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Key Cases: Evidence Key Cases has been specifically written for students studying law. It is an essential revision tool to be used alone or with the partner Key Facts book in order to ensure a thorough knowledge of core cases for any given law topic.Understanding essential and leading cases fully is a vital part of the study of law - the format style and explanations of Key Cases will ensure you have this understanding.The series is written and edited by an expert team of authors whose experience means they know exactly what is required in a revision aid. They include lecturers and barristers who have brought their expertise and knowledge to the series to make it user-friendly and accessible.Key features include: essential and leading cases explained; user-friendly layout and style; cases broken down into key components by use of clear symbol system; pocket-sized and easily portable; highly-regarded authors and editors. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138158504

Key Clinical Topics in Cardiology Key Clinical Topics in Cardiology presents a brand new addition to the Key Clinical Topics series. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the subject comprising over 60 carefully selected topics in alpha order that together provide an extensive understanding of the management of cardiovascular disorders. This collection of highly practical guides systematically addresses management techniques for a large number of clinical settings. Edited by experienced specialists with contributions from consultants who have recognised expertise in their field this book provides an authoritative and up-to-date guide on cardiovascular medicine. Designed to enable rapid access to core information KCT Cardiology offers effective exam revision and the ideal quick reference for day-to-day practice. Media > Books > Print Books Jaypee UK 9781909836549

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Key Concepts for Understanding the Curriculum First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315786698

Key Concepts in Adult Education and Training As adults we are all continually involved in learning with increasing numbers of us engaged in more formalized forms of learning; that is in education or training. All those involved in the broad field of adult education and training will come into contact with many specialist ideas or concepts. It is often assumed of students that they already have a general understanding of these concepts their meanings applicability and inter-relationships. This is not always the case.This book examines in detail over forty of these key concepts ranging from community education and experiential learning to competence and access. It presents a clear analytical discussion in jargon-free language. It is therefore indispensable to all students and practitioners of adult education and training. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138140370

Key Concepts in Curriculum StudiesPerspectives on the Fundamentals Offering an accessible entry into curriculum theory this book defines and contextualizes key concepts for novice and experienced students. Leading scholars in curriculum studies provide short anchor texts that introduce define and situate contemporary curriculum theory constructs. Each anchor text is followed by two concise creative keyword responses that demonstrate varied perspectives and connections allowing readers to reflect on and engage with the personal relevance of these fundamental concepts. Useful to instructors and scholars alike this book explains keyword writing as a teaching and learning strategy and invites readers to enter the complicated conversations of contemporary curriculum theory through their own creative personal responses. Featuring wide-ranging nuanced and varied commentary on major relevant themes as well as discussion questions for students this book is an essential text for doctoral and masters-level courses in curriculum studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815348467

Key Concepts in Literary Theory First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315063799

Key Concepts in Water Resource ManagementA Review and Critical Evaluation The vocabulary and discourse of water resource management have expanded vastly in recent years to include an array of new concepts and terminology such as water security water productivity virtual water and water governance. While the new conceptual lenses may generate insights that improve responses to the world’s water challenges their practical use is often encumbered by ambiguity and confusion.  This book applies critical scrutiny to a prominent set of new but widely used terms in order to clarify their meanings and improve the basis on which we identify and tackle the world’s water challenges. More specifically the book takes stock of what several of the more prominent new terms mean reviews variation in interpretation explores how they are measured and discusses their respective added value. It makes many implicit differences between terms explicit and aids understanding and use of these terms by both students and professionals. At the same time it does not ignore the legitimately contested nature of some concepts. Further the book enables greater precision on the interpretational options for the various terms and for the value that they add to water policy and its implementation. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415711739

Key Concepts of Lacanian Psychoanalysis In this classic work eight crucial Lacanian ideas are explained through detailed exploration of the theoretical and/or practical context in which Lacan introduced them the way in which they developed throughout his works and the questions they were designed to answer. The book does not presuppose any familiarity with Lacanian theory on the part of the reader nor a prior acquaintance with Lacan's Ecrits or seminars. Originally published in 1998 the ideas within are more relevant than ever and this newly reissued volume will prove invaluable to today's scholars of Lacanian thought. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781855757028

Key ConceptsA Guide to Aesthetics Criticism and the Arts in Education First published in 1991. The arts can only thrive in a culture where there is conversation about them. This is particularly true of the arts in an education context. Yet often the discussion is poor because we do not have the necessary concepts for the elaboration of our aesthetic responses or sufficient familiarity with the contending schools of interpretation. The aim of Key Concepts is to engender a broad and informed conversation about the arts. By means of over sixty alphabetically ordered essays the author offers a map of aesthetics critical theory and the arts in education. The essays are both informative and argumentative with cross-references a supporting bibliography and suggestions for further reading. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138649897

Key Debates in Social Work and Philosophy In order to practice effectively in today’s complex and changing environment social workers need to have an understanding of how contemporary cultural and philosophical concepts relate to the people they work with and the fields they practice in. Exploring the ideas of philosophers including Nietzsche Gadamer Taylor Adorno MacIntyre Zizek and Derrida this text demonstrates their relevance to social work practice and presents new approaches and frameworks to understanding social change. Key Debates in Social Work and Philosophy introduces a range of concerns central to social work and social care with chapters looking at questions such as: - What is the ‘self’? - How are communities formed? - Why is ‘choice’ important? - Are certain rights really applicable to all humans? - What are the political and ethical implications of documenting your practice? - What does it mean to be a professional social worker? Each chapter focuses on a particular area of dispute presenting the relevant philosophical theories and considering how relevant social work examples and research can be used to further inform theoretical debate and includes questions to prompt discussion and reflection. The only book to examine the philosophical ideas that underlie and inform contemporary issues for social work and social care practitioners this is a useful resource for those studying social work theory policy and practice. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415744546

Key Debates in the Translation of Advertising MaterialSpecial Issue of the Translator (Volume 10/2 2004) Much has been written about the marketing aspects of promotional material in general and several scholars (particularly in linguistics) have addressed questions relating to the structure and function of advertisements focusing on images rhetorical structure semiotic functions discourse features and audio-visual media amongst other aspects of the genre. Not much on the other hand has been written within translation studies about the complexities involved in the transfer of an advertising message. Contributors to this volume explore various interdependent aspects of the interlingual and intercultural transfer of an advertising message. They emphasize features of culture specificity of multi-medial semiotic interaction of values and stereotypes and most importantly they recommend strategies and approaches to assist translators. Topics covered include a critique of the Western-based approach to advertising in the context of the Far East; different perceptions of the concept of cleanliness in advertising texts in Italy Russia and the UK; the Walls Cornetto strategy of internationalization of product appeal followed by localization; the role of the translator in recreating appeal in different lingua-cultural contexts; what constitutes 'Italianness' in advertisements for British consumers; and strategies for repackaging France as a tourist destination. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138437463

Key Determinants of National DevelopmentHistorical Perspectives and Implications for Developing Economies For those wishing to acquire knowledge on national development issues this comprehensive compendium traverses a spectrum of subjects that the audience ought to be well acquainted with. The Editors provide instructive findings regarding national development economic growth and their determinants but they also offer historical perspectives on the subject and the implications for developing countries. The book addresses a suite of critical themes regarded by development experts to be germane in considering the pertinence of policies and their effective execution. These seven general thematic areas are explored: ¢ Leadership governance policy and strategy ¢ Public sector and public financial management ¢ Culture institutions and people ¢ Natural resources ¢ Science technology and infrastructure ¢ Private sector and financial markets ¢ Marketing branding and service delivery This thematic approach enables the contributors to explore the impact of the constituents of each subject area on national development within the context of a developing economy. The significance of the findings for the relevant stakeholders is consequently reviewed. The combination of theory and practice makes the book and its contents unique. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367606107

Key Directions in Legal EducationNational and International Perspectives Key Directions in Legal Education identifies and explores key contemporary and emerging themes that are significant and heavily debated within legal education from both UK and international perspectives. It provides a rich comparative dialogue and insights into the current and future directions of legal education. The book discusses in detail topics including the pressures on law schools exerted by external stakeholders the fostering of interdisciplinary approaches and collaboration within legal education and the evolution of discourses around teaching and learning legal skills. It elaborates on the continuing development of clinical legal education as a component of the law degree and the emergence and use of innovative technologies within law teaching. The approach of pairing UK and international authors to obtain comparative insights and analysis on a range of key themes is original and provides both a genuine comparative dialogue and a clear international focus. This book will be of great interest for researchers academics and post-graduate students in the field of law and legal pedagogy. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138330054

Key Economic Areas in Chinese HistoryAs Revealed in the Development of Public Works for Water-Control This book first published in 1936 offers the conception of the dynamics of the Key Economic Area as an aid to the understanding of Chinese economic history. By tracing their development through a historical study of the construction of irrigation and flood-control works and transport canals it shows the function of the Key Economic Area as an instrument of control of subordinate areas. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138316836

Key Elements in Polymers for Engineers and ChemistsFrom Data to Applications This book provides comprehensive coverage on the latest developments of research in the ever-expanding area of polymers and advanced materials and their applications to broad scientific fields including physics chemistry biology and materials. It presents physical principles in explaining and rationalizing polymeric phenomena. Featuring classical topics that are conventionally considered as part of chemical technology the book covers the chemical principles from a modern point of view. It analyzes theories to formulate and prove the polymer principles and offers future outlooks on applications of bioscience in chemical concepts. Media > Books > Print Books Apple Academic Press 9781926895802

Key Engineering Materials Volume 1Current State-of-the-Art on Novel Materials With coverage of a broad range of key engineering materials this book provides a single comprehensive book summarizing all aspects involved in the functional materials production chain. It introduces state-of-the-art technology in key engineering materials emphasizing the rapidly growing technologies. It takes a unique approach by presenting specific materials then progresses into a discussion of the ways in which these novel materials and processes are integrated into today's functioning manufacturing industry. The book follows a more quantitative and design-oriented approach than other texts in the market helping readers gain a better understanding of important concepts. They’ll also discover how material properties relate to the process variables in a given process as well as how to perform quantitative engineering analysis of manufacturing processes. Media > Books > Print Books Apple Academic Press 9781926895734

Key Engineering Materials Volume 2Interdisciplinary Concepts and Research This book provides innovative chapters on the growth of educational scientific and industrial research activities among chemists biologists and polymer and chemical engineers and provides a medium for mutual communication between international academia and the industry. It presents significant research and reviews reporting new methodologies and important applications in the fields of industrial chemistry industrial polymers and biotechnology as well as includes the latest coverage of chemical databases and the development of new computational methods and efficient algorithms for chemical software and polymer engineering. Media > Books > Print Books Apple Academic Press 9781926895741

Key Facts Company Law Key Facts is the essential revision series for anyone studying law including LLB ILEX and post-graduate conversion courses.The Key Facts series provides the simplest and most effective way for you to absorb and retain the essential facts needed to pass your exams effortlessly.Key features include*Diagrams at the start of chapters to summarise the key points*Structured heading levels to allow for clear recall of the main facts*Charts and tables to break down more complex informationNew to these editions is an improved text design making the books easier read and the facts easier to retain.Key Facts books are supported by the website www.UnlockingTheLaw.co.uk where you will find extensive revision materials including MCQs and Key Q&As. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781444122848

Key Facts Evidence Key Facts is the essential revision series for anyone studying law including LLB ILEX and post-graduate conversion courses.The Key Facts series provides the simplest and most effective way for you to absorb and retain the essential facts needed to pass your exams effortlessly.Key features include:* Diagrams at the start of chapters to summarise the key points* Structured heading levels to allow for clear recall of the main facts* Charts and tables to break down more complex informationNew to these editions is an improved text design making the books easier read and the facts easier to retain.Key Facts books are supported by the website www.UnlockingTheLaw.co.uk where you will find extensive revision materials including MCQs and Key Q&As. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138175945

Key Facts Land Law BRI Key Facts is the essential revision series for anyone studying law including LLB ILEX and post-graduate conversion courses.The Key Facts series provides the simplest and most effective way for you to absorb and retain the essential facts needed to pass your exams effortlessly.Key features include:* Diagrams at the start of chapters to summarise the key points* Structured heading levels to allow for clear recall of the main facts* Charts and tables to break down more complex informationNew to these editions is an improved text design making the books easier to read and the facts easier to retain.Key Facts books are supported by the website www.UnlockingTheLaw.co.uk where you will find extensive revision materials including MCQs and Key Q&As. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781444181579

Key Facts: Constitutional & Administrative Law Key Facts is the essential revision series for anyone studying law including LLB ILEX and post-graduate conversion courses.The Key Facts series provides the simplest and most effective way for you to absorb and retain the essential facts needed to pass your exams effortlessly.Key features include:* Diagrams at the start of chapters to summarise the key points* Structured heading levels to allow for clear recall of the main facts* Charts and tables to break down more complex informationNew to these editions is an improved text design making the books easier read and the facts easier to retain.Key Facts books are supported by the website www.unlockingthelaw.co.uk where you will find extensive revision materials including MCQs and Key Q&As. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138141803

Key Facts: Consumer Law Key Facts has been specifically written for students studying Law. It is the essential revision tool for a broad range of law courses from A Level to degree level. Consumer Law is also relevant to courses for Trading Standards Officers and many Business Studies courses.The series is written and edited by an expert team of authors whose experience means they know exactly what is required in a revision aid. They include examiners barristers and lecturers who have brought their expertise and knowledge to the series to make it user-friendly and accessible.Chapters include: The character of consumer contracts / Consumer protection in contract law / Contracts for sale of goods / Unsolicited goods / Distance selling / Contracts to provide services / Protection under the law of tort / Exemption clauses and unfair terms in consumer contracts / The Consumer Protection Act 1987 / Criminal Law as a means of consumer protection / Consumer finance / Trade Descriptions Act 1968 / Misleading proce indications / Regulating advertising / Insurance / Holidays / Food. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138463288

Key Facts: Employment Law Key Facts is the essential series for anyone studying law including LLB ILEX and post-graduate conversion courses. Key Facts provides the simplest and most effective way for you to memorise and absorb the essential facts needed to pass your exams. Key Features: * User-friendly layout and style * Diagrams charts and tables to illustrate key points * Summary charts at a basic level followed by more detailed explanations to aid revision at every level Additional high-quality revision material is provided on the interactive website www.unlockingthelaw.co.uk Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780340966860

Key Facts: Intellectual Property Key Facts has been specially written for students studying law. It is the essential revision tool for a broad range of law courses. The series is written and edited by an expert team of authors whose experience means they know exactly what is required in a revision aid. They include examiners barristers and lecturers who have brought their expertise and knowledge to the series to make it user-friendly and accessible. Key features include: user-friendly layout and style; diagrams charts and tables to illustrate key points; summary charts at a basic level followed by more detailed explanations to aid revision at every level pocket sized and easily portable; highly-regarded authors. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138156845

Key Facts: Jurisprudence Key Facts is the essential revision series for anyone studying law including LLB ILEX and post-graduate conversion courses.The Key Facts series provides the simplest and most effective way for you to absorb and retain the essential facts needed for exam success.Key features include:* Diagrams at the start of chapters to summarise the key points* Structured heading levels to allow for clear recall of the main facts* Charts and tables to break down more complex informationNew to these editions is an improved text design making the books easier read and the facts easier to retain.Key Facts books are supported by the website www.UnlockingTheLaw.co.uk where you will find extensive revision materials including MCQs and Key Q&As. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781444138283

Key Ideas for a Contemporary PsychoanalysisMisrecognition and Recognition of the Unconscious André Green attempts the complex task of identifying and examining the key ideas for a contemporary psychoanalytic practice. This undertaking is motivated both by the need for an outline of the evolution of psychoanalysis since Freud's death and by the hope of tackling the fragmentation which has led to the current 'crisis of psychoanalysis'. In three sections covering the theoretical and practical aspects of psychoanalysis and analysing the current state of the field André Green provides a stimulating overview of the principal concepts that have guided his work. Subjects covered include: Transference and countertransference Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy: modalities and results Language-speech-discourse in psychoanalysis Recognition of the unconscious This unique contemporary perspective on the psychoanalytic enterprise will fascinate all those with an interest in the problems that face the field and the opportunities for its future development. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203025574

Key Issues for Primary Schools Key Issues for Primary Schools is a concise comprehensive guide to the main issues in primary education and the implications for schools. Presented in a convenient A-Z format the book includes coverage of: special educational needs attendance truancy and exclusion bullying and behavioural problems management and administration safety and security.There is also a review of up-to-date DfEE requirements and suggestions for further action and reading. The addresses of useful contacts help to make it a reference book no primary school should be without. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138419643

Key Issues for Secondary Schools Michael Farrell presents an examination of the main issues affecting secondary schools and the implications for secondary education. The resource includes information on accreditation of pupils careers education and guidance discipline leadership and management and transition from primary to secondary school.By using the A-Z format he tackles the issues in an easy to follow way. Each section ends with a series of points for action selective suggestions for further reading and addresses of useful contacts.Michael Farrell's book is intended for a wide range of people professionally concerned with education from Headteachers and governors to BEd and PGCE students. It is a reference book that no secondary school should be without. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138179448

Key Issues for Teaching AssistantsWorking in diverse and inclusive classrooms This book is designed to support Teaching Assistants in the important and unique role they play in the education of children. This new edition includes a range of additional material and reflects developments in the recent UK context and legislation that relates to participation and diversity. It raises issues concerning values and professional practice for Teaching Assistants emphasising inclusive approaches and the importance of understanding the perspectives of learners throughout. Each chapter contains an overview of topical debates current research a discussion of issues relating to values and professional practice. Every chapter raises questions and suggests reading for further reflection. This highly accessible resource includes contributions from leading researchers and experienced education practitioners. It introduces a range of issues with a focus on inclusion and the key role of teaching assistants such as: understanding inclusive education: school communities and participation Special educational needs and inclusive practice supporting Gypsy Roma and Traveller (GRT) children ethnic diversity and attainment the influence of gender on the achievement of boys and girls working with teachers and parents religious diversity and inclusive practice including and supporting Lesbian Gay Bi-sexual Transsexual (LGBT) students welcoming and understanding asylum seeking and refugee students disability human rights and inclusion. This book will enable Teaching Assistants to develop a deeper understanding of the fundamental principles of inclusive education. It provides an essential resource for Teaching Assistants and all those working in Education. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138919624

Key Issues in Chinese as a Second Language Research Key Issues in Chinese as a Second Language Research presents and discusses research projects that serve as theoretical grounding for improving the teaching and learning of Chinese as a second language (CSL) in order to help researchers and practitioners better understand the acquisition development and use of CSL. With the exception of the first chapter which is state-of-the-art each chapter makes an attempt to bring together theory and practice by focusing on theory building and theory application in practice. The book is organized around areas where most future research is needed in CSL: phonology semantics grammar and pragmatics. Consisting of contributions from an international group of scholars working on cutting-edge research this is the ideal text for researchers graduate students and practitioners in the area of Chinese as a second or foreign language. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138960534

Key Issues in Cross-cultural Psychology These proceedings are organized into six parts covering conceptual and methodological issues; consequences of acculturation; cognitive processes; values; social psychology; and personality developmental psychology and health psychology. Media > Books > E-books Garland Science 9781003077442

Key Issues in EducationComparative Perspectives Originally published in 1985. Throughout the world the same key issues of concern recur in education in different countries. However education specialists all too often are inward looking and consider problems only in the confines of their own country. This book argues that much is to be gained by taking a broader more international view as the experiences of other countries can often provide valuable insights on how policies and practice can be improved in one's own country. The book illustrates this argument by examining in detail seven major issues of present concern and comparing how they are handled in different countries. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138545076

Key Issues in Historical Theory Key Issues in Historical Theory is a fresh clear and well-grounded introduction to this vibrant field of inquiry incorporating many examples from novels paintings music and political debates. The book expertly engages the reader in discussions of what history is how people relate to the past and how they are formed by the past. Over 11 thematically-based chapters Herman Paul discusses subjects such as: history memory and trauma historical experience and narrative moral and political dimensions of history historical reasoning and explanation truth plausibility and objectivity. Key Issues in Historical Theory convincingly shows that historical theory is not limited to reflection on professional historical studies but offers valuable tools for understanding autobiographical writing cultural heritage and political controversies about the past. With textboxes providing additional focus on a range of key topics this is an attractive accessible and up-to-date guide to the field of historical theory. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138802735

Key Issues in Hunter-Gatherer Research Hunter-gatherer research has experienced enormous expansion over the past three decades. In the late 1950s less than a score of anthropologists were actively engaged in issue-oriented studies of foraging populations. Since then the number of active researchers has grown into the hundreds.This book offers the most up-to-date anthology of papers on hunter-gatherer research and contains possibly the most comprehensive bibliography on hunter-gatherers ever published. It will be essential reading for all students of hunter-gatherer societies. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003134961

Key Issues in the New Knowledge Management In 'Key Issues in the New Knowledge Management ' Firestone and McElroy the architects of the New Knowledge Management (TNKM) provide an in-depth analysis of the most important issues in the field of Knowledge Management.The issues the book addresses are central in the field today:* The Knowledge Wars or the issue of "how you define knowledge determines how you manage it"* The nature of knowledge processing* Information management or knowledge management?* Three views on the evolution of knowledge management* The role of knowledge claim evaluation in knowledge processing or the difference between opinion judgements information data and real knowledge in knowledge management systems* Is culture a barrier in knowledge management?* The Open Enterprise and accelerated sustainable innovation* Portals* How should one evaluate KM software?* Intellectual Capital* Measuring the impact of KM initiatives on the organization and the bottom line* KM and terrorism Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138178694

Key Issues in the Teaching of Spanish PronunciationFrom Description to Pedagogy Key Issues in the Teaching of Spanish Pronunciation: From Description to Pedagogy is a resource that encourages Spanish teachers and curriculum designers to increase their incorporation of pronunciation into the classroom. Combining theory and practical guidance it will help language practitioners integrate the teaching of Spanish pronunciation with confidence and effectiveness. The international group of scholars across its 15 chapters is made up of individuals with well-established research records and training in best pedagogical practices. Key features: A range of topics including vowels various classes of consonants prosody the use of technology the role of orthography the importance of both perception and production individual learner differences and teacher training; Overviews of descriptive empirical and acquisition-based research associated with each aspect of the Spanish sound system; Guidance on the difficulties that teachers face when incorporating the teaching of pronunciation into the classroom; Clear explanations of concepts accompanied by an abundance of concrete examples and references; Multiple sample activities and lesson plans tailored to different levels and backgrounds of students; A bilingual glossary of terms to help the content reach the widest audience possible. Written in a clear and accessible manner Key Issues in the Teaching of Spanish Pronunciation is an essential resource for teachers of Spanish at all levels. It is also an excellent reference book for researchers and both undergraduate and graduate university students interested in Spanish phonetics and language acquisition. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138954618

Key Issues in Women's WorkFemale Diversity and the Polarisation of Women's Employment Women's employment is one of the most widely-discussed and often-misunderstood issues of modern society.  Are women today oppressed or do they have the best of both worlds?  Do women have to go out to work to gain equality with men or do they already do more than their share of domestic work caring work and voluntary work as well as work in the informal economy?  Do women seek careers on the same terms as men or are they content to be dependent wives or secondary earners taking jobs on a short-term basis?  How important is job segregation in explaining the 20% pay gap between men and women?  Have equal opportunities laws had any real impact?  Are women in Europe lagging behind or are they at the forefront of developments in modern societies?  This new updated edition of Catherine Hakim's classic text addresses all the key issues currently debated in relation to women's work - in the domestic sphere as well as paid employment. Dr Hakim tests the power of patriarchy theory and preference theory against economic theories.  Sex discrimination work-life balance part-time work flexible hours homeworking career patterns across the life cycle labour mobility labour turnover the returns to education occupational segregation the pay gap the glass ceiling and the impact of European Union policies are all considered.  Analysis of historical developments over the twentieth century based on censuses is complemented by case studies of people working in occupations undergoing dramatic change. Throughout the book comparisons are drawn between the USA Britain other European countries Canada Australia and also China Japan and other Far Eastern societies. The analysis draws on sociology economics psychology labour law history and social anthropology to conclude that the diversity of women's life goals and lifestyle preferences is increasing. This explains the growing polarisation of women's employment and many contradictory recent research results.   Media > Books > Print Books Routledge-Cavendish 9781138143067

Key Materials in International Environmental Law This compilation of key materials in international environmental law takes account of the most significant developments in the field that have occurred during the past decade including in the areas of climate change chemicals and pesticides biosafety and nuclear safety as well as good governance compliance and liability. Not only does multilateral environmental law making have wide-ranging repercussions on the way national development policies are drafted and business is conducted but also environmental issues increasingly interweave with those relating to human rights trade agriculture and intellectual property making familiarity with the key instruments in international law essential for all working in these areas. The book comprises a representative selection of the most important studies in international environmental law with an editorial introduction to each topic. Its focus on recent trends and cross-sectoral aspects makes it an indispensable tool for students researchers practitioners and policy makers in international environmental law and related fields. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138277854

Key Monuments Of The Baroque This book focuses on key monuments of the Baroque style which varies in different European contexts. It is intended to affirm the existence of individual genius identifiable styles of art and historical periods that produced them. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367159511

Key Monuments Of The Italian Renaissance Organized chronologically from early Renaissance precursors to the Mannerist movement from Giotto to Titian Key Monuments of the Italian Renaissance describes and analyzes in depth from various points of view major works and major artists from the fourteenth to the sixteenth centuries. Artists included are Cimabue Duccio Giotto Lorenzetti Gh Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367159795

Key Papers in Literature and Psychoanalysis This book presents several essays from the International Journal of Psychoanalysis that explore overlaps of literary experience and psychoanalytic process providing the reader with a substantive contribution that reflects the principal concerns of contemporary psychoanalysis. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367325268

Key Papers on Borderline DisordersWith IJP Internet Discussion Reviews The International Journal of Psychoanalysis Key Papers Series brings together the most important psychoanalytic papers in the journal's eighty-year history in a series of accessible monographs. Approaching the IJP's intellectual resources from a variety of perspectives the monographs highlight important domains of psychoanalytic enquiry. Key Paper Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367325275

Key Papers on CountertransferenceIJP Education Section The International Journal of Psychoanalysis Key Papers Series brings together the most important psychoanalytic papers in the journal's eighty-year history in a series of accessible monographs. Approaching the IJP's intellectual rsources from a variety of perspectives the monographs highlight important domains of psychoanalytic enquirry. 'The papers in this volume were commissioned with a view to describing the current views of countertransference and thier historical evolution in four intellectual communities of psychoanalysis: North America Britain France and Latin America. 'Psychoanalysis is still sometimes described as a monolithic and unchanging theory and practice. These papers vividly contradict such a view through their close study of the evolution of the concept of countertransference from the periphery of psychoanalysis to its current position of central importance in most analytic communities. In doing so they provide a window of the development of a living and evolving discipline during its first one hundred years.'- From the Introduction by Richard Rusbridger Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780429476433

Key Persons in the Early YearsBuilding relationships for quality provision in early years settings and primary schools Key Persons in the Early Years aims to explain what a Key Person is the theory behind the approach and the practicalities of implementation. Practical in its approach and containing case studies as examples of reflective practice this second edition details the role of the Key Person across all ages in the early years. This new edition has been fully updated in line with the EYFS and features a new chapter on the Key Person approach with 3-5 year olds. The book offers guidance on: making the Key Person approach work in your setting with realistic strategies; the benefits of this approach for children's well being for their learning and to ensure equal chances for all children; potential challenges and problems and how to overcome them drawing on accounts from practitioners of their journey in implementing this approach. This book will be an essential text for practitioners and students who wish to fully understand the Key Person role and how it can benefit children parents and their setting. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415610391

Key Perspectives on DyslexiaAn essential text for educators This indispensable book critically sets out the skills and knowledge required by a specialist educator for students who present with dyslexia. The British Dyslexia Association Professional Criteria (BDA 2012) provides an anchor throughout for this book’s content. Chapters are explicitly mapped to specific professional criteria offering the reader confidence that guidance in Key Perspectives on Dyslexia is underpinned by this internationally recognised professional framework.　　 Key issues in the education and care of those affected by dyslexia are critically explained and explored in this publication using both author’s years of specialist experience in this field. As established scholars both authors also suggest how research can inform and enrich how an educator responds to these issues.　　 The content of this book includes: Detailed case studies disclosing how dyslexia presents in different individuals and which richly illuminate the issues considered by each chapter A concise examination of reading instruction in the context of typically-developing students and in relation to those who present with dyslexia: this incorporates an expert but accessible review of international policy and educational practice including influential findings from research Detailed guidance on how to identify possible dyslexia and key issues to consider in referral and assessment of those affected including associated models here such as Response to Intervention (RTI)　 Consideration of intelligence and in how this figures in relation to assessment for dyslexia including the possible role of intellectual disability (ID). Comprehensive evaluation of the role of behaviour in relation to dyslexia with guidance on how this can be used to inform a programme of support for students with social emotional or behavioural difficulties (EBD/SEBD). Consideration of how the professional role of a specialist educator might travel across the English speaking world and also beyond in China or India.　　 Key Perspectives on Dyslexia is an essential text for educators and will become a landmark guide for educational practice and policy.　　　 Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415819886

Key ProfessionThe History of the Association of University Teachers Originally published in 1969 Key Profession looks at the rise of the academic profession to its influence and importance through the history of the Association of the University of Teachers founded in 1919 and celebrating its half-centenary in 1969. As a study of a professional organization and political pressure group concerned with salary negotiations conditions of service academic freedom and public policy on higher education it is of interest not only to social historians but also to economists political scientists sociologists and all those who have at heart the search for intellectual truth the maintenance of cultural values and the integrity of the universities. The book tries to show what part the academic profession has played in the shaping of higher education and through it of modern society in twentieth-century Britain. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138335882

Key Questions in Career CounselingTechniques To Deliver Effective Career Counseling Services This book's purpose is to provide a tool for career services personnel to deliver more effective consistent career counseling. Its primary objective is to present a career counseling process model including sequential stages and steps along with a method (the Key Questions Technique) for successfully implementing the model. It is intended to serve as the bridge between the theoretical and the applied worlds of career counseling and it is hoped that this book will increase the standards of professionalism and objectivity for the many diverse practitioners who currently conduct career counseling in the workplace. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315805665

Key Readings in Infant Development NO_DESCRIPTION_AVAILABLE_FOR_THIS_PRODUCT Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781841690339

Key Readings in Journalism Key Readings in Journalism brings together over thirty essential writings that every student of journalism should know. Designed as a primary text for undergraduate students each reading was carefully chosen in response to extensive surveys from educators reflecting on the needs of today’s journalism classroom. Readings range from critical and historical studies of journalism such as Walter Lippmann’s Public Opinion and Michael Schudson’s Discovering the News to examples of classic reporting such as Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward’s All the President’s Men. They are supplemented by additional readings to broaden the volume’s scope in every dimension including gender race and nationality. The volume is arranged thematically to enable students to think deeply and broadly about journalism—its development its practice its key individuals and institutions its social impact and its future—and section introductions and headnotes precede each reading to provide context and key points for discussion. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415880282

Key Settlements in Rural Areas (Routledge Revivals) The problems of providing essential services in a constrained economic climate and of conserving the rural environment whilst protecting rural people are of immediate importance. This book first published in 1979 was the first major piece of published research on the topic of rural settlement planning. It examines in detail the history and theory behind key settlement policies and their practical application within the British rural planning system. Using Warwickshire and Devon as two very different case studies Paul Cloke measures the outcome of settlement planning and discusses the wider implications of the ‘concentration-dispersal’ debate. This reissue will provide essential background for students of rural and social geography and rural sociology and economics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415714556

Key Technologies in Polymer Chemistry With contributions from experts from both the industry and academia this book presents the latest developments in polymer products and chemical processes. It incorporates appropriate case studies explanatory notes and schematics for more clarity and better understanding. This new book: • Features a collection of articles that highlight some important areas of current interest in polymer products and chemical processes • Gives an up-to-date and thorough exposition of the present state of the art of polymer chemistry • Familiarizes readers with new aspects of the techniques used in the examination of polymers including chemical physicochemical and purely physical methods of examination • Describes the types of techniques now available to the polymer chemist and technician and discusses their capabilities limitations and applications • Provides a balance between materials science and mechanics aspects basic and applied research and high-technology and high-volume (low-cost) composite development Media > Books > Print Books Apple Academic Press 9781771880244

Key Terms and Concepts for InvestigationA Reference for Criminal Private and Military Investigators Key Terms and Concepts for Investigation provides students and practitioners with a compilation of concise accurate articles on major topics pertaining to criminal private and military investigations. Each entry in this reference features a definition and then describes its function in investigation including best practices and job characteristics. From financial crimes digital forensics and crime scene investigation to fraud DNA and workplace violence this compilation helps students master investigation and offers seasoned investigators a resource to further their knowledge of recent developments in the field. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780323296120

Key Themes in Public Health ‘The growth of public health courses aimed at undergraduates has created a new need for textbooks that are appropriate and stimulating. Miranda Thurston has succeeded in producing something which strikes the right note. It is wide ranging in scope without being superficial and is accessible to the young learner. It is a sort of 'Wiki'. Just what the aspiring public health practitioner ordered.’ – Professor John R. Ashton C.B.E. President of the UK Faculty of Public Health. Key Themes in Public Health comprises a series of introductory essays exploring key themes and concepts in public health. Ranging from political and economic concern with improving population health and reducing health inequalities to debates about how to protect populations from new health threats as well as a concern with individual responsibility for lifestyles and behaviour the themes discussed include: determinants of health globalisation evidence climate change ethics development poverty risk and population. Presenting provocative ways of thinking about key ideas in a concise fashion each essay provides a basic grounding in the relevant theme as well as a departure point for further study by: Defining the theme in an accessible way Placing each idea in its particular social political economic and historical context Illustrating its application and significance for public health Identifying and exploring issues surrounding each of the themes This text provides an accessible overview for students new to public health who want to get to grips with the full range and complexity of this diverse and multidisciplinary field. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415673822

Key Themes in Social Policy Key Themes in Social Policy provides an accessible and authoritative introduction to the key concepts used in social policy from autonomy to wellbeing. With over 100 ideas discussed this is a comprehensive student guide and is designed to help readers to gain a deeper understanding of major debates and issues. Each entry: explains the origin of the word discusses its relationship to the social sciences describes its relevance to social policy and how widespread its use is outlines some of the key thinkers and research on the topic and gives suggestions for further reading. Making it easy to understand and use the most important ideas in the area this is an essential companion for all students taking social policy courses. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415520973

Key Theological ThinkersFrom Modern to Postmodern The 20th and 21st Centuries have been characterized by theologians and philosophers rethinking theology and revitalizing the tradition. This unique anthology presents contributions from leading contemporary theologians - including Rowan Williams Fergus Kerr Aidan Nichols G.R. Evans and Tracey Rowland - who offer portraits of over fifty key theological thinkers in the modern and postmodern era. Distinguished by its broad ecumenical perspective this anthology spans arguably one of the most creative periods in the history of Christian theology and includes thinkers from all three Christian traditions: Protestant Catholic and Orthodox. Each individual portrait in this anthology includes a biographical introduction an overview of theological or philosophical writing presentation of key thoughts and contextual placing of the thinker within 20th Century religious discourse. Overview articles explore postmodern theology radical orthodoxy ecumenical theology feminist theology and liberation theology. A final section includes portraits of important thinkers who have influenced Christian thought from other fields not least from Continental philosophy and literature. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781409437635

Key Thinkers Past and Present (RLE Social Theory) This volume provides a fascinating perspective on the social sciences through its examination of the leading proponents their ideas and careers. It includes useful suggestions for further reading. All the great names in the history of the subject are here – Freud Marx Weber Adam Smith and so on – along with many less prominent but nevertheless important thinkers. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138974012

Key Thinkers in Individual DifferencesIdeas on Personality and Intelligence Key Thinkers in Individual Differences introduces the life work and thought of 25 of the most influential figures who have shaped and developed the measurement of intelligence and personality. Expanding on from a résumé of academic events this book makes sense of these psychologists by bringing together not only their ideas but the social experiences loves and losses that moulded them. By adapting a chronological approach Forsythe presents the history and context behind these thinkers ranging from the buffoonery and sheer genius of Charles Galton the theatre of Hans Eysenck and John Phillipe Rushton to the much-maligned and overlooked work of women such as Isabel Myers Katherine Briggs and Karen Horney. Exploring all through a phenomenological lens the background interconnections controversies and conversations of these thinkers are uncovered. This informative guide is essential reading to anyone who studies works in or is simply captivated by the field of individual differences personality and intelligence. An invaluable resource for all students of individual differences and the history of psychology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138494213

Key Thinkers in Neuroscience Key Thinkers in Neuroscience provides insight into the life and work of some of the most significant minds that have shaped the field. Studies of the human brain have been varied and complex and there have been many pioneers who have broken new ground in neuroscience research. Adopting a chronological and multi-disciplinary approach to each Key Thinker the book highlights their extraordinary contributions to neuroscience. Beginning with Santiago Ramón y Cajal and finishing with Patricia Churchland and Paul Churchland this book provides a comprehensive look at the new ideas and discoveries that have shaped neuroscientific research and practice and the people that have been invaluable to this field. This book will be an indispensable companion for all students of neuroscience and the history of psychology as well as anyone interested in how we have built our knowledge of the brain. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138576131

Key Thinkers on Development Since its publication in 2006 as Fifty Key Thinkers on Development this invaluable reference has established itself as the leading biographical handbook in its field providing a concise and accessible introduction to the lives and key contributions of development thinkers from across the ideological and disciplinary spectrum. This substantially expanded and fully updated second edition in the relaunched series without the numerical constraint includes an additional 24 essays filling in many gaps in the original selection greatly improving the gender balance and diversifying coverage to reflect the evolving landscape of development in theory policy and practice. It presents a unique guide to the lives ideas and practices of leading contributors to the contested terrain of development studies and development policy and practice. Its thoughtful essays reflect the diversity of development in theory policy and practice across time space disciplines and communities of practice. Accordingly it challenges Western-centrism Orientalism and the like while also demonstrating the enduring appeal of "development" in different guises. David Simon has assembled a highly authoritative team of contributors from different backgrounds regional settings and disciplines to reflect on the lives and contributions of leading authorities on development from around the world. These include: Modernisers like Kindleberger Perroux and Rostow Dependencistas such as Frank Furtado Cardoso and Amin Progressives and critical modernists like Hirschman Prebisch Helleiner Sen Streeten and Wang Political leaders enunciating radical alternative visions of development such as Mao Nkrumah and Nyerere Progenitors of religiously or spiritually inspired development such as Gandhi Ariyaratne and Vivekananda Development–environment thinkers like Agarwal Blaikie Brookfield Ostrom and Sachs International institution builders like Singer Hammarsköld Kaul and Ul Haq Anti- and post-development thinkers and activists like Escobar Ghosh Quijano and Roy Key Thinkers on Development is therefore the essential handbook on the world’s most influential development thinkers and an invaluable guide for students of development and sustainability policy-makers and practitioners seeking an accessible overview of this diverse field and its leading voices. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138494329

Key Thinkers on the Environment Key Thinkers on the Environment is a unique guide to environmental thinking through the ages. Joy A. Palmer Cooper and David E. Cooper themselves distinguished authors on environmental matters have assembled a team of expert contributors to summarize and analyse the thinking of diverse and stimulating figures from around the world and from ancient times to the present day. Among those included are: philosophers such as Rousseau Kant Spinoza and Heidegger activists such as Chico Mendes and Wangari Maathai literary giants such as Virgil Goethe and Wordsworth major religious and spiritual figures such as Buddha and St Francis of Assissi eminent scientists such as Darwin Lovelock and E.O. Wilson. Lucid scholarly and informative the essays contained within this volume offer a fascinating overview of humankind’s view and understanding of the natural world. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138684737

Key to Exercises in Logic and Scientific Method Originally published in 1926 this book was written in the first instance for the benefit of those students of Logic and Scientific Method who receive insufficient or no help in the way of oral instruction. The main function of the following pages is to deal with the exercises as distinguished from the book-questions. It includes chapters on the scope of logic theory of judgment and immediate inference and theory of induction. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367182601

Key to Latin Hexameter VerseAn Aid to Composition Originally published in 1903. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367142124

Key Tools and Techniques in Management and Leadership of the Allied Health Professions The Allied Health Professions - Essential Guides series is unique in providing advice on management leadership and development for those in the Allied Health Professions (AHP). This highly practical volume offers a wide range of assessment tools and techniques in such critical areas as management quality organisational and management structure benchmarking capacity and demand management care pathway design activity analysis report writing and presentation skills. The layout is conducive to easy comprehension; tables figures and boxed text aid quick reference and everyday application and many of the resources are also provided on a complimentary CD. With contributions from internationally renowned professionals Key tools and techniques in management and leadership of the allied health professions provides tools that will be vital to all allied health professionals interested in providing timely efficient and cost-effective care for their patients. These will include AHP managers and aspiring managers senior clinicians extended scope practitioners clinical specialists AHP educators researchers staff and students. 'The NHS is facing the greatest period of challenge in its history. The key to success is leadership. Allied Health Professionals will be a central part of this leadership response. In this work Robert and Fiona continue their series supporting Allied Health Professionals in that leadership journey. It is an important contribution to this critical effort.' From the Foreword by Jim Easton Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781846195327

Key Topics in Critical Care Second Edition High quality critical care medicine is a crucial component of advanced health care. Completely revised and updated Key Topics in Critical Care Second Edition provides a broad knowledge base in the major areas of critical care enabling readers to rapidly acquire an understanding of the principles and practice of this area of modern clinical medicine.Expanded to include the latest hot topics the new edition puts an increased emphasis on recent reviews and contains added references to key landmark papers. Using the trademark Key Topics style each topic has been written by an expert in the field and includes a succinct overview of the subject with references to current publications for further reading. The book provides a framework for candidates of postgraduate medical examinations such as FRCS MRCP and FRCA and a reference that can be consulted in emergency situations. New topics include: Critical illness polyneuromyopathyEnd of life careInotropes and vasopressorsMedical emergency team (outreach critical care)Status epilepticusVenous thromboembolism Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367393823

Key Topics in Healthcare ManagementUnderstanding the Big Picture Information is a key resource to primary health care and is increasingly required in individual practices. This book will demystify the subject which is often presented in complex terms. It sets out in a simple and interesting way what information those working in primary care will need the systems required to deliver them and how to set them up. Information and IT for Primary Care uses exercises stories key points case studies model answers and think boxes. Worldwide web links refers the reader to resources and shows how to get the most out of your computer. The book is user-friendly jargon free and based on primary research evidence. It is essential reading for everyone working in primary care organisations including GPs practice managers and nurses and staff working in community trusts and the NHS. Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9781315377452

Key Transitions in Animal Evolution Tackling one of the most difficult and delicate of the evolutionary questions this challenging book summarizes the more recent results in phylogenetics and developmental biology that address the evolution of key innovations in metazoans. Divided into three sections the first considers the phylogenetic issues involving this area of the tree of life and the elucidation of those relationships that continue to trouble taxonomists. The second section considers the developmental biology of metazoan evolution including the development of the nervous system sensory organs and physiological maturation. Part three focuses on the evolution of pattern and process in the Metazoa. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367383190

Key Variables in Social Investigation Key Variables in Social Investigation encourages sociologists and other social scientists to think about the conceptual and empirical problems of using and evaluating key variables in social research. The book contains reviews of ten major variables: age; gender; race and ethnicity; health and illness; education; social class and occupation; work employment and unemployment and unemployment; leisure; politics; and voluntary ways in which concepts can be specified and translated into variables and indicators. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815347033

Keyboard Music Before 1700 Keyboard Music Before 1700 begins with an overview of the development of keyboard music in Europe.  Then individual chapters by noted authorities in the field cover the key composers and repertory before 1700 in England France Germany and the Netherlands Italy and Spain and Portugal. The book concludes with a chapter on performance practice which addresses current issues in the interpretation and revival of this music. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138134010

Keyboard Skills for Music Educators: Score Reading Keyboard Skills for Music Educators: Score Reading is the first textbook equip future educators with the ability to play from an open score at the keyboard. Score reading can be a daunting prospect for even the most accomplished pianist but it is a skill required of all choral and instrumental music instructors. Although most music education curricula include requirements to achieve a certain level of proficiency in open score reading standard textbooks contain very little material devoted to developing this skill. This textbook provides a gradual and graded approach progressing from two-part reading to four or more parts in a variety of clefs. Each chapter focuses on one grouping of voices and provides many musical examples from a broad sampling of choral and instrumental repertoire ranging from Renaissance to contemporary works. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415888981

Keynes Beveridge and Beyond Presenting a coherent interpretation of the development of economic and social policy in Britain since 1945 this book analyses the political assumptions underlying post-war economic policy. It traces these assumptions through the classic texts of Keynes and Beveridge the architects of limited non-socialist state intervention to secure the welfare state and full employment. Topics covered include:* 'Private saving' versus company pensions* The level and composition of employment in Britain Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315016962

Keynes Post-Keynesianism and Political EconomyEssays in Honour of Geoff Harcourt Volume III Geoff Harcourt has had a major impact on the field of Post-Keynesian economics not only in his research but also in his teaching. Many of Harcourts students have gone on to make valuable contributions in this field. This volume brings together contributions from thirty such former students now established in academic institutions around the world. Their contributions focus on themes important to Harcourts work touching upon: · history of political economy · methodology · economic theory · applied analysis This work is a valuable addition to the literature of political economy and a fitting tribute to a leading economist. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138865839

Keynes Sraffa and the Criticism of Neoclassical TheoryEssays in Honour of Heinz Kurz Heinz Kurz is recognised internationally as a leading economic theorist and a foremost historian of economic thought. This book pays tribute to his outstanding contributions on the occasion of his 65th birthday by bringing together a unique collection of new essays by distinguished economists from around the world. Keynes Sraffa and the Criticism of Neoclassical Theory comprises twenty-three essays covering themes in Keynesian economic theory in the development of the modern classical approach to economic theory linear production models and the critique of neoclassical theory. The essays in this book will be an invaluable source of inspiration for economists interested in economic theory and in the evolution of economic thought. They will also be of interest to postgraduate and research students specialising in economic theory and in the history of economic thought. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138231467

Keynes Against CapitalismHis Economic Case for Liberal Socialism Keynes is one of the most important and influential economists who ever lived. It is almost universally believed that Keynes wrote his magnum opus The General Theory of Employment Interest and Money to save capitalism from the socialist communist and fascist forces that were rising up during the Great Depression era. This book argues that this was not the case with respect to socialism. Tracing the evolution of Keynes’s views on policy from WWI until his death in 1946 Crotty argues that virtually all post-WWII "Keynesian" economists misinterpreted crucial parts of Keynes’s economic theory misunderstood many of his policy views and failed to realize that his overarching political objective was not to save British capitalism but rather to replace it with Liberal Socialism. This book shows how Keynes’s Liberal Socialism began to take shape in his mind in the mid-1920s evolved into a more concrete institutional form over the next decade or so and was laid out in detail in his work on postwar economic planning at Britain’s Treasury during WWII. Finally it explains how The General Theory provided the rigorous economic theoretical foundation needed to support his case against capitalism in support of Liberal Socialism. Offering an original and highly informative exposition of Keynes’s work this book should be of great interest to teachers and students of economics. It should also appeal to a general audience interested in the role the most important economist of the 20th century played in developing the case against capitalism and in support of Liberal Socialism. Keynes Against Capitalism is especially relevant in the context of today’s global economic and political crises. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138612846

Keynes and Friedman on Laissez-Faire and Planning‘Where to draw the line?’ The 2008 crisis has revived debates on the relevance of laissez-faire and thus on the role of the State in a modern economy. This volume offers a new exploration of the writings of Keynes and Friedman on this topic highlighting not only the clear points of opposition between them but also the places in which their concerns where shared. This volume argues that the parallel currently made with the 1929 financial crisis and the way the latter turned into the Great Depression sheds new light on the proper economic policy to be conducted in both the short- and the long-run in a monetary economy. In light of the recent revival in appreciation for Keynes’ ideas Rivot investigates what both Keynes and Friedman had to say on key issues including their respective interpretations of both the 1929 crisis and the Great Depression their advocacy of the proper employment policy and the theoretical underpinnings of the latter. The book asks which lessons should be learnt from the Thirties? And what is the relevance of Keynes’ and Friedman’s respective pleas for today? Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138901414

Keynes and his ContemporariesTradition and Enterprise in the Cambridge School of Economics This book examines how the Cambridge School economists such as J. M. Keynes constructed revolutionary theories and advocated drastic policies based on their ideals for social organizations and their personal characteristics. Although vast numbers of studies on Marshall Keynes and Marshallians have been published there have been very few studies on the ‘Keynesian Revolution’ or Keynes’s relevance to the modern world from archival and intellectual viewpoints which focus on Keynes as a member of the Cambridge School. This book approaches Keynes from three directions: person time and perspective. The book provides a better understanding of how Keynes struggled with problems of his time and it also offers valuable lessons on how to survive fluctuating global capitalism today. It focuses on eight key economists as a group in ‘a public sphere’ rather than as a school (a unified theoretical denominator) and clarifies their visions and the widespread beliefs at the time by investigating their common motivations lifestyles values and habits. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138055438

Keynes and Modern Economics It is a little over seventy years since John Maynard Keynes produced his magnum opus The General Theory of Employment Interest and Money. Keynes' staggering achievement has been to remain relevant to economics and other disciplines even today and this book reflects that with an examination on his influence on modern economics. Leading economists from a variety of backgrounds including Ed Nell and Heinz Kurz have joined forces in this volume with internationally respected Japanese scholars to produce a strong collection of contributions to the debate on Keynes' monumental legacy. This book will be vital reading for historians of economic thought economic methodologists as well as those economists with an interest in the overall development of their discipline. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138231429

Keynes and the British Humanist TraditionThe Moral Purpose of the Market Well-connected in academia business and government John Maynard Keynes was one of the most influential economic theorists of the twentieth century. It appears that his theories will be just as important for the twenty-first. As Keynes himself explained his ideas throughout his life were influenced by the moral philosophy he learned as an undergraduate. Nevertheless the meaning and significance for Keynes of this early philosophy have remained largely unexplored. Keynes and the British Humanist Tradition offers an interpretation of Keynes’s early philosophy and its implications for his later thought. It approaches that philosophy from the perspective of the nineteenth century intellectual context out of which it emerged. The book argues that roots of Keynes’s early beliefs are to be found in the traditions of the Apostles the very famous secret society to which he and most of his teachers belonged. The principles of Keynes’s philosophy can be seen in such writers as John Stuart Mill and Henry Sidgwick but the underlying ideas have been obscured by changing fashions in philosophy and thus require excavation and reconstruction. This book will be of interest to students and researchers in the history of economics in particular the thought of John Maynard Keynes especially his ethics politics and economics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415746519

Keynes and the 'Classics'A Study in Language Epistemology and Mistaken Identities Is there a language which is adequate to describe our own economy? In this volume Michel Verdon undertakes a path-breaking analysis of the three major paradigms in economics: Marxian economics neo-classical economics and Keynesian economics. Each of these he argues has an inherent cosmology and in the case of both Marxian and neo-classical economics these preclude the development of a language which can accurately describe and analyse an economy. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138006942

Keynes and The General Theory Revisited Every time the economy goes through a period of crisis Keynes’ name is called upon by economists and politicians from diverse backgrounds. However 70 years after the publication of The General Theory of Employment Interest and Money specialists are still far—maybe everyday further—from reaching agreement about the genuine contents of Keynes’ most important work. This controversy has been marked by a paradoxical turn: it is above all the literature about Keynes which in the last decades has imposed the terms of the debate while The General Theory lacks readers. Accused by both its detractors and admirers of being a confusing book that is inconsistent and even plagued with logical errors the most important contribution of the most influential economist of the 20th century has been condemned to be forgotten or at best to live uncomfortably in the voices of those who have spoken on his behalf. This book is the result of rigorous critical research which reconstructs the spectrum of discussion surrounding Keynes’ main work. The book begins by describing the historical background and the state of the pre-Keynesian economic theory subsequently immersing the reader in a concise but detailed—as well as innovative— interpretation of the original text. The revision of some of the main interpretative currents prepares the field for the book’s ultimate contribution: the identification of the fundamentals that sustain the analytical structure of The General Theory. At the same time this exploration of the theoretical fundamentals of The General Theory makes this book an original intervention on the genesis and relevance of the divide between micro and macroeconomics—a division that has been fully accepted by contemporary macro theorists. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367884611

Keynes and the Neoclassical SynthesisEinsteinian versus Newtonian Macroeconomics This remarkable volume provides a critical assessment of Neoclassical Synthesis long regarded as the standard interpretation of Keynes. Taking issue with this orthodoxy the author offers a unique interpretation of the foundation of modern macroeconomics arguing that the subject derives from the conflict between two research programmes inspired by different paradigms in physics: the Newtonian programme of Hicks and the Einsteinian approach of Keynes. Original and provocative in its reflections Keynes and the Neoclassical Synthesis not only offers a fresh interpretation of Keynes but makes an important contribution to debates within post-Keynesian economics. It will thus be of interest to all those interested in Keynes' place in the history of economic thought and macroeconomic methodology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138007178

Keynes' General Theory of InterestA Reconsideration In Keynes' General Theory of Interest Fiona Maclachlan rehabilitates the largely discredited liquidity preference theory of interest providing an original and rigorously reasoned restatement of the theory. Her provocative book draws on the methodological tenets of the Austrian school and is grounded firmly both in the history of economic thought and in real world economic institutions. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415862196

Keynes on Monetary Policy Finance and UncertaintyLiquidity Preference Theory and the Global Financial Crisis This book provides a reassessment of Keynes’ theory of liquidity preference. It argues that the failure of the Keynesian revolution to be made in either theory or practice owes importantly to the fact that the role of liquidity preference theory as a pivotal element in Keynes’ General Theory has remained underexplored and indeed widely misunderstood even among Keynes’ followers and until today. The book elaborates on and extends Keynes’ conceptual framework moving it from the closed economy to the global economy context and applies liquidity preference theory to current events and prominent hypotheses in global finance. Jörg Bibow presents Keynes’ liquidity preference theory as a distinctive and highly relevant approach to monetary theory offering a conceptual framework of general applicability for explaining the role and functioning of the financial system. He argues that in a dynamic context liquidity preference theory may best be understood as a theory of financial intermediation. Through applications to current events and prominent hypotheses in global finance this book underlines the richness continued relevance and superiority of Keynes’ theory of liquidity preference; with Hyman Minsky standing out for developing Keynes’ vision of financial capitalism. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415616478

Keynesian Economics Keynesian Economics provides a wide-ranging critical examination of the presuppositions and procedures of Keynesian analysis. The result is both a clear guide to modern macro-economic theory and policy and a revealing exercise in the recent history of ideas - ideas which are highly contentious and still deeply influential."(Alan) Coddington made several substantive contributions to the understanding of Keynesian economics which established his fame not merely in the UK but in major centres of economics around the world." The Times Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315016788

Keynesianism vs. MonetarismAnd other essays in financial history This book was first published in 1985. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415612920

Keynes's Economic Consequences of the PeaceA Reappraisal Published just months after the Versailles Treaty was signed The Economic Consequences of the Peace is a devastating critique of allied leaders and the reparations imposed on Germany and Austria in the aftermath of WWI. These essays assess the importance of Keynes’s book both historically and in its relevance for the challenges we face today. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781848934559

Keynes's Theoretical DevelopmentFrom the Tract to the General Theory Comprehensive and authoritative this book written by a recognized authority on the subject explores the contributions to modern economics by John Maynard Keynes and addresses neglected yet crucial aspects of the genesis of Keynesian economics. In this book the author elucidates Keynes’ development as an economic theoretician through an examination of his books articles various manuscripts lecture notes and controversial correspondence. Departing from a narrative account and analyzing processes of theory-building and re-building which constitute Keynes’s intellectual journey from the Tract to the General Theory this volume shows Keynes’ theoretical development as a theoretical hypothesis. An excellent exposition of Keynes’ contribution this is a valuable addition to the bookshelves of all to students and researchers interested in Keynes and more widely the history of economic thought and macroeconomics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415748544

Keys to Successful ImmigrationImplications of the New Jersey Experience Published in 1997. The Urban Institute has been studying immigration for almost a decade and a half. In recent years the Institute’s focus has widened to include immigration integration. Unlike immigration policy which is a federal responsibility policies regarding immigrant integration have been left in the hands of states and localities and vary widely by region. This book focuses on the 1980-1990 experience of a high-immigrant state whose immigrant population matches the race and ethnic composition of the US population as a whole more closely than any other state. 'New Jersey’s experience with immigration is not necessarily typical of outcomes in other high-immigration states but it may be replicable on a broader scale. As a new century approaches and as debate over immigration legislation reaches a fever pitch it is important to analyze in the fashion of this volume instances of successful immigration that can serve as examples for other states the United States as a whole and other nations...' (Thomas Espenshade). Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138321731

Keys to the DramaNine Perspectives on Sonata Forms Sonata form is fundamentally a dramatic structure that creates manipulates and ultimately satisfies expectation. It engages its audience by inviting prediction association and interpretation. That sonata form was the chief vehicle of dramatic instrumental music for nearly 200 years is due to the power the universality and the tonal and stylistic adaptability of its conception. This book presents nine studies whose central focus is sonata form. Their diversity attests both to the manifold analytical approaches to which the form responds and to the vast range of musical possibility within the form's exemplars. At the same time common compositional issues analytical methods and overarching perspectives on the essential nature of the form weave their way through the volume. Several of the essays approach the musical structure directly as drama casting the work as an expression of its composer's engagement with an idea or principle that is dynamic and at times intensely difficult. Others concentrate their attention on a composer's use of "motive " which typically takes the form of a simple melodic span that shapes the musical architecture through an interdependent series of structural levels. Integrating these motivic threads within the musical fabric often warrants departures from formal norms in other areas. Analyses that seek to understand works with anomalous formal qualities-whether engendered by a motivic component or not-have a prominent place in the volume. Among these accounts of idiosyncratic tonal discourse that threatens to undermine the unfolding of form-defining qualities or events are central. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138249806

Keywords in Language and Literacy Just what is Standard English? Is it correct English? Should grammar be taught?The answers to such questions invariably provoke controversy. In this handy A to Z guide to language and literacy Ronald Carter unpicks the meaning of key terms like `proper English' `real books' `text' and `discourse' and the ways in which concepts are used - and abused - by teachers politicians linguists journalists and employers.Each concise definition is cross-referenced and supported by extensive examples and by references to further reading. Designed as a dictionary but possessing an encyclopedic range Keywords in Language and Literacy provides an invaluable guide to the debates surrounding language and literacy. An indispensible book for all teachers and students of language and education and anyone interested in the place of language in schools. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138423442

Keywords in Queer Sinophone Studies This volume showcases a vibrant wave of scholarship that explores the intersection of queer theory and Sinophone studies consolidating an interdisciplinary framework for furthering transnational research into non-conforming genders sexualities and bodies. Engaging with contemporary debates and controversies Keywords in Queer Sinophone Studies presents a definitive collection of original contributions which are both theoretically and empirically grounded and cross-disciplinary in nature. Individual chapters offer an in-depth study of new empirical data and case studies covering keywords such as transpacific viscerality fandom postcoloniality ethnicity and activism. Imagining new conversations across several fields including literature film communication ethnic studies anthropology history sociology and politics this book will appeal to students and scholars of Queer Studies and Asian culture literature and film as well as gender and sexuality. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367226039

Keywords in Remix Studies Keywords in Remix Studies consists of twenty-four chapters authored by researchers who share interests in remix studies and remix culture throughout the arts and humanities. The essays reflect on the critical historical and theoretical lineage of remix to the technological production that makes contemporary forms of communication and creativity possible. Remix enjoys international attention as it continues to become a paradigm of reference across many disciplines due in part to its interdisciplinary nature as an unexpectedly fragmented approach and method useful in various fields to expand specific research interests. The focus on a specific keyword for each essay enables contributors to expose culture and society’s inconclusive relation with the creative process and questions assumptions about authorship plagiarism and originality. Keywords in Remix Studies is a resource for scholars including researchers practitioners lecturers and students interested in some or all aspects of remix studies. It can be a reference manual and introductory resource as well as a teaching tool across the humanities and social sciences. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138699649

Keywords in Western Literary Criticism and Contemporary ChinaVolume 1 Since the reform and opening up of China in 1978 Western literary criticism has begun to flourish and gain in popularity within the country’s academic literature community. These two volumes meticulously select and examine nine of the most influential keywords from Western literary theory while identifying the intricate historical sources of these terms and analyzing their relevance to other disciplines and ideas. The result shows how these words function as heterogeneous cultural contexts in the complexity of experience but also how they function within the context of Chinese culture as well as Chinese literature and criticism. In this volume the editors focus on discourse text narrative literariness and irony from the perspectives of etymology documentation meanings and other core factors. Students of literature and languages and especially Chinese literature will benefit from this two-volume set. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138329553

Keywords in Western Literary Criticism and Contemporary ChinaVolume 2 Since the reform and opening up of China in 1978 Western literary criticism has begun to flourish and gain in popularity within the country’s academic literature community. These two volumes meticulously select and examine nine of the most influential keywords from Western literary theory while identifying the intricate historical sources of these terms and analyzing their relevance to other disciplines and ideas. The result shows how these words function as heterogeneous cultural contexts in the complexity of experience but also how they function within the context of Chinese culture as well as Chinese literature and criticism. In this volume the editors focus on metaphor the other ideology and the body from the perspectives of etymology documentation meanings and other core factors. Students of literature and languages and especially Chinese literature will benefit from this two-volume set. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367490911

Keywords in Youth StudiesTracing Affects Movements Knowledges With recent attention to issues such as youth social exclusion poverty school underachievement school violence gang activity sexuality and youth’s interactions with media and the internet youth studies has emerged as a significant interdisciplinary field. It has moved beyond its roots in subcultural studies to encompass a diverse array of disciplines subfields and theoretical orientations. Yet no volume exists that systematically presents and puts into dialogue the field’s areas of focus and approaches to research. As a unique blend of reference guide conceptual dictionary and critical assessment Keywords in Youth Studies presents and historicizes the "state of the field." It offers theoretically-informed analysis of key concepts and points to possibilities for youth studies’ reconstruction. Contributors include internationally-renowned field experts who trace the origins movements and uses and meanings of "keywords" such as resistance youth violence surveillance and more. The blending of section essays with focused keywords offers beginning and advanced readers multiple points of entry into the text and connections across concepts. A must-read for graduate students faculty and researchers across a range of disciplines this extraordinary new book promotes new interdisciplinary approaches to youth research and advocacy. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415874120

KGB LexiconThe Soviet Intelligence Officers Handbook In this volume Mitrokhin presents two dictionaries produced by the KGB itself to define their activities in both offensive and defensive intelligence work. The translated documents tell the story of the KGB's methods and targets and should interest the general public as well as the specialist. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203045787

Khedive Ismail's Army Khedive Ismail's Army examines military failure in the age of imperialism. On paper the mid-nineteenth century Egyptian army seems a formidable regional power. It had a tradition of success modern weapons and mercenary officers with experience in major wars. Egypt's ruler Khedive Ismail hoped to combine the imported technology and brains with native manpower and establish an Egyptian dominated Horn of Africa. His soldiers did conquer parts of the Sudan but they suffered disastrous defeats during the Egyptian Abyssinian War of 1875 to 1876.Presenting the first detailed examination of the Egyptian Abyssinian War in English this new book also looks at the root problems that made Ismail's soldiers ineffective. These include issues of class racism internal and external politics finance and the rapidly changing world of mid-Nineteenth Century military technology. This book is aimed at military historians and will be of interest to those studying the Middle East or North East Africa. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415645959

Khizr Tiwana the Punjab Unionist Party and the Partition of India First biography of Khizr Tiwana the Unionist Premier of the Punjab during the climacteric period 1942-47. The Punjab formed the heartland of a future Pakistan hence the subcontinent's destiny rested on the clash between Khizr and Jinnah over the region's unity vs Muslim separatism. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138992900

Khrushchev and Brezhnev as Leaders (Routledge Revivals)Building Authority in Soviet Politics First published in 1982 this book explores how Khrushchev and Brezhnev manipulated their policies and personal images as they attempted to consolidate their authority as leader. Central issues of Soviet domestic politics are examined: investment priorities incentive policy administrative reform and political participation. The author rejects the conventional images of Khrushchev as an embattled consumer advocate and decentraliser and of Brezhnev’s leadership as dull and conservative. He looks at how they dealt with the task of devising programs that combined the post-Stalin elite’s goals of consumer satisfaction and expanded political participation with traditional Soviet values. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138686700

Khrushchev in the KremlinPolicy and Government in the Soviet Union 1953–64 This book presents a new picture of the politics economics and process of government in the Soviet Union under the leadership of Nikita Khrushchev. Based in large part on original research in recently declassified archive collections the book examines the full complexity of government including formal and informal political relationships; economic reforms and nationality relations in the national republics of the USSR; the treatment of political dissent; economic progress through technological innovation; relations with the Eastern bloc; corruption and deceit in the economy; and the reform of the railways and construction sectors. The book re-evaluates the Khrushchev era as one which represented a significant departure from the Stalin years introducing a number of policy changes that only came to fruition later whilst still suffering from many of the limitations imposed by the Stalinist system. Unlike many other studies which consider the subject from the perspective of the Cold War and superpower relations this book provides an overview of the internal development of the Soviet Union in this period locating it in the broader context of Soviet history. This is the companion volume to the Jeremy Smith and Melanie Ilic’s previous edited collection Soviet State and Society under Nikita Khrushchev (Routledge 2009). Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415838160

K�12 Education as a Hermeneutic Adventurous EndeavorToward an Educational Way of Thinking Considering the role of compulsory mass education and schooling in a democratic society this book introduces an alternative vision for K-12 education as an "adventurous endeavour." Grounded in a strong theoretical framework Yosef-Hassidim reveals the negative impact of instrumentalization of schools: when education is considered a social and political instrument it serves dominant social forces’ interests rather than students’ or humanity as a whole. Offering conceptual and pragmatic frameworks to limit political influence on schooling the author proposes a new hermeneutical structure that restores education’s agency and separates it from external social forces and provides the foundation for regarding K-12 education as a sovereign social sphere in its own right. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367889357

Kick Down the Door of ComplacencySeize the Power of Continuous Improvement Kick Down the Door of Complacency provides a new solution to an old problem: how to persuade and teach managers to enact Continuous Improvement.The book is a story of a CEO who persuades his direct reports that having Continuous Improvement is vital and then leads and teaches them exactly how to do a basic method for the next 24 months.
Books > E-books CRC Press 9780429332807

Kick Start Your CareerSuccessful Strategies and Winning Techniques For new graduates the key challenge remains how to secure that first career-related job. Full of guidance and tips on how to handle the complex field of job hunting Kick Start Your Career can help navigate an ever-changing job market and secure your chance at your desired career. It is a valuable investment in your future. It advises the reader on how to: stand out in job applications; use social media for job searching; create resumes and cover letters that stand out; succeed at interviews. It provides a practical hands on step-by-step approach. With an integrated Personal Plan that helps create key job search documents it directs soon-to-be graduates towards achieving their career aspirations. Accompanying online resources include examples and templates which can be downloaded in Word format to help you prepare resumes and other job search documents. This book will help graduates progressively build up job-hunting resources – skills achievements resume cover letter and interview responses – and turn this into a practical outcome: a new job. It is a key companion to any student or recent graduate exploring the job market. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138067660

Kidnap for RansomResolving the Unthinkable The enormous sums paid for the release of hostages coupled with law enforcement’s inability to stem the tide has made kidnapping for ransom a worldwide plague. The increasing rate of reported incidents from every corner of the globe suggests this plague is growing. Kidnap for Ransom: Resolving the Unthinkable removes the veil of mystery and dispels some of the myths surrounding kidnapping. The book provides security professionals families and law enforcement personnel with the modern tools needed to understand and effectively respond to the crime of kidnapping.This volume traces the historical development of kidnapping for ransom and studies the behaviors of perpetrators victims and families. The author makes extensive use of case histories and includes comments and anecdotes from those who have actually suffered at the hands of kidnappers. Based on his vast experience managing these incidents the author provides an overview of the series of activities that represent the best opportunity for a successful resolution of a kidnap for ransom scenario. This tried and tested methodology for confronting kidnapping situations enables victims families and organizations to have a fighting chance.In addition the book examines how kidnappers operate and describes the methods they use to select target and abduct their victims. The work also details preventive measures that an individual can take to avoid becoming a victim and the strategies that one must apply to survive a kidnapping.This is the first book to examine the kidnap for ransom phenomenon and to reveal the process from the moment of the kidnapping until the victim’s safe return. The author’s experience as the principal consultant and manager in the successful resolution of numerous kidnapping and extortion incidents makes this book an invaluable tool for those charged with the responsibility of kidnap prevention as well as f Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367865009

Kidnappers in PhiladelphiaIsaac Hopper's Tales of Oppression 1780-1843 First published in 1994 Kidnappers in Philadelphia: Isaac Hopper's Tales of Oppression 1780-1843 collates Isaac Hoppers original tales. Complementing the original seventy-nine compiled narratives this expanded edition features "The Life of Cooper" and seven newly discovered slave narratives published by Isaac Hopper in the National Anti-Slavery Standard between June and September 1840. The original index of planter's names and a new comprehensive general index will help readers locate valuable historical information. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367109714

Kidnapping and AbductionMinimizing the Threat and Lessons in Survival Terrorist groups and organized crime cartels pose an increasing threat of kidnapping throughout many regions in the word. At the same time international travel has become more commonplace for both business and leisure purposes. Kidnapping and Abduction: Minimizing the Threat and Lessons in Survival provides a practical guide on the precautions travelers can take to avoid being kidnapped or derail a kidnapping attempt in progress. In the event this cannot be avoided the book supplies advice on how to ensure survival during captivity.Readers will learn:The basic elements of kidnapping and abductionThe motivations and mechanisms of kidnappersThe hotspots where kidnapping/hostage taking is prevalentVehicles best suited for avoidance of kidnap threat and proposals for up-armoring an existing vehicleHow to recognize immediate threats and precautions to be taken in assessing threat levelThe types of weapons most favored by kidnappers and their threat levelAvailable bullet-resistant materials and their use in stab- and bullet-resistant vestsResistance methodologies and weapons for self-defenseLegislation in various countries pertaining to the carrying of weaponsHow to survive long-term abduction if kidnappedHow to best assist the authorities once releasedEssential reading for anyone living doing business or traveling abroad or at sea this practical handbook reveals tactics that best enable those vulnerable to protect against an attack—or in the worse-case scenario increase their chances for survival. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367869434

Kidney Diseases in the Developing World and Ethnic Minorities Compiled by an international team of nephrologists this reference covers a wide variety of clinical regional and research issues related to the epidemiology diagnosis and treatment of kidney disease in ethnic populations-exploring current prevention strategies treatment outcomes and education and training practices in Africa South America Asia as well as China India Pakistan and Russia. This reference also addresses specific issues pertinent to the renal healthcare of ethnic minorities in the United States Europe and Australia. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367454067

Kidney Disorders in Children and AdolescentsA Global Perspective of Clinical Practice A much-needed up-to-date guide to the clinical management of kidney disorders in children and adolescents this text presents the essentials of diagnosis and treatment in this important field with an indication of when referral to or consultation with the pediatric nephrologist is needed.With a team of international contributors who have had a significant global impact on the development of pediatric nephrology this user-friendly resource takes the findings of specialists to a much wider audience in training and in primary care. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367391294

KidneyToxicological Assessment This book bridges the gap between advances in basic biology and chemistry and technological applications in the field of toxicity assessments. It describes areas of progress in the laboratory and clinic and discusses aspects of cellular organelles. It also covers the basic principles and applications of modern toxicological tools such as transcriptomic proteomic and metabolomic approaches. The recent developments on molecular modeling and systems biology are described with an eye on the future establishment of virtual cell technology. Finally the clinical implications for the understanding of acute and chronic renal toxicity are studied. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781466588110

Kids and ViolenceThe Invisible School Experience Implement prevention interventions and policies to curb the cycle of violence in our schools!Kids and Violence: The Invisible School Experience examines overt and covert violence occurring in the school setting involving students school personnel and school policy and highlights a level of violence that is often hidden ignored or subtly tolerated. This book provides the latest research findings on various issues of violence in our schools. It also shows what happens when the adults responsible for the well-being of our children are actually perpetrating violence staying silent about violence or upholding a system that supports a violent atmosphere.Kids and Violence is unique in its holistic and systemic approach of examining types of violence that are often overlooked or endorsed by school policies. The book includes 11 chapters focusing on issues such as bullying school personnel’s role in violence and prevention programs. The contributors are experts in their fields and include professors deans and directors of university social work schools. Kids and Violence presents the results of an exploratory study that examines self-identified bullies and addresses issues of immediate and vital importance including: bullying among students grades 3-8 in a rural school district observations by school personnel on bullying among elementary and middle school students corporal punishment as a cultural norm in the United States and its impact on discipline in our schools solution-focused crisis intervention with adolescents bullying of children and other abuses of power by school personnel adolescent dating violence in the school setting and much more!It is time to stop the harmful cycle of violence in our schools. This valuable resource serves as a call for immediate action showing social workers and policymakers how to provide leadership in researching developing and delivering empirically-based prevention interventions and policies. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203050927

Kids' Club LettersNarrative Tools for Stimulating Process and Dialogue in Therapy Groups for Children and Adolescents Kids' Club Letters provides an innovative approach to group psychotherapy for school-aged children who experience a range of social and emotional problems. A narrative therapy approach is adapted taking the form of letters written by the therapist in the voice of a child who is asking for advice about interpersonal or emotional problems. The child in the letter is asking for guidance from the participants in the group. These letters were devised and written for the purpose of structuring responses in group psychotherapy allowing the participants to address relevant issues for them individually and at the group level. The children in the groups had previously experienced difficulty discussing these issues spontaneously. Hence the 'Dear Group' letter format was born. The children did not know that the therapist had written the letters. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138145849

Kids Having KidsEconomic Costs and Social Consequences of Teen Pregnancy Published in 1997. Adolescent mothers are more likely to encounter a variety of economic and social ills than women who delay childbearing until they are adults. This work is a comprehensive examination of the extent to which these undesirable outcomes are attributable to teen pregnancy itself rather than to the wider environment in which most of the pregnancies and the subsequent child-rearing take place. It also examines the consequences of adolescent pregnancy for the fathers of children and even more importantly for the children themselves. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138321335

Kids Killing KidsManaging Violence and Gangs in Schools Littleton Colorado. Conyers Georgia. Pearl Mississippi. Jonesboro Arkansas. Springfield Oregon. In the aftermath of the latest incidences of school violence Kids Killing Kids: Managing Violence and Gangs in Schools tackles the tough questions: How do we find out which students are potentially violent? What do we do with them? Is there an epidemic of children whose psychological problems go undetected until they erupt in violence? Are the parents really responsible? Parents administrators fellow students the media: we all look for someone to blame. Kids who look or act different fall under suspicion. The cry goes out for more gun control less violence in television movies and video games. President Clinton calls a conference to address violence in the media.Add gangs to this mix and the situation becomes explosive. A factor in inner-city schools for years new evidence suggests that gangs are now recruiting new members from suburban schools. Violence from conflicts between rival gangs adds to the already volatile atmosphere in schools. While not all violence can be anticipated there is no substitute for being proactive. Kids Killing Kids: Managing Violence and Gangs in Schools serves as a guide for detection intervention and prevention - providing solutions for our schools. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138430716

Kids on YouTubeTechnical Identities and Digital Literacies The mall is so old school—these days kids are hanging out on YouTube and depending on whom you ask they're either forging the digital frontier or frittering away their childhoods in anti-intellectual solipsism. Kids on YouTube cuts through the hype going behind the scenes to understand kids' everyday engagement with new media. Debunking the stereotype of the self-taught computer whiz new media scholar and filmmaker Patricia G. Lange describes the collaborative social networks kids use to negotiate identity and develop digital literacy on the 'Tube. Her long-term ethnographic studies also cover peer-based and family-driven video-making dynamics girl geeks civic engagement and representational ethics. This book makes key contributions to new media studies communication science and technology studies digital anthropology and informal education. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781611329360

Kids' SlipsWhat Young Children's Slips of the Tongue Reveal About Language Development The study of speech errors or "slips of the tongue " is a time-honored methodology which serves as a window to the representation and processing of language and has proven to be the most reliable source of data for building theories of speech production planning. However until Kids' Slips there has never been a corpus of such errors from children with which to work. This is the first developmental linguistics research volume to document how online processing is revealed in young children ages 18 months through 5 years through their slips of the tongue. Thus this text provides a new methodology and data source which will greatly expand our ability to uncover the details of early language development. Professor Jaeger's groundbreaking book incorporates both details of her methodology and findings with implications for different aspects of language development including phonetics and phonology the lexicon semantics morphology and syntax. While all the child data is included in the book a Web site hosted by the author provides readers with the adult data as well. Kids' Slips targets those who study language development in linguistics developmental psychology and speech and hearing as well as those who study language representation and processing more generally in the same disciplines. Media > Books > Print Books Psychology Press 9780415655316

Kierkegaard Aesthetics and SelfhoodThe Art of Subjectivity In the digital world Kierkegaard's thought is valuable in thinking about aesthetics as a component of human development both including but moving beyond the religious context as its primary center of meaning. Seeing human formation as interrelated with aesthetics makes art a vital dimension of human existence. Contributing to the debate about Kierkegaard's conception of the aesthetic Kierkegaard Aesthetics and Selfhood argues that Kierkegaard's primary concern is to provocatively explore how a self becomes Christian with aesthetics being a vital dimension for such self-formation. At a broader level Peder Jothen also focuses on the role authority and meaning of aesthetic expression within religious thought generally and Christianity in particular. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138546110

Kierkegaard Pietism and Holiness Søren Kierkegaard wrote that Pietism is 'the one and only consequence of Christianity'. Praise of this sort - particularly when coupled with Kierkegaard's significant personal connections to the movement in Christian spirituality known as Pietism - would seem to demand thorough investigation. And yet Kierkegaard's relation to Pietism has been largely neglected in the secondary literature. Kierkegaard Pietism and Holiness fills this scholarly gap and in doing so provides the first full-length study of Kierkegaard's relation to the Pietist movement. First accounting for Pietism's role in Kierkegaard's social ecclesial and intellectual background Barnett goes on to demonstrate Pietism's impact on Kierkegaard's published authorship principally regarding the relationship between Christian holiness and secular culture. This book not only establishes Pietism as a formative influence on Kierkegaard's life and thinking but also sheds fresh light on crucial Kierkegaardian concepts from the importance of 'upbuilding' to the imitation of Christ. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138260993

Kierkegaard and LevinasThe Subjunctive Mood The Danish Christian existentialist Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) and the Jewish Lithuanian-born French interpreter of modern phenomenology Emmanuel Levinas (1906-1995) have enabled theology and philosophy to illuminate and confront one another in radical and important ways. This book addresses the theological and philosophical thought of both Kierkegaard and Levinas with a focus on the special form that exists in the grammar of many languages for cases of uncertainty possibility hypothesis and for expressions of hope: the subjunctive mood. As well as presenting arguments and observations about Kierkegaard and Levinas through an analysis of the subjunctive mood Patrick Sheil offers an interesting and accessible way into the thought of these two major European philosophers and he explores a wide range of Kierkegaardian and Levinasian texts throughout. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138263901

Kierkegaard and Modern Continental PhilosophyAn Introduction In Kierkegaard and Modern European Philosophy: An Introduction Michael Weston argues that despite being acknowledged as a precursor to Nietzsche and post-Nietzschean thinkers such as Heidegger and Derrida the radical nature of Kierkegaard's critique of philosophy has been missed. Weston examines and explains the metaphysical tradition as exemplified by Plato and Hegel and the post-metaphysical critiques of Nietzsche Heidegger and Derrida. He shows how Kierkegaard's ethical critique of philosophy undermines the former and escapes the latter. He considers another ethical critique of philosophy that of Levinas before identifying ethics as the non-philosophical site where philosophy can be criticised. Kierkegaard and Modern European Philosophy: An Introduction argues that by refusing to allow philosophy jurisdiction over ethics and religion Kieregaard's critique applies as much to modern continental thought as to the metaphysical thought it seeks to undermine. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138163102

Kierkegaard and the Rise of Modern Psychology This book investigates the Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard's (1813�1855) contributions to our understanding of psychology. In Kierkegaard's historical context psychology was challenged from both scientific and philosophical perspectives. Kierkegaard considered psychology a core discipline central to his understanding of metaphysics as well as theology.The first part examines Kierkegaard and experimental psychology focusing on Kierkegaard's work explicitly referring to psychology. The second part considers psychology in terms of the German Enlightenment including Kant's rejection of psychology as a science. The third part discusses how to understand Kierkegaard's psychology today calling attention to his continuing impact on modern psychology and modern science.Kierkegaard's conception of psychology remains relevant for any discussion of the role of today's psychology. In tracing psychology's evolution after Kant and Kierkegaard the author finds the discipline has followed two main paths. The dominant path follows Kant's ideals about science while the other much narrower trail has its origin in Kierkegaard. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138511415

Kierkegaard-Arg Philosophers First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315008790

Kierkegaard's Upbuilding DiscoursesPhilosophy Literature and Theology George Pattison provides a bold and innovative reassessment of Kierkegaard's neglected Eighteen Upbuilding Discourses and reading of his work as a whole. The first full length assessment of the discourses in English this volume will be essential reading for philosophers and theologians and anyone interested in Kierkegaard and the history of philosophy. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415868310

Kikuyu Women The Mau Mau Rebellion And Social Change In Kenya This book explores the issues of land labor and cultural nationalism of Kikuyu women; differences between women's actions and men's; and differences between loyalist and nationalist women from the beginning of the colonial period till the end of the Mau Mau rebellion in Kenya. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367163709

KikuyuSocial and Political Institutions Originally published in 1956 the main emphasis of the book is on the complex age-set organization which constitutes the framework within which the life of every Kikuyu is regulated from infancy to old age. The book shows how the political and territorial organization the judicial system and the administration of justice the training of leaders the structure and the control of social life are all integrated into the age-set system. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138595668

Kilimanjaro and Its PeopleA History of Wachagga their Laws Customs and Legends Together with Some First published in 1924 this account was written by a Senior Commissioner of the Tanganyika Territory. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138010895

Kill the CompanyEnd the Status Quo Start an Innovation Revolution In the ever-changing world of business we've arrived at a point where process has trumped culture where the race toward efficiency has left us unable to reach our potential. Stuck in the land of status quo we've forgotten how to think. The very structures put in place to help businesses grow are now holding us back;; it's time to Kill the Company. This book is a call to arms: to start a revolution in how we think and work. But instead of more one-size-fits-all change initiatives forced upon employees we need to embrace small changes that create ripple effects throughout the organization. Lisa Bodell urges companies to move from "Zombies Inc." to "Think Inc." Thinking can no longer be exclusive to the creative team or lead strategists. A culture of curiosity must be fostered among the ranks to shake up our standard practices from unproductive meetings to go-nowhere strategic planning. This revolution can and will awaken our ability to think and ultimately to innovate and grow. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781937134020

Kill the MessengerThe War on Standardized Testing In response to public demand federal legislation now requires testing of most students in the United States in reading and mathematics in grades three through eight. Many educators parents and policymakers who have paid little attention to testing policy issues in the past need to have better information on the topic than has generally been available. Kill the Messenger now in paperback fills this gap.This is perhaps the most thorough and authoritative work in defense of educational testing ever written. Phelps points out that much research conducted by education insiders on the topic is based on ideological preference or profound self-interest. It is not surprising that they arrive at emphatically anti-testing conclusions. Much if not most of this hostile research is passed on to the public by journalists as if it were neutral objective and independent. Kill the Messenger explains and refutes many of the common criticisms of testing; describes testing opponents' strategies through case studies of Texas and the SAT; illustrates the profound media bias against testing; acknowledges testing's limitations and suggests how it can be improved; and finally outlines the consequences of losing the "war on standardized testing." Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138526730

Killer Camera Rigs That You Can BuildHow to Build Your Own Camera Cranes Car Mounts Stabilizers Dollies and More! Don't buy or rent your fillm equipment - build it! Construct professional-quality camera rigs on your own with this comprehensive step-by-step guide and stop wasting your money on overpriced equipment rentals and purchases! Dan Selakovich guides you through the creation of jibs dollies cranes car-mounts sandbags tripods and more. Features include: Build inexpensive but reliable and sturdy rigs-including cranes dollies stabilizers car-mounts and more; most for much less than $100! Includes over 2 000 photographs with clear step-by-step instructions safety guidelines material lists and tool lists for each rig. American standard and meric measurements included. Includes a companion web site: http://dvcamerarigs.com/ Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138460454

Killer RobotsLegality and Ethicality of Autonomous Weapons Military robots and other potentially autonomous robotic systems such as unmanned combat air vehicles (UCAVs) and unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) could soon be introduced to the battlefield. Look further into the future and we may see autonomous micro- and nanorobots armed and deployed in swarms of thousands or even millions. This growing automation of warfare may come to represent a major discontinuity in the history of warfare: humans will first be removed from the battlefield and may one day even be largely excluded from the decision cycle in future high-tech and high-speed robotic warfare. Although the current technological issues will no doubt be overcome the greatest obstacles to automated weapons on the battlefield are likely to be legal and ethical concerns. Armin Krishnan explores the technological legal and ethical issues connected to combat robotics examining both the opportunities and limitations of autonomous weapons. He also proposes solutions to the future regulation of military robotics through international law. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315591070

Killing African AmericansPolice and Vigilante Violence as a Racial Control Mechanism Killing African Americans examines the pervasive disproportionate and persistent police and vigilante killings of African Americans in the United States as a racial control mechanism that sustains the racial control system of systemic racism. Noel A. Cazenave’s well-researched and conceptualized historical sociological study is one of the first books to focus exclusively on those killings and to treat them as political violence. Few issues have received as much conventional and social media attention in the United States over the past few years or have for decades now sparked so many protests and so often strained race relations to a near breaking point. Because of both its timely and its enduring relevance Killing African Americans can reach a large audience composed not only of students and scholars but also of Movement for Black Lives activists politicians public policy analysts concerned police officers and other criminal justice professionals and anyone else eager to better understand this American nightmare and its solutions from a progressive and informed African American perspective. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138549937

Killing HerculesDeianira and the Politics of Domestic Violence from Sophocles to the War on Terror This book offers an entirely new reception history of the myth of Hercules and his wife/killer Deianira. The book poses and attempts to answer two important and related questions. First why have artists across two millennia felt compelled to revisit this particular myth to express anxieties about violence at both a global and domestic level? Secondly from the moment that Sophocles disrupted a myth about the definitive exemplar of masculinity and martial prowess and turned it into a story about domestic abuse through to a 2014 production of Handel’s Hercules that was set in the context of the ‘war on terror’ the reception history of this myth has been one of discontinuity and conflict; how and why does each culture reinvent this narrative to address its own concerns and discontents and how does each generation speak to qualify or annihilate the certainties of its predecessors in order to understand contain or exonerate the aggression with which their governors – of state and of the household – so often enforce their authority and the violence to which their nations and their homes are perennially vulnerable? Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367595562

Killing the CompetitionEconomic Inequality and Homicide Criminologists have known for decades that income inequality is the best predictor of the local homicide rate but why this is so has eluded them. There is a simple compelling answer: most homicides are the denouements of competitive interactions between men. Relatively speaking where desired goods are distributed inequitably and competition for those goods is severe dangerous tactics of competition are appealing and a high homicide rate is just one of many unfortunate consequences. Killing the Competition is about this relationship between economic inequality and lethal interpersonal violence.Suggesting that economic inequality is a cause of social problems and violence elicits fierce opposition from inequality's beneficiaries. Three main arguments have been presented by those who would acquit inequality of the charges against it: that "absolute" poverty is the real problem and inequality is just an incidental correlate; that "primitive" egalitarian societies have surprisingly high homicide rates and that inequality and homicide rates do not change in synchrony and are therefore mutually irrelevant. With detailed but accessible data analyses and thorough reviews of relevant research Martin Daly dispels all three arguments.Killing the Competition applies basic principles of behavioural biology to explain why killers are usually men not women and counters the view that attitudes and values prevailing in "cultures of violence" make change impossible. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781412863360

Kilowatts And CrisisHydroelectric Power And Social Dislocation In Eastern Panama This book describes the social history of the events surrounding the construction of the Bayano Dam and its aftermath in Eastern Panama. It clarifies the local level consequences national motives and the international economic framework that shaped the Bayano Dam project. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367161552

Kim Jong-il's Leadership of North Korea Kim Jong Il came to power after the death of his father Kim Il Sung in 1994. Contrary to expectations he has succeeded in maintaining enough political stability to remain in power. Kim Jong Il's Leadership of North Korea is an examination of how political power has been developed transmitted from father to son and now operates in North Korea Using a variety of original North Korean sources as well as South Korean materials Jae-Cheon Lim pieces together the ostensibly contradictory and inconsistent facts into a conceptual coherent framework. This book considers Kim and his leadership through an analytical framework. composed of four main elements: i) Kim as a leader of a totalitarian society; ii) as a politician; iii) as a Korean; and iv) as an individual person.  This illuminating account of what constitutes power and how it is used makes an important contribution to the understanding of an opaque and difficult regime. It will be of interest for upper level undergraduate postgraduates and academics interested in North Korean politics and also those in Political theory. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415666749

Kinanthropometry and Exercise Physiology Fully updated revised and consolidated into one single volume the fourth edition of Kinanthropometry and Exercise Physiology offers the best theoretically contextualised practical resource for instructors and students available. Incorporating substantial sections on kinanthropometry exercise physiology energy systems and the application of science in health and high performance settings the book covers the basics of measurement in exercise science through to advanced methods and includes brand new chapters on: Pre-exercise screening and health risk stratification Functional movement assessment Point of care testing Anthropometry standards Anaerobic power and capacity History of exercise for health benefits Monitoring training loads in high-performance athletes Measuring game style in team sports Offering on-line access to newly developed exercise science measurement tools through the Exercise Science Toolkit – www.exercisesciencetoolkit.com – no other book offers such a complete resource from the science of kinanthropometry and exercise physiology to their applications in health and performance through practical interactive learning. This book is an essential companion for students on any sport and exercise science-related degree programme and any instructor leading practical laboratory-based classes. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138230521

Kinanthropometry and Exercise Physiology Laboratory Manual: Tests Procedures and DataVolume One: Anthropometry and Volume Two: Exercise Physiology This is a combined set of the two fully revised and updated manuals Kinanthropometry and Exercise Physiology Laboratory Manual: Tests Procedures and Data. The in-depth analyses of anthropometry and exercise physiology are presented in one volume for the first time. Physiology and practical work is now a compulsory element of sports and exercise science. These texts have been developed as key resources for lecturers and students of kinanthropometry sports science human movement and exercise physiology. The well-illustrated manuals provide: * help in planning and conduct of practical sessions* comprehensive theoretical background on each topic and up-to-date information so that there is no need for additional reading* seven entirely new chapters providing a balance between kinanthropometry and physiology* eleven stand-alone chapters in each volume enabling the reader to pick out topics of interest in any order* a wide range of supporting diagrams photographs and tables. A complete one-stop resource this set presents laboratory procedures next to real-life practical examples each supported with appropriate data. In addition each chapter is supplemented by a complete review of contemporary literature as well as theoretical overviews offering an excellent basic introduction to each topic. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203474259

Kinanthropometry IV The International Society for the Advancement of Kinanthropometry holds a major international conference every four years. This volume contains the papers presented at the fourth such event held at the World Congress on Youth Leisure and Physical Activity in Brussels. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138880481

Kinanthropometry VIIIProceedings of the 8th International Conference of the International Society for the Advancement of Kinanthropometry (ISAK) The International Society for the Advancement of Kinanthropometry held its 8th International Conference in Manchester in July 2002. This volume contains a selection of papers presented to the Conference where the meeting was held in conjunction with the 12th Commonwealth International Sport Conference immediately prior to the XVII Commonwealth Games.The Content is structured into five parts:· methodological issues in kinanthropometry· paediatric science· applications of kinanthropometry· women and exercise· health-relations.The collection of the chapters into an edited book provides readers with an outline of the current state of knowledge in kinanthropometry. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138880467

KindercultureThe Corporate Construction of Childhood America is a corporatized society defined by a culture of consumerism and the youth market is one of the groups that corporations target most. By marketing directly to children through television movies radio video games toys books and fast food advertisers have produced a 'kinderculture'. In this eye-opening book editor Shirley R. Steinberg reveals the profound impact that our purchasing-obsessed culture has on our children and argues that the experience of childhood has been reshaped into something that is prefabricated.Analyzing the pervasive influence of these corporate productions top experts in the fields of education sociology communications and cultural studies contribute incisive essays that students parents educators and general readers will find insightful and entertaining. Including seven new chapters this third edition is thoroughly updated with examinations of the icons that shape the values and consciousness of today's children including Twilight True Blood and vampires hip hop Hannah Montana Disney and others. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367097394

Kindergarten Architecture This fully illustrated guide to the planning and design of pre-school facilities for children is supported by a broad range of case studies drawn from around the world. Both new buildings and adapted premises are covered. Essays on social development and childcare put the projects in context. Based on extensive research Kindergarten Architecture offers the designer a unique survey of the best designs in kindergarten architecture. Two new kindergarten buildings are added to the case study section and the author provides guidance on the practical implications of recent changes to pre-school education. Contains two new case studies 1. Corning Child Development Centre New York and 2. Bornehaven De Fire Arstider Copenhagen. Media > Books > E-books Taylor & Francis 9781315025063

Kindling of an InsurrectionNotes from Junglemahals The tribal areas of central and eastern India have been under the intractable shadow of left-wing extremism in recent years fuelling a serious internal crisis in the country. While the clashes between the Maoists and the State have been highlighted by the media academics and others the situation of the people caught between the crossfire has often been overlooked. Kindling of an Insurrection provides a gripping account of the lives of people in the conflict-affected district of Paschim Medinipur West Bengal as experienced by a District Collector. By focusing on the plight of the people of Junglemahals — the term for the forested areas of the region — the author draws attention to the harsh living conditions unstable occupations and almost non-existent education highlighting the people’s lack of access to developmental schemes implemented by the government and non-governmental organisations. Based on extensive tour notes the narrative attempts a subtle balance between a personal diary and official documentation bringing to fore complexities challenges and dynamics of the ground reality as also the administrative work carried out in the region. Accompanied by photographs this book offers a rare chronicle of life in rural West Bengal exposing the roots of the alienation of marginalised tribal communities and the circumstances leading to the rise of an insurrection within the nation’s heartland. Authoritative and lucid the book will be indispensable for scholars and researchers in the areas of public administration social work development studies social anthropology and politics. It will also prove useful to policy makers journalists and the general reader interested in West Bengal and left-wing extremism. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge India 9781138847446

Kindness in Leadership In a global climate of increasing complexity and uncertainty there have been calls for a more responsible form of leadership in business and society. The relationship between kindness and leadership is therefore a topic of fundamental importance for our well-being as individuals for the success of our organisations and for the future of our global community. Kindness in Leadership is one of the first books to explore both the concept and practice of kindness in leadership and consider them in different societal and organisational settings. Its uniqueness lies in combining an innovative mix of personal views from leaders with explorations of organisational philosophies and practices. It opens with a definition of kindness and its contours and underpinnings. It then explores the importance of kindness within different organisations parts of the world economic strata age groups and genders drawing on research on organisational compassion and neuroscience. In order to support learning each chapter is supported by a series of questions for consideration and discussion. This will be a stimulating and thought-provoking read for a wide audience of practicing managers and leaders in organisations of all shapes and sizes for academics involved in educating for leadership and for students aspiring to develop their own kind and compassionate leadership style. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138207349

Kindred Brutes: Animals in Romantic-Period Writing Exploring the significance of animals in Romantic-period writing this new study shows how in this period they were seen as both newly different from humankind (subjects in their own right rather than simply humanity's tools or adjuncts) and also as newly similar with the ability to feel and perhaps to think like human beings. Approaches to animals are reviewed in a wide range of the period's literary work (in particular that of Byron Wordsworth Coleridge Keats Southey Clare and Blake). Poetry and other literary work are discussed in relation to discourses about animals in various contemporary cultural contexts including children's books parliamentary debates vegetarian theses encyclopaedias and early theories about evolution. The study introduces animals to the discussions about ecocriticism and environmentalism in Romantic-period writing by complicating the concept of 'Nature' and it also contributes to the debates about politics and the body in this period. It demonstrates the rich variety of thinking about animals in the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries and it challenges the exclusion of literary writing from some recent multi-disciplinary debates about animals by exploring the literary roots of many metaphors about and attitudes to animals in our current thinking. Kindred Brutes constitutes a genuinely original and substantial contribution both to Romantic-period writing and to general debates about animals and the body. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138253902

Kinematic MRI of the JointsFunctional Anatomy Kinesiology and Clinical Applications Kinematic MRI refers to imaging a joint through a range of motion to examine the interactions between the soft tissue and osseous anatomy that comprise the joint. Kinematic MRI techniques were developed because various pathologic conditions are dependent on the specific position of the joint or in response to loading or stress. Importantly static-view MRI examinations often miss abnormal findings because the joint is not assessed through a range of motion. Accordingly the functional information obtained using kinematic MRI frequently serves to identify the underlying abnormality or to supplement the information acquired with standard MR imaging techniques. Kinematic MRI of the Joints is the first textbook on this important emerging clinical MRI application. For each joint it presents pertinent functional anatomy kinesiology and clinical information; describes the kinematic MRI protocol and technique; explains the normal kinematics; and provides a thorough presentation of the pathokinematics. Multiple case examples illustrate the usefulness of kinematic MRI of the joints for diagnosis or elucidation of pathologic conditions.Each section of this book is co-authored by an leading musculoskeletal radiologist orthopedic surgeon as well as by an academic-based physical therapist/biomechanist. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367397463

Kinematics and Dynamics of Mechanical Systems Second EditionImplementation in MATLAB® and SimMechanics® Kinematics and Dynamics of Mechanical Systems: Implementation in MATLAB® and SimMechanics® Second Edition combines the fundamentals of mechanism kinematics synthesis statics and dynamics with real-world applications and offers step-by-step instruction on the kinematic static and dynamic analyses and synthesis of equation systems. Written for students with no working knowledge of MATLAB and SimMechanics the text provides understanding of static and dynamic mechanism analysis and moves beyond conventional kinematic concepts—factoring in adaptive programming 2D and 3D visualization and simulation and equips readers with the ability to analyze and design mechanical systems. This latest edition presents all of the breadth and depth as the past edition but with updated theoretical content and much improved integration of MATLAB and SimMechanics in the text examples. Features: Fully integrates MATLAB and SimMechanics with treatment of kinematics and machine dynamics Revised to modify all 300 end-of-chapter problems with new solutions available for instructors Formulated static & dynamic load equations and MATLAB files to include gravitational acceleration Adds coverage of gear tooth forces and torque equations for straight bevel gears Links text examples directly with a library of MATLAB and SimMechanics files for all users Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138584044

KinesemioticsModelling How Choreographed Movement Means in Space This innovative work introduces the interdisciplinary field of research of kinesemiotics offering a new adaptable model and means of analysis for understanding forms of movement-based communication such as dance that use a codified language shared by a community of users. It begins with a theoretical overview and review of existing literature on the main approaches to movement-based communication specifically dance which underpin kinesemiotics as an area of study. It reaffirms previous work which established dance as a form of embodied communication in that it encompasses a wide range of semiotic styles and forms shared by communities of "speakers." In collaboration with the English National Ballet Maiorani employs the genre of ballet as a means through which to understand and analyse some of the key concepts of kinesemiotics mainly that of space as a semiotic dimension and "motivated movement " or movement with meaning. Supported by automated movement recognition tools from the fields of bio-robotics engineering and computer science Maiorani argues for ballet’s capacity when movements are projected into meaningful space to extend beyond sequences of physical movements to become a meaning making practice. Kinesemiotics advances interdisciplinary research in the fields of social semiotics media and communication multimodality linguistics and performance studies and will be of particular interest to students and scholars in these areas. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367272470

Kinetic BeautyThe Philosophical Aesthetics of Sport Sport aesthetics is an important but often marginalized field in the philosophy of sport. Kinetic Beauty offers a comprehensive principled pluralist introduction to the philosophical aesthetics of sport.  The book tackles a wide variety of issues in the philosophical aesthetics of sport proposing a five-level analysis that coordinates extant scholarship on the same conceptual map reveals gaps in the literature and motivates a fresh perspective on stubborn debates and novel topics in the field (for example the aesthetic experience of athletes aesthetic biases in sport the paradox of sport fiction and whether dance can be sport). This is an excellent resource for professors and students in the philosophy of sport sport aesthetics general aesthetics and the philosophy of art. It is also a fascinating read for those working in kinesiology sport studies philosophy art and aesthetics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367335328

Kinetic House-Tree-Person DrawingsK-H-T-P: An Interpretative Manual This book contains the first documentation of combining house tree and person into a single drawing. It helps enrich clinician’s test batteries and aids psychologists and physicians in understanding the emotions and self-awareness of their clients. It is richly illustrated and teaches the important skill of using visual metaphors in clinical settings to understand and assist clients. The author covers all aspects of drawing interpretation including size placement stroke or line characteristics and the possible individual characteristics of each element within the house tree and person drawings. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138004498

Kinetic Modelling in Systems Biology With more and more interest in how components of biological systems interact it is important to understand the various aspects of systems biology. Kinetic Modelling in Systems Biology focuses on one of the main pillars in the future development of systems biology. It explores both the methods and applications of kinetic modeling in this emerging field.The book introduces the basic biological cellular network concepts in the context of cellular functioning explains the main aspects of the Edinburgh Pathway Editor (EPE) software package and discusses the process of constructing and verifying kinetic models. It presents the features user interface and examples of DBSolve as well as the principles of modeling individual enzymes and transporters. The authors describe how to construct kinetic models of intracellular systems on the basis of models of individual enzymes. They also illustrate how to apply the principles of kinetic modeling to collect all available information on the energy metabolism of whole organelles construct a kinetic model and predict the response of the organelle to changes in external conditions. The final chapter focuses on applications of kinetic modeling in biotechnology and biomedicine.Encouraging readers to think about future challenges this book will help them understand the kinetic modeling approach and how to apply it to solve real-life problems.CD-ROM FeaturesExtensively used throughout the text for pathway visualization and illustration the EPE software is available on the accompanying CD-ROM. The CD also includes pathway diagrams in several graphical formats DBSolve installation with examples and all models from the book with dynamic visualization of simulation results allowing readers to perform in silico simulations and use the models as templates for further applications. Media > Books > Print Books Chapman & Hall 9780367386597

Kinetic Models of Trace Element and Mineral Metabolism During Development Kinetic models are becoming standard tools in the research of biological systems. They are used to represent hypotheses analyze data and design experiments to maximize the information obtained from a study. Kinetic Models of Trace Element and Mineral Metabolism During Development describes models for calcium chromium copper iron iodide lead mercury selenium zinc and others in health and disease. Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9780367811716

Kinetic Theory of Nucleation Explore a Kinetic Approach to the Description of Nucleation – An Alternative to the Classical Nucleation Theory Kinetic Theory of Nucleation presents an alternative to the classical theory of nucleation in gases and liquids—the kinetic nucleation theory of Ruckenstein–Narsimhan–Nowakowski (RNNT). RNNT uses the kinetic theory of fluids to calculate the rate of evaporation of molecules from clusters and unlike the classical nucleation theory (CNT) does not require macroscopic thermodynamics or the detailed balance principle. The book compares the rates of evaporation of molecules from—and condensation on—the surface of a nucleus of a new phase and explains how this alternate approach can provide much higher nucleation rates than the CNT. It applies RNNT to various case studies that include the liquid-to-solid and vapor-to-liquid phase transitions binary nucleation heterogeneous nucleation nucleation on soluble particles and protein folding. It also describes the system introduces the basic equations of the kinetic theory and defines a new model for the nucleation mechanism of protein folding. Adaptable to coursework as well as self-study this insightful book: Uses a kinetic approach to calculate the rate of growth and decay of a cluster Includes description of vapor-to-liquid and liquid-to-solid nucleation Outlines the application of density-functional theory (DFT) methods to nucleation Proposes the combination of the new kinetic theory of nucleation with the DFT methods Illustrates the new theory with numerical calculations Describes the model for the nucleation mechanism of protein folding and more A comprehensive guide dedicated to the kinetic theory of nucleation and cluster growth Kinetic Theory of Nucleation emphasizes the basic concepts of the kinetic nucleation theory incorporates findings developed from years of research and experience and is written by highly-regarded experts. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781498762830

Kinetics Transport and Structure in Hard and Soft Materials Kinetics Transport and Structure in Hard and Soft Materials is the only single reference that discusses the connection between structure and mechanisms of atomic or molecular transport in different classes of materials from metals and semiconductors to network glasses polymers and supercooled liquids. Divided into four parts Part I begins with a discussion the fundamentals of transport wherein transport properties of a system of non-interacting particles are calculated and the phenomenon of Brownian motion introduced.  The phenomenology of diffusion is also discussed wherein Fick’s laws are introduced and solved for a range of practical cases involving mass transport.  Elementary Statistical mechanics involving Partition functions probability distribution functions and correlation functions is discussed to lay the foundation for the subsequent discussion of mechanisms of transport in different materials.  Parts II and III focus on mechanisms of transport in crystalline materials and in structurally disordered materials. Chapters explain how the mechanism of diffusional transport of an atom or molecule is intimately connected to the spatial organization of neighboring structural elements and to its interactions with them.  The book reviews factors that control temperature dependent long-range dynamics of glass-forming systems.  Diffusion and viscoelasticity of polymer melts transport (viscous flow and ionic diffusion) in inorganic network glasses and dynamic heterogeneity in super cooled liquids are described. Part IV analyzes the development of instabilities such as spinodal decomposition and Mullins-Sekerka instabilities which lead to the morphological evolution of materials. Kinetics Transport and Structure in Hard and Soft Materials emphasizes interdisciplinary nature of transport in materials presenting its material in a user-friendly format for students from any discipline with a foundation in elementary Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367392970

Kinetics and Catalysis in Microheterogeneous Systems This book provides a quantitative assessment of the advances in the area of catalysis and kinetics in microheterogeneous systems. It is an invaluable resource for chemists interested in catalysis and reaction kinetics and physicists interested in semiconductors metal clusters and catalysis. Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9781003066682

Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Fast Particles in Solids Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Fast Particles in Solids examines the kinetics and non-equilibrium statistical thermodynamics of fast charged particles moving in crystals in different modes. It follows a line of research very different from traditional ways of constructing a theory of radiation effects which gives a purely mechanistic interpretation of particle motion. In contrast this book takes into account the thermodynamic forces due to separation of the thermodynamic parameters of the subsystem of particles ("hot" atoms) on the parameters of the thermostat (electrons and lattice) in addition to covering the various mechanisms of collisions. Topics Include:Construction of a local kinetic equation of Boltzmann type for fast particles interacting with the conduction electrons and lattice vibrations on the basis of the principles of Bogolyubov’s kinetic theoryCalculation of the equilibrium energy and angular distributions of fast particles at a depth of the order of coherence length and the evolution of particle distribution with increasing depth of penetration of the beamCalculation of transverse quasi-temperature of channeled particles with the heating of the beam in the process of diffusion of particles in the space of transverse energies as well as cooling the beam through a dissipative processResearch in the framework of non-equilibrium thermodynamics of the relaxation kinetics of random particles including the thermodynamics of positronium atoms moving in insulators under laser irradiation Analysis of the kinetics of hot carriers in semiconductors and thermalization of hot carriers as well as the calculation of the statistical distribution of ejected atoms formed during the displacement cascadeThe book sets a new direction of the theory of radiation effects in solids—non-equilibrium statistical thermodynamics Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367380809

Kinetics in Materials Science and Engineering "A pedagogical gem…. Professor Readey replaces ‘black-box’ explanations with detailed insightful derivations. A wealth of practical application examples and exercise problems complement the exhaustive coverage of kinetics for all material classes." –Prof. Rainer Hebert University of Connecticut"Prof. Readey gives a grand tour of the kinetics of materials suitable for experimentalists and modellers…. In an easy-to-read and entertaining style this book leads the reader to fundamental model-based　understanding of kinetic processes critical to development fabrication and application of commercially-important soft (polymers biomaterials) hard (ceramics metals) and composite materials. It is a must-have for anyone who really wants to understand how to make materials and how they will behave in service." --Prof. Bill Lee Imperial College London Fellow of the Royal　Academy of Engineering"A much needed text filing the gap between an introductory course in materials science and advanced materials-specific kinetics courses. Ideal for the undergraduate interested in an in-depth study of kinetics in materials." –Prof. Mark E. Eberhart Colorado School of MinesThis book provides an in-depth introduction to the most important kinetic concepts in materials science engineering and processing. All types of materials are addressed including metals ceramics polymers electronic materials biomaterials and composites. The expert author with decades of teaching and practical experience gives a lively and accessible overview explaining the principles that determine how long it takes to change material properties and make new and better materials. The chapters cover a broad range of topics extending from the heat treatment of steels the processing of silicon integrated microchips and the production of cement to the movement of drugs through the human body. The author explicitly avoids "black box" equations provid Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367869830

Kinetics of Phase Transitions Providing a comprehensive introduction with the necessary background material to make it accessible for a wide scientific audience Kinetics of Phase Transitions discusses  developments in domain-growth kinetics. This book combines pedagogical chapters from leading experts in this area and focuses on incorporating various experimentally relevant effects—such as disorder strain fields and wetting surfaces—into studies of phase ordering dynamics. In addition it highlights topics garnering recent interest such as the growth of nanostructures on surfaces. This book also provides a comprehensive overview of numerical techniques which have proven useful in studying these complex nonlinear problems. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367385859

King ArthurA Casebook First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203953617

King Arthur's Modern Return The Arthurian legend closes with a promise: On a distant day when his country calls the king will return. His lost realm will be regained and his shattered dream of an ideal world will at last be realized. This collection of original essays explores the issue of return in the modern Arthurian legend. With an Introduction by noted scholar Raymond H. Thompson and 13 essays by authors from the fields of literature art history film history and folklore this collection reveals the flexibility of the legend. Just as the modern legend takes the form current to its generation the myth of return generates a new legend with each telling. As these authors show return can come in the form of a noble king or a Caribbean immigrant with the mystery of an art theft or a dying boy's dream. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138001671

King Charles Prince Rupert and the Civil War Until this book was published in 1974 many of the letters in this book between Charles I Prince Rupert his nephew and the leading Royalist commander had never been published. From a mainly private collection the letters give a fascinating insight into the stormy relationship between the monarch and his nephew. Also included are letters from the Royalist exiles including the future King Charles II and letters to and from other notable figures of the time including Queen Henrietta Maria Montrose and Oliver Cromwell. The period covered by the letters is the turning point of the Civil War and enables the reader to see the War through the eyes of those who participated in it. The letters have been edited in such a way as to illuminate to the full the personalities of their writers and the appropriate historical and personal context to the letters. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367616861

King Crabs of the WorldBiology and Fisheries Management With species existing in all subpolar seas king crabs are one of the most valuable seafoods. Major fluctuations in their abundance have stimulated a flurry of research and a rapid expansion of the scientific literature in the last decade. King Crabs of the World: Biology and Fisheries Management consolidates extensive knowledge on the biology systematics anatomy life history and fisheries of king crabs and presents it in a single volume. This book is the first comprehensive scientific reference devoted to the biology and fisheries of king crabs.The first part of the book describes king crabs and their place in the world covering geographic distribution depth and temperature ranges and maps of known habitats. Chapters examine phylogenetic relationships evolutionary history and phylogeography internal and external anatomy of king crabs and the history of North Pacific fisheries. There is also a chapter that presents a comprehensive overview of diseases and other anomalies of king crabs. The second part of the book describes the life history and biology of various king crab species including embryonic development and environmental factors the development and biology of larvae the ecology and biology of juvenile stages reproductive strategies of fished species and the growth and feeding of king crabs and their ecological impacts.The third part of the book discusses human and environmental interactions with king crabs through fisheries management and ecosystems. Topics include the impacts of fishing—bycatch handling and discard mortality—king crab aquaculture and stock enhancement and king crabs from various regions such as Southern Hemisphere waters the Barents Sea and Alaska. A chapter synthesizing various aspects of king crab biology provides an ecosystem-scale perspective and the final chapter presents the author’s outlook on the future of king crab research and populations. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781439855416

King DeathThe Black Death And Its Aftermath In Late-Medieval England This illustrated survey examines what it was actually like to live with plague and the threat of plague in late-medieval and early modern England.; Colin Platt's books include "The English Medieval Town" "Medieval England: A Social History and Archaeology from the Conquest to 1600" and "The Architecture of Medieval Britain: A Social History" which won the Wolfson Prize for 1990. This book is intended for undergraduate/6th form courses on medieval England option courses on demography medicine family and social focus. The "black death" and population decline is central to A-level syllabuses on this period. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315072371

King Faisal And The Modernisation Of Saudi Arabia This book derives from papers presented at a conference convened in Santa Barbara in 1978 focusing on King Faisal and his era. It describes how Saudi Arabia became an important actor in international politics the end of bedouin-style Arabia social reformation and women's enlarged role in Arabia. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367171575

King James VI and ISelected Writings 'Yet hath it been ever esteemed a matter commendable to collect [works] together and incorporate them into one body that we may behold at once what divers Off-springs have proceeded from one braine.' This observation from the Bishop of Winchester in his preface to King James's 1616 Workes is particularly appropriate since James's writings cross the boundaries of so many different fields. While several other monarchs engaged in literary composition King James VI and I stands out as 'an inveterate scribbler' and is certainly the most extensively published of all British rulers. King James VI and I provides a broad representative selection of King James's writings on a range of secular and religious topics. Each text is provided in full creating an invaluable reference tool for 16th and 17th century scholars working in different disciplines and a fascinating collection for students and general readers interested in early modern history and literature. In contrast to other editions of James's writings which have been confined to a single aspect of his work the present edition brings together for the first time his poetry and his religious writing his political works and his treatises on witchcraft and tobacco in a single volume. What makes this collection of James's writings especially significant is the distinctiveness of his position as both writer and ruler an author of incontestable authority. All his authorly roles as poet polemicist theologian political theorist and political orator are informed by this fact. James's writings were also inevitably influenced by the circumstances of his reigns and this volume reflects the turbulent issues of religion politics and nationhood that troubled his three kingdoms. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315251073

King James's BibleA Selection Without an understanding of Biblical stories readers lose out on much of the richness of English literature as authors from Milton through T.S. Eliot to Jeanette Winterson draw inspiration from Biblical stories in their own writing.   This user-friendly annotated selection of key passages from the King James’s Bible clarifies the key themes characters stories and genealogies for students offering timelines a bibliography and a detailed index for quick and easy reference. The original 1984 version of which this is a revised edition was written by Bill Stevenson as a response to his students' difficulty with biblical references in literature - a selection from the King James’s Bible that would give the student a notion of what the book contains including the history of the 1611 text the strands of imagery that bind the whole together. It gives the student a brief overview of the political historical and religious contexts of the stories in the Bible as well as a brief history of the different versions of the Bible.  Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138836976

King John (Mis)Remembered King John’s evil reputation has outlasted and proved more enduring than that of Richard III whose notoriety seemed ensured thanks to Shakespeare’s portrayal of him. The paradox is even greater when we realize that this portrait of John endures despite Shakespeare’s portrait of him in the play King John where he hardly comes off as a villain at all. Here Igor Djordjevic argues that the story of John’s transformation in cultural memory has never been told completely perhaps because the crucial moment in John’s change back to villainy is a literary one: it occurs at the point when the 'historiographic' trajectory of John’s character-development intersects with the 'literary' evolution of Robin Hood. But as Djordjevic reveals John’s second fall in cultural memory became irredeemable as the largely unintended result of the work of three men - John Stow Michael Drayton Anthony Munday - who knew each other and who all read a significant passage in a little known book (the Chronicle of Dunmow) while a fourth man’s money (Philip Henslowe) helped move the story from page to stage. The rest as they say is history. Paying particular attention to the work of Michael Drayton and Anthony Munday who wrote for the Lord Admiral’s Men Djordjevic traces the cultural ripples their works created until the end of the seventeenth century in various familiar as well as previously ignored historical poetic and dramatic works by numerous authors. Djordjevic’s analysis of the playtexts’ source and the personal and working relationship between the playwright-poets and John Stow as the antiquarian disseminator of the source text sheds a brighter light on a moment that proves to have a greater significance outside theatrical history; it has profound repercussions for literary history and a nation’s cultural memory. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367881061

King John and Henry VIIICritical Essays Originally published in 1988. Arranged by play the essays presented here focus first on production and then on a range of other issues such as characters imagery textual problems and themes. Both plays were more popular in earlier centuries and most later essayists focused on small issues rather than view the plays in wider perspective. More recent pieces included here seek organising principles for King John and look in more detail at Henry VIII. Beginning with the in-depth introduction by the editor this collection shows the reception of the play by its Elizabethan audience compared to twentieth century audiences and looks at the history portrayed by Shakespeare. Some chapters review very varied stage productions while others are character analysis or individual focuses. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138853539

King Kong On 4th StreetFamilies And The Violence Of Poverty On The Lower East Side In King Kong on 4th Street Jagna Sharff chronicles an ethnographic team's involvement over a span of fifteen years with the people of a poor largely Puerto Rican neighborhood in New York City. Anchoring her observations in field notes she recounts the joys fears and disappointments of daily life as well as the drama of large events. Arson the Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367316488

King LabourThe British Working Class 1850-1914 First published in 1976. This book covers working-class history from the decline of Chartism to the formation of the Labour Party and its early development to 1914. It gives a historical perspective to the essentially defensive materialist orientation of twentieth century working-class politics. David Kynaston has sought to synthesise the wealth of recent detailed research to produce a coherent overall view of the particular dynamic of these formative years. He sees the course of working-class history in the second half of the nineteenth century as a necessary tragedy and suggests that a major reason for this was the inability of William Morris as a revolutionary socialist to influence organised labour. The treatment is thematic as much as chronological and special attention is given not only to the parliamentary rise of Labour but also to deeper-lying intellectual occupational residential religious and cultural influences. The text itself includes a substantial amount of contemporary material in order to reflect the distinctive ‘feel’ of the period. The book is particularly designed for students studying the political social and economic background to modern Britain as well as those specialising in nineteenth-century English history. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138352100

King Lear in our Time This edition first published in 1966. Previous edition published 1965 by the University of California Press. Perhaps more than any other play of Shakespeare's King Lear has been subjected to almost totally contradictory interpretations. In the first historical section of the book the author describes the varying concepts of the play and the distortions of text and even plot that have been widely used. Garrick's playing of Lear as a pathetic and down-trodden old man. Laughton's and Olivier's versions and Herbert Blaus's theory of the 'subtext' are described and analysed. The central section of the book examines the medieval folk and romance sources of the play. The final chapter illustrates how the action of the play and its pervading violence and evil are not explained in terms of human motive and rely for their meaning more on their effects than their antecedents. An important theme is the play's examination of society and the ties of service and family love. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315018461

King LearCritical Essays Originally published in 1984. With selections organised chronologically this collection presents the best writing on one of Shakespeare’s most studied plays. The structure displays the changing responses to the play and includes a wide range of criticism from the likes of Coleridge Hazlitt Moulton Granville-Barker Orwell Levin Stampfer Gardner and Speaight interspersed with short entries from Keats Raleigh Freud and others. The final chapter by the editor elucidates his own thoughts on Lear building on his commentary in the Introduction which puts the collection in context. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138850804

King LearNew Critical Essays Is King Lear an autonomous text or a rewrite of the earlier and anonymous play King Leir? Should we refer to Shakespeare’s original quarto when discussing the play the revised folio text or the popular composite version stitched together by Alexander Pope in 1725? What of its stage variations? When turning from page to stage the critical view on King Lear is skewed by the fact that for almost half of the four hundred years the play has been performed audiences preferred Naham Tate's optimistic adaptation in which Lear and Cordelia live happily ever after. When discussing King Lear the question of what comprises ‘the play’ is both complex and fragmentary. These issues of identity and authenticity across time and across mediums are outlined debated and considered critically by the contributors to this volume. Using a variety of approaches from postcolonialism and New Historicism to psychoanalysis and gender studies the leading international contributors to King Lear: New Critical Essays offer major new interpretations on the conception and writing editing and cultural productions of King Lear. This book is an up-to-date and comprehensive anthology of textual scholarship performance research and critical writing on one of Shakespeare's most important and perplexing tragedies. Contributors Include: R.A. Foakes Richard Knowles Tom Clayton Cynthia Clegg Edward L. Rocklin Christy Desmet Paul Cantor Robert V. Young Stanley Stewart and Jean R. Brink Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138011519

King LearParallel Text Edition This reissed edition of Longman Annotated Texts King Lear includes comprehensive notes annotations and an introduction all designed to be of use to undergraduates and interested readers.King Lear is one of Shakespeare's most widely studied tragedies. However since the late 1970s textual scholars critics and editors have argued that there is no single 'King Lear' text. Anyone studying the play needs to be aware of two different texts one based on the quarto of 1608 The History of King Lear and a revised version published in the first folio of 1623 The Tragedy of King Lear. This edition offers a fully annotated modern spelling version of the texts set side by side identifying and elucidating the major discrepancies between the two. It presents some possible reasons for the differences between the two texts which themselves shed light on a number of issues relating to literary transmission in the Renaissance and give an insight into the nature of performance and censorship. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138836969

King Leir Performed at the Globe Theater in 1605 King Leir is presumed to be a prime source for Shakespeare. Although the story is the same in this anonymous version the ending is happy. This is the first time this fascinating work is published in a single-play edition. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138473072

King of the Wa-KikuyuA True Story of Travel and Adventure in Africa This is an account of the "adventures" of a Yorkshireman his early life as a sailor participation in the Matabele War and his largely succesful attempts to unite the Kikuyu tribe. It was first published in 1911. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415760645

King S Sergeants and Officers CbKings & Sergeants First published in 1971. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138974029

King Stephen This well-known text the standard account of the subject is essential reading for students and scholars of the Norman period from undergraduate level upwards and was hailed on first publication as: " a landmark in twelfth-century studies." Written in the form of a biography this completely revised and updated edition discusses the significant social governmental and religious developments as they arose in the course of the narrative. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138837416

Kingdom Of Georgia First published in 2008. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138867802

Kingdoms of the Sudan This book first published in 1974 is a study of the two states which dominated the northern and western regions of Sudan from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century: the Funj kingdom of Sinnār and the Keira sultanate of Dār Fūr. Until now the history of these two states has been neglected in comparison with that of the western states of the Sudanic Belt. The authors spent years researching the documentation of the period and the present book is a concise survey of their findings comprising history literature politics economics trade and religion. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138212206

Kings Country and ConstitutionsThailand's Political Development 1932-2000 Provides a detailed analysis of Thailand's political development since 1932 when Thailand became a constitutional monarchy until the present. It examines the large number of different versions of the constitution which Thailand has had since 1932 and explains why the constitution has been subject to such frequent change and why there have been so many outbursts of violent political unrest. It explores the role of the military and most importantly discusses the role of the monarchy which as the author shows has been crucial in holding Thailand together through the various changes of regime. The author brings to light original and largely unseen documents from the Public Records Office and US National Archives as well as drawing upon her extensive knowledge of politics in Thailand. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138010680

Kings and Desperate MenLife in Eighteenth-century England The goal of Kings and Desperate Men is to provide a picture of eighteenth-century England up to the French Revolution. Kronenberger's work lies much closer to a social chronicle than an orthodox history and is more concerned with manners and tastes than with treaties and wars. Kings and Desperate Men reveals what life was like for both aristocrats and commoners: their family lives experience of larger society habits diet fashions religion and artistic tastes. In tracing these topics for both city and country dwellers he artfully communicates the very real division between the vivacity of London and the regular fixed and monotonous character of country life. The division is vital to understanding the age and the transformations it would experience.Yet Kronenberger does not ignore the more traditional historical landmarks. Kroenberger treats the characters of the leading political actors: Walpole Bolingbroke Burke Fox and Pitt while providing the reader with a sweeping account of the formation of political parties and constitutional shifts of power between the monarchy and parliament. Students of the period who despair at its political complexities will fi nd much to appreciate in Kronenberger's condensed and easy to understand formulations.As for philosophy Kronenberger refers to thinkers and ideas as they influence English life; especially Locke and Hume. Their ideas and reputations are explained as part of the character of society. The same is true for economics. More attention is given to the social gains of middle-class shopkeepers and the eighteenth-century zeal for stock speculation than to formal schools of thought. Especially notable is Kronenberger's treatment of both the arts and the artists of the eighteenth century-theatre opera music literature architecture and painting. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138526747

Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England provides a unique survey of the six major Anglo-Saxon kingdoms - Kent the East Saxons the East Angles Northumbria Mercia and Wessex - and their royal families examining the most recent research in this field.Barbara Yorke moves beyond narrative accounts of the various royal houses to explain issues such as the strategies of rule the reasons for success and failure and the dynamics of change in the office of king. Sixteen genealogical and regnal tables help to elucidate the history of the royal houses. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138133686

Kings and VikingsScandinavia and Europe AD 700–1100 Professor Sawyer offers some new interpretations of the development of Scandinavian society and history of the Christian conversion. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138172241

King's College Chapel Aberdeen 1500-2000 This new edition is a revised and expanded version of the book produced in 2000 to celebrate the quincentenary of King's College Chapel Aberdeen. Since then exciting discoveries have taken place and old ideas have been reappraised. The choir stalls and woodwork have provided a fresh seam of information about the meaning and use of the medieval chapel. Daniel MacCannell has identified new iconography in the stalls. Jane Geddes prompted by the installation of the new organ has investigated the original function and appearance of the great pulpitum or screen between the choir and nave and discovered the location of a magnificent lost organ loft. Mary Pryor and John Morrison have examined the great baroque biblical paintings and come up with a totally new interpretation of their iconography and function: a political warning to King Charles II. Easter Smart the university chaplain describes the flexible and ecumenical use of the chapel today. The revised edition appears in time to honour the quincentenary of the death of Bishop William Elphinstone the founder of Aberdeen University who died in 1514. This book aims to integrate his legacy to the chapel: the liturgy music architecture and fittings. Thanks to an unusually tolerant and conservative attitude towards religion at the university following the Reformation the chapel has survived in a more complete medieval state than any other church in Scotland. The rich archive of university documents show how benign neglect and a fierce pride in their iconic building caused the university to maintain the structure and its furnishings even during the long centuries when it ceased to serve a religious function. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781907975981

Kings Countries & Constitutions - SEA NIP Providing a detailed analysis of Thailand's political development since 1932 when Thailand became a constitutional monarchy until the present   this book examines the large number of different versions of the constitution which Thailand has had since 1932 and explains why the constitution has been subject to such frequent change and why there have been so many outbursts of violent political unrest. It explores the role of the military and most importantly discusses the role of the monarchy which as the author shows has been crucial in holding Thailand together through the various changes of regime. The author brings to light original and largely unseen documents from the Public Records Office and US National Archives as well as drawing upon her extensive knowledge of politics in Thailand. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203060339

Kings CustomsAn Account of Maritime Revenue and Conraband Traffic First Published in 1968. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315031378

King's Lynn and the Fens: Medieval Art Architecture and ArchaeologyVolume 30 The fourteen papers collected in this volume explore the medieval art architecture and archaeology of King's Lynn and the Fens. They arise out of the Association's 2005 conference and reflect its concern to engage with a broad range of monuments and themes rather than focusing on a single major building. Within King's Lynn contributors consider the superb 14th-century enamelled drinking vessel popularly known as 'King John's Cup' the former Hanseatic 'Steelyard' the Red Mount Chapel and the oak furnishings of the chapel of St Nicholas while the pine standard chest from St Margaret's church is assessed in terms of the importation and distribution of similar chest across England as a whole.Outside King's Lynn there are articles on the historical manipulation of landscapes and buildings at Kirkstead the 13th-century architecture and sculpture of Croyland Abbey the 14th-century parish church of St Mary at Snettisham the tomb of Sir Humphrey de Littlebury at All Saints Holbeach the overlooked medieval wall paintings in the Prior's Chapel at Castle Acre and the late medieval stained glass at Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen. Finally there are three papers that look at particular aspects of the ways in which parish churches were financed embellished and used across the region - in terms of late-12th and early-13th-century patronage their 12th-century deployment of architectural sculpture and the types and arrangements of choir stalls that appeared at a parochial level during the later Middle Ages. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315092188

