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Sweden vs Apartheid Putting Morality Ahead of Profit

Sweden vs Apartheid Putting Morality Ahead of Profit

'Sweden vs Apartheid' examines the effort by the Swedish government and civil society in Sweden to abolish the system of apartheid that was instituted in South Africa in 1948. There are many reasons why this book is important. It explores the foreign policy 'posture' of a state looks at Sweden's neutrality policy which embraced the idea of international solidarity with weaker states and groups and examines the first Western state to adopt an active anti-apartheid stance when such a position was quite unpopular in the West. The analysis blends both international relations and comparative political approaches to take a critical look at the role played by Sweden in the defeat of the apartheid system. | Sweden vs Apartheid Putting Morality Ahead of Profit

GBP 29.99
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Operators vs Quantifiers

Operators vs Quantifiers

In this volume seven experts in logic and semantics examine reasons for using the intensional operator approach over the variable binding approach and vice versa. In logic and semantics there are two alternative tools that can be applied to many types of embedding phrases (modal temporal etc): the intensional operator approach and the variable binding approach. A rivalry between operators and quantifiers occurs in many areas of semantics: e. g. tense modality locational operators epistemic modality. There are areas where the operator approach dominates and areas where quantifiers prevail. Sometimes as in the case of tense roles have switched and where one approach used to dominate the other has taken over. This volume features contributions from leading experts in the field that examine the following questions: what exactly is at stake in a choice between the alternatives? are there any principled reasons for deciding which approach to use in which case? should we be purists and eliminate one approach completely in favour of the other? Operators vs Quantifiers will be a key resource for academics researchers and advanced students of philosophy linguistics computer science and mathematics. This book was originally published as a special issue of Inquiry.

GBP 130.00
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Teacher Education in Taiwan State control vs marketization

Teacher Education in Taiwan State control vs marketization

Since the Teacher Education Act was in place in 1994 student teachers were educated through diverse educational institutions instead of the traditional normal schools (Taiwan’s equivalent of teachers’ colleges). But such market-based teacher education has been altered by politics society and culture in the direction of government-controlled teacher education particularly in the quality evaluation of teacher education. Taiwan maintains teacher education quality by controlling the number of teachers using teacher assessment to eliminate teachers who are not up to standard evaluating teacher education institutions evaluating professional development of teachers to raise elementary and secondary teacher quality. This book uses Taiwan as a case study to analyze the transformation of teacher education in a country which goes through political economic and societal transitions along the axis of state regulation vs marketization. It analyzes the uniqueness of Taiwanese teacher education for international reference and draws implications for teacher education policies in the context of education reform. The Formation of Two Approaches to Teacher Education Teacher Education Policy and Policy Direction in Taiwan The Ideology Implications Applications of Teacher Profession Standards The Teacher Education Strategic Alliances in Taiwan This book will interest policy makers researchers and students in the field of education especially in teacher education and comparative education. | Teacher Education in Taiwan State control vs marketization

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Authoritarian Diffusion and Cooperation Interests vs. Ideology

Authoritarian Diffusion and Cooperation Interests vs. Ideology

To shed light on the global reassertion of authoritarianism in recent years this volume analyses transnational diffusion and international cooperation among non-democratic regimes. How and with what effect do authoritarian regimes learn from each other? For what purpose and how successfully do they cooperate? The volume highlights that present-day autocrats pursue mainly pragmatic interests rather than ideological missions. Consequently the connections among authoritarian regimes have primarily defensive purposes especially insulation against democracy promotion by the West. As a result the authors do not foresee a major recession of democracy as occurred with the rise of fascism during the interwar years. The chapters in this book were originally published in a special issue of Democratization. | Authoritarian Diffusion and Cooperation Interests vs. Ideology

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Hyperconsumption Corporate Marketing vs. the Planet

Hyperconsumption Corporate Marketing vs. the Planet

Diving deep into the world of corporate marketing this incisive and eye-opening work shows how in the hands of the corporation business has become manipulative divisive and disastrously at odds with the needs of the natural world. It calls on us to rethink and rebel. The corporate marketing blitz is driven by a simple economic truth: profits depend on demand always exceeding supply. A multi-billion-dollar global industry has therefore been created with the sole aim of turning us into devout consumers. Gerard Hastings invites us to explore alternatives to a system that is threatening our survival. He explores what it is to be human how marketing can be used to do good rather than harm and the potential of alternative models that empower us to be citizens not just consumers. Professionals and students in the business marketing public health environmental and political sectors – as well as concerned citizens who know that business as usual is not an option – will value this accessible guide to what is going wrong with our current business models and how these failings can be addressed. | Hyperconsumption Corporate Marketing vs. the Planet

