it seems likely that wives may become less willing than in the past to render their services unacknowledged – indeed this trend is already apparent. We may ask then ‘who will fill the gaps?’ and ‘how will institutions change?’. The historical and contemporary studies here provide some base data and some theoretical approaches necessary for any who may wish to consider what will become increasingly acute practical questions. | The Incorporated Wife

GBP 99.99
1

Handbook of Engineering Management The Digital Economy

Handbook of Engineering Management The Digital Economy

The Engineering Management discipline remains complex and multidisciplinary and has progressed and broadened in scope significantly over the last 10–20 years. Previously the discipline has been fragmented and not aligned with the purposes of economic development mega-project delivery and technological progress. Digital engineering has revolutionized the field of engineering by introducing digital tools and technologies to the design creation operation and maintenance of physical systems products and services. It has enabled more efficient effective and sustainable solutions and has the potential to drive significant innovation and improve the way we design build and operate physical systems. This handbook addresses new content of complexity by offering new engineering concepts such as simple complicated and complex which have never been included in this discipline before and will generate interest from higher education financial institutions and technology companies. Handbook of Engineering Management: The Digital Economy focuses on multidisciplinary integration and complex evolving systems. It discusses the incorporation of a system of systems along with engineering economic strategies for sustainable economic growth. This handbook highlights functional leadership as the main part of an engineering manager’s competency and discusses how to form alliances strategically. In addition it presents a comprehensive guide for the implementation of an environmental management system and shows how environmental and social impacts can be assessed in an organization applying digital tools. This handbook also brings together the three important areas of Engineering Management: Knowledge Management the Digital Economy and Digital Manufacturing. In addition this handbook provides a comprehensive guide to implementing an environmental management system and shows how environmental and social impacts in an organization can be assessed using digital tools. Based on the authors’ practical experience it describes various management approaches and explains how such a system can be used to prioritize actions and resources increase efficiency minimize costs and lead to better more informed decision making. It is essential to follow a systematic approach and to ask the right questions whether the system is managed and implemented by humans AI or a combination of both. This handbook is laid out in a series of simple steps and dispels the jargon and myths surrounding this important management tool. This handbook is an ideal read for engineering managers project managers industrial and systems engineers supply chain engineers professionals who want to advance their knowledge and graduate students. | Handbook of Engineering Management The Digital Economy

GBP 150.00
1