Kingship Conquest and Patria First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415852425

Kingship and Love in Scottish Poetry 1424–1540 Looking at late medieval Scottish poetic narratives which incorporate exploration of the amorousness of kings this study places these poems in the context of Scotland's repeated experience of minority kings and a consequent instability in governance. The focus of this study is the presence of amatory discourses in poetry of a political or advisory nature written in Scotland between the early fifteenth and the mid-sixteenth century. Joanna Martin offers new readings of the works of major figures in the Scottish literature of the period including Robert Henryson William Dunbar and Sir David Lyndsay. At the same time she provides new perspectives on anonymous texts among them The Thre Prestis of Peblis and King Hart and on the works of less well known writers such as John Bellenden and William Stewart which are crucial to our understanding of the literary culture north of the Border during the period under discussion. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315591100

Kingship and Masculinity in Late Medieval England Kingship and Masculinity in Late Medieval England explores the dynamic between kingship and masculinity in fifteenth century England with a particular focus on Henry V and Henry VI. The role of gender in the rhetoric and practice of medieval kingship is still largely unexplored by medieval historians. Discourses of masculinity informed much of the contemporary comment on fifteenth century kings for a variety of purposes: to praise and eulogise but also to explain shortcomings and provide justification for deposition. Katherine J. Lewis examines discourses of masculinity in relation to contemporary understandings of the nature and acquisition of manhood in the period and considers the extent to which judgements of a king’s performance were informed by his ability to embody the right balance of manly qualities. This book’s primary concern is with how these two kings were presented represented and perceived by those around them but it also asks how far Henry V and Henry VI can be said to have understood the importance of personifying a particular brand of masculinity in their performance of kingship and of meeting the expectations of their subjects in this respect. It explores the extent to which their established reputations as inherently ‘manly’ and ‘unmanly’ kings were the product of their handling of political circumstances but owed something to factors beyond their immediate control as well. Consideration is also given to Margaret of Anjou’s manipulation of ideologies of kingship and manhood in response to her husband’s incapacity and the ramifications of this for perceptions of the relational gender identities which she and Henry VI embodied together. Kingship and Masculinity in Late Medieval England is an essential resource for students of gender and medieval history. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415316125

Kingsley DavisA Biography and Selections from His Writings Kingsley Davis (1908-1997) was one of the pioneers in social demography and was particularly identified with the theory of the demographic transition. This holds that the process of industrialization first causes mortality to decline leading to a substantial rate of population growth and only later causes fertility to fall leading eventually to the cessation of population growth. Kingsley Davis is especially remembered for his arresting and forceful critique of family-planning programs intended to achieve zero population growth.Before he devoted his major attention to social demography Davis had distinguished himself through influential articles on the structure of family and kinship including the topics of jealousy and sexual property the sociology of prostitution and illegitimacy. He had an early interest in structural-functional analysis which resulted in his famous and controversial article on stratification co-authored with Wilbert Moore and his equally famous presidential address to the American Sociological Association in 1959.David Heer's biography of Kingsley Davis is based on material contained in the Kingsley Davis Archive at the Hoover Institution Library at Stanford University the Kingsley Davis graduate file at Harvard University the interview of Kingsley Davis by Jean van der Tak in Demographic Destinies (1990) and David Heer's personal relationship with Kingsley Davis. The book also contains thirty of the most important writings by Kingsley Davis. These were chosen in part for the number of citations received in the Cumulative Social Science Citation Index and in part to ensure that readers would be able to assess the continuity of Kingsley Davis's ideas at all stages of his career. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138511422

Kinotalk21st Century Kinotalk: 21st Century is a cinema-based textbook that enhances students’ linguistic and cultural proficiency through guided studies of 12 Russian feature films released since the year 2000. Each chapter includes a series of original readings and activities that present captivating and thought-provoking frameworks in which students of Russian can practice and perfect all four language skills. While providing active stimuli for language production the volume also aims to immerse students in the world of Russian cinema society and culture. Key features include: A broad cross-section of prominent films directors cinematic styles trends and genres that have emerged in Russia since 2000. A wide selection of authentic texts from Russian scholars and film critics that familiarize students with the language of critical film inquiry in Russian. A multi-disciplinary approach that combines close readings of individual films with considerations of the socio-political ideological and economic contexts of their production. A flexible and dynamic modular structure that allows instructors to pick and choose films and topics that are best suited for their classrooms. Aimed at the Intermediate-High to Advanced levels (B1-C1 CEFR levels) this textbook is designed for all those interested in the rich palette of voices genres and contexts of 21st-century Russian cinema. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815362517

Kinship Capitalism ChangeThe Informal Economy of the Navajo 1868-1995 First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138992917

Kinship Ethnicity and Voluntary AssociationsJewish Family Life in New York City How can Jewish relatives who range in residence and occupation from a Scarsdale doctor to a Brooklyn butcher and who diverge in religiosity from an Orthodox cantor to a ham-eating atheist maintain close family ties? It is a social truism that families with conflicting life styles scattered over a sprawling urban area fall apart. Even those families with a strong sense of duty to stay together begin to lose their cohesiveness as members' contacts become increasingly erratic and highly preferential. In "Kinship Ethnicity and Voluntary Associations" William E. Mitchell describes how these intimate spirited and often contentious family clubs are organized and how they function.This project delves into family circles and clubs two remarkable social innovations by New York City Jews of Eastern European background that attempt to keep relatives together even as the indomitable forces of urbanization and industrialization continue to split them apart. The family circle first appeared on the New York City Jewish scene in the early 1900s as an adaptive response to preserve both in principle and action the social integrity of the immigrant Jewish family. It consisted of a group of relatives with common ancestors organized like a lodge or club with elected officers dues regular meetings and committees.Family circles and cousins' clubs continued to exist as important variant types of family structure in New York Jewish communities for many years. Mitchell in this work deals with the challenging problems of how Jewish family clubs happened to emerge in American society and their theoretical implications for contemporary kinship studies. The research methods used in the study include a combination of intensive informant interviews participant observation and respondent questionnaires. This is an unusual innovative contribution to cultural anthropology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138526792

Kinship Honour and Money in Rural PakistanSubsistence Economy and the Effects of International Migration International migration is favoured by the governments of many poorer countries despite often well-publicized abuses affecting individual migrant workers. Not only is local unemployment reduced but also it is expected that the migrants will learn new skills with many even becoming entrepreneurs on their return home. Meantime they are seen as a source of foreign remittances providing needed capital for economic development. Such is the attitude in Pakistan from where thousands of migrant workers leave every year for the Gulf states especially.An anthropological study approaching this issue from a local (village) level this book focuses on two areas of the Punjab. Describing the historical passage of rural life from pre-colonial times to the present it shows how the rural economy of the Punjab was not transformed by the green revolution - on the contrary it is still a subsistence economy. The resulting poverty combined with Pakistan's labour-market policies forces many Punjabi men to seek work abroad in turn bringing changes to the economic role of the women left behind. Remittances from abroad have brought further changes on the economic and social life of the villages but not as expected to bring economic development let alone capital or entrepreneurialism to the area. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138974036

Kinship population and social reproduction in the 'new Indonesia'A study of Nuaulu cultural resilience Nuaulu people on the Indonesian island of Seram have displayed remarkable linguistic and cultural resilience over a period of 50 years. In 1970 their language and traditional culture was widely considered ‘endangered.’ Despite this Nuaulu have not only maintained their animist identity and shown a robust ability to reproduce 'traditional' ritual performances but have exhibited both population growth and increasing assertiveness in the projection of their interests through the politics of the ‘New Indonesia’. This book examines how kinship organization and marriage patterns have responded to some of these challenges and suggests that the retention of core institutions of descent and exchange are the consequence of population growth which in turn has enabled ritual reproduction and thereby effectively maintained a distinct identity in relation to the surrounding majority culture. Low conversion rates to other religions and the political consequences of Indonesian ‘reformasi’ have also contributed to a situation in which despite changes in the material basis of their lives Nuaulu have projected a strong independent identity and organisation. In terms of debates around kinship in eastern Indonesia this book argues that older notions of prescriptive social structure are fundamentally flawed. Kinship institutions are real enough but the distinction between genealogical and classificatory relations is often unimportant; all that matters in the end is that the arrangements entered into between clans and houses permit both biological and social reproduction and that the latter ultimately serves the former.An important contribution to the study of the peoples of Eastern Indonesia it highlights a 'good news story' about the successful retention of a traditional way of life in an area that has had a troubled recent history. It will be of interest to academics in various fields of anthropology in particular the study of kinship and Southeast Asian societies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367590581

Kinship and ConsentJewish Political Tradition and Its Contemporary Uses A major dimension of modern Jewish life has been the revival of conscious political activity on the part of the Jewish people whether through reestablishment of the State of Israel new forms of diaspora community organization or the common Jewish fight against anti-Semitism. Precisely because contemporary Jewry has moved increasingly toward self-definition in political terms a significant part of the search for roots and meaning must take place within the political realm. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138526754

Kinship and ContinuityPakistani Families in Britain Kinship and Continuity is a vivid ethnographic account of the development of the Pakistani presence in Oxford from after World War II to the present day. Alison Shaw addresses the dynamics of migration patterns of residence and kinship ideas about health and illness and notions of political and religious authority and discusses the transformations and continuities of the lives of British Pakistanis against the backdrop of rural Pakistan and local socio-economic changes. This is a fully updated revised edition of the book first published in 1988. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315080062

Kinship and Culture At one time Francis L.K. Hsu put forth a hypothesis on kinship that proposed a functional relationship between particular kinship systems and behavior patterns in particular cultural contexts. The controversy provoked among cultural anthropologists by this hypothesis is reflected in this book which points the way toward more fruitful investigations of kinship in cultural and psychological anthropology.Hsu's hypothesis offers an alternative to the study of kinship as a mathematical game and to the treatment of fragmentary aspects of child-rearing practices as major causal factors in culture. Considering the kinship system as the psychological factory of culture Hsu's aim is to discover the crucial forces in each system that shape the interpersonal orientation of the individual which forms the individual's basis for adequate functioning as a member of his society and which in turn provides his culture with a basis for continuity and change. His central hypothesis is that the attributes of the dominant dyads in a given kinship system (such as father-son or mother-daughter) tend to determine the attitudes and action patterns that the individual in such a system develops toward other relationships in that system as well as toward his relationships outside of it.The topics are varied ranging from the link between dyadic dominance and household maintenance to role dilemmas and father-son dominance to sex-role identity and dominant kinship relationships. The editor has contributed an introduction an original essay on kinship and patterns of social cohesion and a summary chapter to bring coherence to the diversity of opinion stated. This new presentation of Hsu's hypothesis together with its discussion by eminent anthropologists and its recommendations for future research in the area is an important addition to the literature on kinship. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138526761

Kinship and Economic Organisation in Rural Japan In this essay the author presents the principles of one important sector of social organization in Japan and establish its framework. Japanese kinship structure with its multiple historical and local factors and unlike that of the Chinese or of the Hindus does not belong to the category of unilineal systems nor to any kind of descent pattern found in the published literature of social anthropology. Social anthropology developed by micro-synchronic studies of simpler societies and with its major analysis devoted to descent systems has to face in Japan a critical methodological test. In this essay the author as a social anthropologist want to overcome these drawbacks of anthropological method and to demonstrate one of the new approaches by which an anthropologist can cope with the data from a sophisticated society Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003135951

Kinship and GenderAn Introduction Does kinship still matter in today’s globalized increasingly mobile world? Do family structures continue to influence the varied roles that men and women play in different cultures? Answering with a resounding ‘yes!’ Linda Stone and Diane E. King offer a lively introduction to and working knowledge of kinship. They firmly link these concepts to cross-cultural gender studies illuminating the malleable nature of gender roles around the world and over time. Written to engage students each chapter in Kinship and Gender provides key terms and useful generalizations gleaned through research on the interplay of kinship and gender in both traditional societies and contemporary communities. Detailed case studies and cross-cultural examples help students understand how such generalizations are experienced in real life. The authors also consider the ramifications of current social problems and recent developments in reproductive technology as they demonstrate the relevance of kinship and gender to students’ lives. The fully-revised sixth edition contains new case studies on foster parenting in the United States and on domestic violence. It provides new material on pets as family members and an expanded discussion of the concept of lineal masculinity. There is also a comparison of the adoption of new reproductive technologies in Israel with other countries along with a discussion of the issue of transnational movements in the use of these technologies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780813350943

Kinship and Incestuous Crime in Colonial Guatemala Kinship and Incestuous Crime in Colonial Guatemala examines social relations in colonial Guatemala through the lens of incest. Using a combination of qualitative and quantitative analyses of incest trials from the Spanish secular courts this study shows that incest codes were not homogenous nor were its various forms equally condemned. Further incest codes and the criminal process impacted the articulation of kinship and contributed to the racialization of kin behavior. Colonial actors of all sorts were proficient at using these types of distinctions as they negotiated various crises in their lives. The models of relatedness created within incestuous crime ultimately foreshadowed changes in marriage proscriptions and continued racial polarization following independence from Spain. Overall this study demonstrates how the lens of incest can add further nuance to our understanding of social relations in a given area. Incest codes force latent divisions between kin to the surface and can provide individuals with multiple avenues to creatively manage interpersonal relationships. They also afford a fruitful arena in which to explore social inequalities in society and mechanisms of culture change. This book will appeal to anyone interested in Latin America or engaged in the fields of kinship gender or sexuality studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367464424

Kinship and Marriage in a New Guinea Village The economic and political systems legal code and religious beliefs of the people of the New Guinea village of Busama were analysed by H. Ian Hogbin in his earlier work Transformation Scene (1951). In this new study founded on field work carried out at intervals over a seven year period he is concerned primarily with the individual in his relations with the kinship structure. He takes a typical Busama through a full span of life from birth through infancy childhood adolescence and marriage to maturity and death; and he shows how each stage in the individual's life involves a change in his kinship relationships and responsibilities. This approach gives the professional anthropologist a set of carefully presented data analysed in line with the contemporary emphasis on seeing the relations between kin in the context of the local community and it also offers the general reader an enjoyable and authentic account of the intimacies of Melanesian life. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003135258

Kinship and Performance in the Black and Green AtlanticHaptic Allegories Kinship and Performance in the Black and Green Atlantic advances an innovative and compelling approach to writing comparative studies of performance in transnational intercultural relation to one another. Its chosen subject in this case is the cultural and political intersection of African and Irish diasporic peoples and movements. Gough approaches her subject via five key "flashpoints" in Black/Green relations moving from the mid-nineteenth century to the early twenty-first century. In turn each of these is related to mediums of performance that were prevalent at the time such as abolitionist oratory and melodrama photography and tableaux architecture and folk drama television and political demonstrations and visual art and dramaturgy. By examining the unlikely kinship between social actors such as Ida B. Wells and Maud Gonne Lady Augusta Gregory and Zora Neale Hurston and Bernadette Devlin and Alice Childress along with a host of old and new theatrical "characters " this book explores how a transmedial investigation of gender community and performance allows for a revision of historiography in Atlantic studies while the study itself revises and reimagines key concepts central to performance studies. In 2014 Kinship and Performance was given the Errol Hill Award for Outstanding Scholarship in African American Theatre from the American Society for Theatre Research. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138494992

Kinship and Social Organisation W. H. R. Rivers who has been called 'the founder of the modern study of social organization' exerted an immense influence on his contemporaries and successors. This volume reprints three of his lectures delivered in 1913 and first published in 1914 which provide a short and brilliant exposition of his theoretical approach and are exemplary of his handling of ethnographic evidence. His theme is the relationship between kinship terminologies and social organization more particularly forms of marriage a subject still of lively theoretical interest. Also included is the same author's The Genealogical Method of Anthropological Enquiry first published in 1910 a classic of anthropological methodology and Professor Raymond Firth of the London School of Economics and Professor David Schneider of the University of Chicago provide commentaries estimating the past and present importance of Rivers in British and American Anthropology respectively. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003135944

Kinship and Social Organisation (Routledge Revivals) First published in 1914 W. H. R. Rivers' hugely influential study was the first to effectively demonstrate the close connection between methods of denoting relationship or kinship and forms of social organisation  including those based on different forms of the institution of marriage. He also shows that the terminology of relationship has been rigorously determined by social conditions and that therefore systems of relationship furnish us with a most valuable instrument in studying the history of social institutions. This series of lectures was orginally delivered by the author in May 1914 at the London School of Economics. They are based on the experiences of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to Melanesia in 1908.   Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415670470

Kinship and the Social Order.The Legacy of Lewis Henry Morgan Originally published in the UK in 1970. The central argument of this book is that the structuralist theory and method developed by British and American anthropologists in the study of kinship and social organization are the direct descendants of the researches of Lewis Henry Morgan. Re-examining Morgan's work the book demonstrates how a tradition of mis-interpretation has disguised the true import of Morgan's discoveries and ideas for Rivers and Radcliffe-Brown and the generation of anthropologists inspired by them. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415866521

Kinship and the Social OrderThe Legacy of Lewis Henry Morgan One of the world's most eminent social anthropologists draws upon his many years of study and research in the field of kinship and social organization to review the development of anthropological theory and method from Lewis Henry Morgan (1818-1881) to anthropologists of the 1960s. It is the central argument of this book that the structuralist theory and method developed by British and American anthropologists in the study of kinship and social organization is the direct descendant of Morgan's researches. The volume starts with a re-examination of Morgan's work. Professor Fortes demonstrates how a tradition of misinterpretation has disguised the true import of Morgan's discoveries. He follows with a detailed analysis of the work of Rivers and Radcliffe-Brown and the generation of anthropologists inspired by them. The author states his own point of view as it has developed in the framework of modern structuralist theory with ethnographic examples examined in depth. He shows that the social relations and institutions conventionally grouped under the rubric of kinship and social organization belong simultaneously to two complementary domains of social structure the familial and the political. Meyer Fortes' contribution to the field of anthropology can best be understood in the context of balance of forces between these domains of the personal and public. In the latter part of the book he gives detailed attention to the principal conceptual issues that have confronted research and theory in the study of kinship and social organizations since Morgan's time. He shows that kinship institutions are autonomous not mere by-products of economic requirements and demonstrates the moral base of kinship in the rule of amity. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138526778

Kinship Bereavement in Later LifeA Special Issue of "Omega - Journal of Death and Dying" This collection of articles is an outgrowth of the Death Dying Bereavement and Widowhood Interest Group of the Gerontological Society of America and comprises empirical accounts of several distinct family losses: the death of a spouse sibling parent child and grandchild. These articles represent normative and non-normative losses; the juxtaposition of short-term and long- term bereavement reactions; cross-sectional and longitudinal comparisons; sociological psychological and psycholinguistic research paradigms; national and regional level data; and qualitative and quantitative analytic strategies. The articles and their approaches are as diverse and varied as are the experiences they describe yet each contributes something of value to the more singular and superordinate goal of understanding kinship bereavement in the later years. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415786041

Kinship in ActionSelf and Group For courses in Social Organization Kinship and Cultural Ecology.Kinship has made a come-back in Anthropology. Not only is there a line of noted general introductory works and readers in the topic but theoretical discussions have been stimulated both by technological changes in mechanisms of reproduction and by reconsiderations of how to define kinship in the most productive ways for cross-cultural comparisons.In addition kinship studies have moved away from the minutiae of kin terminological systems and thekinship algebra often associated with these to the broader analysis of processes historical changes and fundamental cultural meanings in which kin relationships are implicated. In this changed and changing context both Andrew Strathern and Pamela J. Stewart -- both of the University of Pittsburgh -- bring together a number of interests and concerns in order to provide pointers for students as well as scholars in this field of study. Taking an explicitly processual approach the authors examine definitions of terms such as kinship itself approach the topic in a way that is invariably ethnographic and deploy materials from field areas where they themselves have worked. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138403789

Kinship in International Relations While kinship is among the basic organizing principles of all human life its role in and implications for international politics and relations have been subject to surprisingly little exploration in International Relations (IR) scholarship. This volume is the first volume aimed at thinking systematically about kinship in IR – as an organizing principle as a source of political and social processes and outcomes and as a practical and analytical category that not only reflects but also shapes politics and interaction on the international political arena. Contributors trace everyday uses of kinship terminology to explore the relevance of kinship in different political and cultural contexts and to look at interactions taking place above at and within the state level. The book suggests that kinship can expand or limit actors’ political room for maneuvereon the international political arena making some actions and practices appear possible and likely and others less so. As an analytical category kinship can help us categorize and understand relations between actors in the international arena. It presents itself as a ready-made classificatory system for understanding how entities within a hierarchy are organized in relation to one another and how this logic is all at once natural and social. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138580558

Kinship in the Admiralty Islands The Manus of New Guinea's Pere village were Margaret Mead's most favored community the people to whom she returned five times before she died in 1978. Kinship in the Admiralty Islands is the classic and only thorough description of their complex rules of marriage and family relations. It draws on Mead's 1928-1929 field work conducted with her second husband New Zealander Reo Fortune and benefits by her being able to cross-check her data with his. Written in 1931 Kinship followed Mead's first and very popular book on the Manus Growing Up in New Guinea which was criticized by other anthropologists for being too general in scope. In Kinship Mead succeeded in demonstrating her thorough knowledge of this Melanesian group in the specific terms prized by her scholarly colleagues while also describing in depth Manus social structure.Kinship in the Admiralty Islands describes an intricate system of social restraints and kinship ties and their impact on the local economy. The Manus' predilection for adoption for example allows surrogate fathers to make extended marriage payments while in the next generation their adopted sons will take on the same responsibility for other young men in the new kin network. Mead reviews other kinship rules such as avoidance behavior between in-laws of the opposite sex early betrothals other forms of adoption and a range of deference behavior and joking relations among kin. In this work Mead walks a fine line between functionalist kinship analysis of the British school of Radclife Brown and the cultural-and-personality orientation of Americans in the school of Franz Boas.Jeanne Guillemin's new introduction provides a lively in depth description of Margaret Mead's career in the early days of anthropology the sometimes negative reactions of her contemporaries to her work and her reasons for writing Kinship in the Admiralty Islands as well as Mead's later reactions to how "her Manus" entered the modern world.Margaret Mead was noted for directing her writings to both scholar and laymen alike. Kinship in the Admiralty Islands will be of interest to anthropologists and general readers interested in the peoples of the South Pacific.Margaret Mead was curator of ethnology of the American Museum of Natural History. She was the author of many books including Continuities in Cultural Evolution (available from Transaction) The Study of Culture at a Distance The Mountain of Arapesh and From the South Seas: Studies of Adolescence and Sex in Primitive Societies. Jeanne Guillemin is a professor of anthropology at Boston College and editor of Anthropological Realities: Readings in the Science of Culture also available from Transaction. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138526785

Kipling and Orientalism (Routledge Revivals) First published in 1986 this book sets Kipling firmly in the historical context not only of contemporary India but of prior Anglo-Indian writers about India. Despite his enthusiastic reception in England as ‘revealer of the East’ in India he seems to have been regarded as just one more Anglo-Indian writer. The author demonstrates the traditionalism of Kipling’s use of the themes of Anglo-Indian fiction – themes such as the ‘White Man’s grave’ domestic instability frustration and loneliness. In particular Kipling is shown to be writing in a strongly conservative idiom concentrating on the role of the British hierarchy as the determining factor in a response to India on British insecurity and fears of a repeat of 1857 mutiny and regarding Indian institutions only in so far as they represented a threat to British rule. Conservative critiques of liberalism are also discussed. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138799219

Kipling and Yeats at 150Retrospectives/Perspectives This book evaluates the parallels divergences and convergences in the literary legacies of Rudyard Kipling and William Butler Yeats. Coming 150 years after their birth the volume sheds light on the conversational undercurrents that pull together the often diametrically polar worldviews of these two seminal figures of the English literary canon. Contextualizing their texts to the larger milieu that Kipling and Yeats lived in and contributed to the book investigates a range of aesthetic and perceptual similarities – from cultures of violence to notions of masculinity from creative debts to Shakespeare to responses to British imperialism and industrial modernity – to establish the perceptible consonance of their works. Kipling and Yeats are known to have never corresponded but the chapters collected here show evidence of the influence that their acute awareness of each other’s work and thought may have had.　Offering fresh perspectives which make Kipling’s and Yeats’s diverse texts contexts and legacies contemporarily relevant this volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of literature critical theory postcolonial studies cultural studies and comparative literature. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge India 9780367728328

Kipling in India This book explores and re-evaluates Kipling’s connection with India its people culture languages and locales through his experiences and his writings. Kipling’s works attracted interest among a large section of the British public stimulating curiosity in their far-off Indian Empire and made many canonize him as an emblem of the ‘Raj’. This volume highlights the astonishing social and thematic range of his Indian writings as represented in The Jungle Books; Kim; his early verse; his Simla-based tales of Anglo-Indian intrigues and love affairs; his stories of the common Indian people; and his journalism. It brings together different theoretical and contextual readings of Kipling to examine how his experience of India influenced his creative work and conversely how his imperial loyalties conditioned his creative engagement with India. The 18 chapters here engage with the complexities and contradictions in his writings and analyse the historical and political contexts in which he wrote them and the contexts in which we read him now. With well-known contributors from different parts of the world – including India the UK the USA Canada France Japan and New Zealand – this book will be of great interest not only to those interested in Kipling’s life and works but also to researchers and scholars of nineteenth-century literature comparative studies postcolonial and subaltern studies colonial history and cultural studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge India 9780367547288

Kipling's Children's LiteratureLanguage Identity and Constructions of Childhood Despite Kipling's popularity as an author and his standing as a politically controversial figure much of his work has remained relatively unexamined due to its characterization as 'children's literature'. Sue Walsh challenges the apparently clear division between 'children's' and 'adult' literature and poses important questions about how these strict categories have influenced critical work on Kipling and on literature in general. For example why are some of Kipling's books viewed as children's literature and what critical assumptions does this label produce? Why is it that Kim is viewed by critics as transcending attempts at categorization? Using Kipling as a case study Walsh discusses texts such as Kim The Jungle Books the Just-So Stories Puck of Pook's Hill and Rewards and Fairies re-evaluating earlier critical approaches and offering fresh readings of these relatively neglected works. In the process she suggests new directions for postcolonial and childhood studies and interrogates the way biographical criticism on children's literature in particular has tended to supersede and obstruct other kinds of readings. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138259379

Kirman and the Qajar EmpireLocal Dimensions of Modernity in Iran 1794-1914 Despite its apparently peripheral location in the Qajar Empire Kirman was frequently found at the centre of developments reshaping Iran in the 19th century. Over the Qajar period the region saw significant changes as competition between Kirmani families rapidly developed commercial cotton and opium production and a world renowned carpet weaving industry as well as giving strength to radical modernist and nationalist agitation in the years leading up to the 1906 Constitutional Revolution.Kirman and the Qajar Empire explores how these Kirmani local elites mediated political economic and social change in their community during the significant transitional period in Iran’s history from the rise of the Qajar Empire through to World War I. It departs from the prevailing centre-periphery models of economic integration and Qajar provincial history engaging with key questions over how Iranians participated in reshaping their communities in the context of imperialism and growing transnational connections. With rarely utilized local historical and geographical writings as well as a range of narrative and archival sources this book provides new insight into the impact of household factionalism and estate building over four generations in the Kirman region. As well as offering the first academic monograph on modern Kirman it is also an important case study in local dimensions of modernity. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of Iranian studies and Iranian History as well as general Middle Eastern studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367872533

Kissinger Angola and US-African Foreign PolicyThe Unintentional Realist Analysing US foreign policy towards Angola during the Ford administration this book provides an intriguing insight into one of the most avoidable and unfortunate episodes in Cold War history and explores the impact on Henry Kissinger’s much vaunted reputation for being guided by realist principles. Kissinger has dominated political discourse and scholarship on US foreign policy since the 1970s  but although his legacy continues to generate controversy little attention has been paid to the influence of Vietnam’s collapse on the US decision to covertly intervene in the Angolan civil war. This book argues that Kissinger’s concern for personal reputation and US credibility following the collapse of Vietnam led to a harmful and unrealistic policy toward Angola. Exposure of US covert intervention exacerbated domestic and international political tensions and the subsequent showdown between the excutive and legislative branches ironically resulted in Kissinger proclaiming a new departure in US–African relations. Thus it is argued that Kissinger was an ‘unintentional realist’ rather than an intellectual proponent of realpolitik. Enhancing our understanding of Kissinger his relationship with his subordinates and with Congress and his approach to foreign policy this book will be of interest to scholars of Cold War history US foreign policy and all those fascinated by the personality of Henry Kissinger. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138496002

Kit: Fashioning the Sporting Body This is the first edited collection of its kind to analyse the distinct but overlapping topics of dress costume sport and leisure history. For researchers of bodily adornment and movement sport and costume history are both primarily concerned with industrial practice and embodied experience. The ways in which bodies are adorned embellished and clothed (or revealed) highlights the hybrid nature of dress history encompassing as it does the everyday clothing solutions of the mass of people and the unusual or more ceremonial aspects of costume as well as elite high fashion. Although this is as yet an under-researched area there are an increasing number of fashion and clothing undergraduate and postgraduate courses that specialise in sport and leisurewear. This publication is intended to give an introductory overview of the historical and contemporary issues as it does for the growing number of sport marketing and sports studies courses concerned with dress costume history and branding. This book was published as a special issue of Sport in History. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138085640

Kitchen Table SustainabilityPractical Recipes for Community Engagement with Sustainability Kitchen Table Sustainability offers a unique view of sustainability through the lens of community engagement. It takes sustainability out of the ivory towers of universities government departments and planners to the kitchen tables of the world. This practical guide distils decades of wisdom from community planning engagement and sustainability practice internationally into a user-friendly and engaging book that is both inspirational and packed with hands-on tools. The core of the book is a bottom-up approach to participatory community engagement and development referred to as EATING that consists of six components: Education Action Trust Inclusion Nourishment and Governance. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138136311

Klein Melanie Klein (1882-1960) was a pioneer of child analysis whose work with children enabled her to gain insight on the deepest states of the mind and thus to make a fundamental contribution to psychoanalytic theory. A pupil and follower of Freud she investigated what he called "the dim and shadowy era" of early childhood developing theories and techniques which although they remain controversial have had a profound influence not only on clinical psychoanalysis but also on fields outside it. Her understanding of the paranoid-schizoid mechanisms and of the role of envy extended the range of patients who can be psychoanalyzed to include those suffering from borderline states between neurosis and psychosis. And her work shed light on the psychological basis of ethics on theories of thinking on group relations and on aesthetics. The author worked with Melanie Klein and is now one of Britain's leading psychoanalysts. She traces the development of Klein's ideas within a biographical framework describing the importance of her work and portraying her as a woman of great warmth and exceptional insight. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367099671

Knighthoods of ChristEssays on the History of the Crusades and the Knights Templar Presented to Malcolm Barber During the Central Middle Ages Catholics had the opportunity to take part in Holy War in the Latin East in two different but related ways by taking the Cross and by entering the Order of the Temple. Both crusaders and Knights Templar were dubbed by contemporary panegyrists milites Christi knights engaged in combat for the cause of Christ. On numerous battlefields in the Middle East crusaders and Templars fought side by side. By the late thirteenth century both modes of Holy War faced critical situations. Crusading failed to save the mainland states of Palestine and Syria from Muslim conquest in 1291 while the Knights Templar entered a period of internal demoralisation and external attack that culminated in the suppression of their Order in 1312. This collection of essays by distinguished historians of the Crusades and the Order of the Temple covers the whole span of their historical evolution and offers numerous insights into the ideologies practicalities and ramifications of Christian Holy War in the Middle Ages. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315251066

Knights and CastlesMinorities and Urban Regeneration Title first published in 2003. Much has been written about the problems minorities encounter in Western European and North American cities. This insightful volume acknowledges the deep-rooted nature of inequalities and discrimination but seeks ways of ameliorating and eradicating them from positive stories of minority involvement in regeneration. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138708440

Knight's Forensic Pathology The fourth edition of Knight's Forensic Pathology continues to be the definitive international resource for those in training and in practice covering all aspects of the medico-legal autopsy including the cause and time of death interpretation of wounds and every other facet of the investigation of a fatality. The contents are intended to lead the pathologist – and in some countries the non-pathologist – through the procedures needed in the examination of a body found under obscure suspicious or even criminal circumstances. Although police procedures and the habits of pathologists may vary from country to country the philosophy and techniques presented in this book offer a guide to good practices that can be modified according to local circumstances. In this new edition the text has been thoroughly updated and is complemented by the addition of over 200 new colour illustrations. It maintains the praised tradition of clarity and readability established since Prof. Bernard Knight’s first edition was published in 1991 with an emphasis on the practical application of knowledge and research findings and the avoidance of over-interpretation. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780340972533

Knights Templar in Britain The Knights Templar In Britain examines exactly who became knights what rituals sustained them where the power bases were and how their tentacles spread through the political and economic worlds of Britain before their defeat at the hands of the Inquisition some two hundred years later.Founded in the early twelfth century the mysterious Knights Templar rose to be the most powerful military order of the Middle Ages. While their campaign in the Middle East and travels are well-known their huge influence across the British isles remains virtually uncharted.  For readers interested in Medieval History.    Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138145450

Knitting the Semantic Web The Semantic Web extends the popular day-to-day Web enabling computers and people to effectively work together by giving information well-defined meaning. Knitting the Semantic Web explains the interdisciplinary efforts underway to build a more library-like Web through “semantic knitting.” The book examines foundation activities and initiatives leading to standardized semantic metadata. These efforts lead to the Semantic Web—a network able to support computational activities and provide people with services efficiently. Leaders in library and information science computer science and information intensive domains provide insight and inspiration to give readers a greater understanding of the evolution of the Semantic Web. Librarians and information professionals are uniquely qualified to play a major role in the development and maintenance of the Semantic Web. Knitting the Semantic Web closely examines this crucial relationship in detail. This single source reviews the foundations standards and tools underlying the Semantic Web and presents thoughtful perspectives in the context of 2.0 developments. Many chapters include figures to illustrate concepts and ideas and the entire text is extensively referenced. Topics in Knitting the Semantic Web include: RDF its expressive power and its ability to underlie the new Library catalog card for the coming century the value and application for controlled vocabularies SKOS (Simple Knowledge Organization System) the newest Semantic Web language managing scheme versioning in the Semantic Web Physnet portal service for physics Semantic Web technologies in biomedicine developing the United Nations Food and Agriculture ontology Friend Of A Friend (FOAF) vocabulary specification—with a real world case study at a university Web/Library 2.0 and more Knitting the Semantic Web is a stimulating resource for professionals researchers educators and students in library and information science computer science information architecture Web design and Web services. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415541565

Knock on WoodNature as Commodity in Douglas-Fir Country Scott Prudham investigates a region that has in recent years seen more environmental conflict than perhaps anywhere else in the country--the old-growth forests of the Pacific Northwest. Prudham employs a political economic approach to explain the social and economic conflicts arising from the timber industry's presence in the region. As well he provides a thorough accounting of the timber industry itself tracing its motivations practices and labor relations. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203446164

Knockin' on Heaven's DoorThe Bible and Popular Culture Knockin' On Heaven's Door offers a critically sophisticated and truly interdisciplinary analysis of the relationship between biblical studies and contemporary culture.Specific biblical texts are examined in the light of cultural criticism and areas of popular culture including pornography heavy metal music and McDonald's hamburgers in the light of biblical criticism. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203012383

Knot Projections Knot Projections offers a comprehensive overview of the latest methods in the study of this branch of topology based on current research inspired by Arnold’s theory of plane curves Viro’s quantization of the Arnold invariant and Vassiliev’s theory of knots among others. The presentation exploits the intuitiveness of knot projections to introduce the material to an audience without a prior background in topology making the book suitable as a useful alternative to standard textbooks on the subject. However the main aim is to serve as an introduction to an active research subject and includes many open questions. Media > Books > Print Books Chapman & Hall 9780367658298

Knot TheorySecond Edition Over the last fifteen years the face of knot theory has changed due to various new theories and invariants coming from physics topology combinatorics and alge-bra. It suffices to mention the great progress in knot homology theory (Khovanov homology and Ozsvath-Szabo Heegaard-Floer homology) the A-polynomial which give rise to strong invariants of knots and 3-manifolds in particular many new unknot detectors. New to this Edition is a discussion of Heegaard-Floer homology theory and A-polynomial of classical links as well as updates throughout the text.Knot Theory Second Edition is notable not only for its expert presentation of knot theory’s state of the art but also for its accessibility. It is valuable as a profes-sional reference and will serve equally well as a text for a course on knot theory. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367657291

Knots: Selected Works of RD Laing: Vol 7 Originally published in 1970 Knots consists of a series of dialogue-scenarios that can be read as poems or brief plays each complete in itself. Each chapter describes a different kind of relationship: the "knots" of the title: bonds of love dependency uncertainty jealousy. The dialogues could be those between lovers between parents and children between analysts and patients or all of these merged together. Each brilliantly demonstrates Laing's insights into the intricacies of human relationships. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138361751

KnotsPost-Lacanian Psychoanalysis Literature and Film This collection of specially commissioned essays offers a wide array of new psychoanalytic approaches impacted by Lacanian theory queer studies post-colonial studies feminism and deconstruction in the domains of film and literature. We have witnessed a remarkable return to psychoanalysis in those fields fields from which it had been excluded or discredited for a while. This has changed recently and we need to understand why. The fourteen essays make use a freshly minted psychoanalytic concepts to read diverse texts films and social practices. The distinguished authors gathered here an international group of scholars coming from Japan China Korea India Belgium Greece France Australia and the USA are all cognizant of the advances of theory under the form of deconstruction feminism post-colonial studies and trauma studies. These essays take into account the latest developments in Lacanian theory and never bracket off subjective agency when dealing with literature or film. The authors make sense of changes brought to psychoanalytical theory by redefinitions of the Oedipus complex reconsiderations of the death drive applications of Lacan’s symptom and the concept of the Real reassessments of the links between affect and trauma insights into the resilience of Romantic excess and jouissance awareness of the role of transference in classical and modernist texts and pedagogical techniques aimed at teaching difficult texts all the while testifying to the influence on Lacanian theory of thinkers like Maurice Blanchot Roland Barthes Melanie Klein Didier Anzieu Jacques Derrida Judith Butler Gilles Deleuze Alain Badiou and Slavoj Zizek. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367433703

Know it All Find it Fast for Academic Libraries Readership: This will prove an indispensable day-to-day guide for anyone working with students academics and researchers in an academic library. A comprehensive and easy-to-use version of the best-selling Know it All Find It Fast developed specifically for information professionals working in academic libraries this will help you to tackle the questions most commonly asked by students academics and researchers. A broad cross-disciplinary A-Z of themes including topics such as literature searching plagiarism and using online resources are covered helping you to address anquery confidently and quickly. Each topic is split into three sections to guide your response: • typical questions listing the common enquiries you’ll encounter• points to consider exploring the issues and challenges that might arise• where to look listing annotated UK and international resources in print and online including key organisations scholarly bodies digital libraries statistical data and journal article indexes Media > Books > Print Books Facet Publishing 9781856047593

Know it All Find it Fast for Youth Librarians and Teachers A brand new version of the best-selling enquiry desk reference text Know it All Find it Fast. Specifically designed for those working with children and young people in schools public libraries and at home.Including an invaluable overview of the education system and the school curriculum as well as a comprehensive listing of useful resources by topic this A-Z covers school subjects from science and maths to reading and literacy and more general themes such as children's health wellbeing and hobbies Each topic is broken down into useful sections that will help to guide your response; • Typical questions outline common queries such as ‘Have you got any information about volcanoes?’• Considerations provides useful hints and tips i.e. ‘Geography now encompasses not only physical and human geography but also environmental geography social geography geology and geopolitics.’• Where to look lists relevant printed digital and online resources with useful annotations explaining their scope and strengths Readership: This is the must-have quick reference tool arming librarians and teachers with the knowledge to deal with any queries thrown at them from children and young people as well as their parents and caregivers. It will also be a handy reference for parents and anyone working with children and young people in other organizations such as homework clubs and youth workers. Media > Books > Print Books Facet Publishing 9781856047616

Know Thine EnemyA Spy's Journey Into Revolutionary Iran This book gives an account of Shirley's trip into Iran as a spy to provide an insight into Iranian character. It is a vivid firsthand portrait of the clash of Western and Muslim civilizations. The book portrays Iranians in a way different from what the most Americans know about them. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367156985

Know ThyselfThe 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. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138676022

Knowing Learning and instructionEssays in Honor of Robert Glaser Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Learning Research and Development Center (LRDC) at the University of Pittsburgh these papers present the most current and innovative research on cognition and instruction. Knowing Learning and Instruction pays homage to Robert Glaser founder of the LRDC and includes debates and discussions about issues of fundamental importance to the cognitive science of instruction. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315044408

Knowing Not-Knowing and Sort-of-KnowingPsychoanalysis 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). Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367106256

Knowing About LanguageLinguistics and the secondary English classroom Knowing About Language is an essential and comprehensive introduction to and discussion of the value of linguistics in the secondary and post 16 curriculum. Split into three easily accessible parts each chapter draws on theoretical and practical reasons for developing language awareness for the teacher and student the impact of government and institutional policy on teaching and teacher knowledge and explores recent research about the value of linguistic knowledge to support student attainment. Expert contributors show how recent innovations in linguistics can support language teaching by providing a range of practical ideas that can be used in the classroom. Knowing About Language is a valuable theoretical critical and practical guide for the teacher and researcher and　anyone interested in applied linguistics and the study of language in education.Written by authors who are passionate about the value of language study both as a classroom topic and more generally this book acts as a resource to inform and support teachers in wider aspects of their role by demonstrating the powerfully enabling nature and inherent value of language study and linguistics in secondary and post-16 curricula. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138856233

Knowing al-QaedaThe Epistemology of Terrorism Despite a plethora of studies devoted to it the current understanding of al-Qaeda and the threat it poses remains vague and ambiguous. Is al-Qaeda a rigidly structured organisation a global network of semi-independent cells a franchise or simply an ideology? What role did Osama bin Laden play within the group and its terrorist campaign? What does it mean to talk about the "global Salafi-jihad" threat allegedly confronting the West? In addressing such questions many writers have sought to offer definitive answers yet overall the truth about al-Qaeda remains elusive. This book moves beyond this traditional approach in order to investigate and critically assess how such answers reflect the particular epistemological frameworks within which they are produced. Its chapters explore the varied contexts within which the obscure entity labelled al-Qaeda is constituted as a comprehensible object of political strategic cultural and scientific knowledge and within which 'terrorism' is rendered an experience of quotidian life. This volume offers a much-needed critical reflection on Western ways of talking and of thinking about the frightening experience of global terrorism. In trying to know how we know al-Qaeda it offers us an opportunity to try to know ourselves and our often hidden assumptions about legitimacy violence and political purpose. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138250819

Knowing and CheckingAn Epistemological Investigation Checking is a very common concept for describing a subject’s epistemic goals and actions. Surprisingly there has been no philosophical attention paid to the notion of checking. This is the first book to develop a comprehensive epistemic theory of checking. The author argues that sensitivity is necessary for checking but not for knowing thereby finding a new home for the much discussed modal sensitivity principle. He then uses the distinction between checking and knowing to explain central puzzles about knowledge particularly those concerning knowledge closure bootstrapping and the skeptical puzzle. Knowing and Checking: An Epistemological Investigation will be of interest to epistemologists and other philosophers looking for a general theory of checking and testing or for new solutions to central epistemological problems. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367141127

Knowing and Not KnowingThinking psychosocially about learning and resistance to learning The social world is saturated with powerful formations of knowledge that colonise individual and institutional identities. Some knowledge emerges as legitimised and authoritative; other knowledge is resisted or repressed. Psychosocial approaches highlight the unstable basis of knowledge learning and research; of knowing and not knowing. How do we come to formulate knowledge in the ways that we do? Are there other possible ways of knowing that are too difficult or unsettling for us to begin to explore? Do we need the authority of legitimised institutions and regularized methods to build secure knowledge? What might it mean to build insecure edifices of knowledge? How might we trouble notions of knowledge in processes of teaching learning and research? This collection addresses these questions drawing on a range of psychoanalytic and social theory from Bion Freud and Lacan to Derrida Kristeva and Zizek. Showcasing work from North America Europe and Japan contributors explore writing as a practice that can stabilise or unsettle subjectivities; the unconscious relations between school practices subjectivities educational spaces and ideologies; implications of the productive energies and the deadening inwardness associated with mourning and melancholia for formal and informal learning; and the authority we invest in apparently rigid or ephemeral institutional spaces. Strongly empirical as well as theoretical in approach this collection will be of interest to students and academics seeking ways to resist normative orders of legitimacy and coherence in education and research. This book was originally published as a special issue of Pedagogy Culture & Society. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138392267

Knowing and Teaching Elementary MathematicsTeachers' Understanding of Fundamental Mathematics in China and the United States The 20th anniversary edition of this groundbreaking and bestselling volume offers powerful examples of the mathematics that can develop the thinking of elementary school children. Studies of teachers in the U.S. often document insufficient subject matter knowledge in mathematics. Yet these studies give few examples of the knowledge teachers need to support teaching particularly the kind of teaching demanded by reforms in mathematics education. Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics describes the nature and development of the knowledge that elementary teachers need to become accomplished mathematics teachers and suggests why such knowledge seems more common in China than in the United States despite the fact that Chinese teachers have less formal education than their U.S. counterparts.　 Along with the original studies of U.S. and Chinese teachers’ mathematical understanding this 20th anniversary edition includes a new preface and a 2013 journal article by Ma "A Critique of the Structure of U.S. Elementary School Mathematics" that describe differences in U.S. and Chinese elementary mathematics. These are augmented by a new series editor’s introduction and two key journal articles that frame and contextualize this seminal work.　 Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367443955

Knowing BetterAn Account of Akrasia Originally published in 1990 this book deals with the question of akrasia weakness of will or knowing better but doing worse. Versions of this principle are presupposed by Socrates and Plato articulated as the ‘practical syllogism’ in Aristotle and play a central role in modern decision theory. The book considers the psychological explanation for this and different responses to the problem. The work is of interest not only as a piece of classical scholarship action theory and moral psychology but as a piece of meta-philosophy and the philosophy about the methodology of philosophical disputes. It has enduring relevance as the problem of akrasia continues to be the object of much philosophical argument. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367474355

Knowing Beyond KnowledgeEpistemologies of Religious Experience in Classical and Modern Advaita This title was first published in 2002. This book builds on contemporary discussion of 'mysticism' and religious experience by examining the process and content of 'religious knowing' in classical and modern Advaita. Drawing from the work of William Alston and Alvin Plantinga Thomas Forsthoefel examines key streams of Advaita with special reference to the conditions contexts and scope of epistemic merit in religious experience. Forsthoefel uniquely employs specific analytical categories of contemporary Western epistemologies as heuristics to examine the cognitive dimension of religious experience in Indian Vedanta. Showing the developing nuances in the analysis of religious experience in the thought of Shankara and his immediate disciples (Suresvara and Padmapada) as well as in the teaching of Ramana Maharshi an understudied but important South Indian saint of the 20th century this book offers a substantial contribution to studies of Indian philosophy as well as to contemporary philosophy of religion. Using the tools of exegesis and comparative philosophy Forsthoefel argues for a careful justification of claims following religious experience even if such claims involve as they do in the Advaita a paradoxical 'knowing beyond knowledge'. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138721494

Knowing Beyond KnowledgeEpistemologies of Religious Experience in Classical and Modern Advaita This title was first published in 2002. This book builds on contemporary discussion of 'mysticism' and religious experience by examining the process and content of 'religious knowing' in classical and modern Advaita. Drawing from the work of William Alston and Alvin Plantinga Thomas Forsthoefel examines key streams of Advaita with special reference to the conditions contexts and scope of epistemic merit in religious experience. Forsthoefel uniquely employs specific analytical categories of contemporary Western epistemologies as heuristics to examine the cognitive dimension of religious experience in Indian Vedanta. Showing the developing nuances in the analysis of religious experience in the thought of Shankara and his immediate disciples (Suresvara and Padmapada) as well as in the teaching of Ramana Maharshi an understudied but important South Indian saint of the 20th century this book offers a substantial contribution to studies of Indian philosophy as well as to contemporary philosophy of religion. Using the tools of exegesis and comparative philosophy Forsthoefel argues for a careful justification of claims following religious experience even if such claims involve as they do in the Advaita a paradoxical 'knowing beyond knowledge'. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138721500

Knowing ChildrenExperiments in Conversation and Cognition It has often been maintained that young children's knowledge is limited to perceptual appearances. In this "preoperational" stage of development there are profound conceptual limitations in that they have little understanding of numerical and causal relations and are incapable of insight into the minds of others. Their apparent inability to perform well on traditional developmental measures has led researchers to accept a model of the young child as plagued by conceptual deficits. These ideas have had a major impact on educational programs. Many have accepted the view that the young are not ready for instruction and that their memory and understanding is vulnerable to distortion especially in subjects such as mathematics and science. However the second edition of this book provides further evidence that children's stage-like performance can frequently be reinterpreted in terms of a clash between the conversational worlds of adults and children. In many settings children may not share an adult's well-meaning purpose or use of words in questioning. Under these conditions they do not disclose the depth of their memory and understanding and may respond incorrectly even when they are certain of the right answer.In this light a different model of development emerges with significant implications for instruction in educational health and legal settings. It attributes more competence to young children than is frequently recognized and reflects the position that development in evolutionarily important domains is guided by implicit constraints on learning. It proposes that attention to young children's conversational experience is a powerful means to illustrate what they know. Media > Books > Print Books Psychology Press 9781138877252

Knowing DifferentlyThe Challenge of the Indigenous This book offers a bold and illuminating account of the worldviews nurtured and sustained by indigenous communities from across continents through their distinctive understanding of concepts such as space time joy pain life and death. It demonstrates how this different mode of ‘knowing’ has brought the indigenous into a cultural conflict with communities that claim to be modern and scientific. Bringing together scholars artists and activists engaged in understanding and conserving local knowledge that continues to be in the shadow of cultural extinction the book attempts to interpret repercussions on identity and cultural transformation and points to the tragic fate of knowing the world differently. The volume inaugurates a new thematic area in post-colonial studies and cultural anthropology by highlighting the perspectives of marginalized indigenous communities often burdened with being viewed as ‘primitive’. It will be useful to scholars and students of anthropology sociology cultural studies history linguistics literature and tribal studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge India 9781138660120

Knowing from the Indigenous NorthSámi Approaches to History Politics and Belonging Focusing on the Sápmi region of Northern Europe as a point of departure this book enriches and sharpens the concept of 'the North.' It combines detailed empirical research on the Sámi people and their life-worlds with theoretical contributions from leading scholars. The authors consider the European North not only as a geographical site or an object of academic research but as a particular way of knowing and being with its own needs practices concepts and imaginings. The North as an epistemic position offers its own conceptions of politics human agency history and social relations which this book studies and describes. The volume challenges us to consider social scientific knowledge its significance and the practices of producing it in a new way. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367585778

Knowing GodRestoring Reason in an Age of Doubt This title was first published in 2002. Knowing God presents an innovative analysis of one of the most difficult and intractable philosophical questions of the past 350 years: the problem of knowledge and specifically knowledge of God and the transcendental principles of value. This book situates the problem within the context of current social and political struggles as well as within the contemporary search for meaning and value. Mansueto revisits ancient debates regarding the agent intellect intentional being and connatural knowledge while drawing on recent discussions in neuropsychology (Luria and Damasio) cognitive development theory (Piaget and Luria) and the sociology of knowledge or "ideological criticism" (especially Durkheim Lukacs and Gramsci). Including a chapter on forms of religious knowledge and concluding with a ’guide for the perplexed’ intended to help overcome nihilism and despair Knowing God reconciles epistemological and metaphysical realism with a recognition of the role of social structure in shaping knowledge. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138719637

Knowing in Organizations: A Practice-Based ApproachA Practice-Based Approach This work explores the relationship among knowing learning and practice in the development of organizational knowledge. It explores the implications for intervention growing out of the notion that organizational knowledge cannot be conceived as a mental process residing in members' heads. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315290973

Knowing Nature in Early Modern Europe Today we are used to clear divisions between science and the arts. But early modern thinkers had no such distinctions with ‘knowledge’ being a truly interdisciplinary pursuit. Each chapter of this collection presents a case study from a different area of knowledge. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367876012

Knowing New BiotechnologiesSocial Aspects of Technological Convergence The areas of personal genomics and citizen science draw on – and bring together – different cultures of producing and managing knowledge and meaning. They also cross local and global boundaries are subjects and objects of transformation and mobility of research practices evaluation and multi-stakeholder groups. Thirdly they draw on logics of ‘convergence’: new links between and new kinds of stakeholders spaces knowledge practices challenges and opportunities. This themed collection of essays from nationally and internationally leading scholars and commentators advances and widens current debates in Science and Technology Studies and in Science Policy concerning ‘converging technologies’ by complementing the customary focus on technical aspirations for convergence with the analysis of the practices and logics of scientific social and cultural knowledge production that constitute contemporary technoscience. In case studies from across the globe contributors discuss the ways in which science and social order are linked in areas such as direct-to consumer genetic testing and do-it-yourself biotechnologies.Organised into thematic sections ‘Knowing New Biotechnologies’ explores: • ways of understanding the dynamics and logics of convergences in emergent biotechnologies • governance and regulatory issues around technoscientific convergences • democratic aspects of converging technologies – lay involvement in scientific research and the co-production of biotechnology and social and cultural knowledge. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367869823

Knowing Nothing Staying StupidElements for a Psychoanalytic Epistemology Why is stupidity sublime? What is the value of a 'dialectics of ignorance' for analysts and academics? Knowing Nothing Staying Stupid draws on recent research to provide a thorough and illuminating evaluation of the status of knowledge and truth in psychoanalysis. Adopting a Lacanian framework Dany Nobus and Malcolm Quinn question the basic assumption that knowledge is universally good and describe how psychoanalysis is in a position to place forms of knowledge in a dialectical relationship with non-knowledge blindness ignorance and stupidity. The book draws out the implications of a psychoanalytic theory of knowledge for the practices of knowledge construction acquisition and transmission across the humanities and social sciences. The book is divided into two sections. The first section addresses the foundations of a psychoanalytic approach to knowledge as it emerges from clinical practice whilst the second section considers the problems and issues of applied psychoanalysis and the ambiguous position of the analyst in the public sphere. Subjects covered include: The Logic of Psychoanalytic Discovery Creative Knowledge Production and Institutionalised Doctrine The Desire to Know versus the Fall of Knowledge Epistemological Regression and the Problem of Applied Psychoanalysis This provocative discussion of the dialectics of knowing and not knowing will be welcomed by practicing psychoanalysts and students of psychoanalytic studies but also by everyone working in the fields of social science philosophy and cultural studies. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203970256

Knowing PovertyCritical Reflections on Participatory Research and Policy The use of participatory research techniques to provide policy-makers with information about poor people's perspectives on poverty became increasingly common in the 1990s. This book focuses on the use of participatory research in poverty reduction policies and presents a series of participants' reflections on recent and ongoing processes. The 1990s witnessed a shift in the application of participatory methodologies adding to the project planning approaches of the 1980s a new focus on participatory research for policy. Much of this centres on poverty issues. In this volume contributions from researchers and practitioners in the field of poverty reduction examine how participatory research has affected the way poverty is understood and how these understandings have been acted on in policy-making for poverty reduction. Coming from diverse backgrounds the authors' critical reflections feature various aspects of the relationship between participation and policy spanning different levels from the individual researcher to the global institution. They address technical ethical operational political and methodological problems. Through raising their concerns they highlight lessons to be learnt from current practice and challenges for the future. These include the balancing of knowledge action and consciousness in participatory research processes which can effectively influence the development of policy that reflects and responds to the needs and priorities of poor people. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781849771801

Knowing PracticeThe Clinical Encounter Of Chinese Medicine This book examines the theory and practice of traditional medicine in modern China. Farquhar describes the logic of diagnosis and treatment from the inside perspective of doctors and scholars. She demonstrates how theoretical and textual materials interweave with the practical requirements of the clinic. By showing how Chinese medical choices are m Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367316495

Knowing the DifferenceFeminist Perspectives in Epistemology Including contributions from an international list of renowned authors this text seeks to address the controversial issue of difference in feminist philosophy using approaches from both analytic and continental thinking. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203216125

Knowing VictimsFeminism agency and victim politics in neoliberal times Knowing Victims explores the theme of victimhood in contemporary feminism and politics. It focuses on popular and scholarly constructions of feminism as ‘victim feminism’ – an ideology of passive victimhood that denies women’s agency – and provides the first comprehensive analysis of the debate about this ideology which has unfolded among feminists since the 1980s. The book critically examines a movement away from the language of victimhood across a wide array of discourses and the neoliberal replacement of the concept of structural oppression with the concept of personal responsibility. In derogating the notion of ‘victim ’ neoliberalism promotes a conception of victimization as subjective rather than social a state of mind rather than a worldly situation. Drawing upon Nietzsche Lyotard rape crisis feminism and feminist philosophy Stringer situates feminist politicizations of rape interpersonal violence economic inequality and welfare reform as key sites of resistance to the victim-blaming logic of neoliberalism. She suggests that although recent feminist critiques of ‘victim feminism’ have critically diagnosed the anti-victim movement they have not positively defended victim politics. Stringer argues that a conception of the victim as an agentic bearer of knowledge and an understanding of resentment as a generative force for social change provides a potent counter to the negative construction of victimhood characteristic of the neoliberal era. This accessible and insightful analysis of feminism neoliberalism and the social construction of victimhood will be of great interest to researchers and students in the disciplines of gender and women’s studies psychology sociology politics and philosophy. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415643337

Knowing Your FriendsIntelligence Inside Alliances and Coalitions from 1914 to the Cold War Little attention has been paid to the murky ultra-business of gathering intelligence among and forming estimates about friendly powers and friendly or allied military forces. How rarely have scholars troubled to discover when states entered into coalitions or alliances mainly and explicitly because their intelligence evaluation of the potential partner concluded that making the alliance was from the originator's national security interest the best game in town. The twentieth century has been chosen to enhance the coherence of and connections between the subject matter of this under-explored part of intelligence studies. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203044742

Knowing Your PlaceRural Identity and Cultural Hierarchy Knowing Your Place directs groundbreaking attention to the role of rural and urban places in identity construction. Written to redress the longstanding neglect and denigration of the rural this book argues that the cultural dominance of the city has been reinforced by postmodern theory's near fixation on the urban and the sophisticated. The essays explore rural identity in a number of cultures and situations and look at issues of contemporary interest. Topics covered include the uses of popular and high culture the explosion of high technology the social and economic impact of ecological policy the role of labor in the global marketplace museum curatorship and post-colonial politics. Throughout the essays address the many ways in which place identity alters and influences the experience of race class gender and ethnicity. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203379462

Knowledge What is it about knowledge that makes us value it more highly than mere true belief? This question lies at the heart of epistemology and has challenged philosophers ever since it was first posed by Plato. Michael Welbourne's examination of the historical and contemporary answers to this question provides both an excellent introduction to the development of epistemology but also a new theory of the nature of knowledge. The early chapters introduce the main themes and questions that have provided the context for modern discussions. The Platonic beginnings Cartesian individualism and the tripartite analyses of knowledge are examined in turn. In the second half of this book the focus shifts from conceptual analysis to an examination of the social practices surrounding knowledge placing special emphasis on the notion of testimony. The author argues originally and persuasively that our idea of knowledge has its roots in communicative practices and that thinking about how testimony works as a source of beliefs actually gives us a handle on the very idea of knowledge itself. This book will be essential reading for anyone interested in epistemology the philosophy of language or the intersection between the two areas. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315710723

Knowledge Class and EconomicsMarxism without Guarantees Knowledge Class and Economics: Marxism without Guarantees surveys the "Amherst School" of non-determinist Marxist political economy 40 years on: its core concepts intellectual origins diverse pathways and enduring tensions. The volume’s 30 original essays reflect the range of perspectives and projects that comprise the Amherst School—the interdisciplinary community of scholars that has enriched and extended while never ceasing to interrogate and recast the anti-economistic Marxism first formulated in the mid-1970s by Stephen Resnick Richard Wolff and their economics Ph.D. students at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. The title captures the defining ideas of the Amherst School: an open-system framework that presupposes the complexity and contingency of social-historical events and the parallel "overdetermination" of the relationship between subjects and objects of inquiry along with a novel conception of class as a process of performing appropriating and distributing surplus labor. In a collection of 30 original essays chapters confront readers with the core concepts of overdetermination and class in the context of economic theory postcolonial theory cultural studies continental philosophy economic geography economic anthropology psychoanalysis and literary theory/studies. Though Resnick and Wolff’s writings serve as a focal point for this collection their works are ultimately decentered—contested historicized reformulated. The topics explored will be of interest to proponents and critics of the post-structuralist/postmodern turn in Marxian theory and to students of economics as social theory across the disciplines (economics geography postcolonial studies cultural studies anthropology sociology political theory philosophy and literary studies among others). Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138634480

Knowledge Content Curriculum and DidaktikBeyond Social Realism Bringing to bear a wealth of literature from curriculum theory Didaktik philosophy of education and teacher education this book broadens and enriches the conversation initiated by Michael Young and his colleagues on 'bringing knowledge back in' (Young 2007). Knowledge Content Curriculum and Didaktik is distinctive in providing a comprehensive and multifaceted analysis of the role of knowledge and in particular curriculum content in relation to curriculum policy curriculum planning and classroom teaching. It makes a case for linking knowledge and content to the development of human powers or capabilities needed for the 21st century and unpacks the challenges for curriculum policy curriculum planning and classroom teaching. The book discusses among other issues: Educational aims and theories of knowledge School subjects and academic disciplines: differences and relationships School subjects and theories of content Understanding the content for teaching The book will be relevant for scholars researchers policy makers and curriculum developers who seek a more sophisticated more balanced and philosophically better grounded understanding of the role of knowledge and content in education and curriculum. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815360193

Knowledge Control and Critical Thinking in SingaporeState ideology and the politics of pedagogic recontextualization This book examines how critical thinking is regulated in Singapore through the process of what the influential sociologist of education Basil Bernstein termed "pedagogic recontextualization". The ability of critical thinking to speak to alternative possibilities and individual autonomy as well as its assumptions of a liberal arrangement of society is problematized in Singapore’s socio-political climate. By examining how such curricular discourses are taken up and enacted in the classrooms of two schools that cater to very different groups in society the book foregrounds the role of traditional high-status knowledge in the elaboration of class formation and develops a critical understanding of post-developmental state initiatives linked to the parable of modernization in Singapore. Knowledge Control and Critical Thinking in Singapore offers chapters on:• Critical Thinking and the Singapore State: Meritocracy Illiberalism and Neoliberalism • Sacred Knowledge and Elite Dispositions: Recontextualizing Critical Thinking in an Elite School• Power Knowledge and Symbolic Control: Official Pedagogic Identities and the Politics of Recontextualization This book will appeal to scholars in comparative education studies curriculum studies and education reform. It will also interest scholars engaged in Asian studies who are struggling to understand issues of education policy formation and implementation particularly in the areas of critical thinking and other knowledge skills. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138575899

Knowledge Curriculum and EquitySocial Realist Perspectives In 2008 the first in a series of symposia established a ‘social realist’ case for ‘knowledge’ as an alternative to the relativist tendencies of the constructivist post-structuralist and postmodernist approaches dominant in the sociology of education. The second symposium focused on curriculum and the development of a theoretical language grounded in social realism to talk about issues of knowledge and curriculum. Finally the third symposium brought together researchers in a broad range of contexts to build on these ideas and arguments and with a concerted empirical focus bring these social realist ideas and arguments into conversation with data.Knowledge Curriculum and Equity: Social Realist Perspectives contains the work of the third symposium where the strengths and gaps in the social realist approach are identified and where there is critical recognition of the need to incrementally extend the theories through empirical study. Fundamentally the problem that social realism is seeking to address is about understanding the social conditions of knowledge production and exchange as well as its structuring in the curriculum and in pedagogy. The central concern is with the on-going social reproduction of inequality through schooling and exploring whether and how foregrounding specialised knowledge and its access holds the possibility for interrupting it. This book consists of 13 chapters by different authors working in Oceania Asia Europe Africa and North America. From very different vantage points the authors focus their theoretical and empirical sights on the assumptions about knowledge that underpin educational processes and the pursuit of more equitable schooling for all. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367594879

Knowledge Education and Cultural ChangePapers in the Sociology of Education Originally published in 1973 Knowledge Education and Cultural Change surveys the present state of the field of the sociology of education. The book addresses the claim that much of the research in the sociology of education should be extended to issues of wider theoretical significance the book provides theoretically informed analysis of situations or processes developing new theoretical perspectives and concepts. The papers also reflect the appropriate theoretical framework for the sociology of education. Underpinning this framework it looks at the importance of social stratification arguing that too much work in the sociology of education is carried out using oversimplified models. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138497689

Knowledge Expertise and the Professions It has long been recognised that specialised knowledge is at the core of what distinguishes professions from other occupations. The privileged status of professions in most countries however together with their claims to autonomy and access to specialised knowledge is being increasingly challenged both by market pressures and by new instruments of accountability and regulation. Established and emerging professions are increasingly seen as either the solution or as sources of conservatism and resistance to change in western economies and recent developments in professional education draw on a competence model which emphasises what newly qualified members of a profession ‘can do’ rather than what ‘they know’. This book applies the disciplines of the sociology of knowledge and epistemology to the question of professional knowledge. What is this knowledge? It goes beyond traditional debates between ‘knowing how’ and ’knowing that’ and ‘theory’ and ‘practice’. The chapters cover a wide range of issues from discussions of the threats to the knowledge base of established professions including engineers and architects to the fraught situations faced by occupations whose fragile knowledge base and professional status is increasingly challenged by new forms of control. While recognising that graduates seeking employment as members of a profession need to show their capabilities the book argues for reversing the trend that blurs or collapses the skill/knowledge distinction. If professions are to have a future then specialised knowledge is going to be more important than ever before. Knowledge Expertise and the Professions will be key reading for students researchers and academics in the fields of professional expertise further education higher education the sociology of education and the sociology of the professions. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415713917

Knowledge Groupware and the Internet Knowledge Groupware and the Internet details the convergence of modern knowledge management theory and emerging computer technologies and discusses how they collectively enable business change and enhance an organization's ability to create and share knowledge. This compendium of authoritative articles explains the relationship between knowledge management and two major technologies enabling it: Groupware and the Internet. These critical technologies help an organization evolve from individual to group knowledge quickly make tacit knowledge explicit and enable people to use and apply this knowledge. Knowledge Groupware and the Internet helps readers understand how to unite the people and technologies that define effective knowledge management. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138435148

Knowledge Ideology & Discourse (Routledge Revivals)A Sociological Perspective This student textbook originally published in 1991 tackles the traditional problems of the sociology of knowledge from a new perspective. Drawing on recent developments in social theory Tim Dant explores crucial questions such as the roles of power and knowledge the status of rational knowledge and the empirical analysis of knowledge. He argues that from a sociological perspective knowledge ideology and discourse are different aspects of the same phenomenon and reasserts the central thesis of the sociology - that knowledge is socially determined. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415615822

Knowledge Ideology and the Politics of SchoolingTowards a Marxist analysis of education First published in 1980 this book argues that a theory of ideology is essential to a theory of education. It relates developments in the Marxist theory of ideology to the analysis of schooling in a capitalist society. Beginning with an appraisal of the early twentieth century liberal social theorists including Weber Durkheim Veblen and Mannheim it demonstrates that the weakness of their approaches arose from a failure to comprehend adequately the nature of capitalism. It then outlines the state of the theory of ideology at the time and applies the concept in an analysis of contemporary schooling concluding with a discussion of its political implications. The application of the theory of ideology offers important possibilities for a radical socialist strategy on education. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138629509

Knowledge Industry and EnvironmentInstitutions and Innovation in Territorial Perspective This title was first published in 2002. Bringing together a wide range of theoretical and empirical case studies from Canada New Zealand South Korea Turkey China Germany Spain Sweden Poland South Africa Japan The Netherlands and the United Kingdom this book addresses these neglected issues in particular contemplating the vitally important nexus between industry environment and the knowledge economy.Throughout the book four key themes and issues are explored: institution building strategies; agglomeration as territorial context; sustainable industrial-environmental processes and policy initiatives; globalization learning and industrial location dynamics. The book concludes with an outline of future research directions within the paradigm. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138727472

Knowledge Innovation and InternationalisationEssays in Honour of Cesare Imbriani As firms increasingly rely on knowledge as a key factor for innovation the ability to innovate is increasingly perceived as a key asset for being competitive in international markets. This new volume argues that innovation knowledge and internationalisation should be viewed as tightly related concepts. It provides a stimulating and comprehensive framework for understanding key tendencies in modern economics as well as an overview of the state of the art in the three fields covered. The first section explores in detail the relationship between knowledge and the innovative capability of firms focussing on key topics such as social capital intentional knowledge diffusion and unintentional knowledge spillovers. Section two examines the drivers and the impact of innovation strategies assessing the role of technological advantage networking and R & D investments in innovation as well as the impact on innovation on the labour market. The third and final section examines the ongoing internationalisation process faced by ‘global’ economies. The topics explored in each section are tightly linked ensuring that a strong thematic thread runs through the collection. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138906099

Knowledge Networks and PolicyRegional Studies in Postwar Britain and Beyond ‘The region’ has been used to understand and propose solutions to phenomena and problems outside the dominant spatial scale of the twentieth century – the nation state. Its influence can be seen in multiple social science disciplines and in public policy across the globe. But how was this knowledge organised and how were its concepts transmuted into public policy? This book charts the development of the academic field of Regional Studies and the application of its concepts in public policy through its learned society the Regional Studies Association. In their modern form learned societies often play a complementary role to universities offering networks that operate in the spaces between and beyond universities connecting specialised academics and knowledge and making it possible for them to have impact outside the academy. In contrast to the geographically tangible and popularly understood role of the university contemporary learned societies are nebulous networks that transcend barriers and whose contribution is difficult to discern. However the production and dissemination of knowledge would be stunted were it not for the learned society connecting scholars through a network of publications and events. This book traces the intellectual history of regional studies and regional science from the 1960s into the 2000s and the impact of the regional concept in public policy through the changing priorities of government in the UK and Europe. By approaching the history through the Regional Studies Association it interrogates the role and function of the ‘learned society’ model of organisation in contemporary academia and importance as a knowledge exchange vehicle for public policy influence. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138339644

Knowledge Pedagogy and SocietyInternational Perspectives on Basil Bernstein's Sociology of Education Over the course of the late-twentieth century Basil Bernstein pioneered an original approach to educational phenomena taking seriously questions regarding the transmission distribution and transformation of knowledge as no other before had done. Arguing tirelessly for change more than any other British sociologist it is Bernstein who presents to us education as a social right and not as a privilege. It is this objective today that makes his work so important. Knowledge Pedagogy and Society seeks to clarify the broad brushstrokes of his theories developed over the span of more than forty years by collecting together scholars from every corner of the globe; specialists in education sociology and epistemology to test and examine Bernstein’s work against the backdrop of their own research. From teaching content and the social cognitive and linguistic aspects of education to changes in the political climate in the early twenty-first century this collection represents an open dialogue with Bernstein’s work using a forward-looking and dynamic approach. Originally published in French with the explicit aim of locating Basil Bernstein’s theories alongside those of Pierre Bourdieu one of the most important European sociologists the French editors draw together a collection that offers a diverse background and perspective on Bernstein’s work and thought. Revised to include a new preface a new introduction and revisited papers the English edition will be a relevant resource for anyone interested in Bernstein his reception and importance as well as individuals working in the sociology of education theory of education and education policy. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415500579

Knowledge Power and EducationThe Selected Works of Michael W. Apple For more than three decades Michael W. Apple has sought to uncover and articulate the connections among knowledge teaching and power in education. His germinal was a watershed title in critical education studies and has remained in print since its publication in 1979. The more than two dozen books and hundreds of papers articles and chapters published since have likewise all contributed to a greater understanding of the relationship between and among the economy political and cultural power in society on the one hand "and the ways in which education is thought about organized and evaluated" on the other In this collection Apple brings together 13 of his key writings in one place providing an overview not just of his own career but of the larger development of the field. A new introduction re- examines the scope of his work and his earlier arguments and reflects on what remains to be done for those committed to critical education. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415529006

Knowledge Power and Participation in Environmental Policy Analysis This volume probes practical dilemmas and competing re- search perspectives in environmental policy analysis. Scholars working in different fields research traditions societies and policy domains offer significant insights into the processes and consequences of environmental policy making.Part 1 "Coping with Boundaries " describes present-day conflict between experts and greater public participation in environmental policy. It shows that the institutionalization of increasingly complex environmental problems has led to a conflict between technocracy and democracy. Part 2 "The Transnational Challenge " examines modes of cooperation between grassroots movements scientists and regional authorities in the United States and Canada. These and other modes of cooperation laid the foundations for the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement increased the effectiveness of air pollution treaties and increased climate change. Part 3 "Bio-Hazards: Policies and Paralysis " deals with environmental prob-lems closest to the everyday concerns of the public at large because they have immediate implications for food safety and other values. Part 4 "The Citizens' Perspective " focuses on citizen vis-a-vis environmental policy noting that in order to make policies work citizens must be willing and able to participate in policy-making and cooperate in implementing environmental choices. Part 5 "Confronting Ordinary and Expert Knowledge " explores opportunities and constraints affecting public participation in evaluation of science. Part 6 "Developments in Research Programming " addresses such questions as whether scientists still have opportunities to do the research they want without being interrupted or disturbed by policy makers and other stakeholders. Part 7 "Policy Sciences' Aspirations " explores different avenues for improving environmental policy.Volume twelve in the PSRA series should inspire further investigations of the relations among knowledge power and participation in environmental policy. It will be of timely interest to environmentalists policy-makers scholars and the general public. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138511446

Knowledge Service Tourism & HospitalityProceedings of the Annual International Conference on Management and Technology in Knowledge Servi This proceedings volume contains papers presented at the 2015 International Conference on Management and Technology in Knowledge Service Tourism & Hospitality (SERVE 2015) covering a wide range of topics in the fields of knowledge and service management web intelligence tourism and hospitality. This overview of current state of affairs and anticipated developments will be of interest to researchers entrepreneurs and students alike. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138029200

Knowledge Skills and Competence in the European Labour MarketWhat’s in a Vocational Qualification? For the free movement of labour across the European Union establishing transparency and comparability of qualifications across member states is vital. This book examines how qualifications knowledge skills and competences are understood in different national contexts and trans-nationally and reveals a complex picture of differences and similarities both within and between countries. Against the background of EU policy initiatives and in particular the European Qualifications Framework an important focus is on the prospects and difficulties of establishing cross-national recognition of qualifications. Drawing on case studies of particular sectors and occupations in England France Germany and the Netherlands this insightful book written by leading academics in the field will be a vital resource for students and researchers involved with vocational education and training continuing professional development human resource management and European Union policy. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415556910

Knowledge Technology and Law The relationships between knowledge technologies and legal processes are central to the constitution of contemporary societies. As such they have come to provide the focus for a range of academic projects across interdisciplinary legal studies and the social sciences. The domains of medical law and ethics intellectual property law environmental law and criminal law are just some of those within which the pervasive place and ‘impact’ of technoscience is immediately apparent. At the same time social scientists investigating the making of technology and expertise - in particular scholars working within the tradition of science and technology studies - frequently interrogate how regulation and legal processes and the making of knowledge and technologies are intermingled in complex ways that come to shape and define each other. This book charts the important interface between studies of law science and society as explored from the perspectives of socio-legal studies and the increasingly influential field of science and technology studies. It brings together scholars from both areas to interrogate the joint roles of law and science in the construction and stabilization of socio-technical networks objects and standards as well as their place in the production of contemporary social realities and subjectivities. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138665354

Knowledge Values and Educational PolicyA Critical Perspective Knowledge Values and Educational Policy focuses on what schools are for and what should be taught in them how learning is possible across boundaries and issues of diversity and equity. Policies and practices relating to schools are also considered. Within this volume internationally renowned contributors address a number of fundamental questions designed to take the reader to the heart of current debates around curriculum knowledge transfer equity and social justice and system reform such as: What are schools and what are they for? What knowledge should schools teach? How are learners different from each other and how are groups of learners different from one another in terms of social class gender ethnicity and disability? What influence does educational policy have on improving schools? What influence does research have on our understanding of education and schooling? To encourage reflection many of the chapters also include questions for debate and a guide to further reading. Read alongside its companion volume Educational Theories Cultures and Learning readers will be encouraged to consider and think about on some of the key issues facing education and educationists today. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415686525

Knowledge Virtue and ActionPutting Epistemic Virtues to Work This volume brings together recent work by leading and up-and-coming philosophers on the topic of virtue epistemology. The prospects of virtue-theoretic analyses of knowledge depend crucially on our ability to give some independent account of what epistemic virtues are and what they are for. The contributions here ask how epistemic virtues matter apart from any narrow concern with defining knowledge; they show how epistemic virtues figure in accounts of various aspects of our lives with a special emphasis on our practical lives. In essence the essays here put epistemic virtues to work. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138923508

Knowledge & DiscourseTowards an Ecology of Language Knowledge and Discourse presents an ecological approach to the study of discourse in social academic and professional practices. It brings together distinguished scholars from diverse cultures - India China Australia Canada among others - and disciplines - linguistics anthropology sociology philosophy. The chapters collectively illustrate the ecological approach by exploring how language makes connections between subjective experiences as people construct meaning and action.This book offers the reader a holistic interdisciplinary approach to the study of language as discourse questioning traditional views of disciplinary knowledge and the role of discourse in the pursuit construction and compartmentalisation of such knowledge. Through the variety of disciplines experiences and approaches the contributors show how the world and word are contingent on each other. The notions of connectivity contingency and change are themes that run through the book and in the interweaving of these themes readers will find persuasive illustrations of an ecological approach to applied linguistics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138155565

Knowledge & Power in the Global EconomyThe Effects of School Reform in a Neoliberal/Neoconservative Age Advancing a three-fold political agenda this volume: * illuminates how the meanings assigned to a whole vocabulary of words and phrases frequently used to discuss the role and reform of U.S. public schools reflect an essentially economic view of the world; * contends that education or educational reform conducted under an economized worldview will only intensify the effects of the colonial relations of political and economic domination that it breeds at home and abroad; and * offers a set of alternative concepts and meanings for reformulating the role of U.S. public schools and for considering the implications of such a reformulation more generally for the underlying premises of all human relationships and activities. Toward these ends the authors in Part I critically examine many of the most commonly used terms within the rhetoric of educational reform since the early 1980s and before. Part II links today's economized worldview to curricular and instructional issues. These essays are especially important for comprehending how the organization of school curriculum privileges those disciplines deemed most central to market expansion--math and science--and how the political centrality of the economic sphere influences the nature of the knowledge presented in specific content areas. Given that language constrains as well as advances human thought the twin tasks of de-economizing education and decolonizing society will require a vocabulary that transcends the familiar terminologies addressed in Parts I and II. The entries in Part III cultivate the beginnings of such a vocabulary as the authors elucidate innovative concepts which they view as central to the creation of truly alternative educational visions and practices. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315092171

Knowledge and Acknowledgement in the Politics of Memory of the Armenian Genocide Is the Armenian Genocide a strictly historical matter? If that is the case why is it still a topical issue capable of causing diplomatic rows and heated debates? The short answer would be that the century old Armenian Genocide is much more than a historical question. It emerged as a political dilemma on the international arena at the San Stefano peace conference in 1878 and has remained as such into our days. The disparity between knowledge and acknowledgement mainly ascribable to Turkey’s official denial of the genocide has only heightened the politicization of the Armenian question. Thus the memories of the WWI era refuse to be relegated to the pages of history but are rather perceived as a vivid presence. This is the result of the perpetual process of politics of memory. The politics of memory is an intricate and interdisciplinary negotiation engaging many different actors in the society who have access to a wide range of resources and measures in order to achieve their goals. By following the Armenian question during the past century up to its Centennial Commemoration in 2015 this study aims to explain why and how the politics of memory of the Armenian Genocide has kept it as a topical issue in our days. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367584580

Knowledge and Beauty in Classical IslamAn Aesthetic Reading of the Muqaddima by Ibn Khaldūn This volume offers an aesthetic reading of the Muqaddima by Ibn Khaldūn (d. 1406) a text that has been studied up to the present as a work on historiography. It argues that the Muqaddima is also a comprehensive treatise on classical Arab-Islamic culture and provides a picture of classical Arab-Islamic aesthetics in its totality. The theme of the book is the intrinsic connection between beauty and knowledge in the Muqaddima. Whenever Ibn Khaldūn deals with the problem of knowledge and science he also deals with the problem of sensual beauty as an instrument or an obstacle to attain it. Ibn Khaldūn’s philosophy of history is necessarily also an aesthetics of history. His key-notion of “group feeling” the physical ethic and aesthetic virtue of Bedouin societies is at once the origin of the ascent of centralised States and the cause of their ruin. It represents a tragic contradiction that applies to the history of the Maghreb but then takes a universal value. It reflects a range of other contradictions inherent to the "system" of classical Arab-Islamic aesthetics. These contradictions undermine the aesthetic system of the Muqaddima from within and provide decisive elements for the emergence of modern aesthetics. Offering a comparative approach the volume is a key resource to scholars and students interested in Arabic and Islamic studies philosophy aesthetics and global history. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367898984

Knowledge and Belief Knowledge from Plato onwards has been considered in relation to justified belief. Current debate has centred around the nature of the justification and whether justified belief can be considered an internal or extenal matter. Epistemological internalists argue that the subject must be able to reflect upon a belief to complete the process of justification. The externalists on the other hand claim that it is only necessary to consider whether the belief is reliably formed and argue that the ability to know by reflection is not required for a justified belief. In the historical section of this book the three most important epistemologists Plato Descartes and Hume as well as the ancient epistemologies of the stoics Academics and Pyrhonians are considered. In reconsidering the history of epistemology the author is led to argue against hte view that internalism is historically dominant. His critique of internalism is then developed into a sustained argument against many of its forms and he goes onto defend an externalist reliabilist epistemology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415861991

Knowledge and Belief in PoliticsThe Problem of Ideology First published in 1973. Few concepts in the modern age have created more controversy in the discussion of social moral and political issues than that of ideology. Ever since the term was coined by Destutt de Tracy to refer to a scientific study of the origin of ideas its meaning has undergone a series of mutation until we have reached the stage where ideology can now be used to refer to almost any organized body of beliefs. Amidst these changes in the meaning of the term certain common preoccupations are detectable and certain fundamental problems remain. Is human reason capable of comprehending reality 'as it is'? Or is its approach necessarily influenced by the thinker's values personal or class interests and personal or social prejudices? Is human reason a culturally neutral instrument or a socially acquired capacity that is unconsciously shaped by a particular historical age or society or class? There are fundamental problems too concerning the internal structure and rationale of specific ideologies such as conservatism pluralism and apartheid. This title will be of great interest to students of philosophy and politics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367245955

Knowledge and Character bound with The Modern Teacher(RLE Edu K) Written before but published after The First World War this volume’s plea for a national system of education which will produce a nation of prosperous morally fulfilled people able to live at peace with other nations is doubly poignant given the sacrifice of the ‘lost generation’. However the author also sees the horror of the War as an opportunity to change human destiny through education an opportunity to abandon the narrow system of education in favour of one which will ‘bring education in touch with life’ and provide Britain with the intellectual and moral efficiency necessary to steer her through the following turbulent years of the twentieth century. Covering the core subjects of the English school curriculum in the early twentieth century the chapters in The Modern Teacher  if somewhat utopian describe best practice in teaching of the particular subject and suggest possible improvements. One chapter also discusses the importance of the relatively new subject of citizenship as well as the moral education of pupils. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415751209

Knowledge And Civilization Knowledge and Civilization advances detailed criticism of philosophy's usual approach to knowledge and describes a redirection away from textbook problems of epistemology toward an ecological philosophy of technology and civilization. Rejecting theories that confine knowledge to language or discourse Allen situates knowledge in the greater field Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367316501

Knowledge and Cognition First Published in 1974. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > E-books Psychology Press 9780203781579

Knowledge and Communities Knowledge and Communities is the first book dedicated to a major new knowledge management topic. "Communities of Practice" are cross-organizational groups of people sharing knowledge solving common problems and exchanging insights and frustrations. Knowledge and Communities a collection of authoritative articles describes the dynamics of these groups and explains how they enable organizational knowledge to be creating shared and applied. The book teaches how organizations can empower both traditional and on-line communities and make them a cornerstone of a general knowledge management strategy. Readers will learn how communities can help unify an organization and its external stakeholders such as customers and suppliers and how they can critically support an e-commerce strategy. Knowledge and Communities will help readers understand a primary vehicle for building an organization's social capital and competitive advantage. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138435124

Knowledge and DemocracyA 21st Century Perspective The relationship of knowledge and liberties in modern societies presents a multitude of fascinating issues that deserve to be explored more systematically. The production of knowledge is dynamic and the conditions and practice of freedom is undergoing transformation. These changes ensure that the linkages between liberty and knowledge are always subject to changes. In the past the connection between scientific knowledge democracy and emancipation seemed self-evident. More recently the close linkage between democracy and knowledge has been viewed with skepticism.This volume explores the relationship between knowledge and democracy Do they support each other do they mutually depend on each other or are they perhaps even in conflict with each other? Does knowledge increase the freedom to act? If additional knowledge contributes to individual and social well being does it also enhance freedoms? Knowledge and Democracy focuses on the interpenetration of knowledge freedom and democracy and does so from various perspectives theoretical as well as practical.Modern societies are transforming themselves into knowledge societies. This has a fundamental impact on political systems and the relationship of citizens to large social institutions. The contributors to this book systemically explore whether and in what ways these modern-day changes and developments are connected to expansion of the capacities of individual citizens to act. They focus on the interrelation of democracy and knowledge and the role of democratic institutions as well as on the knowledge and social conduct of actors within democratic institutions. In the process of investigation they arrive at a new platform for future research and theory one that is sensitive to present-day societal conflicts cleavages and transformations generated by new knowledge. In this way this volume will attract the interest of political scientists sociologists economists and students within various disciplines. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138511439

Knowledge and Discernment in the Early Modern Arts In early modern Europe discernment emerged as a key notion at the intersection of various domains in both learned and artisanal cultures. Often used synonymously with judgment ingenuity and taste discernment defined the ability to perceive and understand the secrets of nature and art and became explicitly connected with a kind of knowledge available only to experts in the respective fields. With contributions by historians of art and historians of science and with geographic coverage focusing on the Low Countries and their multiple connections to different parts of the world this volume reframes recent scholarship on what the editors term ’cultures of knowledge and discernment’ in the early modern period. The collection is innovative in its focus on investigating types of knowledge linked to what was then called the ’science’ (scientia) of art to artistic expertise and connoisseurship and to ’secrets of art and nature.’ Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367334079

Knowledge and Ethics in AnthropologyObligations and Requirements Inspired by the work of world-renowned anthropologist Marilyn Strathern this collection of essays features contributions from a range of internationally recognized scholars – including Strathern herself – which examine a range of methodologies and approaches to the anthropology of knowledge.The book investigates the production of knowledge through a variety of themes centered on the question of the researcher’s obligations and the requirements of knowledge. These range from the obligation to connect with local culture and existing anthropological knowledge to the need to draw conclusions and circulate what has been learned. Taking up themes that are relevant for anthropology as a whole – particularly the topic of knowledge and the ethics of knowing others as well as the notion of the local in a global world – Knowledge and Ethics in Anthropology is key reading for students and scholars alike. A thorough introduction to the key concepts and terms used in Strathern’s work is provided making this a fantastic resource for anyone encountering her work for the first time. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780857855442

Knowledge and Expertise in International InterventionsThe Politics of Facts Truth and Authenticity Knowledge about violent conflict and international intervention is political. It involves power struggles over the objects of knowing (problematization/silencing) how they are known (epistemic practices) and what interpretations are taken into account in policymaking and implementation. This book unearths the politics power and performances involved in the social construction of seemingly neutral concepts such as facts truth and authenticity in knowing about violent conflict and international intervention. Contributors foreground problems of physical and social access to information explore practices generating knowledge actors’ authority and legitimacy and analyse struggles over competing policy narratives. A first set of chapters focuses on the social construction of facts truth and authenticity through studies of militia research in the DR Congo politicians’ on-site visits in intervention theatres in the Balkans and Afghanistan and the epistemic practices of Human Rights Watch and comics journalism. A second set of contributions analyses the strategic side of knowledge through case studies of diplomatic counterinsurgency in Bosnia and Herzegovina African governments’ active role in the ‘bunkerization’ of international aid workers and authoritarian peacebuilding as a challenge to the liberal power/knowledge regime in world politics.This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367892821

Knowledge and IdentityConcepts and Applications in Bernstein's Sociology What in the digital era is knowledge? Who has knowledge and whose knowledge has value? Postmodernism has introduced a relativist flavour into educational research such that big questions about the purposes of education have tended to be eclipsed by minutiae. Changes in economic and financial markets induce a sense that we are also experiencing an intellectual credit crunch. Societies can no longer afford to think about the role of education merely in relation to national markets and national citizenry. There is growing recognition that once again we need big thinking using big theoretical ideas in working on local problems of employability sustainability and citizenship. Drawing on aspects of Bernstein’s work that have attracted an international following for many years the international contributors to this book raise questions about knowledge production and subjectivity in times dominated by market forces privatisation and new forms of state regulation. The book is divided into three sections: Part one extends Bernstein’s sociology of knowledge by revitalizing fundamental questions such as: what is knowledge how is it produced and what are its functions within education and society in late modernity? It demonstrates that big theory like big science provides immense resources for thinking ourselves out of crisis because in contradistinction to micro theory we are able to contemplate global transformations in ways which otherwise would remain unthinkable. Part two considers the new hybrid forms of knowledge that are emerging in the gap opened up between economic markets and academic institutions across a range of countries. Bernstein said in the 1970s that schools cannot compensate for society but we might now ask: can universities compensate for the economy? Part three adds new conceptual tools to the understanding of subjectivity within Bernstein's sociology of knowledge and elaborates conceptual developments about pedagogic regulation consciousness and embodiment. This book will appeal to sociologists educationists and higher educators internationally and to students on sociology of education curriculum and policy studies courses. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138974050

Knowledge and Innovation in Business and IndustryThe Importance of Using Others Provocative and reflective this volume on the notion of knowledge and innovation in the business industry provides readers with a holistic approach to the subject of ‘knowledge’. Structuring their arguments around four case studies of innovation within four entirely different contexts Håkansson and Waluszewski invite the business-minded reader to consider the costs of adopting new knowledge and innovation within a business setting. This book: questions the long-held assumption that new knowledge and innovation are universally advantageous follows the tremor of an innovation as new knowledge reverberates through or is dampened by the larger economic community - including cultural structures the industrial standards and the foundational assumptions that rule a particular economic domain focuses in particular on the interfaces where the innovative agent connects to its customers suppliers and competitors. An ideal reference source for postgraduate students taking advanced courses in science and technology studies innovation management industrial marketing and purchasing technological development and innovation systems. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415541572

Knowledge and Innovation in Regional IndustryAn Entrepreneurial Coalition This superb new book develops a knowledge-based theory of innovation marrying three streams of literature: innovation inter-firm collaboration and networks and learning regions. This book will interest all those working in economic geography and the economics of innovation. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138810990

Knowledge and InnovationA Comparative Study of the USA the UK and Japan This new book presents case studies from the US the UK and Japan. Packed full of vignettes from cases studies and subscribing to a socio-cultural approach rather than the often tacit assumption that knowledge and ‘technology transfer’ is a logistical problem this excellent volume illuminates the often misunderstood process of knowledge transfer. Arguing that partnership between public and private sector organizations can take many forms some of which are very complicated Brown shows that 'partnership' should not be prescribed as a panacea for the delivery of complex policy in education health and economic regeneration. Instead policy makers need to adopt a much more subtle and sophisticated concept of multi-agency partnership that acknowledges the time and effort needed to build trust and new shared practices. Taking issue with weak theories of change endemic in some policies and emphasizing the process of knowledge creation and the significance of consequent changes in the dynamics of human relations Brown conceptualizes innovation as collaboration between diverse organizations and individuals the result of which is organizational learning. This book will be of great interest to students and researchers interested in policy studies business and management and education as well as policy makers engaged with communities of practice theory.   Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415541589

Knowledge and InteractionA Synthetic Agenda for the Learning Sciences Decades of research in the cognitive and learning sciences have led to a growing recognition of the incredibly multi-faceted nature of human knowing and learning. Up to now this multifaceted nature has been visible mostly in distinct and often competing communities of researchers. From a purely scientific perspective "siloed" science—where different traditions refuse to speak with one another or merely ignore one another—is unacceptable. This ambitious volume attempts to kick-start a serious new line of work that merges or properly articulates different traditions with their divergent historical theoretical and methodological commitments that nonetheless both focus on the highly detailed analysis of processes of knowing and learning as they unfold in interactional contexts in real time. Knowledge and Interaction puts two traditions in dialogue with one another: Knowledge Analysis (KA) which draws on intellectual roots in developmental psychology and cognitive modeling and focuses on the nature and form of individual knowledge systems and Interaction Analysis (IA) which has been prominent in approaches that seek to understand and explain learning as a sequence of real-time moves by individuals as they interact with interlocutors learning environments and the world around them. The volume’s four-part organization opens up space for both substantive contributions on areas of conceptual and empirical work as well as opportunities for reflection integration and coordination. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138998292

Knowledge and KnowersTowards a realist sociology of education We live in ‘knowledge societies’ and work in ‘knowledge economies’ but accounts of social change treat knowledge as homogeneous and neutral. While knowledge should be central to educational research it focuses on processes of knowing and condemns studies of knowledge as essentialist. This book unfolds a sophisticated theoretical framework for analysing knowledge practices: Legitimation Code Theory or ‘LCT’. By extending and integrating the influential approaches of Pierre Bourdieu and Basil Bernstein LCT offers a practical means for overcoming knowledge-blindness without succumbing to essentialism or relativism. Through detailed studies of pressing issues in education the book sets out the multi-dimensional conceptual toolkit of LCT and shows how it can be used in research. Chapters introduce concepts by exploring topics across the disciplinary and institutional maps of education: -how to enable cumulative learning at school and university-the unfounded popularity of ‘student-centred learning’ and constructivism -the rise and demise of British cultural studies in higher education-the positive role of canons -proclaimed ‘revolutions’ in social science -the ‘two cultures’ debate between science and humanities-how to build cumulative knowledge in research-the unpopularity of school Music-how current debates in economics and physics are creating major schisms in those fields. LCT is a rapidly growing approach to the study of education knowledge and practice and this landmark book is the first to systematically set out key aspects of this theory. It offers an explanatory framework for empirical research applicable to a wide range of practices and social fields and will be essential reading for all serious students and scholars of education and sociology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138903050

Knowledge and Memory: the Real StoryAdvances in Social Cognition Volume VIII Narrative forms of mental representation and their influence on comprehension communication and judgment have rapidly become one of the main foci of research and theory in not only psychology but also other disciplines including linguistics sociology and anthropology. No one has been more responsible for the awakening of interest in this area than Roger Schank and Bob Abelson. In their target article they argue that narrative forms of mental representation or "stories " are the basic ingredients of social knowledge that play a fundamental role in the comprehension of information conveyed in a social context the storage of this information in memory and the later communication of it to others. After explicating the cognitive processes that underlie the construction of narratives and their use in comprehension memory and communication the chapter authors consider the influence of stories on a number of more specific phenomena including political judgment marital relations and memory distortions that underlie errors in eyewitness testimony. The provocativeness of the target chapter is matched by that of the companion articles each of which not only provides an important commentary on Schank and Abelson's conceptualization but also makes an important contribution to knowledge in its own right. The diversity of perspectives reflected in these articles whose authors include researchers in linguistics memory and comprehension social inference cognitive development social judgment close relationships and social ecology testifies to the breadth of theoretical and empirical issues to which the target chapter is potentially relevant. This volume is a timely and important contribution to research and theory not only in social cognition but in many other areas as well. Media > Books > E-books Psychology Press 9781315806594

Knowledge and NetworkingOn Communication in the Social Sciences Success and career growth in academic life depend upon reaching and influencing the widest audience possible. To do so scientists strive to develop personalized trust. They do so by establishing connections through networking and also through the strength of their arguments and the validity and reliability of their research. To secure increasingly rare tenure positions and achieve salary increases promotions and recognition scholars place themselves on a continuum of priorities ranging from total emphasis on networking to complete focus on advancing knowledge. The best solution Oleinik argues is to find some middle ground between the two extremes.When scholars prioritize networking he argues science reproduces features of a "small world " in which personal connections prevail and who knows whom matters more than who knows what. In this scenario one's status derives more from affiliation with a specific group of scholars or a particular university than from advancing knowledge. Acknowledging that it would be a mistake to consider networking the main source of evils in social science Oleinik instead criticizes the decisions scholars make to focus on networking instead of struggling to find that middle ground between networking and advancing knowledge and managing conflicts between these priorities.The fierce competition for increasingly scarce research funds and the difficulty of finding jobs in academia underlines the growing importance of the career choices made by an academic. Though Oleinik focuses particularly on the social sciences his ideas are just as relevant to other disciplinary areas. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781412864077

Knowledge and PoliticsThe Sociology of Knowledge Dispute Karl Mannheim’s Ideology and Utopia has been a profoundly provocative book. The debate about politics and social knowledge that was spawned by its original publication in 1929 attracted the most promising younger scholars some of whom shaped the thought of several generations. The book became a focus for a debate on the methodological and epistemological problems confronting German social science. More than thirty major papers were published in response to Mannheim’s text. Writers such as Hannah Arendt Ernst Robert Curtius Max Horkheimer Herbert Marcuse Helmuth Plessner Hans Speier and Paul Tillich were among the contributors. Their positions varied from seeing in the sociology of knowledge a sophisticated reformulation of the materialist conception of history to linking its popularity to a betrayal of Marxism. The English publication in 1936 defined formative issues for two generations of sociological self-reflection. Knowledge and Politics provides an introduction to the dispute and reproduces the leading contributions. It sheds new light on one of the greatest controversies that have marked German social science in the past hundred years. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138992924

Knowledge and Postmodernism in Historical Perspective This comprehensive reader chronicles the western engagement with the nature of knowledge during the past four centuries while providing the historical context for the postmodernist thought of Jacques Derrida Michel Foucault Richard Rorty and Hayden White and the challenges their ideas have posed to our conventional ways of thinking writing and knowing. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315022086

Knowledge and Power in Collaborative ResearchA Reflexive Approach Collaborative research embraces a multiplicity of practices in which social actors are invited to participate in the research process as co-producers of knowledge.  But what is actually meant by “co-production” in collaborative research? Knowledge and Power in Collaborative Research presents a range of critical reflexive strategies for understanding and tackling the challenges emanating from the tensions that arise in the meeting between different participants knowledge forms and knowledge interests. The chapters anchor discussion of ethical epistemological and methodological questions in sustained empirical analyses of cases of collaborative knowledge production. The book covers diverse theoretical approaches such as dialogic communication theory actor network theory poststructuralist writing as inquiry institutional ethnography dialogic action research and pragmatic action research. The empirical cases span a broad spectrum of empirical fields of social practice: health services organisational change research science communication environmental communication in intermediary NGOs participatory governance in relation to urban planning and digital communication and virtual worlds. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138920613

Knowledge and Power in Public BureaucraciesFrom Pyramid to Circle Ever since Max Weber and Frederick Taylor public organizations have been told that effective practice lies in maximizing rationality through science. Yet science-based management reforms have had only marginal impact on performance. People in entry-level positions possess knowledge from direct experience of the work management knowledge is often science-based and distanced from the work and appointed top executives struggle to join bureaucratic rationality with political exigencies. Knowledge and Power in Public Bureaucracies: From Pyramid to Circle offers fresh thinking about public organizations arguing that conflicting forms of knowledge may be found within the bureaucratic pyramid. Answering the question of why management reforms over the past century have failed on their own terms this book examines the existence of conflicting forms of knowledge within public bureaucracies how these contradictory perspectives interact (or fail to interact) and the ways in which these systems preserve managerial efforts to control workers. Authors Carnevale and Stivers argue that bureaucratic rationality is not the “one best way ” as Taylor promised and indeed there is no one best way or model that can be deployed in all situations. The bureaucratic pyramid can however be made more effective by paying attention to circular processes that are widespread within the hierarchy the authors argue describing such circular processes as “facework.” This book will serve as an ideal supplement to introductory public administration and organizational theory courses as well as courses for mid-career professionals helping to frame their work experiences. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367210793

Knowledge and PowerScience in World History Knowledge and Power shows how science has developed in different historical settings by focusing on four episodes in the history of world science from the Middle Ages to the mid-twentieth century. The title of this book comes from a famous saying by the English Renaissance philosopher Francis Bacon: "Knowledge is Power." Through a combination of narrative and primary sources author William Burns explores the following topics in order to provide students with an understanding of how different cultures throughout time and across the globe approached science: Science in the Medieval Mediterranean The Jesuits and World Science ca. 1540-1773 Science in Russia and Japan ca. 1684-1860s and Africa in the Age of Imperialism and Nationalism ca. 1860-1960. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138475809

Knowledge and PowerScience in World History Knowledge and Power presents and explores science not as something specifically for scientists but as an integral part of human civilization and traces the development of science through different historical settings from the Middle Ages through to the Cold War. Five case studies are examined within this book: the creation of modern science by Muslims Christians and Jews in the medieval Mediterranean; the global science of the Jesuit order in the early modern world; the relationship between "modernization" and "westernization" in Russia and Japan from the late seventeenth to the mid-nineteenth century; the role of science in the European colonization of Africa; and the rivalry in "big science" between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Each chapter includes original documents to further the reader’s understanding and this second edition has been enhanced with a selection of new images and a new chapter on Big Science and the Superpowers during the Cold War. Since the Middle Ages people have been working in many civilizations and cultures to advance knowledge of and power over the natural world. Through a combination of narrative and primary sources Knowledge and Power provides students with an understanding of how different cultures throughout time and across the globe approached science. It is ideal for students of world history and the history of science.   Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138637665

Knowledge and Practice in Business and Organisations Knowledge and Practice in Business and Organisations contributes to scholarly understanding of knowledge and practice mapping the conceptual terrain providing a critical review of debates in the field and setting out key theoretical perspectives. Knowledge and practice are explored in a range of organisational and policy settings through six context-specific discussions. The collection helps shape the field identify areas for future research inquiry and suggest implications for practitioners. The range of sites of inquiry represented in the book (e.g. craft working accounting public sector organisations creative industries health care and so on) make the book distinctive enabling the reader to connect debates and ideas from across a range of sectors and disciplines. The book charts different currents of debate which have hitherto tended to remain unconnected. In one accessible volume this book provides an excellent introduction to a set of concepts that have animated scholarly conversations across a range of disciplines and provides cases and examples of practices which come from beyond any one particular sector. Aimed at researchers and academics in the field this book is valuable source helping define and progress the scholarly debate. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138617254

Knowledge and Public PolicyThe Search for Meaningful Indicators This book addresses the question of what it takes to develop social indicators that genuinely influence important public decisions. It looks historically at the processes of creating and using three important social indicators in the United States: unemployment rates standard budgets and crime rates. It then develops principles for choosing concepts designing measures and creating policy processes that institutionalize their use.For this second edition Innes has provided a major new introductory essay which reflects on social indicators research and her own and others' continuing work on the role of quantitative and other professionally generated information in policy making. She contends that in practice knowledge is influential as it becomes part of the myths that shape public life as it empowers some policy actors over others as it establishes the agendas and frames the problem as it sets the terms for negotiation and public discourse. For these arguments she draws on her research on human rights policy environmental impact assessment housing policy and local community development. The case studies in the original book have stood the test of time and remain valid supports for the author's interpretations.The author contends that to understand how knowledge and policy are linked we need to replace the "scientific" model of explicit knowledge use with a more inclusive interactive model of knowledge influence. To do this we must rethink both the education and practice of policy professionals. Innes sees indicators as lenses on the world that help define problems and point the way to solutions. It is not surprising that the case studies show that the most influential indicators are developed jointly with policy and theories about the problem. As she says "there are no facts without theories and the only way a statistician can keep out of politics is to collect only irrelevant data." This new edition will be of immense interest to those interested in the sociology of ideas policy studies and the emerging field of knowledge transfer. Judith Innes is a professor in the city and regional planning department of the University of California Berkeley. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138526808

Knowledge and Reference in Empirical Science Knowledge and Reference in Empirical Science is a fascinating study of the bounds between science and language: in what sense and of what does science provide knowledge? Is science an instrument only distantly related to what's real? Can the language of science be used to adequately describe the truth? In this book Jody Azziouni investigates the technology of science - the actual forging and exploiting of causal links between ourselves and what we endeavor to know and understand. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203413241

Knowledge And Skepticism This book is a collection of essays as characteristic of philosophical writing in the theory of knowledge. The articles contain a number of major themes: skepticism externalism reliabilism probability and justification. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367153274

Knowledge and Social Capital Social capital - the informal networks trust and common understanding among individuals in an organization - determines major competitive advantages in today's networked economy. Knowledge and Social Capital explains how social capital can drive collaboration reconcile an organization's internal and external labor markets and improve organizational effectiveness. This edited compilation of authoritative articles helps readers understand how they can build and capitalize on their own organizations' social capital. Knowledge and Social Capital teaches core principles and important strategies to a range of executives including organizational development specialists corporate strategists and knowledge management professionals. Readers will learn how an organization can: Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138155084

Knowledge and Social StructureAn Introduction to the Classical Argument in the Sociology of Knowledge The primary concern of this study is to present elucidate and analyse the developments which have characterized the sociology of knowledge and which have set for it the outlines of its major problematics. Peter Hamilton examines the most distinctive approaches to the determinate relationship between knowledge and social structure. He considers the three main ‘pre-paradigms’ of the sociology of knowledge based on the work of Marx Durkheim and Weber and looks at the contribution of Scheler Mannheim and phenomenological studies to this complex field. He explores the intellectual context particularly that of Enlightenment philosophy in which the problems involved in producing a sociology of knowledge first came to light. In conclusion the author suggests an inclusive perspective for approaching the difficulties posed in any attempt to describe and explain relations between knowledge and social structure. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138974067

Knowledge and Special Libraries First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138159167

Knowledge and Strategy First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor and Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138435155

Knowledge and Systems ScienceEnabling Systemic Knowledge Synthesis Integrating ideas from the fields of systems science and knowledge science Knowledge and Systems Science: Enabling Systemic Knowledge Synthesis shows how to create and justify various pieces of knowledge systemically. Written by one of the foremost experts in this area the book presents approaches for the systemic integration of knowledge which can help solve complex problems today and in the future. After discussing issues of systemic knowledge synthesis the book emphasizes the importance of the human dimension in problem solving and introduces a new integrated systems approach called the informed systems approach. It also covers mathematical information aggregation techniques. Moving on to knowledge science concepts and approaches the book discusses organizational and academic knowledge creation models and considers a sociological interpretation of the knowledge integration system. To support knowledge science as an academic discipline the author explains how to justify knowledge and summarizes a theory of knowledge synthesis (construction) systems. Through case studies of technology archiving academic research evaluation demand forecasting of perishable foods and other real-world concerns this book demonstrates the use of new knowledge-based methods in addressing a variety of complex issues. It also illustrates the importance of acquiring a systemic view through trained intuition. Media > Books > Print Books Chapman & Hall 9781138033795

Knowledge and the Body-Mind ProblemIn Defence of Interaction First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203628768

Knowledge and the CityConcepts Applications and Trends of Knowledge-Based Urban Development This book underlines the growing importance of knowledge for the competitiveness of cities and their regions. Examining the role of knowledge - in its economic socio-cultural spatial and institutional forms - for urban and regional development identifying the preconditions for innovative use of urban and regional knowledge assets and resources and developing new methods to evaluate the performance and potential of knowledge-based urban and regional development the book provides an in-depth and comprehensive understanding of both theoretical and practical aspects of knowledge-based development and its implications and prospects for cities and regions. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138547100

Knowledge and the Curriculum (International Library of the Philosophy of Education Volume 12)A Collection of Philosophical Papers The papers in this volume provide a coherent philosophical study of a group of important and pressing educational issues such as the selection of objectives for less able children the fundamental characteristics of teaching and the integration of the curriculum. A thesis on the necessary differentiation of knowledge into logically distinct forms is outlined and is defended against recent philosophical criticisms. Its implications for curriculum planning are examined with particular reference to the urgent problems of adeqately characterizing liberal education and those forms of moral and religious education that are appropriate in maintained schools. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415649506

Knowledge and the Early Modern CityA History of Entanglements Knowledge and the Early Modern City uses case studies from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries to examine the relationships between knowledge and the city and how these changed in a period when the nature and conception of both was drastically transformed. Both knowledge formation and the European city were increasingly caught up in broader institutional structures and regional and global networks of trade and exchange during the early modern period. Moreover new ideas about the relationship between nature and the transcendent as well as technological transformations impacted upon both considerably. This book addresses the entanglement between knowledge production and the early modern urban environment while incorporating approaches to the city and knowledge in which both are seen as emerging from hybrid networks in which human and non-human elements continually interact and acquire meaning. It highlights how new forms of knowledge and new conceptions of the urban co-emerged in highly contingent practices shedding a new light on present-day ideas about the impact of cities on knowledge production and innovation. Providing the ideal starting point for those seeking to understand the role of urban institutions actors and spaces in the production of knowledge and the development of the so-called ‘modern’ knowledge society this is the perfect resource for students and scholars of early modern history and knowledge. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138337718

Knowledge and the UniversityRe-claiming Life For hundreds of years knowledge has been central in understanding the university. Over recent decades however it is the economic value of knowledge that has come to the fore. Now in a post-truth world knowledge is also treated with suspicion and has become a vehicle for ideologies. Knowledge and the University combats all these ways of thinking. Its central claim is that knowledge is of value because of its connection with life. Knowledge is of life from life in life and for life. With an engaging philosophical discussion and with a consideration of the evolution of higher education institutions this book: Examines ways in which research teaching and learning are bound up with life; Looks to breathe new life into the university itself; Widens the idea of the knowledge ecology to embrace the whole world; Suggests new roles for the university towards culture and the public sphere. Knowledge and the University is a radical text that looks to engender nothing less than a new spirit of the university. It offers a fascinating read for policy makers institutional leaders academics and all interested in the future of universities. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138330993

Knowledge and Understanding of the World in the Early Years Foundation Stage The Practical Guidance in the Early Years Foundation Stage series will assist practitioners in the smooth and successful implementation of the Early Years Foundation Stage. Each book gives clear and detailed explanations of each aspect of Learning and Development and encourages readers to consider each area within its broadest context to expand and develop their own knowledge and good practice. Practical ideas and activities for all age groups are offered along with a wealth of expertise of how elements from the practice guidance can be implemented within all early years settings. The books include suggestions for the innovative use of everyday ressources popular books and stories. Knowledge and understanding of the world cuts across all of the EYFS guiding themes and this book will encourage practitioners to think about and develop their own understanding of the implications for inclusion respect for oneself and for others irrespective of ethnicity culture or religion home language family background learning difficulties gender disabilities or abilities. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203609514

Knowledge and Virtue in Teaching and LearningThe Primacy of Dispositions The challenge this book addresses is to demonstrate how in teaching content knowledge the development of intellectual and moral dispositions as virtues is not merely a good idea or peripheral to that content but deeply embedded in the logic of searching for knowledge and truth.  It offers a powerful example of how philosophy of education can be brought to bear on real problems of educational research and practice – pointing the reader to re-envision what it means to educate children (and how we might prepare teachers to take on such a role) by developing the person instead of simply knowledge and skills. Connected intimately to the practice of teaching and teacher education the book sets forth an alternative theory of education where the developing person is at the center of education set in a moral space and a political order. To this end a framework of public and personal knowledge forms the content to which personal dispositions are integral not peripheral. The book’s pedagogy is invitational welcoming its readers as companions in inquiry and thought about the moral aspects of what we teach as knowledge. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415899987

Knowledge ArchitecturesStructures and Semantics Knowledge Architectures reviews traditional approaches to managing information and explains why they need to adapt to support 21st-century information management and discovery. Exploring the rapidly changing environment in which information is being managed and accessed the book considers how to use knowledge architectures the basic structures and designs that underlie all of the parts of an effective information system to best advantage. Drawing on 40 years of work with a variety of organizations Bedford explains that failure to understand the structure behind any given system can be the difference between an effective solution and a significant and costly failure. Demonstrating that the information user environment has shifted significantly in the past 20 years the book explains that end users now expect designs and behaviors that are much closer to the way they think work and act. Acknowledging how important it is that those responsible for developing an information or knowledge management system understand knowledge structures the book goes beyond a traditional library science perspective and uses case studies to help translate the abstract and theoretical to the practical and concrete. Explaining the structures in a simple and intuitive way and providing examples that clearly illustrate the challenges faced by a range of different organizations Knowledge Architectures is essential reading for those studying and working in library and information science data science systems development database design and search system architecture and engineering. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367219444

Knowledge As Design First published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315803067

Knowledge as Social OrderRethinking the Sociology of Barry Barnes Investigating a theme first pioneered by Barry Barnes in the early 1970s this volume explores the relationship between social order and legitimate knowledge and is intended as a tribute to Barnes' seminal role in the development of the discipline of science and technology studies (STS). The contributors highlight the way in which Barnes' work has shaped their way of conceptualizing the basic relation between knowledge and society. In doing this they explore the original sociological underpinnings of STS while pointing to the way in which Barnes' interdisciplinary work has been developed to tackle current concerns in the field as well as in social theory. They also address the concerns of social scientists who are investigating the nature of power and agency and the problem of social order emphasizing the essential role played by scientific knowledge and technological machinery in the construction of social life. Contributors to the volume include Martin Kusch Steven Loyal Mark Haugaard David Bloor Trevor Pinch John Dupre Donald MacKenzie Harry Collins Steven Shapin and Karin Knorr Cetina. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138251380

Knowledge Brokerage for Sustainable DevelopmentInnovative Tools for Increasing Research Impact and Evidence-Based Policy-Making The menace of a post-truth era challenges conventional policy-making and science. Instead of fighting an uphill battle against populist solutions those involved in both policy-making and science have to find innovative ways to collaborate and make use of the vast amounts of knowledge that are already available. Knowledge brokerage in this context is more than a simple question-and-answer game: it is a process of co-creating and re-framing knowledge. In addition  Knowledge Brokerage for Sustainable Development has to deal with trade-offs and ambiguities as well as world-views cultures and the preferences of stakeholder groups. This book is the first in-depth exploration of how knowledge brokerage has the potential to help manage the challenges of sustainable development across political and scientific systems. It presents a selection of innovative and practical tools to enhance the connectivity of research and policy-making on sustainable development issues. In doing so this book will be an essential publication in research and policy-making. It supports networking among the developers and users of knowledge brokerage systems and will make their experience better known to the different communities involved.The book presents interviews with leading policymakers and researchers such as former EU Commissioner Franz Fischler Robert-Jan Smits (Director-General of Research and Innovation at the EC) Uwe Schneidewind (President of the Wuppertal Institute) and Leida Rijnhout (European Environmental Bureau). It also provides insights into eleven EU funded projects dealing with different approaches of Knowledge Brokerage for Sustainable Development.  Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781783532544

Knowledge Building in Early Modern English Music Knowledge Building in Early Modern English Music is a rich interdisciplinary investigation into the role of music and musical culture in the development of metaphysical thought in late sixteenth- early seventeenth-century England. The book considers how music presented questions about the relationships between the mind body passions and the soul drawing out examples of domestic music that explicitly address topics of human consciousness such as dreams love and sensing. Early seventeenth-century metaphysical thought is said to pave the way for the Enlightenment Self. Yet studies of the music’s role in natural philosophy has been primarily limited to symbolic functions in philosophical treatises virtually ignoring music making’s substantial contribution to this watershed period. Contrary to prevailing narratives the author shows why music making did not only reflect impending change in philosophical thought but contributed to its formation. The book demonstrates how recreational song such as the English madrigal confronted assumptions about reality and representation and the role of dialogue in cultural production and other ideas linked to changes in how knowledge was built. Focusing on music by John Dowland Martin Peerson Thomas Weelkes and William Byrd this study revises historiography by reflecting on the experience of music and how music contributed to the way early modern awareness was shaped. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367519704

Knowledge Cities Knowledge Cities are cities that possess an economy driven by high value-added exports created through research technology and brainpower. In other words these are cities in which both the private and the public sectors value knowledge nurture knowledge spend money on supporting knowledge dissemination and discovery (ie learning and innovation) and harness knowledge to create products and services that add value and create wealth. Currently there are 65 urban development programs worldwide formally designated as “knowledge cities.” Knowledge-based cities fall under a new area of academic research entitled Knowledge-Based Development which brings together research in urban development and urban studies and planning with knowledge management and intellectual capital.In this book Francisco Javier Carillo of the Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM) brings together a group of distinguished scholars to outline the theory development and realities of knowledge cities. Based on knowledge-based development the book shows how knowledge can be and is placed at the center of city planning and economic development to enable knowledge flows and innovation to provide a sustainable environment for high value-added products and services. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138180697

Knowledge Concepts and Categories Knowledge Concepts and Categories brings together an overview of recent research on concepts and knowledge that abstracts across a variety of specific fields of cognitive psychology. Readers will find data from many different areas: developmental psychology formal modelling neuropsychology connectionism philosophy and so on. The book can be divided into three parts. Chapters 1 to 5 each contain a thorough and systematic review of a significant aspect of research on concepts and categories. Chapters 6 to 9 are concerned primarily with issues related to the taxonomy of human knowledge. Finally Chapters 10 to 12 discuss formal models of categorization and function learning. The purpose of these three chapters is to provide a few examples of current formal modelling of conceptual behaviour. Knowledge Concepts and Categories will be welcomed by students and researchers in cognitive psychology and related areas as an unusually wide-ranging and authoritative review of an important subfield of psychology. Media > Books > Print Books Psychology Press 9781138160996

Knowledge Development in Early ChildhoodSources of Learning and Classroom Implications Synthesizing cutting-edge research from multiple disciplines this book explores how young children acquire knowledge in the ""real world"" and describes practical applications for early childhood classrooms. The breadth and depth of a child's knowledge base are important predictors of later literacy development and academic achievement. Leading scholars describe the processes by which preschoolers and primary-grade students acquire knowledge through firsthand experiences play interactions with parents and teachers storybooks and a range of media. Chapters on exemplary instructional strategies vividly show what teachers can do to build children's content knowledge while also promoting core literacy skills. Media > Books > Print Books Guilford Press 9781462504992

Knowledge Development in Transnational Projects Transnational learning has become a buzz phrase in European policy-making and in multi-national business. Learning from the experiences of others is an idea that captivates practitioners and academics alike due to its simplicity and availability in a world that is increasingly characterised by cross-border and global connections.　 European regions in particular offer a diverse range of solutions to often shared challenges. This provides a knowledge base for other regions to draw on through regional success stories publications of ‘best practice’ and EU cooperation programmes.This books explores ‘transnational learning and knowledge transfer’ in co-operation programmes and projects. It argues that a deeper understanding of learning needs to be central to the implementation of programmes and projects in order to successfully meet their desired outcomes and goals. By characterising some of the most important preconditions of transnational learning and introducing a process perspective to learning and transfer this book identifies barriers to learning and knowledge transfer and contributes to a stronger conceptualisation of the topic. In doing so it opens up the ‘black-box’ of transnational learning and knowledge development providing a better understanding of its inner mechanisms. It also provides practical recommendations for policy makers and practitioners involved both at the programme and project level of transnational EU initiatives.　 This book will be of interest to students researchers and policy makers alike working in geography political studies legal studies and European studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367668358

Knowledge Discovery for Counterterrorism and Law Enforcement Most of the research aimed at counterterrorism fraud detection or other forensic applications assumes that this is a specialized application domain for mainstream knowledge discovery. Unfortunately knowledge discovery changes completely when the datasets being used have been manipulated in order to conceal some underlying activity. Knowledge Discovery for Counterterrorism and Law Enforcement operates from the premise that detection algorithms must be rethought to be effective in this domain and presents a new approach based on cutting-edge analysis for use in adversarial settings.Reveals How Criminals Conceal Information This volume focuses on four main forms of knowledge discovery: prediction clustering relationship discovery and textual analysis. For each of these application areas the author discusses opportunities for concealment that are available to criminals and reveals some of the tactics that can aid in detecting them. He reviews what is known about the different technologies for each area and evaluates their effectiveness. The book also supplies a preview of technologies currently under development and describes how they will fit in to existing approaches to knowledge discovery. Provides Proactive Formulas for Staying One Step Ahead of Adversaries While all knowledge-discovery systems are susceptible to manipulation designers and users of algorithmic systems who are armed with the knowledge of these subversive tactics are better able to create systems to avoid these vulnerabilities. This book delineates an effective process for integrating knowledge-discovery tools provides a unique understanding of the limits of the technology and contains a clear presentation of the upsides and pitfalls of data collection. It is a powerful weapon in the arsenal of anyone confronting the increasingly sophistic Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367386443

Knowledge Discovery from Sensor Data As sensors become ubiquitous a set of broad requirements is beginning to emerge across high-priority applications including disaster preparedness and management adaptability to climate change national or homeland security and the management of critical infrastructures. This book presents innovative solutions in offline data mining and real-time analysis of sensor or geographically distributed data. It discusses the challenges and requirements for sensor data based knowledge discovery solutions in high-priority application illustrated with case studies. It explores the fusion between heterogeneous data streams from multiple sensor types and applications in science engineering and security. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367386238

Knowledge Discovery in Proteomics Multi-modal representations the lack of complete and consistent domain theories rapid evolution of domain knowledge high dimensionality and large amounts of missing information - these are challenges inherent in modern proteomics. As our understanding of protein structure and function becomes ever more complicated we have reached a point where the actual management of data is a major stumbling block to the interpretation of results from proteomic platforms to knowledge discovery. Knowledge Discovery in Proteomics presents timely authoritative discussions on some of the key issues in high-throughput proteomics exploring examples that represent some of the major challenges of knowledge discovery in the field. The authors focus on five specific domains:Mass spectrometry-based protein analysisProtein-protein interaction network analysisSystematic high-throughput protein crystallizationSystematic integrated analysis of multiple data repositoriesSystems biologyIn each area the authors describe the challenges created by the type of data produced and present potential solutions to the problem of data mining within the domain. They take a systems approach covering individual data and integrating its computational aspects from data preprocessing storage and access to analysis visualization and interpretation.With clear exposition practical examples and rich illustrations this book presents an outstanding overview of this emerging field and builds the background needed for the fruitful exchange of ideas between computational and biological scientists. Media > Books > Print Books Chapman & Hall 9780367392178

Knowledge Discovery Process and Methods to Enhance Organizational Performance Although the terms "data mining" and "knowledge discovery and data mining" (KDDM) are sometimes used interchangeably data mining is actually just one step in the KDDM process. Data mining is the process of extracting useful information from data while KDDM is the coordinated process of understanding the business and mining the data in order to identify previously unknown patterns.Knowledge Discovery Process and Methods to Enhance Organizational Performance explains the knowledge discovery and data mining (KDDM) process in a manner that makes it easy for readers to implement. Sharing the insights of international KDDM experts it details powerful strategies models and techniques for managing the full cycle of knowledge discovery projects. The book supplies a process-centric view of how to implement successful data mining projects through the use of the KDDM process. It discusses the implications of data mining including security privacy ethical and legal considerations. Provides an introduction to KDDM including the various models adopted in academia and industry Details critical success factors for KDDM projects as well as the impact of poor quality data or inaccessibility to data on KDDM projects Proposes the use of hybrid approaches that couple data mining with other analytic techniques (e.g. data envelopment analysis cluster analysis and neural networks) to derive greater value and utility Demonstrates the applicability of the KDDM process beyond analytics Shares experiences of implementing and applying various stages of the KDDM process in organizations The book includes case study examples of KDDM applications in business and government. After reading this book you will understand the critical success factors required to develop robust data mining objectives that are in alignment with your organization’s strategic business objectives. Media > Books > Print Books Auerbach Publications 9781482212365

Knowledge EconomiesClusters Learning and Cooperative Advantage This book traces the theoretical explanation for clusters back to the work of classical economists and their more modern disciples who saw economic development as a process involving serious imbalances in the exploitation of resources. Initially natural resource endowments explained the formation of nineteenth and early twentieth-century industrial districts. Today geographical concentrations of scientific and creative knowledge are the key resource. But these require a support system ranging from major injections of basic research funding to varieties of financial investment and management tothe provision of specialist incubators for economic value to be realised. These are also specialised forms of knowledge that contribute to a serious imbalance in the distribution of economic opportunity. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415757164

Knowledge Economy Information Technologies and Growth This volume focuses on the Information and Communication (ICT) revolution and its impact on economic growth. Even though the emergence of the knowledge economy is at the center of attention by media and is often a subject of economic policy debate economic research on the issue is still relatively underdeveloped and many aspects of it are still awaiting proper theoretical and empirical scrutiny. One important question is whether as many economists and opinion leaders maintain the knowledge economy and the new information technologies have fostered the birth of a 'new economy' which by inducing a strong productivity growth in most sectors is behind the impressive growth of GDP experienced by the US economy. Empirical research has in fact been unable to provide a conclusive answer to this question. This book debates this issue and provides the opportunity to discuss the economic and social effects of the ICT revolution. It also focuses on the functioning and the micro-economic structure of the ICT sector as well as on its impact on various industries on the financial system and on the labor market. It analyses the role of the ICT revolution on regional development and it addresses important policy issues such as its consequences for antitrust legislation and government regulation. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815390077

Knowledge Economy and the CitySpaces of knowledge This book explores the relationship between space and economy the spatial expressions of the knowledge economy. The capitalist industrial economy produced its own space which differed radically from its predecessor agrarian and mercantile economies. If a new knowledge-based economy is emerging it is similarly expected to produce its own space to suit the new circumstances of production and consumption. If these spatial expressions do exist even if in incomplete and partial forms they are likely to be the model for the future of cities. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415710084

Knowledge Economy in the MegalopolisInteractions of innovations in transport information production and organizations In recent decades urban regions around the world have engaged in a new process of development based on the creation of new knowledge. Amidst the globalization of economic activities and the arrival of transformative technologies knowledge has become the key driver of competitiveness and is profoundly reshaping the patterns of economic growth and activity. This book offers a comprehensive new model of the rise of a Knowledge Economy and its evolutionary development in the Megalopolis.These regions are developing new institutions and governance mechanisms to adapt disseminate and utilize available knowledge to promote continuing development of their Knowledge Economies. However such developments are accompanied by increasing inequalities in incomes and in urban services. This book examines the resilience of some urban regions and their recent emergence as vibrant Knowledge Economies. It also reviews the recent renewal and growth in the Megalopolis-- stretching along the Atlantic Seaboard along the metropolitan areas of Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington DC. This book will appeal to researchers and professionals interested in urban and regional development and to business groups interested in economic development. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367867928

Knowledge EngineeringThe Process Paradigm Knowledge management is far-reaching. It can dramatically reduce costs such as costs of office work repetition human resource retirement information reuse etc. Rather than "reinventing the wheel" and having it be a costly and inefficient activity systematic reuse of knowledge can show substantial cost benefits immediately. This book shows how to develop process-oriented methodologies covers both interorganizational and enterprises models discusses how knowledge management can dramatically reduce costs and increase speed of response presents a wide range of quantitative methods applied to various knowledge engineering problems and offers several graphical presentations of models and processes. Academicians and practitioners in the area of knowledge management and engineering especially managers in industries will fine this book useful. The material might also be useful in knowledge management graduate studies. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367517366

Knowledge Flows in European Industry The channels and mechanisms of knowledge flows define the links that make up production and innovation systems. As such they relate directly or indirectly to all policies that affect such systems. Knowledge flows are also directly related to intellectual property protection policies and competition policies that create the infrastructure supporting various forms of formal interaction among economic agents in production and innovation systems. Knowledge Flows in European Industry presents the results of an extensive research programme funded by the European Commission to empirically appraise the dissemination of knowledge relevant to the innovative activities of European manufacturing and service sectors. It explores the extent density and mechanism of innovation-related knowledge flows affecting the innovative capacity of European industry and the mechanisms that support such flows as well as examining incentives to access and transmit results and the determinants of knowledge transmission. Featuring contributions from leading international scholars including Anthony Arundel and Bent Dalum this interdisciplinary volume focuses on questions of interest to regional national and pan-European science technology and innovation policy and will be an important read for those involved in business and management as well as those in the field of economics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415649513