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Myers-Briggs Typology vs. Jungian Individuation Overcoming One-Sidedness in Self and Society

Myers-Briggs Typology vs. Jungian Individuation Overcoming One-Sidedness in Self and Society

In Myers-Briggs Typology vs Jungian Individuation: Overcoming One-Sidedness in Self and Society Steve Myers unravels the century-long misinterpretation of Jung’s seminal text Psychological Types to show how Jung’s thinking offers solutions to the conflicts that have torn apart our societies. By challenging the popular interpretation of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® and similar instruments Myers argues that we have not only missed Jung’s main proposition but our contemporary interpretation runs counter to it. Myers aims to rediscover the overlooked argument of Jung’s Psychological Types and make it of practical relevance to contemporary issues. He intends to refocus rather than discard Myers-Briggs typology showing that there are further stages of development after becoming a type and that typological principles have a much broader application. Raising queries about the way typology is used in contemporary society Myers uses literary examples such as Romeo and Juliet and Carl Spitteler’s Prometheus and Epimetheus to show how one-sidedness leads to conflict and to illustrate Jung’s solution to the problem of opposites. He also applies this to real-life political crises by examining the decision-making of key political figures such as Nelson Mandela Robert Mugabe and those involved in Brexit or the Northern Ireland peace process. The latter part of the book relates Jung’s process of typological development to his later writings on alchemy notably the axiom of Maria to show how they all have a common goal the transformation of attitude. The book concludes by analysing the implications of the divergence of Myers-Briggs typology and Jungian individuation for the communities who use those ideas. This book puts Jungian individuation back at the forefront of debate and will be essential reading for intermediate and advanced users of Myers-Briggs typology. Due to its political relevance it will also be of interest to Jungian analysts and their clients and to academics and students of Jungian and post-Jungian ideas and political science. | Myers-Briggs Typology vs. Jungian Individuation Overcoming One-Sidedness in Self and Society

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The Individual Vs. The Public Interest Political Ideology And National Forest Policy

The Individual Vs. The Public Interest Political Ideology And National Forest Policy

Central to the controversy surrounding U. S. natural resources policy is the conflict between environmentalists and proponents of development. Examining the evolution of the philosophies underlying that conflict Dr. Alston traces the failure to achieve a unified resources policy to the seemingly incompatible ideological positions held by resource specialists interest groups policymakers econo mists and foresters. His analysis goes beyond his case study of na ional forest policy to focus on an ancient question basic to policy making in a democratic society: How can government provide a sociopolitical framework that accomodates both individual interests and the need for unity in a collective existence? Only within this broader framework he argues is it possible to determine the proper division between private and public resource management or the proper role of government in natural resources planning. Incorporating a critical evaluation of the development of classical and neoclassical economic theory this work makes clear the need to strike a balance between a strictly individualistic and an ecological point of view. Dr. Alston illustrates the ideological conflicts that complicate resources planning and explores the possibility of a new ideology capable of accomodating and inte grating differences to meet the complex needs of society. | The Individual Vs. The Public Interest Political Ideology And National Forest Policy

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The Handbook of Communication and Security

The Handbook of Communication and Security

The Handbook of Communication and Security provides a comprehensive collection and synthesis of communication scholarship that engages security at multiple levels including theoretical vs. practical international vs. domestic and public vs. private. The handbook includes chapters that leverage communication-based concepts and theories to illuminate and influence contemporary security conditions. Collectively these chapters foreground and analyze the role of communication in shaping the economic technological and cultural contexts of security in the 21st century. This book is ideal for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students and scholars in the numerous subfields of communication and security studies.