Knowledge for Whom?Public Sociology in the Making This ground-breaking volume is a follow-up to Intellectuals and Their Publics. In contrast to the earlier book which was mainly concerned with the activity of intellectuals and how it relates to the public this volume analyses what happens when sociology and sociologists engage with or serve various publics. More specifically this problem will be studied from the following three angles: How does one become a public sociologist and prominent intellectual in the first place? (Part I) How complex and complicated are the stories of institutions and professional associations when they take on a public role or tackle a major social or political problem? (Part II) How can one investigate the relationship between individual sociologists and intellectuals and their various publics? (Part III) This book will be of interest to academics and students working in the fields of the sociology of knowledge and ideas the history of social sciences intellectual history cultural sociology and cultural studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781409434580

Knowledge Goes PopFrom Conspiracy Theory to Gossip A voice on late night radio tells you that a fast food joint injects its food with drugs that make men impotent. A colleague asks if you think the FBI was in on 9/11. An alien abductee on the Internet claims extra-terrestrials have planted a microchip in her left buttock. 'Julia Roberts in Porn Scandal' shouts the front page of a gossip mag. A spiritual healer claims he can cure chronic fatigue syndrome with the energizing power of crystals . . . What do you believe? Knowledge Goes Pop examines the popular knowledges that saturate our everyday experience. We make this information and then it shapes the way we see the world. How valid is it when compared to official knowledge and why does such (mis)information cause so much institutional anxiety? Knowledge Goes Pop examines the range of knowledge from conspiracy theory to plain gossip and its role and impact in our culture. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003085812

Knowledge Hierarchies in Transnational EducationStaging dissensus Transnational education seeks equivalence in standards and/or relevance of outcomes through the transfer of Western theories concepts and methods. Utilising a critique-interpretative approach Jing Qi argues that equivalence/relevance-oriented approaches to transnational education assume the legitimacy of the global knowledge hierarchy. Euro-American educational theories are imposed as defaults in non-Western educational communities of imagined consensus. Grounded in a study of a five-year transnational teacher education and community capacity-building program in Northern Chile the book investigates the relationships between theoretical knowledge knowledge hierarchies and critique. Transnational education communities are recognised as sites of critiques where conflictual and conceptual ‘dissensus’ disrupts global and local knowledge hierarchies. Critique is deployed by educational actors in their everyday engagement in transnational education to stage dissensus which constantly re-draws the lines of possibility for knowledge co-construction. A matrix mapping system is designed to chart and theorise the Chilean educational actors’ critiques along the trail of concept translation learning application and innovation of knowledge hierarchies which operate at and across global transnational local and the newly-created local-global levels. This book examines how these critiques modulate the ascendancy of knowledge hierarchies to enfranchise non-western educational actors for theoretical knowledge production that addresses local needs. Knowledge Hierarchies in Transnational Education will be of key value to researchers academics and postgraduate students in the fields of international education teacher education and globalisation. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815356745

Knowledge Horizons Knowledge Horizons charts the feasible future for knowledge management. This practical and provocative resource presents the work of many of the leading voices in knowledge management and related disciplines who explore the current trends and offer pragmatic and authoritative thinking on applied knowledge management from a variety of positions. Knowledge management is the new frontier for businesses organizations and institutions of all kinds. For those that hope to conquer this new territory establishing a better understanding of current and future knowledge management trends and adoption of the most effective practices is imperitive. There are numerous options for executives: intranets extranets groupware and core competencies are continually being refined. New entitites and rules in terms of intellectual capital and the "Chief Knowledge Officer" are emerging. Knowledge Horizons addresses these issues by exploring current and future knowledge management trends gauging the future value of knowledge management investments and how they will drive new business initiatives and integrates the experience and insights of managers and cutting-edge research from experts in the field. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138159273

Knowledge in ContextRepresentations Community and Culture In this classic edition of her groundbreaking text Knowledge in Context Sandra Jovchelovitch revisits her influential work on the societal and cultural processes that shape the development of representational processes in humans. Through a novel analysis of processes of representation and drawing on dialogues between psychology sociology and anthropology Jovchelovitch argues that representation a social psychological construct relating Self Other and Object-world is at the basis of all knowledge. Exploring the dominant assumptions of western conceptions of knowledge and the quest for a unitary reason free from the ‘impurities’ of person community and culture Jovchelovitch recasts questions related to historical comparisons between the knowledge of adults and children ‘civilised’ and ‘primitive’ peoples scientists and lay communities and examines the ambivalence of classical theorists such as Piaget Vygotsky Freud Durkheim and Lévy-Bruhl in addressing these issues. Featuring a new introductory chapter the author evaluates the last decade of research since Knowledge in Context first appeared and reassesses the social psychology of the contemporary public sphere exploring how challenges to the dialogicality of representations reconfigure both community and selfhood in this early 21st century. This book will make essential reading for all those wanting to follow debates on knowledge and representation at the cutting edge of social cultural and developmental psychology sociology anthropology development and cultural studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138042896

Knowledge in EnglishCanon Curriculum and Cultural Literacy Focusing on a key area of debate within the world of secondary English the ‘knowledge-based curriculum’ this book explores in detail the question of knowledge in the teaching of English in secondary schools drawing on specific concrete cases and a range of academic theories. Knowledge in English also investigates how to teach both facts and skills through the required texts to produce a balanced educational experience. Elliott brings together classic texts with contemporary knowledge and viewpoints to critically examine teaching in the English literature classroom and situates them within the broader cultural and political context. The book includes discussions on race and gender in texts Shakespeare and his influence facts and emotions in poetry and reading experiences. Knowledge in English is a foundational and accessible guide for researchers practitioners teacher educators and teachers around the world. It is a valuable resource for those involved in the English curriculum to keep the subject relevant and useful to students in the contemporary classroom. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367354206

Knowledge In MotionSpace Time And Curriculum In Undergraduate Physics And Management Using an analysis of learning by a case study comparison of two undergraduate courses at a United States University Nespor examines the way in which education and power merge in physics and management. Through this study of politics and practices of knowledge he explains how students once accepted on these courses are facilitated on a path to power; physics and management being core disciplines in modern society. Taking strands from constructivist psychology post-modern geography actor-network theory and feminist sociology this book develops a theoretical language for analysing the production and use of knowledge. He puts forward the idea that learning usually viewed as a process of individual minds and groups in face-to-face interaction is actually a process of activities organised across space and time and how organisations of space and time are produced in social practice.; Within this context educational courses are viewed as networks of a larger whole and individual courses are points in the network which link a wider relationship by way of texts tasks and social practices intersecting with them. The book shows how students enrolled on such courses automatically become part of a network of power and knowledge. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315821894

Knowledge in Organisations First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138176775

Knowledge Infrastructure and Higher Education in India This short book examines the availability and adoption of new education technologies in higher education institutions in India. It provides a summary of the activities in which such technologies are being used and the catalytic factors for such adoptions. The book also evaluates the impact on skill development and will be a useful reference for those who are interested to find out more about technology adoption and implementation in higher education and what the challenges are through the learning experiences in these education institutions. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367423285

Knowledge Intensive Business Services and Regional Competitiveness Research interest in the service sector has boomed in recent years as deindustrialisation became entrenched. Instead of being regarded as merely supplementary to traditional industry and manufacturing services have generated progressively rising levels of growth in developed economies while at the same time coming to be recognised as major drivers of innovation.Among the factors which have helped service companies notch up swifter growth rates than all other sectors are the outsourcing of such services by other sectors including the development of information and communication technologies and changes to the regulatory legal and market frameworks as well as globalisation and internationalisation. The result is a cluster of highly innovative firms which can loosely be grouped under the heading of Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS). Knowledge Intensive Business Services and Regional Competitiveness charts the development of these firms and explores their success through four mutually linked parts: KIBS and industrial dynamics; KIBS and their context; KIBS and their contribution to regional competitiveness and economic development; and finally KIBS and public policy.This book is suitable for researchers and policy makers interested in the rise of these influential actors and their influence on regional competitiveness. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367872038

Knowledge Leadership In Knowledge Leadership Cavaleri and Seivert describe the dawning of a new era in which individuals are “leading” rather than “managing” knowledge. In the past many knowledge-based initiatives have failed because leaders underestimated the powerful link between knowledge and performance improvement – and also because they mistakenly thought that “information” was the same as knowledge. Cavaleri and Seivert claim that while information is a necessary precursor to knowledge it is not sufficient in itself for improving business performance. The authors describe notable organizations that use the pragmatic knowledge strategies they describe to gain competitive advantage. Pragmatic knowledge is the result of individuals’ developing a deeper understanding of how (and why) things work best in practice. The process of creating pragmatic knowledge transforms key lessons from systems thinking total quality management and organization learning into a powerful new business strategy.To help readers apply the concepts and tools in this book Cavaleri and Seivert draw on case examples and a decade of original cross-cultural research about knowledge leadership. They also invite readers to use The Knowledge Bias Profile to discover their knowledge leadership style. The book systematically outlines a user-friendly strategy for becoming a knowledge leader and for building high-performing knowledge-based organizations. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138166516

Knowledge MachinesLanguage and Information in a Technological Society Provides a wide-ranging survey of the sociolinguistic issues raised by the impact of information technology. The author demonstrates how and in which ways the new technologies both affect human communication and are in turn affected by the way people communicate using the technologies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138437623

Knowledge MakingHistorians Archives and Bureaucracy Paper has been the material of bureaucracy and paperwork performs functions of order control and surveillance. Knowledge Making: Historians Archives and Bureaucracy explores how those functions transform over time allowing private challenges to the public narratives created by institutions and governments. Paperwork and bureaucratic systems have determined what we know about the past. It seems that now as the digital is overtaking paper (though mirroring its forms) historians are able to see the significance of the materiality of paper and its role in knowledge making – because it is no longer taken for granted. The contributors to this volume discuss the ways in which public and private institutions – asylums hospitals and armies – developed bureaucratic systems which have determined the parameters of our access to the past. The authors present case studies of paperwork in different national contexts which engage with themes of privacy and public accountability the beginning of record-keeping practices and their ‘ends’ both in the sense of their purposes and in what happens to paper after the work has finished including preservation and curation in repositories of various kinds through to the place of paper and paperwork in a ‘paperless’ world. The chapters in this book were originally published in a special issue of Rethinking History: The Journal of Theory and Practice. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367481865

Knowledge Management - A Blueprint for Delivery We are now in the 'third wave' of Knowledge Management - the first was focused on the potential of new technology while the second focused on the nature of knowledge and how people 'know' and learn. The focus in the third phase is two-fold: building individual and team productivity and proper alignment of Knowledge Management efforts in helping deliver on strategic goals of the organization.Knowledge Management- a Blueprint for Delivery explores and builds on current ideas about the dynamics of knowledge in organizations answering such questions as: 'What is knowledge management?' and 'What does it mean for today's companies and organizations?' Written by two leading knowledge management practitioners this book looks beyond academic theory and software company hype to focus on the roles that knowledge and information play in creating high-performance organizations. Built on their extensive experience of Knowledge Management programme design and delivery Knowledge Management- a Blueprint for Delivery:contains a comprehensive survey of the whole area of Knowledge Management from theory and strategy creation through to techniques tools and delivery of changeprovides an insight into developing and managing Knowledge Management initiativesbridges the gap between theoretical strategic and practical hands-on perspectives Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780080496009

Knowledge Management Business Intelligence and Content ManagementThe IT Practitioner's Guide Knowledge management (KM) is the identification and analysis of available and required knowledge and the subsequent planning and control of actions to develop "knowledge assets" that enable businesses to generate profits and improve their competitive positions. This volume provides the framework for the strategic use of the information intelligence processes - business intelligence content management and knowledge management.In nine detailed chapters the author explains every facet of these three subjects enabling you to understand these sophisticated business concepts within the framework of information technology.Knowledge Management Business Intelligence and Content Management: The IT Practitioner's Guide discusses creation protection development sharing and management of information and intellectual assets through the use of business intelligence and other knowledge sharing and analytical techniques.About the AuthorJessica Keyes is president of New Art Technologies Inc. a high-technology and management consultancy and is also founding partner of Manhattan Technology Group. Often a keynote speaker on the topics of competitive strategy productivity and quality she is a founding board of directors member of the New York Software Industry Association and has recently completed a 2-year term on the Mayor of New York City's Small Business Advisory Council. A noted columnist and correspondent Keyes is the author of 19 books including Auerbach Publications' Software Engineering Handbook Software Configuration Management and Implementing the IT Balanced Scorecard. Media > Books > Print Books Auerbach Publications 9780367390846

Knowledge Management Governance and Sustainable DevelopmentLessons and Insights from Developing Countries Knowledge management good governance and sustainable development are the three essential components for the prosperity of any community and they are inter-related in terms of scope and nature. In the twenty-first century civilization is marching toward building a knowledge-based society where knowledge will be the driving force for the development of all sectors. Knowledge will also lead to invention innovation modernization entrepreneurship dynamism and sustainability of the economy. Knowledge management plays a key role in any society for managing generating sharing and utilizing knowledge for the advancement and well-being of its citizens. The prosperity of the society also largely depends on good governance in which knowledge management plays a vital role at all levels of bureaucracy. Again in achieving sustainable development which is about finding better ways of doing things both for the future and the present knowledge management and good governance are mandatory. This book brings these three burning issues under one umbrella. The book is divided into two broad and logical heading: Information and Knowledge Management and Governance and Development. Please note: This edition is custom published for Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre and East West University Dhaka. Not for sale in any other region. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367546281

Knowledge Management and E-Learning The rapidly growing demand for online courses and supporting technology has resulted in a plethora of structural and functional changes and challenges for universities and colleges. These changes have led many distance education providers to recognize the value of understanding the fundamental concepts of both e-learning and knowledge management (K Media > Books > E-books Auerbach Publications 9780429063893

Knowledge Management and Organizational Design The first in the readers' series called Resources for the Knowledge-Based Economy Knowledge Management and Organizational Design is a unique compilation of articles and book excerpts that describe how the management of an organization shapes the levels of knowledge transfer innovation and learning. The collection draws on fifty years of management thinking and presents key issues facing knowledge-intensive organizations. The selections are concise clearly written and present a rich framework of examples drawn from real management experience. Arranged thematically the chapters discuss decision-making organization structure innovation strategic alliances managing knowledge workers and power relations. Represented in this volume are the ideas of influential academics including the late economist Frederick Hayek and French sociologist Michael Crozier as well as world-renowned management thinkers such as Harvard Business School Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Charles Handy. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138435117

Knowledge Management for Project Excellence Knowledge Management for Project Excellence defines a methodology called Projects with Learning Outcomes (ProwLO) for management of knowledge in projects including a process model. This guide enables organizations to solve many known knowledge management problems as experienced in practice. The process model consists of eight processes which are in turn made of activities. These processes are aligned with the generic life cycle of projects and programmes. They drive knowledge processes in project environments. ProwLO is a tool to institutionalize knowledge processing and optimize knowledge processes and thereby provides the infrastructure for the development of learning organizations. This book as a methodology provides a lot of contextual information for a better understanding of knowledge management in the context of projects. First of all it provides an understanding of the essence of knowledge. Second examples of knowledge needs are provided in the context of two PRINCE2 processes and risk management. Third it provides extensive background information on project management. This book offers a step-by-step guide to executing successful project management in the context of the key processes. It also provides the reader with a decision-making tool supported by the capture of Cases a key experience knowledge type. As such it is an essential tool for any project manager operating in the knowledge economy. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367351144

Knowledge Management Foundations 'Knowledge Management Foundations' is just what it claims the first attempt to provide a secure intellectual footing for the myriad of practices called "knowledge management." A breath of fresh air from the usual KM gurus Fuller openly admits that the advent of KM is a mixed blessing that often amounts to the conduct of traditional management by subtler means. However Fuller's deep understanding of both the history of management theory and knowledge production more generally enables him to separate the wheat from the chaff of the KM literature. This ground-breaking book will prove of interest to both academics and practitioners of knowledge management. It highlights the ways in which KM has challenged the values associated with knowledge that academics have taken for granted for centuries. At the same time Fuller resists the conclusion of many KM gurus that the value of knowledge lies in whatever the market will bear in the short term. He pays special attention to how information technology has not only facilitated knowledge work but also has radically altered its nature. There are chapters devoted to the revolution in intellectual property and an evaluation of peer review as a quality control mechanism. The book culminates in a positive re-evaluation of universities as knowledge producing institutions from which the corporate sector still has much to learn. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138148710

Knowledge Management HandbookCollaboration and Social Networking Second Edition Recent research shows that collaboration and social networking foster knowledge sharing and innovation by sparking new connections ideas and practices. Yet these informal networks are often misunderstood and poorly managed. Building on the groundbreaking bestselling first edition Knowledge Management Handbook: Collaboration and Social Networking Second Edition focuses on two key elements in knowledge management: collaboration and social networking. To Innovate Connect the PeopleJay Liebowitz one of the top knowledge management authorities in the world brings together 15 articles by researchers and practitioners who are among the leaders in their fields. They present numerous applications concepts techniques methodologies issues and trends related to collaboration and social networking in a knowledge management context. They also point out areas that need more work such as how to measure the impact of knowledge-sharing efforts in terms of innovation profits and customer perceptions.What Can You Learn from Your Informal Organization?Packed with case studies this handbook explores how you can share knowledge make connections and generate new ideas through collaboration and interaction. It is a valuable reference and classroom text for those engaged in knowledge management particularly from a collaboration and social networking perspective. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367381226

Knowledge Management in EducationEnhancing Learning & Education Knowledge Management (KM) is the technique of using the information and knowledge that is supplied to generated by and inherent in any organization or institution to improve its performance. This volume demonstrates how KM can be used in education to improve learning. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138148000

Knowledge Management in Healthcare Knowledge management goes beyond data and information capture in computerized health records and ordering systems; it seeks to leverage the experiences of all who interact in healthcare to enhance care delivery teamwork and organizational learning. Knowledge management - if envisioned thoughtfully - takes a systemic approach to implementation that includes the embodiment of a learning culture. Knowledge is then used to support that culture and the knowledge workers within it to encourage them to share what they know thusly enabling their peers their organizations and ultimately their patients to benefit from their experience to proactively dismantle hierarchy and encourage sharing about what works and what doesn’t to focus efforts on improvement. Knowledge Management in Healthcare draws on relevant business clinical and health administration literature plus the analysis of discussions with a variety of clinical administrative leadership patient and information experts. The result is a book that will inform thinking on knowledge access needs to mitigate potential failures design lasting improvements and support the sharing of what is known to enable work towards attaining high reliability. It can be used as a general tool for leaders and individuals wishing to devise and implement a knowledge-sharing culture in their institution design innovative activities supporting transparency and communication to strengthen existing programs intended to enhance knowledge sharing behaviours and contribute to high quality safe care. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138271418

Knowledge Management in Practice "This evidence-based book provides the framework and guidelines that professionals need for working with the contemporary explosion of data that is creating opportunities and challenges to all phases of our society and commerce." –Larry R. Medsker Research Professor in Physics and Data Science The George Washington University Knowledge Management in Practice is a resource on how knowledge management (KM) is implemented. It provides specific KM methods tips techniques and best practices to gain competitive advantage and the most from investing in KM. It examines how KM is leveraged by first responders the military healthcare providers insurance and financial services companies legal firms human resources departments merger and acquisition (M&A) firms and research institutions. Essential KM concepts are explored not only from a foundational perspective but also from a practical application. These concepts include capturing and codifying tacit and explicit knowledge KM methods information architecture search KM and social media KM and Big Data and the adoption of KM. Readers can visit the book’s companion website KM Mentor (www.KMMentor.com) where they can access: Presentations by industry leaders on a variety of topics KM templates and instruction on executing KM strategy performing knowledge transfer and KM assessments and audits KM program and project implementation guidance Insights and reviews on KM tools Guidance on implementing and executing various KM Methods Specialized KM publications A private secure collaboration community for members to discuss ideas and get expert answers and advice Media > Books > Print Books Auerbach Publications 9781466562523

Knowledge Management in Public Health Close collaboration across agencies and international borders is mandatory for public health officials. A powerful tool for sharing knowledge knowledge management (KM) can help public health professionals quickly collaborate and disseminate knowledge for solving public health issues worldwide. The latest initiatives for reforming healthcare have put the spotlight on the need for maximizing resources. In addition to providing a platform for sharing knowledge KM can help healthcare professionals do more with less. One tool two problems solved. Yet the sharing of knowledge and KM continues to be a major challenge in the public health field. Knowledge Management in Public Health provides a general introduction to KM and social networking in the public health arena. The book begins with coverage of basic principles components and methodologies as well as trends and key issues in public health. It includes ten case studies illustrating applications of KM and social networking in public health. The chapters are written by leading individuals from organizations involved in applying KM in public health worldwide. The editors and chapter authors explore the many elements of KM delineating how and why to start such an initiative. They provide specific examples of the development and value-added benefits of KM in a variety of public health environments. Tough or quick decision making has always benefitted enormously from knowledge based on the maximum amount of pertinent information available at the time—this has not changed. What is new in the present public health environment is the need to do this more often with fewer personnel available and increased expectations relative to the services expected by the public. Better use of information under a KM system is well suited to serve that purpose. This book explores the many ways to use KM to anticipate potential health issues and quickly resolve key incidents when they occur. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138114487

Knowledge Management in the Digital Newsroom If you are an editor or newsroom manager seeking new and more efficient ways of managing the ever increasing flow of information through your newsroom this book will provide the information you need to make informed decisions about crucial organisational and equipment changes.Case studies from newsrooms worldwide are used to present an overview of the information management tools and processes that are available to help journalists and media executives deal with information. Answers are suggested for some of the most pressing issues including:What are the factors driving change in newsrooms?How are news organizations around the world re-organising their newsrooms to deal with information in new ways?How are the opposing needs to cut costs and yet maintain journalistic quality being met?What digital tools are currently available e.g. for computer-assisted reporting?How can reporters become more mobile?How can trainee journalists be better prepared for operating within the changing newsroom environment?Each chapter is supplemented by a 'how to learn more' section suggesting further resources for tackling each issue. Whether you are planning major change in your newsroom or simply wish to keep up with the latest industry trends this is the book you have been waiting for. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138459946

Knowledge Management in the Pharmaceutical IndustryEnhancing Research Development and Manufacturing Performance The Pharmaceutical Industry has been undergoing a major transformation since the heady days of 'big pharma' in the 1970s and 80s. Patent expiry the rise of generics and the decline of the blockbuster drug have all changed the landscape over the last 10-15 years. It's an environment where products can take 10 years or more to come to market billions are spent on research and development jobs are being shed in the western pharma homelands and regulators and the public are more demanding than ever. So what part is Knowledge Management playing and going to play in this vital international industry? Knowledge Management (KM) has many facets from providing comprehensive knowledge bases for workers through the sharing of advice and problem solving to providing an environment for innovation and change. This book focusing on research and development and manufacturing-based companies explores how a range of techniques and approaches have been applied in the unique environment of the Pharmaceutical Industry and examine how it can help the industry in the 21st century. Whilst the book is centered on the Pharmaceutical Industry its objective will be to discuss and demonstrate how Knowledge Management can be applied in a variety of environments and with a range of cultural issues. KM practitioners and potential practitioners both within and outside the Pharmaceutical Industry will be able to gain valuable guidance and advice from both the examples of good practice and the lessons learned by the authors and contributors. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781409453352

Knowledge Management in the Public SectorA Blueprint for Innovation in Government This comprehensive text introduces public management students and government and nonprofit administrators to the principles and practices of Knowledge Management. The first book to focus exclusively on knowledge management techniques in government agencies it covers such important concepts as collecting categorizing processing distributing and archiving critical organization data and information - and then converting and disseminating these resources to all who need to share in the organizational knowledge. Written in an easy-to-read non-technical style the book includes a thorough review of the current literature in the field as well as a comprehensive presentation of Knowledge Management techniques. Extensive illustrations models checklists and instructions lead readers through the steps involved in instituting KM programs in government and non-profit agencies. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315703053

Knowledge Management in Theory and Practice First published in 2011. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780750678643

Knowledge Management Tools The third in the readers series Resources for the Knowledge-Based Economy Knowledge Management Tools analyzes the use of knowledge management tools in the past present and future. It helps managers and companies utilize what they know. The selections in this volume were carefully chosen to represent the strengths and weaknesses and pros and cons of using technology to support knowledge-based activities. They acknowledge that although tools alone are not the answer to the difficult questions surrounding knowledge management if utilized effectively tools can open up new realms of innovation and efficiency for today's knowledge-driven businesses. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138435216

Knowledge Management Tools and Techniques Knowledge management (KM) - or the practice of using information and collaboration technologies and processes to capture organizational learning and thereby improve business performance - is becoming one of the key disciplines in management especially in large companies. Many books magazines conferences vendors consultancies Web sites online communities and email lists have been formed around this concept.This practical book focuses on the vast offerings of KM solutions—technology content and services. The focus is not on technology details but on how KM and IT practitioners actually use KM tools and techniques. Over twenty case studies describe the real story of choosing and implementing various KM tools and techniques and experts analyse the trends in the evolution of these technologies and tools along with opportunities and challenges facing companies harnessing them. Lessons from successes and failures are drawn along with roadmaps for companies beginning or expanding their KM practice. The introductory chapter presents a taxonomy of KM tools identifies IT implications of KM practices highlights lessons learned and provides tips and recommendations for companies using these tools. Relevant literature on KM practices and key findings of market research groups and industry consortia such as IDC Gartner and APQC are presented.The majority of the book is devoted to case studies featuring clients and vendors along the entire spectrum of solutions: hardware (e.g. handheld/wearable devices) software (e.g. analytics collaboration document management) and content (e.g. newsfeeds market research). Each chapter is structured along the "8Cs" framework developed by the author: connectivity content community commerce community capacity culture cooperation and capital. In other words each chapter addresses how appropriate KM tools and technologies help a company on specific fronts such as fostering adequate employee access to knowledge bodies user-friendly work-oriented content communities of practice a culture of knowledge learning capacity a spirit of cooperation commercial and other incentives and carefully measured capital investments and returns. Vendor history product/service offerings implementation details client testimonials ROI reports and future trends are highlighted.Experts in the field then provide third-party analysis on trends in KM tools and technique areas and recommendations for KM practitioners. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138168992

Knowledge Management: Linchpin of Change This guide sets out the key considerations and provides some practical guidelines to assist in developing and operating an effective knowledge management function. Case studies demonstrate the ways in which different organisations have set about putting Knowledge Management into practice.Contents: Introduction - management fad or essential management technique? Perceived differences between knowledge & information; Key management considerations and influences; Shaping the policy; Role of knowledge management in the management of change; Getting started - importance of initial planning and early staff consultation and involvement; Use of consultants; Responsibility access and control; Systems and procedures; Skills required for day-to-day operation and maintenance; Value - can you show it on the balance sheet? Case studies; How to find out more - useful contact details. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138439436

Knowledge ManagementAn Evolutionary View This book serves as a complete introduction to the subject of Knowledge Management (KM) and incorporates technical as well as social aspects concepts as well as practical examples and traditional KM approaches as well as emerging topics. Knowledge Management: Systems and Processes enhances the conventional exposition of KM with an in-depth discussion of the technologies used to facilitate the management of knowledge in large and small organizations. This includes a complete description of the theory and applications of the various techniques and technologies currently in use to manage organizational knowledge. The discussion of technology is at a level appropriate for the typical business administration graduate student or corporate manager. Special features:* Includes case studies of actual implementations of KM systems including details such as system architecture * Contains numerous vignettes describing practical applications of KM initiatives at leading firms and governmental organizations * Provides a balanced view of knowledge management while incorporating benefits and controversial issues and both technology and social aspects * Extremely current making extensive use of latest developments in and examples from the field of KM * Written by two proficient and recognized researchers in the field of KM. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315706986

Knowledge ManagementAn Introduction Written by experienced Knowledge Management (KM) project leaders and teachers this new textbook has been designed to introduce this growing multi-disciplinary subject to students in an engaging and effective manner. The book balances the theory and practice of KM and considers the issues organizations encounter in the global marketplace. This book is the first to integrate social media and networking into KM practice. The book's nine chapters are divided into three major parts: Part I covers foundational concepts and introduces the reader to the key elements of knowledge management Part II explores critical activities of knowledge management Part III offers a strategic view of knowledge management in organizations. Each chapter provides a broad overview graphics that help readers visualize key points and several vignettes documenting case scenarios that will help the reader digest concepts. Readership: Lecturers and iteachers who have been forced to design courses around KM business texts and anyone who needs to better understand KM to apply it in his or her organization. Media > Books > Print Books Facet Publishing 9781856047357

Knowledge ManagementLearning from Knowledge Engineering Knowledge Management (KM) is strongly rooted in the discipline of Knowledge Engineering (KE) which in turn grew partly out of the artificial intelligence field. Despite their close relationship however many KM specialists have failed to fully recognize the synergy or acknowledge the power that KE methodologies techniques and tools hold for enhancing the state of the art in Knowledge Management.Knowledge Management: Learning from Knowledge Engineering addresses this vacuum. It gives concise practical information and insights drawn from the author's many years of experience in the fields of expert systems and Knowledge Management. Based upon research analyses and illustrative case studies this is the first book to integrate the theory and practice of artificial intelligence and expert systems with the current organizational and strategic aspects of Knowledge Management.The time has come for Knowledge Management professionals to appreciate the synergy between their work and the work of their counterparts in Knowledge Engineering. Knowledge Management: Learning from Knowledge Engineering is the ideal starting point for those in KM to learn from and exploit advances in that field and thereby advance their own. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367455316

Knowledge ManagementSystems and Processes This text serves as a complete introduction to the subject of knowledge management (KM) incorporating technical and social aspects as well as concepts practical examples traditional KM approaches and emerging topics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780765639158

Knowledge MattersThe Structures of Knowledge and Crisis of the Modern World-System Economic changes and political changes which emerged with the modern capitalist world-economy were accompanied in the sociocultural domain by changes in the structures of knowledge. These included the hierarchical separation of the realm of facts from that of values institutionalized as a division between the sciences and the humanities. The social sciences responded to contradictions inherent in this structure over the nineteenth century in producing knowledge on which policy decisions could be based. The problems of the contemporary period indicate we are in a long-term structural crisis. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the theoretical frameworks and methodological approaches through which social analysts and observers alike seek to understand the world. Since the 1960s developments in the field of knowledge especially two movements complexity studies in the natural sciences and cultural studies in the humanities have contested the naturalized essentialist boundaries separating the sciences the social sciences and the humanities. The primary rationale for this work is to recognize the inseparable whole composed of the material structures of the world and the structures of knowledge that govern what actions may be deemed legitimate and effective. 'Knowledge Matters' discusses what actions will actually be undertaken by social agents and what such an approach means for an analysis of the present situation in terms of imagining and evaluating possible futures. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138526815

Knowledge Mobilisation and the Social SciencesResearch Impact and Engagement The essays presented in this volume examine knowledge mobilisation and its relation to research impact and engagement. The social sciences matter because they can help us to understand and address the complex challenges confronting society. This is particularly true in an era of significant downward pressure on public expenditure a consequence of the global fiscal crisis when there is a striking need to ensure that policies are demonstrably effective and efficient. The impact agenda in the UK reflected in parallel global debates actively encourages the social sciences to make and demonstrate a difference; to justify and protect social science funding. This volume shows how knowledge mobilisation can be thought of systematically as a process encompassing engagement leading to the co-production and channelling of knowledge to make a difference in the economy and society. This book was originally published as a special issue of Contemporary Social Science. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138097605

Knowledge Mobilization and Educational ResearchPolitics languages and responsibilities How can educational research have more impact? What processes of knowledge exchange are most effective for increasing the uses of research results? How can research-produced knowledge be better ‘mobilized’ among users such as practicing educators policy makers and the public communities? These sorts of questions are commanding urgent attention in educational discourses and research policies now circulating around the world. This attention has been translated into powerful material exercises that shape what is considered to be worthwhile research and how research is funded recognized and assessed. Yet precisely what activities constitute effective knowledge mobilization or even what is meant by ‘moving knowledge’ remains unclear. What politics are at play in determining knowledge ‘impact’ across radically different contexts? Who determines what counts as impact and for what purposes? How are ‘results’ of educational research separated from its participants and processes? In addition knowledge mobilization also invokes debates about the languages through which knowledge is constructed policy processes are enacted and research unfolds. This volume is unique in bringing together these wide-ranging issues of knowledge mobilization in education. The volume editors critically analyse these complex issues and also describe various efforts of knowledge mobilization and their effects. While the contributors themselves speak from diverse material occupational and theoretical locations. Leading scholars in Canada the US the UK and Australia bring disciplinary perspectives from law digital media studies museum studies journalism and policy-making as well as fields of education. Some speak from Anglo-‘Western’ perspectives but others such as Phan Le Ha (Vietnamese) Rui Yang (Chinese) and Dolores van der Wey (Haida/West Coat Salish First Nations) speak from Asian Indigenous and diasporic locations. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415614658

Knowledge Networking Knowledge Networking explains the strategic organizational and human impact of technologies that support knowledge: the internet groupware collaborative technologies. It shows how they can transform organizational practices and help to improve both individual and team performances. Based on proven experience and includes customised toolkits cases and action plans. From pooling expertise on a sales bid via computer referencing to improving customer service using the flexible office the author demonstrates how potential can become practice.Knowledge management is the big management idea currently influencing organizations and Knowledge Networking explores the global impact of sharing knowledge and expertise. It is a highly practical text which includes customised toolkits cases and action plans to enable individuals and teams to improve their performance. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138433328

Knowledge Networks and Craft Traditions in the Ancient WorldMaterial Crossovers This edited volume investigates knowledge networks based on materials and associated technologies in Prehistoric Europe and the Classical Mediterranean. It emphasises the significance of material objects to the construction maintenance and collapse of networks of various forms – which are central to explanations of cultural contact and change. Focusing on the materiality of objects and on the way in which materials are used adds a multidimensional quality to networks. The properties functions and styles of different materials are intrinsically linked to the way in which knowledge flows and technologies are transmitted. Transmission of technologies from one craft to another is one of the main drivers of innovation whilst sharing knowledge is enabled and limited by the extent of associated social networks in place. Archaeological research has often been limited to studying objects made of one particular material in depth be it lithic materials ceramics textiles glass metal wood or others. The knowledge flow and transfer between crafts that deal with different materials have often been overlooked. This book takes a fresh approach to the reconstruction of knowledge networks by integrating two or more craft traditions in each of its chapters. The authors well-known experts and early career researchers provide concise case studies that cover a wide range of materials. The scope of the book extends from networks of craft traditions to implications for society in a wider sense: materials objects and the technologies used to make and distribute them are interwoven with social meaning. People make objects but objects make people – the materiality of objects shapes our understanding of the world and our place within it. In this book objects are treated as clues to social networks of different sorts that can be contrasted and compared both spatially and diachronically. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367868413

Knowledge Networks and Tourism The receipt of knowledge is a key ingredient by which the tourism sector can adjust and adapt to its dynamic environment. However although its importance has long been recognised  the fragmentation within the sector largely as a result of it being comprised of small and medium sized businesses makes understanding knowledge management challenging. This book applies knowledge management and social network theories to the business of tourism to shed light on successful operations of tourism knowledge networks.  It contributes specifically to understanding a network perspective of the tourism sector the information needs of tourism businesses social network dynamics of tourism business operation knowledge flows within the tourism sector and the transformation of the tourism sector through knowledge networks. Social Network Analysis is applied to fully explore the growth and maintenance of tourism knowledge networks and the relationships between tourism sector stakeholders in relation to their knowledge requirements.  Knowledge Networks and Tourism will be valuable reading for all those interested in successful operations of tourism knowledge networks. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138083479

Knowledge of Evil This book aims to document and analyse the enduring involvement of children in the commercial sex trade in twentieth-century England. It uncovers new evidence to indicate the extent of under-age prostitution over this period a much-neglected subject despite the increased visibility of children more generally. The authors argue that child prostitution needs to be understood within a broader context of child abuse and that this provides one of the clearest manifestations of the way in which 'deviant groups' can be conceived of as both victims and threats. The picture of child prostitution which emerges is one of exclusion from mainstream society and the law and remoteness from the agencies set up to help young people in trouble which were often reluctant to accept the realities of child prostitution. The evidence provided in this book indicates that the circumstances which have led young people into prostitution over the last hundred years amount at worst to physical or psychological abuse or neglect and at best as the result of limited choice. Media > Books > Print Books Willan 9781138992931

Knowledge of Illness in a Sepik SocietyA Study of the Gnau New Guinea Volume 52 Illness is a matter of concern in every society. Social responses to it depend both on the nature of the illness and on cultural interpretation of its significance. This study of the occurrence recognition and explanation of illness amongst the Gnau makes use of its author's dual training in medicine and anthropology to show why how far and in what respects these people of a forest village in New Guinea turn to their religious and magical knowledge in the distress of illness. The analyis shows how a study of ilness can reveal belief and open an illummatlng and crucial perspective on a society's view of its world. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003136514

Knowledge of the External World Many philosophers believe that the traditional problem of our knowledge of the external world was dissolved by Wittgestein and others. They argue that it was not really a problem - just a linguistic `confusion' that did not actually require a solution. Bruce Aune argues that they are wrong. He casts doubt on the generally accepted reasons for putting the problem aside and proposes an entirely new approach. By considering the history of the problem from Descartes to Kant Aune shows that analogous arguments create difficulties for the contemporary philosophical consensus. He makes it clear that the problem remains acute particualarly for our understanding of scientific evidence. The solution he proposes draws upon contemporary philosophy of science and probability theory. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415755474

Knowledge Organization and Classification in International Information Retrieval Learn step-by-step how to develop knowledge-based products for international use! Knowledge Organization and Classification in International Information Retrieval examines current efforts to deal with the increasing globalization of information and knowledge. International authors walk you through the theoretical foundations and conceptual elements behind knowledge management addressing areas such as the Internet multinational resources translations and information languages. The tools techniques and case studies provided in this book will be invaluable to anyone interested in bridging the international information retrieval language gap. This book is divided into four sections that address major themes for internationalized information and knowledge: “General Bibliographic Systems” discusses how bibliographic classification systems can be adapted for specific subjects the problems with addressing different language expressions and the future of these systems “Information Organization in Knowledge Resources” explores knowledge organization and classification focusing mainly on libraries and on the Internet “Linguistics Terminology and Natural Language Processing” analyzes the latest developments in language processing and the design of information retrieval tools and resources “Knowledge in the World and the World of Knowledge” addresses the ontological foundations of knowledge organization and classification and knowledge management in organizations from different cultures With this book you’ll gain a better understanding about the international efforts to globalize: the Dewey Decimal Classification the Library of Congress Classification the Universal Decimal Classification multilingual thesauri Web directories of education-related resources human language technology metadata schemas the North American Industry Classification Figures tables charts and diagrams elucidate the concepts in Knowledge Organization and Classification in International Information Retrieval. Information educators and practitioners as well as specialists in classification and knowledge organization will find this book valuable for its focus on the problems of—and solutions for—information retrieval for specific linguistic cultural and domain communities of discourse. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203050392

Knowledge OrganizationsWhat Every Manager Should Know For knowledge management to be successful the corporate culture needs to be adapted to encourage the creation sharing and distribution of knowledge within the organization. Knowledge Organizations: What Every Manager Should Know provides insight into how organizations can best accomplish this goal. Liebowitz and Beckman provide the information companies need for evaluating and planning the steps and processes that will transform their existing organization infrastructure into a "knowledge-based" organization. This easy-to-read guide includes many vignettes examples and short cases of organizations involved in knowledge management. Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9781003076001

Knowledge Partnering for Community Development Effective community development means that many different stakeholders have to work together: governments development organizations and NGOs and most importantly the people they serve. Knowledge Partnering for Community Development teaches community development professionals how to mediate community needs and development agendas to make community-based solutions for development challenges. Based on the newest research in community and global development Eversole shows readers a strong research and theoretically based framework for understanding local development processes and gives them the skills to turn this into cutting-edge practice. Each chapter features global case studies of innovative community-state partnerships and practical application exercises and strategies for professionals looking to bring new approaches to their research. Knowledge Partnering for Community Development is essential for community workers and students of community development looking to bridge the gap between research insight and best practice between community actors. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138025622

Knowledge PoliticsGoverning the Consequences of Science and Technology This book argues that new technologies and society's response to them have created a relatively new phenomenon "knowledge politics." Nico Stehr describes Western society's response to a host of new technologies developed only since the 1970s including genetic experiments test-tube human conception recombinant DNA and embryonic stem cells; genetically engineered foods; neurogenetics and genetic engineering; and reproductive cloning and the reconstruction of the human ancestral genome. He looks also at the prospective fusion of nanotechnology biotechnology information technology transgenic human engineering and cognitive science whose products may as its boosters claim some day cure disease slow the aging process eliminate pollution and generally enhance human performance. Knowledge Politics shows how human civilization has reached a new era of concern about the life-altering potentials of new technologies. Concerns about the societal consequences of an unfettered expansion of (natural) scientific knowledge are being raised more urgently and are moving to the center of disputes in society-- and thus to the top of the political agenda. Stehr explains the ramifications of knowledge politics and the approaches society could take to resolve difficult questions and conflicts over present and future scientific innovation. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315633770

Knowledge Production Area Studies and Global Cooperation Whereas Area Studies and cross-border cooperation research conventionally demarcates groups of people by geographical boundaries individuals might in fact feel more connected by shared values and principles than by conventional spatial dimensions. Knowledge Production Area Studies and Global Cooperation asks what norms and principles lead to the creation of knowledge about cross-border cooperation and connection. It studies why theories methods and concepts originate in one place rather than another how they travel and what position the scholar adopts while doing research particularly ‘in the field’. Taking case studies from Asia the Middle East and North Africa the book links the production of alternative epistemologies to the notion of global cooperation and reassesses the ways in which the concept of connectedness can be applied at the translocal and individual rather than the formal international and collective level. Knowledge Production Area Studies and Global Cooperation provides an innovative and critical approach towards established means of producing knowledge about different areas of the world demonstrating that an understanding of pluri-local connectivity should be integrated into the production of knowledge about different areas of the world and the behavioural dimension of global cooperation. By shifting the view from the collective to the individual and from the formal to often invisible patterns of connectedness this book provides an important fresh perspective which will be of interest to scholars and students of Area Studies Politics International Relations and Development Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367172664

Knowledge Production in the Arab WorldThe Impossible Promise Over recent decades we have witnessed the globalization of research. However this has yet to translate into a worldwide scientific network across which competencies and resources can flow freely. Arab countries have strived to join this globalized world and become a ‘knowledge economy ’ yet little time has been invested in the region’s fragmented scientific institutions; institutions that should provide opportunities for individuals to step out on the global stage. Knowledge Production in the Arab World investigates research practices in the Arab world using multiple case studies from the region with particular focus on Lebanon and Jordan. It depicts the Janus-like face of Arab research poised between the negative and the positive and faced with two potentially opposing strands; local relevance alongside its internationalization. The book critically assesses the role and dynamics of research and poses questions that are crucial to further our understanding of the very particular case of knowledge production in the Arab region. The book explores research’s relevance and whom it serves as well as the methodological flaws behind academic rankings and the meaning and application of key concepts such as knowledge society/economy. Providing a detailed and comprehensive examination of knowledge production in the Arab world this book is of interest to students scholars and policy makers working on the issues of research practices and status of science in contemporary developing countries. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367874308

Knowledge ProductionResearch Work in Interesting Times This collection from a highly impressive international group of educational researchers explores epistemological methodological and ethical-political issues in the production of knowledge about educational phenomena in contemporary society. The book is organized in two sections. The first focuses on how the enterprise of knowledge production is being influenced by global discourses of educational accountability evidence-based practice and policy and quality assessment. The second section features material that focuses more specifically on reconceiving both methodological matters and the kinds of knowledge that demand attention in this climate. The book is unique in bringing together chapters by scholars well-known internationally for their original contributions to educational theory and research practice. Many books in this area are no more than guides on how to do research or text books reiterating rather narrow frameworks of research paradigms this book both breaks new ground and sets the tone for discussions about the future path of educational research in the coming years. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203609156

Knowledge PuzzlesAn Introduction To Epistemology This book presents many of epistemology's main ideas in a way that will help students understand the central primary writings in epistemology providing puzzles and questions about epistemological theory. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367319922

Knowledge Representation Knowledge representation is fundamental to the study of mind. All theories of psychological processing are rooted in assumptions about how information is stored. These assumptions in turn influence the explanatory power of theories. This book fills a gap in the existing literature by providing an overview of types of knowledge representation techniques and their use in cognitive models. Organized around types of representations this book begins with a discussion of the foundations of knowledge representation then presents discussions of different ways that knowledge representation has been used. Both symbolic and connectionist approaches to representation are discussed and a set of recommendations about the way representations should be used is presented. This work can be used as the basis for a course on knowledge representation or can be read independently. It will be useful to students of psychology as well as people in related disciplines--computer science philosophy anthropology and linguistics--who want an introduction to techniques for knowledge representation. Media > Books > E-books Psychology Press 9780203763698

Knowledge ScienceModeling the Knowledge Creation Process Knowledge science is an emerging discipline resulting from the demands of a knowledge-based economy and information revolution. Explaining how to improve our knowledge-based society Knowledge Science: Modeling the Knowledge Creation Process addresses problems in collecting synthesizing coordinating and creating knowledge. The book introduces several key concepts in knowledge science: Knowledge technology which encompasses classification representation modeling identification acquisition searching organization storage conversion and dissemination Knowledge management which covers three different yet related areas (knowledge assets knowing processes knower relations) Knowledge discovery and data mining which combine databases statistics machine learning and related areas to discover and extract valuable knowledge from large volumes of data Knowledge synthesis knowledge justification and knowledge construction which are important in solving real-life problems Specialists in decision science artificial intelligence systems engineering behavioral science and management science the book’s contributors present their own original ideas including an Oriental systems philosophy a new episteme in the knowledge-based society and a theory of knowledge construction. They emphasize the importance of systemic thinking for developing a better society in the current knowledge-based era. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781439838365

Knowledge Service Engineering Handbook Edited by Jussi Kantola the founding faculty member of the world’s first university Knowledge Service Engineering Department at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology and Waldemar Karwowski from the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems at UCF Knowledge Service Engineering Handbook defines what knowledge services engineering means and how it is different from service engineering and service production. This groundbreaking handbook explores recent advances in knowledge service engineering from the accomplished researchers and practitioners in this field from around the world and provides engineering systemic industry and consumer use viewpoints to knowledge service systems and engineering paradigms. The handbook outlines how to acquire and utilize knowledge in the 21st century presenting multiple cultural aspects including US European and Asian perspectives. Organized into four parts it begins with an introduction to the main concepts of knowledge services. It then explores data information and knowledge based engineering methods and applications that can be used to develop knowledge services followed by discussions of the importance of human networks in knowledge services. The handbook concludes with descriptions of high-performance knowledge service systems. This structure allows different uses: the information can be looked up as needed or read in the order presented. As with any new field the excitement lies in seeing how to combine these advances in data information and human parts of knowledge services in the future. While most books on this subject concentrate on data information or knowledge this handbook integrates coverage of all three thus providing a complete examination of sustainable knowledge services. The handbook has been carefully designed to be of use to professionals who develop new knowledge services and related businesses for academic researchers and lecturers to start new research projects and for students studying knowledge services knowledge service production and knowledge service business. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138071940

Knowledge Sharing and Quality Assurance in Hospitality and Tourism Learn both theory and practice of knowledge managementSir Francis Bacon once wrote “Knowledge is power.” Knowledge Sharing and Quality Assurance in Hospitality and Tourism provides strategies to grab that power and the competitive edge in the tourism industry through knowledge management (KM) and quality assurance. Leading tourism and hospitality experts offer the latest theory and practical frameworks to expand the knowledge needed for creating and maintaining success at destinations around the world. Each cogent chapter provides fresh directions for future research and the creation of effective ways to share and use knowledge.As the tourism and hospitality industry expands the competition increases as the search continues for ways to ensure quality know the consumer and discover the best standards of destination operation. Knowledge Sharing and Quality Assurance in Hospitality and Tourism is a unique foundational text that clearly explains the theory and practical management of knowledge in this lucrative very competitive industry. Knowledge theory is used to explore organizational functioning change issues and operations at destinations in industry clusters and networks. Chapters are extensively referenced. Topics in Knowledge Sharing and Quality Assurance in Hospitality and Tourism include: the role of higher education in transferring knowledge into practice four kinds of benchmarking e-mail response quality quality management at the destination level and its path to knowledge sharing tourism managers knowledge needs—the knowledge type where the knowledge is available and sharing that knowledge between academics and the industry strategic planning in knowledge management three element framework of knowledge management assessment a case study of an international tourism project and the use of knowledge management a case study of best practice in tourism research dissemination in Quebec and QueenslandKnowledge Sharing and Quality Assurance in Hospitality and Tourism is crucial idea-sparking reading perfect for tourism researchers tourism managers administrators educators and students. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203051818

Knowledge Sharing in ProfessionsRoles and Identity in Expert Communities No professional is an island. Despite their capacity to monopolize and erect entry barriers in terms of either formal credentials or membership of certain organizations professionalism is inextricably bound up with collective accomplishments on a day-to-day basis and the capacity to share all the resources that constitute the professional domain of expertise. Knowledge Sharing in Professions looks at professionalism as a form of systematic and institutionalized knowledge sharing. It analyses professionalism through the everyday practices in professional communities and the organizations where they work. Three empirical studies of pharmaceutical clinical trials researchers management consultants and architects are presented serving to illustrate the relational nature of these and other professions and how members of professional communities are constantly exchanging data information and know-how in their everyday work. Alexander Styhre seeks to understand the role of professions and other forms of experts in contemporary society on the basis of complementary perspectives that is to say the communal and collegial nature of professional work. This book represents a valuable contribution both to the sociological literature on professions and the business orientated literature on knowledge management and should promote further new research on professionalism. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781409420972

Knowledge SpacesTheories Empirical Research and Applications Based on the formal concept of "knowledge structures" originally proposed by Jean-Claude Falmagne and Jean-Paul Doignon this book contains descriptions of methodological developments and experimental investigations as well as applications for various knowledge domains. The authors address three main topics: * theoretical issues and extensions of Doignon & Falmagne's theory of knowledge structures; * empirical validations of specific problem types and knowledge domains such as sentence comprehension problem solving in chess inductive reasoning elementary mathematical reasoning and others; and * application of knowledge structures in various contexts including knowledge assessment intelligent tutoring systems and motor learning. Unlike most other approaches in the literature in cognitive psychology this book provides both a rigorous mathematical formulation of knowledge-related psychological concepts and its empirical validation by experimental data. Media > Books > Print Books Psychology Press 9781138002982

Knowledge Spillover-based Strategic Entrepreneurship This book is about the role of knowledge spillovers and strategic entrepreneurship in the management context. It focuses on how knowledge spillovers and strategic entrepreneurship are crucial to the process of creative destruction and construction. The book aims to provide insights into and discussion on how firms combine entrepreneurial action that creates new opportunities for industries regions and economies. This book is first of its kind to link knowledge management perspectives to strategic entrepreneurship to understand the co-creation process. Being interdisciplinary in nature this book appeals to entrepreneurship and knowledge management scholars students and practitioners. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367370459

Knowledge Structures First Published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > E-books Psychology Press 9780203781944

Knowledge Structures in Close RelationshipsA Social Psychological Approach Thirty-three of the top scholars in this fast moving domain present a picture of work at the cusp in social psychology -- work that deals with cognition and affect in close relationships. The present volume contains a wealth of research findings and influential theoretical accounts that spring as much from indigenous work in the close relationship field as from purebred social cognition. The chapters introduce theories and research programs concerned with the role of individual and couple differences in close relationship knowledge structures. They deal with the role of emotion and affect in close relationships. And they discuss the function of cognition and knowledge structures in relation to the developmental course of close relationships. Each section is accompanied by a critical review written by an expert in the field. This volume is a must for any close relationship scholar interested in the latest research and theorizing about close relationships that adopt a social psychological perspective. It will also be of interest to scholars and students working in clinical psychology social cognition communication individual differences and family studies. Media > Books > E-books Psychology Press 9781315806631

Knowledge Systems and Change in Climate GovernanceComparing India and South Africa The success of international efforts to manage climate change depends on the participation of emerging economies. This book uses a comparative study of two of the most important India and South Africa to reveal new insights into managing climate change on a global scale. The book provides a unique in-depth analysis of how these two countries are dealing with climate change at both national and province levels from India’s advances in solar and wind energy development to South Africa’s efforts to introduce a carbon tax. Using the innovative theoretical framework of climate knowledge systems it explores how people in India and South Africa engage with one other learn and act by forming communities of practice. The book identifies the drivers and barriers of climate governance showing how different forms of scientific technological normative and pragmatic knowledge can aid climate governance and analysing how the underlying mind-set that guides climate action in these countries is changing. This book is a valuable resource for students and scholars of environmental policy politics and governance as well as comparative politics climate change and sustainable development. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138282384

Knowledge that Counts in a Global CommunityExploring the Contribution of Integrated Curriculum As the third millennium progresses we are faced with increasing pressures relating to climate change and the sustainability of life on Earth. Concerned citizens are realizing that the responsibility to respond is both local and global. There is an increasing sense of urgency about the need to reform the processes of schooling and curriculum to better prepare students for global citizenship. Educators policy makers and the wider community are seeking information about how to proceed with this reform effort particularly how alternative and integrated approaches to curriculum can be used to engage students with the important issues of our time. Knowledge that Counts in a Global Community explores the potential contribution of curriculum integration in a context where school curricula are typically segregated by discipline. It offers curriculum integration as a powerful tool for educating young citizens so that they can understand and respond to global concerns. It argues for an informed citizenry who can think broadly across disciplines and contribute sensibly and pragmatically to local problems with an eye on how this translates to making a global difference. In its examination of the twin themes of global knowledge and curriculum integration the book explores: the nature of curriculum integration the nature of knowledge the nature of learning The authors reflect on these issues from perspectives gained by more than a decade of research in the area. Their in-depth scholarly exploration and critical analysis of current approaches to curriculum introduces educators and academics to contemporary ways of conceptualizing the complexities of and relationships among curriculum integration knowledge and learning. Throughout the book the authors emphasize the central curriculum question what kinds of outcomes do we want for students of the twenty-first century? This book will provide a valuable resource for academic educators researchers teachers and others interested in educational policy reform. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415573382

Knowledge Transfer and Innovation This book demonstrates how managers can use and transfer knowledge more effectively to stimulate innovation in their organization in order to increase their competitive advantage. Jones and Mahon draw on their discussions with combat Veterans whose very survival relies on their skill in transferring crucial knowledge and information quickly effectively and efficiently. They note that in today’s competitive and fast-paced business world these skills translate into continual innovation metamorphosis and ultimately success. The authors have built a conceptual framework that demonstrates to the reader how to develop the same underlying skills and to use them effectively in the business environment. With rich and lively examples throughout Knowledge Transfer and Innovation equips students and practitioners of knowledge management innovation leadership and strategy with the skills tools and strategies to succeed in today’s fast-paced business environment. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138712478

Knowledge Transfer in the Automobile IndustryGlobal-Local Production Networks The book arose from a multi-disciplinary study which looked at the development of global-local manufacturing clusters in the context of a developing Asian economy. The study demonstrates the connection amongst theoretical perspectives such as international business development studies economic geography and organisational learning clusters/production networks through an in-depth case study of the Indonesian automotive cluster. The book gives a detailed account of two automotive clusters (Toyota and Honda) and their contribution to regional economic development in emerging economies in Asian region. The book builds on existing literature to develop a theoretical framework to shed light on the study's empirical findings. The book discusses practical implications for both the business community and policy makers. The discussion on global-local networks in an Asian context supplements existing literature and case studies in the field. This is one of the few books that explicitly links regional clusters to global networks. The book offers a refreshingly international (Asian) perspective to the literature on clusters and economic geography for emerging economies.   Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415704076

Knowledge Transmission Our knowledge of the world comes from various sources. But it is sometimes said that testimony unlike other sources transmits knowledge from one person to another. In this book Stephen Wright investigates what the transmission of knowledge involves and the role that it should play in our theorising about testimony as a source of knowledge. He argues that the transmission of knowledge should be understood in terms of the more fundamental concept of the transmission of epistemic grounds and that the claim that testimony transmits knowledge is not only defensible in its own right but indispensable to an adequate theory of testimony. This makes testimony unlike other epistemic sources. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367733681

Knowledge-Based Intelligent Techniques in Character Recognition Knowledge-Based Intelligent Techniques in Character Recognition presents research results on intelligent character recognition techniques reflecting the tremendous worldwide interest in the applications of knowledge-based techniques in this challenging field.This resource will interest anyone involved in computer science computer engineering applied mathematics or related fields. It will also be of use to researchers application engineers and students who wish to develop successful character recognition systems such as those used in reading addresses in a postal routing system or processing bank checks.Features Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367399788

Knowledge-Based Services Internationalization and Regional Development The acquisition and management of information is central to the operation and marketing of many service-providing firms and other organizations. Their varied knowledge requirements influence approaches to organizational structure relationships to other organizations the location of operations and entry into new markets. In this book an international and interdisciplinary team of leading scholars examines the attributes of knowledge acquisition and diffusion within and across service-providing organizations. Using a variety of case examples they pay particular attention to the processes of internationalization and the ways in which service-providing organizations affect regional economic development. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138275577

Knowledge-Based Systems for Multiple Environments First published in 1992 this volume identifies the problems facing the designer of multi-environmental knowledge-based systems and explains the principles that must be followed in order to obtain successful results. Systems called upon to function in a variety of widely differing cultural and natural environments can only do so satisfactorily if from the very beginning they have been designed with this versatility in mind. For the first time the know-how for this often formidable design task has been gathered together and presented here. This study was written to an overall plan with chapters commissioned from a group of research of quite diversified back-grounds who had deeply explored their subjects. Each topic was thus covered in close connection with the others so as to form a coherent whole. While primarily aimed at workers in Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems as well as designers of other kinds of sophisticated software the contents of the book are of wider validity just as the multi-environmental demands are of wider incidence. Manufactures exporters and importers of computing technology with a large knowledge component will also find their concerns addressed. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138386617

Knowledge-buildingEducational studies in Legitimation Code Theory Education and knowledge have never been more important to society yet research is segmented by approach methodology or topic. Legitimation Code Theory or ‘LCT’ extends and integrates insights from Pierre Bourdieu and Basil Bernstein to offer a framework for research and practice that overcomes segmentalism. This book shows how LCT can be used to build knowledge about education and society. Comprising original papers by an international and multidisciplinary group of scholars Knowledge-building offers the first primer in this fast-growing approach. Through case studies of major research projects Part I provides practical insights into how LCT can be used to build knowledge by: - enabling dialogue between theory and data in qualitative research - bringing together quantitative and qualitative methodologies in mixed-methods research - relating theory and practice in praxis - conducting interdisciplinary studies with systemic functional linguistics Part II offers a series of studies of pressing issues facing knowledge-building in education and beyond encompassing: - diverse subject areas including physics English cultural studies music and design - educational sites: schooling vocational education and higher education - practices of research curriculum pedagogy and assessment - both education and informal learning contexts such as museums and masonic lodges Carefully sequenced and interrelated these chapters form a coherent collection that gives a unique insight into one of the most thought-provoking and innovative ways of building knowledge about knowledge-building in education and society to have emerged this century. This book is essential reading for all serious students and scholars of education sociology and linguistics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138103795

Knowledge-Driven Profit ImprovementImplementing Assessment Feedback Using PDKAction Theory This book presents an innovative and radically logical way of thinking about organizational knowledge and competition that centers on discipline integration and focus. By tapping into the previously unrealized strengths that lie in all companies the author suggests that it is possible for companies to move beyond informational chaos to create focused and enticing new opportunities.The 12 step method presented in the first five chapters show you how to take information from feedback from assessments surveys and audits convert it into usable knowledge and get bottom line improvements. The strategy expands the plan-do-check-act (PDCA) model into a Plan-Do-Knowledge-Act (PDKA) process. The case studies provided reinforce the principles and the theory behind them.Significant challenges face any organization intent on becoming world-class by managing knowledge effectively. They can be classified into four types: making use of your information by integrating it organizing the different forms of information into a manageable framework focusing equal attention on your strengths and your weaknesses developing decision-making criteria based on key company drivers. The12 steps outlined in Knowledge-Driven Profit Improvement: Implementing Assessment Feedback Using PDKAction Theory will show you how to make your company into a world-class organization.FeaturesAssists companies in becoming more competitiveServes as a guide for companies to use when taking their feedback from assessments surveys and audits then integrating the feedback and prioritizing it so that financial and operational improvements can be madeAllows companies to use the information they have been accruing for yearsHelps companies establish better business priorities for the purpose of better planningDemonstrates the significance of improvements made by using the information gained from assessments Contents< Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138464506

Knowledge-in-Practice in the Caring ProfessionsMultidisciplinary Perspectives Knowledge-in-Practice in the Caring Professions explores the nature and role of knowledge in the practical work of the caring professions. It focuses on knowledge of the practical over the theoretical looking at the application of theory and the implementation of skill judgment and discretion. Containing contributions from experts in a variety of fields the research within this book offers a unique perspective on professional practice as multi-disciplinary illustrating shared and overlapping understandings in knowledge-in-practice between the different professions as well as understandings that are distinctive to each discipline. It underlines that in order to effectively address the range of social psychological and health problems facing contemporary societies professionals need to engage in cooperative models of practice. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315591209

Knowledge-Intensive Business ServicesGeography and Innovation Over the last decade there has been an increasing amount of research on knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) and innovation. This book brings together current thinking on this subject from geographic and territorial perspectives. Researchers from across Europe and North America present contributions from a wide range of disciplinary approaches including management studies innovation studies and geography. They explore areas such as innovation related cooperation between KIBS firms and their industrial partners how KIBS firms mediate business knowledge and the impact that KIBS make in local regional and international contexts. The book offers a timely exploration of the role played by the geographic and institutional environment in the processes that link KIBS innovation and territory across different contexts. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138255067

Knowledge-Intensive Entrepreneurship and Innovation SystemsEvidence from Europe This book examines entrepreneurship from three interrelated perspectives. Firstly it links entrepreneurship to innovation and to the generation transformation and use of knowledge. Secondly it inserts entrepreneurship in innovation systems of various types- national sectoral and local. Thirdly it views entrepreneurship not as a single event but as a process that evolves in time from the pre-entry experience to the entrepreneurial act to the evolution of the entrepreneur and the new company. With chapters from a range of international contributors the book answers questions such as; what are the main dimensions of knowledge intensive entrepreneurship? What are the factors affecting its emergence evolution and performance? How important is knowledge intensive entrepreneurship for European growth and competitiveness? Is the situation of Central and Eastern Europe engaged in a process of major economic and institutional transformation similar or different from the one of Western Europe? Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415745246

KnowledgeIs Knowledge Power? As we move through our modern world the phenomenon we call knowledge is always involved. Whether we talk of know-how technology innovation politics or education it is the concept of knowledge that ties them all together. But despite its ubiquity as a modern trope we seldom encounter knowledge in itself. How is it produced where does it reside and who owns it? Is knowledge always beneficial will we know all there is to know at some point in the future and does knowledge really equal power? This book pursues an original approach to this concept that seems to define so many aspects of modern societies. It explores the topic from a distinctly sociological perspective and traces the many ways that knowledge is woven into the very fabric of modern society. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138685680

Knowledges Born in the StruggleConstructing the Epistemologies of the Global South In a world overwhelmingly unjust and seemingly deprived of alternatives this book claims that the alternatives can be found among us. These alternatives are however discredited or made invisible by the dominant ways of knowing. Rather than alternatives therefore we need an alternative way of thinking of alternatives. Such an alternative way of thinking lies in the knowledges born in the struggles against capitalism colonialism and patriarchy the three main forms of modern domination. In their immense diversity such ways of knowing constitute the Global South as an epistemic subject. The epistemologies of the South are guided by the idea that another world is possible and urgently needed; they emerge both in the geographical north and in the geographical south whenever collectives of people fight against modern domination. Learning from and with the epistemic South suggests that the alternative to a general theory is the promotion of an ecology of knowledges based on intercultural and interpolitical translation. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367362072

KnowledgeThe Philosophical Quest in History The theory of knowledge or epistemology is often regarded as a dry topic that bears little relation to actual knowledge practices. Knowledge: The Philosophical Quest in History addresses this perception by showing the roots developments and prospects of modern epistemology from its beginnings in the nineteenth century to the present day. Beginning with an introduction to the central questions and problems in theory of knowledge Steve Fuller goes on to demonstrate that contemporary epistemology is enriched by its interdisciplinarity analysing keys areas including: Epistemology as Cognitive Economics Epistemology as Divine Psychology Epistemology as Philosophy of Science Epistemology as Sociology of Science Epistemology and Postmodernism. A wide-ranging and historically-informed assessment of the ways in which man has - and continues to - pursue question contest expand and shape knowledge this book is essential reading anyone in the Humanities and Social Sciences interested in the history and practical application of epistemology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781844658183

Knut Wicksell (Routledge Revivals)Selected Essays in Economics Volume 2 This book along with its predecessor makes most of Wicksell's most important contributions accessible to English speaking readers for the first time. The essays collected here first published in 1999  focus on money and price theory and include Wicksell's book reviews of Leon Walrus Ludwig von Mises and John Bates Clark. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415685795

Knut Wicksell (Routledge Revivals)Selected Essays in Economics Volume One Knut Wicksell made enormous contributions to capital theory monetary theory and fiscal policy. However whilst his books are widely available in English few of his more than 800 articles have ever been translated. This volume first published in 1997  includes new translations of Wicksell's contributions to marginalism and capital theory; public economics and unemployment. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415685771

Knut Wicksell on the Causes of Poverty and its Remedy Knut Wicksell is arguably the greatest Swedish social scientist of all time and poverty was a theme that occupied him all his life. Indeed it was probably Wicksell's interest in poverty that was the critical factor in drawing him away from his purely mathematical background towards a greater understanding of the social sciences as a whole. In this outstanding volume Mats Lundahl one of the world's leading development economists examines Wicksell's thinking in the area of poverty and shows the importance of his contributions to this field. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415655323

Knut Wicksell: Selected Essays Volumes 1 & 2 Knut Wicksell was one of the most influential economists of the twentieth century making major contributions to price theory monetary theory and capital theory. A prolific and diverse thinker his ideas were to inspire the Stockholm School the Austrian School and mainstream neo-classical economics. Although most of his major books have now been translated into English relatively few of his essays have. These two volumes first published in 1997 and 1999 made many of Wicksell's most important contributions accessible to the English speaking reader for the first time and this reissue will be welcomed by economists at all levels. These volumes contain translations of articles originally written in Swedish and German which focus on: *marginalism and capital theory *public economics *unemployment *money and price theory * population * Wicksell's book reviews including reviews of Leon Walras Ludwig von Mises and John Bates Clark. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415685573

Kodae Sosol First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor and Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138405882

KohlerA Political Biography of Walter J.Kohler Jr. McCarthy and Eisenhower Nelson Lucey and Proxmire--they were all giants of state and national politics in the 1950s. Yet the period also produced Walter J. Kohler Jr. a three-term governor who in the words of the Milwaukee Journal was the most dominant force in Wisconsin politics of his era. In this highly readable biography personalities and events of the 1950s are discussed as are some of the issues that still divide contemporary Democrats and Republicans in the twenty-first century.Walter Kohler was one of two men to gather 1 million votes for governor in Wisconsin through the end of the twentieth century. He is credited with helping create the Eisenhower presidency both by his support in Wisconsin's critical presidential primary and by organizing the nation's Republican governors to endorse Ike in the run-up to the 1952 GOP Convention. He signed the largest income tax cut in percentage-rate terms at any level of government between Coolidge and Kennedy. He fought for a vast expansion of Wisconsin's highway system and in 1952 launched what became a national crusade for traffic safety. He paved the way for coordination of Wisconsin's now-unified university system; took the battle for civil rights to Wisconsin's shipping hotel manufacturing and other industries and became the first governor in two decades to fulfill his constitutional duty to enact a reapportionment of the state legislature.Fossedal also captures Kohler as political anti-hero.In an age when Americans long for self-governance by our political and corporate officials Kohler's integrity as a man may be as arresting as his acts as governor. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138511453

Kohut Loewald and the PostmodernsA Comparative Study of Self and Relationship In Kohut Loewald and the Postmoderns Judith Teicholz using the contemporary critique of Kohut and Loewald as a touchstone of inquiry into the current status of psychoanalysis focuses on a select group of postmodern theorists whose recent writings comprise a questioning subtext to Kohut's and Loewald's ideas. Acutely aware of the important differences among these theorists Teicholz nonetheless believes that their respective contributions which present psychoanalysis as an interactive process in which the analyst's own subjectivity plays a constitutive role in the joint construction of meanings achieve shared significance as a postmodern critique of Kohut and Loewald. She is especially concerned with the relationship - both theoretically and technically -between Kohut's emphasis on the analyst's empathic resonance with the analysand's viewpoint and affect and the postmodern theorists' shared insistence on the expression of the analyst's own subjectivity in the treatment situation. Her analysis incorporates fine insight into the tensions and ambiguities in Kohut and Loewald whose work ultimately emerges as a way station between modern and postmodern viewpoints and her appreciation of Kohut and Loewald as transitional theorists makes for an admirably even-handed exposition. She emphasizes throughout the various ways in which Kohut and Loewald gave nascent expression to postmodern attitudes but she is no less appreciative of the originality of postmodern theorists who address genuine lacunae in the thought and writings of these exemplars of an earlier generation. Teicholz's examination of what she terms two overlapping "partial revolutions" in psychoanalysis - that of Kohut and Loewald on one hand and of the postmoderns on the other - throws an illuminating searchlight on the path psychoanalysis has traveled over the last quarter of the 20th century. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315803302

Kohut's Freudian Vision Heinz Kohut was arguably the most influential modern day psychoanalyst. Because current interest in Kohut's work has focused so completely on self psychology however certain aspects of Kohut's thinking in particular his nonreductive synthesis of Freudian theory are in danger of being lost. Prior to his development of self psychology Kohut was a legendary teacher of Freudian theory at the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis. In this volume Philip Rubovits-Seitz presents Kohut's previously unavailable lectures from his course on psychoanalytic psychology (prepared in collaboration with Kohut himself) along with an illuminating summary statement on Freudian theory jointly written by Kohut and Rubovits-Seitz.Rubovits-Seitz continues with his own insightful analysis of Kohut's distinctive approach to Freudian theory. And he concludes by arguing persuasively why Kohut's later contributions should best be viewed as a continuation rather than an abandonment of this early vision. Kohut's Freudian Vision not only repairs an outstanding tear in received psychoanalytic history but also challenges self psychologists and contemporary Freudian psychoanalysts alike to renewed reflection. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138005419

Kohut's Twinship Across CulturesThe Psychology of Being Human Kohut's Twinship Across Cultures: The Psychology of Being Human chronicles a 10-year-voyage in which the authors struggled initially independently to make sense of Kohut‘s intentions when he radically re-defined the twinship experience to one of "being human among other human beings". Commencing with an exploration of Kohut’s work on twinship and an illustration of the value of what he left for elaboration Togashi and Kottler proceed to introduce a new and very different sensitivity to understanding particular psychoanalytic relational processes and ideas about human existential anguish trauma and the meaning of life. Together they tackle the twinship concept which has often been misunderstood and about which little has been written. Uniquely the book expands and elaborates upon Kohut’s final definition "being human among other human beings." It problematizes this apparently simple concept with a wide range of clinical material demonstrating the complexity of the statement and the intricacies involved in recognizing and working with traumatized patients who have never experienced this feeling.　 It asks how a sense of being human as opposed to being described as human can be generated and how this might help clinicians to better understand and work with trauma. Written for psychoanalysts and psychoanalytic psychotherapists interested in self-psychological intersubjective and relational theories Twinship Across Cultures will also be invaluable to clinicians working in the broader areas of psychoanalysis psychotherapy social work psychiatry and education. It will enrich their sensitivity and capacity to understand and treat traumatized patients and the alienation they feel among other human beings. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138819177

KoinoniaFrom Hate through Dialogue to Culture in the Larger Group A study of the larger group focusing on the processes and dynamics whereby the group micro-culture emerges. As the initial frustrations of the group find expression in hate this is transformed through dialogue to what the Greeks knew as 'koinonia' or the state of impersonal fellowship. Essentially Koinonia concerns itself with an opera Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367325282

Koizumi and Japanese PoliticsReform Strategies and Leadership Style This book offers an empirical and theoretical study of the Koizumi administration covering such issues as the characteristics of its political style its domestic and foreign policies and its larger historical significance. The key questions that guide its approach are: what enabled Koizumi to exercise unusually strong leadership and what structural transformations of Japanese politics did he achieve? Uchiyama looks at policy-making processes newly created institutional arenas such as the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy Koizumi’s populist strategy foreign policy and neo-liberal convictions to assess the historical significance of his administration and seek out the basis for its wide public support. Finally the book undertakes a normative evaluation of the merits and demerits of the Koizumi administration’s political style and compares it with the Abe and Fukuda administrations that came after. This book will be of interest to scholars and students with an interest in comparative politics administrative reform and contemporary Japan. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415854924

Konfuzianisches Ethos und westliche WissenschaftWang Guowei (1877-1927) und das Ringen um das moderne China This study in German offers profound insights into the life and thoughts of Wang Guowei (1877-1927). Like many intellectuals who strongly perceived the necessity of reforms in the waning years of the Late Qing dynasty i.e. after the Opium wars Wang sought to strengthen China's position against foreign in particular Western powers. Contrary to earlier approaches which either advocated a close adherence to Confucian traditions or tried to adapt only elements of Western material culture mainly industrial and military technology Wang Guowei aimed at reviving traditional Chinese culture by analysing its source texts using a modern scientific approach (and thereby started the discipline of guoxue [national studies]) and simultaneously adapting compatible elements of Western immaterial culture. Thus Wang became known as an authority on Chinese paleography as well as on German philosophy especially Kantian epistomology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367596330

Konjac GlucomannanProduction Processing and Functional Applications In recent years konjac glucomannan (KGM) has attracted growing attention as a dietary fibre. It is a neutral hydrocolloid with significant health functions. Although relatively little known in the Western world it has been part of the human diet in China and Japan for nearly two thousand years. Initially the main source of KGM was Amorphophallus konjac from which the common English name ‘konjac’ is derived. Nowadays the production of KGM is expanding into SE Asia and more tropical species of Amorphophallus are used as a raw material. Konjac Glucomannan: Production Processing and Functional Applications deals with a wide range of aspects related with the production of KGM including the taxonomy of the genus Amorphophallus with a focus on edible species their physiology ecology and field production. Other sections of the book discuss the postharvest processing and physico-chemical properties of KGM. A considerable portion is dedicated to the applications of KGM in functional foods food additives and their derivatives and in medicine. In addition Konjac Glucomannan describes the current status of the KGM industry and the research done by industrial and scientific institutions in the major producing countries. Key Features Provides thorough information about taxonomy and ecology of KGM producing Amorphophallus species Describes commercial production of Amorphophallus sp. in the field and the forest Describes advanced industrial extraction techniques of KGM Reviews the major applications of KGM nutritional (anti-obesity regulation in lipid metabolism prebiotic) and biomedical fields At present KGM has wide applications in the food industry as a gelling agent stabiliser and emulsifier and is used for edible coatings for preservation of fruit and vegetables. Other uses are in pharmaceutical industry for microencapsulation of active compounds that are to be released ‘on demand’ for treatment of various diseases. This book is aimed at researchers in academia and industry and will appeal to professionals from a wide variety of industries including food scientists & engineers botanists agronomists nutritionists health care professionals pharmaceutical industry professionals. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138367173

Konstantin Stanislavsky As one of the most well-known names in theatre history Konstantin Stanislavsky’s teachings on actor training have endured throughout the decades influencing scholars and practitioners even in the present day. This second edition of Konstantin Stanislavsky combines: an overview of Stanislavsky’s life and work including recent discoveries an assessment of his widely read text An Actor Prepares (1936) with comparisons to Benedetti’s 2008 translation An Actor’s Work detailed commentary of the key 1898 production of The Seagull an indispensable set of practical exercises for actors teachers and directors. As a first step towards critical understanding and as an initial ex- ploration before going on to further primary research Routledge Performance Practitioners are unbeatable value for today’s student. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815361046

Korea - A Religious History This is an historical survey of all the religious traditions of Korea in relation to the socio-cultural trends of seven different periods of Korean history. The book includes a discussion of the history of the study of religion in Korea a chronological description of Korean folk religion including shamanism Buddhism Confucianism Roman Catholicism and Protestantism Islam and Korean New Religions and some final observations about the unique characteristics of religious beliefs and practices in Korea. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138147966

Korea & Her Neighbours Hb First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138974081

Korea 1991The Road To Peace This book is the product of a continuing joint effort by the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses and the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies to find roads to a lasting settlement of the dangerous intra-Korean confrontation. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367161194

Korea after the CrashThe Politics of Economic Recovery Brian Bridges examines the impact on South Korea of the financial crisis of 1997. Covering events up to and including the recent parliamentary elections in South Korea the book considers the socio-economic and political implications of the financial crisis. It is invaluable reading for students of modern Korea. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203162057

Korea and GlobalizationPolitics Economics and Culture Korea faces two challenges in the twenty-first century: unification and globalization. Both entail problems of economic political and cultural integration. In the past Koreans successfully 'unified' in various forms and 'globalized' in many ways. This book is a study of the theme of globalization addressing various aspects of Korea's integration into the global community from a social scientific or humanistic perspective. This investigation begins with a focus on contemporary South and North Korea: the 'globalized' southern daily life South Korean labour as a global player the southern development state and the cultural division that poses the greatest threat to reunification. Moving outwards in concentric circles chapters address Korea's connections with its region and Koreans' contributions to the wider world. Relations with Japan Korea's most difficult bi-lateral relationship are surveyed to identify both patterns and images. The thirteenth century Tripitaka Koreana is the most complete collection of Buddhist scripture in Chinese and its recent digitization points towards a renaissance of this world religion. South Korea's pursuit of a Nobel Prize in Literature is put in perspective when one considers Korean contribution to the pre-modern Sinitic literary world. South Korea may owe its existence to the United Nations but since entering the UN in 1991 it has taken to heart the altruistic urge of global peacekeeping. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138974074

Korea and the Western Drumset: Scattering Rhythms For over a century drummers have been turning to a variety of percussive traditions as prompts for the creation of new expressive possibilities on the drumset. In this book Simon Barker sets out in detail the developmental processes he has followed creating an improvisational language for the drumset utilizing Korean rhythm/sticking cells aesthetic conceptions improvisatory codes and developmental procedures. Barker offers historical overviews of Korean traditional rhythmic forms analysis of rhythmic structures appearing in a variety of styles an analysis and chronological account of his development of a 'Koreanized' approach to the drumset a methodology for performing p’ansori accompaniment on the drumset an introduction to Korean extended techniques and a large collection of drumset studies based on Korean traditional forms such as tasÅ­rÅ­m ch’ilch’ae and ritual music structures from Korea’s East Coast. Barker also explores physical practices employed by Korean musicians which aid in the development of a relaxed dynamic approach to performance. He creates a framework for creating an alternative approach to drumset education and performance through an engagement with Korea’s extraordinary rhythmic and aesthetic traditions. The volume includes an accompanying CD featuring recordings of developmental exercises solo drumset improvisations and ensemble performances each track representing a subject of discussion within the volume. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367599379

Korea Approaches Reunification This work presents a detailed picture of the divergent socio-economic trends in divided Korea since its 1945 partition. It also covers the social and political situation in the North and South today and the domestic and international challenges to a successful Korean reunification. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315482095

Korea at the CenterDynamics of Regionalism in Northeast Asia The common images of Korea view the peninsula as a long-standing battleground for outside powers and the Cold War's last divided state. But Korea's location at the very center of Northeast Asia gives it a pivotal role in the economic integration of the region and the dynamic development of its more powerful neighbors. A great wave of economic expansion driven first by the Japanese miracle and then by the ascent of China has made South Korea - an economic powerhouse in its own right - the hub of the region once again a natural corridor for railroads and energy pipelines linking Asiatic Russia to China and Japan. And over the horizon an opening of North Korea with multilateral support would add another major push toward regional integration. Illuminating the role of the Korean peninsula in three modern historical periods the eminent international contributors to this volume offer a fresh and stimulating appraisal of Korea as the key to the coalescence of a broad open Northeast Asian regionalism in the twenty-fifth century. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315289571

Korea Briefing 1990 This book initiates a series of comprehensive annual reviews of issues and events in the Republic of Korea and on the peninsula as a whole in 1990. It provides both students and specialist with a useful overview of a rapidly changing society. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367165420

Korea Briefing 1992 Reviewing the domestic politics foreign relations and economies of North and South Korea this book covers South Korea's security ties with the United States the history of the South Korean press over the past 30 years and the difficulties Korean women face in a traditional society. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367154561

Korea Briefing 1993Festival of Korea Published in conjunction with The Asia Society's Festival of Korea this expanded issue of Korea Briefing provides historical insight into Korea with retrospective chapters on politics and economics and illuminates Korea's cultural heritage through chapters on music dance and literature. In addition the political and economic chapters treat events of the past year outlining the challenges and possibilities facing Kim Young-sam the newly elected South Korean president. Another chapter examines the implications for U.S. policy toward Korea of Bill Clinton's election to the U.S. presidency. A chapter by the editor describing the U.S. outlook toward Korea is balanced by a chapter on the changes in Korean perspectives on the United States since the Korean War. The Korean American community's struggles in the United States are explored in a chapter that addresses the aftereffects of the Los Angeles riots in the broader context of issues facing the Korean American community. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367011871

Korea Briefing1997-1999: Challenges and Changes at the Turn of the Century While mainly focusing on the Kim Dae Jung era the essays in this book examine persistent problems and new opportunities in Korean politics economy and culture. In 1997 Kim Ae Jung was elected to head the government of the Seventh Republic after 30 years in opposition. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315291932

Korea Briefing2000-2001: First Steps Toward Reconciliation and Reunification This new edition of Korea Briefing provides a timely analysis of the evolving relationship between South and North Korea. In June 2000 after years of ignoring the South Korean government the North Korean leader Kim Jong II finally agreed to a summit meeting with South Korea's President Kim Dae Jung. As a sign of reconciliation the summit meeting has prompted Korea and its neighbors to rethink the assumptions of the Cold War era. With contributions by a multi-national panel of Koreanexperts the book discusses a wide range of topics including South Korean politics and economy; Korea's relations with its neighbors and with the United States; recent changes in North Korea; the fate of North Korean defectors; and lessons in German reunification for the two Koreas. The discussions are supplemented by a glossary a chronology of events occurring from June 1999 to June 2001 and a bibliography. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315290775

Korea Confronts Globalization Korea Confronts Globalization looks at the way in which the phenomenon of globalization has impacted on Korean society in terms of national identity corporate change labour markets democracy tradition and social policy and the implications for Korea's social cohesion in a continually globalizing world. While becoming more open to the outside world South Korea has remained a cohesive national community with a strong nationalist reaction against the globalization of Korea and with Koreans constantly reminding themselves of the need to retain their national identity. They have also learned to cope with various forms of conflict arising from diversified interests in a complex society and the South Korean government is now making a serious attempt to establish a welfare state with various schemes designed to help the poor and needy to maintain a minimum level of ‘decent’ living. But it is uncertain whether South Korean society will continue to remain cohesive. Social inequality is increasing and the class divisions appear to be hardening and as such can Korea remain cohesive? As a volume looking at the political and social implications of globalization in modern South Korea this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of Korean and East Asian studies comparative sociology development studies and politics Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415666718

Korea in the 1990sProspects for Unification In American history the 1950s are remembered as an affluent and harmonious decade. Not so in Austria. That nation emerged out of World War II with tremendous war-related destruction and with a four-power occupation that would last for ten years until 1955. Massive American economic aid enabled the Austrian economy to start recovering in the 1950s and reorient it from East to West. Unlike the United States however general affluence did not set in until the 1960s and 1970s even though Austria's dramatic baby boom enabled it to recover from the demographic catastrophe resulting from manpower losses of World War II. This volume deals with these larger trends. Stephen E. Ambrose discusses American-European relations and sets the larger international context for the Austrian scene. Oilver Rathkolb retraces the changing importance of the Austrian question for the Eisenhower administration. Michael Gehler presents an in-depth analysis of the intriguing question of whether Austria's unification at the price of permanent neutrality might have been a model for Germany. Franz Mathis and Kurt Tweraser look at economic reconstruction and the roles played by both the Austrian public industrial sector and the American Marshall Plan. Karin Schmidlechner looks at the youth culture of the era. Franz Adlgasser shows how Herbert Hoover's food aid was instrumental in the containment of communism in Hungary. Beth Noveck analyzes Austrian political culture of the First Republic from the perspective of Hugo Bettauer. Rolf Steininger presents an insightful historical overview of how the Austro-Italian South Tyrol conflict was resolved after seventy-five years of tension. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138511460

Korea in the New AsiaEast Asian Integration and the China Factor Since the late 1970s a number of regional developments have impacted upon South Korea’s political and economic standing in Asia. China’s spectacular growth and closer integration with its neighbouring economies along with a tendency toward more assertive political and diplomatic activity have deeply altered both the economic and political East Asian environment. Simultaneously the 1997-98 financial crisis catalysed a process of increased regional co-operation in East Asia. China’s rise has imposed a leadership problem that may constitute a major obstacle on the road to deeper regional integration as well as add force to the need for collective action and it is this paradox that may give South Korea a key role in the reorganization of the region. Moreover inter-Korean relations and Korea’s future security environment may also feel the effects of the rise of China. Korea in the New Asia seeks to analyze to what extent and how South Korea may contribute to and take advantage of the new regional configuration in East Asia. The book represents the first study to address Korea’s regional policy responses to the rise of China as an economic power and the regional economic integration of East Asia. Written by an international team of experts this multidisciplinary study will appeal to researchers academics and students with an interest in international relations security studies economics and East Asian politics. . Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415420068

Korea Today This book first published in 1950 was the first comprehensive study of post-War Korea after its liberation and division. It provides an analysis of the American and Russian military occupations the efforts of the United Nations to deal with the problem of unification of the country the political and economic policies followed by the northern and southern regimes and an appraisal of the US programme of economic and military aid to South Korea. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367255336

Korea Today Published in 1950: Here is the first comprehensive study of Korea since its liberation and division. Written by an outstanding American authority with long personal knowledge of the country it provides an analysis of the American and Russian military occupations the efforts of the United Nations to deal with the problem of Unification of the country the political and economic policies followed in the northern and southern regimes and an appraisal of the U.S. program of economic and military aid to South Korea. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367178437

KoreaA Historical and Cultural Dictionary Compiled by specialists from the University of Durham Department of East Asian Studies this new reference work contains approximately 1500 entries covering Korean civilisation from early times to the present day. Subjects include history politics art archaeology literature etc. The Dictionary is intended for students teachers and researchers and will also be of interest to the general reader. Entries provide factual information and contain suggestions for further reading. A name index and comprehensive cross-reference system make this an easy to use multi-purpose guide for the student of Korea in the broadest sense. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315026718

Korea’s Occupied Cinemas 1893-1948The Untold History of the Film Industry Korea’s Occupied Cinemas 1893-1948 compares and contrasts the development of cinema in Korea during the Japanese occupation (1910-1945) and US Army Military (1945-1948) periods within the larger context of cinemas in occupied territories. It differs from previous studies by drawing links between the arrival in Korea of modern technology and ideas and the cultural political and social environment as it follows the development of exhibition film policy and filmmaking from 1893 to 1948. During this time Korean filmmakers seized every opportunity to learn production techniques and practice their skills contributing to the growth of a national cinema despite the conditions produced by their occupation by colonial and military powers. At the same time Korea served as an important territory for the global expansion of the American and Japanese film industries and after the late 1930s Koreans functioned as key figures in the co-production of propaganda films that were designed to glorify loyalty to the Japanese Empire. For these reasons and as a result of the tensions created by divided loyalties the history of cinema in Korea is a far more dynamic story than simply that of a national cinema struggling to develop its own narrative content and aesthetics under colonial conditions. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415740487

Korean This work first published in 1994 provides a framework which covers the major aspects of contemporary standard Korean and allows cross-language comparisons. It offers a wide-ranging and comprehensive grammatical description of Korean covering syntax morphology phonology ideophone/interjections and lexicon. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367252649

Korean Adoptees and Transnational AdoptionEmbodiment and Emotion This book investigates the experiences of South Koreans adopted into Western families and the complexity of what it means to "feel identity" beyond what is written in official adoption files. Korean Adoptees and Transnational Adoption is based on ethnographic fieldwork in South Korea and interviews with adult Korean adoptees from the United States Australia Canada Switzerland and Sweden. It seeks to probe beneath the surface of what is "known" and examines identity as an embodied process of making that which is "unknown" into something that can be meaningfully grasped and felt. Furthermore drawing on the author’s own experiences as a transnational transracial Korean adoptee this book analyses the racial and cultural negotiations of "whiteness" and "Korean-ness" in the lives of adoptees and the blurriness which results in-between. Highlighting the role of memory and the body in the formation of identities this book will be useful to students and scholars of Korean Studies Ethnicity Studies and Anthropology as well as Asian culture and society more generally. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367671488

Korean American WomenStories of Acculturation and Changing Selves Current models of acculturation in multicultural counseling literature are severely limited in describing how individuals deal with the complexity of culture change. The reasons for immigration the historical period during which the immigration occurred educational and socioeconomic levels ethnic community and religious involvements family functioning and social support to name a few all have an impact in the process of cultural adaptation. This book examines Korean American women's dual-cultural identity. By utilizing multiple case studies the book highlights: (1) the complexity of issues involved as individuals go through different levels of culture change and (2) the multiplicity of people negotiating their lives in the dual-cultural context and creating meaning out of many ambiguous and even contradictory life situations. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415649520

Korean Attitudes Toward the United StatesChanging Dynamics This is the first book-length work in English dealing with the crucial and troubled relationship between Korea and the United States. Leading scholars in the field examine the various historical political cultural and psychological aspects of Korean-American relations in the context of American global and East Asian relationships especially with Japan. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315703046

Korean BusinessesInternal and External Industrialization Essays in the book focus on the Korean model of industrialization and internal internationalization organizational capabilities and management roles and disadvantages inherent in the model. The subjects covered include corporate catch-up strategies foreign investment and future possibilities. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315038124

Korean Classical Literature First published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138974098

Korean DynastyHyundai and Chung Ju Yung This study focuses on a single Korean "chaebol" the business conglomerate which dominates the Korean economy. Hyundai the largest chaebol is examined in the context of Korean history ancient and modern and the Confucian value system that permeates all Korean life. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315483214

Korean Functional FoodsComposition Processing and Health Benefits Koreans believe the adage of food as medicine. Therefore herbs or fruit ingredients such as ginger cinnamon adlay mugwort pomegranate and ginseng are used for their therapeutic effects as much as cooking. This book provide information related to Korean functional food. It first describes the history and culture of Korean foods and then compares Korean diet tables with other Asian countries and Western countries. Also the book will cover detailed information of Korean functional foods such as kimchi soybean products ginseng salt oil and seeds. It also deals with its health benefits and processing methods followed by rules and regulations related to its manufacture and sales. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781498799652

Korean Immigrant EntrepreneursNetworks and Ethnic Resources First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138992948

Korean Literature Through the Korean Wave Korean Literature Through the Korean Wave engages with the rising interest in both the Korean Wave and Korean language learning by incorporating Korean Wave cultural content especially K-dramas films and songs to underline and support the teaching of Korean literature.　 It combines both premodern and modern texts including poetry novels philosophical treatises and even comics to showcase the diversity of Korean literature. Particular care has been taken to include the voices of those marginalised in the often male elite-dominated discourse on Korean literature. In particular this book also distinguishes itself by extending the usual breadth of what is considered modern Korean literature up until the present day including texts published as recently as 2017. Many of these texts are very relevant for recent discourse in Korean affairs such as the obsession with physical appearance the #MeToo movement and multiculturalism. This textbook is aimed at B1-B2 level and Intermediate-Mid students of Korean. On the one hand the textbook introduces students to seeing beyond Korean literature as a monolithic entity giving a taste of its wonderful richness and diversity. On the other hand it provides an entry point into discussions on Korean contemporary society in which the text (and associated media extracts) provides the catalyst for more in-depth analysis and debate. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367225315

Korean Morphosyntax: Focusing on Clitics and Their Roles in Syntax Korean Morphosyntax: Focusing on Clitics and Their Roles in Syntax presents a theory-neutral comprehensive analysis of Korean morphosyntax for advanced students and scholars of Korean language and linguistics. This book focuses on the morphosyntactic status of particles in Korean and highlights how this understanding allows for a proper analysis of sentences. As the significance of clitics in Korean has not been highlighted by previous works in such depth this book offers the first comprehensive study of this aspect of the Korean language. The new observations offered here will allow readers to correctly identify the basic units of syntax and to properly analyze sentences in Korean. This book will be of interest to graduates and scholars interested in Korean linguistics and morphosyntax. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367405298

Korean Multinationals in Europe Explores Korean foreign direct investment putting forward a theoretical framework to explain why the Korean conglomerates felt compelled to invest in western central and eastern Europe. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138974104

Korean Musical Drama: P'ansori and the Making of Tradition in Modernity P’ansori is the quintessential traditional Korean musical drama in which epic tales are sung and narrated by a solo singer accompanied by a drummer. Drawing on her extensive research in Korea and its diasporas Haekyung Um describes and analyses the creative processes of p’ansori weaving into her discussion musical social and cultural aspects that include the evolution of p’ansori performance origins and historical development textual and musical materials stylistic features of different p’ansori schools transmission of knowledge aesthetics and changing interpretations of tradition. Also explored is the complexity of historical and contemporary influences that give shape to p’ansori as a ’living tradition’ across the ages and into the present and as a cultural icon with an enduring narrative and emotional impact. Social economic and political dynamics are created in the nexus of traditional feudal values colonial modernity and nationalism. The impact of aspects of late modernity such as technology mass media migration and globalization has transported p’ansori into digital and transnational domains. By bringing all these creative and contextual processes together Haekyung Um explains how a tradition is created maintained and redefined by the dynamic interactions of agents values meanings strategies identities and artistic hybridity. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138270626

Korean National Identity under Japanese Colonial RuleYi Gwangsu and the March First Movement of 1919 Modern Korean nationalism has been shaped by the turbulent historical forces that shook and transformed the peninsula during the twentieth century including foreign occupation civil war and division. This book examines the emergence of the nation as the hegemonic form of collective identity after the March First Movement of 1919 widely seen as one of the major turning points of modern Korean history. The analysis focuses on Yi Gwangsu (1892–1950) a pioneering novelist newspaper editor and leader of the nationalist movement who was directly involved in many aspects of its emergence during the Japanese occupation period. Yi Gwangsu was one of the few intellectuals who not only wrote for almost the entirety of the colonial period but who also was centrally involved in many institutions related to the production of identity. By focusing on Yi Gwangsu the book provides a different kind of historical narrative linking the various fragments of the nation puts forward a new understanding of the March First Movement and its role in the emergence of the nation and demonstrates how central to the emergence of the nation were the development of the print industry the rise of a modern readership and the emergence of a capitalist market for print. This book shows how the March First Movement catalyzed the confluence of these factors enabling the nation to emerge as the dominant form of collective identity. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138683082

Korean ShamanismThe Cultural Paradox Title first published in 2003. Shamanism has a contradictory position within the Korean cultural system leading to the periodical suppression of shamanism yet also paradoxically ensuring its survival throughout Korean history. This book examines the place of shamans within contemporary society as a cultural practice in which people make use of shamanic ritual and disputing the prevalent view that shamanism is 'popular culture' a 'women's religion' or 'performing arts'. Directly confronting the prejudice against shamans and their paradoxical situation in a modern society such as Korea this book reveals the cultural discrepancy between two worlds in Korean culture the ordinary world and the shamanic world showing that these two worlds cannot be reconciled. This unique study of shamanism offers a significant contribution to growing studies in indigenous anthropology and indigenous religions and provides a captivating read for a wide range of readers through retelling the stories-never-to-be-told involving shamanic ritual. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138710511

Korean ShamanismThe Cultural Paradox Title first published in 2003. Shamanism has a contradictory position within the Korean cultural system leading to the periodical suppression of shamanism yet also paradoxically ensuring its survival throughout Korean history. This book examines the place of shamans within contemporary society as a cultural practice in which people make use of shamanic ritual and disputing the prevalent view that shamanism is 'popular culture' a 'women's religion' or 'performing arts'. Directly confronting the prejudice against shamans and their paradoxical situation in a modern society such as Korea this book reveals the cultural discrepancy between two worlds in Korean culture the ordinary world and the shamanic world showing that these two worlds cannot be reconciled. This unique study of shamanism offers a significant contribution to growing studies in indigenous anthropology and indigenous religions and provides a captivating read for a wide range of readers through retelling the stories-never-to-be-told involving shamanic ritual. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138710504

Korean Women Managers and Corporate CultureChallenging Tradition Choosing Empowerment Creating Change The typical view of Korean women is not as managers. The stereotype is of Korean women serving and pleasing men or more recently as aggressive shopkeepers and bar-owners. Very little has been written to challenge this misconception. This fascinating book reveals there have always been managers amongst Korean women particularly in occupations like money lending retail and fashion and women continue to serve after the economic crash at the beginning of a new century.  Korean Women Managers and Corporate Culture illuminates the many roles of women - from management leadership and policy making to the more traditional positions as homemaker and wife – and describes the distinctive Korean corporate culture and economy in order to evaluate the future of women as well as that of Korea itself. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415726245

Korean Workers and Neoliberal Globalization One of the most remarkable aspects of South Korea’s transition from impoverished post-colonial nation to fully-fledged industrialized democracy has been the growth of its independent and dynamic labour movement. Korean Workers and Neoliberal Globalisation examines current trends and transformations within the Korean labour movement since the 1990s. It has been a common assumption that the ‘third wave’ of democratisation the end of the Cold War and the spread of neoliberal globalisation in the latter part of the 20th century have helped to create an environment in which organised labour is better placed to overcome bureaucratic national unionism and transform itself into a potential counter-globalisation movement. However Kevin Gray argues that despite the apparent continued phenomena of labour militancy and the rhetoric of anti-neoliberalism the mainstream independent labour movement in Korea has become increasingly institutionalised and bureaucratised into the new capitalist democracy. This process is demonstrated by the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions’ experience of participation in various forms of policy making forums. Gray suggests that as a result the KCTU has failed to mount an effective challenge against processes of neoliberal restructuring and concomitant social polarisation. The Korean experience provides an excellent case study for understanding the relationship between organised labour and globalisation. Korean Workers and Neoliberal Globalisation will appeal to students and scholars of Korean studies and International Political Economy as well as Asian politics and economics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415669665

Korean: An Essential Grammar Korean: An Essential Grammar is a concise and convenient guide to the basic grammatical structure of standard Korean. Presenting a fresh and accessible description of the language this engaging Grammar uses clear jargon-free explanations and sets out the complexities of Korean in short readable sections. Key features include: clear explanations of grammatical terms frequent use of authentic examples the Korean alphabet used alongside McCune-Reischauer romanization system a full glossary of explanations. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203883617

KoreanA Comprehensive Grammar Korean: A Comprehensive Grammar is a reference to Korean grammar and presents a thorough overview of the language concentrating on the real patterns of use in modern Korean. The book moves from the alphabet and pronunciation through morphology and word classes to a detailed analysis of sentence structures and semantic features such as aspect tense speech styles and negation. Updated and revised this new edition includes lively descriptions of Korean grammar taking into account the latest research in Korean linguistics. More lower-frequency grammar patterns have been added and extra examples have been included throughout the text. The unrivalled depth and range of this updated edition of Korean: A Comprehensive Grammar makes it an essential reference source on the Korean language. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138064492

Koreans in JapanCritical Voices from the Margin Koreans in Japan are a barely known minority not only in the West but also within Japan itself. This pioneering study analyzes these relations in the context of the particular conditions and constraints that Koreans face in Japanese society. The contributors cover a wide range of topics including: * the legal and social status of Koreans in Japan * the history of Korean colonial displacement and postcolonial division during the Cold War * ethnic education * women's self-expression. These studies serve to reveal the highly resilient and diverse reality of this minority group whilst simultaneously highlighting the fact that - despite recent improvement - legal social and economic constraints continue to exist in their lives. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315010946

Koreans in the Persian GulfPolicies and International Relations Analyzing the Korean Peninsula’s contemporary engagement with the Persian Gulf region from the 1950s to the present day the book begins by asking the following question: What drew Koreans to the region in the first place and under what circumstances were they drawn there?While taking into account a combination of both external and internal factors shaping the dynamics of the Korean Peninsula’s interactions with the Persian Gulf region this book largely concentrates on the agency factor to analyze the nature and scope of a rather multifaceted relationship between the two areas. The Republic of Korea has in fact maintained diverse connections to every single country in the Persian Gulf over the past several decades and its rather considerable activities and accomplishments in the region all justify such an overwhelming focus. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s record in the Persian Gulf however is mostly limited to its relationship with Iran though Pyongyang has pursued relationships with some other states in the region. This book studies the elements of Pyongyang’s actions in the region as an appendage to South Korea’s various political and economic achievements.Employing a process-tracing approach this book will be of interest to policymakers as well as to students and scholars of International Relations Middle East Studies and Asian Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367871468

Korea's Development Under Park Chung Hee Based on personal interviews with the principal policy-makers of the 1970s Korea's Development under Park Chung-Hee examines how the president sought to develop South Korea into an independent autonomous sovereign state both economically and militarily. Kim provides a new narrative in the complex task of exploring the paradoxical nature and effects of Korea's rapid development which maintains that any judgement of Park must consider his achievements in the socio-economic cultural and political context in which they took place. Aspects of Park's government analyzed include:*his abhorrence of Korea's reliance on the US presence*the Korean model of state-guided industrialization*Park's rapid development strategy *the role of the ruling elites*Park's clandestine nuclear development program*the heavy chemical industrialisation of the 1970sThe prevailing popularity of Park in the eyes of the Korean public is significant and relevant to their acceptance of how their national development was achieved. This book tells that story while simultaneously recognizing the flaws in the process. With a great deal of material never before published scholars of Korean politics and history at all levels will find this book a stimulating account of South Korea in the 1960s and 1970s. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415511209

Korea's Developmental AllianceState capital and the politics of rapid development South Korea is often cited as a case of miraculous transformation from poverty to prosperity. Korea’s achievement of moving from one of the world’s poorest countries as recently as the early 1960s to the ranks of the ten biggest economies only four decades later has rightly attracted interest from policymakers and scholars alike. This book identifies the factors that shaped relations between the state and big business in Korea the ‘developmental alliance’. These factors offer a cogent framework in which to identify and predict changes in power relations between government and business. Rather than merely offering a means of explaining the rapid-growth phase of Korean development the politics of the developmental alliance also help us understand how and why the Korean miracle turned to crisis in 1997 and why the subsequent recovery has been so uneven. In this way the book highlights the political power of business which is often underplayed in discussions of the development of Korea. It also sheds light on the constraints on policymakers during modernisation and how power is shared among a small number of powerful parties. Illustrating the tumultuous politics of the ‘developmental alliance’ between business and government during the rise and decline of South Korea’s economic miracle this book is an essential read for anyone interested in Korean politcs economics and development Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415541596

Korea's Political EconomyAn Institutional Perspective This book explores options for economic and social institutional reform in Korea. It emphasizes the importance of Korea's cultural heritage—not only in explaining the nation's recent growth but also as a key element of its continued success. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367166700

Korea's Retirement PredicamentThe Ageing Tiger The distinguishing feature for many workers in South Korea is contractual – and often involuntary – retirement at a young age (mid-50s for most workers) followed by precarious and low-paying self-employment or contract work. In the past this practice which is also found in other East Asian nations provided firms with a youthful and highly productive workforce. However with a rapidly aging population and shifts in the labour market the existing arrangement is becoming less and less functional. This book examines how this retirement arrangement arose and the policy reforms that have been both undertaken and proposed to allow workers to remain employed longer. The analysis focuses on the institutional constraints to reforms as well as the impact forced retirement has on individuals. Using a multi-disciplinary and comparative approach the authors study contractual mandatory retirement trends and policies in South Korea and in doing so illuminate the political social legal economic and labour market implications of this widespread practice. As nations across Asia face aging populations this book will be welcomed by students and scholars interested in Korean studies social policy social welfare and gerontology. It will also be of great value to policy makers. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138562561

Koromfe First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415844277

Kosher and Halal Business Compliance Kosher is a Hebrew term meaning ‘fit’ or ‘proper’ and halal is an Arabic word that literally means ‘permissible’ or ‘lawful’. Within the last two decades or so kosher and halal markets have become global in scope and states manufacturers restaurants shops certifiers and consumers around the world are faced with ever stricter and more complex requirements – most clearly exemplified by Muslim and Jewish groups’ call for kosher and halal certification by third party certification bodies. During this period hundreds of kosher and halal certifiers have emerged around the world and while thousands of manufacturers restaurants and shops have been certified the majority have not. Kosher and halal requirements are comparable but there are also many differences and the book discusses how these similarities and differences affect production trade and regulation around the world. The authors research demonstrates that there is a need to address kosher and halal markets simultaneously and answers the question "what characterizes global kosher and halal markets and how can businesses comply with the rising demands and requirements that have emerged?" This is the only book of its kind and it will appeal to manufacturing companies restaurants and shops that already are or want to be kosher/halal certified. The book can also be assigned in a variety of upper-level undergraduate courses and graduate seminars in business studies management and marketing. Moreover the book will be of interest to readers in the natural sciences (for example food scientists) and outside academia that is to state as well as non-state kosher/halal certification bodies policy makers interest groups and consultants. Kosher and Halal Business Compliance is accessible in style global in scope and based on decades of research. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138065185

Kosma Aiguptiou Monachou Christianike Topographia - The Christian Topography of Cosmas an Egyptian Monk Translated from the Greek and Edited with Notes and Introduction. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1897. Media > Books > E-books Hakluyt Society 9781315591230

Kosovo Intervention and StatebuildingThe International Community and the Transition to Independence This book examines international engagement with Kosovo since NATO’s intervention in 1999 and looks at the three distinct phases of Kosovo’s development; intervention statebuilding and independence. Kosovo remains a case study of central importance in international relations illustrative of key political trends in the post-Cold War era. During each phase international policy towards Kosovo has challenged prevailing international norms and pushed the boundaries of conventional wisdom. In each of the three phases 'Kosovo' has been cited as constituting a precedent and this book explores the impact and the often troubling consequences and implications of these precedents. This book explicitly engages with this debate which transcends Kosovo itself and provides a critical analysis of the catalysts and consequences of contemporary international engagement with this seminal case study. Each chapter focuses on a particular aspect of the international engagement with Kosovo and situates events there in an international context highlighting the extent to which international policy towards Kosovo has challenged existing norms and practices.　 Kosovo has been cited in certain texts as a positive template to be emulated but the contributors to this book also identify the often controversial and contentious nature of these new norms. This book will be of much interest to students of humanitarian intervention and statebuilding war and conflict studies security studies and IR in general. Aidan Hehir is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the Department of Politics and International Relations University of Westminster. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415622202

Kosovo and the Collateral Effects of Humanitarian Intervention Humanitarian intervention is rising ever higher in international relations discourse with many publications exploring the nature legality and success of these interventions. However less attention is given to what happens after an intervention. This book looks in particular at the implications for territorial and border relations exploring the case of Kosovo which in many ways can be seen as a turning point in post-cold war international humanitarian intervention. The 1999 intervention has had significant consequences for Kosovo in terms of political transformations territorial alterations and enclavisation none of which was officially intended or foreseen when NATO intervened.Two decades after NATO’s intervention and a decade after unilaterally declaring independence Kosovo continues to be confronted with daunting existential challenges that inevitably affect the stability of the region border relations and the credibility of the organisations operating within Kosovo namely the UN the EU and NATO. The book claims that not only is the political and territorial conflict far from being settled but that the implications have gone beyond Kosovo creating shock waves which have galvanised conflicts elsewhere. In effect Kosovo has been used as a pretext as a legitimation and as an inspiration for those who aspire to challenge the border status quo.The book is primarily aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate students of International Relations and Political Science and as well as Border Studies scholars but will also appeal to researchers focusing on state-building peace-building humanitarian studies nationalism/secessionism and Balkan studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367665180

Kosovo: From Crisis to Crisis This title was first published in 2001. Kosovo: From Crisis to Crisis deals with the main features of the most recent crisis leading up to operation Allied Force. It provides an excellent analysis of all major aspects of NATO’s intervention and it discusses the current problems with the implementation of the settlement. Until recently Kosovo was a rather unknown territory in a far-away corner of Europe. The Serbian-Albanian armed conflict NATO's intervention and the following struggle by the international community to rebuild this area has turned Kosovo into terra cognita for diplomats politicians the military aid workers and the public. Essential reading for political scientists with special interest in ethnic and conflict studies. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315204628

Kosovo: From Crisis to CrisisFrom Crisis to Crisis This title was first published in 2001.This text adresses the Kosovo conflict. The authors analyze the conflict using a number of different themes: the impact on current events the attempts to find a solution the need for military intervention why airstrikes were made the effectiveness of air power and its limitations the political breakthrough the structure of peace and its implementation and the results so far. The aim of the book is to provide a deeper understanding of this conflict. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138635357

Kosovo: the Politics of Delusion This collection examines the escalation of the Kosovo conflict to a full-scale war. It looks at its origins background and the implications of the conflict: the myths history and perceptions of the post-1989 crisis and the situation after the start of NATOs 1999 bombing campaign. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315038810

KosovoThe Politics of Identity and Space Kosovo: The Politics of Identity and Space explores the Albanian-Serbian confrontation after Slobodan Milosevic's rise to power and the policy of repression in Kosovo through the lens of the Kosovo education system. The argument is woven around the story of imposed ethnic segregation in Kosovo's education and its impact on the emergence of exclusive notions of nation and homeland among the Serbian and Albanian youth in the 1990s. The book also critically explores the wider context of the Albanian non-violent resistance including the emergence of the parallel state and its weaknesses. Kosovo: The Politics of Identity and Space not only provides an insight into events that led to the bloodshed in Kosovo in the late 1990s but also shows that the legacy of segregation is one of the major challenges the international community faces in its efforts to establish an integrated multi-ethnic society in the territory. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138974111

Kouduo richao. Li Jiubiao's Diary of Oral Admonitions. A Late Ming Christian JournalTranslated with Introduction and Notes by Erik Z�rcher Vol. 1 The Diary of Oral Admonitions (Kouduo richao) is an invaluable mirror of early Chinese Christianity as it stands out as the only source that allows a glimpse of Jesuit missionary practice in China on a local level - "accommodation in action" - and of the various responses of the Chinese audience both converts and interested outsiders. It is a compilation of some five hundred notes "about everything" made by Li Jiubiao and other Christian literati during their conversations with Jesuit missionaries in Fujian between 1630 and 1640. These notes are arranged in chronological order and divided into eight books. The most important Western protagonist in the Diary is the Italian Jesuit Giulio Aleni (1589-1642) called "Master Ai (Rulüe)" in Chinese. The present study and translation of the Diary of Oral Admonitions can be seen as a companion volume to the proceedings of an international conference that was held on Aleni in his native place Brescia in 1994 also published in the Monumenta Serica Monograph Series XLII: "Scholar from the West." Giulio Aleni S.J. (1582-1649) and the Dialogue between China and Christianity 1997. The present work in two volumes is meant to be a tool for further research. Volume 1 presents a comprehensive introduction to the Diary and its historical context followed by the annotated translation both by Erik Zürcher (Leiden) a renown specialist for the study of Christianity in China. It is enhanced by illustrations partly in colour and maps. Volume 2 includes a facsimile of the Chinese text (reproducing a copy held in the Roman Archives of the Society of Jesus) a bibliography of Chinese and Western sources as well as secondary literature and an analytical index with glossary that will enable the reader to trace specific data in the text. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003070603

Kouduo richao. Li Jiubiao's Diary of Oral Admonitions. A Late Ming Christian JournalTranslated with Introduction and Notes by Erik Zurcher Vol. 2 The Diary of Oral Admonitions (Kouduo richao) is an invaluable mirror of early Chinese Christianity as it stands out as the only source that allows a glimpse of Jesuit missionary practice in China on a local level - "accommodation in action" - and of the various responses of the Chinese audience both converts and interested outsiders. It is a compilation of some five hundred notes "about everything" made by Li Jiubiao and other Christian literati during their conversations with Jesuit missionaries in Fujian between 1630 and 1640. These notes are arranged in chronological order and divided into eight books. The most important Western protagonist in the Diary is the Italian Jesuit Giulio Aleni (1589-1642) called "Master Ai (Rulüe)" in Chinese. The present study and translation of the Diary of Oral Admonitions can be seen as a companion volume to the proceedings of an international conference that was held on Aleni in his native place Brescia in 1994 also published in the Monumenta Serica Monograph Series XLII: "Scholar from the West." Giulio Aleni S.J. (1582-1649) and the Dialogue between China and Christianity 1997. The present work in two volumes is meant to be a tool for further research. Volume 1 presents a comprehensive introduction to the Diary and its historical context followed by the annotated translation both by Erik Zürcher (Leiden) a renown specialist for the study of Christianity in China. It is enhanced by illustrations partly in colour and maps. Volume 2 includes a facsimile of the Chinese text (reproducing a copy held in the Roman Archives of the Society of Jesus) a bibliography of Chinese and Western sources as well as secondary literature and an analytical index with glossary that will enable the reader to trace specific data in the text. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003070610

K-pop – The International Rise of the Korean Music Industry K-pop described by Time Magazine in 2012 as "South Korea’s greatest export" has rapidly achieved a large worldwide audience of devoted fans largely through distribution over the Internet. This book examines the phenomenon and discusses the reasons for its success. It considers the national and transnational conditions that have played a role in K-pop’s ascendancy and explores how they relate to post-colonial modernisation post-Cold War politics in East Asia connections with the Korean diaspora and the state-initiated campaign to accumulate soft power. As it is particularly concerned with fandom and cultural agency it analyses fan practices discourses and underlying psychologies within their local habitus as well as in expanding topographies of online networks. Overall the book addresses the question of how far "Asian culture" can be global in a truly meaningful way and how popular culture from a "marginal" nation has become a global phenomenon. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138575592

Kraken & The Colossal Octopus First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138992955

Kratom and Other MitragyninesThe Chemistry and Pharmacology of Opioids from a Non-Opium Source Opioids such as morphine codeine and oxycodone are extracts or analogs isolated from a single source: the opium poppy. For a long time it was believed to be nature’s only source of opioids. But it now appears that biological diversity has evolved an alternative source of opioid compounds—those derived from the plant Mitragyna speciosa. This plant known as Kratom in Thailand or Biak-Biak in Malaysia has long been used locally as treatment for pain fever reduction diarrhea and even depression.Kratom and Other Mitragynines: The Chemistry and Pharmacology of Opioids from a Non-Opium Source presents an introduction to the chemical and biological properties of alkaloids isolated from M. speciosa as well as their synthetic analogs. The book covers various topics including phytochemistry medicinal chemistry and pharmacology. Current research analgesic effects and addiction potential are also discussed. As the first extensive text on the basic science and clinical use of Kratom the book provides readers with a concise yet comprehensive introduction to nature’s "other opioid." Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367869243

Kristeva Psychoanalysis and CultureSubjectivity in Crisis Examining Julia Kristeva's contention that contemporary Western society is witnessing a crisis of subjectivity due to the failure of the paternal function Gambaudo places Kristeva's thesis within the context of Freudian psychoanalytic thought and shows how Kristeva defends her position against a cultural climate privileging scientific and cognitive answers to aesthetic concerns. Gambaudo argues that while Kristeva's position might be construed as defensive and a reactive clinging on to paternal modes of organisation of subjectivity it also offers a unique and visionary analysis of subjectivity that rescues the paternal project from its decline. Eschewing a traditional emphasis on Kristeva's feminism this book's primary interest is located at the intersection between psychoanalysis and culture specifically analysing the superseding of Oedipus by narcissistic organisation. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315251035

Kritsman and the Agrarian Marxists Of all the scholarly work on the countryside done in pre-1917 Russia and in the Soviet Union in the 1920s that of L.N. Kritsman and those influenced by him – the so-called ‘Agrarian Marxists’ – is perhaps the least well known. However that work was of extremely high quality and very original. Its significance is more than historical since it has great relevance to the study of peasantries in contemporary poor countries – especially to the analysis of peasant differentiation. This volume first published in 1984 has been prepared by two specialists who have been working on Kritsman and the Agrarian Marxists for several years and will help dispel ignorance of this important body of writing. It consists of two substantial essays and an abridged translation of one of Kritsman’s most important works: Class Differentiation of the Soviet Countryside (first published in 1926 and never before translated into English). Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138890947

Krsna: Lord or Avatara?The Relationship Between Krsna and Visnu This is a study of three Sanskrit texts the Harivamsa the Visnupurana and the Bhagavatabelonging to the puranic genre the chief source of knowledge of the origins of popular Hinduism. It treats them as integrated compositions and displays the theological motives and creative skill which have gone into the making of them. It shows how all three texts contain narratives which present Krishna as one of several subordinate manifestations (avataras) of Vishnu. All three use much the same traditional material yet each by arranging this material in its own way presents a distinctive view of Krishna and the most influential of them the Bhagavata builds up a world view in which Krishna not Vishnu is supreme. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138862388

Krsna's Round Dance ReconsideredHariram Vyas's Hindi Ras-pancadhyayi Concerned with the process in Hinduism of reinterpreting classical texts and imbuing them with new inspiration. An example par excellence is Hariram Vyas's Ras-pancadhyayi the earliest known Braj Bhasa version of the five chapters of Bhagavatapurana on Krsna's Dance with the Gopis. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138974128

K-theory These notes are based on the course of lectures I gave at Harvard in the fall of 1964. They constitute a self-contained account of vector bundles and K-theory assuming only the rudiments of point-set topology and linear algebra. One of the features of the treatment is that no use is made of ordinary homology or cohomology theory. In fact rational cohomology is defined in terms of K-theory.The theory is taken as far as the solution of the Hopf invariant problem and a start is mode on the J-homomorphism. In addition to the lecture notes proper two papers of mine published since 1964 have been reproduced at the end. The first dealing with operations is a natural supplement to the material in Chapter III. It provides an alternative approach to operations which is less slick but more fundamental than the Grothendieck method of Chapter III and it relates operations and filtration. Actually the lectures deal with compact spaces not cell-complexes and so the skeleton-filtration does not figure in the notes. The second paper provides a new approach to K-theory and so fills an obvious gap in the lecture notes. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367091309

Kuala LumpurCommunity Infrastructure and Urban Inclusivity Kuala Lumpur is a diverse city representing many different religions and nationalities. Recent government policy has actively promoted unity and cohesion throughout the city; and the country of Malaysia with the implementation of a programme called 1Malaysia. In this book the authors investigate the aims of this programme—predominantly to unify the Malaysian society—and how these objectives resonate in the daily spatial practices of the city’s residents. This book argues that elements of urban infrastructure could work as an essential mediator ‘beyond community’ allowing inclusive social structures to be built despite cultural and religious tensions existing within the city. It builds on the premise of an empirical study which explores the ways in which different communities use the same spaces supported through the implementation of a theoretical framework which looks at both Western and Islamic conceptualisations of the notion of community. Through the analysis of Kuala Lumpur this book contributes towards the creation of more inclusive places in multi-ethnic multi-cultural and multi-religious communities across the world. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138207387

Kucers' The Use of AntibioticsA Clinical Review of Antibacterial Antifungal Antiparasitic and Antiviral Drugs Seventh Edition - Three Volume Set Kucers’ The Use of Antibiotics is the definitive internationally-authored reference providing everything that the infectious diseases specialist and prescriber needs to know about antimicrobials in this vast and rapidly developing field. The much-expanded Seventh Edition comprises 4800 pages in 3 volumes in order to cover all new and existing therapies and emerging drugs not yet fully licensed. Concentrating on the treatment of infectious diseases the content is divided into four sections - antibiotics anti-fungal drugs anti-parasitic drugs and anti-viral drugs - and is highly structured for ease of reference. Each chapter is organized in a consistent format covering susceptibility formulations and dosing (adult and pediatric) pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics toxicity and drug distribution with detailed discussion regarding clinical uses - a feature unique to this title. Compiled by an expanded team of internationally renowned and respected editors with expert contributors representing Europe Africa Asia Australia South America the US and Canada the Seventh Edition adopts a truly global approach. It remains invaluable for anyone using antimicrobial agents in their clinical practice and provides in a systematic and concise manner all the information required when prescribing an antimicrobial to treat infection. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781498747950

Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolutions Revisited The year 2012 marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Thomas S. Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Up until recently the book’s philosophical reception has been shaped for the most part by the debates and the climate in philosophy of science in the 1960s and 1970s; this new collection of essays takes a renewed look at this work. This volume concentrates on particular issues addressed or raised in light of recent scholarship and without the pressure of the immediate concerns scholars had at the time of the Structure’s publication. There has been extensive research on all of the major issues concerning the development of science which are discussed in Structure work in which the scholars contributing to this volume have all been actively involved. In recent years they have pursued novel research on a number of topics relevant to Structure’s concerns such as the nature and function of concepts the complexity of logical positivism and its legacy the relation of history to philosophy of science the character of scientific progress and rationality and scientific realism all of which are brought together and given new light in this text. In this way our book makes new connections and undertakes new approaches in an effort to understand the Structure’s significance in the canon of philosophy of science. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138910874

Kurdish Nationalism and Political Islam in TurkeyKemalist Identity in Transition This text is an attempt to study Turkey's national and secular identity in light of the challenges posed by Kurdish nationalism and political Islam. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415512848

Kurdish Politics in TurkeyFrom the PKK to the KCK In the aftermath of the collapse of the Ottoman Empire the Kurds were promised their own state. However several factors meant that this dream never became a reality and the land of the Kurds was divided. Amid a sense of a loss of identity the Kurds started to fight for their social and political rights.‘Kurdish Politics in Turkey’ argues that the Kurdish struggle has largely been a failure and that the emergence of the Unions of Communities in Kurdistan (KCK) has been a direct result of this. The book examines the success of the KCK and how it has transformed this Kurdish struggle in Turkey from a one-dimensional political movement to a multi-dimensional social movement. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367876692

Kurdistan in IraqThe Evolution of a Quasi-State The Kurdish-Iraqi conflict lies in the fact that Kurdistan is a nation-without-a-state and Iraq is a non-nation state each possessing a nationhood project differing from and opposing the other. Iraqi-Kurdistan is an outward looking entity seeking external patronage. Though external patronage has played a pivotal role in the evolution of the Kurdish quasi-state a lack of positive patronage has prevented it from achieving independence.This book looks at how the Kurdish and Iraqi quests for nationhood have led to the transformation of Iraqi Kurdistan into an unrecognised quasi-state and the devolution of the Iraqi state into a recognised quasi-state. This is done by examining the protracted Iraqi-Kurdish conflict and by analysing the contradictions and incompatibilities between the two different nationalisms: Iraqi and Kurdish. The author explains that Kurds as a nation without a state have their own nationhood project which is in opposition to the Iraqi nationhood project. Each has its own identity loyalty and sovereignty. The book answers the question as to how the Kurdish quest for nationhood has been treated by successive Iraqi regimes. Furthermore it fills in the literary gaps which exist in relation to the Iraqi-Kurdish conflict by specifying and categorising the cardinal conditions that drive ethnic and nationalist conflicts which lead to the creation of separatist entities.Drawing upon a vast amount of untapped Kurdish and Arabic primary sources the book draws on prominent theories on nation-states and quasi-states. It will particularly appeal to students and scholars of international relations political theory and Middle Eastern Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367590970

KurdsA Concise Handbook First Published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > E-books Taylor & Francis 9781315059037

Kursk 1943A Statistical Analysis The battle at Kursk in 1943 is often referred to as the greatest tank battle in the history of warfare. This volume makes extensive use of German archival documents as well as various Russian books and articles. As well as an account of the battle it addresses methodological issues. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315038445

Kurt Vonnegut Drawing on his experiences as a young man in the Great Depression and the Second World War Kurt Vonnegut created a new style of fiction responsive to the post-war world and unique in its appeal to both popular audiences and avant-garde critics. His work was profoundly innovative and yet perfectly lucid. In this comprehensive introductory study originally published in 1982 Jerome Klinkowitz traces Vonnegut’s influences within the American middle class his early efforts as a short-story writer for magazines in the 1960s and his startling and unprecedented success as a bestselling experimental novelist with Slaughterhouse-Five. His self-consciously moral posture led to readers throughout the world accepting him as their spokesman for humane values a role which Klinkowitz considers within the context of his work. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367346584

Kuru SorceryDisease and Danger in the New Guinea Highlands Perhaps the best-documented epidemic in the history of medicine kuru has been studied for more than fifty years by international investigators from medicine and the human sciences. This significantly revised edition of the landmark anthropological classic Kuru Sorcery brings up to date the anthropological contribution to understanding disease the medical research that resulted in two medical Nobel Prizes and the views of the Fore people who endured the epidemic and who still believe that sorcerers rather than cannibalism caused kuru. The kuru epidemic serves as a prism through which to see how Fore notions of disease causation bring into single focus their views about the body the world of social and spiritual relations and changes in economic and political conditions-aspects of thought and behaviour that Western medicine keeps separate. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781612052762

Kuwait 1945-1996An Anglo-American Perspective Based on extensive research of British documents from the Public Records Office and American documents from the National Archives and several Presidential Libraries this book surveys events in Kuwait from the beginning of the twentieth century until the Second World War and explains Britain's initial interest in the ruling al-Sabah family before focusing on the post-1945 period. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315037011

Kuwait (Routledge Revival)MERI Report First published in 1985 this study focusing on Kuwait looks at the underlying reasons why certain political economic and social events have taken place in the country’s history. It provides vital analysis of the political and economic issues of the country and those that have affected it as well as providing statistical material on all the key data of the political economy.The book was originally published as part of the Middle East Research Institute (MERI) Reports on the Middle East which quickly established themselves as the most authoritative and up-to-date information on the state of affairs in the region. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138902145

Kuwait and the GulfSmall States and the International System A major result of the Second World War was the emergence of small states which vastly increased the membership of the international system. While a number of small states existed before the war many of these had made no effort to participate actively in the system; since then the doctrine of equality of states has been established in theory at least through their admission to the UN. This book first published in 1984 deals with the factors which have contributed to the emergence of such a large number of small states the difficulties which they have experienced in achieving statehood and their struggle to gain political integration. A precise analysis of the foreign policy and economic factors governing the activity of small states particularly that of Kuwait and the other Gulf states is presented here. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138643048

Kuwait City ParksA Critical Review of their Design Facilities Programs and Management The purpose of this study first published in 1985 was to investigate the management practices of the Kuwait City Park System and the relationship of these practices to user satisfaction. The decision making process affecting the parks had been fragmented between three agencies and this created conflicts in different goals responsibilities and objectives. The study shows how much impact the uncoordinated and fragmented decisions had on user satisfaction in the parks. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138065338

Kuwait: Prospect and Reality For many the story of this small Arabian state begins and ends with the wealth that has accrued from its vast oil deposits. But the real fascination of Kuwait lies in its geological and archaeological history; in its long struggle for survival among powerful neighbours; in its ambitious plans for industrial and economic development. This book first published in 1972 shows the effects of the new material wealth opened up by oil in relation to the country’s remote past and its Islamic background. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138060616

Kuwait: the Transformation of an Oil State Kuwait unlike most of its neighbours has a well-established national identity and a long history as a nation dating back to the eighteenth century. In this book first published in 1992 Dr. Jill Crystal focuses on two recurring themes in Kuwaiti history: one the preservation of a sense of community in the face of radical economic social and political transformations; the second internal rivalry over the conventions governing relations among members of the community. Crystal skilfully weaves these themes into a broad profile of Kuwait analysing the nation’s transformation from a pre-oil to an oil economy; its social structure and composition including the country’s tribal roots and key divisions involving class gender and immigrant labour; political tensions resulting from the nation’s sudden wealth and the accompanying changes in social structure; and its relations with other countries in the Gulf and the Middle East. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138644540

Kuwait: Trade And Investment This book delineates Kuwait's economic activities and potential and assesses the country's impact on the global economy. It is premised upon a more descriptive and practical approach to crystallize some perspectives on trade and investment pertaining to the small but increasingly important nation. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367170639

KuwaitFall & Rebirth First published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138974135

KuwaitRecovery And Security After The Gulf War With the thoroughness that this recently spotlighted nation requires this volume examines Kuwait's internal and external security situation after the turbulent days of the Gulf War and investigates continued Western involvement in its safekeeping. It also examines Kuwait's changing role as an energy exporter. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367316518

Kuwait's Foreign PolicyCity-state In World Politics This book assesses the dynamics of Kuwaiti foreign policy since 1961 and explores the role of Kuwait as a small state in international politics. It analyzes the impact of ideology religion and value systems on Kuwaiti foreign policy as well as the impact of domestic forces on political actors. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367162641

Kwaidan Of The Lady First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138992962

Kwame Nkrumah's Contribution to Pan-African AgencyAn Afrocentric Analysis This study analyzes contributions made by Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972) to the development of Pan-African agency from the 1945 Pan-African Congress in Manchester to the military coup d'etat of Nkrumah's government in February 1966. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138092662

Kwame Nkrumah's Politico-Cultural Thought and PoliticsAn African-Centered Paradigm for the Second Phase of the African Revolution This study critically synthesizes and analyses the relationship between Kwame Nkrumah's politico-cultural philosophy and policies as an African-centered paradigm for the post-independence African revolution. It also argues for the relevance of his theories and politics in today's Africa. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415649537

Kyoto Visual Culture in the Early Edo and Meiji PeriodsThe arts of reinvention The city of Kyoto has undergone radical shifts in its significance as a political and cultural center as a hub of the national bureaucracy as a symbolic and religious center and as a site for the production and display of art. However the field of Japanese history and culture lacks a book that considers Kyoto on its own terms as a historic city with a changing identity. Examining cultural production in the city of Kyoto in two periods of political transition this book promises to be a major step forward in advancing our knowledge of Kyoto’s history and culture. Its chapters focus on two periods in Kyoto’s history in which the old capital was politically marginalized: the early Edo period when the center of power shifted from the old imperial capital to the new warriors’ capital of Edo; and the Meiji period when the imperial court itself was moved to the new modern center of Tokyo. The contributors argue that in both periods the response of Kyoto elites—emperors courtiers tea masters municipal leaders monks and merchants—was artistic production and cultural revival. As an artistic cultural and historical study of Japan's most important historic city this book will be invaluable to students and scholars of Japanese history Asian history the Edo and Meiji periods art history visual culture and cultural history. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367026752

Kyrgyzstan - Regime Security and Foreign Policy Kyrgyzstan is an interesting example of a relatively weak state which for its brief period of independence has already ousted two presidents experienced two revolutions survived two interethnic conflicts and yet remained intact. This book explores this apparent paradox and argues that the schism between domestic and international dimensions of state and regime security is key to understanding the nature of Kyrgyz politics. The book shows how the foreign policy links to the Manas Air Base used by the US military and essential for supplying their forces in Afghanistan the economic arrangements necessary for sustaining the base both inside and outside Kyrgyzstan and the myriad of different actors involved in all this combined to overshadow points of friction to ensure stable continuance of the status quo. Overall the book shows how broad geopolitical forces and complex local factors together have a huge impact on the formation of Kyrgyz foreign policy. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138595576

KyrgyzstanCentral Asia's Island of Democracy? Born out of the collapse of the USSR Kyrgyzstan has been notable for its struggle to develop a pluralist polity and free market an attempt that distinguishes it from some of its more authoritarian neighbors. This volume introduces students and businessmen to this most attractive of republics offering an overview of its history politics economic development and place in the international community. In particular it focuses on the problematic nature of political development with democratic and pluralist impulses struggling to survive against the dominance of more traditional forms of governance. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315079325

L. Munatius PlancusServing and Surviving in the Roman Revolution This volume examines the life and career of L. Munatius Plancus and through him explores the tumultuous final years of the Roman Republic. Plancus had very active and lengthy political career from his initial appearance on the staff of Julius Caesar in Gaul in 54BC at least through the censorship of 22BC. During this time he was in close contact for over 30 years with all the major figures during a period of tremendous political and social upheaval in Rome. He maneuvered carefully and cautiously changing affiliation from boyhood ties to Cicero to Caesar to Antony and Cleopatra and finally to Octavian - it was Plancus himself who proposed the motion whereby the Senate conferred the name "Augustus" on the new ruler of Rome. More than just a biography of this fascinating figure this volume also offers insight into the politics of this complex period. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367588984

L.S. Vygotsky and Education Vygotsky’s legacy in education is enduring and prolific influencing educational research and scholarship in areas as far ranging child development language and literacy development bilingual education and learning disabilities to name but a few. In this accessible introductory volume renowned Vygtosky authority Luis C. Moll presents a summary of Vygtoskian core concepts constituting a cultural-historical approach to the study of thinking and development. Moll emphasizes what he considers central tenets of Vygotsky’s scholarship --- the sociocultural genesis of human thinking the consideration of active and dynamic individuals a developmental approach to studying human thinking and the power of cultural mediation in understanding and transforming educational practices broadly considered. After an introduction to Vygotsky’s life the historical context for his work and his ideas Moll provides examples from his educational research inspired by Vygotsky’s work. With both critical scrutiny of current interpretations of Vygotksian theory and clear deference for the theorist known as "The Mozart of Psychology " Moll stresses the many ways Vygotksy’s theory can offer a theory of possibilities for positive pedagogical change.　 Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415899499

L2 Spanish PragmaticsFrom Research to Teaching L2 Spanish Pragmatics is a comprehensive state-of-the-art overview of current research into pragmatics and Spanish language teaching. It presents the research on the teaching of pragmatics and Spanish language as a multifaceted discipline. Written by an international cohort of scholars the breadth of topics includes innovative topics in the teaching of Spanish such as genre analysis discourse markers politeness and impoliteness nonverbal communication irony and humor as well as web-based pragmatics resources. Key features: An overview of new trends in Spanish pragmatics research and the growing need for instruction in intercultural communication; Insights derived from important theoretical and empirical works that may contribute to integrate pragmatics in the teaching of the language; Explanations with great clarity plenty of examples and references as well as connections to language teaching and learning; Tasks and activities that can help teachers move from a traditional curricular approach to a more innovative and engaging one; Descriptions of numerous activities or guidelines for the classroom supplemented with additional materials; A bilingual glossary of terms in pragmatics that will help teachers in their implementation of activities to teach L2 Spanish pragmatics. L2 Spanish Pragmatics constitutes a reference book on current research on learning and teaching Spanish pragmatics. It will be of interest to university lecturers researchers and graduate students. It will also be an excellent resource for language educators and K-16 teachers willing to expand their knowledge and apply the teaching of pragmatics as an integral component in the teaching of the Spanish language. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138279940

L2 Writing in Secondary ClassroomsStudent Experiences Academic Issues and Teacher Education Second language writers and the teaching of writing at the secondary level have received little attention compared with other skills such as reading. Addressing this gap this volume uniquely looks at both adolescent L2 writing and the preparation of secondary teachers to work with this population of students. Part I on adolescent L2 writers includes case studies looking at their literacy identities their trajectories in mainstream content area classes and their transition from high school to college. Part II looks at academic issues. The focus in Part III is L2 writing teacher education. Taking a theoretically eclectic approach that can support a variety of pedagogies this book contributes significantly to understanding adolescent second language writers and to educating teachers to address these students’ specific needs. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415640619

La Austrialia del Espíritu SantoThe Journal of Fray Martin de Munilla O.F.M. and other documents relating to The Voyage of Pedro Fernández d Pedro Fernández de Quirós was a remarkable navigator and explorer. Having sailed in 1595 as chief pilot in the ill-fated Spanish expedition to the Solomon Islands he returned to the 'Austral Lands' - the area of the New Hebrides - in 1605 with another expedition which is the subject of this volume. In his Introduction Father Kelly sets out to resolve some of the outstanding historical problems of this Quirós expedition in the light of recently discovered documents. At the same time he gives a brief description of the Franciscan missionary apostolate its contribution to geographical discovery in the Pacific and its missionary plans for the natives of the Austral lands. He also provides a systematic survey of source material in Spanish Roman and other European archives. The volume contains 32 documents concerning the 1605 expedition including Munilla's Relación as well as the Franciscan Missionary Plan. All these have been translated by Father Kelly. Continued in Second Series 127 with which the main pagination is continuous. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1966. Media > Books > E-books Hakluyt Society 9781315591254

La CazzariaThe Book of the Prick La Cazzaria is the most outspoken erotic text of the Italian Renaissance-a ribald dialogue about politics sex and desire. The book is remarkable for its frank discussions of sexuality and explicit homoeroticism-especially when compared to other writings of the period-and for its sophisticated treatment of sexual and political power. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315881003

La Clase MágicaImagining Optimal Possibilities in a Bilingual Community of Learners La Clase Mágica: Imagining Optimal Possibilities in a Bilingual Community of Learners vividly captures the social and intellectual developments and the promises of an ongoing after-school project called La Clase Mágica. It is a blow-by-blow description of the early transformations of a project that began as an educational activity and slowly but deliberately turned into a social action project whose aim was to serve those with low economic and political means and little access to educational resources. This multivocal account details research in action for effectively serving Spanish-English bilingual speakers from a Mexican origin community as well as--on a broader level--the diverse populations that increasingly characterize American society today. The focus is on the early foundational work of the project between 1989-1996 though attention is also given to the national and international recognition the project has subsequently received the college-going patterns of its long-term participants and the transplantation of the project to other cultural communities. The book speaks out from the "zones of contact" between the university and a language minority community about new ways to extend and intersect theory and practice in many areas of the educational enterprise. Contact is defined not only in the physical sense of face-to-face interaction but also as symbolic interaction between languages cultures histories and epistemologies. Thus Vásquez speaks of optimal possibilities situated in the middle grounds or more technically speaking in the borders between Spanish and English Mexican and mainstream culture minority and majority designations and between school and community contexts where contact is made and new arrangements are imagined. This account uses the reflections of participants at times to take readers from the scientific to the everyday to make real and concrete the theoretical conceptualizations that box in human behavior. In this way it defines the theories methods and philosophies for linking multiple disciplines institutions and participant groups into a concerted effort with potential to reframe the educational opportunities of under-served populations. A close look is provided into the intricacies and the fundamental principles for building and sustaining effective learning environments and institutional relations necessary for enhancing the potential of learners of all ages. In the process the book also suggests ways in which community members and institutional agents can play an active and integral role in creating learning opportunities that serve both constituencies. Educators and policymakers will find the systems approach for pursuing parent and community involvement in the educational enterprise useful. In sum the book offers researchers practitioners and policymakers much needed guidance insight and perhaps inspiration for rethinking educational goals and objectives. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315045436

La comprensión lectora en la enseñanza del español LE/L2de la teoría a la práctica La comprensión lectora en la enseñanza del español LE/L2: de la teoría a la práctica presents state-of-the-art theory and teaching practices for integrating reading skills into the teaching of Spanish. The book bridges a conspicuous gap between research supporting reading as a key component of language acquisition and actual practice by discussing how to implement reading successfully in and out of the classroom. Written entirely in Spanish the book focuses on the needs of Spanish language learners with the goal of motivating students to read in the target language and work with diverse types of texts and genres. Key features include: Emphasis on the connections between theory and practice with specific suggestions for successfully integrating reading into the language curriculum; Practical guidance and questionnaires for instruction design and planning; Ready-to-use activities and an answer key to help teachers implement this important skill in language teaching; Pedagogical considerations to keep in mind for further guidance and reflection at the end of each chapter; A wealth of links and digital resources for teaching and practicing reading and best practices in Spanish language teaching; Bilingual glossary of key terms. Written in a clear and accessible manner La comprensión lectora en la enseñanza del español LE/L2: de la teoría a la práctica is an essential resource for teachers of Spanish at all levels. It is an excellent reference book for language teachers who wish to integrate reading into the teaching of the Spanish language. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138651777

La Cort d'AmorA Critical Edition "The ""Cort d'Amor"" is a late 12th-century allegorical romance in Occitan which fuses a variety of lyric and narrative genres together and which predates the ""Roman de la Rose"" by some 50 years. In this edition Matthew Bardell highlights the work's intertextuality with Andreas Capellanus' ""De Amore"" to show how the Occitan work presents a dialogue between gendered approaches to love whilst parodying the exegetical tradition. It juxtaposes lyric passages with some of the standard Ovidian teaching on love and undermines the reader's attempts to distinguish between the two. This volume has a facing English translation and aims to make an important contribution to the study of medieval allegory and courtly love in general as well as to the dissemination of Ovid in the Middle Ages and the narrative transformations of Old French and Occitan lyric." Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781351197830

La Dentellière The full French text of Lain novel is accompanied by French-English vocabulary. Notes and a detailed introduction in English put the work in its social and historical context. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138427358

La F brica VisualMetodos Visuales para Mejorar la Productividad Un libro importantisismo para preparar su fbrica antes de poder comenzar producci?n justo-a-tiempo o cualquier otro programa de mejoras. Crear una fbrica visual es el primer paso para lograr participacion de sus empleados construir un mejor ambiente de trabajo y obtener apoyo de su personal. Los casos especificos aqui expuestos seran especialmente utiles en companias dispuestas a mejorar sus operaciones pero no muy seguras sobre como empezar. La comunicacion visual hace que toda la informacion comunmente disponible se pueda entender directamente por todos los que la ven. Esta participacion aporta nueva luz y vida a la cultura de los lugares de trabajo. Michel Greif ha viajado por toda Europa y Estados Unidos estudiando el uso de la comunicacion visual y reuniendo materiales para este libro. Media > Books > Print Books Productivity Press 9781138409675

La Faim et la Sant?Collection: La Faim dans le Monde (2007) First published in 2008 La Faim et la Sant is a valuable contribution to the field of Environment and Sustainability. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138471757

La Inteligencia de SanaciónEl Espíritu en Psicoterapia La inteligencia de curación natural es uno de los grandes misterios de la psique. Es intrínsicamente difícil de alcanzar y sin embargo se encuentra en el núcleo de todos los intentos para curar las heridas emocionales. La psicoterapia y el asesoramiento cuando se hacen en profundidad van más allá de la interpretación y trabajan directamente con esta poderosa fuerza. Este libro va destinado a ayudar a las personas que sufren este tipo de heridas emocionales con el fin de iluminarlos por el camino de la curación así como de aportar una vision profunda y métodos eficaces para el practicante. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780429203473

La Jalousie The full French text is accompanied by French-English vocabulary. Notes and a detailed introduction in English put the work in its social and historical context. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138147522

La Langue BerbèreHandbook of African Languages Part 1 Originally published in 1952 this volume shows the structural characteristics of the Berber language and its interrelations as far as these are known; the distribution of the language and the numbers speaking it; its use as literary and educational media and as a lingua franca. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138096394

La Lengua Española: Ayer y Hoy NO_DESCRIPTION_AVAILABLE_FOR_THIS_PRODUCT Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415707145

La Matriz de la MenteLas Relaciones de Objeto y Psicoanalitico Estamos ante una visión global de la teoría de las relaciones de objeto desde una perspectiva kleiniana que contiene capítulos sobre la fantasía las posiciones esquizo-paranoide y depresiva los objetos internos y la obra de Winnicott sobre el espacio potencial. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780429203480

La Papauté et les croisades / The Papacy and the CrusadesActes du VIIe Congrès de la Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin Eas This volume brings together a selection of the papers on the theme of the Papacy and the Crusades delivered at the 7th Congress of the Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East. After the introduction by Michel Balard the first papers examine aspects of crusader terminology. The next section deals with events and perceptions in the West including papers on the crusades against the Albigensians and Frederick II and on the situation in the Iberian peninsula. There follow studies on relations between crusaders and the local populations in the Byzantine world after 1204 and Frankish Greece and in Cilician Armenia while a final pair looks at papal interventions in Poland and Scandinavia. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138251595

La Place The full French text is accompanied by French-English vocabulary. Notes and a detailed introduction in English put the work in its social and historical context. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138427372

La Pocha NostraA Handbook for the Rebel Artist in a Post-Democratic Society La Pocha Nostra: A Handbook for the Rebel Artist in a Post-Democratic Society marks a transformation from its sister book Exercises for Rebel Artists into a pedagogical matrix suited for use as a performance handbook and conceptual tool for artists activists theorists pedagogues and trans-disciplinary border crossers of all stripes. Featuring a newly reworked outline of La Pocha Nostra's overall pedagogy and how it has evolved in the time of Trump cartel violence and the politics of social media this new handbook presents deeper explanations of the interdisciplinary pedagogical practices developed by the group that has been labeled "the most influential Latino/a performance troupe of the past ten years." Co-written by Guillermo Gómez-Peña in collaboration with La Pocha Nostra’s artistic co-director Saúl García-López and edited by Paloma Martinez-Cruz this highly anticipated follow-up volume raises crucial questions in the new neo-nationalist era. Drawing on field experience from ten years of touring the authors blend original methods with updated and revised exercises providing new material for teachers universities radical artists curators producers and students. This book features: Introductions by the authors and editor to Pocha Nostra practice in a post-democratic society. Theoretical historical poetic and pedagogical contexts for the methodology. Suggestions for how to use the book in the classroom and many other scenarios. Detailed hands-on exercises for using Pocha Nostra-inspired methods in workshops. A step-by-step guide to creating large-scale group performances. New unpublished photos of the Pocha Nostra methods in practice. Additional texts by Reverend Billy and Savitri D. Dragonfly Francesca Carol Rolla VestAndPage Micha Espinosa Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Praba Pilar L. M. Bogad Anuradha Vikram and Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens among many others. The book is complemented by the new book Gómez-Peña Unplugged: Texts on Live Art Social Practice and Imaginary Activism (2008–2019). Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367338213

La Renovation du Shi'isme Ismaelien En Inde Et Au PakistanD'apres les Ecrits et les Discours de Sultan Muhammad Shah Aga Khan This French-language book is the first to propose a scientific approach to the Aga Khan's religious thought placing it in its proper perspective by revealing how the Aga Khan responded to contemporary challenges. It will be of interest to both students and scholars of history orientalism and Islamic thought and cultures and to anyone interested in South Asia or in the fundamental issues of religion and modernity. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138862586

La théorie de la musique antique et médiévale This is the final volume in the set of four collections of Michel Huglo's articles to be published in the Variorum series and focuses on medieval music theory. The point of departure for Huglo's research was his doctoral dissertation on tonaries published in 1971: as a consequence he studied the manuscripts of music theory concerning plainchant and later those with writings on music by authors of Late Antiquity as well as the Liber glossarum with its many definitions of musical terms. In this volume certain articles consider the interpretation or dissemination of texts instruction in the art of plainchant and musical instruction at the university. Others concern the manuscripts of St Augustine's De musica and of the writings of Calcidius Macrobius Helisachar Hucbald Gerbert of Aurillac Abbo of Fleury John of Afflighem and Hieronymus de Moravia amongst others. The volume closes with a bibliography of Michel Huglo complementing that published in 1993 and a summary list of his reviews of books on music and liturgy. Ce volume des articles de Michel Huglo termine la série de quatre dans la collection Variorum. Il est centré sur la théorie musicale médiévale. Le point de départ des recherches de Michel Huglo sur la théorie musicale du Moyen Âge est formé par sa thèse sur les tonaires éditée en 1971: en consequence il etudia les manuscrits de theorie musicale concernant le plain-chant et plus tard les auteurs de l'Antiquité tardive et le Liber glossarum qui contient des définitions de nombreux termes musicaux. Dans ce volume certains articles traitent de l'interprétation ou de la dissémination des textes des instructions sur l'art du chant et sur l'enseignement de la musique à l'Université. Ils concernent les manuscrits du De musica d'Augustin de Calcidius Macrobe Helisachar Hucbald Gerbert d'Aurillac Abbon de Fleury Jean d'Afflighem Hieronymus de Moravia et d'autres auteurs. Enfin ce volume contient la bibliographie de Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138375611

La Vie d'Etienne le Jeune par Étienne le DiacreIntroduction édition et Traduction The Life of Stephen the Younger is one of the rare sources for Byzantium in the ’Dark Ages’ and one of the key witnesses to the history of Iconoclasm. This book presents a new edition of the text together with a French translation and commentary and an important introduction. Stephen was a hermit killed in 765 at the order of the emperor Constantine V; his Life was written in 809 some forty years after the 7th Ecumenical Council Nicaea II at which Orthodoxy was affirmed. Professor Auzépy shows how the Life reflects the politics of the era both those of the patriarchate on which the author depended and of the female monastery near which Stephen had lived and transforms the probable victim of a failed political plot into a Christ-like figure martyred by a diabolic emperor. La Vie d’Etienne le Jeune est une des rares sources sur l’histoire de Byzance durant le Haut Moyen-Age et un témoignage majeur de la querelle iconoclaste. Cet ouvrage comprenant une importante introduction présente une nouvelle édition du texte accompagnée d’une traduction française annotée. Etienne est un ermite qui fut assassiné en 765 sur l’ordre de l’empereur Constantin V. Sa Vie fut écrite en 809 une quarantaine d’années après le septième concile Å“cuménique de Nicée II au cours duquel fut affirmé l’Orthodoxie. Le professeur Auzépy démontre comment la Vie reflète les enjeux politiques de cette époque ceux du patriarcat dont l’auteur dépendait comme ceux du monastère de femmes auprès duquel Etienne a vécu et comment la Vie transforme son héros probablement mis à mort dans le cadre d’un complot en une figure de saint moine martyrisé par un empereur diabolique. Winner of the "Prix Charles Diehl de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres 1999". Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138268050

L’Auberge espagnoleEuropean Youth on Film Part romantic comedy part sitcom part social drama L’Auberge espagnole (The Spanish Apartment) recounts a familiar ‘youth’ ritual – the move from university to ‘the real world’ the often complicated personal romantic and cultural encounters that ensue and the moral uncertainties that characterize that key biological and physiological developmental stage between adolescence and adulthood. French director Cédric Klapisch showcases the extraordinary colour and beauty of Barcelona’s architecture and places his hero Xavier at the heart of this smartly written film which makes a series of wry observations on educational exchange programmes multi-culturalism and the direction European youth might take in the twenty-first century.This book addresses the topic of Europe’s youth generation paying particular attention to the ways in which the film depicts the transition from adolescence to adulthood as allegory for the experiences of European society as it moves through periods of readjustment towards uncertain futures. It also looks into the ecosystem of contemporary French cinema the Erasmus programme and its influence on youth experience and identity politics in relation to ‘nationhood’ and ‘European-ness’. The book also examines the two sequels to the film – Russian Dolls (2005) and Chinese Puzzle (2013) – and how the complications faced by the main characters across the trilogy suggest that the move to adulthood is a never-ending process of growing up and reaching a level of self-actualization. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367734534

L’Hagiographie et l’Iconoclasme ByzantinLe cas de la Vie d’Étienne le Jeune The period of Byzantine Iconoclasm remains in many ways a 'Dark Age'. With this volume Marie-France Auzépy continues her fundamental re-examination of one of the key sources for the time the Life of Stephen the Younger. Previously in this series she has published a new edition translation and commentary on the text; the present work aims to establish a solid methodology for reading a hagiographical text as a historical source and includes a systematic literary analysis to illuminate how the author treated his subject matter. Amongst other conclusions this study shows how the historical presentation of the period was consciously shaped by the patriarchate of Constantinople in the years 787-815 in order to affirm the independence of the Church from imperial power. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315251028

Lab Reports and Projects in Sport and Exercise ScienceA Guide for Students Lab Reports and Projects in Sport and Exercise Science: A guide for students provides a comprehensive overview of what should be contained within each section of a scientific report and clearly explains how it should be presented. Written in a friendly and engaging style it guides the reader through abstracts literature reviews methodology reporting discussions and referencing and contains a wealth of examples and practical advice on how to improve and refine your own writing. From writing a first lab report to preparing a final year dissertation or postgraduate thesis sports and exercise science students at all levels will find this book a valuable resource in developing both skill and confidence in scientific communication. Key features The layout of the book is designed to reflect that of a typical scientific report to help students plan their own projects. Each chapter includes numerous examples exercises and activities to engage students and develop skills in each aspect of report writing. Includes discussion of critical appraisal techniques to help students refine their research questions. All data sets and illustrations used are drawn from the key disciplines in sport and exercise science including physiology psychology and biomechanics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780273758402

LabanotationThe System of Analyzing and Recording Movement A definitive book for students of dance and movement studies Labanotation is now available in a fourth edition the first complete revision of the text since 1977. Initiated by the movement genius Rudolf Laban and refined through fifty years of work by teachers here and abroad Labanotation the first wholly successful system for recording human movement is now having the effect on ballet and other forms of dance that the prefection of music notation in the Renaissance had on the development of music. This book makes it possible to record accurately for study and reconstruction the great dance creations of the theater as well as such diverse activities as time/motion studies for industry personnel assessment and physical therapy. So comprehensive that it can indicate even facial expressions the system is also simple enough for a child to learn easily as an integral part of athletic or dance training. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138138384

Labeling TheoryEmpirical Tests Labeling theory has been an extremely important and influential development in criminology but its recent advances have been largely neglected. This volume aims to reinvigorate labeling theory by presenting a comprehensive range of its modern applications.In the first section Ross Matsueda chronicles the early history of the theory. Fred Markowitz then reviews labeling theory research as applied to mental illness. Francis T. Cullen and Cheryl Lero Jonson discuss the relationship between labeling theory and correctional rehabilitation. The second section which is focused on previous tests of labeling theory begins with a review of prior empirical tests by Kelle Barrick. Anthony Petrosino and his colleagues then summarize their meta-analysis of the impact of the juvenile system processing on delinquency. Lawrence Sherman then discusses experiments on criminal sanctions. The final segment on empirical tests of labeling theory begins with a chapter by Marvin Krohn and his colleagues on the effects of official intervention on later offending. The long-term effects of incarceration are then investigated by Joseph Murray and his colleagues. Finally Steven Raphael reviews the effects of conviction and incarceration on future employment.This landmark book presents the most comprehensive and up-to-date knowledge about labeling theory and illustrates the importance of this theory for policy and practice. It is the latest volume in Transaction's acclaimed Advances in Criminological Theory series. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138511477

LabelingPedagogy and Politics A diverse group of contributors from the fields of education psychology philosophy and cultural studies explore the social phenomenon of labeling. The authors question the nature of labeling its contexts and processes looking in particular at its prescriptive and confining effects. The assumption that labels are neutral and applied neutrally is rejected as the political nature of labeling is revealed.Topics discussed by the contributors include:*the politics of labeling*whiteness as a label for western cultural politics*labeling in institutions*popular culture and labeling*school communities and classrooms and the politics of labeling*labeling and race*sexual labelings*the impact of categorization on our children*labeling in the special education system*immigrants and limited English proficiency groups. Contributors include: Michael Apple Peter McLaren Cameron McCarthy and Maxine Greene. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315011264

Labelling Strategies in Environmental Policy Eco-labelling programmes have been in existence for many years but their recent growth now extends to many products and services. The academic literature has grown in response and there have been several theoretical and empirical advances. This volume presents the best of previously published research on the design and effects of eco-labelling programmes. Whilst concentrating on the economic literature the articles also approach the topic from a psychological sociological and political point of view. Part One focuses on a range of theoretical developments Part Two on empirical measurements of the effectiveness of eco-labelling Part Three on the factors that influence the success and design of eco-labelling programmes and Part Four on the effects of eco-labelling on international trade and development. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815390084

LabelsMaking Independent Music The music industry is dominated today by three companies. Outside of it thousands of small independent record labels have developed despite the fact that digitalization made record sales barely profitable. How can those outsiders not only survive but thrive within mass music markets? What makes them meaningful and to whom? Dominik Bartmanski and Ian Woodward show how labels act as taste-makers and scene-markers that not only curate music but project cultural values which challenge the mainstream capitalist music industry. Focusing mostly on labels that entered independent electronic music after 2000 the authors reconstruct their aesthetics and ethics. The book draws on multiple interviews with labels such as Ostgut Ton in Berlin Argot in Chicago 100% Silk in Los Angeles Ninja Tune in London and Goma Gringa in Sao Paulo. Written by the authors of Vinyl this book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the contemporary recording industry independent music material culture anthropology sociology and cultural studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781474280457

LabnetToward A Community of Practice Connected by a computer telecommunications network ninth-graders from eight high schools scattered thousands of miles across Alaska work together building a robot submarine to gather samples from the floor of Prince William Sound. This is high school science as some teachers and educational reformers today envision it -- centered on student projects that encourage learning by doing...supported by modern technology...enriched by collaboration among students and teachers both face to face and far apart. This example is drawn from LabNet a three-year effort funded by the National Science Foundation. The project was conducted by Technical Education Research Centers (TERC) a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to improving mathematics and science education. Eventually reaching 562 teachers in 37 states Puerto Rico and American Samoa LabNet had a direct impact on their classroom practice. In a follow-up evaluation the majority said they had assigned their students more projects and had used LabNet's telecommunications network to exchange project ideas with other teachers. This book is the story of LabNet as told by its editors with 14 additional essays on science projects -- both theoretical and practical -- by LabNet teachers and TERC staff. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203052679

Labor Democratization and Development in India and Pakistan In this first comparative study of organized labor in India and Pakistan the author analyses the impact and role of organized labor in democratization and development. The study provides a unique comparative history of Indian and Pakistani labor politics. It begins in the early twentieth century when permanent unions first formed in the South Asian Subcontinent. Additionally it offers an analysis of changes in conditions of work andterms of service in India and Pakistan and of organized labor’s response. The conclusions shed new light on the influence of organized labor in national politics economic policy economic welfare and at the workplace. It is demonstrated that the protection of workers has desirable outcomes not only for those workers covered but also for democratic practice and for economic development. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415501927

Labor Global Supply Chains and the Garment Industry in South AsiaBangladesh after Rana Plaza This book argues that larger flaws in the global supply chain must first be addressed to change the way business is conducted to prevent factory owners from taking deadly risks to meet clients’ demands in the garment industry in Bangladesh. Using the 2013 Rana Plaza disaster as a departure point and to prevent such tragedies from occurring in the future this book presents an interdisciplinary analysis to address the disaster which resulted in a radical change in the functioning of the garment industry. The chapters present innovative ways of thinking about solutions that go beyond third-party monitoring. They open up possibilities for a renewed engagement of international brands and buyers within the garment sector a focus on direct worker empowerment using technology the role of community-based movements developing a model of change through enforceable contracts combined with workers movements and a more productive and influential role for both factory owners and the government. This book makes key interventions and rethinks the approaches that have been taken until now and proposes suggestions for the way forward. It engages with international brands the private sector and civil society to strategize about the future of the industry and for those who depend on it for their livelihood. A much-needed review and evaluation of the many initiatives that have been set up in Bangladesh in the wake of Rana Plaza this book is a valuable addition to academics in the fields of development studies gender and women’s studies human rights poverty and practice political science economics sociology anthropology and South Asian studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138366800

Labor Industry and Regulation during the Progressive Era The Progressive Era was among the most volatile times for the economy and labor in American History. Daniel E. Saros explores the institutional and economic conditions of this time revealing new insight into the regulated nature of industry and the conditions of labor. Using the steel industry as a case study Saros demonstrates how the United States Steel Corporation enhanced the performance of the steel industry by initiating a price and wage stabilization program. In an effort to combat potential threats from the federal government the American public and organized labor to the market stabilization program and mechanization drive the steel companies introduced a paternalistic welfare program company unions and limited hours reform. Saros also contrasts this time with free market periods examining the impacts on rates of profit output growth and capital accumulation. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415541602

Labor Markets And Agricultural Production This book focuses on the complex and often contradictory relationships between agricultural production and markets. It examines the micro-macro linkages between farm production farm labor issues and the degree of autonomy or dependency vis-a-vis markets. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367163235

Labor and Creativity in New York’s Global Fashion Industry This book tells the story of fashion workers engaged in the labor of design and the material making of New York fashion. Christina H. Moon offers an illuminating ethnography into the various sites and practices that make up fashion labor in sample rooms design studios runways factories and design schools of the New York fashion world. By exploring the work practices social worlds and aspirations of fashion workers this book offers a unique look into the meaning of labor and creativity in 21st century global fashion. This book will be of interest to scholars in design studies fashion history and fashion labor. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367403959

Labor and Democracy in the Transition to a Market System Nowhere is the tension attending simultaneous political democratization and economic liberalization more sharply felt than in the realm of labour relations. What is happening in Soviet trade unions today? How will the emerging independent unions respond to anticipated rises in unemployment? What kind of social regulation of the labour market will be appropriate in the future? These papers from a pathbreaking US-Soviet conference on labour issues reveal a considerable diversity of views on questions whose resolution will be essential to social peace in this period of transition. Among the noted contributors are Joseph Berliner Sam Bowles Richard Freeman Leonid Gordon V.L.Kosmarskii Alla Nazimova Michael Piore Boris Rakitskii Iurii Volkov Ben Ward and Tatiana Zaslavskaia. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315486895

Labor and Employment Issues for the Safety Professional Safety professionals interact with many other functions within the organization including but not limited to production human resources and medical with each function possessing specific laws and regulations which govern their actions and inactions. In order to function within the organizational structure they need a working knowledge of the laws and regulations which impact his/her area of responsibility as well as the laws and regulations which impact employees managers and the overall organizational structure. An extensive examination of safety laws and regulations Labor and Employment Issues for the Safety Professional provides a working knowledge of the impacts requirements and implications of safety professionals’ actions and inactions as related to state and federal laws. It presents information on an issue-by-issue basis delineating the basics of the issue identifying the applicable law or regulation and presenting possible solutions to achieve and maintain compliance while achieving the safety objective. The book covers conflicts between laws and regulations and includes case law and reference points. This text elucidates a number of laws within the labor employment and related areas which may impact safety professionals in the course of their daily activities. It supplies a working knowledge of the peripheral laws and regulations that impact safety functions allowing them to avoid potential legal "issues" and possible legal liabilities for themselves as well as their organizations. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138117686

Labor and Laborers of the LoomMechanization and Handloom Weavers 1780-1840 Labor and Laborers of the Loom: Mechanization and Handloom Weavers 1780-1840 develops several themes important to understanding the social cultural and economic implications of industrialization. The examination of these issues within a population of extra-factory workers distinguishes this study. The volume centers on the rapid growth of handloom weaving in response to the introduction of water powered spinning. This change is viewed from the perspectives of mechanics technological limitations characteristics of weaving skills income and cost. In the works of Duncan Bythell and Norman Murray the displacement of British and Scottish hand weavers loomed large and the silence of American handloom weavers in similar circumstances was deafening. This study reflects the differences between the three culture by centering not on displacement but on survival. Persistence is closely tied to the gradual nature of technological change. The contrasts between independent commercial artisans and outwork weavers are striking. Displacement occurs but only among artisans devoting their time to independent workshop weaving. Alternatively outwork weavers adapted to changing markets and survived. The design and development of spinning and weaving device is stressed as are the roles of economic conditions management organization size of firms political implications and social factors contribute to the impact of technological change on outwork and craft weavers. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415649544

Labor And Politics In PanamaThe Torrijos Years This book provides a profile of Panama's political elite and analyzes the country's fragile political institutions. It presents a study of the power relations among Panama's political elite the business sector and labour. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367165864

Labor and the ConstitutionLabor and Property Privacy Discrimination and International Relations First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203823859

Labor and Writing in Early Modern England 1567-1667 Looking at texts by non-aristocratic authors in this studythe author investigates the relationship between nascent early modern notions of professional authorship and the emerging idea of vocation - the sense that one's identity is bound up in one's work. The author analyzes how the concept of labor as a calling which was assisted by early modern experiments in democracy print and Protestant religion had a lasting effect on the history of authorship as a profession. In so doing she reveals the construction of an approach to early modern authorship that values diligence over the courtly values of leisure and play. This study expands the scope of scholarship to develop a cultural history that acknowledges the considerable impact of non-aristocratic poets on the idea of authorship as a vocation. The author shows that our modern post-Romantic notions of the professional writer as materially impoverished-and yet committed to his or her art-has recognizable roots in early modern England's workaday lives. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367893019

Labor Before the Industrial RevolutionWork Technology and their Ecologies in an Age of Early Capitalism One cannot conceive of capitalism without labor. Yet many of the current debates about economic development leading to industrialization fail to directly engage with labor at all. This collection of essays strives to correct this oversight and to reintroduce labor into the great debates about capitalist development and economic growth before the Industrial Revolution. By attending to the effects of specific regulatory technological social and physical environments on producers and production in a set of specific industries these essays use an “ecological” approach that demonstrates how productivity knowledge and regime changed between 1400 and 1800. This book will be of interest to researchers in history especially labor history and European economic development. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367664848

Labor Camp Socialism: The Gulag in the Soviet Totalitarian SystemThe Gulag in the Soviet Totalitarian System This is the first historical survey of the Gulag based on newly accessible archival sources as well as memoirs and other studies published since the beginning of glasnost.Over the course of several decades the Soviet labor camp system drew into its orbit tens of millions of people -- political prisoners and their families common criminals prisoners of war internal exiles local officials and prison camp personnel. This study sheds new light on the operation of the camp system both internally and as an integral part of a totalitarian regime that "institutionalized violence as a universal means of attaining its goals". In Galina Ivanova's unflinching account -- all the more powerful for its austerity -- the Gulag is the ultimate manifestation of a more pervasive and lasting distortion of the values of legality labor and life that burdens Russia to the present day. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315703039

Labor in an Islamic SettingTheory and Practice The Islamic labor market rests on the principles of the free market exchange of Islamic economics. Regrettably the latter has failed to keep pace with the rapidly growing academic and professional developments of the former. Much of the published work within Islamic economics is idealistic if not radically ideological with little relevance to the Islamic labor market leaving students of Islamic economics without a coherent body of economic theory to understand the practical objectives of Shariah that gives a sense of direction to the developments in this field. Drawing upon received sources of goals of Shariah the authors present an independent academic work which:Emphasizes the common conceptual grounds of labor market behavior shared by the objectives of Shariah approach as well as the conventional approach to economics. Adopts standard tools of contemporary economics to explain the industrial relations. Extends the conventional scope of the labor market and forces of the labor market under the umbrella of Shariah. Enables readers and practitioners of Islamic economics to make economic sense of Shariah compliance and human resource development.Explains how the economics of Shariah is liable to offer moral guidance and a sense of direction to regulators and practitioners of the Islamic labor market.Labor in an Islamic Setting will be of interest to postgraduate students academics middle and senior management in both the western and the Islamic business communities researchers and policy makers. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367881962

Labor in the Tourism and Hospitality IndustrySkills Ethics Issues and Rights An organization’s workforce is arguably the greatest asset of any organization and tourism and hospitality is an extremely labor-intensive industry. This volume takes an in-depth look at workforce issues in the tourism and hospitality industry focusing on labor skills ethics rights and more. It examines manpower planning beyond forecasting estimates to include investigative techniques in a way that offers insight for economic planning in both tourism and tourism education. The authors use economic sociological and psychological analysis and take a pragmatic stance on the challenges of the workforce. The authors look at the specifics of the labor market of the tourism and hospitality industry discussing the current status of the industry’s organizations and how they are suffering labor shortages (qualitative or quantitative) and constant turnover—resulting in significant costs to organizations. Topics such as low wages and overdependence on tipping workforce diversity technological change resistance and seasonality issues and more are examined. The volume also provides a section on labor rights in the tourism and hospitality industry which looks at labor trafficking and issues in social justice and human rights. Key features: • Provides an in-depth understanding of tourism employment • Presents a critical analysis of labor supply and demand in the tourism and hospitality industries • Considers the need for specific labor skills and training • Examines the reasons for labor shortages and turnover in the tourism and hospitality industry • Discusses labor ethics and social responsibility in hospitality/tourism organizations Media > Books > Print Books Apple Academic Press 9781771887311

Labor Market Institutions in Europe: A Socioeconomic Evaluation of PerformanceA Socioeconomic Evaluation of Performance The outcome of three years of research on the role of institutions in labor markets at the research unit Labor Market Policy and Employment of the Social Science Research Center Berlin these seven contributions were originally presented at a conference in December 1992 before a group of experts i Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315483337

Labor Market Segmentation and its ImplicationsInequality Deprivation and Entitlement Occupational sex segregation is one of the most universal and salient characteristics of labor markets. It indicates the different probabilities of members of both genders to take up particular occupations and traditionally places women at a great disadvantage. This book first published in 1992 focuses on a comparative analysis of sex-segregated occupational categories and attempts to systematically examine their implications. Since very little is known about Israeli working women and given the cultural differences between Israel and other more studied industrialised nations this book focuses on the Israeli labor market. Through the utilization of several theoretical approaches combining economic sociological and social-psychological perspectives the book analyses empirical findings concerning labor market perceptions attitudes and behaviors. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138244900

Labor Markets Employment Policy And Job Creation This book provides a comprehensive overview of the debate over the determining factors of and key influences on employment growth and labor market training job creation education and related policies in the United States. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367166847

Labor Markets and Economic Development As developing and transition economies enter the next phase of reforms labor market issues increasingly come to the fore. With the increased competition from globalization the discussion is shifting to the need for greater labor market flexibility and the creation of "good" jobs. Moreover the greater actual and perceived insecurity in labor markets has generated a new agenda on how to structure safety nets and labor market regulation. The older questions of the links between the formal and informal labor market reappear with new dimensions and significance. More generally it is clear that an accurate understanding of how labor market structures function is essential if we are to analyze alternative policy proposals in the wake of these concerns. Oddly enough in spite of this great importance there are no recent monographs that bring together rigorous studies produced by academic researchers on these various issues. This book fills that gap. Under the steely editorship of Ravi Kanbur and Jan Svejnar the contributors flourish in their attempts to enliven these debates. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415743570

Labor Markets in a Global Economy: A Macroeconomic PerspectiveA Macroeconomic Perspective This introductory text on labour economics covers topics such as: the shift in America from a manufacturing-based economy to a service economy; the changes in the economic conditions in the US; the implications of NAFTA and GATT; and the labour markets. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315703022

Labor PainsEmerson Hawthorne & Alcott on Work Women & the Development of the Self This book explores the importance of work and its role in defining and developing the self. Maibor reveals how the writings of Emerson Hawthorne and Alcott delve into notions of equality through this emphasis on labor. In doing so she challenges the traditional view of Emerson as unconcerned with societal issues and opens the work of Hawthorne and Alcott to new feminist readings. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203505458

Labor Relations and Human Resource Management in China This book takes a strategic approach and provides a comprehensive review of books and papers about human resource management (HRM) and labor relations management in China especially since China’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001. In particular the book evaluates the development of HRM under China’s changing institutional environment particularly since President Xi Jinping has taken dominant control of the Chinese Community Party (CCP) from 2010 onwards. The book provides a historical snapshot of how HRM has been rooted in China and its rhetorical impact on China’s national economic development continuing enterprise reform and sustaining individual creativity and innovation. It discusses and analyzes HRM and spirituality in the context of a rising aspiration of achieving the ‘Chinese Dream’ as conceptualized by President Xi Jinping. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367179779

Labor Relations in the Public Sector Since publication of the fourth edition of Labor Relations in the Public Sector public sector unions have encountered strong headwinds in many parts of the U.S. Membership is falling in some jurisdictions public opinion has shifted against the unions and political forces are leaning against them. Retaining the structure that made the previous editions so popular this fifth edition incorporates a complete round of updates particularly sections on recent trends in membership figures new legislation and new politics as they influence bargaining rights. 　 See What’s New in the Fifth Edition: Up to date examination and analysis of public sector labor relations and collective bargaining Important changes in the public labor relations and unionization landscape Updated analysis of the financial and human resource outcomes of collective bargaining in the public sector Collective bargaining institutions and processes in government Completely updated in terms of the scholarly and professional literature and relevant events the new edition identifies and explains the implications of the new collective bargaining environment including financial and human resource management issues and outcomes. As in previous editions collective bargaining and labor relations are addressed at all levels of government with comparisons to the private and nonprofit sectors. Designed to be classroom friendly it includes discussions of the most recent literature and case studies as well as end-of-chapter assignments and quizzes. Practical tips and advice are offered for those engaged in collective bargaining and labor relations. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781466579521

Labor Struggle in the Post Office: From Selective Lobbying to Collective BargainingFrom Selective Lobbying to Collective Bargaining Using data from the 2000 Census this collection examines the major demographic and employment trends in the rural Midwestern states with special attention to the issues that state and local policy makers must address in the near future. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315288253

Labor/management Relations Among Government Employees Includes articles which offer a mix of theoretical analysis case history and empirical research interspersed with good practical advice from those who have sat long hours at the bargaining table. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415785631

Laboratory Accreditation and Data CertificationA System for Success This book provides descriptions of current laboratory accreditation schemes and explains why these schemes fall short of assuring data purchasers that the data produced from accredited laboratories are always quality products. The book then presents a system for laboratory accreditation in conjunction with data certification that assures data purchasers their data are useful for the purposes for which they are intended. Simple quality assurance and quality control techniques in addition to concepts of total quality management are described and then applied to the environmental laboratory industry. This "System For Success" was developed from real problems and real solutions within the industry and represents an integration of proven techniques that offer a better way to ensure quality laboratory data is obtained. Laboratory Accreditation: A Workable Solution is a must for government officials environmental professionals independent environmental laboratories hazardous waste disposal industries chemical manufacturers QA professionals and testing laboratories. Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9781003069928

Laboratory and Field Exercises in Sport and Exercise Biomechanics Laboratory and Field Exercises in Sport and Exercise Biomechanics is the first book to fully integrate practical work into an introduction to the fundamental principles of sport and exercise biomechanics. The book concisely and accessibly introduces the discipline of biomechanics and describes the fundamental methods of analysing and interpreting biomechanical data before fully explaining the major concepts underlying linear kinematics linear kinetics angular kinematics angular kinetics and work energy and power. To supplement chapters the book includes nineteen practical worksheets which are designed to give students practice in collecting analysing and interpreting biomechanical data as well as report writing. Each worksheet includes example data and analysis along with data recording sheets for use by students to help bring the subject to life. No other book offers students a comparable opportunity to gain practical hands-on experience of the core tenets of biomechanics. Laboratory and Field Exercises in Sport and Exercise Biomechanics is therefore an important companion for any student on a Sport and Exercise Science or Kinesiology undergraduate programme or for any instructors delivering introductory biomechanics classes. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138234703

Laboratory Animals Pocket Reference Set The Laboratory Animal Pocket Reference Series discusses procedures that ensure laboratory animals receive the best most humane and most responsible care possible. The 17 volumes are compact. The contents of each includes important biological features husbandry management veterinary care regulatory concerns and commonly used and new procedures as well as an invaluable list of suppliers. Each book in the series can be purchased individually or as part of the set. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367261504

Laboratory Auditing for Quality and Regulatory Compliance Identifying current tools techniques and approaches for the evaluation of laboratory operations this reference reviews the latest regulatory standards and auditing practices to test laboratory safety quality and performance. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367392468

Laboratory Biorisk ManagementBiosafety and Biosecurity Over the past two decades bioscience facilities worldwide have experienced multiple safety and security incidents including many notable incidents at so-called "sophisticated facilities" in North America and Western Europe. This demonstrates that a system based solely on biosafety levels and security regulations may not be sufficient. Setting the stage for a substantively different approach for managing the risks of working with biological agents in laboratories Laboratory Biorisk Management: Biosafety and Biosecurity introduces the concept of biorisk management—a new paradigm that encompasses both laboratory biosafety and biosecurity. The book also provides laboratory managers and directors with the information and technical tools needed for its implementation. The basis for this new paradigm is a three-pronged multi-disciplinary model of assessment mitigation and performance (the AMP model). The application of the methodologies criteria and guidance outlined in the book helps to reduce the risk of laboratories becoming the sources of infectious disease outbreaks. This is a valuable resource for those seeking to embrace and implement biorisk management systems in their facilities and operations including the biological research clinical diagnostic and production/manufacturing communities. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781466593640

Laboratory Design Guide Laboratory Design Guide 3rd edition is a complete guide to the complex process of laboratory design and construction. With practical advice and detailedexamples it is an indispensable reference for anyone involved in building or renovating laboratories.In this working manual Brian Griffin explains how to meet the unique combination of requirements that laboratory design entails. Considerations range from safety and site considerations to instrumentation and special furniture andaccommodate the latest laboratory practices and the constant evolution of science. Case studies from around the world illustrate universal principles ofgood design while showing a variety of approaches.Revised throughout for this new edition the book contains a brand new chapter on the role of the computer covering topics such as the virtual experiment hot desking virtual buildings and computer-generated space relationship diagrams.There are also 10 new international case studies including the Kadoorie Biological Sciences Building at the University of Hong Kong. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138138582

Laboratory Design Handbook Laboratory Design Handbook describes the process motivation constraints challenges opportunities and specific design data related to the creation of a modern research laboratory. The information presented is based on a large pool of experience in the development of new and renovated laboratory buildings for universities teaching hospitals ph Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9780429156755

Laboratory Experiments Using Microwave Heating Allowing many chemical reactions to be completed within minutes microwave heating has revolutionized preparative chemistry. As a result this technology has been widely adopted in both academic and industrial laboratories. Integrating microwave-assisted chemistry into undergraduate laboratory courses enables students to perform a broader range of reactions in the allotted lab period. As a result they can be introduced to chemistry that would otherwise have been inaccessible due to time constraints (for example the need for an overnight reflux). Laboratory Experiments Using Microwave Heating provides 22 experiments encompassing organic inorganic and analytical chemistry performed using microwave heating as a tool making them fast and easy to accomplish in a laboratory period. Utilizing the time-saving experiments described in this book also permits students to repeat experiments if necessary or attempt additional self-designed experiments during the lab course.A number of the chemical transformations use water as a solvent in lieu of classical organic solvents. This contributes to greener more sustainable teaching strategies for faculty and students while maintaining high reaction yields. All the experiments have been tested and verified in laboratory classes and many were even developed by students. Each chapter includes an introduction to the experiment and two protocols—one for use with a smaller monomode microwave unit employing a single reaction vessel and one for use with a larger multimode microwave unit employing a carousel of reaction vessels. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781439856093

Laboratory Guide for Conducting Soil Tests and Plant Analysis With the help of this guide you can use obtained test results to evaluate the fertility status of soils and the nutrient element status of plants for crop production purposes. It serves as an instructional manual on the techniques used to perform chemical and physical characteristic tests on soils. Laboratory Guide for Conducting Soil Tests and Plant Analysis describes the basis and procedures for each test in detail including analytical instrumentation procedures and laboratory quality assurance requirements. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138424388

Laboratory Imaging & PhotographyBest Practices for Photomicrography & More Laboratory Imaging and Photography: Best Practices for Photomicrography and More is the definitive guide to the production of scientific images. Inside the reader will find an overview of the theory and practice of laboratory photography along with useful approaches to choosing equipment handling samples and working with microscopic subjects. Drawing from over 150 years of combined experience in the field the authors outline methods of properly capturing processing and archiving the images that are essential to scientific research. Also included are chapters on applied close-up photography artificial light photography and the optics used in today’s laboratory environment with detailed entries on light confocal and scanning electron microscopy. A lab manual for the digital era this peerless reference book explains how to record visual data accurately in an industry where a photograph can serve to establish a scientific fact. Key features include: Over 200 full-color photographs and illustrations A condensed history of scientific photography Tips on using the Adobe Creative Suite for scientific applications A cheat sheet of best practices Methods used in computational photography Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138819238

Laboratory Information Management Systems "Details the most recent advances in Laboratory Information Management Systems. Offers contemporary approaches to system development design and installation; system customization; software and hardware compatibility; quality assurance and regulatory requirements; and resource utilization." Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138435483

Laboratory Manual for Classification and Morphology of Rumen Ciliate Protozoa The only rumen protozoa lab guide featuring line drawings created by a leading scientist in the fieldLaboratory Manual for Classification and Morphology of Rumen Ciliate Protozoa is a unique lab guide for learning how to count and identify rumen protozoa. In this guide Professor Dehority has created line drawings of rumen protozoa that emphasize morphological features and size measurements. The book also provides keys for identifying genera and species and it contains classifications and descriptions of the different orders and families of rumen ciliate protozoa. Procedures for counting rumen protozoa and identifying individual species are included as well.Laboratory Manual for Classification and Morphology of Rumen Ciliate Protozoa will be an excellent identification guide for protozoologists microbiologists dairy scientists and any researcher or student working with rumen protozoa. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781315894812

Laboratory Manual for Exercise Physiology Exercise Testing and Physical Fitness Laboratory Manual for Exercise Physiology Exercise Testing and Physical Fitness is a comprehensive text that will provide students with meaningful lab experiences--whether they have access to sophisticated laboratories and expensive equipment or they are looking for procedures that can be done without costly materials. It will be a useful resource as they prepare for a career as an exercise science professional athletic trainer coach or physical educator. The more than 40 labs cover seven major components of physical fitness. They are practical and easy to follow consisting of a clear logical format that includes background information step-by-step procedures explanatory photographs sample calculations norms and classification tables and worksheets. Lab-ending activities and questions provide additional opportunities to practice the procedures and explore issues of validity reliability and accuracy.Readers will find this manual a valuable tool in learning to apply physiological concepts and to perform exercise tests as well as an essential resource for any career involving physical fitness and performance testing. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781621590460

Laboratory Methodology in BiochemistryAmino Acid Analysis and Protein Sequencing Provides information on methodologies and techniques concerning the biochemical laboratory as well as improvements or advancements made on existing methodologies. Original methodologies for the purification of biological macromolecules and methodologies for metabolic pathways and enzyme kinetics are covered. The application of biochemical and biophysical methodologies for the structural and dynamic characterization of biological macromolecules is considered. The elaboration of automated systems for biochemical research and computer programs for the management and processing of experimental data are both reviewed. Development of instruments and equipment for biochemical research is also presented. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781315894829

Laboratory Models for Foodborne Infections Resulting from ingestion of inappropriately prepared or stored foods containing pathogenic viruses bacteria fungi and parasites foodborne infections have become a significant source of human morbidity and mortality worldwide in recent decades. This may be largely attributable to the remarkable popularity of convenient ready-to-eat food products the dramatic expansion of international food trades and the continuing growth of immuno-suppressed population groups. Although anti-microbial treatments have played a crucial part in the control of foodborne infections in the past the emergence and spread of anti-microbial resistance render the existing treatments ineffective. Additionally our limited understanding of the molecular mechanisms of foodborne infections has thwarted our efforts in the development of efficacious vaccines for foodborne pathogens. Given the obvious benefits of laboratory models in foodborne disease research a great number of experiments have been conducted toward the elucidation of host-pathogen interactions in and pathogenic mechanisms of foodborne infections. Forming part of the Food Microbiology series Laboratory Models for Foodborne Infections presents a state-of-the-art review of laboratory models that have proven valuable in deciphering the life cycle epidemiology immunobiology and other key aspects of foodborne pathogens. Written by scientists with respective expertise in foodborne pathogen research each chapter includes a contemporary summary of a particular foodborne viral bacterial fungal or parasitic infection in relation to its life cycle epidemiology clinical features pathogenesis host-pathogen interactions and other related aspects. Besides providing a trustworthy source of information for undergraduates and postgraduates in food microbiology Laboratory Models for Foodborne Infections offers an invaluable guide for scientists and food microbiologists with interest in exploiting laboratory models for detailed study of foodborne infections. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781498721677

Laboratory Mouse and Laboratory Rat Procedural TechniquesManuals and DVDs Despite the fact that the majority of research animals are rodents the trainers at the Research Animal Resources Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison found training material on the proper handling of mice and rats in biomedical research to be limited. So they developed videos narratives pictures and text to teach common handling inje Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9780429187940

Laboratory PsychologyA Beginner's Guide Experimental design is important enough to merit a book on its own without statistics that instead links methodology to a discussion of how psychologists can advance and reject theories about human behaviour. The objective of this book is to fulfil this role. The first four chapters lay the foundations of design in experimental psychology. The first chapter justifies the prominent role given to methodology within the discipline whilst chapters two and three describe between-subject and within-subject designs. Chapter four compares and contrasts the traditional experimental approach with that of the quasi-experimental or correlational approach concluding that the consequences of not recognizing the value of the latter approach can be far-reaching. The following three chapters discuss practical issues involved in running experiments. The first of these offers a comprehensive guide to the student researcher who wants to construct a good questionnaire including a discussion of reliability and validity issues. The next chapter considers the basic tools of psychological research whilst both discussing the theoretical problem of how a sample from a population is chosen and offering useful hints on the practical issue of finding adequate populations from which to select participants. The next chapter considers ethical practice within psychological research written in large part so that psychology students will be better able to anticipate ethical problems in their studies before they occur. The final two chapters consider reporting and reading psychological papers. Chapter eight details what should and should not be included in a laboratory report. The contributors use their collective experience of marking numerous lab reports to highlight common errors and provide solutions. Finally chapter nine describes the various elements of a journal article including tips on how to get the best out of your journal reading. Media > Books > E-books Psychology Press 9781315784823

Laboratory Rat Procedural TechniquesManual and DVD This combination manual and DVD provides much-needed training on the proper handling of rats used in biomedical research. The DVD includes narrated video clips that demonstrate and describe each procedural technique. The manual contains handouts with color illustrations and descriptive text for each technique including the purpose and application of the procedure recommended skills and necessary supplies. It can be used as a training resource and refresher for lab animal veterinarians veterinary technicians animal care staff trainers and research investigators and staff who work with rats. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138453890

Laboratory Skills for Science and MedicineAn Introduction This work contains a Foreword by Baroness Susan Greenfield Director Royal Institution of Great Britain Fullerian Professor of Physiology Senior Research Fellow Lincoln College and Honorary Fellow St. Hilda's College University of Oxford. This practical concise and up-to-date guide is ideal as a quick reference. It is easy to read refer to and comprehend - the perfect text to have on hand in the laboratory. "Laboratory Skills for Science and Medicine" contains useful equations overviews of various techniques and tips to help research run smoothly. Undergraduate and postgraduate students of science medicine and biomedical science will find this manual invaluable as will PhD candidates and researchers returning to laboratory work. 'Becoming a good biomedical researcher like everything else in life doesn't just happen overnight. Exploring your knowledge and skills base and the gaps therein allows you to develop your approach to research in a systematic and productive manner. By taking advantage of the experience bundled into this volume you are giving yourself the advantage of both an increased factual knowledge and useful practical applications which will help you on the road to achieving your goals whether that is a good first degree your first publication that first grant or a Noble prize! If you want to give yourself a flying start in your lab career then this book is for you.' - Maxine Lintern in the Introduction. Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9781315378817

Laboratory Techniques in Electroanalytical Chemistry Revised and Expanded This volume provides a practical intuitive approach to electroanalytical chemistry presenting fundamental concepts and experimental techniques without the use of technical jargon or unnecessarily extensive mathematics. This edition offers new material on ways of preparing and using microelectrodes the processes that govern the voltammetric behavior of microelectrodes methods for characterizing chemically modified electrodes electrochemical studies at reduced temperatures and more. The authors cover such topics as analog instrumentation overcoming solution resistance with stability and grace in potentiostatic circuits conductivity and conductometry electrochemical cells carbon electrodes film electrodes microelectrodes chemically modified electrodes mercury electrodes and solvents and supporting electrolytes. Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9781315274263

Laboratory Techniques in Plant Bacteriology Laboratory Techniques in Plant Bacteriology is ideal for scientists and students who seek a career in plant pathogenic bacteria. This book contains 41 chapters comprising practicable techniques from isolation of bacterial plant pathogens to their identification up to species and race/biotype level. It includes identification protocols of morphological biochemical immunological and molecular-based techniques. This book comprises all technological aspects of plant bacteriological studies. Its content is ideal for graduate students and research scholars including bacteriological professionals or technicians. The book ultimately provides working technologies useful for controlling bacterial disease pathogens. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138634053

Laboratory Tests for the Assessment of Nutritional Status Proper nutrition is the single most important component of preventative health care. Heart disease diabetes and other ailments are all linked to dietary habits. Accurate nutritional assessment can be a matter of life or death. Laboratory Tests for the Assessment of Nutritional Status explores the expanded number of nutrients that can now be evaluated. The author makes a compelling case for the practice and advancement of this critical health care tool. Nutritional assessment identifies undernutrition overnutrition specific nutrition deficiencies and imbalances. Diligent assessment determines the appropriate nutrition intervention and monitors its effects. This book is a total revision of the 1974 version of the same title co -authored by Sauberlich. Since then remarkable progress has been made on the methodologies applicable to nutrition status assessment and to the expanded number of nutrients that can be evaluated especially trace elements. The introduction of high-performance liquid chromatography amperometric detectors and other technologies has advanced nutritional assessment by leaps and bounds. Today nutritionists can gauge the value of microminerals trace elements and ultratrace elements. Sauberlich's revision updates the reader to the latest and most important trends in nutrition. These laboratory methods for the assessment of nutritional status are vital for identifying individuals as well as populations with nutritional risks. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203749647

Labor-environmental CoalitionsLessons from a Louisiana Petrochemical Region In 1984 the oil chemical and atomic workers began a 5-year campaign to win back the jobs of its members locked out by the BASF Corp. in Geismar Louisiana. The multiscale campaign involved coalitions with local environmentalists as well as international solidarity from environmental and religious organizations. The local coalition which helped break the lockout was maintained and expanded in the 1990s. This alliance is one of numerous labor-community coalitions to emerge increasingly over the past 20 years.""Labor-Environmental Coalitions: Lessons from a Louisiana Petrochemical Region"" traces the development of the Louisiana Labor-Neighbor Project from 1985 to the present within the context of a long history of divisions between labor and community in the U.S. The Project continued after the lockout thriving during 1990s expanding from one community to four counties to include 20 local member organizations and broadening its agenda from the original jobs crisis and pollution problems to address a wide range of worker environmental health and economic justice issues."" Labor-Environmental Coalitions"" explores the dynamics of the Louisiana coalition to offer lessons for other coalition efforts. The book seeks to understand coalitions as a necessary strategy to counteract the dominant forces of capitalist development. The author contends that the Labor-Neighbor Project like labor-community coalitions generally created a unique blend of politics shaped by the geographic nature industry's politics; by the relative openness of government; and by the class experience of labor and community members.The Louisiana Project demonstrates that for labor-community coalitions to thrive they must broaden their agenda strengthen their leadership and coalition-building skills and develop access to multiscale resources. The author argues that for labor-community coalitions to have longer term political impact they should adopt an explicitly progressive approach by building a broader class and cultural leadership and by demanding state and corporate accountability on economic public health and environmental justice issues. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415784351

Laboring for FreedomNew Look at the History of Labor in America This text examines the concept of freedom in the context of American labour history. Nine essays develop themes in this history which show that liberty of contract and inalienable rights form two contradictory traditions concerning freedom. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315703008

Laboring OnBirth in Transition in the United States Facing the polar forces of an epidemic of Cesarean sections and epidurals and home-like labor rooms American birth is in transition. Caught between the most extreme medicalization — best seen in a Cesarean section rate of nearly 30 percent — and a rhetoric of women’s "choices" and "the natural " women and their midwives doulas obstetricians and nurses labor on. Laboring On offers the voices of all of these practitioners all women trying to help women as they struggle with this increasingly split vision of birth. Updating Barbara Katz Rothman's now-classic In Labor the first feminist sociological analysis of birth in the United States Laboring On gives a comprehensive picture of the ever-changing American birth practices and often conflicting visions of birth practitioners. The authors deftly weave compelling accounts of birth work by midwives doulas obstetricians and nurses into the larger sociohistorical context of health care practices and activism and offer provocative arguments about the current state of affairs and the future of birth in America. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203944554

Labor-religion ProphetThe Times And Life Of Harry F. Ward This book the biography of Harry F. Ward stresses a social historical approach and draws extensively from the Ward family archives to paint a rich portrait of the most prominent and controversial proponent of the social applications of Christianity in the early twentieth century. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367164737

Labour Labour focuses on the issues and problems concerning the efficient full employment of labour in a free market economy. The discussion is largely about the conditions (including comparative wages) underlying industrial efficiency and maximum production from various labour resources at least cost. By estimating man-power analysing the human factor and measuring labour efficiency the book summarizes recent evidence on employment conditions for or against efficiency and the effect upon the incidence of unemployment. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315016863

Labour Finance and InequalityThe Insecurity Cycle in British Public Policy Following the 2008 "global" financial crisis the viability of globalised financial capitalism was called into question. The resulting fear and uncertainty produced a momentary return to "Keynesian" policies. But as soon as emergency stimuli – and bank bail-outs – appeared to stabilise the situation there was a sharp reversal; and successive British governments and the financial sector have since attempted to return to business as usual.Historically much smaller shocks have been able to produce dramatic change with the 1978 "Winter of Discontent" providing a catalyst for the election of Margaret Thatcher the ultimate abandonment of the post-war Keynesian consensus and the ushering-in of neoliberalism. Nor is apparent success a guarantee against change with Winston Churchill being swept from office by the first majority Labour government in 1945 – at a point which should have marked his greatest triumph.In this book these apparently inexplicable shifts in the conventional wisdom and the accompanying policy paradigm are explored through the lens of the interest groups that have jostled for position since the second industrial revolution. In this context inequality poverty free market capitalism and the social welfare state have interacted in an uneasy dynamic dance – the "insecurity cycle". The authors explore these interactions their impact on the relationship between society and the economy and the possible implications of Brexit and a re-energised political left.Written in an engaging and accessible style Labour Finance and Inequality will be a key resource for academics and students of social and political economics as well as public policy. It will also offer considerable insight to policy makers and a more general non-specialist audience. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367592028

Labour Policy and Ideology in East Asian Creative Industries This book addresses some of the questions that have been brought to light by the varied experiences of culture industry workers and consumer publics across East Asia over the past decade. For over twenty years the creative industries have been seen as the engine driving global economic transformation  as a way out of the dilemmas of de-industrialization and as key to the projection of national soft power. The chapters in this book cover the former ‘Tiger Economies’ of South Korea Taiwan and Singapore as well as Japan and China and focus on a number of different industries – cinema television graphic design fashion and literature. The authors include sociologists anthropologists and cultural studies scholars who approach the topics of creative work government policy and entrepreneurial strategy from a variety of perspectives. The chapters examine the varied political economic and social structures that influence the development of creative industries within the region and reveal how the careers of creative industry workers in different cities and different industries can vary. They also show how the development of the creative industries can affect many aspects of society including city planning policing democratic politics and ethnic and national identities. This book was originally published as a special issue of Culture Theory and Critique. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367333027

Labour and Development in East AsiaSocial Forces and Passive Revolution The Chinese Communist Party’s response to the wave of factory strikes in the early summer of 2010 has raised important questions about the role that labour plays in the transformation of world orders. In contrast to previous policies of repression towards labour unrest these recent disputes centring round wages and working conditions have been met with a more permissive response on the part of the state as the CCP ostensibly seeks to facilitate a transition away from a model of political economy based on ‘low-road’ labour relations and export dependence. Labour and Development in East Asia shows that such inter-linkages between labour geopolitical transformations and states’ developmental strategies have been much more central to East Asia’s development than has commonly been recognised. By adopting an explanatory framework of the labour-geopolitics-development nexus the book theorises and provides an historical analysis of the formation and transformation of the East Asian regional political economy from the end of the Second World War to the present with particular reference to Japan South Korea Taiwan and China. This book will be required reading for students and scholars of international relations development studies and comparative politics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415681858

Labour and Living Standards in Pre-Colonial West AfricaThe case of the Gold Coast Sub-Saharan Africa is the poorest region in the world. But its current status has skewed our understanding of the economy before colonization. Rönnbäck reconstructs the living standards of the population at a time when the Atlantic slave trade brought money and men into the area enriching our understanding of West African economic development. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367668594

Labour and Management Co-operationWorkplace Partnership in UK Financial Services Over the last decade the notion of labour-management cooperation and partnership has been central to debates around the future of employee representation. In this insightful analysis of the partnership process in the dynamic UK financial services sector Stewart Johnstone focuses on the meaning of partnership the processes involved the different contexts in which events are played out and on how we should assess the outcomes. Using detailed case studies conducted in three diverse banking organisations to understand more about the process and employing the analytical 'efficiency equity voice' framework from the US that has never before been employed in a study of UK employment relations Dr Johnstone presents a new way of evaluating the outcomes of a variety of partnership approaches. Labour and Management Co-operation provides a level of understanding that transcends the stalemate of recent times in which the advocates and critics of different approaches seem to have been locked. It will appeal to those with an interest in the current debate about 'voice and representation' and 'mutual gains' taking place amongst those involved with HRM and employee relations in Europe the United States and elsewhere. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315591285

Labour and Political Transformation in Russia and Ukraine This title was first published in 2000. The years 1975 to 2000 are characterized by fundamental changes in the global political landscape. Perhaps the biggest change was the collapse of certain communist regimes. This text analyzes what that meant for the USSR and Europe. It looks at the cause of change the social forces behind them and future prospects. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138732148

Labour and Social Transformation in Central and Eastern EuropeEuropeanization and beyond Over a quarter of a century after the fall of the Berlin Wall and 10 years after their accession to the European Union (EU) Central and Eastern Europe Countries (CEECs) still show marked differences with the rest of Europe in the fields of labour work and industrial relations. This book presents a detailed and original analysis of labour and social transformations in the CEECs.By examining a wide range of countries in Central Europe Labour and Social Transformation in Central and Eastern Europe offers a comprehensive and contrasting view of labour developments in Central and Eastern Europe. Chapters explore three related issues. The first deals with the understanding of the complex process of Europeanization applied in the sphere of labour employment and industrial relations. The second issue refers to the attempt to link the Europeanization approach with an analysis mobilizing the theoretical concept of "dependent capitalism(s)". The third issue refers to the cumulative trends of labour weakening and labour awakening that has emerged in particular in the aftermath of the crisis beginning in 2007-2008.This book will be of interest to academics policy makers and stakeholders at European and national level in the EU member states. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367668228

Labour and the Poor in England and Wales 1849-1851Lancashire Cheshire & Yorkshire First Published in 1983. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315092140

Labour and the Poor in England and Wales - The letters to The Morning Chronicle from the Correspondants in the Manufacturing and Mining Dist The Morning Chronicle presented the state of the working classes of Britain before the public with clarity insight and honesty. Consisting mainly of verbatim statements from the people themselves it was a medium through which the previously inarticulate masses were able to speak with one firm voice. First published in 1983 this book collates the letters from correspondents based in Lancashire Cheshire and Yorkshire. The letters improve our knowledge of working-class life in nineteenth century England and Wales and provide a unique insight into the impact of industrialization. This book will be of interest to those studying the history of the working class labour and poverty. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138207370

Labour and the Poor in England and Wales - The letters to The Morning Chronicle from the Correspondants in the Manufacturing and Mining Dist The Morning Chronicle presented the state of the working classes of Britain before the public with clarity insight and honesty. Consisting mainly of verbatim statements from the people themselves it was a medium through which the previously inarticulate masses were able to speak with one firm voice. First published in 1983 this book collates the letters from correspondents based in Northumberland and Durham Staffordshire and the Midlands. The letters improve our knowledge of working-class life in nineteenth century England and Wales and provide a unique insight into the impact of industrialization. This book will be of interest to those studying the history of the working class labour and poverty. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138207509

Labour and the Poor in England and Wales - The letters to The Morning Chronicle from the Correspondants in the Manufacturing and Mining Dist The Morning Chronicle presented the state of the working classes of Britain before the public with clarity insight and honesty. Consisting mainly of verbatim statements from the people themselves it was a medium through which the previously inarticulate masses were able to speak with one firm voice. First published in 1983 this book collates the letters from correspondents based in Wales. The letters improve our knowledge of working-class life in nineteenth century England and Wales and provide a unique insight into the impact of industrialization. This book will be of interest to those studying the history of the working class labour and poverty. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138207530

Labour Contracts and Labour Relations in Early Modern Central Japan Based on a collection of labour contracts and other documents this book examines the legal economic and social relations of labour as they developed in the commercial enterprises of Tokugawa Japan. The urban focus is Kyoto the cultural capital and smallest of the three great cities of the Tokugawa period but the data comes from a wider region of commercial and castle towns and rural villages in central Japan. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415655347

Labour Immigration in Southern EuropeAfrican Employment in Iberian Labour Markets This book was published in 2003. Research on migration into southern Europe has paid little consideration to the ways of incorporating immigrants into labour markets and the impact these foreign-born workers have on local labour markets. Neither has much attention been given to the character of labour markets that enables these workers to find a job. This book fills that gap by exploring case studies of African employment in Spain and Portugal. Using cross-border perspectives this book provides in-depth analysis of common trends across borders such as immigrant employment in manual low-skilled jobs uneven immigrant involvement in labour markets and the impact of national characteristics economies and political environments. The result is a study which should be useful for migration specialists economic geographers and labour market analysts alike. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138711518

Labour in American Politics (Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 3) The author analyzes the considerable legislation enacted between 1945 and 1970 and its effect on labour-management-public relations. He looks at their relevance for Britain today and offers the most complete survey yet available of the operations of American labour as a pressure group. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203706138

Labour in LondonA Study in Municipal Achievement First published in 1946. This title is a clear and concise account of the march of Labour to the control of the London County Council and its work at County Hall in the 1940s. This study explores the rise of the Labour Party in London and the changes and progress in health education and social welfare. Labour in London will be of interest to students of history and politics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138324473

Labour in the Clothing Industry in the Asia Pacific The clothing industry provides employment for 60 million workers worldwide. More than a quarter of these workers are employed in the Asia-Pacific region where the industry is based on subcontracted production on behalf of international buyers. Rapid movements of manufacturing activity from country to country in search of cost advantages make clothing workers part of a globalizing labour market where they increasingly suffer from job insecurity.This book presents carefully researched case studies which highlight the ways in which labour is informalized fragmented and made disposable by the globalization of production. Chapters address issues pertaining to rights and citizenship and new forms of activism and organization in conjunction and coordination with diverse support groups consumers and wider global campaigns. Contributors further examine the role of the nation state government regulatory bodies as well as independent monitoring systems such as the International Labour Organization. Although there has been considerable effort directed to understanding how firms operate across multiple countries – in studies of the organization of global production networks and the implications for complexities of scale (de)territorialization and state development projects – there has been far less focus on how these processes produce precarious labour and reshape worker consciousness.Offering new insights into the understanding and support of workers in the global textile and garment industry this book will be of interest to academics in a variety of disciplines including Asian Studies sociology political economy development human rights labour and gender. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367875589

Labour into the Eighties First published in 1980. This book covers areas of policy interest viewed from a social democratic perspective and each chapter takes a specific issue which would have been of concern to Labour in the 1980s including some of the more controversial areas. The study reviews various problem areas and suggests policies which are realistic and applicable in the conditions of the 1980s. This title will be of interests to scholars and students of history and politics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138324923

Labour Law and Off-Shore Oil Economically and politically North Sea oil very quickly became of vital importance to Britain. But very little serious attention was paid to the problems of the men working out on the rigs and certainly none to their legal problems: they had been working in a kind of legal ‘no man’s land’. This informative and critical book first published in 1977 represents a new and exciting approach to labour law looks closely at the way in which the law applies to workers out on the rigs and at the way it regulates the various aspects of their employment. More than that it looks at the context in which the law is applied a dynamic industry operating within severe physical economic and political constraints showing not only how the law came to be shaped but also how its provisions are but one example of the employment process and which mirror changing moods and standards. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138630475

Labour Law and the Gig EconomyChallenges posed by the digitalisation of labour processes This international book analyses the impact of digitisation in labour markets on labour relationships and also on labour processes.The rapid progress of modern disruptive technologies and AIs and their multiple applications to each phase of the labour production system are changing the production rules on a global scale with significant impacts in every aspect of work. As new technologies transform work patterns and change the type of jobs available - destroying some while creating others - and even the nature of the tasks performed numerous legal problems arise which are challenging to legislators and legal scholars who need to find appropriate solutions to them. Considering the labour law issues which have been created by technological developments and currently affect the work of millions worldwide this book highlights the full scope of these issues suggesting solutions to emerging problems and ways to mitigate the risks brought about through technological advancement.Approaching the present debate with perspectives on legal problems with expertise from a wide range of different countries this book presents informed and scholarly studies which answer the challenges that new technologies present in labour markets private lives and labour processes. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367462482

Labour Law Reforms in IndiaAll in the Name of Jobs Labour market flexibility is one of the most closely debated public policy issues in India. This book provides a theoretical framework to understand the subject and empirically examines to what extent India’s ‘jobless growth’ may be attributed to labour laws. There is a pervasive view that the country’s low manufacturing base and inability to generate jobs is primarily due to rigid labour laws. Therefore job creation is sought to be boosted by reforming labour laws. However the book argues that if labour laws are made flexible then there are adverse consequences for workers: dismantled job security weakens workers’ bargaining power incapacitates trade union movement skews class distribution of output dilutes workers’ rights and renders them vulnerable. The book:identifies and critically examines the theory underlying the labour market flexibility (LMF) argumentemploys innovative empirical methods to test the LMF argumentoffers an overview of the organised labour market in Indiacomprehensively discusses the proposed/instituted labour law reforms in the countrycontextualises the LMF argument in a macroeconomic settingdiscusses the political economy of labour law reforms in India.This book will interest scholars and researchers in economics development studies and public policy as well as economists policymakers and teachers of human resource management. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge India 9780367734961

Labour Managed Firms and Post-Capitalism Marx claims that unselfishness is a child of (workplace) culture whereas the gene is selfish. If Marx is right then the prerequisite for overthrowing capitalism is a system which both leverages selfishness and creates solidarity between workers. This book illustrates and discusses the major points of the economic theory of producer cooperatives its evolution since the 1950s and links with Marxian theory.Labour Managed Firms and Post-Capitalism most importantly demonstrates that a system of producer cooperatives offers a wealth of advantages compared to capitalism. There is general agreement that the main benefit of this form of economic democracy is that people who are allowed to freely pursue their interests are happier than those acting on somebody else’s instruction. The author argues that a system of democratic firms would eradicate classical (high-wage) unemployment and scale down both Keynesian and structural unemployment levels. He also shows that a system of producer cooperatives literally reverses the capital-labour relationship typical of capitalism and that its establishment can consequently be looked upon as a revolution.This volume is of great interest to academics lecturers and researchers with an interest in Marxism political economy and industrial economics as well as economic theory and philosophy. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367595531

Labour Market and Social Protection Reforms in International PerspectiveParallel or Converging Tracks? Social protection systems and labour markets have undergone major changes in the past two decades. Welfare states are being reformed scaled back and modernised; labour markets at the same time are more precarious more feminised more unequal and throughout the OECD area older. The interaction between labour markets and social protection has become increasingly crucial to the social and economic policy mix concerning unemployment the transformation of work the new poverty and even demographics. Against this background an interdisciplinary team of leading labour market and social protection experts from various OECD countries examine the multifaceted aspects of the changing relationship between social protection systems and labour markets. They identify and analyse key emerging issues such as the link between employment and social protection financing the adaptation of social protection systems to women's career patterns and the development of new forms of social protection that aim at promoting employment. With practical policy guides and recommendations using case studies and comparative chapters this will be engaging reading for policy-makers social actors and academics alike. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315251004

Labour Market Deregulation in Japan and ItalyWorker Protection under Neoliberal Globalisation Japan and Italy encountered severe economic problems in the early 1990s and the governments had to deal with those issues effectively under the increasing neoliberal pressures of globalisation. In this context labour market deregulation was considered an effective tool to cope with those economic problems. However the forms and degrees of labour market deregulation in the two countries were quite different. This book seeks to explain the differences in labour market deregulation policies between Japan and Italy despite the fact that the two countries shared a number of similar political social and labour market (if not cultural) characteristics. Uniquely it takes a political rather than economic or sociological perspective to provide a theoretical and empirical analysis of the processes of labour market deregulation in the two countries. The precarious working conditions of an increasing number of non-regular workers has become a prominent social issue in many industrialised countries including Japan and Italy but the level of the protection for these workers depends on a country’s labour market policies which are affected by the power resources of labour unions and labour policy-making structures. This book provides a useful perspective for understanding the root causes of this phenomenon such as the diffusion of ‘neoliberal’ ideas aimed at promoting labour-market flexibility under globalisation and demonstrates that there is still room for politics to decide the extent of deregulation and maintain worker protection from management offensives even in an era of globalisation. Labour Market Deregulation in Japan and Italy: Worker Protection under Neoliberal Globalisation will appeal to students and scholars of Japanese politics Italian politics political economy and comparative politics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138095052

Labour Market Economics (Routledge Revivals) First published in 1981 Labour Market Economics develops the basic economic theory of introductory courses within the context of labour market analysis and applies it both to particular features and special problems of the subject. The author begins by outlining the nature of the area and the structure of the UK labour market at the time and proceeds to explain and elaborate the tools of theoretical analysis. These are then applied in subsequent chapters to a variety of issues including the economic analysis of trade unions collective bargaining and the effects of unions unemployment wage inflation and the inequality of pay. Throughout the book emphasis is placed on the economic theory of the labour market and the role of empirical work in testing its predictions and wherever available evidence from studies of the UK labour markets is cited. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415836418

Labour Market Institutions and ProductivityLabour Utilisation in Central and Eastern Europe This book explains the role of formal labour market institutions in keeping the labour utilisation in Central and Eastern Europe above the level characteristic for Western European states. It provides an innovative and enriching take on labour utilisation at large and how various formal labour market institutions can affect the ongoing trend in labour utilisation in a way that is not covered by the extant literature. The impact of labour market institutions on labour market outcomes is analysed throughout 12 chapters both from a cross-country perspective and in detailed case-studies by 21 labour market experts from various CEE countries. Most chapters are based on empirical methods yet are presented in an easy-to-follow way in order to make the book also accessible for a non-scientific audience. The volume explores three key questions: How can labour utilisation be increased by labour market institutions? Which CEE countries managed to create a labour market institutional framework beneficial for labour utilisation? How should the labour market institutions in CEE countries be reformed in order to increase labour utilisation? The book argues that the legacy of transition reforms and a centrally planned past is still relevant in explaining common patterns among CEE countries and concludes that increasing the stock of skills accumulated by the employed and improving utilisation of these skills seems to be the first-best solution to increase labour utilisation. The book will be of interest to post-graduate researchers and academics in the fields of labour economics regional economics and macroeconomics as well as scholars interested in adopting an institutional analysis approach. Additionally due to the broader policy implications of the topic the book will appeal to policymakers and experts interested in labour economics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367444280

Labour Market TheoryA Constructive Reassessment This book is a commanding assessment of labour market theory across the social sciences. It provides a radically original critique of labour market theory which draws constructively but critically on existing literature. The work: * contributes to the debates on key issues in labour economics such as unemployment gender equal pay and the minimum theory * illustrates the policy implications in empirical studies * supplements existing orthodox labour market theory texts. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415862493

Labour Markets and Identity on the Post-Industrial Assembly Line As a product of its time the call centre utilises new developments in telecommunications and information technology to offer cost-efficient delivery systems for customer care. Efficiency productivity and flexibility are all embodiments of neoliberal market capitalism and are all personified in the call centre operation as well as the structure of the labour market in general. Thus the individual and the workplace are embedded in a variety of global processes. In order to frame the context in which call centre operations exist today and their employees (mainly young men and women) negotiate the increasingly risky and individualised task of developing an identity or sense of belonging in the world Labour Markets and Identity on the Post-Industrial Assembly Line sets out the economic social and political changes over the last three decades that have restructured the labour market altered the balance between labour management and the state and unleashed global market capitalism upon previously sheltered areas of the economy and social life in both Britain and elsewhere. This ground-breaking book offers one of the first real qualitative sociological investigations of a relatively new form of employment to see what life is like on the 'post-industrial assembly line' whilst also taking a close look at the nature of class identity and subjectivity in relation to young people coming of age in a world dramatically altered over the last three decades. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367195892

Labour Midwifery Skills This pocket-sized book presented in an easy-to-follow format is designed as a tool for students and professionals to carry in any setting providing a quick reference guide to supporting women during labour. Used as a platform for wider reading this text is an ideal reference point for any student or professional involved with the care of childbearing women. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138388895

Labour Migration Human Trafficking and Multinational CorporationsThe Commodification of Illicit Flows Although much literature on human trafficking focuses on sex trafficking a great deal of human trafficking results from migrant workers compelled - by economic deprivation in their home countries - to seek better life opportunities abroad especially in agriculture construction and domestic work. Such labour migration is sometimes legal and well managed but sometimes not so – with migrant workers frequently threatened or coerced into entering debt bondage arrangements and ending up working in forced labour situations producing goods for illicit markets. This book fills a substantial gap in the existing literature given that labour trafficking is a much more subtle form of exploitation than sex trafficking. It discusses how far large multinational corporations are involved whether intentionally or unintentionally in human trafficking for the purposes of labour exploitation. They explore how far corporations are driven to seek cheap labour by the need to remain commercially competitive and examine how the problem often lies with corporations’ subcontractors who are not as well controlled as they might be. The essays in the volume also outline and assess measures being taken by governments and international agencies to eradicate the problem. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138815841

Labour Migration and Human Trafficking in Southeast AsiaCritical Perspectives Since the signing of the UN Trafficking Protocol anti-trafficking laws policies and other initiatives have been implemented at the local national and regional levels. These activities have received little scholarly attention. This volume aims to begin to fill this gap by documenting the micro-processes through which an anti-trafficking framework has been translated implemented and resisted in mainland and island Southeast Asia. The detailed ethnographic accounts in this collection examine the everyday practices of the diverse range of actors involved in trafficking-like practices and in anti-trafficking initiatives. In demonstrating how the anti-trafficking framework has become influential – and even over-determining – in some border sites and yet remains mostly irrelevant in others the chapters in this collection explore the complex connections between labour migration migrant smuggling and human trafficking. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138815858

Labour Migration from China to JapanInternational Students Transnational Migrants Chinese students are the largest international student population in the world and Japan attracts more of them than any other country. Since the mid-1980s when China opened the door to let private citizens out and Japan began to let more foreigners in over 300 thousand Chinese have arrived in Japan as students. Student migrants are the most visible controversial and active Chinese immigrants in Japan. The majority of them enter Japan’s labour market and many have stayed on indefinitely. Based on the author’s original fieldwork data and government statistics this book gives a comprehensive portrayal of an often neglected group of international migrants in a society that for decades has been considered a non-immigrant country. It introduces Chinese students’ diverse mobility trajectories analyses their career patterns describes their transnational living arrangements and explores the mechanisms that give rise to their identity as 'new overseas Chinese'. This book contributes to our understanding of international migration and international education in an age of globalization. It points out that student migrants are key to the internationalization of Japanese society and potentially in other countries where immigration is still considered a challenging reality. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of Chinese Studies Japanese Studies Sociology and Labour Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415736923

Labour Migration from Turkey to Western Europe 1960-1974A Multidisciplinary Analysis Groundbreaking in its comprehensiveness this book illuminates the migration of workers from Turkey to Western Europe with new perspectives previously overlooked in research. Indeed this is the first study of its kind to cover the entire migration process making extensive use of primary as well as secondary sources in four languages and it draws on both the historiography and the social sciences of migration. It presents new analyses of the so-called 'push' factors behind this movement and explores the role of the sending state the system and channels through which labour exits the labouring population's attitudes towards moving to the West and the relevance of social networks in the migration process. The volume offers a critical assessment of the significance of Turkish labour migration with regard to the demand for foreign labour in Europe with particular emphasis on the cases of Germany and the Netherlands. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138543362

Labour MigrationThe Internal Geographical Mobility of Labour in the Developed World First published in 1990. This edited work brings together a collection of studies by an international team of contributors on inter-urban migration which is largely dominated by labour migration. The structure of the book reflects the interaction of the supply and demand of labour and the information flows that make this possible. The book offers a multi-dimensional analysis of labour migration including behavioural economic and institutional approaches. It combines various scales of analysis including the national scale the occupational scale and the household scale. The study also examines labour migration in a variety of national contexts. It will be of particular value to professional geographers economists and sociologists with an interest in the distribution of population and the labour force planners with responsibility for the development of policy and some final year graduate students. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367026233

Labour Mobility and Rural Society Comprising seven edited pieces of detailed empirical work drawn from recent research this title reveals the dynamics behind the movements of poor people in South and South East Asia and Africa. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315827827

Labour of LoveBeyond the Self-Evidence of Everyday Life Amazed at the stubborn nature of the sexual division of labour in modern society five Norwegian researchers set out to explore the sources of this pervasive resistance to change. Moving from the neutral concepts of work and money the lofty notions of love and family and the triviality of domestic organization social science is made to yield some surprising insights into hidden secret and perhaps even sacred structures of everyday life. A provocative claim in these pages is that the practical arrangement in the family is informed by the erotic properties of work and semi-religious notions of poverty and dirt - and is sustained by both sexes. This anthology reveals some perplexing aspects of contemporary self-understanding and rediscovers sexual meaning as a pillar of modern culture. The book is an invitation to reconsider the conditions for gender equality and to explore further the cultural tangle behind this persistent tolerance for injustice within European thinking. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138269118

Labour Problems of Technological Change First published in 1970. This book is concerned with the examination and assessment of the impact of changes in technology on companies in three selected industries: printing steel and chemicals. Its main focus is on the employment and associated labour market effects of technological change; but part of the rationale for the study as a whole has been to relate these effects to the technological environment of each industry. Accordingly a good deal of attention has been paid to the character of the innovations themselves and to their implications for the industries in general terms. This title will be of interest to students of Business Studies and Economics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367111625

Labour Relations and Political Change in Eastern EuropeA Comparative Perspective First published in 1995. This volume offers a comparative perspective on labour relations and political change in eastern Europe within a common theoretical and empirical framework. Its coverage includes Bulgaria and Czech and Slovak republics Hungary Poland and Russia. Particular attention is given to the dynamics of changes in labour relations and privatisation which are now critical to the more general process of political and economic transformation. This title will be of interest to scholars and students of politics sociology and modern history. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138325982

Labour Relations in Central EuropeThe Impact of Multinationals' Money Since 1990 foreign direct investment (FDI) has quickened economic modernization in Central Europe. State of the art management techniques and cutting edge technology have been introduced in many cases. Labour Relations is an essential factor in the organization of labour and production. At the start of the process industrial relations were characterized by the conditions existing under the previous planned economies or - as with "greenfield" investments - had to be entirely reconfigured. In the case of investments by West European companies this book reveals various emerging models of industrial relations but also a clear tendency towards company centralization. For the time being the European Works Council still plays a subordinate role despite its potential fundamental role as mediator between East and West. Empirically nine corporations from the metal/automotive industry the chemical energy and food processing industries (with their subsidiaries in Poland Czech Republic and Slovakia) are considered. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815390107

Labour Relations in the Motor IndustryA Study of Industrial Unrest and an International Comparison This book originally published in 1967 takes the automobile industry experience as a basis for a wider view of industrial relations trends and developments of the 1950s and 60s. The study also analyses the emergence of new institutions and systems of labour-management relationships. It contains chapters on the effects of automotion and technical change on the impact of fluctuations in the market for cars and on wage trends. There are detailed surveys of some of the biggest post-war disputes and especially of trade union organization the shop steward system the experience of individual firms such as Austin Ford and Fiat. There is also a comparative survey of labour relationships in other major car manufacturing countries such as the USA Germany and Japan.     Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138060869

Labour Theory of Culture Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 42 Despite its importance in understanding the social relations of labour little attention has been paid by Western Marxists to evolutionary theory. Taking as a starting point an unfinished essay by Engels the author argues that the human species must be seen as discontinuous with its nearest biological ancestors – that a qualitative distinction was brought about by social labour. It is argued that the most likely forms of human organization were co-operative and field studies are discussed which apparently provide evidence for tool use and linguistic ability among the higher primates. The relationship between hand and brain in terms of Marxist psychology is also elaborated. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415649551

Labour Unionism in the Financial Services SectorFighting for Rights and Representation In recent years there has been an acute crisis of worker representation in the finance sector in Britain. Labour union and staff association membership and density has fallen collective organisation has experienced dislocation and disorganisation and worker self-confidence has been sapped. Prior to this there was a sense of an identifiable trajectory towards greater 'unionateness' by labour unions and staff associations with the sector moving towards growing self-identification of employees as 'workers' and the use of traditional tools of collective bargaining such as threats of strikes and strikes themselves. This study documents and explains these changes in wider historical terms providing invaluable reading for those interested in the future of both the labour movement and the finance sector. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815390114

Laboured ProtestBlack Civil Rights in New York City and Detroit During the New Deal and Second World War Historians have long realized the US civil rights movement pre-dated Martin Luther King Jr. but they disagree on where when and why it started. Laboured Protest offers new answers in a study of black political protest during the New Deal and Second World War. It finds a diverse movement where activists from the left operated alongside and often in competition with others who signed up to liberal or nationalist political platforms. Protestors in this period often struggled to challenge the different types of discrimination facing black workers but their energetic campaigning was part of a more complex and ultimately more interesting movement than previously thought. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367582302

Labour-Intensive Industrialization in Global History The prevailing view of industrialization has focussed on technology capital entrepreneurship and the institutions that enabled them to be deployed. Labour was often equated with other factors of production and assigned a relatively passive role. Yet it was labour absorption and the improvement of the quality of labour over the course of several centuries that underscored the timing pace and quality of global industrialization. While science and technology developed in the West and whereas the use of fossil fuels especially coal and oil were vital to this process the more recent history has been underpinned by the development of comparatively resource- and energy-saving technology without which the diffusion of industrialization would not have been possible. The labour-intensive resource-saving path which emerged in East Asia under the influence of Western technology and institutions and is diffusing across the world suggests the most realistic route humans could take for a further diffusion of industrialization which might respond to the rising expectations of living standards without catastrophic environmental degradation. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138901148

Labour's Battle in the U.S.Ahe Fight for Industrial Unionism First published in 1938. This study of the labour crisis in the USA consists of interviews with leaders and members of labour unions unorganised workers businessmen and those in positions of public responsibility. The author explores the foundations of the crisis and examines the possible issues that he predicted the US labour force were going to encounter. This title will be of interest to scholars and students of political and labour history. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138329409

Labour's ConscienceThe Labour Left 1945-51 First published in 1988. The years 1945-51 were crucial to the Labour Party and the Left in Britain. This elegantly written book traces the gradual and painful disillusionment of the Labour Left with the Attlee governments and analyses the alternative more militant programme which the Labour Left devised. Never an organised bloc the author argues that they are best understood as Labour’s conscience – a militant tendency is the true sense of the words. This title will be of interest to scholars and students of political history. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138331778

Labour's Grass RootsEssays on the Activities of Local Labour Parties and Members 1918�45 The period between 1918 and 1945 witnessed dynamic social and economic developments in Britain as the notion of a government controlled economy and welfare state took root. In order to be understood this shift in the political landscape needs to be seen in context of the growth of mass political movements and the implementation of fuller democratic processes in the aftermath of the Great War. But whilst much has been written on the rise of the Labour Party the decline of the Liberals and the domination of the Conservatives in the sphere of high politics much less research has been done on the local or regional experience of Britain's main political parties between the wars. This volume brings together ten essays that together provide an introduction to the role influence and effectiveness of Labour Party activists across Britain. Taking a systematic and comparative approach that examines a range of representative areas this volume is more than simply a collection of local studies. Instead it utilises the local to develop and illuminate the wider dynamics at work inside the Labour Party. By emphasising the role of the party membership Britain's social and political evolution can be reconstructed from grass-roots level taking into account the priorities and expectations of the people who sustained and cultivated the nation's social-political base. By addressing reoccurring issues of interest to labour historians such as gender nationalism the co-operative movement and trade unionism through the locus of regionalism and local party activity this volume will not only provide scholars with a better understanding of the Labour Party but should stimulate similar much needed research into other political parties and organisations. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367593858

Labour's UtopiasBolshevism Fabianism Social Democracy First published in 1992. The collapse of communist rule in Eastern Europe has led to a widespread view that socialism is a dead or at least dying force. Labour’s Utopias argues that this assumption is based on the popular conception that socialism’s various traditions are simply different means to a common end. The author looks at three strands of socialism – Bolshevism Fabianism and German Social Democracy – in order to assess whether this argument is justified concluding that in fact each has a distinct vision of an ideal future. This study will appeal to scholars and students of politics history and socialism and to all those with an interest in the alternatives to capitalism. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138324671

Labour's Wrongs and Labour's Remedy First Published in 1969. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138974142

LabourThe Unions and the Party First published in 1973. In this study the author adopts a historical approach tracing the evolution of socialist thinking during the past century and relating this to the growth of the union movement. The Taff Vale judgement the Osborne judgement the roles of the SDF the Fabians and the ILP - these episodes are re-examined from a novel perspective and the historical material is frequently illuminated by the use of contemporary analogies. The second half of the book presents an analytical study of differing union political theories and attitudes against the modern industrial background. Here the Marxist case is studied in depth and contrasted with the views of the Social Democrats. The author then considers the ownership and control of the economy industrial relations prices and incomes and inflation making it clear where he feels the movement should stand on the key political issues of today. Finally the book suggests the way in which the Labour Party and the trade unions should organise for power in the country. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138327443

Labs on ChipPrinciples Design and Technology Labs on Chip: Principles Design and Technology provides a complete reference for the complex field of labs on chip in biotechnology. Merging three main areas— fluid dynamics monolithic micro- and nanotechnology and out-of-equilibrium biochemistry—this text integrates coverage of technology issues with strong theoretical explanations of design techniques. Analyzing each subject from basic principles to relevant applications this book: Describes the biochemical elements required to work on labs on chip Discusses fabrication microfluidic and electronic and optical detection techniques Addresses planar technologies polymer microfabrication and process scalability to huge volumes Presents a global view of current lab-on-chip research and development Devotes an entire chapter to labs on chip for genetics Summarizing in one source the different technical competencies required Labs on Chip: Principles Design and Technology offers valuable guidance for the lab-on-chip design decision-making process while exploring essential elements of labs on chip useful both to the professional who wants to approach a new field and to the specialist who wants to gain a broader perspective. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138076280

LabStudioDesign Research between Architecture and Biology LabStudio: Design Research between Architecture and Biology introduces the concept of the research design laboratory in which funded research and trans-disciplinary participants achieve radical advances in science design and applied architectural practice. The book demonstrates to natural scientists and architects alike new approaches to more traditional design studio and hypothesis-led research that are complementary iterative experimental and reciprocal. These originate from 3-D spatial biology and generative design in architecture creating philosophies and practices that are high-risk non-linear and design-driven for often surprising results.Authors Jenny E. Sabin an architectural designer and Peter Lloyd Jones a spatial biologist present case studies prototypes and exercises from their practice LabStudio illustrating in hundreds of color images a new model for seemingly unrelated open-ended data- systems- and technology-driven methods that you can adopt for incredible results. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138783973

LabVIEWA Developer's Guide to Real World Integration LabVIEW™ has become one of the preeminent platforms for the development of data acquisition and data analysis programs. LabVIEW™: A Developer’s Guide to Real World Integration explains how to integrate LabVIEW into real-life applications. Written by experienced LabVIEW developers and engineers the book describes how LabVIEW has been pivotal in solving real-world challenges. Each chapter is self-contained and demonstrates the power and simplicity of LabVIEW in various applications from image processing to solar tracking systems. Many of the chapters explore how exciting new technologies can be implemented in LabVIEW to enable novel solutions to new or existing problems. The text also presents novel tricks and tips for integrating LabVIEW with third-party hardware and software. Ideal for LabVIEW users who develop stand-alone applications this down-to-earth guide shows how LabVIEW provides solutions to a variety of application problems. It includes projects and virtual instrumentation for most of the programs and utilities described. Many of the authors’ own software contributions are available on the accompanying CD-ROM. Media > Books > Print Books Chapman & Hall 9781138113688

LabViewAdvanced Programming Techniques Second Edition Whether seeking deeper knowledge of LabVIEW®’s capabilities or striving to build enhanced VIs professionals know they will find everything they need in LabVIEW: Advanced Programming Techniques. Now accompanied by LabVIEW 2011 this classic second edition focusing on LabVIEW 8.0 delves deeply into the classic features that continue to make LabVIEW one of the most popular and widely used graphical programming environments across the engineering community. The authors review the front panel controls the Standard State Machine template drivers the instrument I/O assistant error handling functions hyperthreading and Express VIs. It covers the introduction of the Shared Variables function in LabVIEW 8.0 and explores the LabVIEW project view. The chapter on ActiveX includes discussion of the Microsoft™ .NET® framework and new examples of programming in LabVIEW using .NET. Numerous illustrations and step-by-step explanations provide hands-on guidance. Reviewing LabVIEW 8.0 and accompanied by the latest software LabVIEW: Advanced Programming Techniques Second Edition remains an indispensable resource to help programmers take their LabVIEW knowledge to the next level. Visit the CRC website to download accompanying software. Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9781315222097

Labyrinth and Piano Key Weirs Labyrinth spillways are almost as old as dam engineering. In spite of the fact that they appear as a very good technical-economical compromise only 0.1% of large dams are equipped with such weirs. The main reason for this is that traditional labyrinth weirs usually cannot be installed on top of concrete gravity dams as they require a large foundation surface. In 2003 an improved concept of traditional labyrinth spillway emerged with alveoli developed in overhangs from a reduced support area: the Piano Key Weir (PKW). The Piano Key Weir is a weir of particular geometry associating to a labyrinth shape the use of overhangs to reduce the basis length. The main advantage of Piano Key Weirs is that it can be directly placed on a dam crest. As a result of extreme fl oods in the recent past a growing demand for safety in society and revised hydrological calculations the need for reliable spillways has consequently become higher. In this context the Piano Key Weir proves to be an interesting solution to increase the hydraulic capacity of spillway devices. The book contains the state-of-the-art on this still non-conventional hydraulic structure and is divided into six main themes: Physical Modeling. Hydraulic capacity Physical Modeling. Downstream fittings Numerical Modeling Hydraulic Design Planned and achieved projects Nomenclature Database Future developments. The papers in Labyrinth and Piano Key Weirs demonstrate that dam engineering currently experiences a strong revival of labyrinth oriented weirs and are particularly of interest to academia researchers and professionals working in the area of hydraulic engineering and to dam control authorities and dam owners. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138115385

Labyrinth and Piano Key Weirs II Dam engineering is currently experiencing a strong revival of labyrinth oriented weirs. Labyrinth weirs with a repetitive constructional character and an increased specific discharge capacity are a very good technical-economical compromise. The concept of Piano Key Weir (PKW) with alveoli developed in overhangs from a reduced support area enables the installation of non-linear crests at the top of concrete dams. As a result it eliminates the main drawback of classical labyrinth weirs and enables their use to rehabilitate numerous existing dams. Since the first implementation of piano key weirs by Electricité de France on Goulours dam (France) in 2006 at least eight PKWs have been built in France Vietnam and Switzerland. Their operation over a few years has already provided the first prototype data. Other projects are under study construction or planning in varied countries. On another hand research programs are under progress all over the world. Following a first edition in 2011 Labyrinth and Piano Key Weirs II – PKW 2013 collects up-to-date contributions from people with various backgrounds from engineers and researchers to academics. Summarizing the last developments on labyrinth oriented weirs the book constitutes the state-of-the-art in research and application of piano key weir solutions and will be invaluable to professionals and scientists interested in Dams Engineering. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138000858

Labyrinth and Piano Key Weirs IIIProceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Labyrinth and Piano Key Weirs (PKW 2017) February 22-24 Since the first implementation by Electricité de France on the Goulours dam (France) in 2006 the Piano Key Weir has become a more and more applied solution to increase the discharge capacity of existing spillways. In parallel several new large dam projects have been built with such a flood control structure usually in combination with gates. Today more than 25 Piano Key Weirs are in operation or under construction all over the world. More than 15 years of research and development have enabled detailed investigations of the hydraulic and structural behaviour of the Piano Key Weir complex structure and have provided more and more accurate design equations. Following the proceedings of the first two workshops held in Liege (Belgium – 2011) and Paris (France – 2013) Labyrinth and Piano Key Weirs III collects the contributions presented by people with varied background from researchers to practitioners at the 3rd International Workshop on Labyrinth and Piano Key Weirs - PKW 2017 (22-24 February 2017 Qui Nhon Vietnam). The papers reviewed and accepted by an International Scientific Committee summarize the current state-of-the-art on Piano Key Weirs from a theoretical to a practical point of view and present most of the main projects in operation or under construction. Labyrinth and Piano Key Weirs III is thus a reference for students practitioners and researchers interested in Dams Engineering. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138050105

Labyrinth: An Essay on the Political Psychology of ChangeAn Essay on the Political Psychology of Change To receive tenure college and university professors have long been required to write scholarly monographs or articles engage in serious research and teach effectively. This collection of articles marks the first effort to evaluate the place of digital scholarship in this process. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315492933

Lacan Deleuze and World PoliticsRethinking the Ontology of the Political Subject This book aims to re-think the way in which the subject is inscribed in the modern political and does so by exploring the potentiality of Lacano-Deleuzian theoretical framework. It concerns a different ontology and a non-dualist understanding of political and legal existence by focusing on questions such as how to think alternative notions of political existence and what kind of political social and legal order do these come to create. This investigation into political appearance of subjects through concepts of law body and life is led and influenced by the thought of Gilles Deleuze and Jacques Lacan as well as Alain Badiou Antonio Negri and Slavoj Žižek. The book takes on various conceptualisations of life explores the relationship between law and life and develops an alternative notion of legal and political existence in particular in the context of rights. On the back of Guantánamo’s legal and political discourses this work aims to show why and how the problems of world politics or the limitations of (human) rights discourse require an engagement with questions such as what it means to exist as a human being what forms of life are politically recognised which are not and why this distinction. By pointing to a different ontology for thinking and understanding global politics and demonstrating how a trans-disciplinary and philosophical approaches can foster the debates in world politics this book will be of interest to postgraduates and scholars working on critical normative ideas in international politics critical security studies and critical legal studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815377863

Lacan Discourse Event: New Psychoanalytic Approaches to Textual Indeterminacy Lacan Discourse Event: New Psychoanalytic Approaches to Textual Indeterminacy is an introduction to the emerging field of Lacanian Discourse Analysis. It includes key papers that lay the foundations for this research and worked examples from analysts working with a range of different texts. The editors Ian Parker and David Pavón-Cuéllar begin with an introduction which reviews the key themes in discourse analysis and the problems faced by researchers in that field of work including an overview of the development of discourse analysis in different disciplines (psychology sociology cultural studies and political and social theory). They also set out the conceptual and methodological principles of Lacan's work insofar as it applies to the field of discourse. Ian Parker and David Pavón-Cuéllar have divided the book into three main sections. The first section comprises previously published papers some not yet available in English which set out the foundations for 'Lacanian Discourse Analysis'. The chapters establish the first lines of research and illustrate how Lacanian psychoanalysis is transformed into a distinctive approach to interpreting text when it is taken out of the clinical domain. The second and third parts of the book comprise commissioned papers in which leading researchers from across the social sciences from the English-speaking world and from continental Europe and Latin America show how Lacanian Discourse Analysis works in practice. Lacan Discourse Event: New Psychoanalytic Approaches to Textual Indeterminacy is intended to be a definitive volume bringing together writing from the leaders in the field of Lacanian Discourse Analysis working in the English-speaking world and in countries where Lacanian psychoanalysis is part of mainstream clinical practice and social theory. It will be of particular interest to psychoanalysts of different traditions to post-graduate and undergraduate researchers in psycho-social studies cultural studies sociology and social anthropology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415521635

Lacan Foucault and the Malleable Subject in Early Modern English Utopian Literature Theoretically informed scholarship on early modern English utopian literature has largely focused on Marxist interpretation of these texts in an attempt to characterize them as proto- Marxist. The present volume instead focuses on subjectivity in early modern English utopian writing by using these texts as case studies to explore intersections of the thought of Jacques Lacan and Michel Foucault. Both Lacan and Foucault moved back and forth between structuralist and post-structuralist intellectual trends and ultimately both defy strict categorization into either camp. Although numerous studies have appeared that compare Lacan’s and Foucault’s thought there have been relatively few applications of their thought together onto literature. By applying the thought of both theorists who were not literary critics to readings of early modern English utopian literature this study will on the one hand describe the formation of utopian subjectivity that is both psychoanalytically (Oedipal and pre-Oedipal) and socially constructed and on the other hand demonstrate new ways in which the thought of Lacan and Foucault inform and complement each other when applied to literary texts.　 The utopian subject is a malleable subject a subject whose linguistic psychoanalytical subjectivity determines the extent to which environmental and social factors manifest in an identity that moves among Lacan’s Symbolic Imaginary and Real. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367421342

Lacan - The Unconscious ReinventedThe Unconscious Reinvented This book focuses on Lacan's revisions and renewals of psychoanalytic concepts and shows the ways in which Lacan succeeded in the reinvention of psychoanalysis. It explores those steps that led him to assert an unprecedented formula that says against all expectation that the unconscious is real. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781780490991

Lacan and AddictionAn Anthology With chapters from Rik Loose Fabian Naparstek Patricia Gherovici Bruce Fink Thomos Svolos and many others the anthology is for people interested in the topic of addictions or in Lacanian psychoanalysis and especially for those interested in how the two intersect. Lacan and Addiction is based on papers presented at a 2006 conference where Lacanians from around the world gathered to speak about addictions. Conference participants explored the complexity of the problem for the individual society clinicians and for treatment. In the current climate where addiction is mostly treated by variations of twelve step approaches and psychopharmacological "countermeasures" it is all too easy to lose sight of the dimensions of addiction that render it not just a disease to be managed but rather a significant form of human suffering and a subjective responsibility both of which are critical components of addiction treatment. More and more addiction treatment is turning away from psychological and psychoanalytic theorization and towards psychopharmacological measures; this anthology attempts to rectify that situation. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781855758513

Lacan and Critical FeminismSubjectivity Sexuation and Discourse This book takes a critical feminist approach to Lacan’s fundamental concepts merging discourse and sexuation theories in a novel way for both psychoanalysis and feminism and exploring the possibility of a feminist subject within a non-masculine logic. In Lacan and Critical Feminism Carusi merges Lacan’s theories of discourse and sexuation not only from a gender/sexuality angle but also from a literary feminist and women’s studies framework. By drawing examples from literature film art and socio-political movements to focus on discourse and sexuation the text examines how tropes impact the subject’s positionality within any discourse mode. The book also uses women’s collective experience and action to illustrate ways that women have repositioned dominant narratives discursively. This text represents essential reading for researchers interested in the relationship between Lacan and feminist theory. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367197094

Lacan and Levi-Strauss or The Return to Freud (1951-1957) Lacan and Levi-Strauss are often mentioned together in reviews of French structuralist thought but what really links their distinct projects? In this important study the author shows how Lacan's famous 'return to Freud' was only made possible through Lacan's reading of Levi-Strauss. Via a careful and illuminating comparison of the work of the psychoanalyst and that of the anthropologist Zafiropoulos shows how Lacan's theories of the symbolic function of the power of language of the role of the father and even of the unconscious itself owe a major debt to Levi-Strauss. Lacan and Levi-Strauss is much more than an academic study of the relations between these two thinkers: it is also a superb introduction to the work of Lacan setting out with detail and lucidity the major concepts of his work in the 1950s. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367106454

Lacan and MarxThe Invention of the Symptom Lacan and Marx: The Invention of the Symptom provides an incisive commentary on Lacan’s reading of Marx mapping the relations between these two vastly influential thinkers. Unlike previous books Bruno provides a detailed history of Lacan’s reading of Marx and surveys his references to Marx in both his writings and seminars. Examining Lacan’s key argument that Marx "invented the symptom" Bruno shows how Lacan went on to criticize Marx and contrasts Marx’s concept of surplus-value with Lacan’s surplus-enjoyment. Exploring the division between Marxist and psychoanalytic perspectives on social and psychological need and Lacan’s formalisation of the capitalist discourse the book compares the positions of Althusser Deleuze and Guattari and Žižek on the relations between Lacan Marx and capitalism using a wide range of cultural examples from Stevenson’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde to Brecht’s Joan Dark and Pierpont Mauler. Through these readings Bruno also elaborates an extended commentary on Lacan’s central idea of the division of the subject. His focus is not only on showing how we can exit from capitalism but also and just as importantly on showing how we can make capitalism exit from us. This book will be of great interest to scholars and readers of Lacan and Marx from across the fields of psychoanalysis philosophy and political economy and will also appeal to Lacanian psychoanalysts in clinical practice. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367334017

Lacan and Religion The French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan is one of the most influential intellectuals of the past century. His work is invoked by philosophers film critics and feminist theorists but religious scholars have tended to keep their distance. Whilst the religious dimensions of Freud and Jung have been investigated exhaustively much work still needs to be done in exploring this aspect of Lacan's thought. "Lacan and Religion" presents students of religion and theology with a clear introduction to a famously difficult thinker. The theological analysis is grounded in a solid understanding of Lacan's work as a psychoanalyst whilst the book also explores how Lacan's concepts can be fruitful for those who labour in what Lacan called the "field of the divine." Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781844657049

Lacan and Science The current volume represents an exciting collection of essays critically examining the relation between modern science and Lacanian psychoanalysis in approaching the question of mental suffering. Lacan & Science also tackles more widely the role and logic of scientific practice in general taking as its focus psychic processes. Central themes that are explored from a variety of perspectives include the use of mathematics in Lacanian psychoalanysis the importance of linguistics and Freud's text in Lacan's approach and the central significance attached to ethics and the role of the subject. Constituting an invaluable addition to existing literature this comprehensive volume offers a fresh insight into Lacan's conception of the subject and its implications to scientific practice and evidence. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367107321

Lacan and the Formulae of SexuationExploring Logical Consistency and Clinical Consequences Lacan and the Formulae of Sexuation provides the first critical reading of Lacan’s formulae of sexuation examining both their logical consistency and clinical consequences. Are there two different entities named Man and Woman separated by the gulf of sexual difference? Or is it better to conceive of this difference as something purely relative each human being situated on a sort of continuum from more or less 'man' to more or less 'woman'? Sigmund Freud established the strange way through which sexuality determines being human: his concept of drive was no longer the heteronormative sexual instinct used by the psychiatrists of his time. With his provocative formula according to which 'there is no sexual relationship' Lacan has reinforced this perspective combining logic and sexuality through the invention of a new operator the concept 'not all' which points to a form of incompleteness at stake in his 'formulae of sexuation'. This book examines how these formulae have been constructed and how we should read them in connection with on one hand their own logical consistency (a logical square different from Aristotelian tradition) and on the other hand a 'part object' in a very different sense to Melanie Klein’s. The book also investigates the underlying logic of clinical vignettes so much in favour in psychoanalytical literature today. The book represents essential reading for Lacanian psychoanalysts as well as researchers at the cross-section of psychoanalysis philosophy and gender studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367420376

Lacan and the Subject of Language (RLE: Lacan) Originally published in 1991 this volume tackles the diverse teachings of the great psychoanalyst and theoretician. Written by some of the leading American and European Lacanian scholars and practitioners the essays attempt to come to terms with his complex relation to the culture of contemporary psychoanalysis. The volume presents useful insights into Lacan’s innovative theories on the nature of language and the subject. Many of the essays probe the importance of psychoanalysis for problems of signifier and referent in the philosophy of language; others explore the difficulties men and women have in negotiating the sexual differences that divide them. A major contribution to the new reception of Jacques Lacan in the English-speaking world Lacan and the Subject of Language will challenge those who believe that they have already ‘mastered’ Lacanian thought. The insights offered here will pave the way for further developments. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138992979

Lacan on MadnessMadness yes you can't This new collection of essays by distinguished international scholars and clinicians will revolutionize your understanding of madness. Essential for those on both sides of the couch eager to make sense of the plethora of theories about madness available today Lacan on Madness: Madness Yes You Can’t provides compelling and original perspectives following the work of Jacques Lacan. Patricia Gherovici and Manya Steinkoler suggest new ways of working with phenomena often considered impermeable to clinical intervention or discarded as meaningless. This book offers a fresh view on a wide variety of manifestations and presentations of madness featuring clinical case studies new theoretical developments in psychosis and critical appraisal of artistic expressions of insanity. Lacan on Madness uncovers the logics of insanity while opening new possibilities of treatment and cure. Intervening in current debates about normalcy and pathology causation and prognosis the authors propose effective modalities of treatment and challenge popular ideas of what constitutes a cure offering a reassessment of the positive and creative potential of madness. Gherovici and Steinkoler’s book makes Lacanian ideas accessible by showing how they are both clinically and critically useful. It is invaluable reading for psychoanalysts clinicians academics graduate students and lay persons. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415736169

Lacan on PsychosisFrom Theory to Praxis This is the first book of its kind that attempts to distill Lacan’s views on psychosis for both a specialized and non-specialized audience. An attempt is made to present Lacan’s unorganized theories to apply to conceptual paradigms in psychoanalysis and the humanities as well as applied clinical practice. This effort is in the spirit of fostering dialogue and educating different theoretical orientations within psychoanalysis on what Lacan and his followers have contributed to emerging contemporary perspectives on psychotic phenomena in both normative and pathological populations. Within Lacanian circles there is debate over what constitutes psychosis including defining the ordinary from pathological variants that have historically defined the phenomena as a mental illness. Here psychosis is not defined by hegemonic authoritarian psychiatry but rather as a conceptual framework or philosophical perspective supported by descriptive narrative and symptomatic phenomenology that challenges preconceived notions of what we typically consider psychosis to entail. In this book a variety of perspectives are presented by internationally respected scholars and clinicians who examine what Lacan had to say about psychosis from his nuanced theories represented in select texts including omissions extrapolations and new applications as well as how clinical methodology and technique have been adapted and advanced by practitioners treating psychotic individuals. Lacan on Psychosis will be of interest to academics scholars researchers and practitioners in the fields of psychoanalysis psychotherapy philosophy cultural theory the humanities and the behavioral sciences. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138315426

Lacan Reading Joyce This book discusses Jacques Lacan’s contribution to understanding the life and work of James Joyce introducing Colette Soler’s influential reading to English readers for the first time. Focusing on Lacan’s famous Seminar on Joyce the reader will no doubt learn much from Lacan but also as Soler shows what Lacan learned from Joyce and what perhaps without him he would not have approached with so much confidence.　 Le Sinthome. This is the title Jacques Lacan chose for his seminar devoted to Joyce in 1975–76. He wrote the word 'sinthome' in its original spelling from the Greek and thus used the technique so dear to Joyce: the equivocation between the sound that is heard and the graphic representation that is seen. Is it surprising that the author who recognised in 1956 with 'The Agency of the Letter in the Unconscious' that the Freudian practice of speech revealed an unconscious that writes – something Jacques Derrida found quite remarkable – would end in 1975–76 with Joyce?　 Lacan Reading Joyce will be of great interest to professional and academic readers in the respective fields of Lacan and Joyce studies including psychoanalysts in practice and training as well as researchers and students in psychoanalytic and modern literary studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138327252

Lacanian AffectsThe function of affect in Lacan's work Affect is a high-stakes topic in psychoanalysis but there has long been a misperception that Lacan neglected affect in his writings. We encounter affect at the beginning of any analysis in the form of subjective suffering that the patient hopes to alleviate. How can psychoanalysis alleviate such suffering when analytic practice itself gives rise to a wide range of affects in the patient’s relationship to the analyst? Lacanian Affects: The Function of Affect in Lacan’s Work is the first book to explore Lacan’s theory of affect and its implications for contemporary psychoanalytic practice. In it Colette Soler discusses affects as diverse as the pain of existence hatred ignorance mourning sadness "joyful knowledge " boredom moroseness anger shame and enthusiasm. Soler’s discussion culminates in a highlighting of so-called enigmatic affects: anguish love and the satisfaction related to the end of an analysis. Lacanian Affects provides a unique and compelling account of affect that will prove to be an essential text for psychoanalysts psychiatrists psychotherapists psychologists and social workers. 　 Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415715928

Lacanian CoordinatesFrom the Logic of the Signifier to the Paradoxes of Guilt and Desire Psychoanalysis is an experience of truths and lies in language. It is also a discourse and a praxis. Lacanian Coordinates takes the reader from the beginning of Lacan's teaching from the logic of the signifier and the Lacanian subject to the drive and object a qua object a the paradoxes of guilt and finally to the desire of the Other love and femininity - the themes which are explored and developed in the forthcoming second volume of Lacanian Coordinates. This book explores the points of Lacanian orientation that lead us to the particularity of the subject and considers whether we find them not solely in the discourse of the universal to which religion science and philosophy testify but also in the analytic experience itself. Psychoanalysis creates conditions for an encounter with an analyst and with words forgotten neglected underestimated yet also bursting with meaning and surprises. Each chapter contributes to this subjective realisation taking as reference the clinic the voice of an analysand and everyday discourse. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781782202806

Lacanian Psychoanalysis between the Child and the OtherExploring the Cultures of Childhood Lacanian Psychoanalysis between the Child and the Other explores what topology can contribute to clinical work with children emphasizing that psychoanalytic listening goes beyond the individuals who attend a session. This kind of listening does not seek for what is hidden inside; rather it seeks to create a continuous topological transformation with topology regarded as the most sophisticated way in which structure structuring and playing can be thought. Using Lacan’s theoretical framework the book provides a new perspective on working with children re-examining fundamental Lacanian concepts such as structure subject lack Other clinic and of course child itself. It charts how time and space are knitted together for children in psychoanalysis and how a Lacanian approach can enable clinical practitioners and researchers to venture into cultures of childhood helping them conceptualize and intervene in the process of knitting and unknotting. The book will be of interest to psychoanalytic child clinicians in practice and training as well as researchers in the field of child psychoanalysis. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367001278

Lacanian Psychoanalysis from Clinic to Culture This accessible and insightful book merges Lacanian theory psychoanalytic case studies and the author’s personal experiences to illuminate the relevance of Lacanian psychoanalysis in mapping contemporary subjectivity. Using examples from cinema artificial intelligence and clinical and cultural references the book covers major topics within the field including dreams the mirror phase psychosis hysteria the position of the analyst the drive supervision and the symptom. Each is set within the context of our technologically oriented market-based society and complemented with empirical vignettes. The book’s final section examines contemporary society and radicalization. Lacanian Psychoanalysis from Clinic to Culture is important reading for students and academics in Lacanian psychoanalysis as well as professionals concerned with complex social problems. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367330927

Lacanian Psychoanalysis with Babies Children and AdolescentsFurther Notes on the Child Lacan did not say or write very much about the psychoanalysis of children. There is no doctrine of the psychoanalysis of children in his work. Instead his 1956-1957 seminar on 'the object relation' and his 'Note on the Child' of 1969 have been adopted by Lacanian analysts working with children as providing essential coordinates for direction in their clinical work. This book is the result of inviting psychoanalysts of the Lacanian orientation working with children around the globe to theorise and conceptualise that work. The Lacanian psychoanalyst works with the notion of the subject as a 'speaking being' but the child subject brings particular exigencies to the psychoanalytic work. Contributors attend to these exigencies in their essays by articulating the precise particularities of the direction of the treatment and psychoanalytic work with children. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781782204497

Lacanian PsychoanalysisA Clinical Casebook In this important work Danièle Brillaud provides an illuminating exploration of major concepts in Jacques Lacan’s notoriously difficult writings the Écrits. To illustrate the theory she discusses clinical cases and examples from the treatment of patients with a wide range of psychiatric disorders. This book is intended as an introduction to Lacanian theory and practice. Concrete examples show the interdependence of clinical work and conceptual formalisation in Lacan’s reading of Freud. A spectrum of disorders and clinical issues is presented including delusional misidentification syndromes paranoid psychosis and schizophrenia hypochondria Cotard delusion fetishism the differential diagnosis of neurosis and psychosis and more. Brillaud highlights the roots of Lacan’s thought in classical French psychiatry and brings out the clinical relevance of his references to linguistics literature and topology. Her approach to treating and understanding psychopathology provides invaluable insight into Lacanian theory and clinical practice. This book will be of interest to students of psychoanalysis clinical psychology and psychiatry who would like to get a better understanding of Lacan’s work and its clinical application as well as to more experienced clinicians who are interested in the diagnosis and treatment of patients in Lacanian psychoanalysis. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367027131

Lacanian PsychotherapyTheory and Practical Applications The work of Jacques Lacan is associated more with literature and philosophy than mainstream American psychology due in large part to the dense language he employs in articulating his theory â€“ including  often at the expense of clinical illustration. As a result his contributions are frequently fascinating yet their utility in the therapeutic setting can be difficult to pinpoint. Lacanian Psychotherapy fills in this clinical gap by presenting theoretical discussions in clear accessible language and applying them to several chapter-length case studies thereby demonstrating their clinical relevance. The central concern of the book is the usefulness of Lacan's notion that the unconscious is structured like and by language. This concept implies a peculiar manner of listening ("to the letter") and intervention which Miller applies to a number of common clinical concerns â€“ including  including case formulation dreams transference and diagnosis â€“ including  all in the context of real-world psychotherapy.   Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415893053

Lacanian TreatmentPsychoanalysis for Clinicians Secret wishes forbidden pleasures and painful memories hide below the false bottom of consciousness. How do we decipher the desire and pleasure located between the words spoken in psychotherapeutic treatment and how can we identify and interpret them? This book following the author's previous work which focused mainly on Lacanian theory is dedicated to the practice of psychological treatment. Given its general clarity the book can also be useful to those who are not deeply versed in Lacanian thinking. How does one interpret symptoms dreams and other expressions of the unconscious? What is transference and how is it put to work in treatment? How do we work with anxiety depression suicidal tendencies and other types of distress? What is the Lacanian approach to these things? How does diagnosis relate to how we orient the treatment? And finally what is the secret of termination of the treatment which happens to coincide with the analyst's training process? Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781782206187

Lacan's Clinical TechniqueLack(a)nian Analysis How do psychoanalysts act during analysis? When does treatment start? How long does a session or treatment last? How much does it cost? What does analytical interpretation entail? What is the final aim of analysis? These are the main issues Antonio Quinet addresses for clinical psychoanalysts and students in training. This is not a do-it-yourself book or a step-by-step manual but rather an examination of Freudian and Lacanian techniques based on psychoanalytical theory and ethics. The ideas examined are grounded in the structure of subjectivity and the basic assumption that analysts have taken their own analysis to the end. It is from thereon that the will have the analyst's desire as a practicla tool for their own clinical practice. Antonio Quinet's contribution regarding the start of treatment comes from his updated examination of Freudian concepts through Lacanian mathemes. This approach has made this book's first version a best seller in Brazil with over 30 000 copies sold. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781782205500

Lacan's Return to AntiquityBetween nature and the gods Chapters 1 2 and 5 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781138820388   Lacan’s Return to Antiquity is the first book devoted to the role of classical antiquity in Lacan’s work. Oliver Harris poses a question familiar from studies of Freud: what are Ancient Greece and Rome doing in a twentieth-century theory of psychology? In Lacan’s case the issue has an additional edge for he employs antiquity to demonstrate what is radically new about psychoanalysis. It is a tool with which to convey the revolutionary power of Freud’s ideas by digging down to the philosophical questions beneath them. It is through these questions that Lacan allies psychoanalysis with the pioneering intellectual developments of his time in anthropology philosophy art and literature. Harris begins by considering the role of Plato and Socrates in Lacan’s conflicted thoughts on teaching writing and the process of becoming an intellectual icon. In doing so he provides a way into considering the uniquely challenging nature of the Lacanian texts themselves and the live performances behind them. Two central chapters explore when and why myth is drawn upon in psychoanalysis its threat to the discipline’s scientific aspirations and Lacan’s embrace of its expressive potential. The final chapters explore Lacan’s defence of tragedy and his return to Ovidian themes. These include the unwitting voyeurism of Actaeon and the fate of Narcissus a figure of tragic metamorphosis that Freud places at the heart of infantile development. Lacan’s Return to Antiquity brings to Lacan studies the close reading and cross-disciplinary research that has proved fruitful in understanding Freud’s invention of psychoanalysis. It will appeal to psychoanalysts and advanced students studying in the field being of particular value to those interested in the roots of Lacanian concepts the evolution of his thought and the cultural context of his work. What emerges is a more nuanced self-critical figure a corrective to the reputation for dogmatism and obscurity that Lacan has attracted. In the process new light is thrown on enduring controversies from Lacan’s pronouncements on feminine sexuality to the opaque drama of the seminars themselves. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138820388