GBP 84.99
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The Bureaucratic Struggle For Control Of U.s. Foreign Aid Diplomacy Vs. Development In Southern Africa

The Bureaucratic Struggle For Control Of U.s. Foreign Aid Diplomacy Vs. Development In Southern Africa

This study of executive-branch decision making explores the conflict between the diplomatic and developmental mandates of U. S. foreign-aid programs on two levels. First a given amount of programming funded for a country must be divided among various activities some of which are directed toward long-term development while others encourage short-term diplomatic cooperation with U. S. initiatives. Second individual federal agencies favor certain types of aid and are engaged in a constant struggle to preserve and expand their favored programs at the expense of others. Dr. Rossiter examines this conflict in a case study of the State Department's use of foreign-aid programs to induce the frontline states of southern Africa to cooperate with President Carter's initiative to resolve the civil war in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe. According to Dr. Rossiter the Agency for International Development (AID) lost control over foreign aid in the region to the State Department because the constituency for development objectives was relatively weak both inside and outside the U. S. government. He concludes by discussing the implications of AID's unsuccessful attempt to free itself from the State Department's control during the reorganization of the foreign-aid bureaucracy under President Carter. | The Bureaucratic Struggle For Control Of U. s. Foreign Aid Diplomacy Vs. Development In Southern Africa

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The Evolution of English Language Learners in Japan Crossing Japan the West and South East Asia

The Evolution of English Language Learners in Japan Crossing Japan the West and South East Asia

This book seeks a better understanding of the sociocultural and ideological factors that influence English study in Japan and study-abroad contexts such as university-bound high schools female-dominant English classes at college ESL schools in Canada and private or university-affiliated ESL programs in Singapore and Malaysia. The discussion is based not only on data garnered from Japanese EFL learners and Japanese/overseas educators but also on official English language policies and commercial magazine discourses about English study for Japanese people. The book addresses seemingly incompatible themes that are either entrenched in or beyond Japan’s EFL context such as: Japan’s decades-long poorly-performing English education vs. its equally long-lived status as an economic power; Japanese English learners’ preference for native English speakers/norms in at-home Japanese EFL contexts vs. their friendship with other Asian students in western study-abroad contexts; Japanese female students’ dream of using English to further their careers vs. Japanese working women’s English study for self-enrichment; Japanese society’s obsession with globalization through English study vs. the Japanese economy sustained by monolingual Japanese businessmen; Japanese business magazines’ frequent cover issues on global business English study vs. Japanese working women’s magazines’ less frequent and markedly feminized discourses about English study. | The Evolution of English Language Learners in Japan Crossing Japan the West and South East Asia

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Agritourism Wine Tourism and Craft Beer Tourism Local Responses to Peripherality Through Tourism Niches

Agritourism Wine Tourism and Craft Beer Tourism Local Responses to Peripherality Through Tourism Niches

This book delves into the development opportunities for peripheral areas explored through the emerging practices of agritourism wine tourism and craft beer tourism. It celebrates the entrepreneurial spirit of people living in peri-urban regions. Peripheral areas tend to be far from urban hubs providing essential services but also typically suffering from marginalisation and remoteness despite the access to environmental cultural and social resources. In this sense this book investigates the linkages between local agency and tourism in peripheral areas the role of existing policies and the evolving bottom-up practices in fostering local development. The basic aim is to disestablish the dichotomies that often emerge when dealing with issues of rural–urban and/or centre–periphery relationships; innovation vs tradition; authenticity vs mise en scène; agency vs inertia; and social cultural economic mobility vs immobility; etc. With focused attention on the possible compliance or conflicting strategies of local actors with the existing policies the book considers how local actors and communities respond to the implications of peripherality in areas often impacted by marginalising processes. Drawing upon case studies from North America and Europe this book presents this connection as a global phenomenon which will be of interest to community and economic development planners and entrepreneurs. | Agritourism Wine Tourism and Craft Beer Tourism Local Responses to Peripherality Through Tourism Niches

GBP 38.99
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Macroeconomic Principles and Problems A Pluralist Introduction

Macroeconomic Principles and Problems A Pluralist Introduction

Macroeconomic Principles and Problems: A Pluralist Introduction offers a comprehensive overview of the major topics in modern macroeconomics from mainstream and heterodox perspectives. This textbook examines the key macroeconomic problems and policy debates facing contemporary society including economic crises sustainability fiscal and monetary policy government debt state-led vs. market-led approaches for growth and unregulated trade vs. protectionism. Written in an engaging style and focused on real-world examples this textbook brings macroeconomics to life. Multiple examples of how each economic model works coupled with critical analysis of the assumptions behind them enable students to develop a sophisticated understanding of the material. Digital supplements are also available for students and instructors. Macroeconomic Principles and Problems offers the most contemporary and complete package for any pluralist macroeconomics principles class. | Macroeconomic Principles and Problems A Pluralist Introduction

GBP 66.99
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Researching and Analysing Business Research Methods in Practice