Laclau and MouffeThe Radical Democratic Imaginary Laclau and Mouffe: The Radical Democratic Imaginary is the first full-length overview of the important work of Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe. Anna Marie Smith clearly shows how Laclau and Mouffe's work has brought Gramscian poststructuralist and psychoanalytic perspectives to revitalize traditional political theory. With clarity and insight she shows how they have constructed a highly effective theory of identity formation and power relations that carefully draws from the criticism of political theory from postmodern anti-foundationalist political theory. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203006719

LaclauA Critical Reader Laclau: A Critical Reader is the first full-length critical appraisal of Laclau's work and includes contributions from several leading philosophers and theorists. The first section examines Laclau's theory that the contest between universalism and particularism provides much of the philosophical background to political and social struggle taking up the important place accorded to amongst others Hegel and Lacan in Laclau's work. The second section of the book considers what Laclau's 'radical democracy' might look like and reflects on its ethical implications particularly in relation to Laclau's post-Marxism and thinkers such as Jürgen Habermas. The final section investigates the place of hegemony in Laclau's work the idea for which he is perhaps best-known.This stimulating collection also includes replies to his critics by Laclau and the important exchange between Laclau and Judith Butler on equality making it an excellent companion to Laclau's work and essential reading for students of political and social theory. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203714720

Lactam-based Polyamides Volume IPolymerization Structure This two-volume work examines general relationships among the structures reactivity and properties of polyamides important for predictions in such fields as materials science. The team of authors including polymer research chemists physicists and specialists in technology and processing compiled an extensive amount of literature (over 2300 references) to produce two volumes packed with text tables drawings and first-hand information much of it never before published. Topics include lactams and their production properties analysis theory and the technology of their polymerization in addition to polyamides and their processing modification analysis molecular characterization structure physical properties degradation and stabilization designing and application of products. Researchers and specialists in the preparation modification processing structure and properties of linear aliphatic polyamides will find Lactam-Based Polyamides Volumes I and II to be invaluable texts. Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9780367813062

Lactic Acid BacteriaA Functional Approach Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are a diverse group of bacteria that comprise low GC content Gram-positive cocci or rods that produces lactic acid as the major end product of the fermentation process. Bifidobacterium genera may also be considered as a part of the LAB group for possessing some similar phenotypical characteristics despite the higher GC content. The key feature of LAB metabolism is efficient carbohydrate fermentation. This contributes to the production of several microbial metabolites that result in the improvement of flavor and texture of fermented foods in addition to its positive impact on the human health when LAB is administered as a probiotic.   The book deals with advances made in the functionalities of LAB such as their effect on vitamin D receptor expression impact on neurodegenerative pathologies production of B-vitamins for food bio-enrichment production of bacteriocins to improve gut microbiota dysbiosis production of metabolites from polyphenols and their effects on human health effect on reducing the immunoreaction of food allergens as biological system using time-temperature to improve food safety and the use of probiotics in animal feed. The book also reviews the use of LAB and probiotic technologies to develop new functional foods and functional pharmaceuticals. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138391635

Lactic Acid BacteriaMicrobiological and Functional Aspects Through four editions Lactic Acid Bacteria: Microbiological and Functional Aspects has provided readers with information on the how’s and why’s lactic acid-producing fermentation improves the storability palatability and nutritive value of perishable foods. Thoroughly updated and fully revised with 12 new chapters the Fifth Edition covers regulatory aspects globally new findings on health effects properties and stability of LAB as well as production of target specific LAB. The new edition also addresses the technological use of LAB in various fermentations of food feed and beverage and their safety considerations. It features the detailed description of the main genera of LAB as well as such novel bacteria as fructophilic LAB and novel probiotics and discusses such new targets as cognitive function metabolic health respiratory health and probiotics. Key Features: In 12 new chapters findings are presented on health effects properties and stability of LAB as well as production of target specific LAB Covers such novel bacteria as fructophilic LAB and novel probiotics Presents new discoveries related to the mechanisms of lactic acid bacterial metabolism and function Covers the benefits of LAB both in fermentation of dairy cereal meat vegetable and silage and their health benefits on humans and animals Discusses the less-known role of LAB as food spoilers Covers the global regulatory framework related to safety and efficacy Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780815366485

Lactic Acid Fermentation of Fruits and Vegetables Lactic acid fermentation has been practiced for thousands of years mainly to preserve surplus and perishable foodstuff and also to enhance them organoleptically. Lactic acid fermentation of fruits and vegetables is no exception leading to the production of a wide range of products some of which are now considered as characteristic of certain geographical areas and cultures. The aim of this book is to collect present and discuss all available information regarding lactic acid fermentation of fruits and vegetables. For this purpose an international group of experts was invited to contribute their knowledge and experience in a highly informative and comprehensive way. The book consists of fourteen chapters. The first five chapters integrate aspects that apply to all products. Then chapters 6 to 9 are dedicated to products that have met commercial significance and have been extensively studied i.e. sauerkraut kimchi fermented cucumbers and olives. In chapters 10 to 13 regional products with great potential from Asia Europe and Africa as well as lactic acid fermented juices and smoothies are presented and thoroughly discussed. Finally chapter 14 discusses the fields in which intensive study is expected to take place in the coming years. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781498726900

Lactic acid fermentation of human excreta for agricultural application Human excreta is a valuable fertilizer for improving soil quality and crop productivity with a potential to replace or complement the mineral fertilizers. The main challenges related to human excreta regarding agricultural applications are microbial contamination risks loss of nutrients and odor issues. Fertilization by lacto-fermented faeces supplemented by biochar has benefits such as improved soil bulk density nitrate and potassium concentrations as well as the yield and yield components of corn compared to untreated simple stored faeces urine cattle manure and unfertilized controls. Even though the mineral fertilizer produced corn with significantly higher height and leaf length it did not add significantly higher yields than lacto-fermented faeces supplemented by biochar. A faeces treatment process by combined lacto-fermentation with thermophilic composting and biochar supplementation had better reduction of coliforms Escherichia coli Enterococcus faecalis and Clostridium perfringens and higher germination of radish and growth of tomatoes than combined lacto-fermentation with vermicomposting. Urine lacto-fermentation contributed to a pH reduction below 4 a decrease in the ammonium concentration and odor strength as well as an increase in the germination rates compared to untreated stored urine. The results of this study provide important information that can set the basis for scaling up a sustainable technology for the treatment of source separated human excreta while improving its potential for resource recovery. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138049895

LactoferrinNatural - Multifunctional - Antimicrobial Illnesses resulting from foodborne pathogens occur at least 6 million times each year and cause an estimated 9 000 deaths. For decades food microbiologists have developed various effective methods of food protection. However the constant development of multi-facet food processing technologies and the emergence of potent foodborne pathogens compromised the efficacy of many antimicrobial interventions. Most technologies also fail to address the problem of bacterial debris remaining on the food surface. Furthermore some bacteria have the ability to develop resistance to antimicrobial interventions. All such factors contribute to the continuously growing concern of keeping our food safe. Lactoferrin: Natural o Multifunctional o Antimicrobial presents the scientific background on use of this naturally occurring microbial blocking agent as an effective food antimicrobial intervention. THE SOURCE FOR APPLIED SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION ON LACTOFERRIN AS A NATURAL ANTIMICROBIAL INTERVENTION Lactoferrin: Natural o Multifunctional o Antimicrobial details microbial blocking technology to protect foods from harmful microbes. Recently researchers at the Center for Antimicrobial Research California State Polytechnic University at Pomona found that lactoferrin when activated functions as a potent antimicrobial intervention. It protects food by removing harmful bacteria from the surface and by starving bacteria before they can multiply and produce harmful toxins and it also prevents bacteria from re-attaching to food surfaces. As a result this substance has potential to help the agribusiness and food industry supply safer food products to consumers.WHY LACTOFERRIN?Studied for 50 years lactoferrin is known to have many beneficial biological properties as an integral component of the mammalian innate defense system. Lactoferrin is a broad-spectrum antimicrobial known to inhibit proliferation of bacteria viruses fungi and parasites. Some of its Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138426566

Lad Culture in Higher EducationSexism Sexual Harassment and Violence Responding to increasing concerns about the harmful effects of so-called ‘lad culture’ in British universities and related ‘bro’ and ‘frat’ cultures in US colleges this book is the first to explore and analyse the perspectives of university staff on these cultures which students suggest foster the normalisation of sexism homophobia racism sexual harassment and violence. Drawing on in-depth interviews with a broad range of staff and faculty across different types of universities in England the book explores the following key questions: What is lad culture? How and where is it manifest in higher education and what are the effects on students and staff? How can ‘laddish’ behaviour be explained? How can we theorise lad culture to enable us to better understand and challenge it? How do dynamics in the United Kingdom compare to so-called ‘bro’ and ‘frat’ cultures in US colleges? By examining the ways in which lad culture is understood and explained the authors illustrate that current understandings of lad culture obscure the broader processes through which problematic attitudes practices and educational climates are fostered. This analysis enables a theorisation of lad culture that makes visible the gendered norms and intersecting structural inequalities that underpin it. This timely and accessible volume will be of great interest to anyone looking to understand and tackle sexism sexual harassment and violence in and beyond university contexts. It will be of particular significance to researchers undergraduate and postgraduate students academics and policy makers in the fields of gender and sexuality in education higher education and sociology of education. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138571310

Ladies' Dispensatory Leonard Sowerby's self-healing manual for women The Ladies' Dispensatory emerged in England in 1652 amidst an abundance of medical self-help books for the lay citizen. Written for both the common patient and the amateur health provider these manuals of home remedies provided their readers with a variety of potential solutions to common ailments or disease. Sowerby's Dispensatory was written primarily for curing women's health problems and in that regard focuses heavily on gynecologic problems (the Dispensatory includes numerous preparations for inducing abortion) breast complaints personal hygiene and cosmetic applications.Balaban Erlen and Siderits have resurrected Sowerby's original manuscript and have provided both historical and medical explanation of its uses and usefulness. From a common garlic remedy to 'fortify the brain' to 'a hog's heel burned to powder' for easing colic The Ladies' Dispensatory is a delightfully unique look at health and hygiene in the seventeenth century. Also inlcludes nine maps. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138974159

Ladies LaughingWit as Control in Contemporary American Women Writers This engaging and accessible book examines the world of seven contemporary popular American women writers and their individual use of wit as a subtle and effective strategy to engage or "control" the reader. A chapter is devoted to each of the seven writers - Lisa Alther Rita Mae Brown Nora Ephron Shirley Jackson Alison Lurier Grace Paley and Anne Tyler - and discusses their writings and their use of wit in the context of their lives. An opening chapter frames wit and control in psychological realities and a concluding chapter summarizes the power of wit. A bibliography of the writers' works is also included making this an ideal introduction and companion to these writers and their works. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315078342

Ladies of Lost Causes In this highly original study Judith Rumgay evaluates the development of a residential programme for female offenders run by the Griffins Society. The text is unique in that it documents the radical contribution of women philanthropists and practitioners to offender rehabilitation. Drawing on archival interview and observational sources the author describes analyses and evaluates a distinctive model of care provision by volunteer upper-middle-class women that has since been overtaken by the professionalization of the voluntary sector. Rumgay illuminates the pathways of women into and out of serious crime; explores the dynamics of rehabilitative practice in the volatile setting of residential care; and also analyses the qualities of successful rehabilitative practice. Subsequently the author suggests rehabilitative success is more appropriately understood within a paradigm of natural desistance from crime instead of the more common appeal to a medical model of treatment. Moreover this style of rehabilitative practice is inextricable from the broader social outlook of a dedicated group of philanthropic women whose critics derided them with epithets such as 'Lady Bountiful'. Media > Books > Print Books Willan 9781138165854

Lady Anne HalkettSelected Self-Writings An in-depth examination of Lady Anne Halkett's writing is long overdue. Although Lady Anne Halkett is beginning to receive much warranted critical attention to date scholars have concentrated almost exclusively on her autobiographical 'Memoirs'. Consequently her extensive 'Select and Occasional Meditations ' have been neglected or marginalised. While these texts are devotional in nature they also bear witness to Halkett's own sense of self and subjectivity. The structure of this edition provides the first opportunity for scholars to place Halkett's 'Memoirs' in its moment of production an in relation Halkett's other writings. In so doing we gain a unique insight into a particular early modern woman's devotional practice and her developing subjectivity. Suzanne Trill's original introduction discusses how this combination of texts requires scholars to revise their representations of Halkett and her writing. Trill argues for a more detailed interrogation of Halkett's national and religious affliations; to this end she offers an analysis of the religious conflicts between Scotland and England 1660-1700 with particular reference to Halkett's representation of her ministers' experiences within this conflict. Halkett's intense engagement with contemporary social political and religious changes makes her writing more than simply the record of an individual woman's life. This edition of selections of her writings offers a new angle on Halkett's life and writing that will be of interest to literary scholars historians linguists and to those interested in women's studies in general. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315250977

Lady Boys Tom Boys Rent BoysMale and Female Homosexualities in Contemporary Thailand Lady Boys Tom Boys Rent Boys: Male and Female Homosexualities in Contemporary Thailand offers methods that will help social workers researchers and students create HIV/AIDS intervention services for gay men lesbians and transgender individuals in or from Thailand. Many of these methods can also be used by practitioners or HIV/AIDS educators in North America and developing countries to address issues of culturally diverse clientele. In response to Western and Thai sexuality studies that fail to accurately represent the diverse sexualities of Thailand this book discusses and describes certain factors that need to be taken into consideration when developing intervention programs. Demonstrating how cultural and social factors influence services Lady Boys Tom Boys Rent Boys will help you provide clients with effective and relevant services. Drawing attention to Eurocentric ideology that may hinder cross-cultural collaboration for Thai-Western service provisions this book offers you information that will help you understand how cultural political and economic systems shape sexuality and gender roles in Thai society. Lady Boys Tom Boys Rent Boys provides you with the necessary knowledge for providing successful services including:how Thai sexualities are identified by examining the meaning of terms such as “toms” (masculine Thai lesbians) “dee” (feminine-identified women who have relations with other women) “kathoey” (males that dress like women and wear make-up) or “lady boys” (transsexual or transvestite males) how Thai society actually defines ”having sex” and recognizing the differences from Western connotations of sex to effectively teach individuals about the risk of HIV/AIDSways Western views of confidentiality and privacy differ from Thai views in order to understand why individuals hesitate to get tested for or seek counselling about HIV/AIDSthe relationship between occupation and sexual identity in movies and magazines that reveal how sexuality is characterized in Thailandthe unique social identity of “toms” and how Thai society labels what is masculine and femininereasons for hiding sexual identity such as rejection fear of stereotypes and having a relationship that is viewed by society as wrong and meaninglessprotecting commercial sex workers (CSW) from infection by developing culturally appropriate interventionsOne of the only books to address HIV/AIDS issues of gay and transgender individuals in Thailand Lady Boys Tom Boys Rent Boys will help you increase awareness about HIV/AIDS and create successful intervention programs for clients. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315877730

Lady Gaga and Popular MusicPerforming Gender Fashion and Culture This book is a multi-faceted interdisciplinary examination of the music and figure of Lady Gaga combining approaches from scholars in cultural studies art fashion and music. It represents one of the first scholarly volumes devoted to Lady Gaga who has become over a few short years central to both popular (and indeed populist) as well as more scholarly thought in these areas and who the contributors argue is helping to shape—directly and indirectly—thought and culture both in the fields of the "scholarly" and the "everyday." Lady Gaga's output is firmly embedded in a self-consciously intellectual pop culture tradition and her music videos are intertextually linked to icons of pop culture intelligentsia like Alfred Hitchcock and open to multiple interpretations. In examining her music and figure this volume contributes both to debates on the status of intertextuality held in tension with originality and to debates on the figuring of the sexualized female body and representations of disability. There is interest in these issues from a wide range of disciplines: popular musicology film studies queer studies women’s studies gender studies disability studies popular culture studies and the burgeoning sub-discipline of aesthetics and philosophy of fashion. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138630482

Lady Of The Hare First published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138974166

Lafcadio Hearn: Japan's Great InterpreterA New Anthology of His Writings 1894-1904 Extensive collection of excerpts. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315073095

Laggards and Leaders in Labour Market ReformComparing Japan and Australia A flexible labour market is widely regarded as a key factor in encouraging economic growth and prosperity. In recent years some economies have successfully reformed their labour markets making part-time and flexible hours easier limiting the restrictive practices of trade unions encouraging training and the enhancement of the skills of those in the labour market coping with the changing age profile of the workforce and in other ways. Other economies have been less successful at labour market reform and continue to struggle with outdated structures and practices. This book discusses the key elements of labour market reform contrasting a country where reforms have been successfully carried through Australia with a country where reforms have been less successful Japan. At the same time this book challenges the conventional view that Australia is the lucky country for all its workers – given the rising hours worked for those in work and the difficulties for young people entering the labour market. Both countries also face issues in terms of an ageing population and policy challenges in the design of safety nets and pension provision. The book thereby demonstrates to analysts of labour market reform worldwide the key elements of successful labour market reform and the consequential effects when the reforms are carried through or not.   Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138992986

Lagrangian InteractionAn Introduction To Relativistic Symmetry In Electrodynamics And Gravitation This book is an introduction to Lagrangian mechanics starting with Newtonian physics and proceeding to topics such as relativistic Lagrangian fields and Lagrangians in General Relativity electrodynamics Gauge theory and relativistic gravitation. The mathematical notation used is introduced and explained as the book progresses so it can be understood by students at the undergraduate level in physics or applied mathmatics yet it is rigorous enough to serve as an introduction to the mathematics and concepts required for courses in relativistic quantum field theory and general relativity. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367091330

LakatosAn Introduction Lakatos: An Introduction provides a thorough overview of both Lakatos's thought and his place in twentieth century philosophy. It is an essential and insightful read for students and anyone interested in the philosophy of science. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203004548

Lake District Tours 1842-1902 (ES 5-vol. set) Published by EPM in Japan and distributed outside of Japan by Routledge. Following the successful series Lake District Tours A Collection of Travel Writings and Guide Books in the Romantic Era in six volumes this is a collection of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century writings on the Lake District. Facsimile reprint of six travel guides and handbooks with many illustrations and photographs. From the Introduction by Malcolm Andrews In 1835 two years before Victoria came to the throne William Wordsworth published the enlarged 5th edition of his Guide to the Lakes the earliest version of which had appeared in 1810. The Guide was as its full title indicates for the Use of Tourists and Residents. Wordsworth’s purpose in producing his own Guide was as he explained in a letter to Lady Beaumont (10 May 1810) ‘to give a model of the manner in which topographical descriptions ought to be executed in order to their being either useful or intelligible by evolving truly and distinctly one appearance from another.’ These remarks make clear that the writing of guidebooks for tourists had become an industry as well as a distinct literary genre in itself. Wordsworth in 1810 was all too aware of the conventions of guidebooks especially those relating to his Lake District home country and the often stereotyped vocabulary of topographical descriptions over the previous quarter century. His own Guide brought a refreshing geological and poetic specificity to descriptions of scenery replacing the generalising tendency of so many of his predecessors who were concerned to fit natural scenery into the aesthetic templates of the Sublime the Beautiful or the Picturesque. Wordsworth’s contribution foreshadowed the guidebooks of the later nineteenth century. It was also environmentally influential in urging the Victorians to integrate any new buildings into the Lake District with sensitivity to the cultural traditions and aesthetic distinctiveness of the region. Wordsworth was the iconic Lake District poet and guide-book writer and homages were paid by his successors in the Victorian period – as witness Robert Willmott’s title (included in these volumes): Our English Lakes…as Seen by William Wordsworth (1864). By the early Victorian period Wordsworth’s Guide was addressing a new generation of Lakeland tourists. For a start the social-class mix of these tourists had changed from the relatively prosperous and leisured middle and upper class tourists of the late eighteenth century with their carriages and servants. By the middle of the nineteenth century trains were bringing hundreds of labouring-class families into the Lakes for their holidays the towns and villages were adapting themselves for the expanded tourist industry and the guidebooks and collections of engraved and later photographed Lakeland views poured off the press. But there were also other groups of visitors from a range of social backgrounds who came to the Lakes to satisfy their botanical lepidopteral geological and other scientific curiosities. These interests are reflected in the titles of the mid-century guidebooks included in these volumes; e.g. William Ford’s Description…with An Appendix on the Geology of the Lake District or Harriet Martineau’s Complete Guide…[with] an account of the flowering plants ferns [etc] of the district or Black’s Picturesque Guide…[including] an Essay on the Geology of the District. One Victorian visitor to the Lakes who combined an acute aesthetic interest in landscape with a formidable knowledge of geology and botany was John Ruskin a powerful influence on English landscape aesthetics in the middle and later century. Ruskin made his home at Brantwood on Lake Coniston in 1871 and like Wordsworth before him became a kind of resident guru for visitors to the Lakes. One of his admirers W.G.Collingwood came to assist Ruskin at Brantwood and he eventually married and settled close by. Collingwood wrote a major biography of Ruskin as well as edited his works and he is the author of one of the titles generously illustrated included in these volumes The Lake Countries (1932). The continuing influence of Wordsworth and Ruskin together with the campaigning zeal and generosity of two other Victorian Lakeland inhabitants Canon Rawnsley and Beatrix Potter helped to promote the movement for conservation of the Lake District. It was formally designated a National Park in 1951 and is now the tourist destination for some 16 million visitors a year. The anthology of guidebooks collected in these volumes represent the consolidation and expansion of a tourist movement that began over two centuries ago and they helped to established the Lakes as one of the premier scenic attractions in Europe.   Media > Books > Print Books Edition Synapse 9784902454734

Lake Governance The Lake Governance book will focus on comparative analysis of governance structures by examining policy legal and institutional structures of current transboundary commissions to develop a common framework for good governance of transboundary lakes. Cooperation among nations sharing natural resources is important for sustainable use of the shared resources. Lakes contribute a big part to GDP in most of the countries and in some cases are also responsible for providing fisheries (for food source of protein and livelihood). Climate change and associated risks and uncertainties add more complexity to the problems. This book will explore current water governance challenges knowledge gaps and recommend a framework for good lake governance. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138633759

Lake Victoria Wetlands and the Ecology of the Nile Tilapia This volume is taken from an ecological study of wetlands undertaken in northern Lake Victoria (East Africa) between 1993 and 1996 with the major aim of characterizing shallow vegetation-dominated interface habitats and evaluating their importance for fish in particular for the Nile tilapia. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138418882

Lalangue Sinthome Jouissance and NominationA Reading Companion and Commentary on Lacan's Seminar XXIII on the Sinthome This reading companion and commentary on Lacan Seminar XXIII provides detailed analyses of Lacan's seminar while maintaining an overall continuity and consistency. This book does not purport to provide an exhaustive and systematic line-by-line reading of a very complex and varied seminar. Rather it selects key themes of Lacanian theory that are found present throughout his work. In addition the book does not try to simplify Lacan's ambiguous style leaving the text open to different interpretations while providing theory commentary and lines of analysis into some of Lacan's important insights. Finally this book is not about Joyce the writer but more about the use that Lacan makes of Joyce. Its purpose is not to apply psychoanalysis to a literary subject but rather to use the literary text to illustrate and develop psychoanalytic theory and Lacanian theory in particular. It is an analysis of topology and language or a linguisterie as Lacan called it for clinicians. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781782204244

Lament for Economics Does economics actually help us to understand and solve real world problems? Examining and analysing the role of economics and economic theory in the social and political life of the early twentieth century many of the arguments contained in this book are as relevant and controversial today as when they were first published. Chapters include:1. The Relation of Economic Theory to the Actual Economic World2. The Nature and Insignificance of the Economic Science3. Economics as Apologetics?4. Economic Individualism Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203708637

L'Ameto Originally published in 1985 this book contains a full translation of Giovanni Boccaccio's L'Ameto alongside textual notes.Giovanni Boccaccio is famous for his great collection of short stories the Decameron but his other literary accomplishments are generally less well-known. Yet he helped revive the Latin eclogue and epistle and fostered the study of Greek; he made the major Renaissance compilation of classical myths established the pastoral romance and began formal Dante criticism. Among his more minor works belongs the Ameto the first moden pastoral romance translated here. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367133399

Lamp and the LuteStudies in Seven Authors First Published in 1964. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138974173

Lamps and Lighting This book is a comprehensive guide to the theory and practice of lighting. Covering the physics of light production light sources circuits and a wide variety of lighting applications it is both suitable as a detailed textbook and as thoroughly practical guide for practising lighting engineers. This fourth edition of Lamps and Lighting has been completely updated with new chapters on the latest lamp technology and applications. The editors ahve called upon a wide range of expertise and as a result many sections have been broadened to include both European and US practice.The book begins with a description of the fundamentals of light vision colour and measurement. Part II the main section of the book deals with lamps and control equipment and includes descriptions of all lamp types in use today. Part III on lighting covers both interior and exterior applications. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780080928739

Lancashire and Cheshire from AD1540 This series fully illustrated with maps and half-tones is written for general readers as well as the student. In illuminating the anonymous lives of our predecessors it will when complete substantially enrich our understanding of the many histories which together make up the history of England. This authoritative volume surveys the modern history of the counties of Lancashire Merseyside Greater Manchester and Cheshire. In 1540 this was a backward area poor underpopulated and conservative. During the seventeenth and early eighteenth century the spread of the first cottage industries to the mills and the mines transformed the region into one of the engines of Britain's nineteenth-century greatness. The causes the costs and the consequences of that transformation are vividly portrayed in this very readable text. Offers a succinct account and analysis of the first region to experience the developed factory system. Discusses the rise dominance and decline of the region which has parallels across the country and the world. Provides essential background text for the students of local history. Assumes no previous knowledge of the region. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138408050

Lancashire Cotton Operatives and Work 1900-1950A Social History of Lancashire Cotton Operatives in the Twentieth Century This title was first published in 2003. The cotton industry was one of the major motors that powered Britain's industrial development from the mid-eighteenth century contributing in no small way to the revolution that was to transform Europe over the next hundred years. The combination of technological developments colonial exploits and social transformation that all came together in the Lancashire cotton industry provided a perfect example of how the new world would function its priorities and its ambitions. Into this fast moving and fluid situation were thrust the men women and children who formed the vast pool of labour necessary to keep the spindles and looms running. It is their experiences above all that illuminates the history of the cotton industry and how it came to change the face of Britain through the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In this study Alan Fowler takes an in-depth look at the Lancashire cotton industry through the prism of its workers their families and organisations. He argues that by 1850 the triumph of the factory system was complete and the factory operative a mainstay of a transformed society based on a new economic order. With this increasingly important role in the new economy came opportunities which cotton workers were not slow to grasp. Crucial to the history of the Lancashire cotton operatives were the collective organisations they established which forced employers and government to treat with them. By the beginning of the twentieth century these organisations had managed to raise wages improve working conditions reduce working hours establish the right to holidays and force the introduction of factory legislation. This book explores how these victories were won and the impact they had on the industry and wider society. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138725553

Lancastrians and YorkistsThe Wars of the Roses This concise lucid study charts the complex sequence of events we know today as the War of the Roses. In the thematic chapters of the third section the author assesses the motives and relationships of the principal actors; the real character and impact of the Wars of the Roses; and the nature of Yorkist government. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138143654

Lancelot and GuinevereA Casebook Beginning with an introduction that examines the portrayal of the characters of Lancelot and Guinevere from their origins to the present day this collection of 16 essays-five of which appear here for the first time-puts particular emphasis on the appearance of the two characters in medieval and modern literature. Besides several studies exploring feminist concerns the volume features articles on the representation of the lovers in medieval manuscript illuminations (18 plates focus on scenes of their first kiss and the consummation of the adultery) in film and in other visual arts. A 200-item bibliography completes the volume. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315786780

LancelotOr The Knight of the Cart Originlly published in 1984 this book contains the full text of Lancelot or The Knight of the Cart the third or fourth major work by the twelfth-century poet Chrétien de Troyes alongisde a full translation and textual notes. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780429026775

Land First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138974197

Land Credit and CrisisAgrarian Finance in the Hebrew Bible Land Credit and Crisis presents a new understanding of the financial culture of the Bible. Biblical Palestine was characterized by an over-abundance of arable land combined with a chronic lack of manpower and agricultural credit - circumstances which lead to much prophetic fulminating against merchants and the rich. The book reveals how the financial instruments and institutions of the time reflected a tough economic realism and argues that the image of the biblical prophet as a champion of social justice must be revised. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781845539283

Land Food And Rural Development In North Africa This study of rural development in six North African nations addresses the issues surrounding poverty and landlessness. Providing an Islamic perspective on policy-making the author describes the influence of Islam on development in these countries and stresses the Islamic religious and moral revival as a major factor in policy-making toward reduc Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367157869

Land Indigenous Peoples and Conflict Land Indigenous Peoples and Conflict presents an original comparative study of indigenous land and property rights worldwide. The book explores how the ongoing constitutional legal and political integration of indigenous peoples into contemporary society has impacted on indigenous institutions and structures for managing land and property. This book details some of the common problems experienced by indigenous peoples throughout the world providing lessons and insights from conflict resolution that may find application in other conflicts including inter-state and civil and sectarian conflicts. An interdisciplinary group of contributors present specific case material from indigenous land conflicts from the South Pacific Australasia South East Asia Africa North and South America and northern Eurasia. These regional cases discuss issues such as modernization the evolution of systems and institutions regulating land use access and management and the resolution of indigenous land conflicts drawing out common problems and solutions. The lessons learnt from the book will be of value to students researchers legal professionals and policy makers with an interest in land and property rights worldwide. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138092938

Land Power And PovertyAgrarian Transformation And Political Conflict In Central America This book Land Power and Poverty explores the development of the rigid and unequal structures of rural Central American society and the role in the conflicts of five governments of the region Guatemala Costa Rica Honduras El Salvador and Nicaragua. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367154073

Land Proto-Industry and Population in Catalonia c. 1680-1829An Alternative Transition to Capitalism? This monograph makes a fresh contribution to a longstanding but far from exhausted debate concerning the transition to capitalism in Europe. The work investigates key aspects of this transformation: the changes on the land the origins of the industrial revolution the modern rise of population and the growth of markets. It does so from a new perspective however by focusing on an area of southern Europe Catalonia. Catalonia's interest as an area for study lies in its precocity within a southern European context as one of the few regions on the European periphery to industrialise in comparable ways and at the same time as areas of northern Europe. Population growth was similarly rapid. The study engages critically with several important debates in economic and social history such as the transition to agrarian capitalism whether or not sharecropping should be viewed as a backwards form of agricultural production theories of proto-industrialisation and theories of population change. It also questions claims that the nuclear family of north-western Europe was a superior model for industralisation than the more extended family structures prevalent in southern Europe. Not only could the extended family be as dynamic as the nuclear family when required but more importantly attention needs to be paid to other institutions and factors that may have conditioned family forms and decision-making processes. The approach taken by this work is a micro-study of one community Igualada an important proto-industrial centre but also situated within the viticultural region. It grew rapidly over the eighteenth century from around 1 700 inhabitants in 1717 to 4 900 in 1787 and around 7 700 by 1830. Only at the micro-level is it feasible for an individual study to reconstruct networks of relationships and patterns of decision-making at the household level. At the core of the book therefore is a family reconstitution of 8 700 families supplemented by a wide body of additional sources such as landholding contracts tax records manorial surveys inventories marriage contracts and letters. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138266957

Land Sea and HomeProceedings of a Conference on Viking-Period Settlement Land Sea and Home: Proceedings of a Conference on Viking-Period Settlement Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367605674

Land Sea and HomeSettlement in the Viking Period This book provides a realistic historical and geographical perspective to begin closest to the Scandinavian homelands of Vikings and the Viking ideology and material culture by looking at new research into aspects of their use of the sea maritime communications and trade. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003077183

Land Water Language and Politics in AndhraRegional Evolution in India Since 1850 This book explains how access to and use of land water and language helped shape Andhra politics in India from 1850 down to the present day. After independence the debate over land reform and policies on irrigation has shaped the fortunes of various governments while the debate over the make-up of the language-based state has stimulated separatist movements like the one in support of Telangana. The book discusses how British innovations in irrigation in coastal Andhra in the mid-nineteenth century transformed the economy there from food crops to cash crops and created new markets for local entrepreneurs. This stimulated increased education and social reform in the region which in turn supported new politics in search of constitutional concessions. The drive for a Telugu language-based province then arose in concert and those political resources were then used to determine local patterns down to independence. The 1930s ruse of the socialists then the communist organisations was an extension of land and water tax debates which impacted the political nature of development — both before and after — independence. This is one of the first books on Andhra that recounts this story and is based on extensive archival research exploring the deep relationships between land water language and politics. It would be of primary interest to those studying modern nationalism in India natural resource management Indian politics and economic growth. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge India 9781138659926

Land Access and ResettlementA Guide to Best Practice This book is an up-to-date accessible and practical guide on how to optimally plan for implement and review land access and resettlement. It provides step-by-step information on how to avoid pitfalls  ensure that best practice is being employed and the correct standards are being applied. With useful real-life examples of when projects have gone well and when they haven't the book is based on the main lessons that have been learned on-the-ground over the past decade. Natural resource projects can have considerable impacts on local communities chiefly due to the need to acquire large areas of land.  When projects are located in developing and middle income economies the impacts are most keenly felt as it often requires displacement of large rural populations with predominately land-based livelihoods. The authors have planned implemented and reviewed over 50 land access and resettlement projects in over 30 countries internationally and conducted benchmarking exercises on a further 60 projects.  This experience provides the basis for the book. The book guides the reader through the different stages of preparing for a land resettlement project. Land Access and Resettlement is a key social risk for the natural resources sector particularly the mining oil and gas industries who are operating in a context of increased awareness and regulation regarding the potential social impacts of their activities. At the same time companies increasingly appreciate the business case for ‘getting social right’. This book provides a practical road map to corporate leaders project managers practitioners academia government and civil society for practically planning and implementing successful land access and resettlement and creating win-win outcomes for companies and communities.  Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781783532131

Land and Economy in Ancient Palestine Land and Economy in Ancient Palestine is a study of the economic crises throughout the Second Temple Period. It establishes that the single factor of the economy which united all aspects of life in ancient society was land.Through study of a wide variety of sources including the New Testament and classical authors Jack Pastor looks at who owned land and how they came to possess it. He examines the various ramifications of landownership in ancient society to ascertain its effect on livelihoods government policies and revenues. A special emphasis is placed on debt and famine as social and economic problems with ties to the landholding structure. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415642873

Land and Family in Pisticci The study of family and inheritance systems is a traditionally anthropological one. Dr Davis has examined a South Italian town with records from 1814 and concludes that the present 'typical' European system is of recent adoption a response to the gradual and peculiar integration of Pisticci into a nation-state and national economy. The account of landholding distinguishes carefully between legal rights and informal cessions of land and agriculture is put into the context of other economic activities. Dr Davis emphasises the structural importance of kin family and neighbourhood relationships as bases for the creation of more ephemeral ties of friendship clientage and network. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003136507

Land and FreedomLaw Property Rights and the British Diaspora Conflicts caused by competing concepts of property are the subject of this book that reshapes study of the relationship between law and society in Australasia and North America. Chapters analyse decisions made by governments and courts upon questions of policy and law in terms of their consequences for rights and models of personhood. Late twentieth-century decisions concerning native title in Canada and Australia demonstrate the relevance of historical case studies of communal and fee-simple land holding in colonial and post-colonial societies. An international team of contributors draw on their experience from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds and jurisdictions. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003063162

Land and Hydropolitics in the Nile River BasinChallenges and new investments The Nile River Basin supports the livelihoods of millions of people in Egypt Ethiopia Sudan and Uganda principally as water for agriculture and hydropower. The resource is the focus of much contested development not only between upstream and downstream neighbours but also from countries outside the region. This book investigates the water land and energy nexus in the Nile Basin.  It explains how the current surge in land and energy investments both by foreign actors as well as domestic investors affects already strained transboundary relations in the region and how investments are intertwined within wider contexts of Nile Basin history politics and economy. Overall the book presents a range of perspectives drawing on political science international relations theory sociology history and political ecology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367029692

Land and LeisureConcepts and Methods in Outdoor Recreation First published in 1974. Leisure has come to be a vital force in our lives a part of self-discovery essential for our well-being. With increased amounts of leisure time there has been rapid growth in the demand for diverse recreational facilities and their subsequent overuse. With this in mind it is clear why the planning managing and administration of recreational resources particularly in urban areas is of personal interest to everyone. Land and Leisure introduces the student to all aspects of recreational land use - spatial economic behavioural and physical. This second edition is designed to demonstrate some of the basic up-to-date ideas and issues of the last decade and a half that have been influential in shaping decisions and is concerned both with urban recreation and the uses of resources within metropolitan areas and with the role of the private sector in providing facilities. The book is divided into five parts with discussions ranging over topics such as the individual's recreational needs recreational land-use evaluation regional planning and the problems of decision-making and the provision of recreational resources. Its interdisciplinary approach will enable students to understand the problems concepts methods and approaches helpful in furthering and integrating their knowledge of recreational resources. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367133382

Land and LimitsInterpreting Sustainability in the Planning Process In a new and critical analysis this book explores the impact of an influential idea - sustainable development - on the institutions and practices governing use of land. It examines the paradox that in spite of increasing attention to sustainability land use conflict is as ubiquitous and intense as ever. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138992993

Land and LimitsInterpreting Sustainability in the Planning Process The first edition of this seminal book was written at a time of rapidly growing interest in the potential for land use planning to deliver sustainable development and explored the connections between the two and implications for public policy. In the decade since the book was first conceived environmental imperatives have risen still further up the policial agenda and land use conflicts have intensified lending even greater importance to the authors' research. In a rigorous discussion of concepts policy instruments and contemporary planning dilemmas the authors challenge prevailing assumptions about planning for sustainability. After charting the remarkable growth in expectations of planning they show how attempts to interpret sustainability must lead to fundamental moral and political choices. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138174559

Land and Nationalism in Fictions from Southern Africa In this volume Graham investigates the relation between land and nationalism in South African and Zimbabwean fiction from the 1960s to the present. This comparative study the first of its kind discusses a wide range of writing against a backdrop of regional decolonization including novels by the prize-winning authors J.M Coetzee Nadine Gordimer Bessie Head Chenjerai Hove and Yvonne Vera. By employing a range of critical perspectives—cultural materialist feminist and ecocritical—this book offers new ways of thinking about the relationship between literature politics and the environment in Southern Africa. The return of land has been central to the material and cultural struggles for decolonization in Southern Africa yet between the advent of democracy in Zimbabwe (1980) and South Africa (1994) and Zimbabwe’s decision to fast-track land redistribution in 2000 it has been limited land reform rather than widespread land redistribution that has prevailed. During this period nationalist discourses of reconciliation and economic development replaced those of revolution and decolonization. This book develops a critique of both forms of nationalistic narrative by focusing on how different and often opposing idea of land and nation are reflected refracted and even refused in the fictions. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138843509

Land and People in Nineteenth-Century Wales First published in 1977. Essentially an economic history with strong emphasis on human factors this title examines the reasons for the backwardness of much of the farming of Wales and discusses in detail how agricultural resources and organisation directly affected the nature of social relationships within the community. This study will be of central importance to students of the history of Wales. It should appeal equally to those interested in the economic history of late modern Britain; students of nineteenth-century British Agriculture and the rural community; historical geographers; and all those concerned with peasants and peasant societies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138639799

Land and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding Claims to land and territory are often a cause of conflict and land issues present some of the most contentious problems for post-conflict peacebuilding. Among the land-related problems that emerge during and after conflict are the exploitation of land-based resources in the absence of authority the disintegration of property rights and institutions the territorial effect of battlefield gains and losses and population displacement. In the wake of violent conflict reconstitution of a viable land-rights system is crucial: an effective post-conflict land policy can foster economic recovery help restore the rule of law and strengthen political stability. But the reestablishment of land ownership land use and access rights for individuals and communities is often complicated and problematic and poor land policies can lead to renewed tensions. In twenty-one chapters by twenty-five authors this book considers experiences with and approaches to post-conflict land issues in seventeen countries and in varied social and geographic settings. Highlighting key concepts that are important for understanding how to address land rights in the wake of armed conflict the book provides a theoretical and practical framework for policy makers researchers practitioners and students. Land and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding is part of a global initiative to identify and analyze lessons in post-conflict peacebuilding and natural resource management. The project has generated six edited books of case studies and analyses with contributions from practitioners policy makers and researchers. Other books in the series address high-value resources water livelihoods assessing and restoring resources and governance. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781849712316

Land and PowerBritish and Allied Policy on Germany's Frontiers 1916-19 Originally published in 1963 this book examines the territorial settlement with Germany at the end of the First World War. It approaches it from the standpoint of British official attitudes and policy in order to discover the pre-Paris-Peace-Conference evolution of British governmental thinking on German boundary issues: to bring out the relationship between British attitudes and those of their allies and to determine British influence on the drafting of the territorial provisions of the ill-fated Treaty of Versailles. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367247607

Land and Resource ScarcityCapitalism Struggle and Well-being in a World without Fossil Fuels This book brings together geological biological radical economic technological historical and social perspectives on peak oil and other scarce resources. The contributors to this volume argue that these scarcities will put an end to the capitalist system as we know it and alternatives must be created. The book combines natural science with emancipatory thinking focusing on bottom up alternatives and social struggles to change the world by taking action. The volume introduces original contributions to the debates on peak oil land grabbing and social alternatives thus creating a synthesis to gain an overview of the multiple crises of our times. The book sets out to analyse how crises of energy climate metals minerals and the soil relate to the global land grab which has accelerated greatly since 2008 as well as to examine the crisis of profit production and political legitimacy. Based on a theoretical understanding of the multiple crises and the effects of peak oil and other scarcities on capital accumulation the contributors explore the social innovations that provide an alternative. Using the most up to date research on resource crises this integrative and critical analysis brings together the issues with a radical perspective on possibilites for future change as well as a strong social economic and ethical dimesion. The book should be of interest to researchers and students of environmental policy politics sustainable development and natural resource management. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138900950

Land and Social Change in East NepalA Study of Hindu-Tribal Relations This book examines the relations between the Limbus an indigenous tribal people in East Nepal and the Hindus who have entered their region during the past two hundred years. Describing the divisions which have arisen between the two groups as a result of confrontation over land the book nonetheless stresses how they are linked by ties of economic and political interdependence and in so doing explores the link between culture and politics. First published in 1970. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138862012

Land and Society in Early South AsiaEastern India 400–1250 AD This volume explores the process of social changes which unfolded in rural society of early medieval Bengal especially the formation of stratified land relations and occupational groups which later got systematised as jātis. One of the first books to systematically reconstruct the early history of the region this book presents a history of the economy polity law and social order of early medieval Bengal through a comprehensive study of land and society. It traces the changing power relations among constituents of rural society and political institutions and unravels the contradictions growing among them. The author describes the changing forms of agrarian development which were deeply associated with these overarching structures and offers an in-depth analysis of a wide range of textual sources in Sanskrit and other languages especially contemporary inscriptions pertaining to Bengal. The volume will be an essential resource for researchers and academics interested in the history of Bengal and the social and economic history of early South Asia. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge India 9781138498433

Land And Soil ManagementTechnology Economics And Institutions This book outlines the most important organizational institutional technical and macroeconomic aspects of soil and land management appraisal. It discusses a broad range of important issues involved in designing and implementing more effective soil conservation programs. . Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367161644

Land and Territoriality In the past territorial conflict usually involved major powers seeking hegemony over strategic spaces and resources. More recently however the decline of opposing global power blocs has elevated ethnicity to a prime cause of conflict over land. This book considers the multiple roles ethnicity plays in fostering territorial conflicts both violent and non-violent across the globe. While land disputes relating to nationalism have resulted in the loss of human life in some regions in others ties between ethnicity and land are asserted more peacefully. Nationalism and challenges to the validity of the links between people and places have caused widespread bloodshed in the disputed territory of Palestine involving competing claims of Arabs and Jews have led to war. In North America however indigenous Indians' claims to land are settled in the courts rather than through violence. This book shows how human behaviour is affected by the multiple ways in which people identify with land topography and natural resources. In doing so it highlights the growing trend towards defining physical space in specific ethnic contexts associated with a contemporary world that facilitates global movement. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003085843

Land and the CityPatterns and Processes of Urban Change First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138156265

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. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138855168

Land Application of BiosolidsProcess Design Manual This book covers the advantages limitations and operational standards for common land application of biosolids practices including uses on agricultural lands forest lands reclamation sites and public and private use sites. It is useful to people in all aspects of the wastewater industry. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138474963

Land Application of Sewage Sludge and Biosolids Over 50 percent of the 6 900 million dry tons of sewage sludge generated each year in the United States is land applied. The principal controversies surrounding the land application of biosolids involve heavy metals and pathogens. Land Application of Sewage Sludge and Biosolids is a comprehensive scientific text providing a complete review of various aspects of this controversial subject from an extensive discussion of heavy metals and pathogens to the fate and effects of organic compounds. Consideration is given to crop removal of metals and organics soil erosion and leaching as well as to differing approaches and regulations in Europe and Canada. The result is an authoritative science-based and unbiased perspective on the benefits and the potential risks of land application to human health and the environment.About the Author:Elliot Epstein Ph.D. is Chief Environmental Scientist for Tetra Tech Inc. and an adjunct professor of public health at Boston University School of Public Health. He received his Ph.D. in soil physics from Purdue University and served as a research leader for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service for 16 years. Dr. Epstein has more than 30 years of experience in biosolids composting and has managed or directed more than 400 composting projects. He has consulted on composting and biosolids management for the USEPA World Bank and United Nations. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367454746

Land Application of Sludge This book is the proceedings of a workshop entitled Effects of Sewage Sludge Quality and Soil Properties on Plant Uptake of Sludge-Applied Trace Constituents jointly sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Cincinnati OH the University of California at Riverside and The Ohio State University in Columbus. The meeting was conducted in Las Vegas NV November 13-15 1985 under cooperative agreement CR-812673 and the project officer representing the Cincinnati EPA‘s Wastewater Engineering Research Laboratory was J. A. Ryan. This book has been reviewed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and though it is approved for publication mention of trade names or commercial products does not constitute endorsement or recommendation for use by either the EPA or by the Publisher. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781315894836

Land Based Air Power or Aircraft Carriers?A Case Study of the British Debate about Maritime Air Power in the 1960s During the 1960s - in the midst of its retreat from empire - the British government had to grapple with complex political and military problems in order to find a strategic defence policy that was both credible and affordable. Addressing what was perhaps the most contentious issue within those debates this book charts the arguments that raged between supporters of a land based air power strategy and those who favoured aircraft carriers. Drawing upon a wealth of previously classified documents the book reveals how the Admiralty and Air Ministry became interlocked in a bitter political struggle over which of their military strategies could best meet Britain's future foreign policy challenges. Whilst the broad story of this inter-service rivalry is well known - the Air Force's proposal for a series of island based airfields and the Navy championing of a small number of expensive but mobile aircraft carriers - the complexity and previous lack of archival sources means that it has until now only ever been partially researched and understood. Former studies have largely focused on the cancellation of the CVA-01 carrier programme and offered little depth as regards the Royal Air Force perspectives. Given that this was a two-Service rivalry which greatly influenced many aspects of British foreign and defence policy decisions of the period this book presents an important and balanced overview of the complex issues involved. Through this historical study of the British debate about maritime air power and strategic alternatives in the 1960s the detailed arguments used for and against both alternatives demonstrate clear relevance to both historical and contemporary conceptual debates on carrier forces and land-based air power. Both from military strategy and inter-service relationship perspectives contemporary Britain and many other nations with maritime forces may learn much from this historical case. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138269439

Land Change Science Political Ecology and SustainabilitySynergies and divergences Recent claims regarding convergence and divergence between land change science and political ecology as approaches to the study of human-environment relationships and sustainability science are examined and analyzed in this innovative volume. Comprised of 11 commissioned chapters as well as introductory and concluding/synthesis chapters it advances the two fields by proposing new conceptual and methodological approaches toward integrating land change science and political ecology. The book also identifies areas of fundamental difference and disagreement between fields. These theoretical contributions will help a generation of young researchers refine their research approaches and will advance a debate among established scholars in geography land-use studies and sustainability science that has been developing since the early 2000s. At an empirical level case studies focusing on sustainable development are included from Africa Central and South America and Southeast Asia. The specific topics addressed include tropical deforestation swidden agriculture mangrove forests gender and household issues. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138680074

Land Degradation Desertification and Climate ChangeAnticipating assessing and adapting to future change Although much is known about the processes and effects of land degradation and climate change little is understood about the links between them. Less still is known about how these processes are likely to interact in different social-ecological systems around the world or how societies might be able to adapt to this twin challenge. This book identifies key vulnerabilities to the combined effects of climate change and land degradation around the world. It identifies triple-win adaptations that can tackle both climate change and land degradation whilst supporting biodiversity and ecosystem services.  The book discusses methods for monitoring effects of climate change and land degradation and adaptations to these processes. It argues for better co-operation and knowledge exchange so that the research land user and policy communities can work together more effectively to tackle these challenges harnessing the "wisdom of crowds" to assess vulnerability and adapt to climate change and land degradation whilst protecting livelihoods and biodiversity. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781849712712

Land Degradation and Society Why does land management so often fail to prevent soil erosion deforestation salination and flooding? How serious are these problems and for whom? This book first published in 1987 sets out to answer these questions which are still some of the most crucial issues in development today using an approach called ‘regional political ecology’. This approach acknowledges that the reason why land management can fail are extremely varied and must include a thorough understanding of the changing natural resource base itself the human response to this and broader changes in society of which land managers are a part. Land Degradation and Society is essential reading for all students of geography agriculture social sciences development studies and related subjects. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138923072

Land Degradation in the Dinder and Rahad BasinsInteractions Between Hydrology Morphology and Ecohydrology in the Dinder National Park Sudan The spatial and temporal variability of the hydro-climate as well as land use and land cover (LULC) changes are among the most challenging problems facing water resources management. Understanding the interaction between climate variability land use and land cover changes and their links to hydrology river morphology and ecohydrology in the Dinder and Rahad basins in Sudan is confronted by the lack of climatic hydrological and ecological data. This book investigated the impacts of land degradation on the Dinder and Rahad hydrology and morphology and interlinkage to the ecohydrological system of the Dinder National Park (DNP) in Sudan. It used an ensemble of techniques to improve our understanding of the hydrological processes and LULC changes in these basins. This included long-term trend analysis of hydroclimatic variables LULC changes analysis field measurements rainfall-runoff modelling hydrodynamic and morphological modelling of the Dinder river and its floodplain with special focus on the Mayas wetlands. Moreover this research is the first study to investigate the eco-hydrology of the DNP. It is expected that the results of the study will be beneficial to all stakeholders concerned and support decision-making processes for better management of water resources and ecosystem conservation in the area and possibly beyond. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367683559

Land Drainage and Irrigation Man’s control over the elements of land and water for the purposes of agriculture was fundamental to the development of civilisations in the past and remains so today. This volume deals with the processes of irrigation and land drainage and reclamation and illustrates the variety of technological and engineering solutions in a wide chronological and geographical perspective. The sophistication of many pre-modern systems is clear as is the impact of modern technologies. Important points that emerge are that there was no steady or linear progression in techniques across time - instances of the transfer of ideas are balanced by cases of independent development - and that the correlations between irrigation systems and social structures demand more complex explanations than often proposed. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315250960

Land Economics Research Originally published in 1962 Land Economics Research brings together papers presented at a symposium in Nebraska in 1961 which deal with ideas theories and suggestions in land economics to encourage problem-solving in American land issues. This report draws on all types of land all situations and all economics problems related to land issues. This title will be of interest to students of Environmental Studies and Economics as well as professionals. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138957763

Land EducationRethinking Pedagogies of Place from Indigenous Postcolonial and Decolonizing Perspectives This important book on Land Education offers critical analysis of the paths forward for education on Indigenous land. This analysis discusses the necessity of centring historical and current contexts of colonization in education on and in relation to land. In addition contributors explore the intersections of environmentalism and Indigenous rights in part inspired by the realisation that the specifics of geography and community matter for how environmental education can be engaged. This edited volume suggests how place-based pedagogies can respond to issues of colonialism and Indigenous sovereignty. Through dynamic new empirical and conceptual studies international contributors examine settler colonialism Indigenous cosmologies Indigenous land rights and language as key aspects of Land Education. The book invites readers to rethink 'pedagogies of place' from various Indigenous postcolonial and decolonizing perspectives. This book was originally published as a special issue of Environmental Education Research. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138309050

Land Expropriation in IsraelLaw Culture and Society Historically Israel's Supreme Court has failed to limit the state's powers of expropriation and to protect private property. This book argues that the Court's land expropriation jurisprudence can only be understood against the political cultural and institutional context in which it was shaped. Security and economic pressures the precarious status of the Court in the early years the pervading ethos of collectivism the cultural symbolism of public land ownership and the perceived strategic and demographic risks posed by the Israeli Arab population - all contributed to the creation of a harsh and arguably undemocratic land expropriation legal philosophy. This philosophy the book argues was applied by the Supreme Court to Arabs and Jews alike from the creation of the state in 1948 and until the 1980s. The book concludes with an analysis of the constitutional change of 1992 and its impact on the legal treatment of property rights under Israeli law. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138249271

Land Grabbing and Global Governance Land grabbing per se is not a new phenomenon given its historical precedents in the eras of imperialism. However the character scale pace orientation and key drivers of the recent wave of land grabs is a distinct historical event closely tied to the changing dynamics of the global agri-food feed and fuel complex. Land grabbing is facilitated by ever greater flows of capital goods and ideas across borders and these flows occur through axes of power that are far more polycentric than the North-South imperialist tradition. Land grabs occur in the context of changes in the character of the global food regime formerly anchored by North Atlantic empires; the integrated food-energy complex seems to be headed towards multiple centres of power especially with the rise of the BRICS and the proliferation of middle income countries participating in many of the land transactions. Land Grabbing and Global Governance offers insights from leading scholars and experts on contemporary land grabs. This volume examines land grabs in direct relation to a global economy undergoing profound change and the role of new configurations of actors and power in governance institutions and practices. This book was published as a special issue of Globalizations. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415628341

Land Grabbing in AfricaThe Race for Africa’s Rich Farmland The sign that ‘Africa is on Sale’ has been appearing with regular frequency in major newspaper accounts across the world indicating that large amounts/expanses of Africa’s rich farmlands are being sold to transnational investors usually on long-term leases at a rate not seen in decades – indeed not since the colonial period. Transnational and national economic actors from various business sectors (oil and auto mining and forestry food and chemical bioenergy etc.) are eagerly acquiring or declaring their intention to acquire large areas of land on which to build maintain or extend large-scale extractive and agro-industrial enterprises to help secure their own food and energy needs into the future. This book provides a critical appraisal of the growing phenomenon of land grabbing in Africa. Far from being a technical issue associated "good governance" the problem of land grabbing by transnational corporation and states is a serious threat for the food security of millions of Africans and is undoubtedly one of the great challenges of our time for development on the continent. The case studies illustrate that African states are also complicit in the massive land grabbing by actively participating in isolated development while excluding the local communities. The case studies reveal key features that characterize how the global land grab plays out in specific localities in Africa. This book was published as a special issue of African Identities. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138056930

Land Grabs in AsiaWhat Role for the Law? Although there is no universally accepted definition of the term "land grabbing" ordinary people whose livelihoods are adversely affected by land grabbing know exactly what it is. It involves the physical capture and control of land and homes including the usurpation of the power to decide how and when these will be used and for what purposes – with little or no prior consultation or compensation to the displaced communities. This thought-provoking book defines land grabbing and examines aspects of the land grabs phenomenon in seven Asian countries researched and written by country-specific legal scholars. The book provides unique perspectives on how and why land grabbing is practised in China India Pakistan Cambodia Malaysia Myanmar and Indonesia and explores the surprising role that law plays in facilitating and legitimizing land grabs in each country. In contrast to most of the literature which law focuses on foreign investors’ rights under international law here the focus is on domestic laws and legal infrastructures. Finding that Asian States need to move beyond existing regimes that govern land to a regime that encourages more equitable land rights allocation and protection of stakeholders’ rights the book urges further research in the nexus between the use of law to facilitate development. Land Grabs in Asia is the first book to explore land grabbing in multiple jurisdictions in Asia. As such it will appeal to students and scholars of law and development law and society and international relations as well as being essential reading for development policy-makers and government ministers. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138554122

Land Law This book brings together a team of leading authorities on land law to analyse the key debates and policy issues in this area of the law with the main chapters addressing proprietary and non-proprietary rights registration easements leases co-ownership and trusts mortgages and land law and human rights. Many of the policies and assumptions which underlie land law have immense significance in economic social and emotional terms upon individuals lives. This book set out to analyse the current tensions within land law such as the conflicting needs for certainty and fairness and the difficult balance which has to be drawn between protecting existing property rights and simplifying conveyancing to ensure the easy transfer of land. Particular attention is paid to the likely impact of the Human Rights Act. Land Law: issues debates policy will be essential reading for students practitioners and others seeking an understanding of the key issues and debates surrounding this area of the law. Media > Books > E-books Willan 9781843924609

Land Law Key Facts Key Cases: Land Law will ensure you grasp the main concepts of your Land Law module with ease. This book explains the facts and associated case law for: The definition of land The registered land system Co-ownership Express resulting and constructive trusts in land Leases Key rights in land such as easements and covenants Mortgages Proprietary estoppel and licences. Adverse possession Key Facts Key Cases is the essential series for anyone studying law at LLB postgraduate and conversion courses.　The series provides the　simplest and most effective way to absorb and retain all of the material essential for passing your exams. Each chapter includes: diagrams at the start of chapters to summarise key points structured headings and numbered points to allow for clear recall of the essential points charts and tables to break down more complex information Chapters are also supported by a Key Cases section which provides the simplest and most effective way to absorb and memorise essential cases needed for exam success. Essential and leading cases are explained The style layout and explanations are user friendly　 Cases are broken down into key components by use of a clear system of symbols for quick and easy visual recognition Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415833332

Land Law and Policy in Papua New Guinea First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge-Cavendish 9781138169371

Land Law and Urban Policy in ContextEssays on the Contributions of Patrick McAuslan This book is a collection of essays honouring and engaging with the work of the late Professor Patrick McAuslan. It is a collection that narrates analyses and critiques McAuslan’s contributions as well as offering substantive perspectives on how his work has impacted the legal fields in which he was involved: including those of land law urban planning law and policy land use and participation in developing countries democratic constitutionalism and legal education. The essays present McAuslan’s contributions in the contexts in which they emerged and according to both the circumstances and motivations that shaped them as well as the challenges they encountered. It thus provides an ideal point of engagement for scholars students and policy makers that have already interacted with McAuslan’s ideas and work or who have yet to do so. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138590823

Land Law in India This book is a critical study of the laws regulating landownership patterns. Land and land law are woven into the fabric of our society and are therefore integral to the substantive questions of equality and developmental ideologies of the state. This volume uncovers the socio-economic realities that surround land and approaches the law from the standpoint of the marginalized landless and the dispossessed. This book: Undertakes an extensive survey of existing legislations both at the union and state level through a range of analytical tables; Discusses the issues of land reform; abolition of intermediaries and tenancy reform; need for redistribution; ceilings on agricultural holdings; law of land acquisition; legal construction of public purpose and displacement dispossession compensation and rehabilitation to construct a case for redistribution; Inquires into the phenomenon of landlessness that widely prevails in India today and lays bare its causes. An invaluable resource this volume will be an essential read for all students and researchers of law political studies sociology political economy exclusion studies development studies and Asian studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge India 9780367141943

Land Law Lawcards 2012-2013 Routledge Lawcards are your complete pocket-sized guides to key examinable areas of the undergraduate law curriculum and the CPE/GDL. Their concise text user-friendly layout and compact format make them an ideal revision aid. Helping you to identify understand and commit to memory the salient points of each area of the law shouldn’t you make Routledge Lawcards your essential revision companions? Fully updated and revised with all the most important recent legal developments Routledge Lawcards are packed with features: Revision checklists help you to consolidate the key issues within each topic Colour coded highlighting really makes cases and legislation stand out Full tables of cases and legislation make for easy reference Boxed case notes pick out the cases that are most likely to come up in exams Diagrams and flowcharts clarify and condense complex and important topics '...an excellent starting point for any enthusiastic reviser. The books are concise and get right down to the nitty-gritty of each topic.' - Lex Magazine Routledge Lawcards are supported by a Companion Website offering: Flashcard glossaries allowing you to test your understanding of key terms and definitions Multiple Choice Questions to test and consolidate your revision of each chapter Advice and tips to help you better plan your revision and prepare for your exams Titles in the Series: Commercial Law; Company Law; Constitutional Law; Contract Law; Criminal Law; Employment Law; English Legal System; European Union Law; Evidence; Equity and Trusts; Family Law; Human Rights; Intellectual Property Law; Jurisprudence; Land Law; Tort Law Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415683432

Land Law Reform in Eastern AfricaTraditional or Transformative? Land Law Reform in East Africa reviews development and changes in the statutory land laws of 7 countries in Eastern Africa over the period 1961 – 2011. The book is divided into two parts. Part 1 sets up the conceptual framework for consideration of the reforms and pursues a contrast between transformational and traditional developments; where the former aim at change designed to ensure social justice in land laws and the latter aim to continue the overall thrust of colonial approaches to land laws and land administration. Part 2 provides an in-depth and critical survey of the land law reforms introduced into each country during the era of land law reform which commenced around 1990. The overall effect of the reforms has Patrick McAuslan argues been traditional: it was colonial policy to move towards land markets individualisation of land tenure and the demise of customary tenure all of which characterise the post 1990 reforms. The culmination of over 50 years of working in this area Land Law Reform in East Africa will be invaluable reading for scholars of land law and of law and development more generally. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415833912

Land LawA Problem-Based Approach Problem-Based Learning is a way of learning that presents a practical problem scenario in the context of which learning is conducted. Normally students are taught law through the transmission of information about legal principles and not presented with problems until they have accumulated enough information to solve them. In PBL discussion and analysis of the problem starts the process of learning rather than acting as an end point. As a curriculum concept it is becoming increasingly common in law schools as the use of problem scenarios helps to trigger awareness of legal issues and to engage interest by highlighting the real-world ramifications. This new textbook creates a fresh approach to learning land law through the use of scenarios found in real-life which bring what is often perceived to be a dry and difficult subject to life. This helps both to engage the student and make the subject more accessible as well as demonstrating to students how land law actually operates in the real world. Land Law is often seen as an esoteric subject with lots of technicalities and complex vocabulary and students often forget the context in which it operates. With Land Law: A Problem-Based Approach context is placed at the heart of learning. Students are learning through application rather than via an abstract set of rules and can therefore gain a deeper understanding of how land law works not just what it is. Unlike other textbooks Land Law: A Problem-Based Approach integrates a thorough exposition of the law with practice facilitating a more active learning approach and helping students to engage directly with the key cases and statutes to develop key skills of analysis problem-solving and application. Written in a clear and concise style but without sacrificing detail or analysis the book guides the reader towards a deeper understanding of the land law curriculum. Key features include:• An introductory chapter outlining the problem-based learning approach and how to use the book.• Content overviews at the start of each chapter which provide a useful outline of the chapter’s content and the key principles• PBL scenarios at the start of each chapter which provide the real-life context to each topic and help to familiarise readers with the legal language and style they will encounter. Together with the relevant supporting documents these scenarios are referenced and integrated throughout the chapter• ‘let’s put this into context’ boxes which require students to apply the law that they have learnt back to the problem scenario and offer opportunities to reflect and consolidate on the content covered • Essential Cases and Essential Statutes boxes reinforce the essential role of cases and legislation in the development and application of land law and help students identify key cases and legislation for revision purposes• Understanding Terminology boxes and an online glossary help students to get to grips with the technical terms and vocabulary unique to land law• Tables and diagrams explain difficult concepts and rules ideal for visual learners• Tips and notes highlight key issues and make links between different aspects of the law without interrupting the flow of the text.• Specimen exam-style questions are ideal for revision and help to provide opportunities to apply learning and practice exam technique Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415844901

Land MattersLandscape Photography Culture and Identity In this major work on landscape photography extensively illustrated in colour and black & white Liz Wells is concerned with the ways in which photographers engage with issues about land its representation and idealisation. She demonstrates how the visual interpretation of land as landscape reflects and reinforces contemporary political social and environmental attitudes. She also asks what is at stake in landscape photography now through placing critical appraisal of key examples of work by photographers working in for example the USA in Europe Scandinavia and Baltic areas within broader art historical and political concerns. This illuminating book will interest readers in photography and media geography art history and travel as well as those concerned with environmental issues. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781845118648

Land of ExileContemporary Korean Fiction An anthology of contemporary Korean fiction including: "The Wife and Children"; "The Post Horse Curse"; "Mountains"; "Kapitan Ri"; "The Winter"; and "A Dream of Good Fortune." Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003059622

Land Of The Pharaohs First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415649568

Land of White Gloves?A history of crime and punishment in Wales Land of White Gloves? is an important academic investigation into the history of crime and punishment in Wales. Beginning in the medieval period when the limitations of state authority fostered a law centred on kinship and compensation the study explores the effects of the introduction of English legal models culminating in the Acts of Union under Henry VIII. It reveals enduring traditions of extra-legal dispute settlement rooted in the conditions of Welsh Society. The study examines the impact of a growing bureaucratic state uniformity in the nineteenth century and concludes by examining the question of whether distinctive features are to be found in patterns of crime and the responses to it into the twentieth century. Dealing with matters as diverse as drunkenness and prostitution industrial unrest and linguistic protests and with punishments ranging from social ostracism to execution the book draws on a wide range of sources primary and secondary and insights from anthropology social and legal history. It presents a narrative which explores the nature and development of the state the theoretical and practical limitations of the criminal law and the relationship between law and the society in which it operates. The book will appeal to those who wish to examine the relationships between state control and social practice and explores the material in an accessible way which will be both useful and fascinating to those interested in the history of Wales and of the history of crime and punishment more generally. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138288577

Land Ownership And Taxation In American Agriculture This book examines the foundations of the system for owning and taxing agricultural land in the United States. It considers the conditions of land policy at several levels of government and questions some of the historical views of progress. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367160951

Land PolicyPlanning and the Spatial Consequences of Property Good land policy provides a diversity of land uses with plural property relations. No single kind of property rules fits the purposes of all types of land uses. Neither is a de-tached single family house like a community garden nor a highway like a retail chain. Each land use needs its own property "fingerprint." The concept of Western ownership works with home ownership but fails with community gardens highways or retail chains. Western ownership also fails in informal settings particularly in the global South although informality does not at all entail the absence of property relations. In everyday practice private and common property relations often accommodate a wide variety of demands made by the owners and users of land. In a stark contrast many theories of property and land policy fail to recognize plural property relations. The polyrational theory of planning and property reconciles practice and theory. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138209893

Land Privatization in MexicoUrbanization Formation of Regions and Globalization in Ejidos This book analyzes [ejido] land as space of urbanization and location of economic activities and capital and land privatization as a redistributive process with local urban regional and global consequences. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415655354

Land Problems in Palestine The land question in Palestine evoked an unprecedented interest on the part of the Jewish public in the 1920s. This book first published in 1926 studies the various phases of the land policy of the National Fund the standard bearer of national Jewish land policy in Palestine. The problems of Jewish land policy were precipitated into the foreground because all Zionist groups came to realise the key role which the soil itself was thought to play in Jewish Palestine and the imperative to own the land itself. A single thought runs through this book: that the Jewish Homeland can be erected only upon nationalized land. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138907355

Land Reclamation in Ecological Fragile AreasProceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Land Reclamation and Ecological Restoration (L Land Reclamation in Ecological Fragile Areas contains the proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Land Reclamation and Ecological Restoration (LRER 2017 Xi’an China 20-23 October 2017). The contributions cover a wide range of topics: • Mining impact on environment• Monitoring prediction and assessment of mining impact on land environment• Mining methods and measurements to minimize the land and environment impact• Mining and reclamation policies regulations and standard • AMD treatment• Soil and landscape reconstruction• Revegetation and biodiversity protection• Subsidence land reclamation and ecological restoration• Surface mined land reclamation and ecological restoration• Solid wastes management waste dump and tailings pond restoration• Case study• Abandoned mine land reclamation and ecological restoration• Contaminated land remediation• Reclaimed land monitoring and evaluation• Land reclamation supervision• Products and industrialization• Education technology transfer and international cooperation of mine land reclamation• “The Belt and Road Initiative” and mine land restoration Land Reclamation in Ecological Fragile Areas will be of interest to engineers scientists consultants government officials and students in this area. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138051034

Land Reform and Sustainable Development First published in 1999 this volume is unique in that it gives a valuable comparison between the current state of land reform and sustainable development across greater Europe. The chapters are broadly divided into those related to the established systems of land reform and sustainable development encountered in Western Europe and those which concentrate upon the evolving systems which are currently in the process of development in the former communist states of Eastern and Central Europe. The book is based on the papers presented at the 21st International Symposium of the European Faculty of Land Use and Development. The papers have been presented and peer-reviewed by some of the leading experts and practitioners of Land Reform in Europe. All papers have been extensively edited and revised and are presented as chapters within the three sections of the book: Land Reform Sustainable Development and Rural Land Development. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138369542

Land Reform In Brazil/h Throughout this book Brazilian terms are frequently used in preference to imperfect English translations or lengthy ~xplanations. A glossary ofsuch terms is provided for ready reference. Likewise I adhere to the Brazilian custom of using first names or cognomen interchangeably with or in preference to family names. Thus Joao Goulart is frequently referred to as Jango; JSnio Quadros as JSnio etc. Also in keeping with common Brazilian usage I refer to the overthrow of the Goulart administration in 1964 as the "revolution." This usage is a convenience and does not constitute a judgment of the true character of the event. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367020668

Land Reform in Developing CountriesProperty Rights and Property Wrongs First published in 2009. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415615563

Land Reform in Zimbabwe: Constraints and Prospects This title was first published in 2000. Drs Tanya Bowyer-Bower and Colin Stoneman compile the views of top researchers members of Government civil society NGOs funders and Zimbabwe’s three farmers’ unions. The history of land reform in Zimbabwe is addressed and the current proposed reform policies comparison between programmes elsewhere in Southern Africa and implications including for rural and urban welfare the economy the environment the law and for women. The result is an invaluable overview of this crucial and contentious issue including constructive suggestions for consensual ways forward. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138741874

Land Reform PolicyThe Challenge of Human Rights Law Originally published in 2004. The book examines the possibility of resolving past and continuing social injustices that are rooted in colonial or some such other similar experience of states from a variety of perspectives. First the issue is examined from an international law perspective which evaluates the validity of counter claims to title to land in affected SADC states. Secondly the issue is examined from a human rights perspective which privileges promotion for the respect of the inherent dignity of all persons. Thirdly the issue is examined from victimology and psychology schools of thought in order to understand both the effect and impact on stakeholders of the operative dynamics in conflicts that arise from long standing social injustices that are connected to colonial or some such other similar historical experience of States. The book proposes humwefficiency as a model for resolution of this type of conflict. This model targets preservation of the inherent dignity of all stakeholders by combining international human rights morality with local intuition about land ownership and use. In this sense the book takes human rights theory beyond politics and utopia and applies it to foster new social engineering technologies for the resolution of social injustices and promotion of social justice. This is justified by the fact that the human rights culture has evolved in a considerably short period of time to become the dominant culture of the world. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138358294

Land ReformA World Survey This book lays down some general themes and principles in the study of land reform and traces the historical evolution of the concept of land reform. It constitutes a continent-based country-by-country survey of the significant recent reforms in the less developed countries. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367171926

Land Reforms and Natural Resource Conflicts in AfricaNew Development Paradigms in the Era of Global Liberalization This book is a critical examination of the place and role of land in Africa the role of land in political formation and national identification and the land as an economic resource within both national economic development and liberal globalization. Colonial and post-colonial conflicts have been rooted in four related claims: the struggle over scarce resources especially access to land resources; abundance of natural resources mismanaged or appropriated by both the states local power systems and multinationals; weak or absent articulated land tenure policies leading to speculation or hybrid policy framework; and the imperatives of the global liberalization based on the free market principles to regulate the land question and mineral appropriation issue. The actualization of these combined claims have led to conflicts among ethnic groups or between them and governments. This book is not only about conflicts but also about local policy achievements that have been produced on the land question. It provides a critical understanding of the forces and claims related to land tenure systems as part of the state policy and its system of governance. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138092686

Land Registration and Title Security in the Digital AgeNew Horizons for Torrens This book examines the current state of and emerging issues in relation to the Torrens and other systems of land registration and the process of automation of land registration systems in jurisdictions where this is occurring worldwide. It analyses the impacts of advances in digital technology in this area and includes contributions from of a number of experts and leaders in this subject from a number of jurisdictions. While it has an Australasian bias there are important chapters outlining current challenges and developments in Scotland England and Wales Ireland and the Netherlands. The book will be relevant to those engaged in land registration and conveyancing processes including but not limited to property law practitioners and conveyancers academics in this field government and public policy experts law and property students and IT and IP experts especially those working on developing automated land registration systems. Media > Books > Print Books Informa Law from Routledge 9780367211776

Land Relations Policy in Southern African Development Community States First published in 2012. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415682299

Land Rent Housing and Urban PlanningA European Perspective Originally published in 1985 Land Rent Housing and Urban Planning looks at the crucial social relationships associated with land ownership and how these have played a crucial role in the economic development of many societies. The understanding of these relationships within modern capitalist societies has proved difficult. Land ownership relations emerge as requiring specific historical analysis for specific periods and societies and as being integral aspects of the capitalist mode of production as a whole – not merely mechanisms which redistribute some independently-determined surplus. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138494473

Land Resources Monitoring Modeling and Mapping with Remote Sensing A volume in the three-volume Remote Sensing Handbook series Land Resources Monitoring Modeling and Mapping with Remote Sensing documents the scientific and methodological advances that have taken place during the last 50 years. The other two volumes in the series are Remotely Sensed Data Characterization Classification and Accuracies and Remote Sensing of Water Resources Disasters and Urban Studies.In true handbook style the chapters in the volume have been carefully selected organized and designed to be self-contained so that you can focus on a chapter and read it through without having to be overly dependent on other chapters. This volume provides comprehensive theoretical and practical coverage of remote sensing of land resources that include vegetation and biomass agricultural croplands rangelands phenology and food security forests biodiversity ecology land use\land cover carbon and soils. Highlights include:Global terrestrial carbon and carbon budgetsPrecision farmingAgricultural systems studies and soil studiesGlobal croplands agricultural croplands and rangelandsFood security analysisBiodiversityLand use and land cover mappingMeasuring photosynthesis from spaceVegetation characterization and above ground biomass measurements and modelingHyperspectral remote sensingEcological studiesTropical forest characterizationHabitat mapping and monitoringIn a very practical way the book demonstrates the experience utility methods and models used in studying a wide array of land applications. Considered magnum opus on the subject the three-volume Remote Sensing Handbook is edited by Dr. Prasad S. Thenkabail a renowned interna Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367868970

Land Rights Biodiversity Conservation and JusticeRethinking Parks and People In the context of sustainable development recent land debates tend to construct two porous camps. On the one side norms of land justice and their advocates dictate that people’s rights to tenure security are tantamount and even sometimes key to successful conservation practice. On the other hand biodiversity protection and conservation advocates supported by global environmental organizations and states remain committed to conservation strategies steeped in genetics and biological sciences working on behalf of a "global" mandate for biodiversity and climate change mitigation. Land Rights Biodiversity Conservation and Justice seeks to illuminate struggles for land and territory in the context of biodiversity conservation. This edited volume explores the particular ideologies narratives and practices that are mobilized when the agendas of biodiversity conservation practice meet clash and blend with the demands for land and access and control of resources from people living in and in close proximity to parks. The book maintains that while biodiversity conservation is an important goal in a time where climate change is a real threat to human existence the successful and just future of biodiversity conservation is contingent upon land tenure security for local people. The original research gathered together in this volume will be of considerable interest to researchers of development studies political ecology land rights and conservation. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367820862

Land Rights in IndiaPolicies movements and challenges This volume engages with the topical issue of land rights in neoliberal India. It examines government policies laws land governance and land reforms from the perspective of social justice and people’s response to dispossession of land. Looking beyond the dominant discourse of land acquisition and the conception of land as a commodity for economic growth the book explores critical themes including issues of social identity culture livelihood and food security through a study of land reform; reviews existing land policies and legal dimensions; and discusses issues and challenges of land governance and land dependents as well as perspectives from people’s movements. Lucidly written based on empirical research and comprehensive in its treatment of a contentious concern this volume will be useful to scholars and researchers of economics and public policy development studies political science and political economy. It will also interest scholars of South Asian studies and sociology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge India 9780815395867

Land Solutions for Climate Displacement The threat of climate displacement looms large over a growing number of countries. Based on the more than six years of work by Displacement Solutions in ten climate-affected countries academic work on displacement and climate adaptation and the country-level efforts of civil society groups in several frontline countries this report explores the key contention that land will be at the core of any major strategy aimed at preventing and resolving climate displacement. This innovative and timely volume coordinated and edited by the Founder of Displacement Solutions Scott Leckie examines a range of legal policy and practical issues relating to the role of land in actively addressing the displacement consequences of climate change. It reveals the inevitable truth that climate displacement is already underway and being tackled in countries such as Bangladesh Kiribati Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands Tuvalu and the United States and proposes a series of possible land solution tools that can be employed to protect the rights of people and communities everywhere should they be forced to flee the places they call home. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138210011

Land Subsidence MitigationAquifer Recharge Using Treated Wastewater Injection This book examines the process of injecting treated wastewater into wells to replenish aquifers and thereby slow the process of land subsidence and help to mitigate coastal flooding. It explains how up to fifty percent of sea-level rise may be due to land subsidence and up to fifty percent of land subsidence may be due to aquifer compaction. The concepts covered discuss replenishing aquifers with clean water to reduce nutrient discharges into out-falled waterways; providing a sustainable supply of groundwater; reducing the rate of land subsidence; and protecting the groundwater from saltwater intrusion. Practical case studies from Virginia and California will be included. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138050761

Land Tax in AustraliaFiscal reform of sub-national government Land Tax in Australia demonstrates how land tax operates and is administered across State and local governments in Australia. International expert Vincent Mangioni reviews the current status and emerging trends in these taxes in Australia and compares them with the UK USA Canada Denmark and New Zealand. Using substantial original research the author sets out what Australia must do through practice and policy to reform and bring this tax into the 21st Century. The need for fiscal reform and strengthening the finances of Australia’s sub-national government is long overdue. These reforms aim to minimise the taxpayer revolts encountered in previous attempts at land tax reform while improving tax effort in line with other advanced OECD countries. This book provides an essential resource for all property professionals working in development valuation law investment as well as accountants tax economists and government administrators. It is highly recommended for students on property taxation legal and social science courses. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138831254

Land Tenure Boundary Surveys and Cadastral Systems Land is important to all aspects of human life and has a key role in the economic well-being of society therefore land tenure land ownership and real property law is a critical part of any developed nation. Together the processes of how land parcels are held; how they are defined measured and described to allow economic transactions; how they are marked to allow their use and defense; and how they are legally protected have allowed for the orderly possession and use of land. In doing so these processes have also provided the basis for the advanced economy of most developed nations. Very often these processes—land tenure boundary surveying and cadastral systems—are considered separately. They are very much interrelated and none of these processes may be completely understood without an understanding of the others.Land Tenure Boundary Surveys and Cadastral Systems provides an introduction to land tenure cadastral systems and boundary surveying including an understanding of the interrelationship of these areas and their role in land tenure and real property law. This is especially true considering the advent of georeferenced cadastral maps reflecting the location of land parcels relative to many other components of the physical and legal infrastructure. Although intended as a basic text for college-level surveying courses this book should also be of significant value to cadastral mappers real property attorneys land title professionals and others involved with land transactions. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367574666

Land Tenure Conservation and Development in Southeast Asia This book examines the relationship between land tenure conservation and rural development in the context of the Southeast Asian archipelago. In particular it is concerned with people living in and around national parks and other protected areas. It discusses the value of reinforcing indigenous tenure and sustainable resource use practices and of including them in policies and projects that attempt to integrate conservation and development. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415649575

Land Tenure in Ibo Village in South-Eastern Nigeria This material on land tenure forms part of the date. collected during two tours in Nigeria between 1934 and 1937 while the author was the holder of a Leverbulme Research Fellowship for anthropological work among the Ibo people. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003135371

Land Tenure In The Ramesside Period First published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138974210

Land Use and Land Cover SemanticsPrinciples Best Practices and Prospects Explore the Important Role that the Semantics of Land Use and Land Cover Plays within a Broader Environmental Context Focused on the information semantics of land use and land cover (LULC) and providing a platform for reassessing this field Land Use and Land Cover Semantics: Principles Best Practices and Prospects presents a comprehensive overview of fundamental theories and best practices for applying semantics in LULC. Developed by a team of experts bridging relevant areas related to the subject (LULC studies ontology semantic uncertainty information science and earth observation) this book encourages effective and critical uses of LULC data and considers practical contexts where LULC semantics can play a vital role. The book includes work on conceptual and technological semantic practices including but not limited to categorization; the definition of criteria for sets and their members; metadata; documentation for data reuse; ontology logic restrictions; reasoning from text sources; and explicit semantic specifications ontologies vocabularies and design patterns. It also includes use cases from applicable semantics in searches LULC classification spatial analysis and visualization issues of Big Data knowledge　infrastructures and their organization and integration of bottom-up and top-down approaches to collaboration frameworks and interdisciplinary challenges such as EarthCube. This book: Centers on the link between planning goals objectives and policy and land use classification systems Uses examples of maps and databases to draw attention to the problems of semantic integration of land use/cover data Discusses the principles used in a categorization Explores the origins and impacts of semantic variation using the example of land cover Examines how crowd science and human perceptions can be used to improve the quality of land cover datasets and more Land Use and Land Cover Semantics: Principles Best Practices and Prospects offers an up-to-date account of land use/land cover semantics looks into aspects of semantic data modeling and discusses current approaches ongoing developments and future trends. The book provides guidance to anyone working with land use or land cover data looking to harmonize categories repurpose data or otherwise develop or use LULC datasets. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138747999

Land Use and the ConstitutionPrinciples for Planning Practice This practical handbook explains eight constitutional principles and applies them to real-world planning situations. These statements of principles reflect consensus opinions but the book also discusses points of dissent. It includes detailed summaries of more than fifty U.S. Supreme Court cases affecting land-use planning along with a comprehensive table of contents a cross-referenced index three matricies that relate sections of the book to one another and a summary of constitutional principles that relates them to land-use planning techniques. All of these features make it easy to locate key constitutional principles quickly. This book is the result of a 1987 symposium that brought together two dozen leading practitioners and scholars in the fields of planning and law. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367099442

Land Use and the States An enlarged and revised book which looks at some programs of state land use control. Focusing on the problems that have caused the public to demand such controls on the variety of legislative responses and on the problems of implementation that arise this study presents a rationale for the role of the state government in the land use field. Originally published in 1979 Media > Books > E-books RFF Press 9781315064406

Land Use and Urban FormThe Consumption Theory of Land Rent Originally published in 1987. The Consumption Theory of Land Rent or CTLR is a comprehensive model of the urban landscape developed by Grant Ian Thrall. Working from the basic idea that the same underlying processes account for the spatial structure of all places Thrall shows how CTLR can be used as a tool to explain and predict the long-term consequences of policy decisions by governments such as introducing light rail rapid transit or parameter changes in the economy such as a general rise in real income. Thrall’s methodology for the analysis of land rent and land use in a significant research accomplishment and a major analytical tool for students and professionals within city planning regional science urban geography and urban economics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138055797

Land Use Change and Mountain Biodiversity Part of the worldwide biodiversity program DIVERSITAS the Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (GMBA) assesses the biological richness of high-elevation biota. GMBA’s focus includes the uppermost forest regions or their substitute rangeland vegetation the treeline ecotone and the alpine and nival belts. Providing more than description the GMBA explains the causes of biological richness and how diversity changes over time. Because biodiversity changes often result from human land use part of the GMBA agenda is the assessment of land use impacts. These assessments are critical in low-latitude regions where land use pressure on upland biota is the greatest. The chapters of Land Use Change and Mountain Biodiversity derive from a peer-review process that followed presentations offered at two GMBA workshops one in Tanzania and the other in Bolivia. More than 50 researchers actively participated in these events discussing information from all major mountain regions with a particular focus on the Andes and on African mountains. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367453886

Land Use ChangeScience Policy and Management Changes in the use of land reflect a variety of environmental and social factors necessitating an equally varied suite of data to be used for effective analysis. While remote sensing both from satellites and air photos provides a central resource for study socio-economic surveys censuses and map sources also supply a wealth of valid information. Land Use Change: Science Policy and Management presents spatial theories and methodologies that support an integrated approach to the analysis of land use change. Focusing on spatial representation and modeling this book addresses such important scientific issues as the dynamics of change integration and feedback between system elements and scale issues in space and time. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367387952

Land Use Effects on Streamflow and Water Quality in the Northeastern United States Filling a long-standing need for a desk reference that synthesizes current research Land Use Effects on Streamflow and Water Quality in the Northeastern United States reviews and discusses the impact of forest management agriculture and urbanization. The book provides a gateway to the diverse scientific literature that is urgently needed to understand and solve ubiquitous watershed management problems. The authors use an in-depth approach that focuses on the science behind sound management principles and practices. The book begins with a summary of the scientific principles and processes that define and govern the interactions between activities on land and conditions in streams lakes and estuaries. Building on these principles later chapters progress from basic science to small-scale controlled field experiments to landscape-scale studies and their watershed management implications. This nested format parallels the development of watershed management projects and solutions. The deliberate integration of land use history ecology hydrology chemistry and resource management avoids the artificial separation of inter-related watershed characteristics and tracks causes and effects over realistic time scales. The authors present the hydrologic and water quality principles on which to construct management plans for water supply watersheds across a wide range of sizes configurations and time scales. Rigorously reviewed by a distinguished panel of scientists and watershed managers the book benefits from their collective experience across the full range of watershed science and management. It provides a diverse audience with the opportunity to update and expand their knowledge in critical areas of watershed science and management. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367389031

Land Use IntensificationEffects on Agriculture Biodiversity and Ecological Processes By 2050 the global population of humans is predicted to increase by 35%. Approximately 70% more food may be required and this will take place against a backdrop of 15-40% land degradation. This book examines land use intensification and biodiversity conservation and its impacts. It also discusses whether suites of species and/or functional groups of taxa will either benefit or suffer from land use intensification and whether it is possible to make robust predictions of biotic responses across landscapes regions and continents. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781466517141

Land Use Planning Environmental Protection and Growth ManagementThe Florida Experience This book examines the history and impact of Florida's Comprehensive Planning legislation. Topics include coastal zone management solid waste planning land use impacts planning strategies and more. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367579425

Land Use ScenariosEnvironmental Consequences of Development Any alteration of the natural processes occurring on a piece of land will have expected as well as unanticipated effects and those effects have little regard for arbitrary human boundaries. Consequently it is not enough for land managers to consider only how they might maintain the parcels for which they are responsible; they must also anticipate how changes to neighboring lands might impact their properties. Land Use Scenarios: Environmental Consequences of Development demonstrates how the success of local decision making is largely determined by factors that are difficult to control or forecast. It shows the importance of geographic vulnerability analysis which takes into consideration possible scenarios about how where and when future patterns of land use might develop. It points to the consideration of critical uncertainties—those aspects of the future that while difficult to predict may have a profound impact on pending decisions. Detailing research supported by the United States Marine Corps the text presents a study of the region of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton and Air Station Miramar in California. While this area remains largely un-built but extensively used ongoing regional growth is having dramatic impact on the land and must be factored into any decision making. This research— Provides a better understanding of the potential consequences of urban development on native flora and fauna Describes theoretical concerns prompted by scenario-based projections Gives an overview of the history of scenario-based techniques for urban and regional planning Helps define measures for maintaining undeveloped lands in rapidly developing areas In publishing this research the investigators provide information regarding issues of urban development and possible environmental consequences to stakeholders and jurisdictions whose actions may influence the future of the region. More broadly the book will aid managers and stakeholders from other areas to engage spatial contingencies toward the goal of developing more resilient landscapes. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138112308

Land Use-Transport Interaction Models Transport and the spatial location of population and activities have been important themes of study in engineering social sciences and urban and regional planning for many decades. However an integrated approach to the modelling of transport and land use has been rarely made and common practice has been to model both phenomena independently.This book presents an introduction to the modelling of land use and transport interaction (LUTI) with a theoretical basis and a presentation of the broad state of the art. It also sets out the steps for building an operational LUTI model to provide a concrete application. The authors bring extensive experience in this cross-disciplinary field primarily for an academic audience and for professionals seeking a thorough introduction. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367884550

Land Value TaxationAn Applied Analysis This study of the strategic policy and operational characteristics of Land Value Taxation is a unique and original contribution to Elston knowledge. McCluskey and Franzsen provide a clear and detailed synthesis of existing Land Value Taxation systems and address the perceived advantages and disadvantages of such systems. The implications of this work based on a two-tier analysis of selected countries will be critical in terms of informing policy makers when contemplating reviews of existing Land Value Taxation systems or its possible introduction. The empirical research underpinning this work has attempted to concisely provide the role of land value systems within the selected case study countries. The work has clearly identified a number of challenges being faced by those countries and jurisdictions that currently utilise land value tax systems. Given these challenges this book is timely in that it provides detailed expositions of property tax systems that are undergoing significant change and reform. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315250946

Landau Fermi Liquids and Beyond This book consolidates the older and more recent concepts on weakly-interacting fermions where traditional many-body techniques are adequate. Targeting primarily the advanced undergraduates and graduates the author has included plenty of examples and problems from contemporary topics of research. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781498755436

Landed Interest and the Supply of Food First Published in 1967. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415760294

Landesque CapitalThe Historical Ecology of Enduring Landscape Modifications This book is the first comprehensive global treatment of landesque capital a widespread concept used to understand anthropogenic landscapes that serve important economic social and ritual purposes. Spanning the disciplines of anthropology human ecology geography archaeology and history chapters combine theoretical rigor with in-depth empirical studies of major landscape modifications from ancient to contemporary times. They assess not only degradation but also the social political and economic institutions and contexts that make sustainability possible. Offering tightly edited original contributions from leading scholars this book will have a lasting influence on the study long-term human-environment relations in the human and natural sciences. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781611323870

Landfill Bioreactor Design & Operation Using biotechnology to help control landfill processes can mitigate costs shorten the time needed to process solid waste and ease the typical ecological damage to the land being used. This first-of-its-kind book provides regulators designers landfill owners and operators with information that supports the utility of landfill bioreactors and provides design and operating criteria essential for the successful application of this technology. It pulls together laboratory pilot and full-scale experiences into one concise guide to designing and running municipal landfills as bioreactors. Landfill Bioreactor Design and Operation covers the history and background of landfill technology research studies of actual bioreactor landfills expected leachate and gas yields specific design criteria operation guidelines and reuse of landfill sites to avoid having to establish new sites. For anyone looking for an alternative to large wasteful landfill sites this book provides a practical alternative to the problem. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203749555

Landfilling of WasteBarriers In view of the great demand for information regarding landfills a series of international reference books on landfilling of waste has been established. This book the second volume deals with lining and leachate collection. It consists of edited selected contributions to the International Symposia on Sanitary Landfills held in Sardinia every second year. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367863661

Landfilling of WasteBiogas Landfilling of Waste: Biogas is the third in a series of reference books which provide a comprehensive overview of the state of the art and identify new directions in landfill technology and landfill research. As well as describing gas generation and composition the book covers the environmental aspects discusses gas production extraction and transportation treatment and utilization emissions and safety and ends with a selection of case studies. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367863548

Landfilling of WasteLeachate Landfilling of waste has increased dramatically over recent years and there have been many examples of landfills which are unacceptable on environmental and health grounds. This is one of a group of international reference books which address this problem specifically in this case covering the strongly contaminated wastewater developed from landfills. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367864057

Landing on the Wrong NoteJazz Dissonance and Critical Practice An imaginative and passionate synthesis of form and function Landing on the Wrong NOte goes beyond mainstream jazz criticism outlining a new poetics of jazz that emerges not from the ivory tower but from the clubs performances and lives of today's jazz musicians. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203901007

Landlessness And Migration In Nepal This book aims to describe understand and explain the social political and geographic consequences of frontier migration focusing on landlessness nearlandlessness and spontaneous settlement among hill migrants in the Tarai of Nepal. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367162702

Land-locked States of Africa and Asia Since 1991 more than a dozen new land-locked states have emerged to be confronted with the geostrategic problems of access and communications. Contributors present the implications of land-lockedness and the historical development of trade routes. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315037943

Landlord Power and Rural Indebtedness in Colonial Sind Investigates the alliance between the British administration and the Muslim landed magnates who dominated the countryside and provides valuable insights into the emergence of the elite's governing Pakistan today. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138993006

Landlords And StrangersEcology Society And Trade In Western Africa 1000-1630 This book includes numerous extracts from contemporaneous sources that vividly portray the peoples and lands of western Africa. It delineates historical processes in the context of climate change expanding trade networks and widespread state building. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367154165

Landmark Essays in Contemporary Writing Center Studies This volume collects essential writings in the field of writing center studies as it has blossomed and developed since the 1995 publication of Landmark Essays on Writing Centers. These writings offer a new generation of writing center readers' provocative ideas and research-based praxis on the topics covered in the book’s four parts: Writing Center History Critical Perspectives on Current Practices Writing Center Research and Writing Centers in New Spaces. Its provocative chapters discuss issues including student agency collaboration social justice and marginalized populations community engagement and online writing instruction. Landmark Essays in Contemporary Writing Center Studies provides an up-to-date introduction to new students and a useful reference for long-time practitioners. It is essential reading for undergraduate and graduate students in composition and education as well as writing center staff and directors. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367206406

Landmark Essays on Advanced CompositionVolume 10 As advanced composition continues to grow as an important sub-area of rhetoric and composition it becomes increasingly more important for scholars and teachers to have access to key studies produced in the field. Providing a comprehensive overview of significant work on the theory and pedagogy of advanced composition generated between 1980 and 1995 this collection contains 24 essays and articles previously published in major scholarly books and journals. Divided into four major areas this book: * explores how individuals and institutions over the last 15 years have constructed advanced composition courses and programs * attempts to articulate what distinguishes advanced composition courses students and pedagogies from those commonly encountered in first-year composition * outlines specific pedagogies for advanced composition and * investigates how scholarship can inform advanced composition and examines several political and ethical issues. The essays presented here chronicle composition's struggle to define and construct an appropriate writing course on the advanced level. Although these essays have clear historical value -- in that together they trace attempts to come to terms with advanced composition -- they also have implications for future work in the area. They suggest how educators might continue to draw on scholarship both within and outside of composition to investigate relevant theoretical issues and to construct effective advanced pedagogies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138177260

Landmark Essays on American Public AddressVolume 1 This volume traces the historical evolution of American academic thought concerning public address -- what it is how it ought to be studied and what can be learned by engaging rhetorical texts in an analytical fashion. To begin one must distinguish among three separate but interrelated uses of the term "public address" -- as practice theory and criticism. The essays in this volume represent landmarks in the literal sense of that term -- they are marks on the intellectual landscape that indicate where scholars and ideas have passed and in that passing left a mark for future generations. It is appropriate to revisit the landmarks that have set public address off as a field of study and it allows readers to remember the struggles that have led to the current situation. Most of the authors of the following chapters are deceased but their ideas live on -- transformed adapted modified rejected and reborn. The scholarly dialectic continues. What constitutes a study in public address how best to approach rhetorical texts which analytical tools are required for the job how best to balance text with context and what role ought theory to play in the conduct or outcome of critical inquiry -- these questions live on. To answer them at all is to engender debate and that is how it should be if the intellectual vitality of public address is to be maintained. The papers are a prolegomenon to such studies for they mark where scholars have been and point the way to where they still must go. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003059196

Landmark Essays on Archival Research Landmark Essays on Archival Research gathers over twenty years of essays addressing archival research methodologies and methods. They give readers a sense of how scholars have articulated archival research over the last two decades providing insight into the shifts research methods have undergone given emerging technologies changing notions of access emerging concerns about issues of representation fluid definitions of what constitutes an archive and the place of archival research in hybrid research methods. This collection explores archival research involving a range of disciplinary interests and will be on interest to scholars working on topics related to postmodern feminist working class and cultural issues. With archival research now ubiquitous illustrated by the recent number of published collections journal articles conference sessions and pedagogical treatises devoted to the topic this volume appeals to a broad range of scholarly fields and areas of study. Primary archival investigation leads to novel insights and publications and has a place in most of the research being conducted by compositions and rhetoric scholars. This volume will chart the recent historical trends of archival methodologies and suggest future directions for research. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138897878

Landmark Essays on Aristotelian RhetoricVolume 14 There is little doubt that Aristotle's Rhetoric has made a major impact on rhetoric and composition studies. This impact has not only been chronicled throughout the history of rhetoric but has more recently been contested as contemporary rhetoricians reexamine Aristotelian rhetoric and its potential for facilitating contemporary oral and written expression. This volume contains the full text of Father William Grimaldi's monograph studies in the philosophy of Aristotle's Rhetoric. The eight essays presented here are divided into three rubrics: history and philosophical orientation theoretical perspectives and historical impact. This collection provides teachers and students with major works on Aristotelian rhetoric that are difficult to acquire and offers readers an opportunity to become active participants in today's deliberations about the merits of Aristotelian rhetoric for contemporary teaching and research. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003059240

Landmark Essays on Bakhtin Rhetoric and WritingVolume 13 The essays in this collection give voice to the plurality of approaches that scholars in the field of rhetoric and composition have when they set forth to assimilate Bakhtin for their varied purposes. The collection is arranged in three major sections. The first attempts to capture the most important theoretical extensions of Bakhtin's ideas and does so with an emphasis on what Bakhtin might contribute to the present understanding of language and rhetoric. The next section explores the implications of Bakhtin's work for both disciplinary identity and writing pedagogy. The final section looks at how Bakhtinian thought can be used to bring new light to concerns that his work either does not address or could not have imagined addressing concerns ranging from writing across the curriculum to feminism and from computer discourse to the writing of a corporation annual report. Together these essays demonstrate how fruitfully and imaginatively Bakhtin's ideas can be appropriated for a context that he could not have anticipated. They also serve as an invitation to sustain the dialogue with Bakhtin in the future so that researchers may yet come to realize the fortuitous ways that Bakhtin will continue to mean more than he said. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003059233

Landmark Essays on Basic WritingVolume 18 The essays selected for this volume address debilitating assumptions that place both students and teachers of basic writing as well as the discipline itself on the margins of educational economic and political localities of influence. The collection presents readers with previously published essays that together depict the fundamental and shifting theoretical methodological and pedagogical assumptions of basic writing instruction over the past two decades. Arranged chronologically the essays examine such issues as defining basic writers the phenomenology of error cognitivism and writing instruction the social construction of remediation and the politics of basic writing pedagogy in a postmodern world. They collectively present what the contributors perceive as some of the most enduring and important debates in the field. At the same time they illustrate that neither the basic writing classroom nor recent scholarship need to be intellectually marginalized locations. By including primarily essays published between 1987 and 1997 the contributors bring together essays that historicize the preceding decades of scholarship and also anticipate the future of the field. The volume moves thematically from situating and defining basic writers and basic writing scholarship to questions of the relationships among methodology ideology and race. It closes with a series of essays that collectively move the field "Toward a Post-Critical Pedagogy of Basic Writing." Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138470828

Landmark Essays on Classical Greek RhetoricVolume 3 This volume's purpose is to provide students and scholars of classical rhetoric with a set of exemplary works in the area of Greek rhetorical theory. Many of the articles included here are not easily accessible and have been selected with the intent of providing graduate and undergraduate students with a useful collection of secondary source materials. This book is also envisioned as a useful text for scholars who will benefit from having these sources more readily available. Scholarship in classical Greek rhetorical theory typically is aimed at one of these two goals: * Historical reconstruction is work that attempts to understand the contributions of past theorists or practitioners. Scholars involved in the historical reconstruction of Greek rhetorical theories attempt to understand the cultural context in which these theories originally appear. * Contemporary appropriation is work that attempts to utilize the insights of past theorists or practitioners in order to inform current theory or criticism. Rather than describe rhetorical theory as it evolved through the contingencies of the past scholars who attempt the contemporary appropriation of classical texts do so in order to shed insight on rhetorical concerns as they are manifested in today's environment. As can be seen in the following articles historical reconstruction and contemporary appropriation differ in terms of goals and methods. Because the goal of historical reconstruction is to capture the past -- insofar as possible -- on its own terms the methods of the historian and in classical work the philologist are appropriate. As a result many of the papers draw heavily on the original Greek terminology to describe a given theorist's contributions. All Greek words have been transliterated in this edition in order to improve readability. In addition the meanings of Greek words which are not explicitly discussed include a bracketed translation to make the text more accessible for non-Greek reading audiences. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138179868

Landmark Essays on Contemporary RhetoricVolume 15 This work brings together the pivotal scholarly essays responsible for the present resurgence in rhetorical studies. Assembled by one of the most respected senior scholars in the field of rhetoric the essays chart a course from tradition-based theory of civic rhetoric to ongoing issues of figuration power and gender. Together with a lucid introductory essay these studies help to integrate the still-volatile questions at the core of humanities scholarship in rhetoric. The introductory student as well as the seasoned scholar will gain familiarity and footing in this oldest--and still new--liberal art. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003059226

Landmark Essays on ESL WritingVolume 17 In recent years the number of nonnative speakers of English in colleges and universities in North America has increased dramatically. As a result more and more writing teachers have found themselves working with these English as a Second Language (ESL) students in writing classes that are designed primarily with monolingual native-English-speaking students in mind. Since the majority of institutions require these students to enroll in writing courses at all levels it is becoming increasingly important for all writing teachers to be aware of the presence and special linguistic and cultural needs of ESL writers. This increase in the ESL population has over the last 40 years been paralleled by a similar growth in research on ESL writing and writing instruction--research that writing teachers need to be familiar with in order to work effectively with ESL writers in writing classrooms of all levels and types. Until recently however this body of knowledge has not been very accessible to writing teachers and researchers who do not specialize in second language research and instruction. This volume is an attempt to remedy this problem by providing a sense of how ESL writing scholarship has evolved over the last four decades. It brings together 15 articles that address various issues in second language writing in general and ESL writing in particular. In selecting articles for inclusion the editors tried to take a principled approach. The articles included in this volume have been chosen from a large database of publications in second language writing. The editors looked for works that mirrored the state of the art when they were published and made a conscious effort to represent a wide variety of perspectives contributions and issues in the field. To provide a sense of the evolution of the field this collection is arranged in chronological order. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138149823

Landmark Essays on Historiographies of Rhetorics This reader presents essays that editor Victor Vitanza describes as "efforts at revisionary histories that are either quasi-traditional histories or radical subversive histories." They are influential works published over the past four decades by major rhetoricians and historians with radically different presumptions and challenges to the status quo of history. Their discussions present a full array of possible histories in terms of originations classicisms scientific objectivities temporalities literary criticisms feminisms modernity/post-modernity aesthetics and perpetually more and more contestations. Providing a forum for scholars’ original voices as the discussions have developed over the decades this collection is a unique and valuable text for advanced study on the history of rhetoric. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138913288

Landmark Essays on Rhetoric and Feminism1973-2000 "Feminism" and "rhetoric" have not always been overlapping terms. While neglected as subjects of scholarly interest for many years women were nonetheless developing rhetorical practices and traditions all along. In recent decades women writers speakers and feminist scholars have forged new theories of and practices for feminist rhetoric. These women have struggled to see re-shape and re-deploy the rhetorical tradition in ways that not only admit but embrace and celebrate women and feminist understandings to the benefit of all people. This volume is the culmination of much of the work done by those scholars. Edited by the leading experts in field Cheryl Glenn and Andrea A. Lunsford Landmark Essays on Rhetoric and Feminism earns its significance in several key ways: it includes work done by scholars from departments of communication English and writing studies as well as a variety of public intellectuals; it traces a series of encounters between rhetoric and feminism during the last three decades; and it highlights five themes that represent the history of encounters between rhetoric and feminism including (1) recovery and recuperation (2) methods and methodologies (3) practices and performances (4) pedagogical applications and implications and (5) new theories and histories. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415642156

Landmark Essays on Rhetoric and LiteratureVolume 16 The studies of rhetoric and literature have been closely connected on the theoretical level ever since antiquity and many great works of literature were written by men and women who were well versed in rhetoric. It is therefore well worth investigating exactly what these writers knew about rhetoric and how the practice of literary criticism has been enriched through rhetorical knowledge. The essays reprinted here have been arranged chronologically with two essays selected for each of six major periods: Antiquity the Middle Ages the Renaissance (including Shakespeare) the 17th century the 18th century and the 19th and 20th centuries. Some are more theoretically oriented whereas others become exercises in practical criticism. Some cover well-trod ground whereas others turn to parts of the rhetorical tradition that are often overlooked. Scholars in the field should benefit from having this material collected together and reprinted in one volume but the essays included here will also be useful to graduate students and advanced undergraduates for course work and general reading. Students of rhetoric seeking to understand how the principles of their field extend into other forms of communication will find this volume of interest as will students of literature seeking to refine their understanding of the various modes of literary criticism. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138465497

Landmark Essays on Rhetoric of Science: Case Studies Now in its Second Edition Landmark Essays on Rhetoric of Science: Case Studies presents fifteen iconic essays in science studies rhetorical criticism and argumentation. Integral to the launch of the Landmark Essays series and renowned for its impact on the then-nascent field of rhetoric of science this volume returns with a revised introduction and updated contributions to the field including the work of Leah Ceccarelli James Wynn Ashley Rose Mehlenbacher and Carolyn R. Miller. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138695894

Landmark Essays on Rhetoric of Science: Issues and Methods Landmark Essays in Rhetoric of Science: Issues and Methods compiles the essential readings of the vibrant field of rhetoric of science tracing the growth and core concerns of the field since its development in the 1970s. A companion to Randy Allen Harris’s foundational Landmark Essays in Rhetoric of Science: Case Studies this volume includes essays by such luminaries as Carolyn R. Miller Jeanne Fahnestock and Alan G. Gross along with an early prophetic article by Charles Sanders Pierce. Harris’s detailed introduction puts the field into its social and intellectual context and frames the important contributions of each essay which range from reimagining classical concepts like rhetorical figures and topical invention to Modal Materialism and the Neomodern hybridization of Actor Network Theory with Genre Studies. Race revolution and Daoism come up along the way and the empirical recalcitrance of the moon. This collection serves as a textbook for graduate and advanced undergraduate courses in science studies and is an invaluable resource for researchers concerned with science not as a special autonomous sacrosanct enterprise but as a set of value-saturated profoundly influential rhetorical practices. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138695924

Landmark Essays on Rhetorical CriticismVolume 5 This book is an anthology of landmark essays in rhetorical criticism. In historical usage a landmark marks a path or a boundary; as a metaphor in social and intellectual history landmark signifies some act or event that marks a significant achievement or turning point in the progress or decline of human effort. In the history of an academic discipline the historically established senses of landmark are mixed together jostling to set out and protect the turfmarkers of academic specialization; aligning footnotes to signify the beacons that have guided thought and against these "conservative" tendencies attempting to contribute fresh insights that tempt others along new trails. The editor has chosen essays for this collection that give some sense of the history of rhetorical criticism in this century especially as it has been practiced in the discipline of speech communication. He also emphasizes materials that may illustrate where the discipline conceives itself to be going -- how it has marked its boundaries; how it has established beacons to invite safety or warn us from the rocks; and how it has sought to preserve a tradition by subjecting it to constant revision and struggle. In the hope of providing some coherence the scope of this collection is limited to rhetorical criticism as it has been practiced and understood within the discipline of speech communication in North America in this century. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003059202

Landmark Essays on Rhetorical Genre Studies Landmark Essays on Rhetorical Genre Studies gathers major works that have contributed to the recent rhetorical reconceptualization of genre. A lively and complex field developed over the past 30 years Rhetorical Genre Studies is central to many current research and teaching agendas. This collection which is organized both thematically and chronologically explores genre research across a range of disciplinary interests but with a specific focus on rhetoric and composition. With introductions by the co-editors to frame and extend each section this volume helps readers understand and contextualize both the foundations of the field and the central themes and insights that have emerged. It will be of particular interest to students and scholars working on topics related to composition rhetoric professional and technical writing and applied linguistics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138047709

Landmark Essays on Rhetorics of Difference Landmark Essays on Rhetorics of Difference challenges the Eurocentric perspective from which the field of rhetoric is traditionally viewed. Taking a step beyond the creation of alternative rhetorics that maintain the centrality of the European and Greco-Roman tradition this volume argues on behalf of pluriversal rhetorics that coexist as equally important on their own terms. A timely addition to the respected Landmark Essays series it will be invaluable to students of history of rhetoric literacy composition and writing studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138506367

Landmark Essays on Speech and Writing Classical rhetoric was originally all about speech; then as the new technology emerged it took an interest in writing. We are at a kind of mirror moment now. The present field of composition and rhetoric has been preoccupied with writing for the last fifty or more years but scholars are looking once again at speech and how it relates to writing. At this moment then we are inheritors of research showing that writing can be thought of as different and yet not different from speech. In this Landmark Essays volume Peter Elbow a leading expert on speech and writing gathers a selection of classic essays that show the main streams of thinking that scholars have published about speech and writing. Through the interdisciplinary essays included he invites readers to think critically about the relationship between speech writing and our notion of literacy. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415641692

Landmark Essays on Tropes and Figures Landmark Essays on Tropes and Figures offers a thorough overview of the most influential essays on rhetorical tropes and figures providing a solid foundation for understanding this area of study. The book is divided into two parts. The first part deals with essays on the development of the concepts their definitions and their decline; the second part deals with applications: how figures and tropes have been used in various disciplinary domains from literary criticism to politics science advertising and music. This volumes spans writing from the early 20th century to contemporary work providing readers with a historically grounded base for study. It brings together book chapters and journal articles that would otherwise be difficult to locate providing a ready-made collection of readings on the topic of tropes and figures. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138925625

Landmark Essays on Writing Across the CurriculumVolume 6 Rhetoric as a general teaching -- while preaching locality of action and guidelines for handling that locality -- has tended from the beginning to serve as a universality. It has offered a generalized techne with only limited categories appropriate for all discursive situations at least for those that were not excluded from the realm of rhetoric. Nonetheless from its beginnings rhetoric limited its interests to certain activity fields such as law government religion and most important the educators of leaders in these activity fields. This collection presents landmarks showing where the Writing-Across-the-Curriculum (WAC) and Writing in the Disciplines (WID) movements have gone. They have opened up a number of prospects that were impossible to see when rhetoric and composition confined their gaze to relatively few discursive activities. This suggests that the rhetorical landscape is becoming more complex and interesting as well as more responsive to life in the complex differentiated societies that have emerged in the last few centuries. This volume will reveal to scholars and researchers a range of possibilities for the study of disciplinary discourse and its teaching and suggest to them new prospects for the future -- and for the better. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003059219

Landmark Essays on Writing CentersVolume 9 This collection introduces the reader to the ideas that have shaped writing center theory and practice. The essays have been selected not only for the insight they offer into issues but also for their contributions to writing center scholarship. These papers help to chart the legitimation of writing centers by providing both a history and an examination of the philosophies praxis and politics that have defined this emerging field. They demonstrate the ways a clearer profile of the discipline has emerged from the research and reflection of writers like those represented here. This volume charts the emergence of writing centers and the growing recognition of their contributions roles and importance. As a nascent discipline writing centers reflect the concerns with marginality and with finding a respected place in the academy that characterize any new field of academic inquiry practice and research. Concomitantly professionals in these fields seek standing within the academy and a way of defining and validating their contributions to the educational process. Contemporary writing center theorists look to interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary investigations to interpret the work they do and to clarify their aims to the academy at large. Their work employs a variety of philosophical perspectives -- ranging from sociolinguistics to psychoanalytic theory -- to show the complex nature and potential of writing center interactions. The idea has now become the multidimensional realities of the writing center within the academy and within society as a whole. What its role will be in future redefinitions of the educational process how that role will be negotiated and evaluated and how professionals will shape educational values will constitute the future landmark directions and essays on writing center theory and practice. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138157293

Landmark Essays on Writing ProcessVolume 7 As the field of composition studies became more sophisticated in its understanding of research the designs and assumptions underlying the early work were called into question. Researchers were challenged to design studies that were sensitive to the varying contexts in which writers write and to the ways their own roles shaped their investigations. The more comprehensive studies called for by these critiques are only now beginning to appear. This volume presents some articles in which writers and what they do are at the center of inquiry. The focus is on what actually occurs as people write and how they make sense of what they are doing. Choosing such a focus grants human action central importance and enacts the belief that looking closely at individuals can be a primary starting point for understanding them and their worlds. Other papers take the researcher's shaping role into account. The integrity of such work rests not so much on a lifeless detachment from the phenomena being studied as on the author's vital engagement and on a faithful rendering of what has been observed. This includes the author revealing his or her own impact of what has been seen and said. In the broadest sense composing is something we all do: the students and parents and writers and teachers who serve as subjects of research and those who write the research itself. It is what each of us is engaged in when we shape our understanding of life through the writing we do. And it is what can continue to light the way in composition studies for it illuminates what still makes this inquiry so intriguing and so rich -- that only human beings have this capacity to look and see more to create new texts and new work and in the creating compose their way to new understandings and new selves. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138156746

Landmark Essays on Writing Program Administration Leading with the provocative observation that writing programs administration lacks “an established set of texts that provides a baseline of shared knowledge . . . in which to root our ongoing conversations and with which to welcome newcomers ” Landmark Essays on Writing Program Administration focuses on WPA identity to propose one such grouping of texts. This Landmark volume is the cornerstone resource for new Writing Program Administrators and graduate students seeking an ever-important overview of the literature on Writing Program Administration. Drawing broadly across scholarship in writing programs and writing centers Ritter and Ianetta work to historicize theorize and problematize the ever-shifting answers offered to the question: Who—or what—is a WPA? Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138715356

Landmarks for SustainabilityEvents and Initiatives That Have Changed Our World Landmarks for Sustainability is a high-impact quick-reference guide to many of the most critical events and initiatives that have shaped our world and the sustainable development agenda over the past 20 years and more. These include high-profile historic events – such as the Exxon Valdez oil spill the Rio Earth Summit the anti-globalisation protests in Seattle and Genoa and the collapse of Enron – as well as more subtle but no less important developments such as trends in fairtrade ethical codes and sustainable investment.  By shining a spotlight on these and other landmark events and initiatives the book draws into sharp relief the most significant social and environmental challenges of our time – from climate change and the state of the planet to poverty and corruption. Equally importantly however more than half of the book is dedicated to constructive global responses such as the boom in clean technology the role of the World Economic and World Social Forums and the growth of ISO 14001 and SA8000 standards.  Each of the 20 chapters follows a similar easy-access full-colour design with inspiring quotations compelling photographs a timeline of associated events a narrative description of trends and spotlight features of specific initiatives or events including charts factboxes and suggestions for further reading and websites. Also included is the world's most comprehensive sustainability timeline listing and dating 190 key sustainability-related events and initiatives that occurred between 1919 and 2008.  All these features combine to make the book an essential and highly accessible resource for managers teachers students government officials consultants and activists alike. For the first time these crucial change agents will have a single-source reference book which is not only packed with useful facts and figures but is also fascinating to look at and full of inspirational material. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781351279642

Landmarks In Cardiac Surgery This text published in the profession's centenary year traces the history of cardiac surgery from ancient times to the present detailing clinical developments with facsimilies of the original articles consent forms from the first heart transplant newspaper articles and correspondence. The text follows a set pattern describing the historical background to each new procedure facsimilies of the original articles bibliography of the main clinicians and a commentary putting each development into its historical context. Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9781003077145

Landmarks in Linguistic Thought Volume IIIThe Arabic Linguistic Tradition Landmarks in Linguistic Thought Vol 3 is devoted to a linguistic tradition that lies outside the Western mainstream namely that of the Middle East.The reader is introduced to the major issues and themes that have determined the development of the Arabic linguistic tradition. Each chapter contains a short extract from a translated `landmark' text followed by a commentary which places the text in its social and intellectual context. The chosen texts frequently offer scope for comparison with the Western tradition. By contrasting the two systems the Western and the Middle Eastern this book serves to highlight the characteristics of two very different systems and thus stimulate new ideas about the history of linguistics.This book presumes no prior knowledge of Arabo-Islamic culture and Arabic language and is invaluable to anyone with an interest in the History of Linguistics. Kees Versteegh is currently Professor of Arabic and Islam at the Middle East Institute of the University of Nijmegen The Netherlands. His publications include The Explanation of Linguistic Causes (1995) Ed. Arabic Outside the Arab World (1994) Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203444153

Landmarks in LiteracyThe Selected Works of Frank Smith Frank Smith is internationally acclaimed as an essential contributor to research on the nature of reading and as an originator of the modern psycholinguistic approach to reading instruction. In his publications his aim has always been to support teachers to encourage them to make teaching decisions based on knowledge and understanding to analyze what their students are trying to do and why what the students are doing doesn’t always correspond with what they are expected to do. Now the major topics addressed in his work are available in one volume Landmarks in Literacy a thoughtfully crafted selection of 16 of his key writings. In the World Library of Educationalists international scholars themselves compile career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest works so the world can read them in a single manageable volume. Readers thus are able to follow the themes and strands of their work and see their contribution to the development of a field as well as the development of the field itself. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138287143

Landmarks in Mapping50 Years of the Cartographic Journal This book brings a flavour of the quality and breadth of the Journal into one volume that spans its history. It includes 16 classic papers from the archive some of which will be well known to the cartographic community while others may not be as obvious. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781909662384

Landmarks in Modern Latin American Fiction (Routledge Revivals) In the 1960s there occurred amongst Latin American writers a sudden explosion of literary activity known as the ‘Boom’. It marked an increase in the production and availability of innovative and experimental novels. But the ‘Boom’ of the 1960s should not be taken as the only flowering of Latin American fiction for such novels dubbed ‘new novels’ were being written in the 1940s and 1950s as well as in the 1970s and 1980s. In this edited collection first published in 1990 Philip Swanson charts the development of Latin American fiction throughout the twentieth century. He assesses the impact of the ‘new novel’ on Latin American literature and follows its growth. Nine key texts are analysed by contributors including works by the ‘big four’ of the ‘Boom’ – Fuentes Cortázar Garcia Márquez and Vargas Llosa. This book will be of interest to critics and teachers of Latin American literature and will be useful too as supplementary reading for students of Spanish and Hispanic Studies. It will also serve as a helpful introduction to those new to Latin American fiction. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138804180

Landmarks in the History of Physical Education Originally published in 1957 the first part of this volume examines physical education in classical Greece and Imperial Rome during the first and second centuries A.D. and in Italy and England during the Renaissance. Each of these periods witnessed remarkable developments in the practice and theory of physical education: developments which still have present-day significance. The second part of the book traces the simultaneous development of physical education in different parts of the USA and Europe from the end of the eighteenth century onwards. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415860628

Landmarks of Russian Architect A comprehensive guide to Russian architecture this volume is designed for students and other readers wishing to gain an understanding of the subject. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315870625

Landmarks Preservation and the Property TaxAssessing Landmark Buildings for Real Taxation Purposes Historic preservation is an issue of growing importance and public commitment. Federal and state mechanisms have been established to identify and support historic buildings/sites while local governments have been active in supporting and protecting historic resources. Communities across the country have established designation programs whereby individual buildings or districts of historical-architectural significance are accorded landmark status. Designation activity has been accompanied by growing interest in other local incentives/disincentives to the support of historic buildings. In this regard the property tax is viewed as either a possible powerful drawback to or a catalyst of preservation. This study examines the relationship between historic preservation and the property tax focusing on the question of how designated buildings should be assessed for real taxation purposes. Listokin focuses on New York City in considering the effects of historic status on property value and in evaluating assessment practices. But this book's findings are transferrable to other communities because the base conditions are similar. Many other cities have designation programs modeled on New York City's. In addition New York's property-tax system and administrative processes resemble those found in communities across the nation. To enhance the transferability of this study's findings Listokin refers to the national experience and literature typically on a side-by-side basis with the New York City counterpart. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781412848572

LandmarksA Collection of Essays on the Russian Intelligentsia 1909 Written from a particular point of view this text still stands as one of the key studies on the thought-world of the Russian intelligentsia. It will be of interest to students of Russian social and political thought as to those of intellectual history as well. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138511491

Lands At Risk In The Third WorldLocal-level Perspectives This book presents case studies highlighting social economic political and biological dimensions of environmental degradation in the Third World. It uses local data to examine test and refine larger explanatory models and theories. . Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367162078

Landscape Art and Identity in 1950s Britain During the years following World War II debates about the British landscape fused with questions of national identity as the country reconstructed its sense of self. For better or for worse artists statesmen and ordinary citizens saw themselves reflected in the landscape and in turn helped to shape the way that others envisioned the land. While landscape art is frequently imagined in terms of painting this book examines the role of landscape in terms of a broader definition of visual culture to include the discussion not only of works of oil on canvas but also prints sculpture photography advertising fashion journalism artists' biographies and the multi-media stage of the national exhibition. Making extensive use of archival materials (newspaper reviews radio broadcasts interviews with artists letters and exhibition planning documents) Catherine Jolivette explores the intersection of landscape art with a variety of discourses including the role of women in contemporary society the status of immigrant artists in Britain developments in science and technology and the promotion of British art and culture abroad. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138265684

Landscape Environment and Technology in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa First published in 2012. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415719537

Landscape Race and MemoryMaterial Ecologies of Citizenship Memory is seldom explored through the experience of geographically mobile racialized populations. Whilst the relationships between the political value of landscape and national memory have previously been written through there has been little mention of postcolonial 'diasporic' racialized citizens. Using both visual and material culture this book examines the value of 'landscape and memory' for postcolonial migrants living in Britain. It uses memory to examine how postcolonial citizenship in Britain is experienced - through remembered citizenships of 'other' geographies abroad. By reflecting on the cultural landscapes of British Asian women the book reveals social-historical narratives about migration citizenship and belonging. New spaces of memory are presented as mobile and as politically charged with meaning as the more formal spaces of memorialization. The book offers a refiguring of race memory as being critical to English heritage and postcolonial politics and makes an important contribution to the writings on memory race and landscape. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138254961

Landscape Ritual and Identity among the Hyolmo of Nepal This book analyses the social political and religious life of the Hyolmo people of Nepal. Highlighting patterns of change and adaptation it addresses the Shamanic-Buddhist interface that exists in the animated landscape of the Himalayas. Opening with an analysis of the ethnic revival of Nepal the book first considers the Himalayan religious landscape and its people. Specific attention is then given to Helambu home of the Hyolmo people within the framework of Tibetan Buddhism. The discussion then turns to the persisting shamanic tradition of the region and the ritual dynamics of Hyolmo culture. The book concludes by considering broader questions of Hyolmo identity in the Nepalese context as well as reflecting on the interconnection of landscape ritual and identity. Offering a unique insight into a fascinating Himalayan culture and its formation this book will be of great interest to scholars of indigenous peoples and religion across religious studies Buddhist studies cultural anthropology and South Asian studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781472475824

Landscape Seascape and the Eco-Spatial Imagination Written from within the best traditions of ecocritical thought this book provides a wide-ranging account of the spatial imagination of landscape and seascape in literary and cultural contexts from many regions of the world. It brings together essays by authors writing from within diverse cultural traditions across historical periods from ancient Egypt to the postcolonial and postmodern present and touches on an array of divergent theoretical interventions. The volume investigates how our spatial imaginations become "wired " looking at questions about mediation and exploring how various traditions compete for prominence in our spatial imagination.　In what ways is personal experience inflected by prevailing cultural traditions of representation and interpretation? Can an individual maintain a unique and distinctive spatial imagination in the face of dominant trends in perception and interpretation? What are the environmental implications of how we see landscape? The book reviews how landscape is at once conceptual and perceptual illuminating several important themes including the temporality of space the mediations of place that form the response of an observer of a landscape and the development of response in any single life from early partial thoughts to more considered ideas in maturity. Chapters provide suggestive and culturally nuanced propositions from varying points of view on ancient and modern landscapes and seascapes and on how individuals or societies have arranged conceptualized or imagined circumambient space. Opening up issues of landscape seascape and spatiality this volume commences a wide-ranging critical discussion that includes various approaches to literature history and cultural studies. Bringing together research from diverse areas such as ecocriticism landscape theory colonial and postcolonial theory hybridization theory and East Asian Studies to provide a historicized and global account of our ecospatial imaginations this b Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367875428

Landscape Tourism and Meaning How do we re-theorize tourism? By drawing less on the Foucauldian notion of 'tourism as gazing' and instead focusing on the social construction of meaning in the landscape this insightful book provides an innovative and compelling new approach to tourist studies. Arguing that in any view of the landscape and in tourism generally there is a multiplicity of insider and outsider meanings the book grounds tourism studies within the framework of social theory and particularly in the social theoretic approaches to landscape. Bringing together specialists in tourism and landscape studies to discuss the relationships between the two it finds that issues of identity are a common thread and are raised with regard to the social construction of landscape and its portrayal through tourism. The international studies range in scale from regional to national personal to political and from local residents to international tourists highlighting the multiplicity of interpretations and meanings between these scales. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138255289

Landscape Well-Being and Environment Well-being is now firmly established as an overarching theme of key concern to all professionals that work manage or design the environment. However well-being is a complex multi-dimensional issue rooted in the ways that we encounter perceive and interpret the environment. No single discipline can claim to have sufficient knowledge to fully explain the types of interactions that occur therefore there is a need to draw together a wide range of professions who are exploring the consequences of their actions upon the well-being of individuals and communities. This edited work addresses the above consisting of a collection of studies which embrace different aspects of environment landscape and well-being to consider current approaches to well-being research and practice that fall outside the traditional concepts of well-being as part of medical research making links with architecture landscape design environmental perception social interaction and environmental sustainability. The contributors originally presented at the international conference ‘Well-Being 2011’ jointly hosted by Birmingham City University and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA); the chapters have been developed to present a coherent series of themes reviewing a wide range of literature presenting case studies appropriate to diverse audiences.   Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415831512

Landscape AnalysisInvestigating the potentials of space and place A key aspect of town planning landscape planning and landscape architecture is to identify and then use the distinctive features and characteristics of space place and landscape to achieve environmental quality. Landscape Analysis provides an introduction to the field both in theory and in practice. A wide range of methods and techniques for landscape analysis is illustrated by urban and rural examples from many countries. Analysing landscapes within a planning context requires both skill and insights. Drawing upon numerous concrete examples together with an examination of some theoretical concepts this book guides the reader through a wide range of different approaches and techniques of landscape analysis that may be applied at different scales from elementary site analysis to historical and regional studies. This is an essential book for students and graduate practitioners working in landscape architecture planning and architecture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138927155

Landscape and AgencyCritical Essays Landscape and Agency explores how landscape as an idea a visual medium and a design practice is organized appropriated and framed in the transformation of places from the local to the global. It highlights how the development of the idea of agency in landscape theory and practice can fundamentally change our engagement with future landscapes. Including a wide range of international contributions each illustrated chapter investigates the many ways in which the relationship between the ideas and practices of landscape and social and subjective formations and material processes are invested with agency. They critically examine the role of landscape in processes of contemporary urban development environmental debate and political agendas and explore how these relations can be analysed and rethought through a dialogue between theory and practice. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138125575

Landscape and BrandingThe promotion and production of place Landscape and branding explores the way landscape is conceptualised conceived represented and designed by professionals in a brand-driven age. Landscape - incorporating tangible physical space as well as intangible concepts narratives images and experiences of place - is constructed by a number of creative industries. This book tests the hypothesis that place branding a powerful marketing and management practice increasingly blurs the distinction between the promotion of landscape and its production in design terms. Place branding involves the strategic and systematic composition of single-minded experiential and market-friendly place identities which are consistently communicated across various media including physical space. How does this implicate or transform notions of place nature landscape experience and the qualitative value of landscape itself? How does this affect the role of landscape architecture? To answer these questions place branding theory and practice is critically examined alongside an in depth case study of one specific landscape - the Blue Mountains (Australia). Projects undertaken between 1995 and 2015 including a branding strategy for the region media campaigns television cinema and several landscape architectural works in the public and private domain are comparatively analysed focusing on the discourse conventions and values informing their production and the landscape narratives they convey. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138297036