Researching and Analysing Business Research Methods in Practice

Researching and Analysing Business: Research Methods in Practice provides an accessible and practical guide to various data collection and data analysis techniques within management from both quantitative and qualitative perspectives. This key resource functions as a comprehensive reference tool – covering a broad variety of methodologies – examining both the theory behind them and their application in practice. These include systematic literature review through bibliometric and meta-analysis secondary vs primary sources qualitative research vs quantitative research combining qualitative and quantitative methods qualitative and quantitative research method approaches fsQCA data mining and sentiment analysis. Chapters are rich in examples data sets practical exercises easy-to-follow slides and a glossary which help readers to understand and apply research approaches as well as to assess the strengths and weaknesses of each method. Unique in its practical approach and with insights from active researchers this book is required and recommended reading for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students studying research methods as a core module within business and management courses. It is also a useful tool for PhD students and academics within the discipline. Online support materials include PowerPoint slides. | Researching and Analysing Business Research Methods in Practice

GBP 39.99
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The Organization of Transport A History of Users Industry and Public Policy

The Organization of Transport A History of Users Industry and Public Policy

Over the past ten years the study of mobility has demonstrated groundbreaking approaches and new research patterns. These investigations criticize the concept of mobility itself suggesting the need to merge transport and communication research and to approach the topic with novel instruments and new methodologies. Following the debates on the role of users in shaping transport technology new mobility research includes debates from sociology planning economy geography history and anthropology. This edited volume examines how users policy-makers and industrial managers have organized and continue to organize mobility with a particularly attention to Europe North America and Asia. Taking a long-term and comparative perspective the volume brings together thirteen chapters from the fields of urban studies history cultural studies and geography. Covering a variety of countries and regions these chapters investigate how various actors have shaped transport systems creating models of mobility that differ along a number of dimensions including public vs. private ownership and operation as well as individual vs. collective forms of transportation. The contributions also examine the extent to which initial models have created path dependencies in terms of technology physical infrastructure urban development and cultural and behavioral preferences that limit subsequent choices. | The Organization of Transport A History of Users Industry and Public Policy

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Access Resource Sharing and Collection Development

Access Resource Sharing and Collection Development

This book first published in 1996 explores the role of libraries in acquiring storing and disseminating information in different formats to make better use of technology in sharing scarce resources and connecting library users with collections. With an expressed goal of encouraging continued debate and further investigation this book presents developing strategies and procedures to meet the challenges faced as a collection development librarian. Among the vital concerns addressed are the competition for limited resources trends in document delivery access vs. ownership the evaluation of document delivery products and libraries’ options for the future. | Access Resource Sharing and Collection Development

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Age and the Reach of Sociological Imagination Power Ideology and the Life Course

Age and the Reach of Sociological Imagination Power Ideology and the Life Course

The dominant narratives of both science and popular culture typically define aging and human development as self-contained individual matters failing to recognize the degree to which they are shaped by experiential and contextual contingencies. Our understandings of age are thereby boxed in and constricted by assumptions of normality and naturalness that limit our capacities to explore possible alternative experiences of development and aging and the conditions – both individual and social – that might foster such experiences. Combining foundational principles of critical social science with recent breakthroughs in research across disciplines ranging from biology to economics this book offers a scientifically and humanly expanded landscape for apprehending the life course. Rejecting familiar but false dichotomies such as nature vs. nurture and structure vs. agency it clarifies the organismic fundamentals that make the actual content of experience so centrally important in age and development and it also explores why attention to these fundamentals has been so resisted in studies of individuals and individual change and in policy and practice as well. In presenting the basic principles and reviewing the current state of knowledge Dale Dannefer introduces multi-levelled social processes that shape human development and aging over the life course and age as a cultural phenomenon – organizing his approach around three key frontiers of inquiry that each invite a vigorous exercise of sociological imagination: the Social-Structural Frontier the Biosocial Frontier and the Critical-Reflexive Frontier. | Age and the Reach of Sociological Imagination Power Ideology and the Life Course

GBP 26.99
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The Routledge History of Queer America

The Routledge History of Queer America

The Routledge History of Queer America presents the first comprehensive synthesis of the rapidly developing field of lesbian gay bisexual transgender and queer US history. Featuring nearly thirty chapters on essential subjects and themes from colonial times through the present this collection covers topics including: Rural vs. urban queer histories Gender and sexual diversity in early American history Intersectionality exploring queerness in association with issues of race and class Queerness and American capitalism The rise of queer histories archives and collective memory Transnationalism and queer history Gathering authorities in the field to define the ways in which sexual and gender diversity have contributed to the dynamics of American society culture and nation The Routledge History of Queer America is the finest available overview of the rich history of queer experience in US history.

GBP 44.99
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Science and Socio-Religious Revolution in India Moving the Mountains

Science and Socio-Religious Revolution in India Moving the Mountains

Scholars have long noticed a discrepancy in the way non-Western and Western peoples conceptualize the scientific and religious worlds. Non-Western traditions and communities such as of India are better positioned to provide an alternative to the Western dualistic thinking of separating science and religion. The Himalayan Environmental Studies and Conservation Organization (HESCO) was founded by Dr. Anil Joshi in the 1970s as a new movement looking at the economic and development needs of rural villages in the Indian Himalayas and encouraging them to use local resources in order to open up new avenues to self-reliance. This throughly-revised book argues that the concept of dharma the law that supports the regulatory order of the universe in Indian culture can be applied as an overarching term for HESCO’s socio-economic work. This book presents the social-environmental work in contemporary India by Dr. Anil Joshi in the Himalayas and by Baba Seechewal in Punjab combining the ideas of traditional and scientific ecological knowledge systems. Based on these two examples the book presents the holistic model transcending the dichotomies of nature vs. culture and science vs. religion especially as practiced and utilized in the non-Western society such as India. Using the example of HESCO the book highlights that the very categories of religion and science are problematic when applied to non-Western traditions but that Western technologies can be radically transformed through integration with regional legacies to enable the flourishing of a multiplicity of knowledge-traditions and the societies that depend upon them. It will be of interest to students and scholars of South Asian Studies Religion Environmental Studies Himalayan Studies and Development Studies. | Science and Socio-Religious Revolution in India Moving the Mountains

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Made in Nusantara Studies in Popular Music

Made in Nusantara Studies in Popular Music

Made in Nusantara serves as a comprehensive introduction to the history sociology ethnography and musicology of historical and contemporary popular music in maritime Southeast Asia. Each essay covers major figures styles and social contexts of genres of a popular nature in the Nusantara region including Malaysia Indonesia Brunei Singapore and the Philippines. Through a critical investigation of specific genres and their spaces of performance production and consumption the volume is organised into four thematic areas: 1) issues in Nusantara popular music; 2) history; 3) artists and genres; and 4) national vs. local industries. Written by scholars working in the region Made in Nusantara brings local perspectives to the history and analysis of popular music and critically considers conceptualisations developed in the West rendering it an intriguing read for students and scholars of popular and global music. | Made in Nusantara Studies in Popular Music

GBP 36.99
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Proximity Distance and Diversity Issues on Economic Interaction and Local Development

Proximity Distance and Diversity Issues on Economic Interaction and Local Development

Bringing together a wide range of empirical studies from around the world (Sweden Norway Austria Germany France UK Israel Russia China Taiwan Argentina Canada) framed in related contemporary theoretical frameworks this book examines the question of the significance of proximate vs. more distant relationships for economic agents' performance and local economic development. While this question has been the subject of intense debates in recent years it is obvious that proximity and distance are not explanatory factors as such. The book argues for the need to understand the aims of economic relationships the nature of the regional environment in which they originate and the scale at which they operate. The book suggests that the notions of diversity innovativeness maturity and multiple scales should be incorporated into the debates on the significance of proximity for economic performance. | Proximity Distance and Diversity Issues on Economic Interaction and Local Development

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Black Women in Politics Identity Power and Justice in the New Millennium

Black Women in Politics Identity Power and Justice in the New Millennium

The research included in this volume examines the competing pressures felt by black women as political agents in the domains of elections public policy and social activism. Their challenges and initiatives are explored in public spaces institutional behaviours and public policy. The volume features cutting-edge research exploring black women's political engagement. The first group of contributors interrogates the treatment of black women within the discipline of political science. The second group examines the relationship between cultural politics and policymaking. The third and final group outlines the politics of race-gendered identity and black feminist practice. Black Women in Politics includes chapters on black leadership radical versus moderate politics in New Orleans and the Shelby vs. Holder Supreme Court decision. The editors introduce a new series highlighting trends in black politics. Finally the work notes the passing of William (Nick) Nelson and Hanes Walton Jr. prominent members of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists. | Black Women in Politics Identity Power and Justice in the New Millennium

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Bird's Electrical and Electronic Principles and Technology