Landscape and Culture in Northern Eurasia This unique volume aims to break down the lingering linguistic boundaries that continue to divide up the circumpolar world to move beyond ethnographic ‘thick description’ to integrate the study of northern Eurasian hunting and herding societies more effectively by encouraging increased international collaboration between archaeologists ethnographers and historians and to open new directions for archaeological investigation of spirituality and northern landscape traditions. Authors examine the life-ways and beliefs of the indigenous peoples of northern Eurasia; chapters contribute ethnographic ethnohistoric and archaeological case-studies stretching from Fennoscandia through Siberia and into Chukotka and the Russian Far East. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781611327809

Landscape and Gender in the Novels of Charlotte Brontë George Eliot and Thomas HardyThe Body of Nature Examining a wide range of representations of physical metaphorical and dream landscapes in Charlotte Brontë George Eliot and Thomas Hardy Eithne Henson explores the way in which gender attitudes are expressed both in descriptions of landscape as the human body and in ideas of nature. Henson discusses the influence of eighteenth-century aesthetic theory particularly on Brontë and Eliot and argues that Ruskinian aesthetics Darwinism and other scientific preoccupations of an industrializing economy changed constructions of landscape in the later nineteenth century. Henson examines the conventions of reading landscape including the implied expectations of the reader the question of the gendered narrator how place defines the kind of action and characters in the novels the importance of landscape in creating mood the pastoral as a moral marker for readers and the influence of changing aesthetic theory on the implied painterly models that the three authors reproduce in their work. She also considers how each writer defines the concept of Englishness against an internal or colonial Other. Alongside these concerns Henson interrogates the ancient trope that equates woman with nature and the effect of comparing women to natural objects or offering them as objects of the male gaze typically to diminish or control them. Informed by close readings Henson's study offers an original approach to the significances of landscape in the 'realist' nineteenth-century novel. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138250581

Landscape and Identity in North America's Southern Colonies from 1660 to 1745 Through an analysis of textual representations of the American landscape this book looks at how North America appeared in books printed on both sides of the Atlantic between the years 1660 and 1745. A variety of literary genres are examined to discover how authors described the landscape climate flora and fauna of America particularly of the new southern colonies of Carolina and Georgia. Chapters are arranged thematically each exploring how the relationship between English and American print changed over the 85 years under consideration. Beginning in 1660 with the impact of the Restoration on the colonial relationship the book moves on to show how the expansion of British settlement in this period coincided with a dramatic increase in the production and consumption of the printed word and the further development of religious and scientific explanations of landscape change and climactic events. This in turn led to multiple interpretations of the American landscape dependent on factors such as whether the writer had actually visited America or not differing purposes for writing growing imperial considerations and conflict with the French Spanish and Natives. The book concludes by bringing together the three key themes: how representations of landscape varied depending on the genre of literature in which they appeared; that an author's perceived self-definition (as English resident American visitor or American resident) determined his understanding of the American landscape; and finally that the development of a unique American identity by the mid-eighteenth century can be seen by the way American residents define the landscape and their relationship to it. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781409406631

Landscape and IdentityGeographies of Nation and Class in England In England perhaps more than most places people's engagement with the landscape is deeply felt and has often been expressed through artistic media. The popularity of walking and walking clubs perhaps provides the most compelling evidence of the important role landscape plays in people's lives. Not only is individual identity rooted in experiencing landscape but under the multiple impacts of social fragmentation global economic restructuring and European integration membership in recreational walking groups helps recover a sense of community. Moving between the 1750s and the present this transdisciplinary book explores the powerful role of landscape in the formation of historical class relations and national identity. The author's direct field experience of fell walking in the Lake District and with various locally based clubs includes investigation of the roles gender and race play. She shows how the politics of access to open spaces has implications beyond the immediate geographical areas considered and ultimately involves questions of citizenship. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003135852

Landscape and Land Capacity Authored by world-class scientists and scholars The Handbook of Natural Resources Second Edition is an excellent reference for understanding the consequences of changing natural resources to the degradation of ecological integrity and the sustainability of life. Based on the content of the bestselling and CHOICE-awarded Encyclopedia of Natural Resources this new edition demonstrates the major challenges that the society is facing for the sustainability of all well-being on the planet Earth. The experience evidence methods and models used in studying natural resources are presented in six stand-alone volumes arranged along the main systems of land water and air. It reviews state-of-the-art knowledge highlights advances made in different areas and provides guidance for the appropriate use of remote sensing and geospatial data with field-based measurements in the study of natural resources. Volume 2 Landscape and Land Capacity covers soils and landscape issues their diversity and importance and how soils are related to the landscapes in which they form. It includes discussions on land conservation land-use and land-cover changes and urban environments and unravels the complex bond between humans and soils. New in this edition are discussions on habitat conservation and planning landscape epidemiology and vector-borne disease and landscape patterns and changes. This volume demonstrates the key processes methods and models used through several practical case studies from around the world. Written in an easy-to-reference manner The Handbook of Natural Resources Second Edition as individual volumes or as a complete set is an essential reading for anyone looking for a deeper understanding of the science and management of natural resources. Public and private libraries educational and research institutions scientists scholars and resource managers will benefit enormously from this set. Individual volumes and chapters can also be used in a wide variety of both graduate and undergraduate courses in environmental science and natural science at different levels and disciplines such as biology geography earth system science and ecology. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138334083

Landscape and Memory in Post-Fascist Italian FilmCinema Year Zero This study argues that neorealism’s visual genius is inseparable from its almost invisible relation to the Fascist past: a connection inscribed in cinematic landscapes. While largely a silent narrative neorealism’s complex visual processing of two decades of Fascism remains the greatest cultural production in the service of memorialization and comprehension for a nation that had neither a Nuremberg nor a formal process of reconciliation. Through her readings of canonical neorealist films Minghelli unearths the memorial strata of the neorealist image and investigates the complex historical charge that invests this cinema. This book is both a formal analysis of the new conception of the cinematic image born from a crisis of memory and a reflection on the relation between cinema and memory. Films discussed include Ossessione (1943) Paisà (1946) Ladri di biciclette (1948) and Cronaca di un amore (1950). Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138233843

Landscape And Power In Ancient Mesoamerica From the early cities in the second millennium BC to the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan on the eve of the Spanish conquest Ancient Mesoamericans created landscapes full of meaning and power in the center of their urban spaces. The sixteenth century description of Tenochtitlan by Bernal Diaz del Castillo and the archaeological remnants of Teotihuacan attest to the power and centrality of these urban configurations in Ancient Mesoamerican history. In Landscape and Power in Ancient Mesoamerica Rex Koontz Kathryn Reese-Taylor and Annabeth Headrick explore the cultural logic that structured and generated these centers.Through case studies of specific urban spaces and their meanings the authors examine the general principles by which the Ancient Mesoamericans created meaningful urban space. In a profoundly interdisciplinary exchange involving both archaeologists and art historians this volume connects the symbolism of those landscapes the performances that activated this symbolism and the cultural poetics of these ensembles. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367096441

Landscape and Race in the United States Landscape and Race in the United States is the definitive volume on racialized landscapes in the United States. Edited by Richard Schein each essay is grounded in a particular location but all of the essays are informed by the theoretical vision that the cultural landscapes of America are infused with race and America's racial divide. While featuring the black/white divide the book also investigates other social landscapes including Chinatowns Latino landscapes in the Southwest and white suburban landscapes. The essays are accessible and readable providing historical and contemporary coverage. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203621622

Landscape and Religion from Van Eyck to Rembrandt Offering a corrective to the common scholarly characterization of seventeenth-century Dutch landscape painting as modern realistic and secularized Boudewijn Bakker here explores the long history and purpose of landscape in Netherlandish painting. In Bakker's view early Netherlandish as well as seventeenth-century Dutch painting can be understood only in the context of the intellectual climate of the day. Concentrating on landscape painting as the careful depiction of the visible world Bakker's analysis takes in the thought of figures seldom consulted by traditional art historians such as the fifteenth-century philosopher Dionysius the Carthusian the sixteenth-century religious reformer John Calvin the geographer Abraham Ortelius and the seventeenth-century poet Constantijn Huygens. Probing their conception of nature as 'the first Book of God' and art as its representation Bakker identifies a world view that has its roots in the traditional Christian perceptions of God and creation. Landscape and Religion from Van Eyck to Rembrandt imposes a new layer of interpretation on the richly varied landscapes of the great masters. In so doing it adds a new dimension to the insights offered by modern art-historical research. Further Bakker's explorations of early modern art and literature provide essential background for any student of European intellectual history. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138247840

Landscape and Sustainable DevelopmentThe French Perspective Previously published in French by Éditions Quae this volume presents findings of a major research programme into landscape and sustainable development. While led by French scholars the research team and geographical scope of the project was international collaborative and comparative. Using case studies from across Europe the interdisciplinary team of contributors discuss the relationship between landscape as defined by the European Landscape Convention and the concept of sustainable development. This English edition has a new introduction written by Yves Luginbühl and Peter Howard. The book is then divided into three sections: Biophysical Realities and Landscape Practice; Landscape Resources-Inheritance and Renewal; Governance and Participation. Some of the topics covered such as wind-farm landscapes will be familiar to English language readers but others such as footpath economics non-woodland trees inter-generational equity and the insistence on the necessary developments in governance less so. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781472438591

Landscape and the Ideology of Nature in ExurbiaGreen Sprawl This book explores the role of the ideology of nature in producing urban and exurban sprawl. It examines the ironies of residential development on the metropolitan fringe where the search for “nature” brings residents deeper into the world from which they are imagining their escape—of Federal Express technologically mediated communications global supply chains and the anonymity of the global marketplace—and where many of the central features of exurbia—very low-density residential land use monster homes and conversion of forested or rural land for housing—contribute to the very problems that the social and environmental aesthetic of exurbia attempts to avoid. The volume shows how this contradiction—to live in the green landscape and to protect the green landscape from urbanization—gets caught up and represented in the ideology of nature and how this ideology in turn constitutes and is constituted by the landscapes being urbanized. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415747615

Landscape and Urban Design for Health and Well-BeingUsing Healing Sensory and Therapeutic Gardens In this book Gayle Souter-Brown explores the social economic and environmental benefits of developing greenspace for health and well-being. She examines the evidence behind the positive effects of designed landscapes and explains effective methods and approaches which can be put into practice by those seeking to reduce costs and add value through outdoor spaces.　 Using principles from sensory therapeutic and healing gardens Souter-Brown focuses on landscape’s ability to affect health education and economic outcomes. Already valued within healthcare environments these design guidelines for public and private spaces extend the benefits throughout our towns and cities. Covering design for school grounds to public parks public housing to gardens for stressed executives this richly illustrated text builds the case to justify inclusion of a designed outdoor area in project budgets.  With case studies from the US UK Africa Asia Australasia and Europe it is an international inspirational and valuable tool for those interested in landscapes that provide real benefits to their users. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415843522

Landscape and Vision in Nineteenth-Century Britain and France A study of the ways landscape was perceived in nineteenth-century Britain and France this book draws on evidence from poetry landscape gardens spectacular public entertainments novels and scientific works as well as paintings in order to develop its basic premise that landscape and the processes of perceiving it cannot be separated. Vision embraces panoramic seeing from high places but also the seeing of ghosts and spectres when madness and hallucination impinge upon landscape. The rise of geology and the spread of empires upset the existing comfortable orders of comprehension of landscape. Reverie and imagination produced powerful interpretive actions while landscape in French culture proved central to the rejection of conservative classicism in favour of perceptual questioning of experience. The experience of subjectivity proved central to the perception of landscape while the visual culture of landscape became of paramount importance to modernity during the period in question. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138259430

Landscape Archaeology Whether implicit in terms such as ‘environment’ or ‘territory’ or more explicitly articulated an active concern with landscape lies at the heart of all archaeological enquiry. Past individuals and social groups lived out their lives somewhere and it has long been realized by archaeologists that a detailed understanding of the character of their lived worlds is integral to any attempt to write histories of the deep past. Indeed an active concern with the ways in which past activities and settlements were arranged across the surface of the earth has characterized over a century of research and investigation. However despite its centrality to archaeological enquiry the last twenty or so years has witnessed the dawning recognition that there had been a tendency to treat the concept as largely self-evident; until recently many researchers had blithely sought to study landscape without feeling any obligation to define what precisely it was that they were setting out to study. Moreover when critical attention was finally brought to bear it rapidly became clear that rather than a coherent body of theory and practice the result had instead been a flurry of radically different landscapes each of which had spawned its own academic cottage industry. In Chris Gosden’s words landscape might best be defined as a ‘usefully ambiguous concept’. Consequently as the learned editors of this new four-volume collection from Routledge note a fledgling archaeological student of landscape might well be forgiven for not knowing whether first to direct his critical attention to walking boots and a map or to Julia Kristeva’s writings on intertextuality. The bold ambition of the editors of this ‘mini library’ of key works is not only to map out the full breadth of landscape approaches and the many kinds of landscape (and therefore past) they encompass but also to capture the dynamism and energy of the ongoing debates within the discipline as to the status of landscape. The collection’s structure allows scholars to access the crucial writings that have framed and guided current debates and the often eclectic traditions of scholarship that have informed and inspired them. Indeed Landscape Archaeology meets a pressing need for a wide-ranging and authoritative reference work to enable users to appreciate both the inherent slipperiness of the term ‘landscape’ and the wide range of landscape archaeologies that have emerged as a direct result. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415704762

Landscape Architect's Pocket Book An indispensable tool for all landscape architects this time-saving guide answers the most frequently asked questions in one pocket-sized volume. It is a concise easy-to-read reference that gives instant access to a wide range of information needed on a daily basis both out on site and in the office.Covering all the major topics including hard landscaping soft landscaping as well as planning and legislation the pocket book also includes a handy glossary of important terms useful calculations and helpful contacts. Not only an essential tool for everyday queries on British standards and procedures this is a first point of reference for those seeking more extensive supplementary sources of information including websites and further publications. This new edition incorporates updates and revisions from key planning and environmental legislation guidelines and national standards. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415630849

Landscape Architecture and Digital TechnologiesRe-conceptualising design and making Landscape Architecture and Digital Technologies explores how digital technologies are reshaping design and making in landscape architecture. While the potentials of digital technologies are well documented within landscape planning and visualisation their application within design practice is far less understood. This book highlights the role of the digital model in encouraging a new design logic that moves from the privileging of the visual to a focus on processes of formation bridging the interface of the conceptual and material the virtual and the physical. Drawing on interviews and projects from a range of international designers -including Snøhetta Arup Gustafson Porter ASPECT Studios Grant Associates Catherine Mosbach Philippe Rahm PARKKIM LAAC and PEG office of landscape + architecture among others the authors explore the influence of parametric modelling scripting real-time data simulation prototyping fabrication and Building Information Modelling on the design and construction of contemporary landscapes. This engagement with practice is expanded through critical reflection from academics involved in landscape architecture programs around the world that are reshaping their research and pedagogy to reflect an expanded digital realm. Crossing critical theory technology and contemporary design the book constructs a picture of an emerging twenty-first century practice of landscape architecture practice premised on complexity and performance. It also highlights the disciplinary demands and challenges in engaging with a rapidly evolving digital context within practice and education. The book is of immense value to professionals and researchers and is a key publication for digital landscape courses at all levels. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415745857

Landscape Architecture Criticism Landscape Architecture Criticism offers techniques perspectives and theories which relate to landscape architecture a field very different from the more well-known domains of art and architectural criticism. Throughout the book Bowring delves into questions such as how do we know if built or unbuilt works of landscape architecture are successful? What strategies are used to measure the success or failure and by whom? Does design criticism only come in written form? It brings together diverse perspectives on criticism in landscape architecture establishing a substantial point of reference for approaching design critique exploring how criticism developed within the discipline. Beginning with an introductory overview to set the framework the book then moves on to historical perspectives the purpose of critique theoretical positions ranging from aesthetics to politics and experience unbuilt projects techniques and communication. Written for professionals and academics as well as for students and instructors in landscape architecture it includes strategies diagrams matrices and full colour illustrations to prompt discussion and provide a basis for exploring design critique. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138324275

Landscape as InfrastructureA Base Primer As ecology becomes the new engineering the projection of landscape as infrastructure—the contemporary alignment of the disciplines of landscape architecture civil engineering and urban planning— has become pressing. Predominant challenges facing urban regions and territories today—including shifting climates material flows and population mobilities are addressed and strategized here. Responding to the under-performance of master planning and over-exertion of technological systems at the end of twentieth century this book argues for the strategic design of "infrastructural ecologies " describing a synthetic landscape of living biophysical systems that operate as urban infrastructures to shape and direct the future of urban economies and cultures into the 21st century. Pierre Bélanger is Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Co-Director of the Master in Design Studies Program at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. As part of the Department of Landscape Architecture and the Advansed Studies Program Bélanger teaches and coordinates graduate courses on the convergence of ecology infrastructure and urbanism in the interrelated fields of design planning and engineering. Dr. Bélanger is author of the 35th edition of the Pamphlet Architecture Series from Princeton Architectural Press GOING LIVE: from States to Systems (pa35.net) co-editor with Jennifer Sigler of the 39th issue of Harvard Design Magazine Wet Matter and co-author of the forthcoming volume ECOLOGIES OF POWER: Mapping Military Geographies & Logistical Landscapes of the U.S. Department of Defense. As a landscape architect and urbanist he is the recipient of the 2008 Canada Prix de Rome in Architecture and the Curator for the Canada Pavilion ad Canadian Exhibition "EXTRACTION " at the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale (extraction.ca). Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138643925

Landscape Change and Resource Utilization in East AsiaPerspectives from Environmental History Covering the ancient period through to the 21st century this book examines how landscapes have changed across East Asia over time. Featuring examples of a variety of landscapes from the riverine and agricultural to the urban and aesthetic this books thus presents a comprehensive review of East Asian environmental history. The eleven chapters written by an international team of leading scholars provide analysis of a wide range of spatial temporal and thematic considerations. Seeking to use the concept of landscape to evaluate the opportunities and constraints faced by East Asian communities it also explores the relationship between landscape transformation and human agency. In so doing it aims to survey the current methodology and scholarship in the field and demonstrate a new approach which encompasses socio-economic and cultural history as well as GIS-based geographical studies. Providing an in-depth examination of landscape change across the sub-regions of China and Japan this book will be useful to students and scholars of Asian History and Environmental Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815396048

Landscape ConstructionVolume 1: Walls Fences and Railings Landscape Construction Volume 1 deals with elements of landscape construction which are required to provide enclosure privacy demarcation of land shelter and security. The elements discussed include free-standing brick and stone walls fences gates and railings. Fittings and finishes are also covered. Each section describes the materials construction and constraints relevant to the subject and a large number of detailed figures and photographs supplement the text and help to illustrate the more important aspects. There is also a section on preservation treatment and painting. The current British Standard references are included. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138271005

Landscape ConstructionVolume 2: Roads Paving and Drainage Landscape Construction Volume 1 deals with elements of landscape construction which are required to provide enclosure privacy demarcation of land shelter and security. The elements discussed include free-standing brick and stone walls fences gates and railings. Fittings and finishes are also covered. Each section describes the materials construction and constraints relevant to the subject and a large number of detailed figures and photographs supplement the text and help to illustrate the more important aspects. There is also a section on preservation treatment and painting. The current British Standard references are included. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138272804

Landscape ConstructionVolume 3: Earth and Water Retaining Structures Landscape Construction Volume 1 deals with elements of landscape construction which are required to provide enclosure privacy demarcation of land shelter and security. The elements discussed include free-standing brick and stone walls fences gates and railings. Fittings and finishes are also covered. Each section describes the materials construction and constraints relevant to the subject and a large number of detailed figures and photographs supplement the text and help to illustrate the more important aspects. There is also a section on preservation treatment and painting. The current British Standard references are included. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138263314

Landscape Detailing Volume 1Enclosures Michael Littlewood's Landscape Detailing is now well established as a valuable source of reference for architects landscape architects other professionals and students designing external works.Volume I Enclosures covers walls (free-standing screen and retaining) fences gates barriers and bollards. Each section begins with technical guidance notes on design and construction and then provides a list of points against which specifications can be checked. This is followed by a set of drawn-to-scale detail sheets. These details can be traced for direct incorporation into the set of contract drawings. A list of relevant British Standards references bibliography and a list of associations and institutions indicate where further guidance can be obtained. As a ready reference for landscape designers and as an indispensable time-saving tool Landscape Detailing is an essential for the design office. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138126831

Landscape Detailing Volume 2Surfaces As a ready reference for landscape designers and as an indispensable time-saving tool Landscape Detailing is an essential for the design office.Each section begins with technical guidance notes on design and construction and then provides a list of points against which specifications can be checked. This is followed by a set of drawn-to-scale details sheets. These details can be traced for direct incorporation into the set of contract drawings. A list of relevant British Standards references bibliography and a list of associations and institutions indicate where further guidance can be obtained. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138167841

Landscape Detailing Volume 3Structures Michael Littlewood's Landscape Detailing is now well established as a valuable source of reference for architects landscape architects other professionals and students designing external works. For this third edition it has been split into three volumes to give a greater depth of coverage than ever before.Volume 3 covers pergolas arbours arches gazebos summer houses sheds shelters decks footbridges furniture and roofs. Each section begins with technical guidance notes on design and construction. This is followed by a set of drawn-to-scale detail sheets. These details can be traced for direct incorporation into the set of contract drawings. A list of relevant references bibliography and a list of association and institutions indicate where further guidance can be obtained. A ready reference for landscape designers and an indispensable time-saving tool Landscape Detailing is an essential for the design office. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138126947

Landscape Detailing Volume 4Water Well established as a valuable source of reference for architects landscape architects professionals and students designin external works. This volume covers water features and offers drawings detailed to scale unlike many of the other books on the market which only deal in sketch forms.Covers landscape ponds streams and waterfalls fountains edges bank protection revetments dams weirs and sluices island rafts and jetties and drainage. Each section begins with technical guidance notes on design and construction. This is followed by a set of drawn-to-scale detail sheets. These details can be traced for direct incorporation into the set of contract drawings. A ready reference for landscape designers and an indispensable time-saving tool Landscape Detailing is an essential for the design office. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138128934

Landscape Ecology in Agroecosystems Management Successful management of agricultural landscapes depends on the recognition of the relationships between the processes and the structures that maintain the system. The rapidly growing science of Landscape Ecology quantifies the ways these ecosystems interact and establishes a link between the activities in one region and repercussions in another. Although science continuously yields new environmentally friendly agricultural technology the sustainable development of a system will ultimately depend on a farmer's ability to understand and utilize these advances. The results presented in this book highlight the options for controlling threats and present guidelines for the implementation of environmentally friendly landscape management.Written by eminent scientists in landscape ecology research Landscape Ecology in Agroecosystems Management provides a systematic evaluation of the basic ecological functions of the agricultural landscape. It presents a new approach to managing heat balance parameters and evaluates the effectiveness of models for assessing land use changes in rural areas. It also discusses the methods of evaluating matter cycling in agricultural landscapes with emphasis on the process leading to the diffuse pollution problems in ground and surface waters. It reports studies that show how semi-natural habitats maintained in the agricultural landscape constitute important refuge for many plants and animals and thereby enhances biological diversity in farmlands. Finally it provides guidelines for management of agricultural landscapes for sustainable development of the countryside.The integration of agriculture and the natural ecosystem in the landscape has recently become a "hot" topic. The review of the achievements in landscape ecology presented in this book clearly demonstrates that landscape ecology is just passing through the threshold between the recognition of various basic processes to being able to manage these processes to achieve Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367455057

Landscape EcologyA Top Down Approach Landscape Ecology - a rapidly growing science - quantifies the ways ecosystems interact. It establishes links between activities in one region and repercussions in another. Landscape Ecology: A Top-Down Approach serves as a general introduction to this emerging area of study.In this book the authors take a "top down" approach. They believe that context is equally as important as content and that an isolated dismembered landscape fragment loses biodiversity. In contrast past and current ecosystem studies have not considered the consequences of outside influences.The authors argue that the most detailed mathematical models of biodiversity within a landscape do not suffice to predict the outcome of management practices if the contextual analysis reveals that human impacts outside the landscape contribute to a reserve's ultimate demise. The material presented in this book demonstrates that protecting disconnected vignettes of nature in isolated national parks and reserves or saving so-called "hot spots" of biodiversity does not work.The rapid convergence of themes in ecology supports the study of the ecology of landscapes. Advances in this field will come from studies in landscape effects and the mobile organisms whose top down effects create and maintain landscapes. Landscape Ecology: A Top Down Approach supplies the basics for this work. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367579067

Landscape Evolution Neotectonics and Quaternary Environmental Change in Southern CameroonPalaeoecology of Africa Vol. 31 An International Founded in 1966 the internationally recognized and acclaimed Series ‘Palaeoecology of Africa’ publishes interdisciplinary scientific papers on landscape evolution and on former environments of the African continent. Beginning with topics such as changes in climate and vegetation cover the papers expand horizons and interconnections to various types of environmental dynamics from the Cainozoic up to the present; moreover the aspect of human influence since the Late Quaternary is related to many of the areas studied. Volume 31 presents four comprehensive papers on long- and short-term processes of landscape evolution (geological history neotectonics and proxy Quaternary alluvia) as well as a recent regional perspective on environmental problems in Southern Cameroon. The book acts as a showcase for successful North-South cooperation and capacity building for empowering African Universities. It is problem oriented and applied and illustrates how scientific and interdisciplinary cooperation can work. In the framework of the German Research Foundation’s (DFG Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) funded "Rain Forest Savanna Contact" project (2003-2009) two abbreviated English versions of PhD theses are here published one by J. Eisenberg on neotectonics and the other by M. Sangen on river sediments in rain forest-savanna transitional zones. Complementary articles are an introduction on geological history by B. Kankeu et al. and a paper on environmental risks by M. Tchindjang et al. together these complete the results of this joint German-Cameroonian research project. This book will be of interest to all concerned with ecosystems dynamics tropical forests savannas and related development problems of Third World countries especially regional planners ecologists botanists earth scientists and students of the Quaternary (e.g. LGM and Holocene ecosystem dynamics Global Change). It will be valuable for advanced undergraduates and postgraduates as a reference for new research articles on the topic of long‐term geologic‐tectonic and Quaternary landscape evolution in an up‐to‐now not well explored marginal area of the Western Congo basin. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780415677356

Landscape GradingA Study Guide for the LARE For every element that we design in the landscape there is a corresponding grading concept and how these concepts are drawn together is what creates a site grading plan. This study guide explores these concepts in detail to help you learn how to grade with confidence in preparation for the Grading Drainage and Construction Documentation section of the Landscape Architecture Registration Examination (LARE). This updated second edition is designed as a textbook for the landscape architecture student a study guide for the professional studying for the LARE and a refresher for licensed landscape architects. New to this edition: • Additional illustrations and explanations for grading plane surfaces and warped planes swales berms retention ponds and drain inlets; • Additional illustrations and explanations for grading paths ramp landings ramp/stair combinations and retaining walls; • A section on landscape and built element combinations highlighting grading techniques for parking lots culverts and sloping berms; • A section on landscape grading standards recognizing soil cut and fill determining pipe cover finding FFE and horizontal and vertical curves; • Updated information about the computer-based LARE test; • All sections updated to comply with current ADA guidelines; • An appendix highlighting metric standards and guidelines for accessibility design in Canada and the UK. 　 With 223 original illustrations to aid the reader in understanding the grading concepts including 32 end-of-chapter exercises and solutions to practice the concepts introduced in each chapter and 10 grading vignettes that combine different concepts into more robust exercises mimicking the difficulty level of questions on the LARE this book is your comprehensive guide to landscape grading. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367439071

Landscape Imagery Politics and Identity in a Divided Germany 1968–1989 Landscape Imagery Politics and Identity in a Divided Germany 1968-1989 explores the communicative relationship between German landscape painting and the viewing public that developed in the wake of the student revolutions of the late 1960s. The book demonstrates that contrary to some historical thinking more similarities than differences characterized the sociopolitical concerns of East and West Germans during the late Cold War Era and that it was these shared issues that were reflected in the revival of the Romantic painting genre. Catherine Wilkins focuses on recovering the agency of the individual artist and in revising historiography with sensitivity to narration 'from below.' Interdisciplinary in nature art historians can benefit from the study's analysis of images and artists not widely known outside of Germany. Additionally the consolidation of statistics and data regarding German postwar cultural policy are relevant for political and cultural historians. The author contributes to the ongoing multidisciplinary debates regarding Histoire Croisée (in arguing that a clear dichotomy between East Germany and West Germany did not exist but rather that the residents of both nations shared a concern over some of the same issues of the period) and memory studies (by using images as primary historical sources able to be employed in the recovery of potentially 'subversive' memory and identity). Issues related to gender relations environmentalism and spiritual belief are addressed by Wilkins with appeal for scholars working with those particular themes. Poststructuralist and literary theorists as well can find arguments supporting an alternative means of writing history through artworks and private memories. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138251632

Landscape in Children's Literature This book provides a new critical methodology for the study of landscapes in children's literature. Treating landscape as the integration of unchanging and irreducible physical elements or topoi Carroll identifies and analyses four kinds of space — sacred spaces green spaces roadways and lapsed spaces — that are the component elements of the physical environments of canonical British children’s fantasy. Using Susan Cooper's The Dark Is Rising Sequence as the test-case for this methodology the book traces the development of the physical features and symbolic functions of landscape topoi from their earliest inception in medieval vernacular texts through to contemporary children's literature. The identification and analysis of landscape topoi synthesizes recent theories about interstitial space together with earlier morphological and topoanalytical studies enabling the study of fictional landscapes in terms of their physical characteristics as well as in terms of their relationship with contemporary texts and historical precedents. Ultimately by providing topoanalytical studies of other children’s texts Carroll proposes topoanalysis as a rich critical method for the study and understanding of children’s literature and indicates how the findings of this approach may be expanded upon. In offering both transferable methodologies and detailed case-studies this book outlines a new approach to literary landscapes as geographical places within socio-historical contexts. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138794252

Landscape Management and MaintenanceA Guide to Its Costing and Organization With increased public attention focused on the environment and government legislation on competition landscape managers are coming under increasing pressure to adopt a more disciplined analytical approach to their work. Landscape Management and Maintenance will help you to set objectives for the use of your land your manpower and your resources. The authors draw on their wide experience of different types of landscape management to give you clear examples of the methods and alternatives. At each stage they emphasise how to make cost effective choices and achieve the best value for money. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315250922

Landscape Modernism RenouncedThe Career of Christopher Tunnard (1910-1979) Before the Second World War landscape architect Christopher Tunnard was the first author on Modernism in Landscape in the English language but later became alarmed by the destructive forces of Post-war reconstruction. Between the 1950s and the 1970s he was in the forefront of the movement to save the city becoming an acclaimed author sympathetic to preservation. Ironically it was the Modernist ethos that he had so fervently advocated before the war that was the justification for the dismemberment of great cities by officials engineers and planners. This was not the first time that Tunnard had to re-evaluate his principles as he had done so in the 1930s in rejecting Arts-and-Crafts in favour of Modernism. This book tracks his changing ideology by reference to his writings his colleagues and his work. Christopher Tunnard is one of the most influential figures in Landscape Architecture and his journey is one that still resonates in the discipline today. His leading role in first embracing the tenets of Modernism and then moving away from to embrace a more conservationist approach can be seen in the success and impact on the profession of those with whom he worked and taught. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203514047

Landscape Painting in Revolutionary FranceLiberty's Embrace The French Revolution had a marked impact on the ways in which citizens saw the newly liberated spaces in which they now lived. Painting gardening cinematic displays of landscape travel guides public festivals and tales of space flight and devilabduction each shaped citizens’ understanding of space. Through an exploration of landscape painting over some 40 years Steven Adams examines the work of artists critics and contemporary observers who have largely escaped art historical attention to show the importance of landscape as a means of crystallising national identity in a period of unprecedented political and social change. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415346863

Landscape PerformanceIan McHarg’s ecological planning in The Woodlands Texas Ian McHarg’s ecological planning approach has been influential since the 20th century. However few empirical studies have been conducted to evaluate the performance of his projects. Using the framework of landscape performance assessment this book demonstrates the long-term benefits of a renowned McHargarian project (The Woodlands town development) through quantitative and qualitative methods. Including 44 black and white illustrations Landscape Performance systematically documents the performance benefits of the environmental social and economic aspects of The Woodlands project. It delves into McHarg’s planning success in The Woodlands in comparison with adjacent Houston developments which demonstrated urban resilience after Hurricane Harvey in 2017. Lastly it identifies the ingredients of McHarg’s ability to do real and permanent good. Yang also includes a number of appendices which provide valuable information on the methods of assessing performance in landscape development. This book would be beneficial to academics and students of landscape architecture and planning with a particular interest in Ian McHarg. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367664794

Landscape ProcessesAn Introduction to Geomorphology This book first published in 1977 is a concise fully illustrated introduction to modern geomorphology. Geomorphologists pay much attention to the measurement of present day processes in attempting to develop explanations of landscape evolution and this book reflects this approach by deliberately emphasising processes in humid environments. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367313272

Landscape Professional Practice Graduate of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew Chartered Landscape Architect MBA and Barrister Gordon Rowland Fraser draws upon 30 years of project management professional practice and teaching experience to provide an uncomplicated and intuitive guide to the business aspects of the landscape profession. An indispensable reference for seasoned professionals the book will enable the student or novice practitioner to turn their drawing board inspiration into reality without being overwhelmed or afraid of overseeing the implementation of their proposals. Guided by the Landscape Institute’s 2013 Pathway to Chartership syllabus this structured step-by-step narrative guide sets out the documentation commonly used within the landscape profession and makes accessible a logical and sequential understanding of contractual relationships; procurement strategies; processes of preparing client estimates and obtaining competitive quotations; of preparing contract documentation and administering formal contracts; general concepts of law as they relate to land management and the landscape profession; of business administration market appraisal and positioning; and of the landscape consultant’s appointment. As an understanding of professional practice is intrinsic to all Landscape Institute accredited courses this is an essential text for every landscape architecture student during their education and their subsequent journey into professional practice. Those undertaking Garden Design Diplomas will similarly find the book invaluable as they venture into the world of creativity and commerce while the seasoned practitioner will find it a comprehensive point of reference to add to their bookshelf. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315591377

Landscape Professional Practice Graduate of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew Chartered Landscape Architect MBA and Barrister Gordon Rowland Fraser draws upon 30 years of project management professional practice and teaching experience to provide an uncomplicated and intuitive guide to the business aspects of the landscape profession. An indispensable reference for seasoned professionals the book will enable the student or novice practitioner to turn their drawing board inspiration into reality without being overwhelmed or afraid of overseeing the implementation of their proposals. Guided by the Landscape Institute’s 2013 Pathway to Chartership syllabus this structured step-by-step narrative guide sets out the documentation commonly used within the landscape profession and makes accessible a logical and sequential understanding of contractual relationships; procurement strategies; processes of preparing client estimates and obtaining competitive quotations; of preparing contract documentation and administering formal contracts; general concepts of law as they relate to land management and the landscape profession; of business administration market appraisal and positioning; and of the landscape consultant’s appointment. As an understanding of professional practice is intrinsic to all Landscape Institute accredited courses this is an essential text for every landscape architecture student during their education and their subsequent journey into professional practice. Those undertaking Garden Design Diplomas will similarly find the book invaluable as they venture into the world of creativity and commerce while the seasoned practitioner will find it a comprehensive point of reference to add to their bookshelf.   Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138546974

Landscape Restoration Handbook Five years after the first edition of Landscape Restoration Handbook was published its natural landscaping and ecological restoration techniques have become standard-and successful-practice throughout the nation.Now the Landscape Restoration Handbook: Second Edition substantially widens the scope of the original work. Approximately 250 pages larger than the first edition new and expanded chapters offer guidance on:Development of natural landscaping and ecological restoration programsEducation regional planning and increased biological diversityEcological communities species listingsScientific and common plant names associated with ecological communitiesNurseries that propagate and sell native plants throughout the United StatesNaturalization has proven to be a "win-win" situation all around. Monetary costs that landowners are saving on maintenance and chemicals also translates to environmental benefits for the greater community.Landscape and golf course architects urban planners horticulturists golf course superintendents and consultants have already put the Landscape Restoration Handbook to the test. Let the Second Edition bring you up-to-date on the numerous benefits of naturalization. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367399948

Landscape Theory in Design Phenomenology Materiality Cybernetics Palimpsest Cyborgs Landscape Urbanism Typology Semiotics Deconstruction - the minefield of theoretical ideas that students must navigate today can be utterly confusing and how do these theories translate to the design studio? Landscape Theory in Design introduces theoretical ideas to students without the use of jargon or an assumption of extensive knowledge in other fields and in doing so links these ideas to the processes of design. In five thematic chapters Susan Herrington explains: the theoretic groundings of the theory of philosophy why it matters to design an example of the theory in a work of landscape architecture from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries debates surrounding the theory (particularly as they elaborate modern and postmodern thought) and primary readings that can be read as companions to her text. An extensive glossary of theoretical terms also adds a vital contribution to students’ comprehension of theories relevant to the design of landscapes and gardens. Covering the design of over 40 landscape architects architects and designers in 111 distinct projects from 20 different countries Landscape Theory in Design is essential reading for any student of the landscape. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415705950

Landscape: Pattern Perception and Process Landscapes develop and evolve through an interacting series of processes – climatic geological ecological and cultural – over varying periods of time. These processes shape the structure and character of the landscapes which we experience. Over time distinctive patterns emerge – ranging in scale from the distribution of small plants to the sculptured sides of a huge canyon. Our perception of these patterns goes beyond just their visual appreciation – beautiful though they may be – into a richer understanding of how we experience our environment. By understanding this complex pattern–process interaction we can obtain a deeper awareness of landscape and our place in it – as inhabitants and as shapers. The book explores the nature of patterns and ways of classifying them before studying the nature of perception (primarily visual but including other senses) then proceeds to relate this perception to aesthetics and from there to the design process. From this point the main driving processes in landscape are introduced alongside the resulting patterns these being climatic landform ecosystem and cultural aspects. It is this integrative approach of looking at landscape as a kind of self-organising system overlaid by conscious human planning activities and the unity of pattern and process which makes this book unique. Landscape draws from a wide range of neighbouring disciplines of which the landscape planner or designer needs to be aware but which are often taught as distinct elements. Bell binds these fundamentals together which enables the landscape to be ‘read’ and this reading to be used as the basis for planning and design. This second edition updates and refreshes the original material with added sections and new photos particularly making use of the developments in satellite photography. Featuring full colour throughout this textbook is ideal for anyone studying landscape architecture or any of the disciplines which intersect with the landscape and which affect it. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415608374

Landscapes Identities and Development Bringing together theoretical and empirical research from 22 countries in Europe North America Australia South America and Japan this book offers a state-of-the-art survey of conceptual and methodological research and planning issues relating to landscape heritage [and] development. It has 30 chapters grouped in four main thematic sections: landscapes as a constitutive dimension of territorial identities; landscape history and landscape heritage; landscapes as development assets and resources; and landscape research and development planning. The contributors are scholars from a wide range of cultural and professional backgrounds experienced in fundamental and applied research planning and policy design. They were invited by the co-editors to write chapters for this book on the basis of the theoretical frameworks case-study research findings and related policy concerns they presented at the 23rd Session of PECSRL - The Permanent European Conference for the Study of the Rural Landscape organized by TERCUD - Territory Culture and Development Research Centre Universidade Lusófona in Lisbon and Óbidos Portugal 1 - 5 September 2008. With such broad inter-disciplinary relevance and international scope this book provides a valuable overview highlighting recent findings and interpretations on historical current and prospective linkages between changing landscapes and natural economic cultural and other identity features of places and regions; landscape-related identities as local and regional development assets and resources in the era of globalized economy and culture; the role of landscape history and heritage as platforms of landscape research and management in European contexts including the implementation of The European Landscape Convention; and the strengthening of the landscape perspective as a constitutive element of sustainable development. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138269958

Landscapes and Communities on the Pacific Rim: From Asia to the Pacific NorthwestFrom Asia to the Pacific Northwest These essays offer a cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary study of the ways in which communities of people understand and inhabit their environments. They examine and compare human/environmental interactions in communities across the Pacific Northwest the Pacific Rim and Asia. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315500973

Landscapes and Voices of the Great War This volume aims to provide a wider view of First World War experience through focusing on landscapes less commonly considered in historiography and on voices that have remained on the margins of popular understanding of the war. The landscape of the western front was captured during the conflict in many different ways: in photographs paintings and print. The most commonly replicated voicing of contemporary attitudes towards the war is that of initial enthusiasm giving way to disillusionment and a sense of overwhelming futility. Investigations of the many components of war experience drawn from social and cultural history have looked to landscapes and voices beyond the frontline as a means of foregrounding different perspectives on the war. Not all of the voices presented here opposed the war and not all of the landscapes were comprised of trenches or flanked by barbed wire. Collectively they combine to offer further fresh insights into the multiplicity of war experience an alternate space to the familiar tropes of mud and mayhem. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138331938

Landscapes at Risk?The Future for Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in England and Wales Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs) together with National Parks are the highest quality landscapes in England and Wales and have been designated to conserve that quality. AONBs have always been regarded as 'second' to national parks in terms of the legislation and resources provided by the nation to look after them. At the turn of the century they are at a cross-roads - there are many challenges to be overcome if they are to survive as the best. This book examines whether they are fit to meet the challenges and sets out a bold new Agenda for their survival.Landscapes at Risk? covers the history and development of AONBs in England and Wales set in the context of protected landscapes generally in the UK. It focuses on the evolution of policies towards them the arrangements for their administration conservation and management the land management and planning context within which they have evolved and the adequacy of the proposals that have been put forward for their long-term well-being. Throughout the analysis there are numerous references to the many initiatives that have been and are being taken by AONB managers and others to secure their future. The book features a series of case studies of individual AONBs to illustrate the main points being made in the text. Media > Books > E-books Taylor & Francis 9780203857687

Landscapes between Then and NowRecent Histories in Southern African Photography Performance and Video Art In Landscapes Between Then and Now Nicola Brandt examines the increasingly compelling and diverse cross-disciplinary work of photographers and artists made during the transition from apartheid to post-apartheid and into the contemporary era. By examining specific artworks made in South Africa Namibia and Angola Brandt sheds light on established and emerging themes related to aftermath landscapes embodied histories (un)belonging spirituality and memorialization. She shows how landscape and identity are mutually constituted and profiles this process against the background of the legacy of the acutely racially divisive policies of the apartheid regime that are still reflected on the land. As a signpost throughout the book Brandt draws on the work of the renowned South African photographer Santu Mofokeng and his critical thinking about landscape. Landscapes Between Then and Now explores how practitioners who engage with identity and their physical environment as a social product might reveal something about the complex and fractured nature of postcolonial and contemporary societies. Through diverse strategies and aesthetics they comment on inherent structures and epistemologies of power whilst also expressing new and radical forms of self-determinism. Brandt asks why these cross-disciplinary works ranging from social documentary to experimental performance and embodied practices are critical now and what important possibilities for social and political reflection and engagement they suggest. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781350024007

Landscapes of CareComparative Perspectives on Family Caregiving Given the increasing shift of care from state residential services to community-based support this book examines the complex geographies of family caregiving for young adults with intellectual disabilities. It traces how family ’carers’ are directly and indirectly affected by a broad array of law and policy including family policy disability legislation and health and community care restructuring policy. Each of these has material and institutional effects and is premised on the discourses ideologies and interactions in the state over time. Focusing on the welfare models of England the US and Ireland this book compares the welfare ideologies in each country and examines how the specific historical cultural and political contexts give rise to different landscapes of care and disability. Further the book explores the unique lifeworlds of family carers of young adults with intellectual disability within the broader landscape of care in which they are situated. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138278615

Landscapes of ChangeRural Evolutions in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages Only in recent years has archaeology begun to examine in a coherent manner the transformation of the landscape from classical through to medieval times. In Landscapes of Change leading scholars in the archaeology of the late antique and early medieval periods address the key results and directions of Roman rural fieldwork. In so doing they highlight problems of analysis and interpretation whilst also identifying the variety of transformations that rural Europe experienced during and following the decline of Roman hegemony. Whilst documents and standing buildings predominate in the urban context to provide a coherent and tangible guide to the evolving urban form and its society since Roman times the countryside in many ages remains rather shadowy - a context for the cultivation gathering and movement of food and other resources inhabited by farmers villagers and miners. Whilst the Roman period is adequately served through occasional extant remains and through the survey and excavation of villas and farmsteads as well as the writings of agronomists the medieval one is generally well marked by the presence of still extant villages across Europe often dependent on castles and manors which symbolise the so-called 'feudal' centuries. But the intervening period the fourth to tenth centuries is that with the least documentation and with the fewest survivals. What happened to the settlement units that made up the Roman rural world? When and why do new settlement forms emerge? Landscapes of Change is essential reading for anyone wanting an up-to-date summary of the results of archaeological and historical investigations into the changing countryside of the late Roman late antique and early medieval world between the fourth and tenth centuries AD. It questions numerous aspects of change and continuity assessing the levels of impact of military and economic decay the spread and influence of Christianity and the role of Germanic Slav and Arab settlements in disrupting and redefining the ancient rural landscapes. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315250915

Landscapes of ClearanceArchaeological and Anthropological Perspectives This volume examines landscapes that have been cleared of inhabitants—for economic environmental or socio-political reasons by choice or by force—and the social impacts of clearance on their populations. Using cases from five continents and ranging from prehistoric through colonial and post-colonial times the contributors show landscapes as meaningful points of contestation when populations abandon them or are exiled from them. Acts of resistance and revitalization are also explored demonstrating the social and political meaning of specific landscapes to individuals groups and nations and how they help shape cultural identity and ideology.Sponsored by the World Archaeological Congress Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315425610

Landscapes of Defence This is a key text on the very topical themes of power defence and space. Landscapes of Defence is an exciting collection of theoretical and empirical material from very well known contributors desiged to help students understand how landscapes of defence fit in with some of the broader concepts of space power and place to which they are introduced in the 1st year. The book is split into four sections and each section contains an introduction placing the subsequent chapters in context. There is also a comprehensive introduction and afterword to tie the book's broad themes together. 2nd and 3rd year undergraduates in urban and cultural geography will be the key market for this title as well as strong secondary market in departments of Sociology Anthropology Law and Planning. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138410732

Landscapes of Dread in Classical AntiquityNegative Emotion in Natural and Constructed Spaces Over the last two decades research in cultural geography and landscape studies has influenced many humanities fields including Classics and has increasingly drawn our attention to the importance of spaces and their contexts both geographical and social: how spaces are described by language what spaces are used for by individuals and communities and how language use and the passage of time invest spaces with meaning. In addition to this ‘spatial’ turn in scholarship recent years have also seen an ‘emotive’ turn – an increased interest in the study of emotion in literature.Many works on landscape in classical antiquity focus on themes such as the sacred and the pastoral and the emotions such spaces evoke such as (respectively) feelings of awe or tranquillity in settings both urban and rural. Far less scholarship has been generated by the locus terribilis the space associated with negative emotions because of the bad things that happen there. In short the recent ‘emotive’ turn in humanities studies has so far largely neglected several of the more negative emotions including anxiety fear terror and dread.The papers in this volume focus on those neglected negative emotions especially dread – and they do so while treating many types of space including domestic suburban rural and virtual and while covering many genres and authors including the epic poems of Homer Greek tragedy Roman poetry and historiography medical writing paradoxography and the short story. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367591205

Landscapes of GlobalizationHuman Geographies of Economic Change in the Philippines In this critical and sophisticated analysis Philip F. Kelly challenges the conventional definition of globalization as an irresistible and inevitable force to which societies must succumb. By tracing the consequences of global economic integration in the Philippines he argues that global processes are constituted accommodated mediated and resisted in social processes at multiple scales from the national economy to the village and the household. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415757638

Landscapes of Holocaust Postmemory How do the spaces of the past stay with us through representations—whether literary or photographic? How has the Holocaust registered in our increasingly globally connected consciousness? What does it mean that this European event is often used as an interpretive or representational touchstone for genocides and traumas globally? In this interdisciplinary study Kaplan asks and attempts to answer these questions by looking at historically and geographically diverse spaces photographs and texts concerned with the physical and/or mental landscape of the Holocaust and its transformations from the postwar period to the early twenty-first century. Examining the intersections of landscape postmemory and trauma Kaplan's text offers a significant contribution to our understanding of the spatial visual and literary reach of the Holocaust. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415852432

Landscapes of Memory and Experience It has been argued that the history of landscape and of gardens has been marginalized from the mainstream of art history and visual studies because of a lack of engagement with the theories methods and concepts of these disciplines. This book explores possible ways out of this impasse in such a way that landscape studies would become pivotal through its theoretical advances since landscape studies would challenge the underlying assumptions of traditional phenomenological theory. Thus the history and theory of twentieth-century landscape might not only once again share concepts and methods with contemporary art and design history but might in turn influence them.A complementary sequel to Relating Architecture to Landscape this volume of essays explores further areas of interest and discussion in the landscape/architecture debate and offers contributions from a team of well-known researchers teachers and writers. The choice of topics is wide-ranging and features case studies of modern and contemporary schemes from the USA Far East and Australasia. Media > Books > Print Books Taylor & Francis 9781138149892

Landscapes of MobilityCulture Politics and Placemaking Our world is unquestionably one in which ubiquitous movements of people goods technologies media money and ideas produce systems of flows. Comparing case studies from across the world including those from Benin the United States India Mali Senegal Japan Haiti and Romania this book focuses on quotidian landscapes of mobility. Despite their seemingly familiar and innocuous appearances these spaces exert tremendous control over our behavior and activities. By examining and mapping the politics of place and motion this book analyzes human beings’ embodied engagements with their built world and provides diverse perspectives on the ideological and political underpinnings of landscapes of mobility. In order to describe landscapes of mobility as a historically socially and politically constructed condition the book is divided into three sections-objects contacts and flows. The first section looks at elements that constitute such landscapes including mobile bodies buildings and practices across multiple geographical scales. As these variable landscapes are reconstituted under particular social economic ecological and political conditions the second section turns to the particular practices that catalyze embodied relations within and across such spaces. Finally the last section explores how the flows of objects bodies interactions and ecologies are represented presenting a critical comparison of the means by which relations processes and exchanges are captured depicted reproduced and re-embodied. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138245969

Landscapes of Neolithic Ireland Landscapes of Neolithic Ireland is the first volume to be devoted solely to the Irish Neolithic using an innovative landscape and anthropological perspective to provide significant new insights on the period. Gabriel Cooney argues that the archaeological evidence demonstrates a much more complex picture than the current orthodoxy on Neolithic Europe with its assumption of mobile lifestyles suggests. He integrates the study of landscape settlement agriculture material culture and burial practice to offer a rounded realistic picture of the complexities and the realities of Neolithic lives and societies in Ireland. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203350805

Landscapes of Protest in the Scottish Highlands after 1914The Later Highland Land Wars In November 1918 the implementation of agrarian change in the Scottish Highlands threatened another wave of unemployment and eviction for the land-working population which led to widespread and varied social protest. Those who had been away on war service (and their families) faced returning to exactly the same social and economic conditions in the Scottish Highlands they had hoped they had left behind in the struggle to make ’a land fit for heroes’. Widespread and varied social protest rapidly followed. It argues that previously there has been a failure to capture fully the geography chronology typology and rate of occurrence of these events. The book not only offers new insights and a greater understanding of what was happening in the Highlands in this period but illustrates how a range of forms of protest were used which demand attention not least for the fact that these events unlike most of the earlier Land Wars period were successful. There are functioning townships in the Highlands today that owe their existence to the land invasions of the 1920s. The book innovatively concentrates on formulating explanation and interpretation from within and looks to the crofting landscape as base means and motive to disturbance and interpretation. It proposes that protest is much more convincingly understood as an expression of environmental ethics from 'the bottom up' coming increasingly into conflict with conservationist views expressed from 'the top down' It focuses on individual case studies in order to engage more convincingly with an important evidential base - that of popular memory of land disturbances - and to adopt a frame and lens through which to explore the fluid and contingent nature of protest performances. Based upon the belief that in the study of landscapes of social protest the old shibboleth of space as solely passive setting and symbolic register is no longer tenable is paid here to nature/culture interactions to vernacular ecological b Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138279803

Landscapes of SettlementPrehistory to the Present First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203430729

Landscapes of Slavery in Africa Slavery was a large-scale process that put its mark on the African landscape in tangible ways—for example through the capture transfer and imprisonment of captives and through the avoidance strategies that vulnerable communities used against slaving. Certainly the expansion of trade routes the depopulation of slaved regions and an increased reliance on defensive architecture and places of concealment can all be linked to slaving and slavery in Africa. But how do we view these landscapes of slavery today? And can archaeology help us? Encompassing studies from Senegal Ghana Mauritius Tanzania and Kenya this volume grapples with such essential questions. The authors advocate for the power of archaeology as a tool to disentangle often lengthy and complex landscape histories that both begin before slavery and continue after abolition. They also argue for archaeologists’ central role in reimagining how we might remember and commemorate slavery in places where its history has been forgotten obscured by European colonialism or sanitized and simplified for tourist consumption. The chapters in this book were originally published in a special issue of the Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367639594

Landscapes of Specific Literacies in Contemporary SocietyExploring a social model of literacy This volume makes a timely contribution to our understanding of literacy as a multi-faceted complexly situated activity. Each chapter provides the reader with a fresh perspective into a different site for literate behaviour approaches design and relationships and offers an exploration into the use of literacy theories to inform policy and practice particularly in regard to curriculum. Bringing together international experts in the field the contributing authors represent a wide variety of theoretical and research perspectives which cover literacy in various forms including: • transformative literacy • survey literacy• academic literacies • information literacy in the workplace• digital literacy. Landscapes of Specific Literacies in Contemporary Society suggests that literacy curriculum needs to evolve from its current perspective if it is to cater for the demands of the 21st century contemporary globalised society. The book will be of key interest to researchers and academics in the fields of education curriculum studies and the sociology of education as well as to policy makers and literacy specialists. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138234574

Landscapes of the Chinese SoulThe Enduring Presence of the Cultural Revolution This book documents the research project on the trauma of the Cultural Revolution in China and its intergenerational effects. It allows the reader to view the trauma through the perspective of 2 500 years of Chinese thought and in the light of Chinese social history and governmental policy. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781780490939

Landscapes of the DarkHistory Trauma Psychoanalysis In this important new collection of essays Jonathan Sklar argues that the founding tension between Freud's commitment to interpretation and Ferenczi's extra parameter of 'being in the experience' has a central place/key role to play in contemporary psychoanalytic debate and that this tension can best be understood by returning to the place of trauma in psychoanalysis. Taking this debate into the heart of the clinical setting a set of extensive penetrating and often disturbing case studies examine the evocation of the real as early trauma for many patients and its subsequent mental development - a case of schizophrenia a man with a severe Tic (spasmodic Torticollis) and a neurotic with a somatic resistance to ending a long analysis. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781855758926

Landscapes of the Mind: The Music of John McCabe Liverpool-born composer and pianist John McCabe established himself as one of Britain's most recorded contemporary composers as well as a celebrated performer and recording artist. This book covers every aspect of his compositions and will help guide both general and specialist listeners and performers through the so-called landscapes of the mind that his music evokes. The title was suggested by McCabe himself and his composing and performing life took him on journeys all over the world through a variety of landscapes many of which are to be found in essence in his music. The detailed discography will help readers to find recordings of many of the works described in the series of articles written by a collection of experienced critics performers broadcasters and reviewers and the copious illustrations and full pages of musical score provide a variety of insights into McCabe's life and work. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138400535

Landscapes of the Western FrontMateriality During the Great War This book examines the British soldiers on the Western Front and how they responded to the war landscape they encountered behind the lines and at the front. Using a multidisciplinary perspective this study investigates the relationship between soldiers and the spaces and materials of the warzone analyzing how soldiers constructed a ‘sense of place’ in the hostile unpredictable environment. Drawing upon recent developments within First World War Studies and the anthropological examination of the fields of conflict an ethnohistorical perspective of the soldiers is built which details the various ways soldiers responded to the physical and material world of the Western Front. This study is also grounded in the wider debates on how the First World War is remembered within Britain and offers an alternative perspective on the individuals who fought in the world’s first global conflagration nearly a century ago. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415808057

Landscapes of TraumaThe Psychology of the Battlefield Integrating trauma studies with historical research and social psychology Landscapes of Trauma examines a range of battlefields from across history including Waterloo the Battle of Sedan the Battle of the Ebro and the Battle of Normandy to bring to light what these battlefields say about our collective and individual psyches. Hunt explores how war shapes the nature of trauma  not only by its innate horror but also by the historical and societal contexts it is fought in from the cultural and social conventions of the period to the topography of the settings. This book provides a deep analysis of how war is experienced and remembered in different eras and by different generations. Moving beyond the clinical concept of post-traumatic stress disorder Hunt discusses how trauma can be understood socially and historically as well as through the lens of individual suffering. This book also investigates the psychological foundations of memorialisation remembrance and commemoration that shape the legacy of the battles discussed. Using interviews with veterans their letters journals and diaries as well as literary and historical sources Hunt locates the battlefield as a place where humans explore the parameters of human behaviour thought and emotion. This book is in important resource for students and scholars interested in the psychology of trauma and war as well as military history. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138287723

LandscapesWays of Imagining the World First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138835481

Landslide Risk Assessment The 25 papers collected together in this volume present comprehensive coverage of all major aspects of landslide risk assessment including the risk assessment framework and methods for estimating probability of landsliding vulnerability and risk. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203749524

Landslides and Engineered Slopes 2 Volume Set +CDROMProtecting Society through Improved Understanding Two-volume set includes a free CD containing the full contents of the book. Landslides and Engineered Slopes: Protecting Society through Improved Understanding comprises the Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Landslides and 2nd North American Symposium on Landslides (Banff Alberta Canada 2-8 June 2012). Included are thirteen keynote and invited papers the inaugural Heim Lecture and over 260 technical papers organized under the following themes: • Landslides and Society - Processes and Impacts• Advances in Investigation & Classification• Understanding Landslide Mechanisms• Simulating and Managing Rock Fall• New Technologies for Investigative and Performance Monitoring• Slope Stability in Practice - Engineered Slopes and Forest Management• Advanced Stability Analyses and Landslide Modelling• Evaluation and Control of Landslides - Avoidance Prevention and • Protection Strategies This two-volume set is intended for landslide practitioners researchers and decision makers to serve as a comprehensive reference summarizing the current state-of-the-art and state-of-practice in landslide investigation analysis and risk management as viewed by experts from Canada the U.S. and other countries worldwide in their efforts to better protect society through improved understanding. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780415621236

Landslides and Engineered Slopes. Experience Theory and PracticeProceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Landslides (Napoli Ital Landslides and Engineered Slopes. Experience Theory and Practice contains the invited lectures and all papers presented at the 12th International Symposium on Landslides (Naples Italy 12-19 June 2016). The book aims to emphasize the relationship between landslides and other natural hazards. Hence three of the main sessions  focus on Volcanic-induced landslides Earthquake-induced landslides and Weather-induced landslides respectively while the fourth main session deals with Human-induced landslides. Some papers presented in a special session devoted to "Subareal and submarine landslide processes and hazard” and in a “Young Session” complete the books. Landslides and Engineered Slopes. Experience Theory and Practice underlines the importance of the classic approach of modern science which moves from experience to theory as the basic instrument to study landslides. Experience is the key to understand the natural phenomena focusing on all the factors that play a major role. Theory is the instrument to manage the data provided by experience following a mathematical approach; this allows not only to clarify the nature and the deep causes of phenomena but mostly to predict future and if required manage similar events. Practical benefits from the results of theory to protect people and man-made works. Landslides and Engineered Slopes. Experience Theory and Practice  is useful to scientists and practitioners working in the areas of rock and soil mechanics geotechnical engineering engineering geology and geology. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138029880

LandslidesProceedings of the 9th international conference and field trip Bristol 16 September 1999 This text gives an overview of the main landslide field sites. It covers aspects of recent landslide research at the University of Wollongong.Topics: An overview of the main landslide field sites in the 9th ICFL; Aspects of recent landslide research at the University of Wollongong; Infiltration of rainwater and slope failure; Landslide hazards and highway engineering in Central and Northern Jordan; El Niño 1997-98: Direct costs of damaging landslides in the San Francisco Bay region; Mass movement features in the vincinity of the town Sorbas South-east Spain; The movements and the countermeasures of the Choja Landslide; Interest in landslide hazard information - Parallels between Kingston Jamaica and the San Francisco Bay region USA; Slide activity in quick clay related to pore water pressure and weather parameters; Old and recent landslides of Barranco de Tirajana basin Gran Canaria Spain. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203749227

LandslidesProceedings of the First European Conference on Landslides Prague Czech Republic 24-26 June 2002 The proceedings contain five invited lectures and 99 papers relevant to landslide occurrence and problems from Europe Asia America Africa and Australia and New Zealand. The five special invited lectures deal with a variety of important aspects of landslides. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203749197

Land-use and Prehistory in South-East Spain Based on a major research programme and originally published in 1985 this book looked to provide an economic foundation for reinterpreting the Neolithic-Bronze Age sequence of South-east Spain in terms of emergent social complexity. The cultural evolution of the area had already been considered in terms of influence from the eastern Mediterranean but this book uses site catchment analysis to give an economic baseline for all thirty-five of the better-known prehistoric settlements of the region. Site catchment analysis assumes that people minimised transport costs in production and that ancient and modern resource spaces correspond systematically. This research therefore studied modern land use and combined it with evidence from historical archaeological and geomorphological investigation. The book shows the increasing social complexity evident in the archaeological record emerging as a result of progressive intensification of agricultural technique. Offering a complete coherent evolutionary model for the archaeological sequence of the region’s prehistory this book is a worthy in-depth study for prehistorians geographers and anyone interested in the history of the western Mediterranean. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138817807

Land-Use Planning for Sustainable Development Thirteen years ago the first edition of Land-Use Planning for Sustainable Development examined the question: is the environmental doomsday scenario inevitable? It then presented the underlying concepts of sustainable land-use planning and an array of alternatives for modifying conventional planning for and regulation of the development of land. This second edition captures current success stories showcasing creative resilient strategies for fundamentally changing the way we alter our landscape.See What’s New in the Second Edition:Explains the relationship between innovative land-use planning and nature’s impartial inviolate biophysical principles that govern the outcome of all planningFocuses on how decision making that flows from and aligns with nature’s biophysical principles benefits all generations by consciously protecting and maintaining social-environmental sustainabilityProposes an alternative framework for municipal comprehensive plans framing the community as a living systemWritten by two experienced professionals in sustainable development planning the second edition revisits the successes as well as barriers to progress associated with establishing new community development models such as EcoMunicipalities. The authors emphasize the necessity and potency of citizen involvement and initiatives. They provide proposals for alternative approaches that rest on lessons from history as well as the research wisdom and vision of many individuals and communities whose work they have studied. The book supplies a sturdy platform on which to continually build and innovate progress in sustainable land use planning. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367868048

Land-use/Transport Planning in Hong KongA Review of Principles and Practices First published in 1998 this volume is certain to be the definitive work about the practice of land-use and transport planning in Hong Kong. Dimitriou and Cook explore the historical developments current issues and problems policy and planning responses and new directions. Hong Kong has experienced remarkable economic growth as the ‘Gateway to China’ and its land-use has become a model for other cities in the region and for China as a whole. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138361959

Land-Value TaxationThe Equitable Source of Public Finance A distinguished interdisciplinary group of scholars examines the merits and shortcomings of Land-Value taxation and how it compares and contrasts with the conventional property tax. The latter is shown as deterring enterprise to the detriment of employment and as pushing up the cost of improving property with inflationary consequences. The former with evidence from places where it is already in use is shown to encourage optimum land use foster employment and prevent urban sprawl. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315501574

Land-Water Management and Sustainability in BangladeshIndigenous practices in the Chittagong Hill Tracts Indigenous sustainability and environmental management cannot be understood apart from a community its traditions and ways of practices. Interest in Indigenous environmental sustainability has grown steadily in past years reflecting traditional cultural perspectives about the environment and developing research priorities.This book explores the ways one Indigenous community in the Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh has reinvented the meanings of sustainability using traditional knowledge to blend traditional sentiment with large-scale dislocations within their own communities and international economy. This book includes up-to-date research on meanings and implications of Bangladeshi Indigenous sustainability which focus on relationality traditional knowledge spirituality and hybridity. Environmental protection and Indigenous land-water rights have been ignored in the region and there has been minimal research on these intersecting issues locally or internationally. Land-Water Management and Sustainability in Bangladesh addresses this gap in an examination of postcolonial Indigenous communities’ complex and shifting relationships to nature and in relation to discrimination and oppression regarding Indigenous land and rights. The book makes a contribution to both the research literature and on the ground practice in inspiring a new culture of sustainability in Indigenous regions.Bringing together community engagement activism critical research and scholarship to advocate for socio-environmental justice and trans-systematic sustainability of cross-cultural knowledge the book will be of interest to academics of a variety of disciplines including environmental policy conservation practices Indigenous studies environmental sustainability anthropology American studies Asian Studies and ethnic studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367584825

Langford's Advanced Photography Langford's Advanced Photography is the only advanced photography guide a serious student or aspiring professional will ever need. In this eighth edition Efthimia Bilissi continues in the footsteps of Michael Langford by combining an unrivalled level of technical detail with a straightforward writing style while simultaneously bringing the text firmly in to the digital era.This book covers the entire photographic process from a technical standpoint - not only detailing the 'how' but also explaining the 'why' that is so often missing from photography texts. From the workings of cameras lenses digital imaging sensors and software to new hot topics such as HDR imaging digital asset management and even running your own photography business everything a serious photographer could need to extend their art into professional realms is covered.The book also benefits from a full glossary charts and inspirational full color images throughout with summaries and projects at the end of each chapter to reinforce the theory. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138457829

Langford's Basic PhotographyThe Guide for Serious Photographers This seminal photography text now in its 10th edition and celebrating its 50th anniversary has been revamped reorganized and modernized to include the most up-to-date need to know information for photographers. Ideal for students beginners and advanced users wanting to brush up on the fundamentals of photography this book is a must have for any photographer’s bookcase. The heart of this text however retains the same comprehensive mix of scholarly and practical information. The new edition has been fully updated to reflect dynamic changes in the industry. These changes include: an expansion and overhaul of the information on digital cameras and digital printing; an emphasis on updating photographs to include a wider range of international work; replacement of many diagrams with photos; overhaul of the analogue sections to give a more modern tone (ie exposure measurement and film and filters with some more dynamic photo illustrations). Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415718912

Langford's Starting PhotographyThe Guide to Creating Great Images Starting with the basics of camera control and moving on to shutter speeds aperture zoom and flash Langford’s Starting Photography gives you the only introduction to digital photography you’ll ever need. Once you’ve mastered the basics examples and projects allow you to explore the key methods for capturing a variety of subjects from portraits and pets to landscapes and sports photography alongside straightforward advice on using editing software to get the best out of your digital shots will have you producing unforgettable images in moments. More inspiring than a textbook more interesting than a reference and more in-depth than a photography class Langford’s Starting Photography is the only guide you need to start taking great images. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138842236

Langston HughesThe Man His Art and His Continuing Influence First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138864238

Language This module on the nature of language aims to provide the novice and even experienced teacher with a broad and accessible picture of language as a formal system. As such it covers topics such as the nature of words sounds and syntax. The module places particular emphasis on the abstract and complex nature of language and how it does not resemble typical pedagogical rules and so-called "rules of thumb" often used with language learners. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138501645

Language Ability and Educational Achievement This title first published in 1990 engages in the current debates about the teaching of literacy and the reform of education. Based on his dissatisfaction with prevalent theories of educational achievement and his experience of teaching in elementary schools Winch argues that the dichotomy of biological inheritance and environmental influence is inadequate to describe the diverse phenomena of educational achievement. This title will be of interest to students of the philosophy of education. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138693319

Language Agency and Politics in a Constructed World Language matters in international relations. Constructivists have contributed the insight that global politics is shaped by the way agents narrate history and produce discourses about themselves and about the world. This insight has induced a profound reexamination of assumptions in the study of international relations. The contributors to this volume examine (Part I) the critical linguistic/discursive techniques of postmodernists and constructivists and apply them (Part II) to international relations. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315702988

Language Bureaucracy and Social Control Language Bureaucracy and Social Control explores the varying inter-relationships between language forms of bureaucratic organisation and social control. The text provides a detailed examination of the discursive dimensions of some of the key techniques of modern power: the 'productive' surveillance practices of administrative and public service institutions. Special attention is paid to recent developments within the state domain and the private economy such as the introduction of consumerism and promotional practices in welfare institutions and the spread of bureaucratisation in contexts such as banking and education. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138836037

Language Classrooms and Computers As computers become more widely used in schools it is clear that they have the potential not just to support the achievement of conventional goals but also to redefine what we mean by reading writing and discussion. The contributors to Language Classroom and Computers - all with experience of teaching about language and computers for The Open University - use teachers' accounts together with their own research to examine how the use of computers in school can affect the ways in which children learn and teachers teach. The first section looks at some generic aspects of computer use focusing particularly on class management: individual and group learning the role of the teacher as facilitator and co-learner and the problems of limited access. The second section examines the contribution of specific sorts of software package: word processing e-mail hypertext and so on to lanugage learning. This is a book for everyone who wants IT to add a new dimension to their teaching. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138411180

Language Cognition and Deafness First published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > E-books Psychology Press 9780203782019

Language Communication and Intergroup RelationsA Celebration of the Scholarship of Howard Giles Language Communication and Intergroup Relations presents the current state of knowledge at the intersection of language communication and intergroup relations drawing on interdisciplinary work from the fields of communication social psychology and sociolinguistics. Building from that existing work it presents a series of provocative and innovative new directions in this area. The work is organized around a series of five themes: • Language and Culture • Intergroup Communication • Intergenerational Relations • Interpersonal Accommodation • Institutional Accommodation. Within each theme prominent scholars present reviews of the literature which are followed by responses reactions and extensions from a multidisciplinary group of researchers. These responses often move beyond typical academic prose and engage with the material in novel ways including graphical theoretical models short personal reflections and creative prose. It is essential reading for students and academics in the interdisciplinary fields of communication language and social psychology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138308107

Language Communication and Education Examines communication in the classroom within the larger context of the development of standard English and its social implications. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138468283

Language Corpus and EmpowermentApplications to deaf education healthcare and online discourses Language Corpus and Empowerment applies a novel corpus-driven approach to the exploration of the concept of empowerment in healthcare. The book proposes an innovative corpus-based methodology for finding evidence of empowerment in language use using data from a video intervention delivered to families of deaf children as well as assessing the effects of the intervention on the family. Language Corpus and Empowerment provides a working definition of empowerment which incorporates concepts from linguistics and learning theory;uses corpus analysis to provide evidence of how video interventions can transform people’s perspectives;examines this new methodology as a potential tool for analysing conversational data longitudinally and at a case-by-case level;demonstrates how a corpus-based methodological approach can be applied in conjunction with other language-based approaches such as discourse analysis and conversation analysis to explore the ways in which complex social processes occur in interaction;makes a valuable development in the assessment of the impact of healthcare interventions and the language of empowerment.Insightful and ground-breaking Language Corpus and Empowerment is essential reading for anyone undertaking research within corpus linguistics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367870911

Language Creativity and Humour Online Language Creativity and Humour Online offers new insights into the creative linguistic practices found in diverse digital contexts such as social media platforms. It introduces new digital genres and contexts expanding existing research on computer mediated communication (CMC) and covering key concepts in research on linguistic creativity. The book presents original linguistic analyses of a variety of digital genres including: • Novelty Twitter accounts and political humour • Tumblr Chats • Amazon review parodies. This timely book uncovers the linguistic and interactional mechanisms underlying various types of creative playful and humorous texts online. It is essential reading for students and researchers working in the areas of language and media and language and communication. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138066830

Language Culture and Community in Teacher Education Published by Routledge for the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education This volume addresses the pressing reality in teacher education that all teachers need to be prepared to work effectively with linguistically and culturally diverse student populations. Every classroom in the country is already or will soon be deeply affected by the changing demographics of America’s students.   Marilyn Cochran-Smith’s Foreword and Donaldo Macedo’s Introductory Essay set the context with respect to teacher education and student demographics followed by a series of chapters presented in three sections: knowledge practice and policy. The literature on language education has typically been discussed in relation to preparing ESL or bilingual teachers. Typically needs of culturally and linguistically diverse students including immigrants refugees language minority populations African Americans and deaf students have been addressed separately. This volume emphasizes that these children have both common educational needs and needs that are culturally and linguistically specific. It is directed to the preparation of ALL teachers who work with culturally and linguistically diverse students. It not only focuses on how teachers need to change but how faculty and curriculum need to be transformed and how to better train teacher education candidates to understand and work efficaciously with the communities in which culturally and linguistically diverse students tend to be predominant. The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) is a national voluntary association of higher education institutions and related organizations. Our mission is to promote the learning of all PK-12 students through high-quality evidence-based preparation and continuing education for all school personnel. For more information on our publications visit our website at: www.aacte.org. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203857168

Language Culture and Identity among Minority Students in ChinaThe Case of the Hui This book explores Hui (one of the Muslim minority groups in China) students’ lived experiences in an elementary school in central P. R. China from the perspectives of philosophical foundations of education and the sociology of education the impact of their experiences on their identity construction and what schooling means to Hui students. The book describes a vivid picture of how the Hui construct their own identities in the public school setting and how the state curricula teachers and parents play roles in student identity construction. The objectives of the book are to discover factors that impact Hui students’ identity construction and have caused Hui students to know little about their own culture and language; and to explore what should be done to help teachers administrators and policy makers appreciate minority culture and include minority culture and knowledge in school curriculum in order to meet the needs of Hui students.The book provides historical policy and curricular contexts for readers to understand Hui students’ experiences in central China and discusses the cultural differences between Han and Hui from a philosophical level. The book uses postcolonial theory to critique the assimilative nature of school education the construction of Hui students’ identity from Han ideology and the cultural hegemony of the mainstream Han group. It also discusses curriculum reconceptualization both in China and globally and the possibility of multicultural education in China.   Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415540032

Language Culture and SocietyAn Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology Why should we study language? How do the ways in which we communicate define our identities? And how is this all changing in the digital world? Since 1993 many have turned to Language Culture and Society for answers to questions like those above because of its comprehensive coverage of all critical aspects of linguistic anthropology. This seventh edition carries on the legacy while addressing some of the newer pressing and exciting challenges of the 21st century such as issues of language and power language ideology and linguistic diasporas. Chapters on gender race and class also examine how language helps create - and is created by - identity. New to this edition are enhanced and updated pedagogical features such as learning objectives updated resources for continued learning and the inclusion of a glossary. There is also an expanded discussion of communication online and of social media outlets and how that universe is changing how we interact. The discussion on race and ethnicity has also been expanded to include Latin- and Asian-American English vernacular. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780813350608

Language Culture and TeachingCritical Perspectives Distinguished multiculturalist Sonia Nieto speaks directly to current and future teachers in this thoughtful integration of a selection of her key writings with creative pedagogical features. Offering information insights and motivation to teach students of diverse cultural racial and linguistic backgrounds examples are included throughout to illustrate real-life dilemmas about diversity that teachers face in their own classrooms; ideas about how language culture and teaching are linked; and ways to engage with these ideas through reflection and collaborative inquiry. Designed for upper-undergraduate and graduate-level students and professional development courses each chapter includes critical questions classroom activities and community activities suggesting projects beyond the classroom context. Language Culture and Teaching • explores how language and culture are connected to teaching and learning in educational settings; • examines the sociocultural and sociopolitical contexts of language and culture to understand how these contexts may affect student learning and achievement; • analyzes the implications of linguistic and cultural diversity for classroom practices school reform and educational equity; • encourages practicing and preservice teachers to reflect critically on their classroom practices as well as on larger institutional policies related to linguistic and cultural diversity based on the above understandings; and • motivates teachers to understand their ethical and political responsibilities to work together with their students colleagues and families for more socially just classrooms schools and society. Changes in the Third Edition: This edition includes new and updated chapters section introductions critical questions classroom and community activities and resources bringing it up-to-date in terms of recent educational policy issues and demographic changes in the U.S. and beyond. The new chapters reflect Nieto’s current thinking about the profession and society especially about changes in the teaching profession both positive and negative since the publication of the second edition of this text. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138206151

Language Culture Identity and Citizenship in College Classrooms and Communities Language Culture Identity and Citizenship in College Classrooms and Communities examines what takes place in writing classrooms beyond academic analytical and argumentative writing to include forms that engage students in navigating the civic political social and cultural spheres they inhabit. It presents a conceptual framework for imagining how writing instructors can institute campus-wide initiatives such as Writing Across Communities that attempt to connect the classroom and the campus to the students’ various communities of belonging especially students who have been historically underserved. This framework reflects an emerging perspective—writing across difference—that challenges the argument that the best writing instructors can do is develop the skills and knowledge students need to make a successful transition from their home discourses to academic discourses. Instead the value inherent in the full repertoire of linguistic cultural and semiotic resources students use in their varied communities of belonging needs to be acknowledged and students need to be encouraged to call on these to the fullest extent possible in the course of learning what they are being taught in the writing classroom. Pedagogically this book provides educators with the rhetorical discursive and literacy tools needed to implement this approach. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415722780

Language Culture and PowerEnglish�Tamil in Modern India 1900 to Present Day This volume examines the relationship between language and power across cultural boundaries. It evaluates the vital role of translation in redefining culture and ethnic identity. During the first phase of colonialism mid-18th to late-19th century the English-speaking missionaries and East India Company functionaries in South India were impelled to master Tamil the local language in order to transact their business. Tamil also comprised ancient classical literary works especially ethical and moral literature which were found especially suited to the preferences of Christian missionaries.This interface between English and Tamil acted as a conduit for cultural transmission among different groups. The essays in this volume explore the symbiotic relation between English and Tamil during the late colonial and postcolonial as also the modernist and the postmodernist periods. The book showcases the modernity of contemporary Tamil culture as reflected in its literary and artistic productions — poetry fiction short fiction and drama — and outlines the aesthetics philosophy and methodology of these translations. This volume and its companion (which looks at the period between 1750 to 1900 CE) cover the late colonial and postcolonial era and will be of interest to students scholars and researchers of translation studies literature linguistics sociology and social anthropology South Asian studies colonial and postcolonial studies literary and critical theory as well as culture studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge India 9780367886837

Language Culture and Young ChildrenDeveloping English in the Multi-ethnic Nursery and Infant School Originally published in 1992. This book is designed to help the teacher facing the challenge posed by multi-ethnic multi-cultural multi-language classes. The contributions from teachers and Higher Education tutors are based on experience and research in this area and their emphasis is practical with theoretical support being provided where relevant. Part one considers issues of difference including looking at oral language development issues of assessment and the particular needs of traveller children among other topics. The second part looks at stories and books while the third looks at active language use in writing and drama. Part four suggests useful resources. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138080447

Language Custom and Nation in the 1790sLocke Tooke Wordsworth Edgeworth Language Custom and Nation in the 1790s shows for the first time how the radical 'Jacobin' poets and their ideas of a 'revolutionary' poetry were impelled - even 'invented' - by the seventeenth-century English philosopher John Locke. For too long the revolutionary Romanticism and poetic experiments of the 1790s have been understood as responses to the American and French revolutions or attributed to the intellectual influence of Rousseau. The author counters these assumptions by tracing threads of influence from Locke's ideas of 'arbitrary' language and tyranny through Tooke's attacks on terms such as 'majesty' and 'law' to the supposedly 'real language' of Wordsworthian Romanticism. She breaks new ground in establishing Maria Edgeworth's place in Locke's anti-authoritarian tradition contending that Edgeworth's work produced in the shadow of the United Irishmen uprising revives the politicisation of the idea of common language displaced in Wordsworth's neutralizing of Locke's radical impulse in the preface to Lyrical Ballads. The author's original and engaging book will appeal to scholars of 1790s radicalism eighteenth-century linguistic theory women's writing and the relations between Britain and Ireland. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138356337

Language Desire and TheologyA Genealogy of the Will to Speak This interesting and provocative work develops a new theological approach to language in the light of contemporary critical theory. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415859820

Language Discourse and LiteratureAn Introductory Reader in Discourse Stylistics This collection shows students of English and applied linguistics ways in which language and literary study can be integrated. By drawing on a wide range of texts by mainly British and American writers from a variety of different periods the contributors show how discourse stylistics can provide models for the systematic description of for example dialogue in fiction; language of drama and balladic poetry; speech presentation; the interactive properties of metre; the communicative context of author/reader. Among the texts examined are novels poetry and drama by major twentieth-century writers such as Joyce Auden Pinter and Hopkins as well as examples from Shakespeare Donne and Milton. Each chapter has a wide range of exercises for practical analysis an extensive glossary and a comprehensive bibliography with suggestions for further reading. The book will be particularly useful to undergraduate students of English and applied linguistics and advanced students of modern languages or English as a foreign language. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138140950

Language Education and Citizenship in Japan Based on extensive original research this book explores the early educational experiences of foreign children in Japan. It considers foreign children’s experiences of Japanese schools examines the special tutoring such children often have to improve their language proficiency and explores the role of mothers in encouraging their children’s education. It contrasts the experiences of foreign children with those of Japanese children and sets out the extensive difficulties foreign children encounter in becoming fully accepted by and integrated into Japanese society. The book concludes by discussing the nature of citizenship in Japan and the importance of education including early education in shaping Japanese citizenship. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138816633

Language Education and Uyghur Identity in Urban Xinjiang As the regional lingua franca the Uyghur language long underpinned Uyghur national identity in Xinjiang. However since the ‘bilingual education’ policy was introduced in 2002 Chinese has been rapidly institutionalised as the sole medium of instruction in the region’s institutes of education. As a result studies of the bilingual and indeed multi-lingual Uyghur urban youth have emerged as a major new research trend. This book explores the relationship between language education and identity among the urban Uyghurs of contemporary Xinjiang. It considers ways in which Uyghur urban youth identities began to evolve in response to the state imposition of ‘bilingual education’. Starting by defining the notion of ethnic identity the book explores the processes involved in the formation and development of personal and group identities considers why ethnic boundaries are constructed between groups and questions how ethnic identity is expressed in social cultural and religious practice. Against this background contributors adopt a special focus on the relationship between language use education and ethnic identity development. As a study of ethnicity in China this book will be of huge interest to students and scholars of Chinese culture and society Asian ethnicity cultural anthropology sociolinguistics and Asian education. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138494619

Language Ethnic Identity and the State This new study powerfully asserts the pivotal importance of the interplay between language and ethnicity which is often underestimated as a component for political stability. These leading scholars present five key case studies of South Africa Algeria Canada Latvia and Senegal. All five countries are multilingual nations where language has been a central political issue that has challenged their unity and stability. These studies are underpinned by two general comparative and theoretical discussions which analyse how scholars consider social class and economic factors to be the primary sources for political cohesion or of malcontent with the system and the new avenues opened by a focus on issues of langauge. This book will be of great interest to all students and scholars of linguistics language politics and sociology. This is a special issue of the leading journal Nationalism and Ethnic Politics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138993044

Language Ethnography and EducationBridging New Literacy Studies and Bourdieu This frontline volume contributes to the social study of education in general and literacy in particular by bringing together in a new way the traditions of language ethnography and education. Integrating New Literacy Studies and Bourdieusian sociology with ethnographic approaches to the study of classroom practice it offers an original and useful reference point for scholars and students of education language and literacy wishing to incorporate Bourdieu’s ideas into their work. More than just a set of stand-alone chapters around social perspectives on language interactions in classrooms this book develops and unfolds dialogically across three sections: Bridging New Literacy Studies and Bourdieu – Principles; Language Ethnography and Education - Practical Studies; Working at the Intersections – In Theory and Practice. The authors posit ‘Classroom Language Ethnography’ as a genuinely new perspective with rich and developed traditions behind it but distinct from conventional approaches to literacy and education — an approach that bridges those traditions to yield fresh insights on literacy in all its manifestations thereby providing a pathway to more robust research on language in education. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415872492

Language Feeling and the BrainThe Evocative Vector Linguistic theory since the Cognitive Revolution has fol- lowed one of the premises of that revolution by largely sidelining the issue of emotions and concentrating on those aspects of language that are more strictly cognitive. However during the last ten years research in cognitive science especially in neuropsychology has begun to fill in the gaps left by the exclusion of emotions from cognitive research. The work of those like Oatley Zajonc Damasio and LeDoux to name a few has demonstrated both that it is possible to construct models of how emotions play into the workings of the psyche and that they are necessary in giving us a balanced view of the human mind.Language Feeling and the Brain attempts to apply the fruits of this new research in emotion to our understanding of language itself. Building on Karl Pribram's integrated model of emotions and motivations the book takes an eclectic approach to explaining how emotions contribute to the nature of language drawing on research done in neuropsychology philosophy cognitive linguistics anthropology and related fields. Its aim is to construct a propositional model for how the emotions may have contributed to the emergence of symbolic formation most especially in the forms of gesture and speech and how identifying that emotional influence sheds new light on everything we have had to say about language itself from lexis and grammar to culture and literature. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138511507

Language Gender and Citizenship in American Literature 1789-1919 Examining language debates and literary texts from Noah Webster to H.L. Mencken and from Washington Irving to Charlotte Perkins Gilman this book demonstrates how gender arose in passionate discussions about language to address concerns about national identity and national citizenship elicited by 19th-century sociopolitical transformations. Together with popular commentary about language in Congressional records periodicals grammar books etiquette manuals and educational materials literary products tell stories about how gendered discussions of language worked to deflect nationally divisive debates over Indian Removal and slavery to stabilize mid-19th-century sociopolitical mobility to illuminate the logic of Jim Crow and to temper the rise of "New Women" and "New Immigrants" at the end and turn of the 19th century. Strand enhances our understandings of how ideologies of language gender and nation have been interarticulated in American history and culture and how American literature has been entwined in their construction reflection and dissemination.   Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415541619

Language Gender and SexualityAn Introduction Language Gender and Sexuality offers a panoramic and accessible introduction to the ways in which linguistic patterns are sensitive to social categories of gender and sexuality as well as an overview of how speakers use language to create and display gender and sexuality. This book includes discussions of trans/non-binary/genderqueer identities embodiment new media and the role of language and interaction in sexual harassment assault and rape. Drawing on an international range of examples to illustrate key points this book addresses the questions of: how language categorizes the gender/sexuality world in both grammar and interaction; how speakers display create and orient to gender sexuality and desire in interaction; how and why people display different ways of speaking based on their gender/sexual identities. Aimed at students with no background in linguistics or gender studies this book is essential reading for anyone studying language gender and sexuality for the first time. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138487727

Language Gender and FeminismTheory Methodology and Practice Language Gender and Feminism presents students and researchers with key contemporary theoretical perspectives methodologies and analytical frameworks in the field of feminist linguistic analysis. Mills and Mullany cover a wide range of contemporary feminist theories and emphasise the importance of an interdisciplinary approach. Topics covered include: power language and sexuality sexism and an exploration of the difference between second and third wave feminist analysis. Each chapter presents examples from research conducted in different cultural and linguistic contexts which allows students to observe practical applications of all current theories and approaches. Throughout oral and written language data from a wealth of different contexts settings and sources is thoroughly analysed. The book concludes with a discussion of how the field could advance and a overview of the various research methods pertinent for future work in language and gender study. Language Gender and Feminism is an invaluable text for students new to the discipline of Language and Gender studies within English Language Linguistics Communication Studies and Women’s Studies as well as being an up-to-date resource for more established researchers and scholars. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415485968

Language Gender and IdeologyConstructions of Femininity for Marriage This book explores multiple facets of femininity for marriage in India. Using language as an entry point it looks at how and why media representations of gender identities are constructed the way they are. It works with a unique synthesis of second-wave feminist discourse and empirical linguistic research to look at how the social institution of marriage becomes the site of interaction between language ideology psyche and culture. This volume also brings together the personal histories and views of women who discuss how media modernity and social norms shape their ideas about marriage and selfhood.Deconstructing perceptions of femininity in contemporary India the book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of sociology gender studies linguistics media and cultural studies and psychoanalysis. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge India 9780367734701

Language Gender and Parenthood OnlineNegotiating Motherhood in Mumsnet Talk Language Gender and Parenthood Online explores the digital interactions of parents on the UK-based internet discussion forum Mumsnet Talk a space dominated by users sharing a common identification as women parents and mothers. Using a qualitative approach grounded in feminist poststructuralist theory Jai Mackenzie uncovers ‘common-sense’ assumptions about gender and parenthood explores the construction of gender and parenthood in digital contexts and how discourses of gendered parenthood are negotiated resisted and subverted. This is key reading for students scholars and researchers in the field of language and gender as well as language and digital communication. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367733773

Language Gesture and Space This book brings together papers which address a range of issues regarding the nature and structure of sign languages and other gestural systems and how they exploit the space in which they are conveyed. The chapters focus on five pertinent areas reflecting different but related research topics: * space in language and gesture * point of view and referential shift * morphosyntax of verbs in ASL * gestural systems and sign language and * language acquisition and gesture. Sign languages and gestural systems are produced in physical space; they manipulate spatial contrasts for linguistic and communicative purposes. In addition to exploring the different functions of space researchers discuss similarities and differences between visual-gestural systems -- established sign languages pidgin sign language (International Sign) "homesign" systems developed by deaf children with no sign language input novel gesture systems invented by hearing nonsigners and the gesticulation that accompanies speech. The development of gesture and sign language in children is also examined in both hearing and deaf children charting the emergence of gesture ("manual babbling") its use as a prelinguistic communicative device and its transformation into language-like systems in homesigners. Finally theoretical linguistic accounts of the structure of sign languages are provided in chapters dealing with the analysis of referential shift the structure of narrative the analysis of tense and the structure of the verb phrase in American Sign Language. Taken together the chapters in this volume present a comprehensive picture of sign language and gesture research from a group of international scholars who investigate a range of communicative systems from formal sign languages to the gesticulation that accompanies speech. Media > Books > Print Books Psychology Press 9781138979376

Language Global Mobilities Blue-Collar Workers and Blue-collar Workplaces This collection brings together global perspectives which critically examine the ways in which language as a resource is used and managed in myriad ways in various blue-collar workplace settings in today’s globalized economy. In focusing on blue-collar work environments the book sheds further light on the informal processes through which top down language policies take place in different multilingual settings and the resultant asymmetrical power relations which emerge among employees and employers in such settings. Taking into account the latest debates on poststructuralist theories of language the volume also extends its conceptualization of language to demonstrate the ways in which it extends to a wider range of multilingual and multimodal resources and communicative practices all of which combine in unique and different ways toward constructing meaning in the workplace. The volume’s unique focus on such workplaces also showcases domains of work which have generally until now been less visible within existing research on language in the workplace and the subsequent methodological challenges that arise from studying them. Integrating a range of theoretical and methodological approaches along with empirical data from a diverse range of blue-collar workplaces this book will be of particular interest to students and researchers in critical sociolinguistics applied linguistics sociology and linguistic anthropology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367279004

Language Identity and Stereotype Among Southeast Asian American YouthThe Other Asian This book—an ethnographic and discourse analytic study of an after-school video-making project for 1.5- and second-generation Southeast Asian American teenagers—explores the relationships among stereotype identity and ethnicity that emerge in this informal educational setting. Working from a unique theoretical foundation that combines linguistic anthropology Asian American studies and education and using rigorous linguistic anthropological tools to closely examine video- and audio- recorded interactions gathered during the video-making project (in which teen participants learned the skills for creating their own video and adult staff learned to respect and value the local knowledge of youth) the author builds a compelling link between micro-level uses of language and macro-level discourses of identity race ethnicity and culture. In this study of the ways in which teens draw on and play with circulating stereotypes of the self and the other Reyes uniquely illustrates how individuals can reappropriate stereotypes of their ethnic group as a resource to position themselves and others in interactionally meaningful ways to accomplish new social actions and to assign new meanings to stereotypes. This is an important book for academics and students in sociolinguistics linguistic anthropology discourse analysis and applied linguistics with an interest in issues of youth race and ethnicity and/or educational settings and will also be of interest to readers in the fields of education Asian American studies social psychology and sociology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415504645

Language Identity and Syrian Political Activism on Social Media Language Identity and Syrian Political Activism on Social Media is an empirical contemporary Arabic sociolinguistic investigation informed by theories and notions developed in the fields of Arabic linguistics sociolinguistics discourse analysis and linguistic anthropology. Building on the Bakhtinian concept of linguistic hybridity this book conducts a longitudinal analysis of Syrian dissidents’ social media practices between 2009 and 2017. It shows how dissidents have used social media to emerge in the discourse about the Syrian conflict and how language has been used symbolically as a tool of social and political engagement in an increasingly complex sociopolitical context. This monograph is ideal for students sociolinguists and researchers interested in Arabic language and identity. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138335813

Language Identity and ConflictA Comparative Study of Language in Ethnic Conflict in Europe and Eurasia This innovative study of language and identity in recent and contemporary cases of ethnic conflict in Europe and Eurasia sets out a response to the limitations in the fields of linguistics and political science. Using examples of language policy and planning in conflict situations it examines the functions of language as a marker of identity in ethnic conflict and the extent to which language may be a causal factor in ethnic conflict. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415868228

Language Ideology and the HumanNew Interventions Language Ideology and the Human: New Interventions redefines the critical picture of language as a system of signs and ideological tropes inextricably linked to human existence. Offering reflections on the status discursive possibilities and political ideological and practical uses of oral or written word in both contemporary society and the work of previous thinkers this book traverses South African courts British clinics language schools in East Timor prison cells cinemas literary criticism textbooks and philosophical treatises in order to forge a new diversified perspective on language ideology and what it means to be human. This truly international and interdisciplinary collection explores the implications that language always materialising in the form of a historically and ideologically identifiable discourse as well as the concept of ideology itself have for the construction definition and ways of speaking about 'the human'. Thematically arranged and drawing together the latest research from experts around the world Language Ideology and the Human offers a view of language ideology and the human subject that eschews simplifications and binary definitions. With contributions from across the social sciences and humanities this book will appeal to scholars from a range of disciplines including sociology cultural studies anthropology law linguistics literary studies philosophy and political science. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138108424

Language Ideology and EducationThe politics of textbooks in language education This book examines the role textbooks play in the teaching of dominant and non-dominant (first and foreign) languages in a range of cultural contexts worldwide. Each chapter addresses important issues related to what constitutes "legitimate knowledge" the politics of learning materials global cultural awareness competing ideologies and the development of multilingual literacies. Language Ideology and Education: The Politics of Textbooks in Language Education comprehensively surveys theoretical perspectives and methodological issues in the critical examination of language textbooks. In particular it looks at: The Cultural Politics of Language Textbooks in the Era of Globalization The Politics of Instructional Materials for English for Young Learners Ideological Tensions and Contradictions in Lower Primary English Teaching Materials in Singapore Creating a Multilingual/multicultural Space in Japanese EFL: A Critical Analysis of Discursive Practices within a New Language Education Policy The book is primarily addressed to those who teach and research in the areas of Foreign Language Education TESOL Applied Linguistics Language Policy Critical Pedagogy and Textual Cultures. Although the book is focused on textbook and materials analysis rather than evaluation most chapters discuss implications for curriculum design and materials development and therefore will be relevant to scholars working in those fields. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138580268

Language Ideology and Identity in Serial Killer Narratives In this book Gregoriou explores the portrayal of the serial killer identity and its related ideology across a range of contemporary crime narratives including detective fiction the true crime genre and media journalism. How exactly is the serial killer consciousness portrayed how is the killing linguistically justified and how distinguishing is the language revolving around criminal ideology and identity across these narrative genres? By employing linguistic and content-related methods of analysis her study aims to work toward the development of a stylistic framework on the representation of serial killer ideology across factual (i.e. media texts) factional (i.e. true crime books) and fictional (i.e. novels) murder narratives. ‘Schema’ is a term commonly used to refer to organised bundles of knowledge in our brains which are activated once we come across situations we have previously experienced a ‘group schema’ being one such inventory shared by many. By analysing serial murder narratives across various genres Gregoriou uncovers a widely shared ‘group schema’ for these murderers and questions the extent to which real criminal minds are in fact linguistically fictionalised. Gregoriou’s study of the mental functioning and representation of criminal personas can help illuminate our schematic understanding of actual criminal minds. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138886056

Language Ideology and Japanese History Textbooks The Japanese history textbook debate is one that keeps making the news particularly with reference to claims that Japan has never 'apologised properly' for its actions between 1931 and 1945 and that it is one of the few liberal democratic countries in which textbooks are controlled and authorised by the central government. There are frequent protests both from within Japan and from overseas that a biased nationalistic history is taught in Japanese schools. This is the first time that all the authorised textbooks currently in use have been analysed using a critical discourse that is anchored firmly in the theory of 'language within society' elucidating the meanings and associated ideologies created by the language of the textbooks. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415863117

Language Ideology and Social ConsciousnessDeveloping a Sociohistorical Approach Originally published in 1999 this book sets out to develop a distinctive critical approach to the study of social consciousness through empirical studies of sociopolitical conflict in the west of Scotland. It accords an analytical priority to language-use and provides a critical review of a number of contemporary studies and approaches as part of an emerging presentation of an original and distinctive method. The book makes a significant contribution to the recovery for social science of the achievements of a set of Marxist psychologists and philosophers of language - most notably L.S. Vygotsky and V.N. Voloshinov - whose potential relevance for political sociology has barely been recognised. It tests and demonstrates the relevance of the approach it seeks to develop in relation to empirical studies - most notably the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders 'work-in' of 1971-72 and the Scottish Office-led urban policy 'Partnership' in Ferguslie Park Paisley in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Ultimately the analytical focus on language becomes a key component of a larger mode of social investigation which begins from an analysis of changing patterns of language-use - one which 'turns' to language without embracing the 'linguistic turn'. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367134839

Language Intelligence and Thought In this text first published in 1993 Barrow decisively rejects the traditional assumption that intelligence has no educational significance and contends instead that intelligence is developed by the enlargement of understanding. Arguing that much educational research is driven by a concept of intelligence that has no obvious educational relevance Dr Barrow suggests that this is partly due to a widespread lack of understanding about the nature and point of philosophical analysis and partly due to a failure to face up to the value judgements that are necessarily involved in analysing a concept such as intelligence. If intelligence is to be of educational significance it must be understood in terms that allow it to be educable. Written by a philosopher of education this study offers a reasoned and extended argument in favour of an original view of philosophical analysis. It focuses on the issue of intelligence from a philosophical perspective. It should be of interest to students of education philosophy and the philosophy of education alike. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138925847

Language Interaction and National IdentityStudies in the Social Organisation of National Identity in Talk-in-Interaction Contemporary political and public discourse has come alive with the issues and conflicts surrounding questions of national identity. Despite the widespread sociological attention it has drawn as a result most studies of national identity have been conducted at considerable analytical distance from the lived reality of national identity talk. This collection brings together the work of contemporary researchers situating the talk and interaction in which national identities are actually expressed and used. The book presents detailed investigations of how persons actually use national identity in their talk the interactional uses to which such expressions are put and the interactional consequences of such identity talk. The studies are based on transcribed tape recordings of naturally occurring talk across a variety of different countries and settings illuminating not only situated national identity talk as a phenomenon in its own right but also providing empirically grounded research for traditional sociological theorising about issues of integration devolution and exclusion. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138258112

Language Labour and Migration Language Labour and Migration explores two fundamental aspects of the migrant experience through a multi-disciplinary lens which combines the research of leading academics at the cutting edge of their fields. This latest volume from the centre for the Study of Migration brings together the work of anthropologists economists geographers historians political scientists and medical practitioners. Essays explore topics which include the role of mother tongue as a bridge to assimilation the racialization of immigrants and refugees through language the patterns of resistance undertaken by lascars the experience of black British seamen in the eighteenth century health advocacy in the twentieth century and the way in which cyber-space is being used to rediscover ethnic identity in the twenty-first century. Other essays examine Chinese labour in France during the First world war employment opportunities for those deficient in the majority language and poverty in old age. All provide new and at times controversial insights into the problems of language and labour in an alien society. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138274266

Language Learning and Culture in Early ChildhoodHome School and Community Contexts Complex factors affect young children and their families in today’s increasingly diverse world characterized by globalization the transnational movement of people and neo-liberal government policies in western and industrialized countries. This book focuses on three of these factors—culture language and learning—and how they affect children’s development and learning in the context of their communities families and schools. Taking an ecological perspective it challenges normative and hegemonic views of young children’s language literacy and numeracy development and offers examples of demonstrated educational practices that acknowledge and build on the knowledge that children develop and learn in culturally specific ways in their homes and communities. The authors highlight issues and perspectives that are particular to Indigenous people who have been subjected to centuries of assimilationist and colonialist policies and practices and the importance of first or home language maintenance and its cognitive cultural economic psychological and social benefits. Links are provided to a package of audio-video resources (http://blogs.ubc.ca/intersectionworkshop/) including key note speeches and interviews with leading international scholars and a collection of vignettes from the workshop from which this volume was produced . Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138920835

Language Learning ContextTalking the Talk In what way do educators understand the language they use to make sense of the educational environment? How does language enable educators and how can they consciously make the most of its potential? Using the right language and setting the correct tone in the school classroom has repercussions for all involved; whether it affects the linguistic development of a student or the effective delivery of a lesson language plays an important factor in any educational context. As such this innovative book focuses right at the heart of learning arguing that current theories of speech in classrooms do not and cannot capture the essentially passive aspects of talking. Until now these verbal and physical expressions of communication have been left untheorised leaving the potential of an entire secondary area of language untapped. Exploring his argument along three clear but interrelated lines of investigation the author focuses on our understanding on language itself and finally on communication. Thus he argues: that language is unintentional and our understanding of it is limited as soon as we speak language appears beyond us in a highly singular situated context that communication cannot be reduced to the simple production of words. Building on the work of linguistic philosophers such as Martin Heidegger Donald Davidson Paul Ricœur and Jacques Derrida these salient points are further elaborated to fully develop the relationship between thinking and talk in educational settings. This invaluable book makes recommendations for the praxis of teaching and will appeal to students researchers and practising science and mathematics teachers as well as those with interests in language and literacy. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415658645

Language Literacy and Cognitive DevelopmentThe Development and Consequences of Symbolic Communication Language Literacy and Cognitive Development addresses the impact of language and literacy on cognitive development. Top researchers examine the cognitive significance of the growth in children's ability to express themselves symbolically whether that involves communicating linguistically mathematically logically or through some other symbol system expressed in speech gesture notations or some other means. The book contributes to refining and answering questions regarding the nature origin and development of symbolic communication in all its forms and their consequences for the cognitive development of the younger child at home and the older child at school. Media > Books > Print Books Psychology Press 9780415655378

Language Literacy and Learning in the STEM DisciplinesHow Language Counts for English Learners With a focus on what mathematics and science educators need to know about academic language used in the STEM disciplines this book critically synthesizes the current knowledge base on language challenges inherent to learning mathematics and science with particular attention to the unique issues for English learners. These key questions are addressed: When and how do students develop mastery of the language registers unique to mathematics and to the sciences? How do teachers use assessment as evidence of student learning for both accountability and instructional purposes? Orienting each chapter with a research review and drawing out important Focus Points chapter authors examine the obstacles to and latest ideas for improving STEM literacy and discuss implications for future research and practice. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138284296

Language Literacy and Pedagogy in Postindustrial SocietiesThe Case of Black Academic Underachievement In postindustrial economies such as the United States and Great Britain the black/white achievement gap is perpetuated by an emphasis on language and language skills with which black American and black British-Caribbean youths often struggle. This work analyzes the nature of educational pedagogy in the contemporary capitalist world-system under American hegemony. Mocombe and Tomlin interpret the role of education as an institutional or ideological apparatus for capitalist domination and examine the sociolinguistic means or pedagogies by which global and local social actors are educated within the capitalist world-system to serve the needs of capital; i.e. capital accumulation. Two specific case studies one in the United States and one in the United Kingdom are utilized to demonstrate how contemporary educational emphasis on language and literacy parallels the organization of work and contributes to the debate on academic underachievement of black students vis-a-vis their white and Asian counterparts. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138107960

Language Literacy and DiversityMoving Words Language Literacy and Diversity brings together researchers who are leading the innovative and important re-theorization of language and literacy in relation to social mobility multilingualism and globalization. The volume examines local and global flows of people language and literacy in relation to social practice; the role (and nature) of boundary maintenance or disruption in global transnational and translocal contexts; and the lived experiences of individuals on the front lines of global transnational and translocal processes. The contributors pay attention to the dynamics of multilingualism in located settings and the social and personal management of multilingualism in socially stratified and ethnically plural social settings. Together they offer ground-breaking research on language practices and documentary practices as regards to access selection social mobility and gate-keeping processes in a range of settings across several continents: Africa Asia the Americas and Europe. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138062832

Language Literature and Critical PracticeWays of Analysing Text Using a wide-ranging variety of texts the author reviews and evaluates a broad range of approaches to textual commentary introducing the reader to the fundamental distinction between `actual' and `virtual' worlds in critical practice. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138172869

Language Literature and the LearnerCreative Classroom Practice Language Literature and the Learner is an edited volume evolving from three international seminars devoted to the teaching of literature in a second or foreign language. The seminars explicitly addressed the interface between language and literature teaching to investigate the ways in which literature can be used as a resource for language growth at secondary intermediate and upper-intermediate level.This book presents the reader with a practical classroom-based guide to how the teaching of language and literature until recently seen as two distinct subjects within the English curriculum can be used as mutually supportive resources within the classroom. Through essays and case studies it reports on the most recent developments in classroom practice and methodology and suggests ways in which the curriculum could be reshaped to take advantage of this integrated approach.The text will be essential reading for students undertaking PGCE TESOL/MA UCLES CTEFLA RSA and Teachers' Diploma courses worldwide. Students of applied linguistics those on stylistics courses and undergraduates studying English language will welcome it as accessible supplementary reading. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138145078

Language Media and CultureThe Key Concepts Language Media and Culture: The Key Concepts is an authoritative and indispensable guide to the essential terminology of the overlapping fields of Language Media and Culture. Designed to give students and researchers ‘tools for thinking with’ in addressing major issues of communicative change in the 21st century the book covers over 500 concepts as well as containing an extensive bibliography to aid further study. Subjects covered include: Authenticity Truthiness Structures of feeling Turn-taking Transitivity Validity claims With cross referencing and further reading provided throughout this book provides an inclusive map of the discipline and is an essential reference work for students in communication media journalism and cultural studies as well as for students of language and linguistics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138047075

Language Media and Globalization in the PeripheryThe Linguascapes of Popular Music in Mongolia The title seeks to show how people are embedded culturally socially and linguistically in a certain peripheral geographical location yet are also able to roam widely in their use and takeup of a variety of linguistic and cultural resources. Drawing on data examples obtained from ethnographic fieldwork trips in Mongolia a country located geographically politically and economically on the Asian periphery this book presents an example of how peripheral contexts should be seen as crucial sites for understanding the current sociolinguistics of globalization. Dovchin brings together several themes of wide contemporary interest including sociolinguistic diversity in the context of popular culture and media in a globalized world (with a particular focus on popular music) and transnational flows of linguistic and cultural resources to argue that the role of English and other languages in the local language practices of young musicians in Mongolia should be understood as "linguascapes." This notion of linguascapes adds new levels of analysis to common approaches to sociolinguistics of globalization offering researchers new complex perspectives of linguistic diversity in the increasingly globalized world. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367590819

Language Memory and Thought Published in 1976 Language Memory and thought is a valuable contribution to the field of Cognitive Psychology. This book presents a theory about human cognitive functioning a set of experiments testing that theory and a review of some of the literature relevant to the theory. The theory is embodied in a computer simulation model called ACT. Media > Books > E-books Psychology Press 9780203780954

Language Memory and RememberingExplorations in Historical Sociolinguistics This volume explores issues of memory remembering and language in late colonial India. It is the first systematic historical sociolinguistic study of English private and public citizens who lived in and/or worked for India and the Indian cause from the 1920s to the 1940s. While some of the English have lived as common citizens and were committed to India their voices and contributions have remained on the margins of Indian collective memory. This book offers microhistorical readings of extended language forms generally underexplored in sociolinguistics (such as letters telegrams missives and oral histories) to reorient facets of individual memories lives and endeavours against larger officialised understandings of the past.Using previously unpublished corpus of archival material and interviews with English private citizens from that period this volume on historical sociolinguistics will be of interest to scholars and researchers of language and linguistics South Asian studies post-colonial literary studies culture studies and modern history. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge India 9780367733360

Language Mind and Brain The chapters in this volume are extended versions of material first presented at the National Interdisciplinary Symposium on Language Mind and Brain held April 6-9 1978 in Gainesville Florida.  Importantly for interdisciplinary goals the papers contained in this volume are quite “ available” ; that is papers by philosophers can easily be read and understood by linguists and psychologists; the ideas of the linguists are readily comprehensible to any educated reader; the psychologists and neurologically oriented writers are clear and nderstandable. It is then a volume that cuts not so much across disciplines but through them.  First published in 1982. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company.   Media > Books > E-books Psychology Press 9781315792286

Language Mind and PowerWhy We Need Linguistic Equality Language is a natural resource: Power and vulnerability are associated with access to language just as to food and water. In this new book a linguist and philosopher elucidate why language is so powerful illuminate its very real social and political implications and make the case for linguistic equality—equality among languages and equality in access to/knowledge of language and its use—as a human right and tool to prevent violence and oppression. Students and instructors will find this accessible interdisciplinary text invaluable for courses that explore how language reflects power structures in linguistics philosophy/ethics and cognitive science/psychology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367224400

Language Mind and ValuePhilosophical Essays Philosophical themes as diverse as language value mind and God are among the topics discussed in this book originally published in 1963. Considerably influential there are contributions on Time Camrbidge Philosophy Doedelian Sentences Morality by Convention and the Non-Existence of God. They reflect a gradual move from a position where the influence of Wittgenstein is paramount to a position where there is considerable criticism of linguistic philosophy and a growing interest in the approaches of Hegel and the phenomenologists. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138691148

Language Nations and MultilingualismQuestioning the Herderian Ideal Language Nations and Multilingualism explores the legacy of Herder’s ideas about the relationship between language and nationalism in the post-colonial world. Focusing on how anti-colonial and post-colonial nations reconcile their myriad multilingualisms with the Herderian model of one language-one nation it shows how Herder’s model is both attractive and problematic for such nations. Why then does the Herderian model have such valency? How has the Herderian ideal of one nation-one language continued to survive beneath the uncomfortable resolution struck by new multilingual nations as they create fictions of a singular national mother tongue? To what extent is Herder still relevant in our contemporary world? How have different nations negotiated the Herderian ideal in different ways? What does the way in which multilingual post-colonial nations deal with this crisis tell us about a possible alternative framework for understanding the relationship between language and nation? By approaching this investigation from diverse archives across Asia Africa Europe Latin America and the Caribbean Language Nations and Multilingualism proposes answers to the aforementioned questions from a global perspective that takes into account the specificities of a range of colonial experiences and political regimes. And by extending the discussion backwards in time to offer a more historical reading of the making of modern nations it allows us to see how multilingualism has always disrupted constructions of monoglot nations. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138322639

Language Politics and Identity in TaiwanNaming China Following the move by Chiang Kai-shek and the Chinese Nationalist Party Kuomingtang (KMT) to Taiwan after losing the Chinese civil war to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the late 1940s and Chiang’s subsequent lifelong vow to reclaim the mainland "China " has occupied—if not monopolized—the gaze of Taiwan where its projected images are reflected. Whether mirror image shadow or ideal contrast China has been and will continue to be a key reference point in Taiwan's convoluted effort to find its identity. Language Politics and Identity in Taiwan traces the intertwined paths of five sets of names Taiwan has used to name China since the KMT came to Taiwan in 1949: the derogatory "Communist bandits"; the ideologically focused "Chinese Communists"; the seemingly neutral geographical designators "mainland" and "opposite shore/both shores"; and the ethnic and national label "China " with the official designation "People's Republic of China." In doing so it explores how Taiwanese identities are constituted and reconstituted in the shifting and switching of names for China; in the application of these names to alternative domains of Taiwanese life; in the waning or waxing of names following tides of history and polity; and in the increasingly contested meaning of names. Through textual analyses of historical archives and other mediated texts and artifacts the chapters chart Taiwan's identity negotiation over the past half century and critically evaluate key interconnections between language and politics. This unique book will be of great interest to students and scholars of Taiwan studies Chinese politics communication studies and linguistics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138095038

Language Race and Power in SchoolsA Critical Discourse Analysis In this edited collection authors from various academic cultural racial linguistic and personal backgrounds use critical discourse analysis as a conceptual framework and method to examine social inequities identity issues and linguistic discrimination faced by historically oppressed groups in schools and society. Language Race and Power in Schools unravels the ways and degrees to which these groups have faced and resisted oppression and draws on critical discourse analysis to examine how multiple forms of oppression intersect. This volume interrogates areas of discrimination and injustice and discusses possibilities of developing coalitions and concerted efforts across the lines of diversity. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367195878

Language Saussure and WittgensteinHow to Play Games with Words Saussure as a linguist and Wittgenstein as a philosopher of language are arguably the two most important figures in the development of twentieth-century linguistic thought. By pointing out what their ideas have in common in spite of emanating from very different intellectual sources this study breaks new ground. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138142879

Language Schools and Classrooms (RLE Edu L Sociology of Education) The role of language is central in education – but there is much debate about the exact relation between children’s language and their educational success. The author provides a clear guide to the basic issues in the debates over language deficit standard English and classroom language and in this edition he shows how work in sociolinguistics can give a better understanding of the place of language in education and society. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415752817

Language Science and Popular Fiction in the Victorian Fin-de-SiècleThe Brutal Tongue Christine Ferguson's timely study is the first comprehensive examination of the importance of language in forming a crucial nexus among popular fiction biology and philology at the Victorian fin-de-siècle. Focusing on a variety of literary and non-literary texts the book maps out the dialogue between the Victorian life and social sciences most involved in the study of language and the literary genre frequently indicted for causing linguistic corruption and debasement - popular fiction. Ferguson demonstrates how Darwinian biological philological and anthropological accounts of 'primitive' and animal language were co-opted into wider cultural debates about the apparent brutality of popular fiction and shows how popular novelists such as Marie Corelli Grant Allen H.G. Wells H. Rider Haggard and Bram Stoker used their fantastic narratives to radically reformulate the relationships among language thought and progress that underwrote much of the contemporary prejudice against mass literary taste. In its alignment of scientific cultural and popular discourses of human language Language Science and Popular Fiction in the Victorian Fin-de-Siècle stands as a corrective to assessments of best-selling fiction's intellectual ideological and aesthetic simplicity. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138262805

Language Society and New MediaSociolinguistics Today This book presents an interdisciplinary approach to the scientific study of the relation between language and society language and culture language and mind. It integrates frameworks from sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology and emerging strands of research on language and new media in order to demonstrate how language undergirds human thought and social behaviors. It is designed as an introductory textbook aimed at students with little to no background in linguistics. Each chapter covers the main aspects of a particular topic or area of study while also presenting future avenues of study. This edition includes discussions on: ● social media and the creation of identity; ● gestural communication; ● emoji writing; ● multimodality; ● human-computer interaction. Discussions are supported by a wealth of pedagogical features including sidebars as well as activities assignments and a glossary at the back. The overall aim is to demonstrate the dynamic connections between language society thought and culture and how they continue to evolve in today’s rapidly changing digital world. It is ideal for students in introductory courses in sociolinguistics language and culture and linguistic anthropology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367465148

Language Society and PowerAn Introduction Language Society and Power is an accessible introduction to studying language in a variety of social contexts.　 This book examines the ways language functions how it influences the way we view society and how it varies according to age ethnicity class and gender. It considers whether representations of people and their language matter explores how identity is constructed and performed and considers the creative potential of language in the media politics and everyday talk. The fifth edition of this popular textbook features:  Updated chapters with new activities;  Examples that include material related to youth language computer-mediated communication texting and electronic communication;  New material on online mass media fake news and Twitter as a form of political agency;  More discussion of social media social networking memes and mobile communication;  An introduction to the concepts of translanguaging and superdiversity;  An expanded Gender chapter that questions binary gender identities;  A companion website which includes more video material to support learning as students make their way through the book. Language Society and Power assumes no linguistic background among readers and is a must-read for all students of English language and linguistics media communication cultural studies sociology and psychology who are studying language and society for the first time. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415786249

Language Structure and Reproduction (Routledge Revivals)An Introduction to the Sociology of Basil Bernstein Basil Bernstein is one of the most creative and influential of contemporary British sociologists yet his work – especially that relating to language and social structure – is widely misunderstood and misrepresented. This book first published in 1985 addresses the underlying themes and continuities in Bernstein’s work and portrays him as a sociologist in the Durkheimian tradition. This reissue will be of particular value to students interested in the sociology of education language and society anthropological linguistics and communication studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415727730

Language Subjectivity and Freedom in Rousseau's Moral Philosophy This book first published in 1991 has two related goals. The first is to explicate Rousseau’s conception of subjectivity; the second is to trace the influence of that conception on his theory of freedom. It argues that Rousseau’s conception of subjectivity provides us with a basis for understanding both his analysis of the ‘social problem’ of advanced civil societies and the solutions he proposes to this problem. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367183400

Language Symbolism And Politics This book explores some of the multiple roles that symbolism and language play in political life. It includes contemporary efforts in structuralism deconstruction textual analysis post-structuralism critical theory and neo-Marxism. . Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367160821

Language Symbolization and Psychosis In this book the authors compare different psychoanalytic thinking and models – all of a rigorously Freudian stamp – on three concepts of great theoretical and clinical importance: language symbolization and psychosis. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367324926

Language Symbols and the MediaCommunication in the Aftermath of the World Trade Center Attack The terrorist attacks of September 11 2001 created a new political landscape and a new era of warfare. Language Symbols and the Media now in paperback offers insights into the impact and influence of 9/11 upon our cultural social and political life. The book opens with an introductory chapter on communications media language and visual symbolism in the immediate wake of the attacks. The second chapter considers the challenge to religious pluralism analyzing the grounds for the immediate backlash against Islam. Chapter 3 reviews several crucial historical and contemporary Supreme Court rulings relevant to the limitations of free speech in times of war and national crises. The consideration of First Amendment rights is continued in chapter 4 which places the Patriot Act in historical context by comparing the legislation and its interpretation of it to other legislation passed in response to past American crises. The immediate aftermath of the attacks witnessed many calls for an end to "the age of irony" and a return to "traditional values." Chapter 5 considers some contrarian responses and analyzes the impact of irony as a rhetorical device in American culture. The unifying role of sport in the post-9/11 healing process in America is examined in chapter 6. Chapter 7 examines the reactions and responses of young adults to the events of 9/11 one year later. Chapter 8 demonstrates how politicians received a public "makeover" of their careers. Chapter 9 explores the impact of 9/11 on the rhetoric of advertising while chapter 10 focuses more closely on how it affected the tourism industry. A concluding chapter examines several instances of media self-censorship and its implications for the policymaking process during times of crisis. This volume will be of interest to cultural studies specialists sociologists journalists political scientists historians as well as general readers. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138526891

Language Text and ContextEssays in stylistics First published in 1992 this wide-ranging collection of essays focuses on the principle of contextualisation as it applies to the interpretation description theorising and reading of literary and non-literary texts. The collection aims to reveal the interdependencies between theory analysis text and context by challenging the myth that stylistics entails a fundamental separation of text from context linguistic description from descriptive interpretation or language from situation. The essays cover a historically diverse set of texts from Puttenham to Colemanballs and a number of language-sensitive topics such as post-modernism irony newspaper representations gender and narrative. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138224483

Language - The Loaded WeaponThe Use and Abuse of Language Today Today there is a reawakening interest in how language affects our lives. It comes with every threat to our safety and every promise of better times. It is a burning issue among minorities and a running debate between the attackers and defenders of our schools. Our deepest problems all are entangled with it: What shall be the official speech of emerging nations like Zambia and the Philippines or even in certain areas of established ones like Belgium and Canada? What kind of English should be taught or should there be no standard at all? How is government to make its regulations understandable? What are the verbal persuasions of television doing to our children? Which way does information flow what are its biases when does it inform and when conceal and who benefits? Are the people who consider themselves experts in these matters as expert as they pretend to be? We feel adrift in a sea of words and would welcome and a chart and a compass. Language – The Loaded Weapon offers a glimpse of what the recent study of language is beginning to tell us about these things. It explains in simple terms the essentials of linguistic form and meaning and applies them to illuminate questions of correctness truth class and dialect manipulation through advertising and propaganda sexual and other discrimination official obfuscation and the maintenance of power and – most pervasive of all – language as the vital agent with which we build our worlds. Explaining language has been Dwight Bolinger’s life work and as his invigorating new book amply shows he believes that what is true and important can also be made clear and pleasurable. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138159662

Language the Novelist and National Identity in Post-Franco Catalonia "Kathryn Crameri reveals some of the complex responses of writers and literary critics to the new possibilities for the expression of Catalan identities which resulted from Spain's transition from dictatorship to democracy. The study begins by considering the cultural and political context of the Catalan novel from the 'Renaixenca' to the present day and then offers a detailed analysis of novels by four very different writers - Montserrat Roig Manuel de Pedrolo Juan Marse (who writes in Spanish) and Biel Mesquida - all of whom seem to share an underlying thematic preoccupation with both individual and national 'transitions' and the intricate relationship between language and identity. These writers challenge institutionalised visions of the link between Catalanism the Catalan language and Catalan literature and offer a more pluralistic and personalised version of what it is to call oneself a Catalan." Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781351198479

Language Thought and ComprehensionA Study of the Writings of I. A. Richards This book first published in 1965 provides an interdisciplinary approach to the work of I. A. Richards. This study is particularly concerned with ideas about education literary theory language philosophy and psychology and focuses on many of Richard’s most important works including The Meaning of Meaning and The Philosophy of Rhetoric. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138685147

Language Thought and Falsehood in Ancient Greek Philosophy This book originally published in 1991 sets forth the assumptions about thought and language that made falsehood seem so problematic to Plato and his contemporaries and expounds the solution that Plato finally reached in the Sophist. Free from untranslated Greek the book is accessible to all studying ancient Greek philosophy. As a well-documented case study of a definitive advance in logic metaphysics and epistemology the book will also appeal to philosophers generally. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138686106

Language & Linguistic Origins In Bahrain First published in 1982. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138993013

Language & Peace First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138163683

Language & TeachingA Psychological View Language is the basic means of communication in the classroom. It is therefore vital that teachers should know something about its acquisition development possible defects and the ways in which they may understand and develop its communicative powers. Peter Herriot describes the relationship with thinking with personal and social development and its manifestations in the classroom. All this is described from the point of view of the psychologist and incorporates many of the findings of contemporaneous psychological research. But the author carefully avoids the jargon of psychology nor does he assume any prior knowledge of linguistics or psychology. Thus Language and Teaching should be especially useful to the student of education or those already engaged in teaching. It is a primer of communication. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415751117

Language (Routledge Revivals) First published in Great Britain in 1935 this Routledge Revival reissues one of the most influential works ever published in the field of linguistics. Leonard Bloomfield's Language is both a masterpiece of textbook writing and a classic of academic scholarship which  examines the fundamentals of language and linguistics in a clear precise manner. Intended as an introduction to the field of linguistics for both the general reader and for students of linguistics this detailed study covers a breadth of topics ranging from: world languages phonetic structure and syntax through to morphology semantics and dialectics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138868489

Language Acquisition By Eye This book focuses on the early acquisition of signed languages and the later development of reading by children who use signed languages. It represents the first collection of research papers focused solely on the acquisition of various signed languages by very young children--all of whom are acquiring signed languages natively from deaf parents. It is also the first collection to investigate the possible relationships between the acquisition of signed language and reading development in school-aged children. The underlying questions addressed by the chapters are how visual-gestural languages develop and whether and how visual languages can serve the foundation for learning a second visual representation of language namely reading. Language Acquisition by Eye is divided into two parts anchored in the toddler phase and the school-pupil phase. The central focus of Part I is on the earliest stages of signed language acquisition. The chapters in this part address important questions as to what "babytalk" looks like in signed language and the effect it has on babies' attention what early babbling looks like in signed language what babies' earliest signs look like how parents talk to their babies in signed language to ensure that their babies "see" what's being said and what the earliest sentences in signed languages tell us about the acquisition of grammar. With contrasting research paradigms these chapters all show the degree to which parents and babies are highly sensitive to one another's communicative interactions in subtle and complex ways. Such observations cannot be made for spoken language acquisition because speech does not require that the parent and child look at each other during communication whereas signed language does. Part II focuses on the relationship between signed language acquisition and reading development in children who are deaf. All of these chapters report original research that investigates and uncovers a positive relationship between the acquisition and knowledge of signed language and the development of reading skills and as a result represents a historical first in reading research. This section discusses how current theory applies to the case of deaf children's reading and presents new data that illuminates reading theory. Using a variety of research paradigms each chapter finds a positive rather than a negative correlation between signed language knowledge and usage and the development of reading skill. These chapters are sure to provide the foundation for new directions in reading research. Media > Books > Print Books Psychology Press 9781138003071

Language AloneThe Critical Fetish of Modernity How did the concept of language come to dominate modern intellectual history? In Language Alone Geoffrey Galt Harpham provides at once the most comprehensive survey and most telling critique of the pervasive role of language in modern thought. He shows how thinkers in such diverse fields as philosophy psychoanalysis anthropology and literary theory have made progress by referring their most difficult theoretical problems to what they presumed were the facts of language.Through a provocative reassessment of major thinkers on the idea of language-Saussure Wittgenstein Derrida Rorty and Chomsky among them-and detailed accounts of the discourses of ethics and ideology in particular Harpham demonstrates a remarkable consensus among intellectuals of the past century and beyond that philosophical and other problems can best be understood as linguistic problems. And furthermore that a science of language can therefore illuminate them. Conspicuously absent from this consensus he shows is any consideration of contemporary linguistics or any awareness of the growing agreement among linguists that the nature of language as such cannot be known.Ultimately Harpham argues the thought of language has dominated modern intellectual history because of its singular capacity to serve as a proxy for a host of concerns questions and anxieties-our place in the order of things our rights and obligations our nature or essence-that resist a strictly rational formulation. Language Alone will interest literary critics philosophers and anyone with an interest in the uses of language in contemporary thought. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315880686

Language and Action in Cognitive Neuroscience This book collates the most up to date evidence from behavioural brain imagery and stroke-patient studies to discuss the ways in which cognitive and neural processes are responsible for language processing. Divided into six sections the edited volume presents arguments from evolutionist developmental behavioural and neurobiological perspectives all of which point to a strong relationship between action and language. It provides a scientific basis for a new theoretical approach to language evolution acquisition and use in humans whilst at the same time assessing current debates on motor system’s contribution to the emergence of language acquisition perception and production. The chapters have been written by internationally acknowledged researchers from a variety of disciplines and as such this book will be of great interest to academics students and professionals in the areas of cognitive psychology neuropsychology neuroscience psycholinguistics and philosophy. Media > Books > Print Books Psychology Press 9781138108561

Language and Bilingual Cognition This innovative volume provides a state-of-the-art overview of the relationship between language and cognition with a focus on bilinguals. It brings together contributions from international leading figures in various disciplines and showcases contemporary research on the emerging area of bilingual cognition. The first part of the volume discusses the relationship between language and cognition as studied in various disciplines from psychology to philosophy to anthropology to linguistics with chapters written by some of the major thinkers in each discipline. The second part concerns language and cognition in bilinguals. Following an introductory overview and contributions from established figures in the field bilingual cognition researchers provide examples of their latest research on topics including time space motion colors and emotion. The third part discusses practical applications of the idea of bilingual cognition such as marketing and translation. The volume is essential reading for researchers and postgraduate students with an interest in language and cognition or in bilingualism and second languages. Media > Books > Print Books Psychology Press 9781138974258

Language and CharacterisationPeople in Plays and Other Texts Textual Explorations General Editors-Mick Short Lancaster UniversityElena Semino Lancaster UniversityThe focus of this series is on the stylistic analysis of literary and non-literary texts and the theoretical issues which such work raises. Textual Explorations will include books that cover studies of literary authors genres and other groupings stylistic studies of non-literary texts translation study the teaching of language and literature the empirical study of literature and corpus approaches to stylistics and literature study. Books in the series will centre on texts written in English. Readership of the series is mainly undergraduate and postgraduate students although advanced sixth formers will also find the books accessible. The series will be of particular interest to those who study English language English literature text linguistics discourse analysis and communication studies. Language & Characterisation- People in Plays & Other Texts explores how the words of a text create a particular impression of a character in the reader's mind. Drawing together theories from linguistics social cognition and literary stylistics it is the first book-length study to focus on: the role of language and characterisation characterisation in the dialogue of play texts Containing numerous examples from Shakespeare's plays the book also considers a wide range of other genres including prose fiction verse films advertisements jokes and newspapers. Language and Characterisation is as practical as it is theoretical and equips readers with analytical frameworks to reveal and explain both the cognitive and the linguistic sides of characterisation. Clear and detailed introductions are given to the theories and useful suggestions for further analysis are also made at the end of each part of the book. The book will be essential reading for students and researchers of language literature and communication. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138142848

Language and Citizenship in Japan The relationship between language and citizenship in Japan has traditionally been regarded as a fixed tripartite: ‘Japanese citizenship’ means ‘Japanese ethnicity ’ which in turn means ‘Japanese as one’s first language.’ Historically most non-Japanese who have chosen to take out citizenship have been members of the ‘oldcomer’ Chinese and Korean communities born and raised in Japan. But this is changing: the last three decades have seen an influx of ‘newcomer’ economic migrants from a wide range of countries many of whom choose to stay. The likelihood that they will apply for citizenship to access the benefits it confers means that citizenship and ethnicity can no longer be assumed to be synonyms in Japan. This is an important change for national discourse on cohesive communities. This book’s chapters discuss discourses educational practices and local linguistic practices which call into question the accepted view of the language-citizenship nexus in lived contexts of both existing Japanese citizens and potential future citizens. Through an examination of key themes relating both to newcomers and to an older group of citizens whose language practices have been shaped by historical forces these essays highlight the fluid relationship of language and citizenship in the Japanese context. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367602123

Language and ClassificationMeaning-Making in the Classification and Categorization of Ceramics This volume adopts a practice-based approach to examine the different ways in which classification is communicated and negotiated in different environments within archaeology. The book looks specifically at the archaeological classification of ceramics as a lens through which to examine the discursive and social practices inherent in the classification and categorization process with perspectives from such areas as corpus linguistics discourse analysis linguistic anthropology and archaeology forming the foundation of the book’s theoretical framework. The volume then looks at the process of classification in practice in a variety of settings including a university course on ceramics classification an archaeological field school an intensive petrography course and archaeometry laboratory at a nuclear research reactor and highlights participant observation and audiovisual data taken from fieldwork practice completed in these environments. This volume offers a valuable contribution to the growing literature on language and material culture making this a key resource for students and scholars in sociolinguistic anthropological linguistics archaeology discourse analysis and anthropology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367593131

Language and Clinical CommunicationThis Bright Babylon The search for a set of skills which can be identified and taught as 'good clinical communication' has been of considerable value in persuading decision makers at medical schools and other bodies that communication matters. These days very large numbers of medical schools use what are essentially skills-based models such as the extraordinarily thorough Calgary-Cambridge approach. However I believe that the emphasis on communication' as simply a set of skills such as eye contact open questions and so on has badly skewed the development of the discipline. The teaching of "communication skills" in fact strikes me as a very small part of what I do not a very difficult part for the majority of students and - whisper it - one which is often pretty dull...In "Language and Clinical Communication" John Skelton critically considers the theory behind this complex field. His wide-ranging approach reflects on the recent developments within the medical humanities and reflects on his controversial stance; questioning the relevance of skill-based teaching in the clinical arena in an accessible easy to read manner. You will find Skelton's light-hearted and open-minded attitude to the topic unquestionably illuminating. Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9781315380018

Language and Cognition in Bilinguals and MultilingualsAn Introduction Psycholinguistics – the field of science that examines the mental processes and knowledge structures involved in the acquisition comprehension and production of language – had a strong monolingual orientation during the first four decades following its emergence around 1950. The awareness that a large part of mankind speaks more than one language – that this may impact both on the way each individual language is used and on the thought processes of bilinguals and multilinguals and that consequently our theories on human linguistic ability and its role in non-linguistic cognition are incomplete and perhaps false – has led to a steep growth of studies on bilingualism and multilingualism since around 1995. This textbook introduces the reader to the field of study that examines language acquisition comprehension and production from the perspective of the bilingual and multilingual speaker. It furthermore provides an introduction to studies that investigate the implications of being bilingual on various aspects of non-linguistic cognition. The major topics covered are the development of language in children growing up in a bilingual environment either from birth or relatively soon after late foreign language learning and word recognition sentence comprehension speech production and translation processes in bilinguals. Furthermore the ability of bilinguals and multilinguals to generally produce language in the "intended" language is discussed as is the cognitive machinery that enables this. Finally the consequences of bilingualism and multilingualism for non-linguistic cognition and findings and views regarding the biological basis of bilingualism and multilingualism are presented. The textbook’s primary readership are students and researchers in Cognitive Psychology Linguistics and Applied Linguistics but teachers of language and translators and interpreters who wish to become better informed on the cognitive and biological basis of bilingualism and multilingualism will also benefit from it. Media > Books > Print Books Psychology Press 9781138974241

Language and Cognition in Schizophrenia (PLE: Psycholinguistics) Originally published in 1978 the contributors to this volume including the leading figures in experimental psychopathology were largely concerned with deducing the behaviour of schizophrenics from general psychological theories of language learning and cognition. Their emphasis on deduction reflected a modern reliance on laboratory experimentation and taken as a whole the chapters cover the breadth and variety of current approaches of the time to the study of schizophrenic language and cognition. The first part of the volume is concerned with recent developments in the study of schizophrenic language. The second part deals with various aspects of schizophrenic cognition. The final chapter by the editor attempts to review and integrate what was currently known about schizophrenic cognition and language. This chapter contrasts the various experimental methodologies used to validate theories by pointing out areas of agreement and disagreement as well as possible directions for future theory and research. Here is a book that at the time presented the most up-to-date overview available on language and thought in schizophrenia. Today it can be read and enjoyed in its historical context. Media > Books > Print Books Psychology Press 9781138974265

Language and Cognitive Processes in Developmental DisordersA Special Issue of Language and Cognitive Processes This Special Issue encompasses studies of a wide range of developmental disorders including Specific Language Impairment (SLI) reading disability Williams Syndrome hearing impairment and autistic disorder. Chiat contributes a theoretical analysis of the underlying nature of Specific Language Impairment questioning whether it is appropriate to focus on a narrow domain of linguistic functioning such as morphosyntax and suggesting instead that we need to see how children are able to carry out mapping operations between the domains of phonology syntax and semantics. Three papers focus primarily on aspects of grammatical morphology: Van der Lely and Ullman consider past tense morphology in children with SLI and Thomas et al use similar tasks with children with Williams Syndrome questioning the theoretical interpretation of deficits that has previously been made. Volterra et al remind us that a focus solely on English-speaking children can be misleading - they uncover intriguing grammatical deficits in Italian-speaking people with Williams Syndrome and note how these contrast with the pattern found in deaf individuals learning oral language. Dockrell et al and Nation et al both consider a relatively underinvestigated topic - children's naming errors examining evidence for phonological and semantic bases to word-finding difficulties in contrasting groups: children with SLI in the case of Dockrell et al and those with reading disability in the case of Nation et al. Traditionally SLI and autistic disorder have been regarded as quite separate but this view is questioned by Kjelgaard and Tager-Flusberg who note intriguing parallels between the linguistic deficits found in these two syndromes. Finally Evans et al investigate the neglected topic of how gesture is integrated with speech in conveying information noting that these modes of expression may diverge in children with SLI. Overall the research reported in this Special Issue emphasises the importance of studying how language difficulties manifest in development and show that there are many different routes to language acquisition some more efficient than others. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138877832

Language and Communication Presents eight specially written chapters which provide a coherent survey of major issues in the study of language and communication and which show how these are related to questions of practical concern in the learning and teaching of second and foreign languages. The issues discussed have been selected primarily for their relevance to applied linguistics and there is a unifying interest in how language reflects the communicative functions it performs as well as in the process involved in using language for communication. Each chapter presents a self-contained survey of a central issue is prefaced by an introduction linking the different perspectives and is followed by discussion questions to aid effective use of the text in applied linguistics courses. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138156708

Language and Communication in Israel This volume presents a broad range of the various approaches and questions that preoccupy Israel's sociologists of language and communication. It covers the relation of language and communication to daily life to social and cultural pluralism and to politics and elections. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781351291040

Language and Communication in Mental RetardationDevelopment Processes and intervention Research on language and communication development and intervention in persons with mental retardation has been conducted at a fast and furious pace during the last two decades. Past attempts to summarize this research have been rather restricted focusing on a single narrowly defined substantive domain such as lexical development or of a single etiology such as Down Syndrome. This volume in contrast presents a critical integrative review of research and theory on language development and processing across all domains and a variety of etiologies. In addition many previous attempts to review portions of this research have failed to consider the research within the context of current theory and data from developmental psycholinguistics and linguistics. A major contribution of this book is the emphasis on relevant work outside of mental retardation for understanding and treating the language and communication problems of persons with mental retardation. Finally this book is comprehensive and up-to-date across all the areas of language covered including appropriate introductory material in linguistics and psychology -- discussions of the innateness cognition-first and motherese views of normal language acquisition. In addition the authors' extensive bibliography is valuable in and of itself to any serious student or professional in the area. Media > Books > Print Books Psychology Press 9781138993037

Language and Communication in Old AgeMultidisciplinary Perspectives First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138993020

Language and CommunicationComparative Perspectives The result of a conference on language and related cognitive processes in animals this book brings together scientists working on language and communication reviews research done on language in apes and dolphins and places this work in a larger perspective of animal communication and cognition. The conference convened an international group of distinguished scientists interested in exploring the neurological cognitive social and behavioral aspects of communication in animals. A broad spectrum of perspectives was represented including naturalistic investigations of animals in their natural habitat as well as strictly controlled laboratory investigations. Similarly a broad range of species was described including rats parrots monkeys apes dolphins and humans.New methodologies and perspectives are continuously emerging that allow consideration of issues that previously could not be resolved. Emerging technology such as video equipment and advanced database systems allow one to exhaustively record in an accessible format the evidence on which scientific conclusions must be based. Investigation of animal language and communication is a small but vigorously exciting area of scientific investigation as the chapters in this volume clearly attest. Media > Books > Print Books Psychology Press 9781138876200

Language And Communicative Practices This book focuses on major theories of language from several disciplines and aims to develop an approach to communicative practice that combines the formal properties of linguistic systems with the dynamics of speech as social activity. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367319939

Language and Community in Early EnglandImagining Distance in Medieval Literature This book examines the development of English as a written vernacular and identifies that development as a process of community building that occurred in a multilingual context. Moving through the eighth century to the thirteenth century and finally to the sixteenth-century antiquarians who collected medieval manuscripts it suggests that this important period in the history of English can only be understood if we loosen our insistence on a sharp divide between Old and Middle English and place the textuality of this period in the framework of a multilingual matrix. The book examines a wide range of materials including the works of Bede the Alfredian circle and Wulfstan as well as the mid-eleventh-century Encomium Emmae Reginae the Tremulous Hand of Worcester the Ancrene Wisse and Matthew Parker’s study of Old English manuscripts. Engaging foundational theories of textual community and intellectual community this book provides a crucial link with linguistic distance. Perceptions of distance whether between English and other languages or between different forms of English are fundamental to the formation of textual community since the awareness of shared language that can shape or reinforce a sense of communal identity only has meaning by contrast with other languages or varieties. The book argues that the precocious rise of English as a written vernacular has its basis in precisely these communal negotiations of linguistic distance the effects of which were still playing out in the religious and political upheavals of the sixteenth century. Ultimately the book argues that the tension of linguistic distance provides the necessary energy for the community-building activities of annotation and glossing translation compilation and other uses of texts and manuscripts. This will be an important volume for literary scholars of the medieval period and those working on the early modern period both on literary topics and on historical studies of English nationalism. It will also appeal to those with interests in sociolinguistics history of the English language and medieval religious history. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367667856

Language and Control Originally published in 1979. This book studies language variation as a part of social practice - how language expresses and helps regulate social relationships of all kinds. Different groups classes institutions and situations have their special modes of language and these varieties are not just stylistic reflections of social differences; speaking or writing in a certain manner entails articulating certain social meanings however implicit. This book focuses on the repressive and falsifying side of linguistic practice but not without recognising the power of language to reveal and communicate. It analyses the language used in a variety of situations including news reporting interviews rules and regulations even such apparently innocuous language as the rhymes on greetings cards. It argues for a critical linguistics capable of exposing distortion and mystification in language and introduces some basic tools for a do-it-yourself analysis of language ideology and control. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138352858

Language and CreativityThe Art of Common Talk Language and Creativity has become established as a pivotal text for courses in English Language Linguistics and Literacy. Creativity in language has conventionally been regarded as the preserve of institutionalised discourses such as literature and advertising and individual gifted minds. In this ground-breaking book bestselling author Ronald Carter explores the idea that creativity far from being simply a property of exceptional people is an exceptional property of all people. Drawing on a range of real examples of everyday conversations and speech from flatmates in a student house and families on holiday to psychotherapy sessions and chat-lines the book argues that creativity is an all-pervasive feature of everyday language. Using close analysis of naturally occurring language taken from a unique 5 million word corpus Language and Creativity reveals that speakers commonly make meanings in a variety of creative ways in a wide range of social contexts and for a diverse set of reasons. This Routledge Linguistics Classic is here reissued with a new preface from the author covering a range of key topics from e-language and internet discourse to English language teaching and world Englishes. Language and Creativity continues to build on the previous theories of creativity offering a radical contribution to linguistic literary and cultural theory. A must for anyone interested in the creativity of our everyday speech. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415699839

Language and Cultural Practices in Communities and SchoolsBridging Learning for Students from Non-Dominant Groups Drawing on sociocultural theories of learning this book examines how the everyday language practices and cultural funds of knowledge of youth from non-dominant or minoritized groups can be used as centerpoints for classroom learning in ways that help all students both to sustain and expand their cultural and linguistic repertoires while developing skills that are valued in formal schooling.　 Bringing together a group of ethnographically grounded scholars working in diverse local contexts this volume　identifies how these language practices and cultural funds of knowledge can be used as generative points of continuity and productively expanded on in schools for successful and inclusive learning. Ideal for students and researchers in teaching learning language education literacy and multicultural education as well as teachers at all stages of their career this book contributes to research on culturally and linguistically sustaining practices by offering original teaching methods and a range of ways of connecting cultural competencies to learning across subject matters and disciplines. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138597884

Language and Culture at Work Language and Culture at Work provides an overview of the complex role that culture plays in workplace contexts. Eight chapters cover the core aspects of culture at work comprising: Face and politeness Decision making Leadership Identity Gender Work-life balance The authors draw on a significant corpus of authentic workplace data collected in numerous professional and medical settings involving participants from a variety of different socio-cultural backgrounds (including Chinese Filipino Indian British Dutch Hong Kong Taiwanese and Australian). Using in-depth analyses of authentic interactions and interviews the book proposes a new integrated framework for researching culture at work from a sociolinguistic perspective. This is key reading for researchers and recommended for those working in the areas of sociolinguistics communication studies discourse analysis and applied linguistics. It will be of particular interest to students of professional and workplace communication intercultural communication and intercultural pragmatics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138688490

Language and Culture in Dialogue In this book Andrew J. Strathern and Pamela J. Stewart delineate the relationship between “language in particular” and “culture in general” by focusing on language as both social practice and a means of classifying and interpreting the world. A traditional linguistic approach to a focus on language is illuminated by their anthropological emphasis on the embodiment of relationships and experience. In the book the body is placed in the foreground for understanding language in culture which helps in turn to understand how it enables us to adapt to the world of lived material experience. Written in an accessible style and drawing on an extensive corpus of primary field research from Papua New Guinea Samoa Japan Taiwan Scotland and Ireland Strathern and Stewart present a world anthropology which links together European North American and Asia-Pacific approaches to the topic. Students and scholars alike of sociocultual anthropology linguistic anthropology and linguistics will benefit from this engaging work on how the various components of our culture are informed and shaped through language. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781350059818

Language and Culture in EU LawMultidisciplinary Perspectives Written by distinguished legal and linguistic scholars and practitioners from the EU institutions the contributions in this volume provide multidisciplinary perspectives on the vital role of language and culture as key forces shaping the dynamics of EU law. The broad spectrum of topics sheds light on major Europeanization processes at work: the gradual creation of a neutralized EU legal language with uniform concepts for example in the DCFR and CESL and the emergence of a European legal culture. The main focus is on EU multilingual lawmaking with special emphasis on problems of legal translation and term formation in the multilingual and multicultural European context including comparative law aspects and an analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of translating from a lingua franca. Of equal importance are issues relating to the multilingual interpretation of EU legislation and case law by the national courts and interpretative techniques of the CJEU as well as the viability of the autonomy of EU legal concepts and the need for the professionalization of court interpreters Union-wide in response to Directive 2010/64/EU. Offering a good mix of theory and practice this book is intended for scholars practitioners and students with a special interest in the legal-linguistic aspects of EU law and their impact on old and new Member States and candidate countries as well. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138637566

Language and Culture on the MarginsGlobal/Local Interactions This collection of thirteen essays examines sociolinguistic phenomena in a wide variety of marginal environments providing both an overview of globalizaiton on the margins and a foundation for an expanded understanding of the processes of linguistic and cultural changes at work in these settings. Taking an expansive conceptual view of margins the volume is organized in three parts looking at examples of marginal spaces in the nation-state in online environments and in the peripheries of urban locations globally to call attention to new and changing discursive genres patterns practices and identities emerging in these spaces as a result of contemporary mobilities the evolving global economy and socio-political changes. With previous research previously confined to the study of globalization in urban areas this volume opens the door for further research on the complex sociolinguistic processes resulting from globalization on the margins making this an ideal resource for students and scholars in sociolinguistics globalization and heritage studies new media anthropology and cultural studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367585662

Language and DesireEncoding Sex Romance and Intimacy This original and intriguing collection explores the pressures exerted upon language in the expression of romantic and sexual desire. Simultaneously it reveals the ways in which language itself exerts its own constraints on the subject's capacity to express desire.The contributors while using the approaches and methods of empirical linguistics engage directly with issues of relevance in gender studies and cultural studies. They examine and probe:* language used to mediate romantic and sexual desire* language used by the media to represent intimacy and desire* attitudes and assumptions about romantic and sexual desire embodied in English* implications for the construction of romantic and sexual identity Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138142701

Language and DevelopmentTeachers in a Changing World Language and Development - Teachers in a Changing World comprises twenty-one case accounts contributed by language education professionals working in the context of international development. Frank and stimulating the contributions explore the implementation of interactive educational approaches in ten Asian countries.The accounts draw on real-life experiences from countries which collectively have been under-represented in the literature to date: Cambodia China India Indonesia Laos Malaysia Papua New Guinea the Philippines Singapore and Vietnam. The issues discussed will be familiar to those working in similar situations throughout the world as many questions are raised and answered in the lively depictions of classroom practice project management and funding relationships.The editors' introductory and concluding sections provide a descriptive conceptual framework for the practice-based accounts while allowing the reader the freedom to interpret the meanings and the theoretical implications of each account for themselves. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138437500

Language and Discrimination Langauge and Discrimination provides a unique and authoritative study of the linguistic dimension of racial discrimination. Based upon extensive work carried out over many years by the Industrial Language Training Service in the U.K this illuminating analysis argues that a real understanding of how language functions as a means of indirect racial discrimination must be founded on an expanded view of language which recognises the inseparability of language culture and meaning.After initially introducing the subject matter of the book and providing an overview of discrimination and language learning the authors examine the relationship between theory and practice in four main areas: theories of interaction and their application; ethnographic and linguistic analysis of workplace settings; training in communication for white professionals; and language training for adult bilingual workers and job-seekers. Detailed case studies illustrate how theory can be turned into practice if appropriate information research development and training and co-ordinated in an integrated response to issues of multi-ethnic communication discrimination and social justice. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138464728

Language and Gender Aimed at A-Level and beginning undergraduate students Language and Gender: explores the relationship between language and our ideas about men and women challenges commonly expressed views on the subject of language and gender highlights the individual's role in the expression of gender stereotyping includes a range of text types as diverse as personal ads wildlife documentary literary fiction and classical music programmes includes a comprehensive glossary of terms. The new edition has been updated and revised and key features include: an additional chapter on Gender discourse and identities; integration of focus on gender sexualization and sexuality; inclusion of international examples texts and images. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138168633

Language and GenderInterdisciplinary Perspectives This volume examines important themes in the theoretical debates on the relationship of language and gender. It analyses this relationship across a range of different disciplinary perspectives from linguistics literary theory cultural studies and visual analysis. The focus of the book goes beyond an analysis of women's language to discuss the complexities of gendered language with chapters on lesbian poetics the language of girls and boys and the relationship between gender and genre. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138162273

Language and Globalization v1Critical Concepts in Linguistics NO_DESCRIPTION_AVAILABLE_FOR_THIS_PRODUCT Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138291973

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Language and GlobalizationAn Autoethnographic Approach In this collection of real-life personal narratives on the theme of language and globalization scholars from a range of different sub-disciplines of linguistics time periods and geographical spaces throughout the world examine the interaction and intersectionality of languages and globalization and the implications of such interactions for world languages and cultures. A feature of the book is the application of autoethnography as its underlying approach/method in which contributors draw on their own lived experiences (of life scholarship and work) to investigate and reflect on linguistic globalization and its issues and challenges against the backdrop of the globalized world of the 21st century. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138227811

Language and GlobalizationCritical Concepts in Linguistics A relatively new yet flourishing field Language and Globalization can be confusing and difficult to navigate for students and scholars. To help make sense of the diverse and voluminous scholarship this new four volume collection will include key research from a broad spectrum of disciplines but also from a wide range of geographical regional and historical contexts. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138291966

Language and History in Adorno's Notes to Literature Plass argues that Adorno’s essays on literature are of prime importance for an understanding of his aesthetics because they challenge the conceptual limitations of philosophical discourse.Selected Contents: Introduction: Adorno’s Literary Criticism  1. The Art of Transition  2. Rauschen  3. Conjuration  4. As If  5. The Wound  6. Exhaustion  Conclusion  Bibliography  Index Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415535908

Language and HistoryIntegrationist Perspectives When linguistics was first established as an academic discipline in the nineteenth century it was envisaged as an essentially historical study. Languages were to be treated as historical objects evolving through gradual but constant processes of change over long periods of time. In recent years however there has been much discussion by historians of a 'linguistic turn' in their own discipline and in linguistics integrationist theory has mounted a radical challenge to the traditional notion of 'languages' as possible objects of inquiry.Language and History develops the integrationist critique of orthodox linguistics while at the same time extending its implications to the field of history. By doing so it throws light on what is now recognized by many historians to be a 'crisis' in their own discipline. Underlying the post-modernist scepticism about traditional forms of historiography the integrationist approach reveals a more deep-seated problem concerning the interface between philosophy of history and philosophy of language. With chapters from a range of leading international contributors Language and History represents a significant contribution to the developing work of the integrationists. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415649582

Language and Human Nature "Language and Human Nature" exposes a century's worth of flawed thinking about language to exhibit some of the dangers it presents and to suggest a path to recovery. It begins by examining the causes of changes in the English vocabulary. These sometimes take the form of new words but more often that of new senses for old words. In the course of this examination Halpern discusses a wide variety of verbal solecisms vulgarisms and infelicities generally. His objective is not to deplore such things but to expose the reasons for their existence the human traits that generate them.A large part of this book is devoted to contesting the claims of academic linguists to be the only experts in the study of language change. Language is too central to civilized life to be so deeply misunderstood without causing a multitude of troubles throughout our culture. We are currently experiencing such troubles a number of which are examined here. The exposure of linguists' misunderstandings is not an end in itself but a necessary first step in recovery from the confusion we are now enmeshed in.The picture of the relationship between words and thoughts that is part of the attempt to deal with language "scientifically" is partly responsible for dangerous cultural developments. The attempt by linguists to treat their subject scientifically makes them view meaning as an irritating complication to be ignored if possible. It turns them into formalists who try to understand language by studying its physical representations with a resort to semantics only when unavoidable. With words practically stripped of their role as bearers of meaning it becomes easy to see them as unimportant. Halpern's book is a serious critique of such oversimplified theorizing. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138526884

Language and Identity in Englishes Language and Identity in Englishes examines the core issues and debates surrounding the relationship between English language and identity. Drawing on a range of international examples from the UK US China and India Clark uses both cutting-edge fieldwork and her own original research to give a comprehensive account of the study of language and identity. Key features include: Discussion of language in relation to various aspects of identity such as those connected with nation and region as well as in relation to social aspects such as social class and race. A chapter on undertaking research that will equip students with appropriate research methods for their own projects An analysis of language and identity within the context of written as well as spoken texts With its accessible structure international scope and the inclusion of leading research in the area this book is ideal for any student taking modules in language and identity or sociolinguistics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415669870

Language and Identity in the Middle East and North Africa The question of identity in relation to language has hardly been dealt with in the Middle East and North Africa in spite of the centrality of these issues to a variety of scholarly debates concerning this strategically important part of the world. The book seeks to cover a variety of themes in this area. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138974234

Language and Intercultural Communication in the New Era Studies of  intercultural communication in applied linguistics initially focused on miscommunication mainly between native and non-native speakers of English. The advent of the twenty-first century has witnessed however a revolution in the contexts and contents of intercultural communication; technological advances such as chat rooms emails personal weblogs Facebook Twitter mobile text messaging on the one hand and the accelerated pace of people’s international mobility on the other have given a new meaning to the term 'intercultural communication'. Given the remarkable growth in the prevalence of intercultural communication among people from many cultural backgrounds and across many contexts and channels conceptual divides such as 'native/non-native' are now almost irrelevant. This has caused the power attached to English and native speaker-like English to lose much of its automatic domination. Such developments have provided new opportunities as well as challenges for the study of intercultural communication and its increasingly complex nature. This book showcases recent studies in the field in a multitude of contexts to enable a collective effort towards advancements in the area. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138910836

Language and Intercultural Communication in the WorkplaceCritical approaches to theory and practice From language classrooms to outdoor markets the workplace is fundamental to socialisation. It is not only a site of employment where money is made and institutional roles are enacted through various forms of discourse; it is also a location where people engage in social actions and practices. The workplace is an interesting research site because of advances in communication technology cheaper and greater options for travel and global migration and immigration. Work now requires people to travel over great geographical distances communicate with cultural ‘others’ located in different time zones relocate to different regions or countries and conduct business in online settings. The workplace is thus changing and evolving creating new and emerging communicative contexts. This volume provides a greater understanding of workplace cultures particularly the ways in which working in highly interconnected and multicultural societies shape language and intercultural communication. The chapters focus on critical approaches to theory and practice in particular how practice is used to shape theory. They also question the validity and universality of existing models. Some of the predominant models in intercultural communication have been criticised for being Eurocentric or Anglocentric and this volume proposes alternative frameworks for analysing intercultural communication in the workplace. This book was originally published as a special issue of Language and Intercultural Communication. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367077778

Language and Journalism This book is an indispensable "cutting edge" book for students and researchers of journalism studies seeking a text that illustrates and applies a range of linguistic and discourse-analytic approaches to the analysis of journalism. While the form function and politics of the language of journalism have attracted scholars from a wide range of academic disciplines too often this analysis has reduced the work of journalists to text-characteristics alone. In contrast this collection is united by the principle that journalistic discourse is always socially situated and the result of a series of processes – produced by journalists in accordance with particular production techniques and in specific institutional settings – and as such analysis requires more than the methods offered by linguists. The contributors to this book draw on a range of the most prominent theoretical and methodological approaches to media discourse – including Conversation Analysis Critical Discourse Analysis the APPRAISAL framework Multi-modal Analysis and Rhetoric – in making sense of the language of newspapers (national local and minority press) television and online journalism. Written in an engaging style by distinguished academic authorities this book provides a state-of-the-art review of the subject. This book was published as a special issue of Journalism Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415629331

Language and LawA resource book for students Language plays an essential role both in creating law and in governing its implementation. Providing an accessible and comprehensive introduction to this subject Language and Law: describes the different registers and genres that make up spoken and written legal language and how they develop over time; analyses real-life examples drawn from court cases from different parts of the world  illustrating the varieties of English used in the courtroom by speakers occupying different roles; addresses the challenges presented to our notions of law and regulation by online communication; discusses the complex role of translation in bilingual and multilingual jurisdictions including Hong Kong and Canada; and provides readings from key scholars in the discipline including Lawrence Solan Peter Goodrich Marianne Constable David Mellinkoff and Chris Heffer. With a wide range of activities throughout this accessible textbook is essential reading for anyone studying language and law or forensic linguistics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138025578

Language and Learning in a Post-Colonial ContextA Critical Ethnographic Study in Schools in Haiti This book explores the social political and historical forces that mediate language ideology and practices in post-colonial education and how such ideology and practices influence students’ academic achievement. Jean-Pierre provides empirical evidence that a relationship exists between language practices and school underperformance. He takes Haiti as the focus of study finding that students and teachers experience difficulty constructing knowledge in a setting in which the language they speak at home (Creole) differs from the language of instruction (French). The research is based on ethnographic data collected in classrooms in both private and public school settings in addition to different sectors of the society (e.g. state and private institutions). Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138499089

Language and Linguistic Diversity in the USAn Introduction This highly engaging textbook presents a linguistic view of the history society and culture of the United States. It discusses the many languages and forms of language that have been used in the US – including standard and nonstandard forms of English creoles Native American languages and immigrant languages from across the globe – and shows how this distribution and diversity of languages has helped shape and define America as well as an American identity. The volume introduces the basic concepts of sociolinguistics and the politics of language through cohesive up-to-date and accessible coverage of such key topics as dialectal development and the role of English as the majority language controversies concerning language use in society languages other than English used in the US and the policies that have directly or indirectly influenced language use. These topics are presented in such a way that students can examine the inherent diversity of the communicative systems used in the United States as both a form of cultural enrichment and as the basis for socio-political conflict. The author team outlines the different viewpoints on contemporary issues surrounding language in the US and contextualizes these issues within linguistic facts  to help students think critically and formulate logical discussions. To provide opportunities for further examination and debate chapters are organized around key misconceptions or questions ("I don't have an accent" or "Immigrants don't want to learn English") bringing them to the forefront for readers to address directly. Language and Linguistic Diversity in the US is a fresh and unique take on a widely taught topic. It is ideal for students from a variety of disciplines or with no prior knowledge of the field and a useful text for introductory courses on language in the US American English language variation language ideology and sociolinguistics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415806688

Language And Linguistic Introduction To History First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138974180

Language and Linguistics in ContextReadings and Applications for Teachers Taking a sociocultural and educational approach Language and Linguistics in Context: Readings and Applications for Teachers:introduces basic linguistic concepts and current perspectives on language acquisition;considers the role of linguistic change (especially in English) in the politics of language;acknowledges the role of linguists in current policies involving language; offers insights into the relationship between the structure of language systems and first- and second-language acquisition; the study of language across culture class race gender and ethnicity; and between language study and literacy and education; andprovides readers with a basis for understanding current educational debates about bilingual education non-standard dialects English only movements literacy methodologies and generally the importance to teaching of the study of language. The text is organized into three thematic units – "What is Language and How is It Acquired?"; "How Does Language Change?"; and "What is Literacy?". To achieve both breadth and depth – that is to provide a “big picture” view of basic linguistics and at the same time make it specific enough for the beginner – a selection of readings including personal language narratives is provided to both introduce and clarify linguistic concepts. The readings by well-known theoretical and applied linguists and researchers from various disciplines are diverse in level and range of topics and vary in level of linguistic formalism. Pedagogical features: This text is designed for a range of courses in English and language arts bilingualism applied linguistics and ESL courses in teacher education programs. Each unit contains a substantive introduction to the topic followed by the readings. Each reading concludes with Questions to Think About including one Extending Your U Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138406858

Language and Literacy DevelopmentWhat Educators Need to Know This established text--now revised and updated--reveals how spoken language skills are acquired and how they affect children’s later reading and writing achievement. With a unique focus on the needs of educators the book examines the foundations of language in the developing brain. It explores the relationship of language processes to core literacy skills and probes the impact of motivational and sociocultural factors on children’s learning. Implications of developmental knowledge for classroom instruction are highlighted and effective practices reviewed. Revealing vignettes clear explanations of research and lists of “main ideas” enhance the text’s accessibility for preservice teachers. New to This Edition*Chapter on emergent literacy and the predictors of reading success.*Incorporates the latest research including findings from key longitudinal studies.*Increased attention to English learners low-income children and children with disabilities.*Updated and expanded topics including usage-based theories of language acquisition morphological knowledge in vocabulary and comprehension phonological processing skills and writing development. Media > Books > Print Books Guilford Press 9781462540044

Language and Literacy in Workplace EducationLearning at Work Just as workers are confronting the rapidly changing practices of the restructured technological workplace and the increasing convergence of working and learning so those involved in any form of workplace education or training are also restructuring their focus teaching methods and approaches. This book examines the conceptual and practical challenges facing education and training professionals in redefining their contribution to improving communication and learning at work.Interweaving theory and commentary with actual case-studies the book explores a multifaceted approach to workplace education which aims to develop individual workers' skills as well as integrating learning language and cross-cultural issues into work communication and management practices. It is a strategic practical approach which draws on a range of applied linguistic and educational traditions and is informed by related disciplines such as cognitive and social psychology and organisational behaviour.The book does not present formulae for success; rather it illustrates the complexities and challenges faced by educators as they learn to balance different and often conflicting priorities.Language and Literacy in Workplace Education: Learning at Work has been written with a wide audience in mind from language and literacy professionals Human Resources staff vocational trainers managers as well as students of education and linguistics. The book is clearly presented and takes care to explain specific educational or organisational terminology making the study accessible to newcomers to the field. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138437517

Language and LiteracyThe Sociolinguistics of Reading and Writing Despite a vast amount of study literacy is still a very confused topic which requires the integration of findings from different areas. Reading and writing are psychological skills but they are also linguistic skills (since people read and write meaningful language) and social skills (since written language serves particular functions in different societies). In this book Michael Stubbs provides a basis for a sociolinguistic theory of literacy. He believes that a systematic theory of literacy must be based on an understanding of a number of factors such as the relationship between written and spoken language including how English spelling works and how it is related to spoken English. Also of paramount importance are the social educational and technological pressures on written language which are particularly powerful in the case of an international language like English; the social and communicative functions which written language serves – largely administrative and intellectual functions; and the variability of spoken language and the relative uniformity of written language. The book also discusses the arguments behind deprivation theory as an explanation of educational failure. Reading failure is not well understood but the author stresses that a vital element is the attitude of teachers towards the child’s language. He emphasizes that it is important that teachers should understand as much as possible about the relationship between written language and the child’s spoken language. Such understanding he argues can only increase tolerance of regional social and ethnic diversity in language. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138974272

Language and MasculinitiesPerformances Intersections Dislocations This volume showcases cutting-edge research in the linguistic and discursive study of masculinities comprising the first significant edited collection on language and masculinities since Johnson and Meinhof’s 1997 volume. Overall the chapters are linked together by a critical analytical perspective that seeks to understand the relationships between discourse masculinities and power. Whereas some of the chapters offer detailed linguistically informed critiques of the ways in which old and new expressions of masculinities are complicit in the reproduction of men’s hegemonic positions of power others provide a more complex picture one in which collusion and subversion go hand in hand. Contributions argue for the need for research on language and masculinities to expand its remit so as to engage with "gay masculinities " and unsettle gendered categories in order to consider the ways in which women transgender and intersex individuals also perform a variety of masculinities. Finally unlike Johnson and Meinhof’s 1997 collection this volume not only offers a wider—and perhaps "queerer" perspective—on the study of language and masculinities but also covers a broader geographical and socio-cultural spectrum including work on Brazil Israel New Zealand Singapore and South Africa. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138681354

Language and MaterialismDevelopments in Semiology and the Theory of the Subject First published in 1977 this book presents a comprehensive and lucid guide through the labyrinths of semiology and structuralism — perhaps the most significant systems of study to have been developed in the twentieth century. The authors describe the early presuppositions of structuralism and semiology which claim to be a materialist theory of language based on Saussure’s notion of the sign. They show how these presuppositions have been challenged by work following Althusser’s development of the Marxist theory of ideology and by Lacan’s re-reading of Freud. The book explains how the encounter of two disciplines — psychoanalysis and Marxism — on the ground of their common problem —language — has produced a new understanding of society and its subjects. It produces a critical re-examination of the traditional Marxist theory of ideology together with the concepts of sign and identity of the subject. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138690677

Language and Meaning Language and Meaning provides a clear accessible and unique perspective on the philosophical and linguistic question of what it means to mean. Looking at relationships such as those between literal and non-literal meanings linguistic form and meaning and language and thought this volume tackles the issues involved in what we mean and how we convey it. Divided into five easy-to-read chapters it features: Broad coverage of semantic pragmatic and philosophical approaches providing the reader with a balanced and comprehensive overview of the topic; Frequent examples to demonstrate how meaning is perceived and manipulated in everyday discourse including the importance of context scientific studies of human language and theories of pragmatics; Topics of debate and key points of current theories including references to ongoing controversies in the field; Annotated further reading allowing students to explore topics in more detail. Aimed at undergraduate students with little or no prior knowledge of linguistics this book is essential reading for those studying this topic for the first time. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138218246

Language and Meaning in Cognitive ScienceCognitive Issues and Semantic theory Summarizes and illuminates two decades of researchGathering important papers by both philosophers and scientists this collection illuminates the central themes that have arisen during the last two decades of work on the conceptual foundations of artificial intelligence and cognitive science. Each volume begins with a comprehensive introduction that places the coverage in a broader perspective and links it with material in the companion volumes. The collection is of interest in many disciplines including computer science linguistics biology information science psychology neuroscience iconography and philosophy. Examines initial efforts and the latest controversiesThe topics covered range from the bedrock assumptions of the computational approach to understanding the mind to the more recent debates concerning cognitive architectures all the way to the latest developments in robotics artificial life and dynamical systems theory. The collection first examines the lineage of major research programs beginning with the basic idea of machine intelligence itself then focuses on specific aspects of thought and intelligence highlighting the much-discussed issue of consciousness the equally important but less densely researched issue of emotional response and the more traditionally philosophical topic of language and meaning. Provides a gamut of perspectives The editors have included several articles that challenge crucial elements of the familiar research program of cognitive science as well as important writings whose previous circulation has been limited. Within each volume the papers are organized to reflect a variety of research programs and issues. The substantive introductions that accompany each volume further organize the material and provide readers with a working sense of the issues and the connection between articles. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203055069

Language and MediaA Resource Book for Students Routledge English Language Introductions cover core areas of language study and are one-stop resources for students. Assuming no prior knowledge books in the series offer an accessible overview of the subject with activities study questions sample analyses commentaries and key readings—all in the same volume. The innovative and flexible 'two-dimensional' structure is built around four sections—introduction development exploration and extension— which offer self-contained stages for study. Each topic can also be read across these sections enabling the reader to build gradually on the knowledge gained. This revised second edition of Language and Media: Provides an accessible introduction and comprehensive overview of the major approaches and methodological tools used in the study of language and media.　 Focuses on a broad range of media and media content from more traditional print and broadcast media formats to more recent digital media formats. Incorporates practical examples using real data including newspaper articles press releases television shows advertisements (print broadcast and digital) blogs social media content internet memes culture jamming and protest signs.　　 Includes key readings from leading scholars in the field such as Jan Blommaert Sonia Livingstone David　Machin Martin Montgomery Ruth Page Ron Scollon and Theo van Leeuwen. Offers a wide range of activities questions and points for further discussion.　 The book emphasises the increasingly creative ways ordinary people are engaging in media production. It also addresses a number of urgent current concerns around media and media production/reception including fake news clickbait virality and surveillance. Features of the new edition include: Special attention on ‘new media’ forms such as websites podcasts YouTube videos social media sites and mobile apps such as Snapchat and Instagram; Additional material on: mobility and materiality in media memes and virality discourse processes in media production collaborative production and user created content reality TV fake news the role of algorithms and bots in media production and circulation and media and resistance; Discussion of media surveillance privacy boundaries and the so-called ‘right to be forgotten’ related to Internet archiving; Brand new readings from key scholars in the field including Piia Varis Jan Blommaert Monika Bednarek and Martin Montgomery; Updated examples and references throughout to reflect more contemporary issues. Written by three experienced teachers and authors this accessible textbook is an essential resource for all students of English language and linguistics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138644410

Language and Migration Language and Migration provides a lively introduction to the relationship between language and migration. Drawing on real-world case studies from Africa the Americas Asia Europe the Middle East and New Zealand this book investigates the language and literacy practices which sustain extend or curb different forms of migration. Individual trajectories family networks and societal level policy are examined through an interdisciplinary perspective on empires and colonialism transnationalism and globalization. Exploring the linguistic diversity which has resulted from voluntary and forced migration this book covers theories from migration studies applied linguistics sociolinguistics sociology and education studies and offers broad coverage of different contexts of migration across the globe. It provides students and teachers with: Migration theories to interrogate current thinking on human mobility. Concepts from applied linguistics combined with other disciplines to explore complex migration experiences in countries of origin and destination. A critical understanding of language and power in economic migration and forced migration. An introduction to the role of language in broader debates about the impact of migration on national and international policies such as international development global security and education. Practical guidance on using discourse analysis to identify how migrant identities are constructed in the media and how this affects our understandings of asylum immigration and social cohesion. Featuring a range of activities and case studies in each chapter Language and Migration is essential reading for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students studying this topic. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815382737

Language and Migration Language and Migration is timely for two main reasons: one is social – international migration is at an all-time high – and the other is theoretical – theorizing language as a mobile resource is currently the most exiting frontier in sociolinguistics. Including the very best contemporary scholarship as well as key foundational research this four volume collection will strike a balance between the socially-relevant and topical issues of wider concern raised by migration on the one hand and disciplinary conceptual and methodological concerns on the other. In doing so Language and Migration is intended both as a showcase of the most important work in the field as well as an intervention into contemporary debates. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138847057

Language and Migration Vol I Language and Migration is timely for two main reasons: one is social – international migration is at an all-time high – and the other is theoretical – theorizing language as a mobile resource is currently the most exiting frontier in sociolinguistics. Including the very best contemporary scholarship as well as key foundational research this four volume collection will strike a balance between the socially-relevant and topical issues of wider concern raised by migration on the one hand and disciplinary conceptual and methodological concerns on the other. In doing so Language and Migration is intended both as a showcase of the most important work in the field as well as an intervention into contemporary debates. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138847088

Language and Migration Vol II Language and Migration is timely for two main reasons: one is social – international migration is at an all-time high – and the other is theoretical – theorizing language as a mobile resource is currently the most exiting frontier in sociolinguistics. Including the very best contemporary scholarship as well as key foundational research this four volume collection will strike a balance between the socially-relevant and topical issues of wider concern raised by migration on the one hand and disciplinary conceptual and methodological concerns on the other. In doing so Language and Migration is intended both as a showcase of the most important work in the field as well as an intervention into contemporary debates. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138847095

Language and Migration Vol III Language and Migration is timely for two main reasons: one is social – international migration is at an all-time high – and the other is theoretical – theorizing language as a mobile resource is currently the most exiting frontier in sociolinguistics. Including the very best contemporary scholarship as well as key foundational research this four volume collection will strike a balance between the socially-relevant and topical issues of wider concern raised by migration on the one hand and disciplinary conceptual and methodological concerns on the other. In doing so Language and Migration is intended both as a showcase of the most important work in the field as well as an intervention into contemporary debates. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138847101

Language and Migration Vol IV Language and Migration is timely for two main reasons: one is social – international migration is at an all-time high – and the other is theoretical – theorizing language as a mobile resource is currently the most exiting frontier in sociolinguistics. Including the very best contemporary scholarship as well as key foundational research this four volume collection will strike a balance between the socially-relevant and topical issues of wider concern raised by migration on the one hand and disciplinary conceptual and methodological concerns on the other. In doing so Language and Migration is intended both as a showcase of the most important work in the field as well as an intervention into contemporary debates. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138847118

Language and Minority RightsEthnicity Nationalism and the Politics of Language The second edition addresses new theoretical and empirical developments since its initial publication including the burgeoning influence of globalization and the relentless rise of English as the current world language. May’s broad position however remains largely unchanged. He argues that the causes of many of the language-based conflicts in the world today still lie with the nation-state and its preoccupation with establishing a 'common' language and culture via mass education. The solution he suggests is to rethink nation-states in more culturally and linguistically plural ways while avoiding at the same time essentializing the language-identity link. This edition like the first adopts a wide interdisciplinary framework drawing on sociolinguistics applied linguistics sociology political theory education and law. It also includes new discussions of cosmopolitanism globalization the role of English and language and mobility highlighting the ongoing difficulties faced by minority language speakers in the world today. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780805863062

Language and Neoliberal Governmentality Against a background of the ongoing crisis of global capitalism and the fracturing of the neoliberal project this book provides a detailed account of the ways in which language is profoundly imbricated in the neoliberalising of the fabric of social life. With chapters from a cast list of international scholars covering topics such as the commodification of education and language unemployment and the governmentality of the self and discussion chapters from Monica Heller and Jackie Urla bringing the various strands together the book ultimately helps us to understand how language is part of political economy and the everyday making and remaking of society and individuals. It provides both a theoretical framework and a significant methodological "tool-box" to critically detect understand and resist the impact of neoliberalism on everyday social spheres particularly in relation to language. Presenting richly empirical studies that expand our understanding of how neoliberalism as a regime of truth and as a practice of governance performs within the terrain of language this book is an essential resource for researchers and graduate students in English language sociolinguistics applied linguistics linguistic anthropology and related areas. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138575226

Language and Neoliberalism Language and Neoliberalism examines the ways in which neoliberalism or the ideology of market rule finds expression in language. In this groundbreaking original study Holborow shows at once the misleading character of ideological meaning and the underlying social reality from which that meaning emerges. In universities it is now the norm to use terms like entrepreneurial and business partnerships. How have these terms become a core component of education and gained such force? Markets have become metaphorically a power in their own right. They now tell governments how to act and warn them against too much public spending. Post-crash the capitalist market continues to be crisis-prone and in that context the neoliberal ideology remains contested. Free of jargon and assuming no specialist knowledge this book will strike a chord internationally by showing how neoliberal ideology has literally gone global in language. Drawing on Vološinov and Bakhtin Williams and Gramsci and introducing concepts from Marxist political economy Language and Neoliberalism is essential reading for all interested in the intersection of linguistics/applied linguistics and politics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415744560

Language and Phenomenology At first blush phenomenology seems to be concerned preeminently with questions of knowledge truth and perception and yet closer inspection reveals that the analyses of these phenomena remain bound up with language and that consequently phenomenology is inextricably a philosophy of language. Drawing on the insights of a variety of phenomenological authors including Husserl Heidegger Merleau-Ponty Gadamer and Ricoeur this collection of essays by leading scholars articulates the distinctively phenomenological contribution to language by examining two sets of questions. The first set of questions concerns the relatedness of language to experience. Studies exhibit the first-person character of the philosophy of language by focusing on lived experience the issue of reference and disclosive speech. The second set of questions concerns the relatedness of language to intersubjective experience. Studies exhibit the second-person character of the philosophy of language by focusing on language acquisition culture and conversation. This book will be of interest to scholars of phenomenology and philosophy of language. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367231712

Language and Philosophical Problems Language and Philosophical Problems investigates problems about mind meaning and mathematics rooted in preconceptions of language. It deals in particular with problems which are connected with our tendency to be misled by certain prevailing views and preconceptions about language. Philosophical claims made by theorists of meaning are scrutinized and shown to be connected with common views about the nature of certain mathematical notions and methods. Drawing in particular on Wittgenstein's ideas Sren Stenlund demonstrates a strategy for tracing out and resolving conceptual and philosophical problems. By a critical examination of examples from different areas of philosophy he shows that many problems arise through the transgression of the limits of the use of technical concepts and formal methods. Many prima facie different kinds of problems are shown to have common roots and should thus be dealt and resolved together. Such an approach is usually prevented by the influence of traditional philosophical terminology and classification. The results of this investigation make it clear that the received ways of subdividing the subject matter of philosophy often conceal the roots of the problem. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415862042

Language and Popular Culture in Japan When this book was originally published it was the first work of its kind to examine the way in which language is used to express the ‘myth’ of advertising slogans and other popular cultural forms. By making use of general theories from the disciplines of anthropology linguistics media studies and semiotics the book attempts to demystify Japanese culture as it has been hitherto presented in the West and shows how such cultural forms as ‘noodle westerns’ and high-school baseball uphold the well-known ideologies of ‘selflessness’ ‘diligence’ ‘compliance’ and ‘co-operation’ typically associated with the Japanese. Ultimately the book poses the question: are those whom we call the Japanese ‘real’ people in their own right or merely a nation acting out a part written for them by Western civilisation? Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415845557

Language and Power Language and Power is widely recognised both as a classic and an essential introductory textbook to the field of Critical Discourse Analysis. It focusses on how language functions in maintaining and changing power relations in modern society the ways of analysing language which can reveal these processes and how people can become more conscious of them as well as more able to resist and change them. In this twenty-fifth anniversary edition Norman Fairclough includes a substantial new introduction and brings the discussion up-to-date. He shows both the importance of the book in the development of critical discourse analysis over the past three decades and how language and power relations have changed due to major socio-economic changes. It remains vital reading for all students of discourse analysis critical discourse analysis and other related courses. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138790971

Language and Power in Post-Colonial SchoolingIdeologies in Practice Critiquing the positioning of children from non-dominant groups as linguistically deficient this book aims to bridge the gap between theorizing of language in critical sociolinguistics and approaches to language in education. Carolyn McKinney uses the lens of linguistic ideologies—teachers’ and students’ beliefs about language—to shed light on the continuing problem of reproduction of linguistic inequality. Framed within global debates in sociolinguistics and applied linguistics she examines the case of historically white schools in South Africa a post-colonial context where political power has shifted but where the power of whiteness continues to provide new insights into the complex relationships between language and power and language and subjectivity. Implications for language curricula and policy in contexts of linguistic diversity are foregrounded. Providing an accessible overview of the scholarly literature on language ideologies and language as social practice and resource in multilingual contexts Language and Power in Post-Colonial Schooling uses the conceptual tools it presents to analyze classroom interaction and ethnographic observations from the day-to-day life in case study schools and explores implications of both the research literature and the analyses of students’ and teachers’ discourses and practices for language in education policy and curriculum. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138844070

Language and Power on the Rhetorical StageTheory in the Body Through a fusion of narrative and analysis Language and Power on the Rhetorical Stage examines how theater can enact critical discourse analysis and how micro-instances of iniquitous language use have been politically and historically reiterated to oppress and deny equal rights to marginalized groups of people. Drawing from Aristophanes’ rhetorical plays as a template for rhetoric in action the author poses the stage as a rhetorical site whereby we can observe see and feel 20th-century rhetorical theories of the body. Using critical discourse analysis and Judith Butler’s theories of the performative body as a methodological and analytical lens the book explores how a handful of American plays in the latter part of the 20th century—the works of Tony Kushner Suzan Lori-Parks and John Cameron Mitchell among others— use rhetoric in order to perform and challenge marginalizing language about groups that are not offered center stage in public and political spheres. This innovative study initiates a conversation long overdue between scholars in rhetorical and performance studies; as such it will be essential reading for academic researchers and graduate students in the areas of rhetorical studies performance studies theater studies and critical discourse analysis. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367421847

Language and PowerA Resource Book for Students Routledge English Language Introductions cover core areas of language study and are one-stop resources for students. Assuming no prior knowledge books in the series offer an accessible overview of the subject with activities study questions sample analyses commentaries and key readings – all in the same volume. The innovative and flexible ‘two-dimensional’ structure is built around four sections – introduction development exploration and extension – which offer self-contained stages for study. Each topic can also be read across these sections enabling the reader to build gradually on the knowledge gained. Language and Power Second Edition has been completely revised and updated and includes: a comprehensive survey of the ways in which language intersects and connects with the social cultural and political aspects of power; an introduction to the history of the field covering all the major approaches theoretical concepts and methods of analysis in this important and developing area of academic study; coverage of all the ‘traditional’ topics such as race gender and institutional power but also newer topics such as the discourse of post-truth and the power of social media; readings from works by seminal figures in the field such as Robin Lakoff Deborah Cameron and Teun van Dijk; real texts and examples throughout including advertisements from cosmetics companies; newspaper articles and headlines; websites and internet media; and spoken dialogues such as political and presidential speeches; a supporting companion website that aims to challenge students at a more advanced level and which features extra reading exercises follow-up activities and suggestions for further work. Language and Power will be essential reading for students studying English language or linguistics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138569232

Language and RealityThe Philosophy of Language and the Principles of Symbolism First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138871083

Language and Relationship in Wordsworth's Writing William Wordsworth (1770-1850) needs little introduction as the central figure in Romantic poetry and a crucial influence in the development of poetry generally. This broad-ranging survey redefines the variety of his writing by showing how it incorporates contemporary concepts of language difference and the ways in which popular and serious literature were compared and distinguished during this period. It discusses many of Wordsworth's later poems comparing his work with that of his regional contemporaries as well as major writers such as Scott. The key theme of relationship both between characters within poems and between poet and reader is explored through Wordsworth's construction of community and his use of power relationships. A serious discussion of the place of sexual feeling in his writing is also included. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138465848

Language and Revolution in Burke Wollstonecraft Paine and Godwin The Revolution in France of 1789 provoked a major 'pamphlet war' in Britain as writers debated what exactly had happened why it had happened and where events were now headed. Jane Hodson's book explores the relationship between political persuasion literary style and linguistic theory in this war of words focusing on four key texts: Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Men Thomas Paine's Rights of Man and William Godwin's Enquiry Concerning Political Justice. While these texts form the core of Hodson's project she ranges far beyond them to survey other works by the same authors; more than 50 contemporaneous books on language; and pamphlets novels and letters by other writers. The scope of her study permits her to challenge earlier accounts of the relationship between language and politics that lack historical nuance. Rather than seeing the Revolution debate as a straightforward conflict between radical and conservative linguistic practices Hodson argues that there is no direct correlation between a particular style or linguistic concept and the political affiliation of the writer. Instead she shows how each writer attempts to mobilize contemporary linguistic ideas to lend their texts greater authority. Her book will appeal to literature scholars and to historians of language and linguistics working in the Enlightenment and Romantic eras. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315250892

Language and SchizophreniaPerspectives from Psychology and Philosophy Schizophrenia is one of the most enigmatic mental disorders and language is one of its most essential and distinctive traits. Language and Schizophrenia provides a complete overview of schizophrenic language utilising both psychological and philosophical perspectives to explore the unique way language impacts on this mental disorder. Language and Schizophrenia investigates specific features of schizophrenic language using cognitive psychology alongside the opposing field of phenomenological psychiatry concluding that neither of these approaches fully succeeds in explaining the linguistic features unique to Schizophrenia. Cardella’s innovative approach of combining psychological perspectives with philosophy offers a direct alternative to traditional cognitive perspectives emphasising the fundamental role that language plays in the disorder. This book provides a thorough analysis of the deep link between language and schizophrenia and will be of great value to researchers and postgraduates studying schizophrenia phenomenology neuropsychology and philosophy of language. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138565913

Language and SituationLanguage Varieties and their Social Contexts Originally published in 1978. This book provides and explains a framework for understanding and describing variations of style of language in relation to the social context in which it is used. Constant features of language users such as their temporal geographical. and social origins their range of intelligibility and their individualities are related to concepts of dialects but dialects are not the only kind of language variety. There are features of language situations that yield others; the medium used the roles of the users and their relationships as well as recurring situations and cultural habits all relate to the style employed. Variety in language can be seen in terms of the major functions of language as 'content' as 'inter-action' and as 'texture'. Studying variety in language from sociological and linguistic aspects this book is also interesting for psycholinguistics and literary study. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138352889

Language and Social Change in ChinaUndoing Commonness through Cosmopolitan Mandarin Language and Social Change in China: Undoing Commonness through Cosmopolitan Mandarin offers an innovative and authoritative account of the crucial role of language in shaping the sociocultural landscape of contemporary China. Based on a wide range of data collected since the 1990s and grounded in quantitative and discourse analyses of sociolinguistic variation Qing Zhang tracks the emergence of what she terms “Cosmopolitan Mandarin” as a new stylistic resource for a rising urban elite and a new middle-class consumption-based lifestyle. The book powerfully illuminates that Cosmopolitan Mandarin participates in dismantling the pre-reform socialist conformist society by bringing about new social distinctions. Rich in cultural and linguistic details the book is the first of its kind to highlight the implications of language change on the social order and cultural life of contemporary China. Language and Social Change in China is ideal for students and scholars interested in sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology and Chinese language and society. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415708081

Language and Social Justice in Practice From bilingual education and racial epithets to gendered pronouns and immigration discourses language is a central concern in contemporary conversations and controversies surrounding social inequality. Developed as a collaborative effort by members of the American Anthropological Association’s Language and Social Justice Task Force this innovative volume synthesizes scholarly insights on the relationship between patterns of communication and the creation of more just societies. Using case studies by leading and emergent scholars and practitioners written especially for undergraduate audiences the book is ideal for introductory courses on social justice in linguistics and anthropology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138069459

Language and Social Structure in Urban France This book discusses the on-going exchange of ideas between variationist linguistics and sociology by extending the debate to post-war France. It describes the extent to which France's apparent exceptionalism in a number of areas is real imagined or an artefact of the mode of analysis. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367600747

Language and Society in the Middle East and North Africa This book investigates issues of central importance in understanding the role of language in society in the Middle East and North Africa. In particular it covers issues of collective identity and variation as they relate to Arabic Berber English Persian and Turkish in the fields of gender national affiliation the debate over authenticity and modernity language reforms and language legislation. In addition the book investigates how some of these issues are realized in the diaspora at both the micro and macro levels. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138869868

Language and Style First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415866378

Language and Superdiversity A first synthesis of work done in sociolinguistic superdiversity this volume offers a substantial introduction to the field and the issues and state-of-the-art research papers organized around three themes: Sketching the paradigm Sociolinguistic complexity Policing complexity. The focus is to show how complexity rather than plurality can serve as a lens through which an equally vast range of topics sites and issues can be tied together. Superdiversity captures the acceleration and intensification of processes of social ‘mixing’ and ‘fragmentation’ since the early 1990s as an outcome of two different but related processes: new post-Cold War migration flows and the advent and spread of the Internet and mobile technologies. The confluence of these forces have created entirely new sociolinguistic environments leading to research in the past decade that has brought a mixture of new empirical terrain–extreme diversity in language and literacy resources complex repertoires and practices of participants in interaction–and conceptual challenges. Language and Superdiversity is a landmark volume bringing together the work of the scholars and researchers who spearhead the development of the sociolinguistics of superdiversity. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138844582

Language and Technology The INTERTEXT series has been specifically designed to meet the needs of contemporary English Language Studies. Working with Texts: A core introduction to language analysis (third edition 2007) is the foundation text which is complemented by a range of ‘satellite’ titles. These provide students with hands-on practical experience of textual analysis through special topics and can be used individually or in conjunction with Working with Texts. This accessible textbook in the Routledge Intertext series offers students hands-on practical experience of textual analysis focused on language and technology. Written in a clear user-friendly style it combines practical activities with texts accompanied by commentaries and suggestions for further study. Aimed at A-Level and beginning undergraduate students Language and Technology: explores the history of new communication tools such as texting; Facebook and online forums examines the public discourses about these new tools incorporates real texts such as adverts newspaper articles and chat room data includes a comprehensive glossary of terms. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415604161

Language and the CurriculumPractitioner Research in Planning Differentiation First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books David Fulton Publishers 9781138159105

Language and the Joint Creation of KnowledgeThe selected works of Neil Mercer In the World Library of Educationalists series international experts themselves compile career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces – extracts from books key articles salient research findings major theoretical and practical contributions – so the world can read them in a single manageable volume. Readers will be able to follow the themes and strands and see how their work contributes to the development of the field. Language and the Joint Creation of Knowledge draws on the most prominent writing of Neil Mercer covering his ground-breaking and critically acclaimed work on the role of talk in education and on the relationship between spoken language and cognition. The text explores key themes relating theoretical ideas to research evidence and to practical educational situations that improve children’s lives. Offering students and researchers a clear accessible and up-to-date account of a sociocultural perspective on the relationship between spoken language and cognition it explains one of the key themes in Neil Mercer’s work – that humans have uniquely evolved the capacity to think together or ‘interthink’. Offering a crucial insight into the work of Neil Mercer this selection showcases why his approach has become the dominant paradigm in educational research and why it is increasingly influential in the psychology of teaching and learning. This unique collection of published articles and chapters which represent the key themes and range of his research over the last 40 years will be of interest to all followers of his work and any reader interested in the role of language in education. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367367480

Language and the Law Explains and describes the ways that language use in the legal system can create inequality and disadvantage. It examines the three main areas where the two intersect: the central issue of the language of the law; the disadvantage which language can impose before the law and forensic linguistics - the use of linguistic evidence in legal processes. Each section of the book is preceded by an introduction by the editor which sets the paper within a conceptual framework. Lawyer's opinions are not neglected even though the collection is written mainly by linguists. The section concludes with a lawyer's response in which a prominent lawyer with a particular interest in the content of the section responds to the papers. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138180871

Language and the LexiconAn Introduction The lexicon represents the building blocks of language: words and vocabulary. Most of us think of language in terms of words and words are also integral to the way in which linguists approach language as an object of study. The lexicon and lexical issues must be taken in consideration in every domain of language study and conversely the lexicon cannot be viewed in isolation from other aspects of language.'Language and the Lexicon' provides a comprehensive yet accessible overview of lexicology introducing the reader to the lexicon by exploring the lexical aspects of a range of different areas of language: syntax morphology semantics phonology language variation language change language acquisition and language processing. Assuming no prior knowledge of linguistics the book introduces the key concepts employing examples from a wide variety of languages in order to illustrate the points made.This book is ideally suited to those approaching lexicology for the first time. With its wide breadth of focus and diverse topics it can equally serve as a first introduction to linguistics. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315824796

Language and the Market SocietyCritical Reflections on Discourse and Dominance Language plays a central role in creating and sustaining the market society—a society that is in which market exchange is no longer simply a process but an all-encompassing social principle. The social domains affected include education politics and religion. Around the world government departments have re-defined themselves as service providers; universities produce graduates; job seekers are asked to package themselves more effectively and there are consultants specializing in church marketing. And as individuals too we are supposed to brand ourselves sell ourselves and strategically manage our personal relationships. Through an intricate dialectic such patterns of linguistic choices reinforce the social structures that shape them further consolidating the marketization process. Marketization thus emerges as a globally unfolding process in which language holds a key position as both cause and effect and as both subject and object. The book examines these phenomena from a linguistic and critical perspective drawing on critical discourse analysis sociological treatises of market society and critical management studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415852449

Language and the Media What makes language in the media different from ‘everyday’ or ‘person-to-person’ domains is the presence - seen or unseen human or technical – of some intermediary or facilitator and it is the impact on language by this facilitation or mediation that is the focus of this new 4 volume collection Language and the Media. Including seminal theoretical articles case studies and review articles the collection will look at language as a means of managing the media audience will explore language as a topic in the media and will set out how language is used as a mode of media communication. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138833456

Language and the Modern StateThe Reform of Written Japanese Originally published in 1991 this book examines the process whereby a modern colloquial style of written Japanese was developed in the context of the overall modernization of Japan. The book examines the process whereby this strategic simplification took place in Japan beginning with a discussion of the background to the problem and the reasons why change was indicated. The history characteristics and spheres of the four major styles found in documents of the modern period are examined as are initial moves towards language reform in the fields of education and printed media. Separate illustrations in Japanese script are provided to give an idea of the changing visual complexity of texts; in-text references however are romanized except where the use of characters is essential. Wherever possible English sources are cited in addition to Japanese; where published translations are available these are cited in order to enable non-speakers of Japanese to follow up references if they so desire. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367001728

Language and Thought This book fulfils the need for a clear overview of this area of cognitive psychology which encompasses both language and thought. Focusing on goal directed thinking and decision making Nick Lund looks at the relationship between our grasp of language and our problem solving abilities. Different positions on the issues are contextualised and discussed in a way suitable for the AQA-A A-Level syllabus. Supplementary detail means that the book will also be valuable to other A-Level specification candidates and undergraduates coming to this area for the first time. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203695012

Language and Thought of the ChildSelected Works vol 5 First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415845540

Language and Translation in Postcolonial LiteraturesMultilingual Contexts Translational Texts This collection gathers together a stellar group of contributors offering innovative perspectives on the issues of language and translation in postcolonial studies. In a world where bi- and multilingualism have become quite normal this volume identifies a gap in the critical apparatus in postcolonial studies in order to read cultural texts emerging out of multilingual contexts. The role of translation and an awareness of the multilingual spaces in which many postcolonial texts are written are fundamental issues with which postcolonial studies needs to engage in a far more concerted fashion. The essays in this book by contributors from Australia New Zealand Zimbabwe Cyprus Malaysia Quebec Ireland France Scotland the US and Italy outline a pragmatics of language and translation of value to scholars with an interest in the changing forms of literature and culture in our times. Essay topics include: multilingual textual politics; the benefits of multilingual education in postcolonial countries; the language of gender and sexuality in postcolonial literatures; translational cities; postcolonial calligraphy; globalization and the new digital ecology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138547940

Language and World Creation in Poems and Other Texts Language and World Creation in Poems and Other Texts introduces an interdisciplinary and practical approach to the analysis of poetry which focuses on text worlds namely the contexts scenarios or types of reality that readers construct in their interaction with the language of texts. The book demonstrates in detail three ways of approaching poetic text worlds namely as discourse situations possible worlds and mental constructs. Clear and detailed introductions to linguistic theories of definiteness and deixis possible world theory and schema theory are included making the book accessible to readers who are unfamiliar with these frameworks. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138151567

Language and WorldA Defence of Linguistic Idealism This book defends a version of linguistic idealism the thesis that the world is a product of language. In the course of defending this radical thesis Gaskin addresses a wide range of topics in contemporary metaphysics philosophy of language philosophical logic and syntax theory. Starting from the context and compositionality principles and the idea of a systematic theory of meaning in the Tarski–Davidson tradition Gaskin argues that the sentence is the primary unit of linguistic meaning and that the main aspects of meaning sense and reference are themselves theoretical posits. Ontology which is correlative with reference emerges as language-driven. This linguistic idealism is combined with a realism that accepts the objectivity of science and it is accordingly distinguished from empirical pragmatism. Gaskin contends that there is a basic metaphysical level at which everything is expressible in language; but the vindication of linguistic idealism is nuanced inasmuch as there is also a derived level asymmetrically dependant on the basic level at which reality can break free of language and reach into the realms of the unnameable and indescribable. Language and World will be of interest to scholars and advanced students working in metaphysics philosophy of language and linguistics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367902582

Language AptitudeAdvancing Theory Testing Research and Practice Language Aptitude: Advancing Theory Testing Research and Practice brings together cutting-edge global perspectives on foreign language aptitude. Drawing from educational psychology cognitive science and neuroscience the editors have assembled interdisciplinary authors writing for an applied linguistics and education audience. The book is broken into five major themes: revisiting and updating current language aptitude theories and models; emerging insights from contemporary research into language aptitude and the age factor or the critical period hypothesis; redefining constructs and broadening territories of foreign language aptitude; exploring language aptitude from a neurocognitive perspective; and exploring future directions of foreign language aptitude research. Focused on critical issues in foreign language aptitude and second language learning and teaching this book will be an important research resource and supplemental reading in both applied linguistics and cognitive psychology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138563872

Language as a Scientific ToolShaping Scientific Language Across Time and National Traditions Language is the most essential medium of scientific activity. Many historians sociologists and science studies scholars have investigated scientific language for this reason but only few have examined those cases where language itself has become an object of scientific discussion. Over the centuries scientists have sought to control refine and engineer language for various epistemological communicative and nationalistic purposes. This book seeks to explore cases in the history of science in which questions or concerns with language have bubbled to the surface in scientific discourse. This opens a window into the particular ways in which scientists have conceived of and construed language as the central medium of their activity across different cultural contexts and places and the clashes and tensions that have manifested their many attempts to engineer it to both preserve and enrich its function. The subject of language draws out many topics that have mostly been neglected in the history of science such as the connection between the emergence of national languages and the development of science within national settings and allows us to connect together historical episodes from many understudied cultural and linguistic venues such as Eastern European and medieval Hebrew science. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367263928

Language as DiscoursePerspectives for Language Teaching In this book Michael McCarthy and Ronald Carter describe the discoursal properties of language and demonstrate what insights this approach can offer to the student and teacher of language. The authors examine the relationship between complete texts both spoken and written and the social and cultural contexts in which they function. They argue that the functions of language are often best understood in a discoursal environment and that exploring language in context compels us to revise commonly-held understandings about the forms and meanings of language. In so doing the authors argue the need for language teachers syllabus planners and curriculum organisers to give greater attention to language as discourse. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138172937

Language As Social ActionSocial Psychology and Language Use This interdisciplinary synthesis of the social psychological aspects of language use provides an integrative and timely review of language as social action. The book successfully weaves together research from philosophy linguistics sociolinguistics anthropology social and cognitive psychology pragmatics and artificial intelligence. In this way it clearly demonstrates how many aspects of social life are mediated by language and how understanding language use requires an understanding of its social dimension. Topics covered include: *speech act theory and indirect speech acts; *politeness and the interpersonal determinants of language; *language and impression management and person perception; *conversational structure perspective taking; and *language and social thought. This volume should serve as a valuable resource for students and researchers in social psychology and communication who want a clear presentation of the linguistic underpinnings of social interaction. It will also be useful to cognitive psychologists and other language researchers who want a thorough examination of the social psychological underpinnings of language use. Although this book is relevant for a variety of disciplines it is written in a clear and straightforward style that will be accessible for readers regardless of their orientation. Media > Books > E-books Psychology Press 9781410601773

Language Assessment for Remediation (1981) Published in 1981 this book describes and critically examines the standardised tests and modes of assessment available and most commonly used by speech therapists psychologists and educationalists. Tests and other assessment procedures are discussed and therapeutic strategies suggested. Thus psycholinguistic approaches such as ITPA the Reynell Developmental Language Scales and the Aston Index; linguistic techniques such as LARSP and phonological assessments are described and adult disorders as well as childhood problems are reviewed. There is also a brief consideration of the problem of assessing the language of those not speaking English as a first language. The book serves as a core text for student speech therapists and also as a reference for those practicing or researching in speech therapy special education and linguistic pathology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815379638

Language Awareness in the Classroom Language Awareness in the Classroom addresses the central educational question of the impact that explicit language knowledge has on learning and language learning.A substantial Introduction defines the issues and key concepts and relates them to contemporary educational policy and practice in Europe and internationally. The papers are organised into four thematic sections: the extent and nature of language awareness in teacher education; school-based language awareness programmes; tertiary education initiatives and modes of evaluation of language awareness programmes. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138154612

Language Brokering in Immigrant FamiliesTheories and Contexts Language Brokering in Immigrant Families: Theories and Contexts brings together an international group of researchers to share their findings on language brokering—when immigrant children translate for their parents and other adults. Given the large amount of immigration occurring worldwide it is important to understand how language brokering may support children’s and families’ acculturation to new countries. The chapter authors include overviews of the existing literature insights from multiple disciplines the potential benefits and drawbacks to language brokering and the contexts that may influence children adolescents and emerging adults who language broker. With the latest findings the authors theorize on how language brokering may function and the outcomes for those who do so. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138185142

Language Change In Language Change R. L. Trask uses data from English and other languages to introduce the concepts central to language change. Language Change: covers the most frequent types of language change and how languages are born and die uses data-based exercises to show how languages change looks at other key areas such as attitudes to language change and the consequences of changing language. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138142626

Language Change in East Asia This book adopts a wide focus on the range of East Asian languages in both their pre-modern and modern forms within the specific topic area of language change. It contains sections on dialect studies contact linguistics socio-linguistics and syntax/phonology and deals with all three major languages of East Asia: Chinese Japanese and Korean. Individual chapters cover pre-Sino-Japanese phonology nominalizers in Chinese Japanese and Korean; Japanese loanwords in Taiwan Mandarin; changes in Korean honorifics; the tense and aspect system of Japanese; and language policy in Japan. The book will be of interest to linguists working on East Asian languages and will be of value to a range of general linguists working in comparative or historical linguistics socio-linguistics language typology and language contact. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138879164

Language Competence Across PopulationsToward a Definition of Specific Language Impairment This unique edited book bridges studies in language disorders and linguistic theory with timely contributions from leading scholars in language development. It presents an attempt to define Specific Language Impairment relating it to children of normal and disordered language capabilities. The chapter presentations examine language development across a variety of populations of children from those with Specific Language Impairment to second language learners. The contributors discuss criteria for the definition of SLI compare and contrast SLI with profiles of children with other disorders and dialects and offer a comprehensive look at the Whole Human Language which ties together spoken and signed languages. Methodological concerns that affect the credibility and generalizability of the findings are discussed and controversies between opposing linguistic approaches to language acquisition are presented. The conceptual thread that gradually reveals itself as the chapters unfold is a theoretical issue of central importance to cognitive theory as well as to our understanding of the biological correlates of language--it concerns the variability that linguistic competence can manifest in children under different biological conditions and life circumstances. Language Competence Across Populations: Toward a Definition of Specific Language Impairment is an essential volume for advanced students and scholars in linguistics and psychology who have an interest in language acquisition and language disorders as well as for the clinical professionals dealing with children with language impairments. Media > Books > Print Books Psychology Press 9780415655361

Language Comprehension As Structure Building This book presents a new theoretical framework -- what Gernsbacher calls the Structure Building Framework -- for understanding language comprehension in particular and cognitive processing in general. According to this framework the goal in comprehending both linguistic and nonlinguistic materials is to build a coherent mental representation or "structure" of the information being comprehended. As such the underlying processes and mechanisms of structure building are viewed as general cognitive processes and mechanisms. The strength of the volume lies in its empirical detail: a thorough literature review and solid original data. Media > Books > Print Books Psychology Press 9781138974289

Language Contact and Language Conflict in Arabic This book contains 17 studies by leading international scholars working on a wide range of topics in Arabic socio-linguistics divided into four parts. The studies in Part 1 address questions of national language planning in a diglossic situation with a particular focus on North Africa. Part 2 explores the relationship of identity and language choice in different Arabic-speaking communities living both within and outside the Arab World. Part 3 examines language choice in such diverse contexts as popular preaching humour and Arab women's writing. Part 4 contains 5 papers in which variation code-switching and generational language shift in the Arabic-language diaspora in Europe and the USA are the focus. The collection as a whole provides wide-ranging introduction to key areas of current research which will be of interest to the general sociolinguist as well as the Arabic language specialist. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203037218

Language Contact and the Future of English This book reflects on the future of the English language as used by native speakers speakers of nativized New Englishes and users of English as a lingua franca (ELF). The volume begins by outlining the current position of English in the world and accounts for the differences among native and nativized varieties and ELF usages. It offers a historical perspective on the impact of language contact on English and discusses whether the lexicogrammatical features of New Englishes and ELF are shaped by imperfect learning or deliberate language change. The book also considers the consequences of writing in a second language and questions the extent to which non-native English-speaking academics and researchers should be required to conform to ‘Anglo’ patterns of text organization and ‘English Academic Discourse.’ The book then examines the converse effect of English on other languages through bilingualism and translation. This volume is essential reading for students and scholars in English language sociolinguistics language acquisition and language policy. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367593629

Language Contact and the Origins of the Germanic Languages History archaeology and human evolutionary genetics provide us with an increasingly detailed view of the origins and development of the peoples that live in Northwestern Europe. This book aims to restore the key position of historical linguistics in this debate by treating the history of the Germanic languages as a history of its speakers. It focuses on the role that language contact has played in creating the Germanic languages between the first millennium BC and the crucially important early medieval period. Chapters on the origins of English German Dutch and the Germanic language family as a whole illustrate how the history of the sounds of these languages provide a key that unlocks the secret of their genesis: speakers of Latin Celtic and Balto-Finnic switched to speaking Germanic and in the process introduced a 'foreign accent' that caught on and spread at the expense of types of Germanic that were not affected by foreign influence. The book is aimed at linguists historians archaeologists and anyone who is interested in what languages can tell us about the origins of their speakers. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138245372

Language Curriculum Design Now in its second edition Language Curriculum Design describes the steps involved in the curriculum design process elaborates and justifies these steps and provides opportunities for practising and applying them. Crystal-clear and comprehensive yet concise the steps are laid out at a general level so that they can be applied in a wide range of particular circumstances. Updated throughout with cutting-edge research and theory the second edition contains new examples on curriculum design and development and expanded attention on environment analysis needs analysis and programme evaluation. The process comes to life through plentiful examples of actual applications from the authors’ experience and from published research. Each chapter also includes tasks that encourage readers to relate the steps to their own experience and case studies and suggestions for further reading. Combining sound research/theory with state-of-the-art practice Language Curriculum Design is widely applicable for ESL/EFL language education courses around the world. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367196509

Language Deprivation and Deaf Mental Health Language Deprivation and Deaf Mental Health explores the impact of the language deprivation that some deaf individuals experience by not being provided fully accessible language exposure during childhood. Leading experts in Deaf mental health care discuss the implications of language deprivation for a person’s development communication cognitive abilities behavior and mental health. Beginning with a groundbreaking discussion of language deprivation syndrome the chapters address the challenges of psychotherapy interpreting communication and forensic assessment language and communication development with language-deprived persons as well as whether cochlear implantation means deaf children should not receive rich sign language exposure. The book concludes with a discussion of the most effective advocacy strategies to prevent language deprivation. These issues which draw on both cultural and disability perspectives are central to the emerging clinical specialty of Deaf mental health.　 Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138735392

Language Development 1aActivities for Home First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books David Fulton Publishers 9781138175488

Language Development and Social Interaction in Blind Children This book provides an up-to-date account of blind children's developing communicative abilities with particular emphasis on social cognition and language acquisition from infancy to early school age. It purports to foster dialogue between those interested in the study of typically developing children and those interested in the development of children who are blind and to provide insights and new explanations of why the development of blind children may differ from that of sighted children. The book also aims to identify and examine current theoretical issues which are likely to be at the centre of developments in the fields of child language and developmental psychology.Language Development and Social Interaction in Blind Children is also a timely book. The study of blind children's development constitutes a unique opportunity to study the effect of vision on development and more specifically on the development of language and certain aspects of social cognition. Current interest in the development of "theory of mind" and perspective taking in language learning make the case of blind children crucial to our understanding of certain aspects of psychological functioning. The book explores these issues challenges some widely-held beliefs about the development of communication in blind children and provides a cohesive picture of our knowledge to date. Media > Books > Print Books Psychology Press 9781138883079

Language Development and Social Interaction in Blind Children The Classic Edition of this foundational text includes a new preface from Miguel Pérez-Pereira examining how the field has developed since first publication. The volume provides an in-depth account of blind children's developing communicative abilities with particular emphasis on social cognition and language acquisition from infancy to early school age. It provides insights into why the development of blind children may differ from that of sighted children and explores development of "theory of mind" and perspective taking in language learning. It also discusses the caregiver–child interaction research on early intervention and practical strategies for blind children that can assist parents and practitioners. The up-to-date preface discusses recent neurological research and the comparison between the psychological development of visually impaired and autistic children. Language Development and Social Interaction in Blind Children continues to facilitate dialogue between those interested in the study of typically developing children and those interested in the development of children who are blind and challenges some widely held beliefs about the development of communication in blind children. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367895426

Language Development for MathsCircle Time Sessions to Improve Communication Skills in Maths Building on the successful 'spirals' programme this series of books addresses language development in the three core areas of the curriculum. Linking the work done in school with simple games and activities to be used at home. All activities have been tried and tested - proven effectiveness. A video CD contains explanation and demonstration of the programme and its implementation with commetns from staff who have used it. Media > Books > Print Books David Fulton Publishers 9781138139978

Language Development for ScienceActivities for Home These simple play-based activities are ideal for teachers to copy and give out to parents who want to know how to help their child improve his or her science language skills and have fun at the same time. Activities are linked directly to the school-based Language Development Circle Time sessions but can also be used independently. There is a clear structure and progression of ideas with supporting black-line drawings to acts as prompts and simple record - keeping system to support home/school communication. Media > Books > Print Books David Fulton Publishers 9781138166295

Language Development for ScienceCircle Time Sessions to Improve Language Skills This book is the first of its kind to help practitioners specifically develop children's language skills in Science. The book incudes: guidelines to help teachers set up run and assess circle-time sessions ideas for promoting children's thinking skills and emotional literacy video CD containing explanation and demonstration of the programme and its implementation with comments from staff who have used it. Media > Books > Print Books David Fulton Publishers 9781138165991

Language Development From Birth To Three First published in 1985. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor and Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Psychology Press 9781138437777

Language Development In Exceptional Circumstances Ever since attempts were made to describe and explain normal language development references to exceptional circumstances have been made. Variations in the conditions under which language is acquired can be regarded as natural experiments which would not be feasible or ethical under normal circumstances. This can throw light on such questions as: *What language input is necessary for the child to learn language? *What is the relationship between cognition and language? *How independent are different components of language function? *Are there critical periods for language development? *Can we specify necessary and sufficient conditions for language impairment? This book covers a range of exceptional circumstances including: extreme deprivation twinship visual and auditory impairments autism and focal brain damage? Written in a jargon-free style and including a glossary of linguistic and medical terminology the book assumes little specialist knowledge. This text is suitable for both students and practitioners in the fields of psycholinguistics developmental and educational psychology speech pathology paediatrics and special education. Media > Books > Print Books Psychology Press 9781138150188

Language Development in Schools for Children with Severe Learning Difficulties First published in 1988. Language is an important developmental ability which facilitates communication both at home and at school. It is also the foundation of many of a child’s learning experiences in school. A certain level of language is often a pre-requisite both for success in particular curriculum areas and for the ability to conceptualise generally. Language developing is thus a major concern for those who work with mentally handicapped children and it has come to be regarded as one of the main objectives within the special school curriculum. This book is concerned with the opportunities for language learning which special schools make available for severely mentally handicapped children. It describes how special schools seek to meet the very diverse needs of their pupils and provides a discussion of the success of contemporary approaches to encouraging language development. The author makes a number of constructive criticisms and suggestions for improving practice which should interest anyone whose work involves teaching children with severe learning difficulties. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138587687

Language Disorders From a Developmental PerspectiveEssays in Honor of Robin S. Chapman The last 25 years have witnessed an explosion of research at the intersection of typical language development and child language disorders. A pioneer in bringing these fields of study together is Robin S. Chapman Emerita University of Wisconsin. This contributed volume honors her with chapters written by former students and colleagues who track in their own research the theme of psycholinguistic contributions to our understanding of the nature and remediation of child language disorders. In this volume such renowned researchers in child language development as Dorothy Bishop Judith Johnston and Ray Kent among others discuss their research in certain populations in the context of the significance of limits of and alternatives to Robin Chapman’s developmental interactionist perspective. Studies of disordered language in Down’s Syndrome and Specific Language Impairment in particular attribute much progress in our understanding of the pragmatic and comprehension skills in these populations to the developmental perspective. Language Disorders From a Developmental Perspective opens with a reprint of Robin Chapman’s seminal 2001 article from The Journal of Child Psychiatry and Psychology. It concludes with a new chapter from Dr. Chapman summarizing what we know and what we don’t know about language disorders within the developmental framework and pointing to future areas of research and intervention. Clinicians as well as scholars will benefit from this book as will students in programs of developmental psycholinguistics child language disorders and learning disabilities. Media > Books > Print Books Psychology Press 9781138012868

Language Diversity and Education This introductory text for students of linguistics language and education provides background and up-to-date information and resources that beginning researchers need for studying language diversity and education. Three framing chapters offer an update on the philosophy of social research revealing how important language is for all the processes of learning in which humans engage whether it is learning about the world through education or learning about the nature of social life through research in the human sciences. These chapters also review the links between language power and social justice and look at dynamic changes occurring in "language diversity and education" research. Four central chapters give state-of-the-art comprehensive coverage to the chief areas of language diversity that affect the practice of education: standard and non-standard varieties; different cultural discourse norms; bilingual and ESL education; and gendered discourse norms. This book is intended for graduate students of applied linguistics sociolinguistics psycholinguistics the social psychology of language anthropological linguistics and other related disciplines; and graduate students of education including in-service teachers taking advanced professional development courses. Special features enhance its usefulness as a text for courses in these areas: * A clear jargon free writing style invites careful reading. * All ideas are well within the range that graduate students in the language disciplines or in education can relate to their work but theoretical ideas are kept to a necessary minimum and linked with practical examples in every case. * Extensive references guide readers to the book's up-to-date international and cross-cultural bibliography. * "Discussion Starter" questions at the end of each chapter highlight key points and stimulate informed reflective discussion. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138172746

Language Diversity in the Sinophone WorldHistorical Trajectories Language Planning and Multilingual Practices Language Diversity in the Sinophone World offers interdisciplinary insights into social cultural and linguistic aspects of multilingualism in the Sinophone world highlighting language diversity and opening up the burgeoning field of Sinophone studies to new perspectives from sociolinguistics. The book begins by charting historical trajectories in Sinophone multilingualism beginning with late imperial China through to the emergence of English in the mid-19th century. The volume uses this foundation as a jumping off point from which to provide an in-depth comparison of modern language planning and policies throughout the Sinophone world with the final section examining multilingual practices not readily captured by planning frameworks and the ideologies identities repertoires and competences intertwined within these different multilingual configurations. Taken together the collection makes a unique sociolinguistic-focused intervention into emerging research in Sinophone studies and will be of interest to students and scholars within the discipline. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367504519

Language Education and Applied LinguisticsBridging the two fields Language Education and Applied Linguistics: bridging the two fields provides a starting point for students and researchers in both Language and Education who wish to interpret and use insights from the field of Applied Linguistics and for Applied Linguists who wish to engage in dialogue with language educators and researchers in education. Providing a framework for understanding the resources individuals use to communicate this accessible and innovative text will enable teachers and learners to understand and discuss features and tools used in communication. This framework enables: Learners to explore their current language abilities and their desired future communicative abilities empowering them to engage with their own language learning needs Language educators to explore central concerns in multiliteracy digital literacies plurilingualism and plurilingual development Applied Linguistics students to understand theories of applied linguistics and language education Sociolinguists to bring their research into education Language Education and Applied Linguistics can be used by students teachers researchers and teacher educators to explore multilingual contexts and communicative purposes in language classrooms language education and applied linguistics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415534468

Language Education and EmotionsResearch into Emotions and Language Learners Language Teachers and Educational Processes Language Education and Emotions presents innovative empirical research into the influence of emotions and affective factors in language education both in L1 and in foreign language education. It offers a comprehensive overview of studies authored and co-authored by researchers from all over the world. The volume opens and ends with "backbone" contributions by two of the discipline’s most reputed scholars: Jane Arnold (Spain) and Jean-Marc Dewaele (United Kingdom). This book broadens our understanding of emotions including well-known concepts such as foreign language anxiety as well as addressing the emotions that have only recently received scientific attention driven by the positive psychology movement. Chapters explore emotions from the perspective of the language learner and the language teacher and in relation to educational processes. A number of contributions deal with traditional school-based contexts whereas others study new settings of foreign language education such as migration. The book paints a picture of the broad scale of approaches used to study this topic and offers new and relevant insights for the field of language education and emotions. This book will be of great interest to academics researchers and postgraduate students in the field of language education psycholinguistics sociolinguistics and applied linguistics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367894863

Language Endangerment and Language MaintenanceAn Active Approach Language endangerment is a fundamental issue for humanity. What rights do minority communities have concerning their languages? How does each language conceptualize the world differently? How much knowledge about the world and a local ecosystem is lost when a language disappears? What is the process involved and how can insights about this process contribute to linguistic theory? What typological insights will be lost if undescribed languages disappear before their unique structural properties are known? How can language shift be stopped or reversed?This volume comprises:* a general overview introduction* four theoretical chapters on what happens during language shift* ten case studies of autochthonous languages under threat* four case studies of migrant languages at risk* three concluding chapters discussing strategies and resources for language maintenance. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138878341

Language Evolution This new four-volume collection part of Routledge’s Critical Concepts in Linguistics series assembles the most important scholarly writings concerning the biological evolution of language particularly those incorporating a Darwinian view of evolution. Including excerpts from ancient sources such as the Bible Plato and Aristotle along with classical sources like Condillac Rousseau and Herder Language Evolution provides an overview of the intensive debate on language evolution following the publication of Darwin’s Origin of Species. It also outlines each of the major conceptions of protolanguage and examines the evolution of our human capacity for speech as well as focusing on the modern (mostly post-1990) literature attempting to reconcile the Chomskyean approach to linguistics with a Darwinian evolutionary viewpoint. In addition it incorporates the new insights and approaches based on computer modelling which have played a growing role in the recent literature. This is an important resource for those scholars interested in possessing a deeper historically informed overview of the immense literature on this topic. The collection will also of course provide unified and ready access to a selection of the most important papers from the 1990s onward. It is supplemented with a full index and includes an introduction to each volume newly written by the editors which places the assembled materials in their historical and intellectual context. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415679152

Language Experience and Early Language DevelopmentFrom Input to Uptake Addresses one debate in language development namely the relationship between children's language development and their language experience. Media > Books > Print Books Psychology Press 9781138179875

Language Exploration and AwarenessA Resource Book for Teachers "Language Exploration and Awareness: A Resource Book for Teachers Third Edition" shows English teachers how they can expand their curriculum beyond the traditional emphases on grammar and syntax to help their students learn about many aspects of the English language including general semantics regional and social dialects syntax spelling history of the English language social language conventions lexicography and word origins. Clear practical and reader-friendly the text reviews basic aspects of English language study in classrooms then illustrates how teachers can create student-centered inquiry-oriented activities for the learners in their classrooms. Written from a sociocultural perspective this text stresses the uses of authentic language as it is used by real people for real purposes in diverse social contexts. Changes in the Third Edition are: all chapters have been thoroughly updated to address new developments in the world and in the field of English and language arts education; the chapters in Section II include new Student Explorations - activities designed by pre- and in-service teachers that readers can use with students in their classrooms; and new in this edition are references throughout several chapters to Web sites that instructors and students will find useful. This text is intended as text for undergraduate and master's level English language arts courses on the pedagogies of language teaching and as an introduction to language or introduction to linguistics courses - particularly those emphasizing language study from a sociocultural perspective; and for courses preparing teachers of English as a new language. The text is also intended as a resource for current classroom teachers. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138129238

Language for Behaviour and EmotionsA Practical Guide to Working with Children and Young People This practical interactive resource is designed to be used by professionals who work with children and young people who have Social Emotional and Mental Health needs and Speech Language and Communication needs. Gaps in language and emotional skills can have a negative impact on behaviour as well as mental health and self-esteem. The Language for Behaviour and Emotions approach provides a systematic approach to developing these skills so that young people can understand and work through social interaction difficulties. Key features include: A focus on specific skills that are linked to behaviour such as understanding meaning verbal reasoning and emotional literacy skills. A framework for assessment as well as a range of downloadable activities worksheets and resources for supporting students. Sixty illustrated scenarios that can be used flexibly with a wide range of ages and abilities to promote language skills emotional skills and self-awareness. This invaluable resource is suitable for use with young people with a range of abilities in one to one small group or whole class settings. It is particularly applicable to children and young people who are aiming to develop wider language social and emotional skills including those with Developmental Language Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367331832

Language for Learning in the Primary SchoolA practical guide for supporting pupils with language and communication difficulties across the curriculum Language for Learning in the Primary School is the long awaited second edition of Language for Learning first published in 2004 and winner of the NASEN/TES Book Award for Teaching and Learning in 2005. This handbook has become an indispensable resource packed full of practical suggestions on how to support 5-11 year old children with speech language and communication difficulties. Colour coded throughout for easy referencing this unique book supports inclusive practice by helping teachers to: Identify children with speech language and communication needs (SLCN) Understand speech language and communication skills Consider roles and responsibilities at primary school Plan a differentiated and adapted curriculum Consider the language demands across subjects Adopt a whole school approach Make use of a wide range of positive strategies Empower children to access the curriculum Language for Learning in the Primary School comes complete with a wealth of photocopiable resources giving teachers and teaching assistants the confidence to help children with SLCN more effectively in mainstream settings. It will also be an extremely useful resource for speech and language therapists specialist teachers and educational psychologists. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138898622

Language for Learning in the Secondary SchoolA Practical Guide for Supporting Students with Speech Language and Communication Needs Language for Learning in the Secondary School employs the same easy-to-use format as the best-selling Primary version of this book but has been adapted to meet the specific needs of secondary school teachers. This indispensable resource is packed full of practical suggestions on how to support students with speech language and communication difficulties. Colour coded throughout for easy referencing this unique book supports inclusive practice by helping you to: Identify students with speech language and communication needs Understand how language is processed Consider roles and responsibilities at secondary level Plan a differentiated curriculum Consider the language demands across the subjects Adopt a whole school approach Make use of a wide range of positive strategies Empower students to access the curriculum. Language for Learning in the Secondary School comes complete with a wealth of photocopiable resources and activities giving teachers and teaching assistants the confidence to help students with speech language and communication needs more effectively in mainstream settings. It will also be an extremely useful resource for specialist teachers speech and language therapists and educational psychologists. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415619752

Language for LifeWhere linguistics meets teaching We all recognise how important first impressions are 　something often formed by how well we speak and write. Language for Life shows　how language can be mastered by children and how what they have learned can be carried throughout their lives.　 This indispensable guidebook for teachers arms pupils with the mental skill of thinking about language. This in turn helps children learn much more easily from the language around them. This book delivers explicit step-by-step English language instruction via lessons in syntax grammar morphology etymology and punctuation. Language for Life is a proven programme that is built upon years of experience. Lyn Stone’s pragmatic and modern approach is supported by feedback from teachers and pupils alike who have attended her numerous classes and workshops. Language for Life turns important research findings into evidence-based effective classroom practice. This book helps teachers: learn more about language structure guide the development of skills to write accurately and in increasing volume support the emergence of clear and organised thinking for writing help pupils reach their full potential as readers and writers. Brimming with vital information suitable for both basic and advanced level students this book is an essential tool for all teachers wishing to give their pupils the best preparation possible to meet the demands of the modern world.　Photocopiable worksheets throughout the book put teachers in the position of linguistic expert guiding pupils through an enriching journey of language discovery and creativity. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138899308

Language for LivingCommunication Activities for Young Adults with Learning Difficulties This title features communication activities for young adults with learning difficulties. This unique collection of 180 enjoyable group activities aims to foster both the skills underlying communication such as body language and awareness of others and aspects of spoken language itself. The activities fall broadly within the Entry Levels 1-3 of the Skills for Life Core Curriculum but can be used as a completely independent programme. The book addresses the needs of students with very varied skill levels and includes some activities which can be used with non-verbal students. "Language for Living" has the following advantages: no formal assessment necessary; equipment not required or kept to a minimum; activities can be freely adapted to suit students' lifestyles and experience; activities are simple to organise and easy to fit in to the daily programme of college day or residential settings; photocopiable resource section; and CD-ROM for optional record-keeping and printable resources. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780863888250

Language for ThinkingA structured approach for young children: The Colour Edition This photocopiable resource provides a clear structure to assist teachers SENCOs learning support assistants and speech language therapists in developing children's language from the concrete to the abstract. It is based on fifty picture and verbal scenarios that can be used flexibly with a wide range of ages and abilities. Quick practical and easy to use in the classroom this programme can be used with individual children in small groups or can form the basis of a literacy lesson or speech language therapy session. Key Features include: question sheets are carefully structured to promote children's development of inference verbal reasoning and thinking skills the three parallel assessments of spoken and written language can be used to assess each child's starting level and then to monitor progress score forms and worksheets for each lesson are included. The book is particularly useful for children who are recognised as having delayed language skills specific language impairment Autism Spectrum Disorder (including Asperger's Syndrome) pragmatic language impairment or moderate learning difficulties. The second edition is now in full colour throughout and has been updated with a simplified introduction. All illustrations and worksheets will now be available online. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781909301931

Language IdeologiesCritical Perspectives on the Official English Movement Volume II: History Theory and Policy First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138160859

Language in Children Language in Children provides a concise and basic introduction for students studying child language acquisition for the first time. Starting from the first sounds a child produces this book covers all the stages a child goes through in acquiring a language. This title: Illustrates developmental stages from the recognition of sounds and words to the ability to hold a conversation also covering bilingual upbringing and language disorders; Features real-life examples of all the phenomena discussed from languages such as French Spanish and Portuguese as well as English; Incorporates guidance on sources for further reading and exploration by chapter; Is supported by a companion website that includes exercises with links to real-world data in the CHILDES archive. Written by an experienced author and teacher Language in Children is essential reading for students studying this topic. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138906075

Language in Epistemic AccessMobilising multilingualism and literacy development This book focuses on how to address persistent linguistically structured inequalities in education primarily in relation to South African schools but also in conversation with Australian work and with resonances for other multilingual contexts around the world. The book as a whole lays bare the tension between the commitment to multilingualism enshrined in the South African Constitution and language-in-education policy and the realities of the dominance of English and the virtual absence of indigenous African languages in current educational practices. It suggests that dynamic plurilingual pedagogies can be allied with the explicit scaffolding of genre-based pedagogies to help redress asymmetries in epistemic access and to re-imagine policies pedagogies and practices more in tune with the realities of multilingual classrooms. The contributions to this book offer complementary insights on routes to improving access to school knowledge especially for learners whose home language or language variety is different to that of teaching and learning at school. All subscribe to similar ideologies which include the view that multilingualism should be seen as a resource rather than a 'problem' in education. Commentaries on these chapters highlight evidence-based high-impact educational responses and suggest that translanguaging and genre may well offer opportunities for students to expand their linguistic repertoires and to bridge epistemological differences between community and school. This book was originally published as a special issue of Language and Education. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138715066

Language in HistoryTheories and Texts In Language in History Tony Crowley provides the analytical tools for answering such questions. Using a radical re-reading of Saussure and Bahktin he demonstrates in four case studies the ways in which language has been used to construct social and cultural identity in Britain and Ireland. For example he examines the ways in which language was employed to construct a bourgeois public sphere in 18th Century England and he reveals how language is still being used in contemporary Ireland to articulate national and political aspirations and why the Irish language died.By bringing together linguistic and critical theory with his own sharp historical and political consciousness Tony Crowley provides a new agenda for language study; one which acknowledges the fact that writing about history has always been determined by the historical context and by issues of race class and gender. Language in History represents a major contribution to the field and an essential text for anyone interested in language discourse and communication. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203416440

Language in IndentureA Sociolinguistic History of Bhojpuri-Hindi in South Africa Originally published in 1991. The transplantation of thousands of Indian workers to South Africa under indenture between 1860 and 1911 was a political act with far-reaching consequences for their linguistic traditions. In this book the history of one of these Indic languages Bhojpuri and its adaptations to its new context are traced to the point where a distinct South African Bhojpuri koine (generally known as Hindi) came into being. The roots and subsequent evolution of this language variety as well as the events contributing to its demise form the basis of this study. Current patterns of usage by different generations are documented in the form of traditional folk tales proverbs riddles and songs alongside personal interviews. This study offers a partial history of Bhojpuri speakers who have been otherwise largely silent in the history of colonial Natal. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138352896

Language in Late CapitalismPride and Profit This book examines the ways in which our ideas about language and identity which used to be framed in national and political terms as a matter of rights and citizenship are increasingly recast in economic terms as a matter of added value. It argues that this discursive shift is connected to specific characteristics of the globalized new economy in what can be thought of as "late capitalism". Through ten ethnographic case studies it demonstrates the complex ways in which older nationalist ideologies which invest language with value as a source of pride get bound up with newer neoliberal ideologies which invest language with value as a source of profit. The complex interaction between these modes of mobilizing linguistic resources challenges some of our ideas about globalization hinting that we are in a period of intensification of modernity in which the limits of the nation-State are stretched but not (yet) undone. At the same time this book argues this intensification also calls into question modernist ways of looking at language and identity requiring a more serious engagement with capitalism and how it constitutes symbolic (including linguistic) as well as material markets. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415869966

Language in Literature An activity-based introduction to stylistics this textbook explains some of the topics in literary linguistics and helps students in analysing written texts. How can you tell good writing - the excellent the brilliant and the ingenious - from bad writing - the weak the banal and the confusing? By looking at the technique and the craft of writing Language in Literature examines the ways in which language is organised to create particular meanings or effects. Covering a range of topics - naming patterns modality and evaluation the structure of simple narratives the recording of character speech and thought the dynamics of dialogue presuppositions and textual revision - the book presents the structuring principles within the English language. Activities and end-of-chapter commentaries encourage a 'learning by doing' approach and equips the reader with the main linguistic terms necessary for the analysis of literary and non-literary texts. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203763537

Language in LiteratureStyle and Foregrounding Over a period of over forty years Geoffrey Leech has made notable contributions to the field of literary stylistics using the interplay between linguistic form and literary function as a key to the ‘mystery’ of how a text comes to be invested with artistic potential.  In this book seven earlier papers and articles read previously only by a restricted audience have been brought  together with four new chapters the whole volume showing a continuity of approach across a period when all too often literary and linguistic studies have appeared to drift further apart.  Leech sets the concept of ‘foregrounding’ (also known as defamiliarization) at the heart of the interplay between form and interpretation. Through practical and insightful examination of how poems plays and prose works produce special meaning he counteracts the ‘flight from the text’ that has characterized thinking about language and literature in the last thirty years when the response of the reader rather than the characteristics and meaning potential of the text itself have been given undue prominence.  The book provides an enlightening analysis of well-known (as well as less well-known) texts of great writers of the past including Keats Shelley Samuel Johnson Shaw Dylan Thomas and Virginia Woolf.  Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138134072

Language in Popular Fiction First published in 1990 Language in Popular Fiction was written to provide a comprehensive and illuminating look at the way language is used in thrillers and romantic fiction. The book examines the use of language across three interrelated levels: a level of verbal organisation a level of narrative structure and a level at which stylistic options and devices are related to notions of gender. It introduces ‘the protocol of pulchritude’ and makes use of detailed stylistic and linguistic analysis to investigate a wide range of ‘popfiction’ and ‘magfiction’. In doing so it provokes serious reflection on popular fiction and its claims on the reader. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367744557

Language in Public Spaces in Japan This book throws light on ideologies practices and sociocultural developments currently shaping language use in Japan by departing from the more common investigation of language in private contexts and examining aspects of the language found in a range of significant public spaces from the material (an international airport the streets of Tokyo the JSL classroom in Japan and courtrooms) to the electronic (television dramas local government web pages and cyberspace). Through its study of the language encountered in such settings  the volume provides a deeper understanding of multifaceted aspects of linguistic diversity both in terms of the use of languages other than Japanese and of issues relating to the Japanese language itself. The variety of theoretical approaches brought to bear by contributing authors ensures a substantial intellectual contribution to the literature on language in contemporary Japan. This book was published as a special issue of Japanese Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415818391

Language in the Negotiation of JusticeContexts Issues and Applications This book explores the ways language is used by the professional legal community for the communication of its main business - the negotiation of justice - in today’s globalized world. The volume addresses three main aspects of language use in the negotiation of justice. Beginning with the legal contexts of litigation arbitration and mediation the book moves on to discuss the main issues identified in those contexts and finally it explores the applications of legal linguistics. These three aspects are studied across the themes of analyses of legal discourse and genres issues of power and ideology in the use of legal language cross-cultural legal communication questions of recontextualization accessibility and plain language law and disciplinary identity and pedagogy of legal language. With chapters set across a variety of jurisdictions the contributions offer analytical insights into the interface between law and language. The book is a valuable resource for those in the legal community wishing to increase their understanding of the use of language for the negotiation of justice. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138250857

Language in the NewsDiscourse and Ideology in the Press First Published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138129924

Language in UseA Reader Designed for introductory students this collection of key readings in language and linguistics will take readers beyond their introductory textbook and introduce them to the thoughts and writings of many esteemed authorities. The reader includes seminal papers new or controversial pieces to stimulate discussion and reports on applied work. Language in Use: is split into four parts – ‘Language and Interaction’ ‘Language Systems’ ‘Language and Society’ and ‘Language and Mind’ covers all the topics of language study including conversation analysis pragmatics power and politeness semantics grammar phonetics multilingualism child language acquisition and psycholinguistics has readings from authorities including Pinker Fairclough Crystal Le Page and Tabouret-Keller Hughes Trudgill and Watt Halliday Sacks Mills Obler and Gjerlow provides comprehensive editorial support for each reading with introductions activities or discussion points to follow and further reading Is supported by a companion website offering extra resources for students including additional activities useful weblinks and advice from the authors Designed for use as a companion to Introducing Language in Use (Routledge 2005) but also highly usable as a stand-alone text this Reader will introduce readers to the wide world of linguistics and applied linguistics. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003060994

Language in Writing InstructionEnhancing Literacy in Grades 3-8 Accessible and engaging this book offers a comfortable entry point to integrating language instruction in writing units in grades 3–8. A full understanding of language development is necessary for teaching writing in a successful and meaningful way. Applying a Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) approach María Brisk embraces an educator’s perspective breaks down the challenges of teaching language for non-linguists and demonstrates how teachers can help students express their ideas and create cohesive texts. With a focus on the needs of all students including bilingual and English language learners Brisk addresses topics necessary for successful language instruction and moves beyond vocabulary and grammar to address meaning-making and genre. This book provides a wealth of tools and examples for practice and includes helpful instructional resources that teachers can return to time after time. Moving from theory to practice this teacher-friendly text is a vital resource for courses in language education programs in-service teacher-training seminars and for pre-service and practicing English Language Arts (ELA) teachers who want to expand their teaching abilities and knowledge bases. This book features a sample unit and a reference list of instructional resources. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367027940

Language in Zambia Originally published in 1978 this volume is divided into 3 parts. Part 1 presents an overview of the linguistic situation in Zambia: who speaks which languages where they are spoken what these languages are like. Special emphasis is given to the extensive survey of the languages of the Kafue basin where extensive changes and relocations have taken place. Part 2 is on language use: patterns of competence and of extension for certain languages in urban settings configurations of comprehension across language boundaries how selected groups of multilinguals employ each of their languages and for what purposes what languages are used in radio and television broadcasting and how decisions to use or not use a language are made. Part 3 involves language and formal education: what languages Zambian and foreign are used at various levels int he schools which are taught with what curricula methods how teachers are trained how issues such as adult literacy are approached and with what success. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138093546

Language is PoliticsExploring an Ecological Approach to Language Language is Politics discusses power relations between languages in the world with a particular focus on English. Even though English is the most widely spoken and the most powerful language worldwide it is not the lingua franca it is often supposed to be. The basic tenet of this book is that languages do not exist in the natural world; they are artefacts made by humans. The book debunks some common myths about language and it suggests that we should be more modest in our assumptions for instance concerning the linguistic uniqueness of our own species. The author argues in favour of an ecological or balanced approach to language. This approach sees humans and other animals as part of the larger ecosystems that life depends on. As in nature diversity is crucial to the survival of languages. The current linguistic ecosystem is out of balance and this book shows that education can help to restore the balance and cope with the challenges of a multilingual and multicultural world. With an ecological approach to language and a focus on narratives and personal language histories this will be key reading for researchers and academics as well as students of English language and linguistics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367365424

Language Isolates This new four-volume collection from Routledge brings together the major works of scholarship concerned with the ‘language isolates’ of the world. ‘Isolated’ languages are languages without any known relatives languages which are not demonstrably part of any ‘language family’ with Etruscan Basque and Ainu being arguably some of the best-known examples of such ‘linguistic orphans’. The language-specific materials collected here are arranged geographically and each language-chapter is preceded by a short introduction to the linguistic situation of the language(es) involved and if not given in anthologized works themselves to the current state of research and past and present scholarly debates. The volumes are preceded by a problem-oriented general introduction which deals with the basic concepts and methodological principles of language classification the present state and the nature of ongoing controversies an epistemiological typology of language families and in the light of this a theoretical justification of the concept of isolates as well as the choice of languages covered in the volumes. Some of the gathered works are general introductions to their object language (in terms of sociolinguistics attestation documentation history of scholarship guides to published studies overviews of linguistic characteristics) others highlight and discuss particularly salient and interesting typological characteristics of an isolate (some of them are breakthrough studies for the understanding of a particular language) and others focus on the very status of the language under discussion as an isolate in the first place. Some isolated languages are still very much alive; at least one of them Korean is a major national language. The majority of the languages and small families covered here are endangered and some will certainly cease to be used during the coming decades. Thus isolated languages are particularly interesting objects for students of language endangerment but they are also prime research objects for linguistic descriptionists for when they are gone not only will another of the 6 000 or so human languages have disappeared but in those cases whole linguistic lineages (and their ways of coping with the world) will be gone forever. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415827348

Language Isolates Language Isolates explores this fascinating group of languages that surprisingly comprise a third of the world’s languages. Individual chapters written by experts on these languages examine the world's major language isolates by geographic regions with up-to-date descriptions of many including previously unrecorded language isolates. Each language isolate represents a unique lineage and a unique window on what is possible in human language making this an essential volume for anyone interested in understanding the diversity of languages and the very nature of human language. Language Isolates is key reading for professionals and students in linguistics and anthropology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367870959

Language Learning Beyond the Classroom This volume presents case studies of language learning beyond the classroom. The studies draw on a wide range of contexts from North and South America to Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. Each provides principled links between theory research and practice. While out-of-class learning will not replace the classroom ultimately all successful learners take control of their own learning. This book shows how teachers can help learners bridge the gap between formal instruction and autonomous language learning. Although English is the primary focus of most chapters there are studies on a range of other languages including Spanish and Japanese. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415713153

Language Learning Through Captioned VideosIncidental Vocabulary Acquisition This research- and pedagogy-oriented book delves into the study and application of incidental vocabulary acquisition in English through captioned videos. This technology offers EFL students of different ages more opportunities for vocabulary learning compared to the traditional classroom. This book reviews the conceptual methodological theoretical and practical issues associated with captioned videos and offers innovative ideas to help researchers graduate students and classroom practitioners enhance learners’ vocabulary acquisition at all levels. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367209926

Language LearningA Lifelong Process Language Learning provides an introduction to language development that differs from existing books in that it traces language and cognitive development (together with the associated debates) from babyhood through the school years of middle childhood and adolescence into adulthood and the world of work.Increasingly the global trend is towards learning to speak read and write more than one language. Language Learning is a comprehensive book that includes descriptions and discussions of learning more than one language sequentially and simulataneously.The only book to look at language with a lifelong perspective it is ideal as an introductory student text. Each chapter contains ideas and suggestions for students to follow-up and begin their own small scale investigations into language development. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315824789

Language LearningA Special Case for Developmental Psychology? Originally published in 1993 the starting place for this book is the notion current in the literature for around 30 years at that time that children could not learn their native language without substantial innate knowledge of its grammatical structure. It is argued that the notion is as problematic for contemporary theories of development as it was for theories of the past. Accepting this the book attempts an in-depth study of the notions credibility. Central to the book’s argument is the conclusion that the innateness hypothesis runs into two major problems. Firstly its proponents are too ready to treat children as embryonic linguists concerned with the representation of sentences as an end in itself. A more realistic approach would be to regard children as communication engineers storing sentences to optimize the production and retrieval of meaning. Secondly even when the communication analogy is adopted it is glibly assumed that the meanings children impute will be the ones adults intend. One of the book’s major contentions is that a careful reading of contemporary research suggests that the meanings may differ considerably. Identifying such problems the book considers how development should proceed given learning along communication lines and a more plausible analysis of meaning. It makes detailed predictions about what would be anticipated given no innate knowledge of grammar. Focusing on English but giving full acknowledgement to cross-linguistic research it concludes that the predictions are consistent with both the known timescale of learning and the established facts about children’s knowledge. Thus the book aspires to a serious challenge to the innateness hypothesis via as its final chapter will argue a model which is much more reassuring to psychological theory. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138064317

Language Life in JapanTransformations and Prospects Despite its monolingual self-image Japan is multilingual and growing more so due to indigenous minority language revitalization and as an effect of migration. Besides Japan's autochthonous languages such as the Ainu and Ryukyuan languages there are more than 75 000 immigrant children in the Japanese public education system alone who came to Japan in the 1980s and who speak more than a hundred different languages. Added to this growing linguistic diversity the importance of English as the language of international communication in business and science especially is hotly debated. This book analyses how this linguistic diversity and indeed recognition of this phenomenon presents a wide range of sociolinguistic challenges and opportunities in fundamental institutions such as schools in cultural patterns and in social behaviours and attitudes. This topic is an important one as Japan fights to re-establish itself in the new world order and will be of interest to all those who are concerned language change   language versus dialect the effect of modern technology on language usage and the way national and social problems are always reflected through the prism of language. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415855129

Language MachinesTechnologies of Literary and Cultural Production Language Machines questions any easily progressive model of technological change demonstrating the persistence rather than the obsolescence of language technologies over time the continuous and complicated overlap of pens presses screens and voice. In these essays new technologies do not simply replace but rather draw upon absorb displace and resituate earlier technologies. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315786872

Language Management and Its ImpactThe Policies and Practices of Confucius Institutes This book provides a comprehensive account of language management and planning at Confucius Institutes in the UK implementing an ethnographic approach grounded in language management theory. As a global language promotion organization Confucius Institutes have previously been discussed in the literature with respect to socio-political issues but this volume will shed particular light on their role in shaping and informing Chinese language policy at both the institutional and individual classroom level. The book focuses specifically on Confucius Institutes in the UK demonstrating how language teaching practice in these organizations is informed and shaped not only by organizational paradigms but local language needs and institutional attitudes of host institutions. In turn Li highlights these organizations’ unique position in a multilingual region such as the UK can offer new insights into language management by illustrating their roles as platforms for both individuals and institutions to become involved in the making and implementation of language policy. This volume will be of particular interest to students and researchers in language policy and planning language education applied linguistics and Chinese linguistics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367584153

Language MisconceivedArguing for Applied Cognitive Sociolinguistics Linguistics is important. An understanding of linguistic principles is as essential to the layperson as it is to the language scholar. Using concrete examples from politics law and education this book shows how people misconceive language every day and what the consequences of misconceptions can be. Since the meanings of words are often fuzzy at best this volume argues for a flexible approach to meaning and definitions and demonstrates how this approach can help us understand many conflicts. It is an alternative way of viewing and doing sociolinguistics. Language Misconceived: Arguing for Applied Cognitive Sociolinguistics is intended primarily for graduate and Ph.D. students of linguistics especially those interested in applying linguistics to fields like politics law and education. It may also be recommended to seasoned linguists as well as researchers in communication sociology psychology and education. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203764008

Language Mixing and Code-Switching in WritingApproaches to Mixed-Language Written Discourse "Code-switching " or the alternation of languages by bilinguals has attracted an enormous amount of attention from researchers. However most research has focused on spoken language and the resultant theoretical frameworks have been based on spoken code-switching. This volume presents a collection of new work on the alternation of languages in written form. Written language alternation has existed since ancient times. It is present today in a great deal of traditional media and also exists in newer less regulated forms such as email SMS messages and blogs. Chapters in this volume cover both historical and contemporary language-mixing practices in a large range of language pairs and multilingual communities. The research collected here explores diverse approaches including corpus linguistics Critical Discourse Analysis literacy studies ethnography and analyses of the visual/textual aspects of written data. Each chapter based on empirical research of multilingual writing presents methodological approaches as models for other researchers. New perspectives developed in this book include: analysis specific to written rather than spoken discourse; approaches from the new literacy studies treating mixed-language literacy from a practice perspective; a focus on both "traditional" and "new" media types; and the semiotics of both text and the visual environment. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138792975

Language of Social Casework Originally published in 1968 Language of Social Casework considers the way in which social workers commonly neglect language. It is suggested that part of this neglect is due to the ways in which social workers and their critics envisage the activity of social work. The traditional criticisms of philanthropy and social work are therefore reviewed and an attempt made to describe some common responses to them on the part of the practitioners. This is followed by an examination of two terms that are of some importance in the language of casework: the ‘generic-specific’ concept and the idea of the ‘settings’ of casework. But casework is also described in terms borrowed from other ‘contexts: it is seen as ‘art’ or ‘science’ as a ‘therapy’ or the offer of ‘friendship’. Each of these descriptions is considered in the last two chapters of the book. The book also includes a brand new and fully updated preface by the author contextualising this 1968 publication in light of advancements made in the past 50 years. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138368446

Language of Space This unique guide provides a systematic overview of the idea of architectural space. Bryan Lawson provides an ideal introduction to the topic breaking down the complex and abstract terms used by many design theoreticians when writing about architectural space. Instead our everyday knowledge is reintroduced to the language of design. Design values of 'space' are challenged and informed to stimulate a new theoretical and practical approach to design.This book views architectural and urban spaces as psychological social and partly cultural phenomena. They accommodate separate structure facilitate heighten and even celebrate human spatial behaviour. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138168855

Language OnlineInvestigating Digital Texts and Practices In Language Online David Barton and Carmen Lee investigate the impact of the online world on the study of language. The effects of language use in the digital world can be seen in every aspect of language study and new ways of researching the field are needed. In this book the authors look at language online from a variety of perspectives providing a solid theoretical grounding an outline of key concepts and practical guidance on doing research. Chapters cover topical issues including the relation between online language and multilingualism identity education and multimodality then conclude by looking at how to carry out research into online language use. Throughout the book many examples are given from a variety of digital platforms and a number of different languages including Chinese and English. Written in a clear and accessible style this is a vital read for anyone new to studying online language and an essential textbook for undergraduates and postgraduates working in the areas of new media literacy and multimodality within language and linguistics courses. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415524957

Language Patterns in Spanish and BeyondStructure Context and Development The scholarly articles included in this volume represent significant contributions to the fields of formal and descriptive syntax conversational analysis and speech act theory as well as language development and bilingualism. Taken together these studies adopt a variety of methodological techniques—ranging from grammaticality judgments to corpus-based analysis to experimental approaches—to offer rich insights into different aspects of Ibero-Romance grammar. The volume consists of three parts organized in accordance with the topics treated in the chapters they comprise. Part I focuses on structural patterns  Part II analyzes pragmatic ones and Part III investigates the acquisition of linguistic aspects found in the speech of L1 L2 and heritage speakers. The authors address these issues by relying on empirically rooted linguistic approaches to data collection which are coupled with current theoretical assumptions on the nature of sentence structure discourse dynamics and language acquisition. The volume will be of interest to anyone researching or studying Hispanic and Ibero-Romance linguistics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367550639

Language Planning and Language Change in JapanEast Asian Perspectives Highlights the shift in language planning and language change in Japan at the end of the 20th century against a background of significant socio-cultural political and economic change and places them in a comparative context. Issues investigated include the concept of disorder in language; changes in official language; changing attitudes to regional dialects; and the impact of globalisation and technological advances. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415861601

Language Planning and Language PolicyEast Asian Perspectives Examines the major issues of language planning and policy in Japan Mainland China Hong Kong Taiwan Korea and Vietnam particularly those relating to the selection of official language script and written language. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138863361

Language Planning for Medium of Instruction in Asia This volume investigates the policy and practice of medium of instruction at different levels of education in Asian polities including Bangladesh Hong Kong India Indonesia Japan Malaysia the Maldives Nepal Timor-Leste and Vietnam. The chapters provide an informed understanding of the context process actors goals and outcomes of medium of instruction policies from a language policy and planning perspective. The volume has an emphasis on the exploration of medium of instruction in action which brings into focus the perspectives of micro policy enactors including teachers students and parents in the local context generating crucial empirical insights. This critical analysis of the goals outcomes and experiences of this trend in global language-in-education will be of interest to language and education students researchers practicing teachers executives in academia and language studies and to education policymaking authorities in Asia and other parts of the world. The volume updates existing research on medium of instruction and takes the field forward in a fast-changing world as English medium instruction policies are globalised. This book was originally published as a special issue of Current Issues in Language Planning. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138013094

Language Planning in AfricaThe Cameroon Sudan and Zimbabwe This volume focuses on language planning in the Cameroon Sudan and Zimbabwe explaining the linguistic diversity historical and political contexts current language situation (including language-in-education planning) the role of the media the role of religion and the roles of non-indigenous languages. The authors are indigenous to the situations described and draw on their experience and extensive fieldwork there. The extended case studies contained in this volume draw together the literature on each of the polities to present an overview of the existing research available while also providing new research-based information. The purpose of this volume is to provide an up-to-date overview of the language situation in each polity based on a series of key questions in the hope that this might facilitate the development of a richer theory to guide language policy and planning in other polities where similar issues may arise. This book comprises case studies originally published in the journal Current Issues in Language Planning. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415819657

Language Planning in EuropeCyprus Iceland and Luxembourg This volume focuses on language planning in Cyprus Iceland and Luxembourg explaining the linguistic diversity historical and political contexts and current language situation (including language-in-education planning) the role of the media the role of religion and the roles of non-indigenous languages. The authors are indigenous to the situations described and draw on their experience and extensive fieldwork there. The three extended case studies contained in this volume draw together the literature on each of the polities to present an overview of the existing research available while also providing new research-based information. The purpose of this volume is to provide an up-to-date overview of the language situation in each polity based on a series of key questions in the hope that this might facilitate the development of a richer theory to guide language policy and planning in other polities where similar issues may arise. This book comprises case studies originally published in the journal Current Issues in Language Planning. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415819640

Language Planning in Primary Schools in Asia In foreign language education decisions must be taken on what languages to teach who will teach them in which schools (i.e. all only urban only rural) in which grades the number of hours a week and the cost involved. This book explores the answers to these questions across a number of Asian polities. It illustrates why some of the efforts undertaken are successful and why some are not why – despite significant investments of time and resources – some students do not seem to acquire the languages being taught and why some teachers responsible for instruction in the designated foreign languages have problems achieving fluency in the designated language or have other language teaching difficulties. It suggests some strategies various polities might attempt to achieve their stated language learning objectives. This book was originally published as a special issue of Current Issues in Language Planning. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138107281

Language Planning in the Asia PacificHong Kong Timor-Leste and Sri Lanka This volume covers the language situation in Hong Kong Timor-Leste and Sri Lanka explaining the linguistic diversity the historical and political contexts and the current language situation including language-in-education planning the role of the media the role of religion and the roles of non-indigenous languages. Two of the authors are indigenous to the situations described while the other has undertaken extensive field work and consulting there. The three monographs contained in this volume draw together the literature on each of the polities to present an overview of the research available about each of them while providing new research-based information. The purpose of the volume is to provide an up-to-date overview of the language situation in each polity based on a series of key questions in the hope that this might facilitate the development of a richer theory to guide language policy and planning in other polities where similar issues may arise. This book was published as special issues of Current Issues in Language Planning. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415618519

Language Policies in EducationCritical Issues How do language policies in schools create inequalities among learners? How do policies marginalize some students while granting privilege to others? How do language policies in education serve the interests of dominant groups within societies? How can linguistic minorities further their interests through attempts to change language policies in schools? This new edition of Language Policies in Education takes a fresh look at these enduring questions at the heart of fundamental debates about the role of schools in society the links between education and employment and conflicts between linguistic minorities and "mainstream" populations. Reflecting developments in language policy since the publication of the first edition in 2002 all chapters are original and substantial contributions to the study of language policy and exemplify major theories and research methods in the field. Chapter authors are major scholars in language policy and critical language studies. The case studies international in scope present cutting-edge analyses of important language policy debates in countries around the world. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415894593

Language Policy Culture and Identity in Asian Contexts Bringing together scholarship on issues relating to language culture and identity with a special focus on Asian countries this volume makes an important contribution in terms of analyzing and demonstrating how language is closely linked with crucial social political and economic forces particularly the tensions between the demands of globalization and local identity. A particular feature is the inclusion of countries that have been under-represented in the research literature such as Nepal Bangladesh Brunei Darussalam Pakistan Cambodia Vietnam and Korea. The book is organized in three sections: Globalization and its Impact on Language Policies Culture and Identity Language Policy and the Social (Re)construction of National Cultural Identity Language Policy and Language Politics: The Role of English. Unique in its attention to how the domination of English is being addressed in relation to cultural values and identity by non-English speaking countries in a range of sociopolitical contexts this volume will help readers to understand the impact of globalization on non-English speaking countries particularly developing countries which differ significantly from contexts in the West in their cultural orientations and the way identities are being constructed. Language Policy Culture and Identity in Asian Contexts will interest scholars and research students in the areas of language policy education sociolinguistics applied linguistics and critical linguistics. It can be adopted in graduate and advanced undergraduate courses on language policy language in society and language education. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315092034

Language Policy and Education in IndiaDocuments contexts and debates This book presents a history of English and development of language education in modern India. It explores the role of language in colonial attempts to establish hegemony the play of power and the anxieties in the nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century India. The essays in the volume discuss language policy debates and pedagogy as well as large Media > Books > Print Books Routledge India 9780367177324

Language Policy and Planning The field of language policy and planning has evolved over the past half century into a flourishing field of academic inquiry with identifiable research agendas methods and findings. Edited by Thomas Ricento alongside an editorial advisory group of five leading scholars this new Routledge collection features all the key articles published both foundational and critical scholarship to provide a comprehensive documentary record of a vibrant academic area. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415727662

Language Policy and Planning The field of language policy and planning has evolved over the past half century into a flourishing field of academic inquiry with identifiable research agendas methods and findings. Edited by Thomas Ricento alongside an editorial advisory group of five leading scholars this new Routledge collection features all the key articles published both foundational and critical scholarship to provide a comprehensive documentary record of a vibrant academic area. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415727709

Language Policy and Planning The field of language policy and planning has evolved over the past half century into a flourishing field of academic inquiry with identifiable research agendas methods and findings. Edited by Thomas Ricento alongside an editorial advisory group of five leading scholars this new Routledge collection features all the key articles published both foundational and critical scholarship to provide a comprehensive documentary record of a vibrant academic area. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415727716

Language Policy and Planning The field of language policy and planning has evolved over the past half century into a flourishing field of academic inquiry with identifiable research agendas methods and findings. Edited by Thomas Ricento alongside an editorial advisory group of five leading scholars this new Routledge collection features all the key articles published both foundational and critical scholarship to provide a comprehensive documentary record of a vibrant academic area. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415727679

Language Policy and Planning The field of language policy and planning has evolved over the past half century into a flourishing field of academic inquiry with identifiable research agendas methods and findings. Edited by Thomas Ricento alongside an editorial advisory group of five leading scholars this new Routledge collection features all the key articles published both foundational and critical scholarship to provide a comprehensive documentary record of a vibrant academic area. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415727693

Language Policy and Planning in UniversitiesTeaching research and administration In a world where higher education is increasingly internationalised questions of language use and multilingualism are central to the ways in which universities function in teaching research and administration. Contemporary universities find themselves in complex linguistic environments that may include national level language policies local linguistic diversity an internationalised student body increasing international collaboration in research and increased demand for the use and learning of international languages especially English. The book presents a critical analysis of how universities are responding these complexities in different contexts around the world. The contributions show that language issues in universities are complex and often contested as universities try to negotiate the national and the international in their work. In some contexts universities’ language policies and the ways in which they are implemented may have a negative impact on their ways of working. In other contexts however universities have embraced multilingualism in ways that have opened up new academic possibilities for staff and students. Collectively the chapters show that universities’ language policy and planning are a work in progress and that much further work is needed for universities to achieve their language goals. This book was originally published as a special issue of Current Issues in Language Planning. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367891473