Bird's Electrical and Electronic Principles and Technology

Now in its seventh edition Bird’s Electrical and Electronic Principles and Technology introduces and covers theory through detailed examples and laboratory experiments enabling students to gain knowledge required by technicians in fields such as engineering electronics and telecommunications. This edition includes several new sections including glass batteries climate change the future of electricity production and discussions concerning everyday aspects of electricity such as watts and lumens electrical safety AC vs DC and trending technologies. The extensive and thorough topic coverage makes this a great text for a range of level 2 and 3 engineering courses which has helped thousands of students succeed in their exams. It is also suitable for BTEC First National and Diploma syllabuses City & Guilds Technician Certificate and Diploma syllabuses and Foundation Degrees in engineering. Its companion website at www. routledge. com/cw/bird provides resources for both students and lecturers including full solutions for all 900 further questions lists of essential formulae multiple-choice tests and illustrations as well as full solutions to revision tests and lab experiments for course instructors. | Bird's Electrical and Electronic Principles and Technology

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Transnational Modernity in Southern Europe Women's Periodicals and Salon Culture (1860–1920)

Transnational Modernity in Southern Europe Women's Periodicals and Salon Culture (1860–1920)

This book explores women’s editorial and salon activities in Southern Europe and provides a comparative view of their practices. It argues that women in Spain Italy Portugal and Greece used their double role as editors and salonnières to engage with foreign cultures launch the careers of promising young authors and advocate for modernization and social change. By examining a neglected body of periodicals edited between 1860 and 1920 this book sets out to explore women’s editorial agendas and their interest in creating a connection between salon life and the print press. What purpose did this connection serve? How did women editors use their periodicals and their salons to create opportunities for cross-cultural exchange? In what ways did women use their double role as editors and salonnières to promote modernization and social progress in Southern Europe? By addressing these questions this monograph contributes to the recent expansion of scholarship on nineteenth and twentieth-century periodicals and opens new avenues for theoretical reflection on European modernity. It also invites scholars and non-specialist readers to question the center vs. periphery model and to consider Southern European counties as cultural hubs in their own right. | Transnational Modernity in Southern Europe Women's Periodicals and Salon Culture (1860–1920)

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Bird's Electrical Circuit Theory and Technology

Bird's Electrical Circuit Theory and Technology

Now in its seventh edition Bird’s Electrical Circuit Theory and Technology explains electrical circuit theory and associated technology topics in a straightforward manner supported by practical engineering examples and applications to ensure that readers can relate theory to practice. The extensive and thorough coverage containing over 800 worked examples makes this an excellent text for a range of courses in particular for Degree and Foundation Degree in electrical principles circuit theory telecommunications and electrical technology. The text includes some essential mathematics revision together with all the essential electrical and electronic principles for BTEC National and Diploma syllabuses and City & Guilds Technician Certificate and Diploma syllabuses in engineering. This material will be a great revision for those on higher courses. This edition includes several new sections including glass batteries climate change the future of electricity production and discussions concerning everyday aspects of electricity such as watts and lumens electrical safety AC vs DC and trending technologies. Its companion website at www. routledge. com/cw/bird provides resources for both students and lecturers including full solutions for all 1400 further questions multiple choice questions lists of essential formulae and bios of famous engineers; as well as full solutions to revision tests lab experiments and illustrations for adopting course instructors. | Bird's Electrical Circuit Theory and Technology

GBP 48.99
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The Routledge Handbook of Emergence

The Routledge Handbook of Emergence

Emergence is often described as the idea that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts: interactions among the components of a system lead to distinctive novel properties. It has been invoked to describe the flocking of birds the phases of matter and human consciousness along with many other phenomena. Since the nineteenth century the notion of emergence has been widely applied in philosophy particularly in contemporary philosophy of mind philosophy of science and metaphysics. It has more recently become central to scientists’ understanding of phenomena across physics chemistry complexity and systems theory biology and the social sciences. The Routledge Handbook of Emergence is an outstanding reference source and exploration of the concept of emergence and is the first collection of its kind. Thirty-two chapters by an international team of contributors are organised into four parts:Foundations of emergenceEmergence and mindEmergence and physicsEmergence and the special sciencesWithin these sections important topics and problems in emergence are explained including the British Emergentists; weak vs. strong emergence; emergence and downward causation; dependence complexity and mechanisms; mental causation consciousness and dualism; quantum mechanics soft matter and chemistry; and evolution cognitive science and social sciences. Essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy of mind philosophy of science and metaphysics The Routledge Handbook of Emergence will also be of interest to those studying foundational issues in biology chemistry physics and psychology.

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