Language Policy in Superdiverse Indonesia Indonesia has an extreme diversity of linguistic wealth with 707 languages by one count or 731 languages and more than 1 100 dialects in another estimate spoken by more than 600 ethnicities spread across 17 504 islands in the archipelago. Smaller locally used indigenous languages jostle for survival alongside Indonesian which is the national language regional lingua francas major indigenous languages heritage languages sign languages and world languages such as English  Arabic and Mandarin not to mention emerging linguistic varieties and practices of language mixing. How does the government manage these languages in different domains such as education the media the workplace and the public while balancing concerns over language endangerment and the need for participation in the global community? Subhan Zein asserts that superdiversity is the key to understanding and assessing these intricate issues and their complicated contested and innovative responses in the complex dynamic and polycentric sociolinguistic situation in Indonesia that he conceptualises as superglossia. This offers an opportunity for us to delve more deeply into such a context through the language and superdiversity perspective that is in ascendancy. Zein examines emerging themes that have been dominating language policy discourse including status prestige corpus acquisition cultivation language shift and endangerment revitalisation linguistic genocide and imperialism multilingual education personnel policy translanguaging family language policy and global English. These topical areas are critically discussed in an integrated manner against Indonesia’s elaborate socio-cultural political and religious backdrop as well as the implementation of regional autonomy. In doing so Zein identifies strategies for language policy to help inform scholarship and policymaking while providing a frame of reference for the adoption of the superdiversity perspective on polity-specific language policy in other parts of the world. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367029548

Language PolicyA Systemic Functional Linguistic Approach In recent years research has prospered in the study of language policy. However there are still many problems behind this prosperity. For example much of the research lacks theoretical intervention and neglects perspectives of linguistic theories. This book a trailblazer for academic researchers in the fields of language policy and Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) as appliable linguistics examines language policy from the perspective of SFL which could provide different angles for language policy and offer a valuable attempt to test SFL as appliable linguistics. This book also explores many typical controversial issues in Chinese language policy with an SFL approach such as ongoing conflicts between Putonghua and dialects. It not only addresses authentic problems emerging from the implementation process of Chinese language policy but also has produced some feasible and customized suggestions to improve Chinese language policy. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367516741

Language Practices in Social WorkCategorisation and Accountability in Child Welfare Analysis of language and discourse in social sciences has become increasingly popular over the past thirty years. Only very recently has it been applied to the study of social work despite the fact that communication and language are central to social work practice. This book looks at how social workers their clients and other professionals categorise and manage the problems of social work in ways which are rendered understandable accountable and which justify professional intervention. Features include: studies of key practice areas in social work such as interviews case conferences home visits analysis of the language and construction used in typical case studies of everyday social work practice exploration of the ways in which professionals can examine their own practice and uncover the discursive narrative and rhetorical methods that they use. The purpose of this engaging study is to increase awareness of language and discourse in order to help develop better practice in social work. It is essential reading for professionals in social work child welfare and the human services and will be a valuable contribution to the study of professional language and communication. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203865644

Language Practices of Migrant YouthFrom School to Home This ground breaking research explores language maintenance and shift focusing on a school community. Following students’ language practice inside and outside of school the author offers a full picture of students’ multilingual practices and their role in shaping identity. Using case studies of eight girls from Vietnamese and Cambodian backgrounds the book draws on data from questionnaires interviews and ethnographic observation to bring these language practices to life. It explores the place of heritage languages English and other languages in the girls’ repertoires and investigates the role they see for these languages in their lives. A key focus of the book is the role of the school environment in shaping students’ repertoires and unfolding sense of ethnic identity; both directly through formal instruction and indirectly through its ethos and social composition. It provides practical suggestions on the basis of extensive research for how schools can negotiate some of the challenges of catering to a multiethnic population. Essential reading for anyone researching migrant language practice sociolinguistics or multicultural education. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367891480

Language Processing Language Processing questions what happens when we process language - what mental operations occur during processing and how they are organised over time. The last decade has seen real advances in the study of language processing that have wide ranging implications for human cognition in general. Language Processing gives an account of these developments both as they relate to experimental studies of processing and as they relate to computational modelling of the processes. In addition to chapters covering core topics such as lexical processing syntactic parsing and the comprehension of discourse special topics of recent interest are also included. Media > Books > E-books Psychology Press 9781315784724

Language Processing in BilingualsPsycholinguistic and Neuropsychological Perspectives For decades bilingualism has resisted definition. If bilingualism is defined as habitual fluent correct and accent-free use of two languages few individuals would qualify as bilinguals. A more viable approach may be to concede that ‘bilingual’ can be seen instead as a range of points on a continuum that allows for differences. The psychological study of bilingualism encompasses a wide range of phenomena including the organization and representation of the grammar the perception and production of language mixing cerebral lateralization of language functions and patterns of recovery of aphasic patients. This book collects together an international array of researchers in experimental psychology linguistics and neuropsychology who bring their expertise to bear on the critical issues that are raised by the bilingual phenomena. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138974296

Language Processing in DiscourseA Key to Felicitous Translation This book argues that language systems determine language use to a greater extent than is generally assumed. The author demonstrates how the typological characteristics of a language determine even the most general aspects of our stylistic preferences.Through extensive analysis of examples in German and English the author demonstrates how analogous options of sentence structure must be surrendered in order to achieve felicitous translations. Two major aspects that determine the appropriateness of language use are examined: language processing and discourse-dependency. Essential reading for translation scholars and linguists involved in the comparative study of English and German this book will also be of interest to scholars of psycholinguistics and cognitive science as well as translators and linguists more generally. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415649599

Language Processing in Spanish This book presents a set of contributions to the current flow of psycholinguistic research with new and challenging data gathered from Spanish that may illuminate issues about the generality of language processing models. Although it is possible to find a considerable amount of papers on psycholinguistic research with the Spanish language published in English-speaking journals unfortunately the scientific community does not have access to an overview of psycholinguistics in Spain. This book overcomes these limitations because it brings together state-of-the-art descriptions of the research and theory of the different subareas of psycholinguistics currently being studied in Spain. Spanish the third most widely-used language in the world differs from English in a number of important respects. Since English has been predominant in psycholinguistic research contrasting properties of Spanish may help to test the generality of language processing mechanisms and to refine their description. The set of contrasting features considered in this book includes acoustical and syllabic transparency shallow orthography a much richer morphology flexibility in word order less variability in intonational contours and the existence of null pronominal subjects for inflected verbs. There are also interesting contrasts in the frequency of different linguistic units whose impact on language processing is also evaluated. One of the main lines of argument throughout this book deals with the tension between universality and variation as a way of characterizing the functioning of language capacities and processes. The variety of topics covered by this book ranges from one end of the spectrum of language related behavior to the other: speech perception lexical access in word recognition relations between phonological and orthographic representations sentence processing discourse comprehension and language production. All chapters focus on questions of general interest within each topic and in most cases they appeal to one particular feature of the Spanish language that is relevant for a given question. Most chapters show the indisputable importance of crosslinguistic research in psycholinguistics to improve understanding on whether universal cognitive mechanisms and language specific routines underlie the ability of understanding and producing language. Media > Books > Print Books Psychology Press 9781138974302

Language Production: First International Workshop on Language ProductionA Special Issue of Language and Cognitive Processes This special issue presents an overview of recent research conducted in the field of language production. Its articles are based on talks presented at the first edition of the International Workshop on Language Production (Marseille France September 2004). The articles in the special issue deal with three different topics of general interest for models of language production: A. the general organizational principles of the language production system (representations spread of activation monitoring) B. several aspects of the lexical selection process and C. the representations and processes used during syntactic encoding. Media > Books > Print Books Psychology Press 9781138877702

Language Rights This reference volume brings together the key academic contributions that have shaped the field of language rights over the last 40 years. Work in language rights is particularly concerned with the rights of minority language speakers in modern nation-states. It also encompasses related discussions on language endangerment the maintenance of bilingualism and multilingualism the role of education and the impact of English as the current world language in an increasingly globalized world. As such the field of language rights is also strongly interdisciplinary drawing on work in language policy sociolinguistics political theory law and education - all key disciplinary areas that are represented in this volume. It is also avowedly international with discussion in this volume of contexts that span Europe Africa Asia the Americas and Oceania/the Pacific region. The various contributions in this volume also address a range of linguistic minority groups including Indigenous peoples national minorities and migrant groups. This volume is relevant to a wide range of students and scholars interested in issues of language endangerment linguistic justice language and citizenship human rights Indigenous studies language education bilingualism and multilingualism and English as a world language. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781472428097

Language Rights Research on Language Rights has produced an enormous—and unwieldy—corpus of literature. Such work often has limitations because scholars from different disciplinary traditions have seldom coordinated their concerns or integrated the conceptual traditions of particular fields. To enable researchers and advanced students to make sense of this vast literature and the disparate scholarly approaches Routledge announces Language Rights a new title in its Critical Concepts in Language Studies series. In four volumes the set draws on a wide range of disciplines including language policy political theory education law philosophy anthropology economics minority studies deaf studies and Indigenous cosmologies. The editors have assembled both normative texts and studies of their practical applications over the past century in a wide range of countries as well as more diverse interventions and interpretations. Volume I (‘Language Rights Past and Present: From Minority Rights to Linguistic Human Rights’) presents some of the basic concepts in language rights and traces developments from treaties and national constitutions to human rights principles and conditions for the maintenance of languages. Volume II (‘Multilingualism Education and Language Rights Granted or Denied: Policies and Politics’) explores the tensions between homogenizing nation states and the status of indigenous and minority languages in education. Volume III in the collection (‘Language Rights and Endangered Languages’) brings together the best thinking on recent developments in language and cultural revitalization through community mobilization around language rights especially in education the preconditions for their success their relationship to land rights and self-determination and state responses to demands for language rights. Finally Volume IV (‘Language Rights: Global and Regional Integration and Diversity Maintenance’) assesses ongoing trends of regional and global integration and questions the prospects for the world’s languages in the light of economic and cultural constraints and the weaknesses of the international human rights system. With newly written comprehensive introductions to each volume and to the collection as a whole Language Rights is destined to be welcomed as a vital research and pedagogic resource. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415740821

Language Rights and Language Survival This book makes an important contribution to the growing debate on linguistic human rights. By bringing together research on language rights language 'survival' and minority language planning in specific contexts from Africa Asia Central and North America and Europe it aims to illustrate how current conceptualizations of language rights can sometimes stand in the way of their successful realization. The book considers such theoretical and practical issues as: the constitution of ethnic identities and their links with language; relations between language politics and power; language ecology and revitalization movements; the dominance of particular models of language their appropriateness to particular contexts and their relationship to speakers' own perceptions. It is targeted towards a wide readership in the fields of sociology sociolinguistics and anthropology language rights law and language policy and planning. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138153189

Language Signs and Calming Signals of HorsesRecognition and Application This practical book helps you interpret and connect the physical signals that horses display in response to their environment. These signals are evident in the everyday actions gestures and attitudes that horses communicate to each other but are often so subtle that they can go unnoticed by humans. This book aims to rectify that offering horse lovers and equine professionals an opportunity to gain a unique insight into their 'horse's world'. Key features: includes detailed description of language signs of domestic horses with a special emphasis on calming signals includes 275 pictures to visualize various language signs calming signals behaviour sequences and facial features presents communication ladders to show how a horse responds to incentives in his environment and what signals he uses at certain moments contains tips on the use of the communication ladders and calming signals to improve the socialisation training and wellbeing of your horse considers equine psychological stress from an environmental perspective providing a valuable alternative to the current common clinical perspective. After reading this book you will be more astute in spotting calming signals displacement activities stress signals and distance-increasing signals and better able to see which stimuli your horse can handle and which he cannot. This means you will know what to do to calm your horse before his stress rises to an unmanageable level. Language Signs and Calming Signals of Horses is both fascinating and important reading for any equine veterinary practitioner student or nurse as well as horse owners and trainers. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138070158

Language Teacher Education 'Language Teacher Education' is an introduction to language teacher training and development for teachers and providers in pre-service and in-service programmes. The text outlines the main theories of human learning and applies them to teacher education. Based on a broadly social constructivist perspective it suggests a framework for planning pre-service and in-service programmes and is illustrated both with case studies from a range of training situations around the world and appendices containing teacher education materials.   Language Teacher Education is intended to inform readers' practical decisions and to help them build their own theories of teacher learning. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315824932

Language Teacher Education for a Global SocietyA Modular Model for Knowing Analyzing Recognizing Doing and Seeing The field of second/foreign language teacher education is calling out for a coherent and comprehensive framework for teacher preparation in these times of accelerating economic cultural and educational globalization. Responding to this call this book introduces a state-of-the-art model for developing prospective and practicing teachers into strategic thinkers exploratory researchers and transformative teachers. The model includes five modules: Knowing Analyzing Recognizing Doing and Seeing (KARDS). Its goal is to help teachers understand: how to build a viable professional personal and procedural knowledge-base how to analyze learner needs motivation and autonomy how to recognize their own identities beliefs and values how to do teaching theorizing and dialogizing and how to see their own teaching acts from learner teacher and observer perspectives. Providing a scaffold for building a holistic understanding of what happens in the language classroom this model eventually enables teachers to theorize what they practice and practice what they theorize. With its strong scholarly foundation and its supporting reflective tasks and exploratory projects this book is immensely useful for students practicing teachers teacher educators and educational researchers who are interested in exploring the complexity of language teacher education. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415877381

Language Teacher Identity in TESOLTeacher Education and Practice as Identity Work This volume draws on empirical evidence to explore the interplay between language teacher identity (LTI) and professional learning and instruction in the field of TESOL. In doing so it makes a unique contribution to the field of language teacher education.　 　 By reconceptualizing teacher education teaching and ongoing teacher learning as a continuous context-bound process of identity work Language Teacher Identity in TESOL　discusses　how teacher identity serves as a framework for classroom practice professional and personal growth. Divided into five sections the text explores key themes including narratives and writing; multimodal spaces; race ethnicity and language; teacher emotions; and teacher educator-researcher practices. The 15 chapters offer insight into the experiences of preservice teachers in-service teachers and teacher educators in global TESOL contexts including Canada Japan Korea Norway Sri Lanka Turkey the United Kingdom and the United States.　 　 This text will be an ideal resource for researchers academics and scholars interested in furthering their knowledge of concepts grounding LTI as well as teachers and teacher educators seeking to implement identity-oriented approaches in their own pedagogical practices. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367359560

Language Teachers and TeachingGlobal Perspectives Local Initiatives This volume gathers contributions from a range of global experts in teacher education to address the topic of language teacher education. It shows how teacher education involves the agency of teachers which forms part of their identity and which they take on when integrating into the teaching community of practice. In addition the volume explores the teachers’ situated practice--the dynamic negotiation of classroom situations socialization into the professional teaching culture and "on the ground experimentation" with pedagogical skills/techniques. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415636278

Language Teaching and Language Technology This text assesses the importance of language technology to increasingly popular computer-assisted language learning work. The book contains writings on pronunciation vocabulary grammar reading writing testing distance learning and user studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138993051

Language Teaching Through the Ages Konrad Koerner a leading historian of linguistics has long said that an academic field cannot be considered to have matured until it has history as one of its subfields. The history of linguistics is a growing area having come into its own in the 1960s especially after Noam Chomsky looked for historical roots for his work. In contrast the history of language teaching has been neglected reflecting the insecurity and youth of the field. Most works on the subject have been written by linguists for other linguists and typically focus on a specific period or aspect of history. This volume concentrates on the basic issues events and threads of the history of the field - from Mesopotamia to the present - showing how a knowledge of this history can inform the practice of language teaching in the present. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415657891

Language Teaching with Video-Based TechnologiesCreativity and CALL Teacher Education This book explores the implications of technology-mediated project-based language learning for CALL teacher development focusing on the role of video-based instruction in elucidating challenges and opportunities to promote learner creativity in the language classroom. The volume builds on existing literature on project-based language learning by extending the focus on the affordances of machinima digital video created by teachers and learners to capture experience in 3D immersive games or virtual worlds. Drawing on data from a large-scale research project featuring case studies that examine different facets of CALL teacher education the book calls attention to language learning and teaching strategies that encourage both learners and teachers to develop innovative approaches in the language classroom and how such approaches promote the integration of lifelong learning skills alongside traditional linguistic competencies. Offering a dynamic contribution to the growing literature on the interface of language learning and teaching and technology this book will appeal to students and researchers in applied linguistics and language and education as well as those interested in the latest developments in CALL. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367434533

Language TeachingIntegrational Linguistic Approaches This book demonstrates the relevance of an integrational linguistic perspective to a practical real-world need namely the learning of languages. Integrational linguistics’ shunning of both realist and structuralist theories of language its commitment to an unwavering attention to the perspective of the language user and its adherence to a semiology in which signs are the situated products of interactants interpretive behaviour mean that it radically reconceptualizes language learning and language teaching. Detractors have implied that IL is so ‘philosophical’ or ‘theoretical’ an exercise that it has no useful bearing on the practical problems of language learning. These papers refute that misconception by demonstrating how an IL stance can help disentangle the conflicting considerations and contradictory assumptions that arise in a host of language teaching situations: first second- and foreign-language classrooms in a diversity of settings (including India Australia the United States and Hong Kong) with different age-groups of students whether the focus is on speech or writing and in more informal settings. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415808064

Language Testing and Assessment Most scholars consider the birth of modern language testing as a field of study to be the year 1961 with the publication of Robert Lado’s book Language Testing and John Carroll’s chapter ‘Fundamental Considerations in Language Testing’. In the decades since it has grown in scope into a deeper and wider theoretical and intellectual field of study. The intellectual growth has come with the birth of psychometrics specifically in using statistical analyses for test development and research; with ideas from linguistics in developing language tests that are communicatively oriented; with ideas from ethics specifically in developing qualities codes and standards so that tests are fair and just. This has been coupled with the growth of the field into a billion-dollar worldwide enterprise partly fuelled by the practical need to assess the English language ability of test-takers who want to study at English-medium universities or work in offices that mainly use English for communication. This new four-volume collection from Routledge captures this burgeoning field by offering a cogent and comprehensive state-of-the-art coverage of the very best material. The volumes have been conceptualized both as a scholarly contribution in terms of theories and research as well as a practical guide in terms of test development in the field of language testing and assessment. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415708425

Language Textbooks in the era of Neoliberalism This book examines how neoliberalism finds expression in foreign language textbooks. Moving beyond the usual focus on English Pau Bori explores the impact of neoliberal ideology on Catalan textbooks. By comparing Catalan textbooks to English textbooks this book interrogates the similarities and differences between a minor and a global language in the age of neoliberalism. Drawing on insights from critical theory and critical pedagogy this study provides a fresh perspective on foreign language textbooks and second language education more broadly. Language Textbooks in the Era of Neoliberalism paves the way for new critical perspectives in language education that will challenge the current hegemony of neoliberalism. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367735203

Language Use and Social ChangeProblems of Multilingualism with Special Reference to Eastern Africa The social implications of multilingualism is a field of study on whcih systematic research began only in the second half of the 20th century in Africa. This book originally published in 1971 contains papers which concentrate on East Africa but it also discusses theoretical problems and methods arising from socio-linguistic studies outside the African field. These include studies on national languages and languages of wider communication in developing nations; the communication role of languages in multilingual societies; and social and cognitive aspects of bilingualism. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138099364

Language Variation and Change This new five-volume anthology of major works has been produced in consultation with an editorial advisory board of distinguished scholars. It brings together the key texts of language variation and change to provide a comprehensive collection that represents the field's development and showcases the diverse communities that have been the subjects of investigation. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415731089

Language Variation and Change This new five-volume anthology of major works has been produced in consultation with an editorial advisory board of distinguished scholars. It brings together the key texts of language variation and change to provide a comprehensive collection that represents the field's development and showcases the diverse communities that have been the subjects of investigation. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415731096

Language Variation and Change This new five-volume anthology of major works has been produced in consultation with an editorial advisory board of distinguished scholars. It brings together the key texts of language variation and change to provide a comprehensive collection that represents the field's development and showcases the diverse communities that have been the subjects of investigation. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415731119

Language Variation and Change This new five-volume anthology of major works has been produced in consultation with an editorial advisory board of distinguished scholars. It brings together the key texts of language variation and change to provide a comprehensive collection that represents the field's development and showcases the diverse communities that have been the subjects of investigation. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415731102

Language Variation and Change This new five-volume anthology of major works has been produced in consultation with an editorial advisory board of distinguished scholars. It brings together the key texts of language variation and change to provide a comprehensive collection that represents the field's development and showcases the diverse communities that have been the subjects of investigation. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415731126

Language Variation and Change This new five-volume anthology of major works has been produced in consultation with an editorial advisory board of distinguished scholars. It brings together the key texts of language variation and change to provide a comprehensive collection that represents the field's development and showcases the diverse communities that have been the subjects of investigation. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138790919

Language Variation And Change In A Modernising Arab StateThe Case Of Bahrain First published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138974319

Language variation and change in social networksA bipartite approach This monograph takes up recent advances in social network methods in sociology together with data on economic segregation in order to build a quantitative analysis of the class and network effects implicated in vowel change in a Southern American city. Studies of sociolinguistic variation in urban spaces have uncovered durable patterns of linguistic difference such as the maintenance of blue collar/white collar distinctions in the case of stable linguistic variables. But the underlying interactional origins of these patterns and the interactional reasons for their durability are not well understood due in part to the near-absence of large-scale network investigation. This book undertakes a sociolinguistic network analysis of data from the Raleigh corpus a set of conversational interviews collected form natives of Raleigh North Carolina from 2008-2017. Acoustic analysis of the corpus shows the rapid ongoing retreat from the Southern Vowel Shift and increasing participation in national vowel changes. The social distribution of these trends is explored via standard social factors such as occupation as well as innovative network variables including a measure of nestedness in the community network. The book aims to pursue new network-based questions about sociolinguistic variation that can be applied to other corpora making this key reading for students and researchers in sociolinguistics and historical linguistics as well as those interested in further understanding how existing quantitative network methods from sociological research might be applied to sociolinguistic data. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138188891

Language: A Linguistic Introduction to History Originally published between 1920-70 The History of Civilization was a landmark in early twentieth century publishing. It was published at a formative time within the social sciences and during a period of decisive historical discovery. The aim of the general editor C.K. Ogden was to summarize the most up to date findings and theories of historians anthropologists archaeologists and sociologists. This reprinted material is available as a set or in the following groupings: * Prehistory and Historical Ethnography Set of 12: 0-415-15611-4: £800.00 * Greek Civilization Set of 7: 0-415-15612-2: £450.00 * Roman Civilization Set of 6: 0-415-15613-0: £400.00 * Eastern Civilizations Set of 10: 0-415-15614-9: £650.00 * Judaeo-Christian Civilization Set of 4: 0-415-15615-7: £250.00 * European Civilization Set of 11: 0-415-15616-5: £700.00 Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315824178

Language: The Basics What makes human language unique?Do women speak differently from men?Just what is the meaning of "meaning"?Language: The Basics provides a concise introduction to the study of language. Written in an engaging and entertaining style it encourages the reader to think about the way language works. It features: * chapters on 'Language in Use' 'Attitudes to Language' 'Children and Language' and 'Language Mind and Brain'* a section on sign language* a glossary of key terms* handy annotated guides to further reading.Providing an accessible overview of a fascinating subject this is an essential book for all students and anyone who's ever been accused of splitting an infinitive. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138127692

LanguageIts Nature and Development This book was first published in 1922. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415845564

Languages and Cultures of Eastern Christianity: Ethiopian This volume brings together a set of contributions many appearing in English for the first time together with a new introduction covering the history of the Ethiopian Christian civilization in its formative period (300-1500 AD). Rooted in the late antique kingdom of Aksum (present day Northern Ethiopia and Eritrea) and lying between Byzantium Africa and the Near East this civilization is presented in a series of case studies. At a time when philological and linguistic investigations are being challenged by new approaches in Ethiopian studies this volume emphasizes the necessity of basic research while avoiding the reduction of cultural questions to matters of fact and detail. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780754669975

Languages and Cultures of Eastern Christianity: Georgian This volume brings together a set of key studies on the history and culture of Christian Georgia along with a substantial new introduction. The opening section sets the regional context in relation to the Byzantine empire in particular while subsequent parts deal with the conversion and christianization of the country the making of a 'national' church and the development of a historical identity. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780754659860

Languages and Cultures of Eastern Christianity: Greek This volume brings together a set of fundamental contributions many translated into English for this publication along with an important introduction. Together these explore the role of Greek among Christian communities in the late antique and Byzantine East (late Roman Oriens) specifically in the areas outside of the immediate sway of Constantinople and imperial Asia Minor. The local identities based around indigenous eastern Christian languages (Syriac Coptic Armenian Georgian etc.) and post-Chalcedonian doctrinal confessions (Miaphysite Church of the East Melkite Maronite) were solidifying precisely as the Byzantine polity in the East was extinguished by the Arab conquests of the seventh century. In this multilayered cultural environment Greek was a common social touchstone for all of these Christian communities not only because of the shared Greek heritage of the early Church but also because of the continued value of Greek theological hagiographical and liturgical writings. However these interactions were dynamic and living so that the Greek of the medieval Near East was itself transformed by such engagement with eastern Christian literature appropriating new ideas and new texts into the Byzantine repertoire in the process. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367888077

Languages and Dialects in the U.S.Focus on Diversity and Linguistics Languages and Dialects in the U.S. is a concise introduction to linguistic diversity in the U.S. for students with little to no background in linguistics. The goal of the editors of this collection of fourteen chapters written by leading experts on the language varieties discussed is to offer students detailed insight into the languages they speak or hear around them grounded in comprehensive coverage of the linguistic systems underpinning them. The book begins with "setting the stage" chapters introducing the sociocultural context of the languages and dialects featured in the book. The remaining chapters are each devoted to particular U.S. dialects and varieties of American English each with problem sets and suggested further readings to reinforce basic concepts and new linguistic terminology and to encourage further study of the languages and dialects covered. By presenting students with both the linguistic and social cultural and political foundations of these particular dialects and variations of English Languages and Dialects in the U.S. is the ideal text for students interested in linguistic diversity in the U.S. in introductory courses in sociolinguistics language and culture and language variation and change. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415728607

Languages and Identities in a Transitional JapanFrom Internationalization to Globalization This book explores the transition from the era of internationalization into the era of globalization of Japan by focusing on language and identity as its central themes. By taking an interdisciplinary approach covering education cultural studies linguistics and policy-making the chapters in this book raise certain questions of what constitutes contemporary Japanese culture Japanese identity and multilingualism and what they mean to local people including those who do not reside in Japan but are engaged with Japan in some way within the global community. Topics include the role of technology in the spread of Japanese language and culture hybrid language use in an urban context the Japanese language as a lingua franca in China and the identity construction of heritage Japanese language speakers in Australia. The authors do not limit themselves to examining only the Japanese language or the Japanese national/cultural identity but also explore multilingual practices and multiple/fluid identities in "a transitional Japan." Overall the book responds to the basic need for better accounts of language and identity of Japan particularly in the context of increased migration and mobility. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367598228

Languages and Literacies as Mobile and Placed Resources Languages and Literacies as Mobile and Placed Resources explores how languages and literacies are implicated in the complex relationship between place and mobility. It is a book that represents the next wave in literacy studies in which theories of mobility networking and globalisation have emerged to account for the dynamic landscape of globally circulating communication resources. Authors in this volume take up a more complex way of thinking about resources applying it to consider languages and literacies as assemblages or as parts of assemblages that are involved in learning teaching and meaning-making. The book addresses forms of text and mobility that arise in contexts outside of formal education including marketing charity journalism community organisation and parenting. It also addresses school contexts and higher education settings. Key topics explored include: Consequences of workplace confinement Literacies as placed resources in the context of rural communities Literacy sustainability and landscapes for learning Documenting networked knowledge on tablets Mobilising literacy policy through resources Global Englishes as placed resources Languages as contextualised resources Shaping a digital academic writing resource in a transcultural space With an international range of carefully chosen contributors this book is a must read text for all academics interested in semiotics and literacy studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138604575

Languages and Literary Cultures in Hyderabad There is great interest in recent scholarship in the study of metropolitan cultures in India as evident from the number of books that have appeared on cities such as Delhi Mumbai Chennai and Kolkata. Though Hyderabad has a rich archive of history scattered in many languages very few attempts have been made to bring this scholarship together. The papers in this volume bring together this scholarship at one place. They trace the contribution of different languages and literary cultures to the multicultural mosaic that is the city of Hyderabad How it has acquired this uniqueness and how it has been sustained is the subject matter of literary cultures in Hyderabad. This work attempts to trace some aspects of the history of major languages practiced in the city. It also reviews the contribution of the various linguistic groups that have added to the development not just of varied literary cultures but also to the evolution of an inclusive Hyderabadi culture. The present volume it is hoped will enthuse both younger and senior scholars and students to take a fresh look at the study of languages and literary cultures as they have evolved in India's cities and add to the growing scholarship of metropolitan cultures in India. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138095441

Languages and PublicsThe Making of Authority The essays in this collection examine the public construction of languages the linguistic construction of publics and the relationship between these two processes. Cultural categories such as named languages linguistic standards and genres are the products of expert knowledge as well as of linguistic ideologies more widely shared among speakers. Translation grammars and dictionaries the policing of correctness folklore collections and linguistic academies are all part of the work that produces not only languages but also social groups and spheres of action such as "the public". Such representational processes are the topic of inquiry in this voume. They are explored as crucial aspects of power figuring among the means for establishing inequality imposing social hierarchy and mobilizing political action. Contributions to this volume investigate two related questions: first how different images of linguistic phenomena gain social credibility and political influence; and secondly the role of linguistic ideology and practices in the making of political authority. Using both historical and ethnographic approaches they examine empirical cases ranging from small-scale societies to multi-ethnic empire from nineteenth-century linguistic theories to contemporary mass media and from Europe to Oceania to the Americas. Contributors include Susan Gal Kathryn Woolard Judith Irvine Richard Bauman Michael Silverstein Jane Hill Joseph Errington Bambi Schieffelin Jacqueline Urla and Ben Lee. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781900650427

Languages for Developing User Interfaces This book brings together a number of researchers and developers from industry and academia who report on their work. It is of interest to language designers and the creators of toolkits UIMSs and other user interface tools. Media > Books > Print Books A K Peters/CRC Press 9780367450403

Languages in Migratory SettingsPlace Politics and Aesthetics Research on migration has often focused on push and pull factors; and on the mobilities which drive migration. What has often received less attention and what this book recognises is the importance of the creative activities which occur when strangers meet and settle for long periods of time in new places. Contributions consider case studies in Italy Kyrgyzstan France Portugal and Australia as well as taking a careful look at the Commonwealth City of Glasgow. They explore the making and use of literature (for adults and children) of art installations; translation processes in immigration law; education materials; and intercultural understanding. The research reveals the extent to which migration takes a place and takes different forms as life is made anew out of intercultural encounters which have a geographical specificity. This shift in focus allows a different lens to be placed on languages intercultural communication and the activities of migration and enables the settings themselves to come under scrutiny. This book was originally published as a special issue of Language and Intercultural Communication. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138084698

Languages in the Malaysian Education SystemMonolingual strands in multilingual settings This book provides an overview of language education in Malaysia covering topics such as the evolution of the education system from pre-independence days to the present time to the typology of schools and the public philosophy behind every policy made in the teaching of languages. The book consists of chapters devoted to the teaching of languages that form separate strands but are at the same time connected to each other within the education system. These chapters discuss: Implementing the national language policy in education institutions English in language education policies and planning in Malaysia Chinese and Tamil language education in Malaysia Teaching of indigenous Malaysian languages The role of translation in education in Malaysia 　 It also discusses the development of language which enables the national language Malay to fulfil its role as the main medium of education up to the tertiary level. This book will be of interest to researchers studying language planning teacher education and the sociology of education particularly within the Malaysian context. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138575974

Languages of Dress in the Middle East Considers how the languages of dress in the region connect with other social practices and with political and religious conformity in particular. Treating cases as diverse as practices of veiling in Oman and dress reform laws in Turkey these ethnographic studies extend from Malta to the ME and Caucasus. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315027043

Languages of EducationProtestant Legacies National Identities and Global Aspirations In this landmark contribution to the study of the formation of the modern school Daniel Tröhler applies one of the most recognized methods of historical research to an analysis of the "language" of the academic discipline of education. Arguing the value of looking at languages rather than arguments--langues rather than paroles--this method of historical research is used to examine the background of different philosophies theories or arguments of education specifically republicanism and Protestantism. Tröhler’s argument is that such analysis is essential to tracing back educational arguments to the ideological core of their concerns and thus to understanding in international perspective the historical development of education systems and organizations and to evaluating their different theoretical and political approaches and claims. Elegantly written with the historian’s attention to archival material this book enables the reader to understand the complex and different social cultural religious and political context factors embedded in the "thought" of schooling and its objects of scrutiny--its notions of the child and teacher. Languages of Education is essential reading for scholars and students across the fields of history and philosophy of education curriculum studies and comparative education. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415716727

Languages of Labour This volume offers a multidisciplinary approach to the study of language in relation to the subject of history. The British and American contributors put forward the idea that language is a broadly based means of communication with contested and consensual meanings and that such meanings must be revealed and evaluated by precise historical contextualisation of language and proper attention to established rules of historical method. The essays contend that the connections between the linguistic and the social must be rethought. The book aims to move beyond the unproductive fragmentation and relativism the narrow textual range and the literal and anti-realist readings of the postmodern ’linguistic turn’ to offer a rigorous approach to the study of language and the subject of history. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315250823

Languages of Reform in the Eighteenth CenturyWhen Europe Lost Its Fear of Change Societies perceive "Reform" or "Reforms" as substantial changes and significant breaks which must be well-justified. The Enlightenment brought forth the idea that the future was uncertain and could be shaped by human beings. This gave the concept of reform a new character and new fields of application. Those who sought support for their plans and actions needed to reflect develop new arguments and offer new reasons to address an anonymous public. This book aims to compile these changes under the heuristic term of "languages of reform." It analyzes the structures of communication regarding reforms in the 18th century through a wide variety of topics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367427733

Languages of the Wider WorldValuing Diversity The last few decades have seen a stretching and exchange of local regional and national languages identities cultures and economies worldwide as a consequence of globalisation and technology development. Significantly the languages of the Middle East Africa Asia the Netherlands Scandinavia Eastern Europe and Russia have been attracting increasing strategic commercial and civic attention. Collectively referred to as ‘Languages of the Wider World’ (LWW) these languages are important given the emergence of new centres of capital and cultural accumulation in the 21st century such as Brazil Russia India and China (BRICs). This volume focuses on LWW in use and on their teaching and learning. It ranges from a highly localized focus (on learners and teachers of Community/Heritage Languages) to broader national and international foci (on policy makers and multilingualism; on teachers in primary secondary and tertiary systems). It aims to inspire researchers and practitioners to work on languages other than the ones that have been the mainstay of the field to facilitate the development of a vibrant and critical community of enquiry in Languages of the Wider World. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Language Learning Journal. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138953741

Languaging Relations for Transforming the Literacy and Language Arts Classroom Applying a languaging perspective this volume frames the teaching and learning of literacy literature language and the language arts as social and linguistic actions that generate new questions to make visible social cultural psychological linguistic and educational processes. Chapter authors explore diverse aspects of a languaging framework the perspective of language as a series of ongoing and evolving interactional social actions and processes over time. Based on their research the authors suggest directions for addressing substantive engagement as well as the marginalization superficiality and violence (symbolic and otherwise) that characterize the educational experience of so many students. Responding to the need to foster and support students’ intellectual social and affective worlds this book showcases how languaging relations among teachers and students can deepen interactions and engagement with texts; enhance understandings of agency personhood and power relations in order to transform literacy literature and language arts classrooms; and improve the lives of teachers and students in educational settings. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138489912

Lao She's Teahouse and Its Two English TranslationsExploring Chinese Drama Translation with Systemic Functional Linguistics Lao She’s Teahouse and Its Two English Translations: Exploring Chinese Drama Translation with Systemic Functional Linguistics provides an in-depth application of Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) to the study of Chinese drama translation and theoretically explores the interface between SFL and drama translation. Investigating two English translations of the Chinese drama Teahouse (茶馆 Cha Guan in Chinese) by Lao She and translated by John Howard-Gibbon and Ying Ruocheng respectively Bo Wang and Yuanyi Ma apply Systemic Functional Linguistics to point out the choices that translators have to make in translation. This book is of interest to graduates and researchers of Chinese translation and discourse studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367261917

Laogai--the Chinese Gulag "Avoiding sensationalism or self-pity what Mr. Wu has given us is the unemotional and authoritative reference work long needed to complement the vivid but anecdotal accounts of individual prisoners. . . . a comprehensive . . . expose laying out in the greatest detail yet available the history policies command structure and scale of the larges Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367316525

LaosKeystone Of Indochina This book presents an analytic introduction to Laos and traces the country's history and culture up to its independence from France in 1954. It assesses the aftermath of the 1975 Communist takeover of Laos and the consequent establishment of a people's democracy. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367166373

Laparoscopic Colorectal SurgeryA Step by Step Guide with Video Atlas This comprehensive book provides the reader a perspective of the current evidence-based management of Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery. It covers sections on benign surgery for IBD diverticulitis rectal prolapse etc. along with the procedures for colon and rectal cancers including laparoscopic TME. The accompanying videos complement the text imparting specific operative skills of exposure retraction countertraction dissection vascular control hemostasis laparoscopic Stapling anastomosis specimen extraction and stoma formation. This book aims to help surgeons to learn standardize practice and master the complex skills of Laparoscopic colorectal surgery. Key Features Provides step by step solution to the difficulties encountered by the beginners by covering a section on bugbears. Caters to General GI Oncology and Colorectal surgeons who have the adequate basic laparoscopic skills and have already been doing some advanced laparoscopic surgery in form of laparoscopic Upper GI and bowel surgery and would want to start laparoscopic colorectal surgery. Covers a section on Robotic and single incision laparoscopic surgery providing the contemporary knowledge in this emerging field whereas a section on trans-anal surgery provides a futuristic dimension to this field. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367352844

Laparoscopic Colorectal SurgeryThe Lapco Manual This unique reference in laparoscopic colorectal surgery starts by looking at the establishment of the Lapco training programme in the UK. It then goes on to provide a comprehensive technical manual of operative and patient care for laparoscopic colorectal surgery offers insight into training and assessment methodology and finally looks to the future and where we may be going. It shares knowledge of a unique training programme which healthcare systems worldwide are trying to emulate and provides an up-to-date manual of know-how from some of the world’s most experienced laparoscopic colorectal trainers. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138091696

Laparoscopic SurgeryPrinciples and Procedures Second Edition Revised and Expanded Expanded by 30% to explore the latest surgical approaches techniques equipment and perspectives this Second Edition leads surgeons through new applications in minimally invasive surgery gynecology urology endoscopically-assisted plastic surgery pediatric surgery and video-assisted thoracoscopic procedures. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367394264

Large Carnivore Conservation and ManagementHuman Dimensions Large carnivores include iconic species such as bears wolves and big cats. Their habitats are increasingly being shared with humans and there is a growing number of examples of human-carnivore coexistence as well as conflict. Next to population dynamics of large carnivores there are considerable attitude shifts towards these species worldwide with multiple implications.This book argues and demonstrates why human dimensions of relationships to large carnivores are crucial for their successful conservation and management. It provides an overview of theoretical and methodological perspectives heterogeneity in stakeholder perceptions and behaviour as well as developments in decision making stakeholder involvement policy and governance informed by human dimensions of large carnivore conservation and management. The scope is international with detailed examples and case studies from Europe North and South America Central and South Asia as well as debates of the challenges faced by urbanization agricultural expansion national parks and protected areas. The main species covered include bears wolves lynx and leopards. The book provides a novel perspective for advanced students researchers and professionals in ecology and conservation wildlife management human-wildlife interactions environmental education and environmental social science. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367605889

Large Covariance and Autocovariance Matrices Large Covariance and Autocovariance Matrices brings together a collection of recent results on sample covariance and autocovariance matrices in high-dimensional models and novel ideas on how to use them for statistical inference in one or more high-dimensional time series models. The prerequisites include knowledge of elementary multivariate analysis basic time series analysis and basic results in stochastic convergence.Part I is on different methods of estimation of large covariance matrices and auto-covariance matrices and properties of these estimators. Part II covers the relevant material on random matrix theory and non-commutative probability. Part III provides results on limit spectra and asymptotic normality of traces of symmetric matrix polynomial functions of sample auto-covariance matrices in high-dimensional linear time series models. These are used to develop graphical and significance tests for different hypotheses involving one or more independent high-dimensional linear time series. The book should be of interest to people in econometrics and statistics (large covariance matrices and high-dimensional time series) mathematics (random matrices and free probability) and computer science (wireless communication). Parts of it can be used in post-graduate courses on high-dimensional statistical inference high-dimensional random matrices and high-dimensional time series models. It should be particularly attractive to researchers developing statistical methods in high-dimensional time series models. Arup Bose is a professor at the Indian Statistical Institute Kolkata India. He is a distinguished researcher in mathematical statistics and has been working in high-dimensional random matrices for the last fifteen years. He has been editor of Sankhyā for several years and has been on the editorial board of several other journals. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics USA and all three national science academies of India as well as the recipient of the S.S. Bhatnagar Award and the C.R. Rao Award. His first book Patterned Random Matrices was also published by Chapman & Hall. He has a forthcoming graduate text U-statistics M-estimates and Resampling (with Snigdhansu Chatterjee) to be published by Hindustan Book Agency. Monika Bhattacharjee is a post-doctoral fellow at the Informatics Institute University of Florida. After graduating from St. Xavier's College Kolkata she obtained her master’s in 2012 and PhD in 2016 from the Indian Statistical Institute. Her thesis in high-dimensional covariance and auto-covariance matrices written under the supervision of Dr. Bose has received high acclaim. Media > Books > Print Books Chapman & Hall 9780367734107

Large Databases in Economic HistoryResearch Methods and Case Studies ‘Big data’ is now readily available to economic historians thanks to the digitisation of primary sources collaborative research linking different data sets and the publication of databases on the internet. Key economic indicators such as the consumer price index can be tracked over long periods and qualitative information such as land use can be converted to a quantitative form. In order to fully exploit these innovations it is necessary to use sophisticated statistical techniques to reveal the patterns hidden in datasets and this book shows how this can be done. A distinguished group of economic historians have teamed up with younger researchers to pilot the application of new techniques to ‘big data’. Topics addressed in this volume include prices and the standard of living money supply credit markets land values and land use transport technological innovation and business networks. The research spans the medieval early modern and modern periods. Research methods include simultaneous equation systems stochastic trends and discrete choice modelling. This book is essential reading for doctoral and post-doctoral researchers in business economic and social history. The case studies will also appeal to historical geographers and applied econometricians. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138231474

Large Deviations and Idempotent Probability In the view of many probabilists author Anatolii Puhalskii's research results stand among the most significant achievements in the modern theory of large deviations. In fact his work marked a turning point in the depth of our understanding of the connections between the large deviation principle (LDP) and well-known methods for establishing weak convergence results.Large Deviations and Idempotent Probability expounds upon the recent methodology of building large deviation theory along the lines of weak convergence theory. The author develops an idempotent (or maxitive) probability theory introduces idempotent analogues of martingales (maxingales) Wiener and Poisson processes and Ito differential equations and studies their properties. The large deviation principle for stochastic processes is formulated as a certain type of convergence of stochastic processes to idempotent processes. The author calls this large deviation convergence.The approach to establishing large deviation convergence uses novel compactness arguments. Coupled with the power of stochastic calculus this leads to very general results on large deviation asymptotics of semimartingales. Large and moderate deviation asymptotics are treated in a unified manner. Starting with the foundations of idempotent measure theory and culminating in applications to large deviation asymptotics of queueing systems Large Deviations and Idempotent Probability offers an outstanding opportunity to examine both the development of a remarkable approach and recently discovered results as presented by one of the foremost leaders in the field. Media > Books > Print Books Chapman & Hall 9780367455293

Large Deviations For Performance AnalysisQueues Communication and Computing Originally published in 1995 Large Deviations for Performance Analysis consists of two synergistic parts. The first half develops the theory of large deviations from the beginning through recent results on the theory for processes with boundaries keeping to a very narrow path: continuous-time discrete-state processes. By developing only what is needed for the applications the theory is kept to a manageable level both in terms of length and in terms of difficulty. Within its scope the treatment is detailed comprehensive and self-contained. As the book shows there are sufficiently many interesting applications of jump Markov processes to warrant a special treatment. The second half is a collection of applications developed at Bell Laboratories. The applications cover large areas of the theory of communication networks: circuit switched transmission packet transmission multiple access channels and the M/M/1 queue. Aspects of parallel computation are covered as well including basics of job allocation rollback-based parallel simulation assorted priority queueing models that might be used in performance models of various computer architectures and asymptotic coupling of processors. These applications are thoroughly analysed using the tools developed in the first half of the book. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138315778

Large Energy Storage Systems Handbook In the current push to convert to renewable sources of energy many issues raised years ago on the economics and the difficulties of siting energy storage are once again being raised today. When large amounts of wind solar and other renewable energy sources are added to existing electrical grids efficient and manageable energy storage becomes a crucial component to allowing a range of eco-friendly resources to play a significant role in our energy system. In order to fulfill our intended goal of diminishing dependence on non-renewable sources of energy and reducing our carbon footprint we must find a way to store and convert these novel resources into practical solutions. Based on the efforts of a University of Colorado team devoted to increasing the use of renewable energy production within the current electrical power grid Large Energy Storage Systems Handbook examines a number of ways that energy can be stored and converted back to electricity. Examining how to enhance renewable generation energy storage relative to economic and carbon impact this book discusses issues of reliability siting economics and efficiency. Chapters include the practicalities of energy storage generation and absorption of electrical power; the difficulties of intermittent generation; and the use of pumped and underground pumped hydroelectric energy storage. The book highlights the storage of compressed air battery energy solar thermal and natural gas sources of energy. Heavily referenced and easily accessible to policy makers developers and students alike this book provides contributions from those active in the field for coverage of many important topics. With this book as a foundation these pioneers can develop the capacity of power grids to handle high renewable energy generation penetration and provide a brighter future for generations to come. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138071964

Large Hadron Collider Phenomenology With the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) under construction and due to come online in 2007 it is appropriate to engage in a focused review on LHC phenomenology. At a time when most of the experimental effort is centered on detector construction and software development it is vitally important to direct the experimental community and in particular new researchers on the physics phenomena expected from the LHC. Large Hadron Collider Phenomenology covers the capabilities of LHC from searches for the Higgs boson and physics beyond the standard model to detailed studies of quantum chromodynamics the B-physics sectors and the properties of hadronic matter at high energy density as realized in heavy-ion collisions.Written by experienced researchers and experimentalists this reference examines the basic properties and potentials of the machine detectors and software required for physics analyses. The book starts with a basic introduction to the standard model and its applications to the phenomena observed at high energy collisions. Later chapters describe the key technological challenges facing the construction of the LHC machine the operating detectors of the LHC and the vast computing grid needed to analyze the data. In the final sections the contributors discuss the quark-gluon plasma (QGP) explore questions and predictions for the LHC program and examine the physics opportunities of the LHC using information from the forward region.By surveying the difficult challenges of the LHC development while also assessing the novel processes that the LHC will perform Large Hadron Collider Phenomenology aids less seasoned physicists as well as existing researchers in discovering the numerous possibilities of the LHC. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367393793

Large Mammals and a Brave PeopleSubsistence Hunters in Zambia The Valley Bisa people inhabit the Luangwa Valley in central Zambia. Among them the hunter who tracks such large game as the lion elephant and buffalo commands great respect and esteem from the other members of the lineage who traditionally rely on him for their subsistence and protection. Although the social organization and technology of the Bisa people have undergone tremendous change in the last one hundred years the role of hunter retains its social importance and the legitimizing hunting rituals have their roots in local history. Drawing on data collected during his fieldwork among the Bisa continuing since the 1960s Stuart Marks describes the changes that have occurred in hunting patterns the sociological variables that govern an individual's decision to become a hunter and the common cosmological convictions that hunters bring to their profession. Available for the first time in paperback the new introduction and afterword to this edition reflect on methodological and ideological changes in the anthropological study of African peoples as well as updating the circumstances of the Bisa people since the book's first appearance in 1976. Through the interventions of the larger national society the Bisa have lost much of their land and access to important portions of their resources while experiencing repression in their struggles to maintain livelihoods with what local assets are left. Nevertheless Marks notes that they face their hardships with tolerance integrity persistence and humility. The general reader as well as prehistorians and anthropologists concerned with human evolution and hunting societies will find this volume useful. It will also be of interest to wildlife managers and ecologists. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138526907

Large Scale and Big DataProcessing and Management Large Scale and Big Data: Processing and Management provides readers with a central source of reference on the data management techniques currently available for large-scale data processing. Presenting chapters written by leading researchers academics and practitioners it addresses the fundamental challenges associated with Big Data processing tools and techniques across a range of computing environments.The book begins by discussing the basic concepts and tools of large-scale Big Data processing and cloud computing. It also provides an overview of different programming models and cloud-based deployment models. The book’s second section examines the usage of advanced Big Data processing techniques in different domains including semantic web graph processing and stream processing. The third section discusses advanced topics of Big Data processing such as consistency management privacy and security.Supplying a comprehensive summary from both the research and applied perspectives the book covers recent research discoveries and applications making it an ideal reference for a wide range of audiences including researchers and academics working on databases data mining and web scale data processing.After reading this book you will gain a fundamental understanding of how to use Big Data-processing tools and techniques effectively across application domains. Coverage includes cloud data management architectures big data analytics visualization data management analytics for vast amounts of unstructured data clustering classification link analysis of big data scalable data mining and machine learning techniques. Media > Books > Print Books Auerbach Publications 9781138033948

Large Scale NetworksModeling and Simulation This book offers a rigorous analysis of the achievements in the field of traffic control in large networks oriented on two main aspects: the self-similarity in traffic behaviour and the scale-free characteristic of a complex network. Additionally the authors propose a new insight in understanding the inner nature of things and the cause-and-effect based on the identification of relationships and behaviours within a model which is based on the study of the influence of the topological characteristics of a network upon the traffic behaviour. The effects of this influence are then discussed in order to find new solutions for traffic monitoring and diagnosis and also for traffic anomalies prediction. Although these concepts are illustrated using highly accurate highly aggregated packet traces collected on backbone Internet links the results of the analysis can be applied for any complex network whose traffic processes exhibit asymptotic self-similarity perceived as an adaptability of traffic in networks. However the problem with self-similar models is that they are computationally complex. Their fitting procedure is very time-consuming while their parameters cannot be estimated based on the on-line measurements. In this aim the main objective of this book is to discuss the problem of traffic prediction in the presence of self-similarity and particularly to offer a possibility to forecast future traffic variations and to predict network performance as precisely as possible based on the measured traffic history. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367655891

Large Scale School Reform and Social Capital Building This book introduces and explores the nature of large scale reform and offers a fresh insight into the importance of social capital and professional development leadership for teachers and school management. It synthesizes research on the role of the professional development leader and the importance of social capital in schools and examines its potential to impact large scale system-wide reform projects. The text presents a range of international examples and theories from renowned researchers and educationists which illustrate the challenge of raising the prominence of education social capital in schools. Considering crucial research that informs effective adult learning interventions underlying themes supporting constructivist and transformative interventions are identified and woven into the narrative. Factors and variables needed to encourage and implement initiatives are examined and each section is accompanied by case studies from around the world. The book is split into five sections and twelve parts which include: -The Lesson of Large Scale Reform for Leadership Development-Assessment of Wide Scale Educational Reform Initiatives-Developing Social Capital through National Education Reform-System Improvement through Professional Learning Communities Large Scale School Reform and Social Capital Building will be of interest to policy makers and system reform leaders along with researchers and postgraduate students with a focus on continuous professional development educational reform and school leadership. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138383043

Large Space Structures Formed by Centrifugal Forces This book describes a feasible means of constructing such a reflector as well as simple reliable and low-cost structures for television and radio transmissions debris removal from space and the development of solar sails for interplanetary missions. The aim of this book is thus to provide a comprehensive overview of the research in the technology of such space based structures expanded by centrifugal forces. The most promising concepts and design solutions for different applications are addressed. Particular emphasis is placed on deployment dynamics of space-based structures and their retrieval techniques: the reorientation of expanded film sheets in space selecting film folding patterns tethering systems and deployment mechanisms and controlling the deployment-retrieval process by space vehicles. Also featured are sections on ground and orbital simulation. Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9781003078203

Large Systems Change: An Emerging Field of Transformation and TransitionsA Special Theme Issue of The Journal of Corporate Citizenship (Issue 58) Large Systems Change (LSC) is a field of study and action that is characterized by its focus on transformational pathways towards a participative flourishing future through inter- and trans-disciplinary approaches that value engagement with practitioners and those aspiring for such futures.  Its emergence holds great promise for addressing critical issues.  Advancing its development requires aggressiveness to cross the many disciplinary institutional and other boundaries and build the necessary scale of effort;  however humbleness is also required to recognize that although we have substantial knowledge and methodologies for approaching LSC we are still at early stages of their development. The papers in this Special Issue of The Journal of Corporate Citizenship focus on the question of how to scale to the field of LSC. We can see the contributors and editors reflect on this at the three levels:  broadening by increasing the numbers of people and organizations identified with it; going up and out with a more receptive environment arising with failures of traditional management approaches; and deepening of knowledge and methods for supporting LSC. This Special Issue will be essential reading for those researching in this emerging field and practitioners looking for the latest thinking on how LSC may be a solution to global challenges. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781783534364

Large Turbo-GeneratorsMalfunctions and Symptoms This book presents a comprehensive ordered relationship between malfunctions and symptoms occurring in large turbogenerators. With this book the operator and/or engineer in a generating station could identify underlying causes of a developing component degradation or a failure quicker which could potentially save both time and money and reduce the trial-and-error troubleshooting process. Large turbogenerators are the most important source of electricity. They can be found in thousands of power stations in every country. Forced outages failures and degradation of these very expensive machines have an enormous aggregate cost to society. As such any tool that can ameliorate loss of production by shaving time from troubleshooting activities and avoiding unnecessary costs by detecting and promptly responding to component degradation represents a step forward. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367655907

Large Type EditionLarge Type Edition Examination of the work of scientific icons-Newton Descartes and others-reveals the metaphors and analogies that directed their research and explain their discoveries. Today scientists tend to balk at the idea of their writing as rhetorical much less metaphorical. How did this schism over metaphor occur in the scientific community? To establish that scientists should use metaphors to explain science to the public and need to be conscious of how metaphor can be useful to their research this book examines the controversy over cloning and the lack of a metaphor to explain it to a public fearful of science's power.The disjunction between metaphor and science is traced to the dispensation of the Solar System Analogy in favor of a mathematical model. Arguing that mathematics is metaphorical the author supports the idea of all language as metaphorical-unlike many rhetoricians and philosophers of science who have proclaimed all language as metaphorical but have allowed a distinction between a metaphorical use of language and a literal use.For technical communication pedagogy the implications of this study suggest foregrounding metaphor in textbooks and in the classroom. Though many technical communication textbooks recommend metaphor as a rhetorical strategy some advise avoiding it and those that recommend it usually do so in a paragraph or two with little direction for students on how to recognize metaphors or to how use them. This book provides the impetus for a change in the pedagogical approach to metaphor as a rhetorical tool with epistemological significance. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415434409

Large-Angle Convergent-Beam Electron Diffraction Applications to Crystal Defects A publication of the French Society of Microscopies Large-Angle Convergent-Beam Electron Diffraction Applications to Crystal Defects is devoted to an important aspect of electron diffraction. Convergent-beam diffraction is capable of furnishing remarkably accurate crystallographic information. In this book the author goes well beyond a simple presentation of the method. The description of convergent-beam electron diffraction and especially of LACBED is preceded by several preparatory chapters in which the principles of diffraction and the nature of electron-matter interactions are clearly set out. An entire chapter is concerned with instrumentation. Another on the interpretation of diffraction patterns enables the reader to master all stages in the process. The book ends with a long chapter in which numerous applications concerned with the characterization of crystal defects are examined and analyzed. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138414181

Large-Eddy Simulation in Hydraulics Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) which is an advanced eddy-resolving method for calculating turbulent flows is used increasingly in Computational Fluid Dynamics also for solving hydraulics and environmental flow problems. The method has generally great potential and is particularly suited for problems dominated by large-scale turbulent structures. This book gives an introduction to the LES method specially geared for hydraulic and environmental engineers. Compared with existing books on LES it is less theoretically and mathematically demanding and hence easier to follow and it covers special features of flows in water bodies and summarizes the experience gained with LES for calculating such flows. The book was written primarily as an introduction to LES for hydraulic and environmental engineers but it will also be very useful as an entry to the subject of LES for researchers and students in all fields of fluids engineering. The applications part will further be useful to researchers interested in the physics of flows governed by the dynamics of coherent structures. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367576387

Larger than LifeSix Women and their Battle with Obesity as seen through the Eyes of a Dramatherapist Larger than Life is aimed at anyone interested in obesity and its treatment. It follows a dramatherapy group attended by six women all struggling with their weight using vignettes transcriptions of the sessions attended and commentary on the progress made by the participants. A final interview concludes each of the women's therapy where they talk about their experiences within the group followed by the therapist's summation of their treatment. The book concludes with brief telephone conversations with all six women three years after their treatment ended giving a clear picture of the value of dramatherapy to the individual. As well as looking at these specific case studies the authors also discuss the causes and effects of obesity the dramatherapy group process and why dramatherapy is an effective means of treating eating disorders. This is a must-read book for anyone interested in the subject of obesity or dramatherapy. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781782205548

Large-scale 3D Data IntegrationChallenges and Opportunities Large-Scale 3D Data Integration: Challenges and Opportunities examines the fundamental aspects of 3D geo-information focusing on the latest developments in 3D GIS (geographic information) and AEC (architecture engineering construction) systems. This book addresses policy makers designers and engineers and individuals that need to overcome obstacles in integrating modeling perspectives and data. Organized into four major parts the book begins by presenting a historical overview of the issues involved in integrating GIS and AEC. Part II then focuses on the data issue from several viewpoints: data collection; database structures and representation; database management; and visualization. Part III covers the areas of semantics ontology and standardization from a theoretical perspective and details many of the best examples of this approach in developing real-world applications. The book concludes with contributions that focus on recent advances in virtual geographic environments and alternative modeling schemes for the potential AEC/GIS interface. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367454005

Large-scale Assessment Programs for All StudentsValidity Technical Adequacy and Implementation The need for a comprehensive volume that reviews both the processes and issues involved in developing administering and validating large-scale assessment programs has never been greater. These programs are used for many purposes including instructional program evaluation promotion certification graduation and accountability. One of the greatest problems we face is how to deal with special needs and bilingual populations. Examining these processes and issues is the mission of this book. It is organized into the following five sections: Introduction Validity Issues Technical Issues Implementation Issues and Epilogue. Each chapter follows a common structure: Overview of critical issues review of relevant research descriptions of current assessment methodologies and recommendations for the future research and practice. Written by nationally recognized scholars Large-Scale Assessment Programs for All Students: Validity Technical Adequacy and Implementation will appeal to anyone seriously involved in large scale testing including educators policymakers testing company personnel and researchers in education psychology and public policy. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138866645

Large-Scale Construction Project ManagementUnderstanding Legal and Contract Requirements A majority of large-scale construction and major infrastructure projects are funded by public funds from taxpayers. However these projects are often subject to severe delays and cost overruns. Large-Scale Construction Project Management: Understanding Legal and Contract Requirements introduces integrated approaches to project management and control mechanisms to effectively manage large-scale construction projects. It explains the contractual requirements and associated legal principles under the latest edition of the leading standard forms of contracts including FIDIC 2017 NEC4 and JCT 2016. It explains integrated project governance regarding time cost risk change contract management and more. Further it discusses the legal issues of scheduling delays and disruptions regarding the Delay and Disruption Protocol (Society of Construction Law) as well as Forensic Schedule Analysis guidance (American Association of Cost Engineering). 　 Features: Provides strategies to effectively resolve disputes during construction projects Examines Quantitative Schedule Risk Analysis (QSRA) and Quantitative Cost Risk Analysis (QCRA) Introduces the most recent software and techniques used in managing large-scale construction projects 　 This book serves as a useful resource for project control and management professionals researchers in construction management and project management and students in building construction management and project management. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138389335

Large-Scale EvacuationThe Analysis Modeling and Management of Emergency Relocation from Hazardous Areas Large-Scale Evacuation introduces the reader to the steps involved in evacuation modelling for towns and cities from understanding the hazards that can require large-scale evacuations through understanding how local officials decide to issue evacuation advisories and households decide whether to comply to transportation simulation and traffic management strategies. The author team has been recognized internationally for their research and consulting experience in the field of evacuations. Collectively they have 125 years of experience in evacuation including more than 140 projects for federal and state agencies. The text explains how to model evacuations that use the road transportation network by combining perspectives from social scientists and transportation engineers fields that have commonly approached evacuation modelling from distinctly different perspectives. In doing so it offers a step-by-step guide through the key questions needed to model an evacuation and its impacts to the evacuation route system as well as evacuation management strategies for influencing demand and expanding capacity. The authors also demonstrate how to simulate the resulting traffic and evacuation management strategies that can be used to facilitate evacuee movement and reduce unnecessary demand. Case studies which identify key points to analyze in an evacuation plan discuss evacuation termination and re-entry and highlight challenges that someone developing an evacuation plan or model should expect are also included. This textbook will be of interest to researchers practitioners and advanced students. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781482259858

Large-scale Forest Restoration Landscapes are being degraded and simplified across the globe. This book explores how forest restoration might be carried out to increase landscape heterogeneity improve ecological functioning and restore ecosystem services in such landscapes. It focuses on large landscape-scale reforestation because that is the scale at which restoration is needed if many of the problems that have now developed are to be addressed. It also shows how large-scale forest restoration might improve human livelihoods as well as improve conservation outcomes. A number of governments have undertaken national reforestation programs in recent years; some have been more successful than others. The author reviews these to explore what type of reforestation should be used where this should be carried out and how much should be done. For example are the traditional industrial forms of reforestation necessarily the best to use in all situations? How can forest restoration be reconciled with the need for food security? And are there spatial thresholds that must be exceeded to generate economic and environmental benefits? The book also examines the policy and institutional settings needed to encourage large-scale reforestation. This includes a discussion of the place for incentives to encourage landholders to undertake particular types of reforestation and to reforest particular locations. It also considers forms of governance that are likely to lead to an equitable sharing of the costs and benefits of forest restoration. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415663205

Large-Scale Machine Learning in the Earth Sciences From the Foreword:"While large-scale machine learning and data mining have greatly impacted a range of commercial applications their use in the field of Earth sciences is still in the early stages. This book edited by AshokSrivastava Ramakrishna Nemani and Karsten Steinhaeuser serves as an outstanding resource for anyone interested in the opportunities and challenges for the machine learning community in analyzing these data sets to answer questions of urgent societal interest…I hope that this book will inspire more computer scientists to focus on environmental applications and Earth scientists to seek collaborations with researchers in machine learning and data mining to advance the frontiers in Earth sciences."--Vipin Kumar University of MinnesotaLarge-Scale Machine Learning in the Earth Sciences provides researchers and practitioners with a broad overview of some of the key challenges in the intersection of Earth science computer science statistics and related fields. It explores a wide range of topics and provides a compilation of recent research in the application of machine learning in the field of Earth Science.Making predictions based on observational data is a theme of the book and the book includes chapters on the use of network science to understand and discover teleconnections in extreme climate and weather events as well as using structured estimation in high dimensions. The use of ensemble machine learning models to combine predictions of global climate models using information from spatial and temporal patterns is also explored.The second part of the book features a discussion on statistical downscaling in climate with state-of-the-art scalable machine learning as well as an overview of methods to understand and predict the proliferation of biological species due to changes in environmental conditions. The problem of using large-scale machine learning to study the formation of tornadoes is also explored in depth.The last part of the book covers the use of deep learning algorithms to classify images that have very high resolution as well as the unmixing of spectral signals in remote sensing images of land cover. The authors also apply long-tail distributions to geoscience resources in the final chapter of the book. Media > Books > Print Books Chapman & Hall 9780367573232

Large-Scale Mammalian Cell Culture Technology An interdisciplinary approach integrating biochemistry biology genetics and engineering for the effective production of protein pharmaceuticals. The volume offers a biological perspective of large-scale animal cell culture and examines diverse processing strategies process management regulator Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203749166

Large-Scale Organizational Change Large Scale Organizational Change provides the principles by which large scale organizations reinvent themselves not once but on an ongoing basis. Continual reinvention allows leading companies to learn adapt and innovate faster than competitors in complex and fast changing environments. These action principles are based on first-hand experience at the world's leading Fortune 500 companies using emergent models of living systems.The context for large scale organizations is one of information overload complexity and constant change. This book reduces the sense of vulnerability felt by managers. It provides a guide to piloting change in ways that lead to constant renewal and a capacity to survive frequent and often brutal changes in the operating environment. It describes a leadership concerned with the capacity to learn inflection points emergent strategies knowledge management the ability to anticipate and tapping into the distributed intelligence resident in the organization. Large Scale Organizational Change provides managers with a framework for making their organizations highly adaptive in the complex market systems in which they operate thereby reducing or eliminating the need for periodic episodes of traumatic restructuring and sometimes fatal reengineering processes. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138456044

Large-Scale SimulationModels Algorithms and Applications Large-Scale Simulation: Models Algorithms and Applications gives you firsthand insight on the latest advances in large-scale simulation techniques. Most of the research results are drawn from the authors’ papers in top-tier peer-reviewed scientific conference proceedings and journals. The first part of the book presents the fundamentals of large-scale simulation including high-level architecture and runtime infrastructure. The second part covers middleware and software architecture for large-scale simulations such as decoupled federate architecture fault tolerant mechanisms grid-enabled simulation and federation communities. In the third part the authors explore mechanisms—such as simulation cloning methods and algorithms—that support quick evaluation of alternative scenarios. The final part describes how distributed computing technologies and many-core architecture are used to study social phenomena. Reflecting the latest research in the field this book guides you in using and further researching advanced models and algorithms for large-scale distributed simulation. These simulation tools will help you gain insight into large-scale systems across many disciplines. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138071971

Large-scale Testing of Students With DisabilitiesA Special Issue of exceptionality Large Scale Testing of Students With Disabilities addresses three issues: accommodations modifications and reporting of outcomes. The purpose is not to present an exhaustive summary of the research in these areas but to focus attention on how the issues are considered and empirically validated. The research summarized in this issue should serve as a model for state departments to consider in adoption of policy either as findings upon which to inform policy or as a method to adopt in generating findings themselves. The studies reflect critical methodologies that are either experimental in design or use extant data sets as well as present a theoretical framework in how to interpret empirical results. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203764466

Laryngeal Cooccurrence Restrictions First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138979383

Laryngeal Features and Laryngeal Neutralization First published in 1994. In this study the author proposes that neutralization is the result of a wellformedness condition that the author calls the Laryngeal Constraint: In languages that have laryngeal neutralization a laryngeal node is only licensed in a particular syllabic configuration; elsewhere the node will delink to repair the violation of well-formedness. This approach to neutralization is required to correctly explain the typology of laryngeal neutralization. This title will be of interest to students of language and linguistics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138317949

Las AbejasPacifist Resistance and Syncretic Identities in a Globalizing Chiapas First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203954164

Las Maquiladoras: Assembly and Manufacturing Plants on the United States-Mexico BorderAn International Guide Here is a one-stop research resource on the assembly and manufacturing plants on the U.S.-Mexico border termed Maquiladoras. A combination bibliography and directory Las Maquiladoras focuses on various aspects of the American-owned companies that are located in Mexico and employ Mexican citizens.While the thrust of the items included in the select bibliography is on the industrial commercial and financial aspects of the phenomenon including the actions of multinational corporations and their investments there are also entries dealing with the matter of labor United States and Mexican governmental undertakings legal and urban problems regional development and planning population technology transfer sociocultural considerations and the interdisciplinary field of border studies which is concerned with a host of topics ranging form health and education to urban geography economic matters and the cultural impact on border residents of the establishment of maquiladoras. The impact of economic development industrialization and urbanization on border culture is also reflected.In the directory readers can locate names and addresses of local state and federal level government agencies in the U.S. and Mexico; information centers; labor unions; professional associations; and research centers.The bibliography comprised of books and book chapters pamphlets conference papers and proceedings government publications scholarly dissertations videotapes of television programs and magazine journal and newspaper articles will be an indispensable tool for business people bankers journalists government experts economists students and librarians. The current interest in border studies and in Mexico in particular will make this unique book especially useful to scholars of folklore geography history labor political science and sociology.Special features in the book include a list of experts in a variety of disciplines and a listing of U.S. and Mexican cities and towns on opposite sides of the border. Because the number of maquiladoras is expected to continue expanding rapidly this volume should remain a highly valuable resource. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315859798

Laser Ablation in LiquidsPrinciples and Applications in the Preparation of Nanomaterials This book focuses on the fundamental concepts and physical and chemical aspects of pulsed laser ablation of solid targets in liquid environments and its applications in the preparation of nanomaterials and fabrication of nanostructures. The areas of focus include basic thermodynamic and kinetic processes of laser ablation in liquids and its applications in metal and metal oxides nanocrystals synthesis and semiconductor nanostructures fabrication. The book comprises theoretical and experimental analysis of laser ablation in liquids research methods and preparation techniques. Media > Books > Print Books Pan Stanford Publishing 9789814310956

Laser and Photonic SystemsDesign and Integration New significant scientific discoveries in laser and photonic technologies systems perspectives and integrated design approaches can improve even further the impact in critical areas of challenge. Yet this knowledge is dispersed across several disciplines and research arenas. Laser and Photonic Systems: Design and Integration brings together a multidisciplinary group of experts to increase understanding of the ways in which systems perspectives may influence laser and photonic innovations and application integration.By bringing together chapters from leading scientists and technologists industrial and systems engineers and managers the book stimulates new thinking that would bring a systems network and system-of-systems perspective to bear on laser and photonic systems applications. The chapters challenge you to explore opportunities for revolutionary and broader advancements. The authors emphasize the identification of emerging research and application frontiers where there are promising contributions to lasers optics and photonics applications in fields such as manufacturing healthcare security and communications.The book contains insights from leading researchers inventors implementers and innovators. It explains a variety of techniques models and technologies proven to work with laser and photonic systems their development design and integration. Such systems are of growing interest to many organizations given their promise and potential solutions of grand societal challenges. Lastly the book helps you leverage the knowledge into exciting new frontiers of successful solutions. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138076297

Laser Applications in Physical Chemistry This book provides an introduction on applications of lasers in Chemistry. It describes laser as a tool for chemistry the consideration involved in describing a laser beam and what happens to beam as it is propagated through a gas. The book is useful for graduates and advanced undergraduates. Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9781003066170

Laser Beam Propagation in Nonlinear Optical Media "This is very unique and promises to be an extremely useful guide to a host of workers in the field. They have given a generalized presentation likely to cover most if not all situations to be encountered in the laboratory yet also highlight several specific examples that clearly illustrate the methods. They have provided an admirable contribution to the community. If someone makes their living by designing lasers optical parametric oscillators or other devices employing nonlinear crystals or designing experiments incorporating laser beam propagation through linear or nonlinear media then this book will be a welcome addition to their bookshelf."—Richard Sutherland Mount Vernon Nazarene University Ohio USA Laser Beam Propagation in Nonlinear Optical Media provides a collection of expressions equations formulas and derivations used in calculating laser beam propagation through linear and nonlinear media which are useful for predicting experimental results. The authors address light propagation in anisotropic media oscillation directions of the electric field and displacement vectors the walk-off angles between the Poynting and propagation vectors and effective values of the d coefficient for biaxial uniaxial and isotropic crystals. They delve into solutions of the coupled three wave mixing equations for various nonlinear optical processes including quasi-phase matching and optical parametric oscillation and discuss focusing effects and numerical techniques used for beam propagation analysis in nonlinear media and phase retrieval technique. The book also includes examples of MATLAB and FORTRAN computer programs for numerical evaluations. An ideal resource for students taking graduate level courses in nonlinear optics Laser Beam Propagation in Nonlinear Optical Media can also be used as a reference for practicing professionals. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138071988

Laser Beam PropagationGeneration and Propagation of Customized Light How do laser beams propagate? Innovative discoveries involving laser beams and their propagation properties are at the heart of Laser Beam Propagation: Generation and Propagation of Customized Light. This book captures the essence of laser beam propagation. Divided into three parts it explores the fundamentals of how laser beams propagate and provides novel methods to describe and characterize general laser beams. Part one covers the physical optics approach to the propagation of optical waves the concept of plane waves the mathematical description of diffraction and Gaussian optics and adapting the concepts to the single photon level. The book explains the parallels between the paraxial propagation of light beams and the Schrödinger equation in quantum mechanics and delves into the description of paraxial optics by means of state vectors and operators. It also discusses classical optics and quantum entanglement. Part two focuses on the application of modal decomposition to the characterization of laser beams and provides a characterization of time domain pulses. It discusses tools for the temporal characterization of laser beams the generation of arbitrary laser beams with digital holograms and the use of spatial light modulators to display reconfigurable digital holograms capable of modifying and shaping laser beams. It also covers various techniques and the control of the polarization properties of light.Part three defines the most commonly generated shaped light flat-top beams outlining their propagation rules as well as the means to create them in the laboratory. It also highlights Helmholtz-Gauss beams vector beams and low coherence laser beams.The text presents the concepts of coherence theory and applies this to the propagation of low coherence optical fields. It also considers the recent developments in orbital angular momentum carrying fields touches on basics properties definitions and applications and brings together the classical and quantum concepts of spatial modes of light. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367576196

Laser Beam ScanningOpto-Mechanical Devices Systems and Data Storage Optics Written in an easy-to-read style this comprehensive guide examines the currentknowledge on opto-mechanical laser beam scanning technology.Combining theoretical and practical aspects Laser Beam Scanning discusses theapplications performance and design of holographic polygonal galvanometric andresonant scanning systems.Bringing together the expertise of leading international authorities this invaluable sourceprovides unique coverage on gas bearings for rotating scanning devices and windageassociated with polygonal scanners. This work also includes authoritative information onGaussian beam diameters and optical design of components and systems relating tooptical disk data storage.Containing time-saving chapter introductions and summaries numerous illustrations andtables useful definitions and up-to-date references this handy on-the-job reference aidsoptical engineers and designers electronic electrical and laser engineers; physicists; andgraduate-level students in optical engineering courses to apply laser beam scanning tonew designs successfully. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203749142

Laser Beam Shaping Applications This new edition details the important features of beam shaping and exposes the subtleties of the theory and techniques that are best demonstrated through proven applications. New chapters cover illumination light shaping in optical lithography; optical micro-manipulation of live mammalian cells through trapping sorting and transfection; and laser beam shaping through fiber optic beam delivery. The book discusses applications in lithography laser printing optical data storage stable isotope separation and spatially dispersive lasers. It also provides a history of the field and includes extensive references. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367872397

Laser Beam ShapingTheory and Techniques Second Edition Laser Beam Shaping: Theory and Techniques addresses the theory and practice of every important technique for lossless beam shaping. Complete with experimental results as well as guidance on when beam shaping is practical and when each technique is appropriate the Second Edition is updated to reflect significant developments in the field. This authoritative text: Features new chapters on axicon light ring generation systems laser-beam-splitting (fan-out) gratings vortex beams and microlens diffusers Describes the latest advances in beam profile measurement technology and laser beam shaping using diffractive diffusers Contains new material on wavelength dependence channel integrators geometrical optics and optical software Laser Beam Shaping: Theory and Techniques Second Edition not only provides a working understanding of the fundamentals but also offers insight into the potential application of laser-beam-profile shaping in laser system design. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138076303

Laser CoolingFundamental Properties and Applications In the recent decades laser cooling or optical refrigeration—a physical process by which a system loses its thermal energy as a result of interaction with laser light—has garnered a great deal of scientific interest due to the importance of its applications. Optical solid-state coolers are one such application. They are free from liquids as well as moving parts that generate vibrations and introduce noise to sensors and other devices. They are based on reliable laser diode pump systems. Laser cooling can also be used to mitigate heat generation in high-power lasers. This book compiles and details cutting-edge research in laser cooling done by various scientific teams all over the world that are currently revolutionizing optical refrigerating technology. It includes recent results on laser cooling by redistribution of radiation in dense gas mixtures three conceptually different approaches to laser cooling of solids such as cooling with anti-Stokes fluorescence Brillouin cooling and Raman cooling. It also discusses crystal growth and glass production for laser cooling applications. This book will appeal to anyone involved in laser physics solid-state physics low-temperature physics or cryogenics materials research development of temperature sensors or infrared detectors. Media > Books > Print Books Pan Stanford Publishing 9789814745048

Laser Diagnostics for Combustion Temperature and Species This book examines the variety of potential laser diagnostic techniques and presents a considerable theoretical foundation elucidating physics relevant to the laser diagnostics. It explains the Raman-based approaches for major species and temperature measurements. Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9781003077251

Laser Heating of Metals In order to ensure efficient use of lasers and for any large-scale implementation a thorough knowledge of the fundamental laws governing the interaction of radiation with matter is required. Laser Heating of Metals provides a systematic and comprehensive presentation of the fundamental principles underlying the physical and chemical mechanisms governing the interaction of laser radiation with solid targets and in particular metals in gaseous environments for a wide range of beam parameters. The authors have been active in the field of interactions between lasers and materials for many years and this book summarises the results of their work in particular concerning the action of CO2 lasers on metals. These results are then discussed at some length. Laser Heating of Materials will be of interest to scientists at all levels with an interest in the interaction of radiation with condensed matter and in particular to those involved in laser cutting and welding etc and metal-working. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781315894843

Laser Materials Processing This volume discusses the basic principles necessary to understand lasers explains laser interactions with materials and surveys the wide variety of industrial applications of the major laser types covering in detail the operating mechanisms of carbon dioxide Nd:YAG and excimer lasers. It presents lasers as manufacturing tools rather than laboratory devices. Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9781315214863

Laser ModelingA Numerical Approach with Algebra and Calculus Offering a fresh take on laser engineering Laser Modeling: A Numerical Approach with Algebra and Calculus presents algebraic models and traditional calculus-based methods in tandem to make concepts easier to digest and apply in the real world. Each technique is introduced alongside a practical solved example based on a commercial laser. Assuming some knowledge of the nature of light emission of radiation and basic atomic physics the text: Explains how to formulate an accurate gain threshold equation as well as determine small-signal gain Discusses gain saturation and introduces a novel pass-by-pass model for rapid implementation of "what if?" scenarios Outlines the calculus-based Rigrod approach in a simplified manner to aid in comprehension Considers thermal effects on solid-state lasers and other lasers with new and efficient quasi-three-level materials Demonstrates how the convolution method is used to predict the effect of temperature drift on a DPSS system Describes the technique and technology of Q-switching and provides a simple model for predicting output power Addresses non-linear optics and supplies a simple model for calculating optimal crystal length Examines common laser systems answering basic design questions and summarizing parameters Includes downloadable Microsoft® Excel™ spreadsheets allowing models to be customized for specific lasers Don’t let the mathematical rigor of solutions get in the way of understanding the concepts. Laser Modeling: A Numerical Approach with Algebra and Calculus covers laser theory in an accessible way that can be applied immediately and numerically to real laser systems. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138071995

Laser Physics This book treats the interaction of radiation with matter particular attention being paid to the laser. Knowledge is assumed of the usual half-year introduction of quantum mechanics found in undergraduate physics curricula. The material can be covered in two semesters or alternatively the first part (Chaps 1-13) can be used as a one-semester course in which quantum mechanical aspects of the electromagnetic field are ignored. Each chapter is accompanied by problems that illustrate the text and give useful (occasionally new) results. Existing laser media are intrinsically quantum mechanical and are most easily studied with the quantum theory. Understanding the laser along these lines enlivens one's understanding of quantum mechanics itself. In fact the material constitutes a viable applied alternative for the usual second and third semesters of quantum mechanics. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367091095

Laser Physics and Spectroscopy In this book emphasis is laid on laser including its operation different types properties like coherence and monochromaticity beam propagation theoretical treatment of atom‐field interaction semi‐classical laser theory non‐linear effects quantum properties photon concept and coherent states etc. Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India Pakistan Nepal Bhutan Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138588271

Laser Plasma Interactions 5Inertial Confinement Fusion: Proceedings of the Forty Fifth Scottish Universities Summer School in Physics St. A This volume provides a broad overview in the increasingly important field of laser-plasma interactions. With the growth of research into fusion much international effort is being devoted to the problems of inertial confinement. This collection of lectures provides the novice researcher with the context in which current research papers can be understood.Laser Plasma Interactions 5 is one of the first publications to include recently declassified results from the United States inertial confinement fusion research program and as such is an indispensable reference for those wishing to find out about this previously inaccessible research.Presented by 14 speakers of international repute the emphasis throughout the volume is on inertial confinement fusion. Topics also covered include plasma radiation and transport processes diagnostic measurements dense plasmas high power lasers and X-ray lasers. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781315894850

Laser Plasma Theory and Simulation This book covers recent developments in laser plasma physics such as absorption instability energy transport and radiation from the standpoint of theory and simulation for plasma corona showing how the elements for the high density compression depend on the interaction physics and heat transport. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138455795

Laser Precision Microprocessing of Materials This reference focuses on the current state of fundamental research and industrial achievements in the field of precision laser processing of a wide range of metal semiconductor and dielectric materials. The possibilities of microprocessing by pulsed nanosecond laser radiation and copper vapor laser systems are analyzed. Design and operation principles ways to increase their efficiency and reliability and a series of modern automated technological installations are described. The work will be of interest to specialists engineers students and graduate students working and studying in the field of laser technology and optics laser and information technology. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138594548

Laser Remote Sensing "Information on recent progress in laser remote sensor (LIDAR) technology can be found scattered throughout numerous journal articles and conference proceedings but until now there has been no work that summarizes recent advancements and achievements in the field in a detailed format.Laser Remote Sensing provides an up-to-date comprehensive review on LIDAR focusing mainly on applications to current topics in atmospheric science. The scope of the book includes laser remote sensing of the atmosphere including measurement of aerosols water vapor clouds winds trace constituents and temperature. It also covers other interesting applications such as vegetation monitoring and altimetry. LIDAR systems described in this volume include ground-based (fixed or mobile) airborne and spaceborne (satellite-based) systems. The book emphasizes instrumentation and measurement techniques to enable the reader to understand what kind of a LIDAR system is necessary for a certain application. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367392529

Laser Resonators and the Beam Divergence Problem Professor Yurii A. Anan'ev has a long-standing international reputation for his publications on optical beams and resonators. Now many of his contributions will be readily available for the first time in a book. The generation of maximum power minimum divergence beams from laser resonators is probably the most important topic in quantum electronics and optics today. The only book of its kind Laser Resonators and the Beam Divergence Problem covers not only the theory but also the applications of resonators to real systems as opposed to idealized models. Each rigorous examination of an optical configuration is accompanied by a detailed discussion of its associated applications and of the considerations for the user in practical work. The book contains a wealth of information on the developments in resonator technology including much material previously unavailable outside the Soviet Union. It is an essential reference source to every researcher in laser science and technology. Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9781003062899

Laser Safety Management An effective laser safety program can mean big savings in time money effort and most importantly human well-being. It can improve the quality of your research program your organization's reputation and ultimately improve your bottom line. Based on the extensive experience of active Laser Safety Officer Kenneth Barat Laser Safety Management provides practical tools for successfully implementing a laser safety program in any environment. The book defines the three elements of laser safety: users the laser safety officer and incidental personnel. It covers the types of laser injuries standard operating procedures to ensure safety tips and tools to avoid pitfalls training control measures and personal protection equipment. The author explores the laser safety officer position and delineates the required elements of effective SOPs. He also discusses non-beam hazards includes practical control examples and sample forms and covers U.S. and European regulations and standards. Taking a pedagogical approach the book covers not only how to avoid accidents but how to investigate them if they do occur. It includes a sample safety program designed to evaluate your current safety plan and act as a roadmap for where you need to be and how to get there. Filled with common sense solutions for laser safety issues the book makes setting up a safety program practically painless. Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9781315221380

Laser SafetyTools and Training Second Edition New chapters and updates highlight the second edition of Laser Safety: Tools and Training. This text provides background information relating to lasers and laser safety and examines the components of laser work and laser safety from a different perspective. Written by a working laser safety officer the book considers ways to keep users as well as those around them safe. The author encourages readers to think beyond protective eyewear. As it relates to safety he determines that if eyewear is required then the laser system is not ideal. This book factors in optics the vibration elements of the optical table the power meter and user training elements that are not commonly considered in the context of laser safety. It presents ways for users to evaluate the hazards of any laser procedure and ensure that they are following documented laser safety standards. The material serves as a fundamental means or road map for laser users seeking to utilize the safest system possible. What’s New in the Second Edition: The second edition provides an inclusion of the Z136.8 Research Laser Standard and offers updates and an explanation of eye exposure limits (MPE) presents new cases studies and presents practical example images. It includes coverage of laser lab design lessons addresses user facility challenges and laser disposal. Presents case studies of real accidents preventive measures and templates for documenting potential laser risks and attendant safety measures Reviews factors often overlooked when one is setting up a laser lab Demonstrates how to investigate a laser incident This text which includes fundamental laser and laser safety information as well as critical laser use information is appropriate for both the novice and the seasoned professional. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138072008

Laser ScanningAn Emerging Technology in Structural Engineering This book provides an overview on the evolution of laser scanning technology and its noticeable impact in the structural engineering domain. It provides an up-to-date synthesis of the state-of-the-art of the technology for the reverse engineering of built constructions including terrestrial mobile and different portable solutions for laser scanning. Data processing of large point clouds has experienced an important advance in the last years and thus an intense activity in the development of automated data processing algorithms has been noticed. Thus this book aims to provide an overview of state-of-the-art algorithms different best practices and most recent processing tools in connection to particular applications. Readers will find this a comprehensive book that updates the practice of laser scanning for researchers and professionals not only from the geomatic domain but also other fields such as structural and construction engineering. A set of successful applications to structural engineering are illustrated including also synergies with other technologies that can inspire professionals to adopt laser scanning in their day-to-day activity. This cutting-edge edited volume will be a valuable resource for students researchers and professional engineers with an interest in laser scanning and its applications in the structural engineering domain. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138496040

Laser Sources and Applications Recent years have witnessed rapid advances in the development of solid state fiber semiconductor and parametric sources of coherent radiation which are opening up new opportunities for laser applications. Laser Sources and Applications provides a tutorial introduction to the basic principles of these developments at a level suitable for postgraduate research students and others with a basic knowledge of lasers and nonlinear optics. Encompassing both the physics and engineering aspects of the field the book covers the nature of nonlinear optical interactions; solid state fiber and semiconductor lasers; optical parametric oscillators; and ultrashort pulse generation and applications. It also explores applications of current interest such as electromagnetically induced transparency atomic trapping and soliton optical communications. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138455856

Laser Spectroscopy and its Applications Bringing together scattered literature from a range of sources Laser Spectroscopy and ItsApplications clearly elucidates the tools and concepts of this dynamic area and providesextensive bibliographies for further study.Distinguished experts in their respective fields discuss resonance photoionization laser absorption laser-induced breakdown photodissociation Raman scattering remote sensing and laser-induced fluorescence. The book also incorporates an overview of the semiclassicaltheory of atomic and molecular spectra.Combining background at an intermediate level with an in-depth discussion of specifictechniques Laser Spectroscopy and Its Applications is essential reading for laser and opticalscientists and engineers; analytical chemists; health physicists; researchers in optical chemical pharmaceutical and metallurgical industries. It will also prove useful for upperlevelundergraduate and graduate students of laser spectroscopy and its applications andin-house seminars and short courses offered by firms and professional societies. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367451561

Laser Spectroscopy and Laser ImagingAn Introduction "a very valuable book for graduate students and researchers in the field of Laser Spectroscopy which I can fully recommend"—Wolfgang Demtröder Kaiserslautern University of TechnologyHow would it be possible to provide a coherent picture of this field given all the techniques available today? The authors have taken on this daunting task in this impressive groundbreaking text. Readers will benefit from the broad overview of basic concepts focusing on practical scientific and real-life applications of laser spectroscopic analysis and imaging. Chapters follow a consistent structure beginning with a succinct summary of key principles and concepts followed by an overview of applications advantages and pitfalls and finally a brief discussion of seminal advances and current developments. The examples used in this text span physics and chemistry to environmental science biology and medicine.Focuses on practical use in the laboratory and real-world applicationsCovers the basic concepts common experimental setupsHighlights advantages and caveats of the techniquesConcludes each chapter with a snapshot of cutting-edge advancesThis book is appropriate for anyone in the physical sciences biology or medicine looking for an introduction to laser spectroscopic and imaging methodologies.Helmut H. Telle is a full professor at the Instituto Pluridisciplinar Universidad Complutense de Madrid Spain.Ángel González Ureña is head of the Department of Molecular Beams and Lasers Instituto Pluridisciplinar Universidad Complutense de Madrid Spain. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367868215

Laser Spectroscopy of Highly Vibrationally Excited Molecules Laser spectroscopy has been perfected over the last fifteen years to become a precise tool for the investigation of highly vibrationally excited molecules. Intense infrared laser radiation permits both the multiple-photon resonant excitation and the dissociation of polyatomic molecules. In this book the latest results of some of the foremost Soviet researchers are published for the first time in the West. Laser Spectroscopy of Highly Vibrationally Excited Molecules contains a comprehensive study of both the experimental and theoretical aspects of the basic photophysical interactions that occur in these processes. The book first focuses on the nonlinear interaction between the resonant vibrational mode and the intense infrared field and then examines the nonlinear interaction between the vibrational modes themselves due to anharmonicity. These interrelated processes determine all the characteristics of polyatomic molecules in an infrared field. The book also discusses related phenomena such as spectra broadening optical resonance photon echoes and dynamical chaos. It includes examples of multiple-photon resonant excitation such as the excitation of OsO4 by CO^O2 laser radiation which is detected by the visible luminescence that results. This book will be of great interest to researchers and postgraduate students in infrared laser spectroscopy and the laser chemistry of molecules and applications of isotope separation. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367403294

Laser Technology As different laser technologies continue to make it possible to change laser parameters and improve beam quality and performance a multidisciplinary theoretical knowledge and grasp of cutting-edge technological developments also become increasingly important. The revised and updated Laser Technology Second Edition reviews the principles and basic physical laws of lasers needed to learn from past developments and solve the many technical problems arising in this challenging field. The first edition of Laser Technology was classified by the Chinese National Education Committee as a "national-level key textbook." This updated second edition logically presents the various types of laser technology currently available and discusses the transmission of information using optical waves with modulating technology. It assesses how to enhance beam energy or power through Q switching mode-locking and amplification and it illustrates how mode selection and frequency stabilizing technology can improve light beam directionality or monochromaticity. The text also covers nonlinear optical techniques for obtaining new frequencies and light waves. Features Self-Contained Independent Chapters for Flexible Use The author presents the fundamentals of physical effects in technical devices and implementation methods to create a clear and systematic understanding of the physical processes of different laser technologies. Technical improvements to enhance laser performance in different applications have given rise to new physical phenomena. These have resulted in a series of new laser branches and fields of applied technologies such as laser physics nonlinear optics laser spectroscopy laser medicine and information optoelectronic technology. This book analyzes this growth stressing basic principles but also including key technical methods and examples where needed to properly combine practical and theoretical coverage of this distinct area. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138372764

Laser Ultrasonics Techniques and Applications The first book devoted to laser techniques in the generation and reception of ultrasonic waves in materials Laser Ultrasonics: Techniques and Applications provides a full description of the state of the art in all fields involving both lasers and ultrasonics. This practical book focuses mainly on the possible applications of the techniques yet th Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203749098

Laser Weapons In SpacePolicy And Doctrine This book examines the issues surrounding the potential development by the United States of a space-based laser weapons program. It addresses criticisms of the proposed program and considers its future in light of developments in U.S. defense strategy and doctrine. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367170066

Laser‐Induced Graphene LIG is a revolutionary technique that uses a common CO2 infrared laser scriber like the one used in any machine shop for the direct conversion of polymers into porous graphene under ambient conditions. This technique combines the preparation and patterning of 3D graphene in a single step without the use of wet chemicals. The ease in the structural engineering and excellent mechanical properties of the 3D graphene obtained have made LIG a versatile technique for applications across many fields. This book compiles cutting-edge research on LIG by different research groups all over the world. It discusses the strategies that have been developed to synthesize and engineer graphene including controlling its properties such as porosity composition and surface characteristics. The authors are pioneers in the discovery and development of LIG and the book will appeal to anyone involved in nanotechnology chemistry environmental sciences and device development especially those with an interest in the synthesis and applications of graphene-based materials. Media > Books > Print Books Pan Stanford Publishing 9789814877275

Laser-Aided Diagnostics of Plasmas and Gases Updated and expanded from the original Japanese edition Laser-Aided Diagnostics of Gases and Plasmas takes a unique approach in treating laser-aided diagnostics. The book unifies the subject by joining applications instead of describing each application as a totally separate system. In taking this approach it highlights the relative strengths of Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9780429140112

Laser-Based Additive Manufacturing of Metal PartsModeling Optimization and Control of Mechanical Properties Laser-Based Additive Manufacturing (LBAM) technologies hailed by some as the "third industrial revolution " can increase product performance while reducing time-to-market and manufacturing costs. This book is a comprehensive look at new technologies in LBAM of metal parts covering topics such as mechanical properties microstructural features thermal behavior and solidification process parameters optimization and control uncertainty quantification and more. The book is aimed at addressing the needs of a diverse cross-section of engineers and professionals. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781498739986

Laser-Based Measurements for Time and Frequency Domain ApplicationsA Handbook Foreword by Nobel laureate Professor Theodor W. Hänsch of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenBased on the authors’ experimental work over the last 25 years Laser-Based Measurements for Time and Frequency Domain Applications: A Handbook presents basic concepts state-of-the-art applications and future trends in optical atomic and molecular physics. It provides all the background information on the main kinds of laser sources and techniques offers a detailed account of the most recent results obtained for time- and frequency-domain applications of lasers and develops the theoretical framework necessary for understanding the experimental applications. After a historical introduction the book describes the basic concepts and mathematical tools required for studying the physics of oscillators. It then discusses microwave and optical resonators crucial aspects of operation and fundamental properties of lasers and precision spectroscopy and absolute frequency metrology. It also focuses on microwave and optical frequency standards and explores current and potential research directions.Accessible to scientists postdoc researchers and advanced undergraduate students this self-contained book gives a wide-ranging balanced overview of the areas—including frequency standards and clocks ultra-high-precision spectroscopy quantum information and environmental metrology—revolutionized by the recent advent of optical frequency comb synthesizers (OFCSs) based on femtosecond mode-locked lasers. The book is also a useful guide to cutting-edge research for manufacturers of advanced laser systems and optical devices. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367576479

Laser-Based Optical Detection of Explosives Laser-Based Optical Detection of Explosives offers a comprehensive review of past present and emerging laser-based methods for the detection of a variety of explosives. This book: Considers laser propagation safety and explains standard test material preparation for standoff optical-based detection system evaluation Explores explosives detection using deep ultraviolet native fluorescence Raman spectroscopy laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy reflectometry and hyperspectral imaging Examines photodissociation followed by laser-induced fluorescence photothermal methods cavity-enhanced absorption spectrometry and short-pulse laser-based techniques Describes the detection and recognition of explosives using terahertz-frequency spectroscopic techniques Each chapter is authored by a leading expert on the respective technology and is structured to supply historical perspective address current advantages and challenges and discuss novel research and applications. Readers are left with an in-depth understanding and appreciation of each technology’s capabilities and potential for standoff hazard detection. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138748057

Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials Dedicated to users and developers of high-powered systems Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials focuses on the research field of laser-induced damage and explores the significant and steady growth of applications for high-power lasers in the academic industrial and military arenas. Written by renowned experts in the field this book concentrates on the major topics of laser-induced damage in optical materials and most specifically addresses research in laser damage that occurs in the bulk and on the surface or the coating of optical components. It considers key issues in the field of high-power laser coatings factoring in the effects of contamination and providing insight into typical application areas. Become Familiar with the Key Areas of Modern Photonics The text first provides a basic understanding of theoretical and experimental methods and then summarizes the current progress strategies and improvements occurring within the field of laser-induced damage. Divided into four sections this book outlines apparent trends in modeling and discusses measurement and evaluation techniques for laser damage thresholds in the context of international standardization and scaling laws for damage thresholds. This seminal work: Covers the major aspects of laser damage Considers all important aspects in industry and research Reviews laser damage effects in material and surfaces Contains chapters contributed by leading scientists in the field Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials details a variety of fundamental investigations in laser-induced damage mechanisms and functions as a valuable reference for researchers and producers of laser components laser and photonics engineers and scientists as well as users of laser technology and thin film optics. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138199569

Laser-Matter Interaction for Radiation and Energy The interaction of high-power lasers with matter can generate Terahertz radiations that efficiently contribute to THz Time-Domain Spectroscopy and also would replace X-rays in medical and security applications. When a short intense laser pulse ionizes a gas it may produce new frequencies even in VUV to XUV domain. The duration of XUV pulses can be confined down to the isolated attosecond pulse levels required to study the electronic re-arrangement and ultrafast processes. Another important aspect of laser-matter interaction is the laser thermonuclear fusion control where accelerated particles also find an efficient use. This book provides comprehensive coverage of the most essential topics including Electromagnetic waves and lasers THz radiation using semiconducting materials / nanostructures / gases / plasmas Surface plasmon resonance THz radiation detection Particle acceleration technologies X-ray lasers High harmonics and attosecond lasers Laser based techniques of thermonuclear fusion Controlled fusion devices including NIF and ITER The book comprises of 11 chapters and every chapter starts with a lucid introduction to the main topic. Then sub-topics are sedulously discussed keeping in mind their basics methodology state-of-the-art and future perspective that will prove to be salutary for readers. High quality solved examples are appended to the chapters for their deep understanding and relevant applications. In view of the nature of the topics and their level of discussion this book is expected to have pre-eminent potential for researchers along with postgraduate and undergraduate students all over the world. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138032033

Laser-Plasma Interactions A Solid Compendium of Advanced Diagnostic and Simulation Tools Exploring the most exciting and topical areas in this field Laser-Plasma Interactions focuses on the interaction of intense laser radiation with plasma. After discussing the basic theory of the interaction of intense electromagnetic radiation fields with matter the book covers three applications of intense fields in plasma: inertial fusion wakefield accelerators and advanced radiation sources. Collecting contributions from a host of international experts the book provides a thorough grounding in the fundamental concepts of the interaction of electromagnetic radiation with matter before moving on to selected advanced topics from the field. It describes state-of-the-art diagnostic tools and experimental techniques used to study laser-plasma interactions as well as simulation tools for modeling these interactions. With a focus on current research trends this book guides readers to the brink of the most stimulating challenges in the field. It also gives readers an appreciation of the underlying phenomena linking several applications. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138114364

Laser-Plasma Interactions 4 Laser-Plasma Interactions 4 is the fourth book in a series devoted to the study of laser-plasma interactions. Subjects covered include laser light propagation instabilities compression and hydrodynamics spectroscopy diagnostics computer code dense plasmas high-power lasers X-UV sources and lasers beat waves and transport processes. Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9781003070436

Lasers and Energy Devices for the Skin Rapid technical developments with lasers and other energy devices have continued over recent years both in the different types of devices available and in what can be used for cosmetic and other treatments including scar and tattoo removal hair removal cellulite and lipolysis. In the second edition of Lasers and Energy Devices for the Skin the top practitioners in the field have pooled their expertise to offer a broad and balanced perspective. Updated to encompass the latest refinements in the field this volume: Explores the latest techniques in laser hair removal and scar removal Reviews advances in antiaging techniques for the skin of the face Covers the use of photodynamic therapy for skin tumors psoriasis localized scleroderma viral warts onichimycosis and more Reviews currently available and novel approaches for noninvasive and intended selective destruction of fat Highlights the risks of pigmentary alterations and scarring following procedures on Asian skin Covers advances in liposuction brought about by the advent of tumescent anesthesia The book also discusses pain management during laser surgery and laser treatments and includes coverage of the importance of complying with safety standards potential unsafe practices and potential medicolegal problems. Providing the understanding needed to develop creative ways to use light-based technologies the book gives readers easy access to practical treatment parameters. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781841849331

Lasers in Medicine The use of lasers in medical practice has dramatically increased over the years. Lasers and modern optics have largely been unexplored in medical science. This contributed work is both optimistic and cautionary in its expert evaluation of the state-of-the-art medical use of laser technology. The use of lasers to improve upon conventional practice i Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9780429120541

Lasers in the Preservation of Cultural HeritagePrinciples and Applications With the maturation of laser technology in diagnostic and conservation applications conservation scientists archeologists art historians researchers and advanced science-oriented students now have the tools necessary for preserving the future of our past-our cultural heritage. Presenting recent developments in the field Lasers in the Preservation of Cultural Heritage: Principles and Applications addresses the basic concepts of laser applications and supplies case studies of analytical structural diagnostic and laser cleaning applications. The book provides a comprehensive presentation of the fundamental principles and applications of modern laser technology in the analysis of composition diagnostics of structural integrity and conservation of artworks and antiquities.Beginning with an introduction to the basic techniques used in art conservation and archeology the book describes the fundamental aspects of laser-matter interactions emphasizing laser diagnostics and laser processing applications. The next few chapters focus on laser-based spectroscopic techniques for the analysis of the composition of materials in art and archaeology including laser-induced breakdown Raman and laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopic techniques. The book proceeds to highlight nondestructive diagnostic techniques laser processing applications laser applications for the cleaning of paintings and stone and methods for the removal of encrustations. It concludes with case studies for the conservation of materials like parchment paper metal ivory and wood and includes conservation approaches for modern paintings.Bridging science with art Lasers in the Preservation of Cultural Heritage presents a systematic overview of the fundamentals and applications of laser techniques in artwork conservation and archeological science. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367390051

Lasers-Induced Plasmas and Applications This book discusses the physics of plasma initiation and reviews the features of dissipating propagating plasmas. It deals with advances in diagnostics for high-energy laser-fusion plasmas. The book reviews the basic physical processes plasma characteristics of the "continuous optical discharge". Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9781003066200

Last Chance TourismAdapting Tourism Opportunities in a Changing World Concerns over vanishing destinations such as the Great Barrier Reef Antarctica and the ice cap on Mt. Kilimanjaro have prompted some travel operators and tour agencies to recommend these destinations to consumers before they disappear. This travel trend has been reported as: ‘disappearing tourism ’ ‘doom tourism ’ and most commonly ‘last chance tourism’ where tourists explicitly seek vanishing landscapes or seascapes and/or disappearing natural and/or social heritage. However despite this increasing form of travel there has been little examination in the academic literature of last chance tourism phenomenon. This is the first book to empirically examine and evaluate this contemporary tourism development providing a new angle on the effects of global change and pressures of visitation on tourism destinations. It aims to develop the conceptual definition of last chance tourism examine the ethics surrounding this type of travel and provide case studies highlighting this form of tourism in different regions and in different contexts. In particular it critically reviews the advantages of publicizing vulnerable destinations to raise awareness and promote conservation efforts. Conversely the book draws attention to the issue of attracting more tourists seeking to undergo such experiences before they are gone forever accelerating the negative impacts. It further examines current trends discusses escalating challenges provides management strategies and highlights future research opportunities. Last Chance Tourism is a timely and multi-disciplinary volume featuring contributions from leading scholars in the fields of leisure tourism anthropology geography and sociology.  It draws on a range of international case studies and will be of interest to students researchers and academics interested in Tourism Environmental Studies and Development Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138081284

Last Genro First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138979390

Last Lectures on the Prevention and Intervention of Genocide Last Lectures on the Prevention and Intervention of Genocide is a collection of hypothetical ‘last lectures’ by some of the top scholars and practitioners across the globe in the fields of human rights and genocide studies. Each lecture purportedly constitutes the last thing the author will ever say about the prevention and intervention of genocide. The contributions to this volume are thought-provoking engaging and at times controversial reflecting the scholars’ most advanced thinking about issues of human rights and genocide. This book will be of great interest to professors researchers and students of political science international relations psychology sociology history human rights and genocide studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367194987

Last RitesThe Work of the Modern Funeral Director Provides a unique tableau of the funeral director's world. As such it is a contribution to the growing literature on death and dying. Like the study of deviance which aids understanding of the norms of society the sociology of death uncovers many insights into the very structures and patterns which shape life. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138457041

Last Stands from the Alamo to BenghaziHow Hollywood Turns Military Defeats into Moral Victories Last Stands from the Alamo to Benghazi examines how filmmakers teach Americans about the country’s military past. Examining twenty-three representative war films and locating them in their cultural and military landscape the authors argue that Hollywood’s view of American military history has evolved in two phases. The first phase extending from the very beginnings of filmmaking to the Korean War projected an essential patriotic triumphalism. The second phase from the Korean and Vietnam Wars to the present reflects a retreat from consensus and reflexive patriotism. In describing these phases the authors address recurring themes such as the experience of war and combat the image of the American war hero race gender national myths and more. With helpful film commentaries that extend the discussion through popular movie narratives this book is essential for anyone interested in American military and film history. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138819566

Last WitnessesThe Muggletonian History 1652–1979 On three successive mornings in February 1652 God spoke to a London tailor by the name of John Reeve. Consequently he and his cousin Lodowicke Muggleton believed that they were the Last Two Witnesses prophesied in the Book of Revelation. Over the next six years the pair attracted a small but dedicated band of followers that following the death of Reeve became known as the Muggletonians. In this lively and engaging history the origins of the sect during the religious turmoil and freedoms of the 1650s are described in detail. Their unique theology beliefs and practices are described and traced throughout the changing circumstances of the centuries. Yet the book offers much more than a history of another puritan sect for unlike many of their contemporaries the Muggletonians persisted until the latter years of the twentieth century. Moreover they preserved a comprehensive archive rescued from the Blitz by a Kent farmer who transported the papers in empty apple boxes on his way back from market. Discovered by E.P. Thompson in 1974 this archive paints a vivid picture of the Muggletonians from their earliest days until the death of their last member in 1979. By following the history of the Muggletonians from the heady post-civil war days through to the 1970s this work offers a unique perspective on radical Christian belief and practice and how it adapted to the changing world around it. More than this however it tells the fascinating story of how a small religious group which eschewed active proselytising and believed in the mortality of the soul managed to overcome persecution and obscurity to survive for 320 years. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315250816

Last WritesA Daybook for a Dying Friend Betty Frankel Kirschner succumbed to emphysema one day in June. She had been a long-term professor at Kent State University founding member of the feminist caucus in sociology a political activist a chain smoker. Close friend Laurel Richardson a key figure in literary turn in ethnographic writing kept a daybook relating their conversations and interactions over Betty’s last few months. Rich in memory emotion dreams and life-and-death decisions the daybook chronicles the ups and down of a terminally ill woman and the impact that illness has on friends colleagues and family alike. Richardson also grapples with the ethics of writing deeply personal narratives. Part memoir part sociological analysis part eulogy to a departed friend Richardson opens a poignant window into living an academic life and ending it. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315425573

Last Years of Long LivesThe Larvik Study The Last Years of Long Lives is a unique account of that period of old age which precedes death. Based on 400 complete individual histories and covering a twenty-year period it looks at the experiences of people over eighty years old in three important areas: disability family life and health care. Using the life-course approach to research it reveals rich data about the contributions of formal and informal care and how life expectancy and experiences of disability interact with experiences of care.The reader is invited to conceptualise these phenomena as processes in continuous time - processes that are sometimes long and complex sometimes short and simple - and learns about the four types of disability career before death. At the same time the author presents a three-stage model of informal care and examines the main patterns of formal service use.The Last Years of Long Lives presents a new way of looking at old age for students researchers practitioners and policy makers and gives a comprehensive picture of what has been called 'the fourth age'. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415859882

Lasting ValueOpen Space Planning and Preservation Successes Americans are committing 'country-cide' says Rick Pruetz FAICP converting farms into suburban yards and channeling streams that once provided flood control water purification habitats and recreational opportunities. But rather than rail against overdevelopment this book celebrates communities succeeding in preservation. For ten years Pruetz explored communities that excel in saving their natural environment. In twenty-four illustrated vignettes he captures the character of places from the volcanic range near downtown Albuquerque New Mexico to Minneapolis’s Grand Rounds park system to farmland improbably preserved on Long Island. As the longtime city planner of Burbank California Pruetz offers more than an appreciation of these communities. He brings a planner’s-eye view of the practices behind their achievements. His detailed reports of creative preservation solutions mark the trail for planners commissioners and citizens who seek to preserve the green legacy in their own backyards. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781611900033

Late- and Postglacial Oscillations of Glaciers: Glacial and Periglacial Forms This volume represents the proceedings from a colloquium held in West Germany in 1980 on late and postglacial oscillations of glaciers. The main texts are in German (13) English (8) and French (5) but all have abstracts in the three languages and all the figure captions are similarly translated. Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9781003079194

Late Antiquity on the Eve of Islam This volume reflects the huge upsurge of interest in the Near East and early Islam currently taking place among historians of late antiquity. At the same time Islamicists and Qur'anic scholars are also increasingly seeking to place the life of Muhammad and the Qur'an in a late antique background. Averil Cameron herself one of the leading scholars of late antiquity and Byzantium has chosen eleven key articles that together give a rounded picture of the most important trends in late antique scholarship over the last decades and provide a coherent context for the emergence of the new religion. A substantial introduction with a detailed bibliography surveys the present state of the field as well as discussing some recent themes in Qur'anic and early Islamic scholarship from the point of view of a late antique historian. The volume also provides an invaluable introduction to recent scholarship making clear the ferment of religious change that was taking place across the Near East before during and after the lifetime of Muhammad. It will be essential reading for Islamicists and late antique students and scholars alike. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781409400707

Late Byzantine and Early Ottoman Studies This volume brings together ten studies on the political religious and socioeconomic interaction between the rising Ottoman empire and declining Byzantine state in the last decades of the fourteenth century. They focus on key but under-explored episodes of that encounter particularly in connection with Murad I Bayezid I and Manuel II Palaiologos. Included is an assessment of the contemporary significance of Manuel II’s Dialogue With A Persian recently brought to global prominence and controversy by Pope Benedict XVI in his 2006 lecture in Regensburg and a previously unpublished analysis of Manuel's Epistolary Discourse to Kabasilas. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780754659402

Late Byzantium ReconsideredThe Arts of the Palaiologan Era in the Mediterranean Late Byzantium Reconsidered offers a unique collection of essays analysing the artistic achievements of Mediterranean centres linked to the Byzantine Empire between 1261 when the Palaiologan dynasty re-conquered Constantinople and the decades after 1453 when the Ottomans took the city marking the end of the Empire. These centuries were characterised by the rising of socio-political elites in regions such as Crete Italy Laconia Serbia and Trebizond that while sharing cultural and artistic values influenced by the Byzantine Empire were also developing innovative and original visual and cultural standards. The comparative and interdisciplinary framework offered by this volume aims to challenge established ideas concerning the late Byzantine period such as decline renewal and innovation. By examining specific case studies of cultural production from within and outside Byzantium the chapters in this volume highlight the intrinsic innovative nature of the socio-cultural identities active in the late medieval and early modern Mediterranean vis-à-vis the rhetorical assumption of the cultural contraction of the Byzantine Empire. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367671525

Late Classical and Early Hellenistic Corinth338-196 BC Late Classical and Early Hellenistic Corinth 338-196 B.C. challenges the perception that the Macedonians' advent and continued presence in Corinth amounted to a loss of significance and autonomy. Immediately after Chaironeia Philip II and his son Alexander III established close relations with Corinth and certain leading citizens on the basis of goodwill (eunoia). Mutual benefits and respect characterized their discourse throughout the remainder of the early Hellenistic period; this was neither a period of domination or decline nor one in which the Macedonians deprived Corinthians of their autonomy. Instead Corinth flourished while the Macedonians possessed the city. It was the site of a vast building program much of which must be construed as the direct result of Macedonian patronage evidence suggests strongly that those Corinthians who supported the Macedonians enjoyed great prosperity under them. Corinth's strategic location made it an integral part of the Macedonians' strategy to establish and maintain hegemony over the mainland Greek peninsula after Philip II's victory at Chaironeia. The Macedonian dynasts and kings who later possessed Corinth also valued its strategic position and they regarded it as an essential component in their efforts to claim legitimacy due to its association with the Argead kings Philip II and Alexander III the Great and the League of Corinth they established.This study explicates the nature of the relationship between Corinthians and Macedonians that developed in the aftermath of Chaironeia through the defeat at the battle of Kynoskephalai and the declaration of Greek Freedom at Isthmia in 196 B.C. Late Classical and Early Hellenistic Corinth is not simply the history of a single polis; it draws upon the extant literary epigraphic prosopographic topographic numismatic architectural and archaeological evidence to place Corinth within broader Hellenistic world. This volume the full f Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367869281

Late Imperial Russia 1890-1917 This new interpretation of the final years of Imperial Russia provides a clear and concise introduction to a critical period in the history of modern Russia. Professor Hutchinson outlines the key problems facing the Tsarist regime and the attitudes of its Liberal critics and revolutionary enemies. In particular he considers how the monarchy was able to withstand the uprisings of 1904-06 but failed in 1917. This important new study provides an analysis of social as well as political developments and concludes with a brief historiographical essay which draws together alternative interpretations of the final years of the Tsars. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138153653

Late Medieval Englishwomen: Julian of Norwich; Marjorie Kempe and Juliana BernersPrinted Writings 1500–1640: Series I Part Four Volume 3 This volume includes the works of three Englishwomen: Julian of Norwich (1342-c.1416) whose Revelations were first printed in 1670; Margery Kempe (c.1373-c.1438) from whose Boke of Marjorie Kempe a few extracts were printed in 1501 and again in 1512; Juliana Berners (possibly c.1388) whose treatise on hawkyng and huntyng was first printed in 1486 with a second edition containing an additional treatise on fishing. The writings of these three women are brought together in this book because they are amongst the earliest female writers in the English language they each reflected everyday lives and reveal with passion insight and compassion spiritualities not separate from the physical world but entwined with it. Julian of Norwich brings contemplative insights of God's love to a sinful and suffering humanity; Margery Kempe actively weeps for her own sin and the sins and suffering of the world and Juliana Berners lives actively with expertise and serenity in the world of nature. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315250793

Late Medieval Liturgies EnactedThe Experience of Worship in Cathedral and Parish Church This book critically explores ways in which our understanding of late medieval liturgy can be enhanced through present-day enactment. It is a direct outcome of a practice-led research project led by Professor John Harper and undertaken at Bangor University between 2010 and 2013 in partnership with Salisbury Cathedral and St Fagans National History Museum near Cardiff. The book seeks to address the complex of ritual devotional musical physical and architectural elements that constitute medieval Latin liturgy whose interaction can be so difficult to recover other than through practice. In contrast with previous studies of reconstructed liturgies enactment was not the exclusive end-goal of the project; rather it has created a new set of data for interpretation and further enquiry. Though based on a foundation of historical musicological textual architectural and archaeological research new methods of investigation and interpretation are explored tested and validated throughout. There is emphasis on practice-led investigation and making; the need for imagination and creativity; and the fact that enactment participants can only be of the present day. Discussion of the processes of preparation analysis and interpretation of the enactments is complemented by contextual studies with particular emphasis on the provision of music. A distinctive feature of the work is that it seeks to understand the experiences of different groups within the medieval church - the clergy their assistants the singers and the laity - as they participated in different kinds of rituals in both a large cathedral and a small parish church. Some of the conclusions challenge interpretations of these experiences which have been current since the Reformation. In addition some consideration is given to the implications of understanding past liturgy for present-day worship. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367202415

Late Modern PalestineThe subject and representation of the second intifada Late Modern Palestine looks at the ways in which the relationship between the subject and representation and the political problematic of postcolonial late modernity is articulated in the context of the Palestinians’ struggle for liberation. Junko-Aikio provides a rich theoretically and empirically and in part also visually grounded study of the complex ways in which ordinary Palestinians face negotiate and resist multiple regimes of power and desire in the context of everyday life in the West Bank and Gaza. The volume examines the early years of the second Palestinian uprising an intifada whose political status remains highly disputed. The book examines the ways in which Palestinian politics during the second intifada has been entangled with the broader social and political changes that are associated with postcolonial late modernity. It is argued that the dislocation between modern colonial and late modern/postcolonial regimes of power and subjectivity greatly complicates the map of power and resistance in contemporary Palestine and also renders articulation of national unity and hegemonic political strategy increasingly unlikely. This work will be of great interest to students and scholars of Middle East Studies Postcolonial Studies International Relations Political Sociology Critical Security Studies and Political Theory. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138933903

Late Modern Subjectivity and its DiscontentsAnxiety Depression and Alzheimer’s Disease  This book analyses three of the most prevalent illnesses of late modernity: anxiety depression and Alzheimer’s disease in terms of their relation to cultural pathologies of the social body. Usually these conditions are interpreted clinically in terms of individualized symptoms and responded to discretely as though for the most part unrelated to each other. However these diseases also have a social and cultural profile that transcends their particular symptomologies and etiologies. Anxiety depression and Alzheimer’s are diseases related to disorders of the collective esprit de corps of contemporary society. Multidisciplinary in approach the book addresses questions of how these conditions are manifest at both the individual and collective levels in relation to hegemonic biomedical and psychologistic understandings. Rejecting such reductive diagnoses the authors argue that anxiety depression and Alzheimer’s disease as well as other contemporary epidemics are to be analysed in the light of individual and collective experiences of profound and radical changes in our civilization. A diagnosis of our times Late Modern Subjectivity and its Discontents will appeal to a broad range of scholars with interests in health and illness the sociology of medicine and contemporary life. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138364448

Late Neoclassical EconomicsThe restoration of theoretical humanism in contemporary economic theory Several contemporary economic theories revolve around different concepts: market failures institutions transaction costs information asymmetries motivational diversity cognitive limitations strategic behaviors and evolutionary stability. In recent years many economists have argued that the increase in circulation and mobilization of these new and heterogeneous concepts and their associated methodologies (e.g. experiments evolutionary modelling simulations) signify the death of neoclassical economics. 　 Late Neoclassical Economics: The Restoration of Theoretical Humanism in Contemporary Economic Theory draws on the work of Louis Althusser Michel Foucault and the Amherst School to construct the concept of a self-transparent and self-conscious human subject (Homo economicus) as the theoretical humanist core of the neoclassical tradition. Instead of identifying the emergent heterogeneity as a break from neoclassicism this book offers a careful genealogy of many of the new concepts and approaches - including evolutionary game theory experimental economics and behavioural economics - and reads their elaboration as part of the restoration of the theoretical humanist core of the tradition. ‘Late neoclassical economics’ is therefore characterized as a collection of diverse approaches which have emerged in response to the drift towards structuralism. 　 This book is suitable for those who study political economy history of economic thought and philosophy of economics. The arguments put forward in this text will also resonate with anyone who is interested in the fate of the neoclassical tradition and the future of economic theory. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138599345

Late Night with TrumpPolitical Humor and the American Presidency Political humor has been a staple of late-night television for decades. The Trump White House however has received significantly greater attention than that of past presidents such as Barack Obama George W. Bush and even Bill Clinton. In response to Trump’s strident politics late-night comics including Stephen Colbert Jimmy Kimmel Trevor Noah and Jimmy Fallon have sounded key policy notes further blurring the boundary between news and satire. Weekly humorists including John Oliver and Samantha Bee extend the critique with in-depth probing of key issues while Saturday Night Live continues to tap the progression from outrage to outrageousness. Using unique content analysis techniques and qualitative discussions of political humor Farnsworth and Lichter show how late-night political humor and these seven programs in particular have responded to the Trump presidency. Employing a dataset of more than 100 000 late night jokes going back decades these noted media scholars discuss how the treatment of Trump differs from previous presidents and how the Trump era is likely to shape the future of political humor. The authors also employ public opinion survey data to consider the growing role these late-night programs play in framing public opinion and priorities. This book will interest scholars the curious public and students of politics communications and the media and contemporary American culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138370654

Late Ottoman GenocidesThe dissolution of the Ottoman Empire and Young Turkish population and extermination policies The Armenian Genocide has lately attracted a lot of attention despite the Turkish government's attempts at denial. It has been developed into a central obstacle to Turkey's entry into the European Union. As such it attracts the highest political and public attention. What is largely ignored in the debate however is the fact that Armenians were not the only victims of the Young Turk's genocidal population policies. What is still largely forgotten is the murder expulsion and deportation of other ethnic groups like Assyrians Greeks Kurds and Arabs by the Young Turks. This not only increases the number of victims but also changes the perspective on the foundation of modern Turkey and as such on modern Turkish history more generally. The Thematic Issue of the JGR the republication of which is proposed here is the first publication which addresses these wider issues. It contributes not only to our understanding of the Young Turks' population and extermination policies in all its complexities and so helping to bring the forgotten victims' stories "back" into genocide scholarship but to our understanding of modern Turkey more generally. It is an indispensable tool for everybody interested in one of the great historical controversies of our time. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Genocide Research. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315876351

Late Ottoman SocietyThe Intellectual Legacy When the Ottomans commenced their modernizing reforms in the 1830s they still ruled over a vast empire. In addition to today's Turkey including Anatolia and Thrace their power reached over Mesopotamia North Africa the Levant the Balkans and the Caucasus. The Sultanate was at the apex of a truly multi-ethnic society. Modernization not only brought market principles to the economy and more complex administrative controls as part of state power but also new educational institutions as well as new ideologies. Thus new ideologies developed and nationalism emerged which became a political reality when the Empire reached its end. This book compares the different intellectual atmospheres between the pre-republican and the republican periods and identifies the roots of republican authoritarianism in the intellectual heritage of the earlier period. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203481387

Late Quaternary Environmental ChangePhysical and Human Perspectives Late Quaternary Environmental Change addresses the interaction between human agency and other environmental factors in the landscapes particularly of the temperate zone.Taking an ecological approach the authors cover the last 20 000 years during which the climate has shifted from arctic severity to the conditions of the present interglacial environment. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138134676

Late Renaissance Music at the Hapsburg Court First Published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315074825

Late Roman Army Using a full range of original literary sources modern Continental scholarship and current archaeological research Pat Southern and Karen R. Dixon provide a stimulating overview of the historical period the critical changes in the army and the way these changes affected the morale of the soldiers. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203754733

Late Ruskin: New ContextsNew Contexts This title was first published in 2001. Ruskin said that 1860 marked the beginning of his 'proper work'. This study presents new historicized readings of important texts and themes from that late period 1860-1889 discussing in detail works including Unto this Last (1860) the Lectures on Art (1870) Fors Clavigera (1871-1884) and The Bible of Amiens (1880-85) and considering key themes such as Ruskin's politicized regard for Pre-Raphaelitism in the 1870s and the complex topic of Ruskin and manliness. Claiming new and distinctive importance for this period of Ruskin's work both in terms of Ruskin's development as a writer and his place in Victorian culture as it moved toward modernity this book is the first solely devoted to the prolific later years and draws on much unpublished material. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138635432

Late RuskinNew Contexts Readers of Victorian non-fictional prose were encouraged to believe that John Ruskin had died in 1860. Not literally but intellectually and imaginatively. This study of his later life and work first published in 2001 aims to refresh revise and overturn certain perceptions about the writer that many readers still hold. This title will be of interest to students of history. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138680913

Late Tsarist Russia 1881–1913 This book brings together the large volume of work on late Tsarist Russia published over the last 30 years to show an overall picture of Russia under the last two tsars - before the war brought down not only the Russian empire but also those of Germany Austria–Hungary and Turkey. It turns the attention from the old emphases on workers revolutionaries and a reactionary government to a more diverse and nuanced picture of a country which was both a major European great power facing the challenges of modernization and industrialization and also a multi-ethnic and multi-confessional empire stretching across both Europe and Asia. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367547783

Late Victorian Britain 1875-1901 First published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415867610

Latecomer DevelopmentInnovation and knowledge for economic growth The most important issue for development centres on the debate about the centrality of knowledge technology and innovation to the process of economic development. While this much is broadly agreed what is at issue is the precise mechanics of overcoming economic development challenges in different contexts. At the heart of it all is about how economies at different levels deploy the unending streams of information and knowledge to developmental ends. In time the notion of income convergence between the poorer South and the wealthy North has proved a mirage while a new economic divide has in fact occurred within the South itself and as well between regions and within regions. The debate relating to latecomers is thus framed in discussions about regions and countries that arrive late to mastering industrialization in achieving economic prosperity through the use of knowledge. In other words a new divide has emerged among the latecomers themselves and with it greater conceptual complexity in the ways of our understanding of the divergent ways of economic development. We have thus separated "fast followers" and new "late comers". This book enters this debate acutely aware of the complexity of this process. The authors argue that economic development is largely driven by innovation concentrating on the dynamics of process product and organizational changes and how they are embedded within specific and varied contextual institutions. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415749923

Latecomers in the Global Economy Drawing on the example of late-developing countries especially from East Asia catching up with established powers the authors address a new formulation of industrial policy for latecoming semi-industrialized countries. With contributions from some of the best-known economists currently working in this area the book will be a valuable guide for economists and international policy-makers interested in development issues. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138865877

LatencyThe Golden Age of Childhood Latency: The Golden Age of Childhood concerns the child’s emotional and cognitive development during the period of latency. It constitutes a bridge between the first stormy years of child development and adolescence. The conflicts and libidinous wishes of early childhood are relegated to the background and become latent: in general an emotional and physical stabilization occurs. The child is attempting to find its place in the world. Accordingly its primary interest is no longer in itself or its parents but in the outside world. This is particularly manifested in forms of play typical for this age range strongly influenced by imitation of the adult world and reality-oriented. At the same time the body is explored (and its awareness is strengthened through numerous games involving movement skill and competition). In all societies this period is when school begins. The latency development includes new physical and intellectual capabilities as well as the development of new ways to deal with problems of social hierarchy; gradually tolerance of tensions and a stabilization of identity are developed as well. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781782205432

Latent Heat-Based Thermal Energy Storage SystemsMaterials Applications and the Energy Market In light of increasing human-induced global climate change there is a greater need for clean energy resources and zero carbon projects. This new volume offers up-to-date coverage of the fundamentals as well as recent advancements in energy efficient thermal energy storage materials their characterization and technological applications. Thermal energy storage (TES) systems offer very high-energy savings for many of our day-to-day applications and could be a strong component for enhancing the usage of renewable/clean energy-based devices. Because of its beneficial environmental impact this technology has received wide attention in the recent past and dedicated research efforts have led to the development of novel materials as well to innovative applications in very many fields ranging from buildings to textile healthcare to agriculture space to automobiles. This book offers a valuable and informed systematic treatment of latent heat-based thermal energy storage systems covering current energy research and important developmental work. Media > Books > Print Books Apple Academic Press 9781771888585

Latent Markov Models for Longitudinal Data Drawing on the authors’ extensive research in the analysis of categorical longitudinal data Latent Markov Models for Longitudinal Data focuses on the formulation of latent Markov models and the practical use of these models. Numerous examples illustrate how latent Markov models are used in economics education sociology and other fields. The R and MATLAB® routines used for the examples are available on the authors’ website. The book provides you with the essential background on latent variable models particularly the latent class model. It discusses how the Markov chain model and the latent class model represent a useful paradigm for latent Markov models. The authors illustrate the assumptions of the basic version of the latent Markov model and introduce maximum likelihood estimation through the Expectation-Maximization algorithm. They also cover constrained versions of the basic latent Markov model describe the inclusion of the individual covariates and address the random effects and multilevel extensions of the model. After covering advanced topics the book concludes with a discussion on Bayesian inference as an alternative to maximum likelihood inference. As longitudinal data become increasingly relevant in many fields researchers must rely on specific statistical and econometric models tailored to their application. A complete overview of latent Markov models this book demonstrates how to use the models in three types of analysis: transition analysis with measurement errors analyses that consider unobserved heterogeneity and finding clusters of units and studying the transition between the clusters. Media > Books > Print Books Chapman & Hall 9781439817087

Latent Variable and Latent Structure Models This edited volume features cutting-edge topics from the leading researchers in the areas of latent variable modeling. Content highlights include coverage of approaches dealing with missing values semi-parametric estimation robust analysis hierarchical data factor scores multi-group analysis and model testing. New methodological topics are illustrated with real applications. The material presented brings together two traditions: psychometrics and structural equation modeling. Latent Variable and Latent Structure Models' thought-provoking chapters from the leading researchers in the area will help to stimulate ideas for further research for many years to come. This volume will be of interest to researchers and practitioners from a wide variety of disciplines including biology business economics education medicine psychology sociology and other social and behavioral sciences. A working knowledge of basic multivariate statistics and measurement theory is assumed. Media > Books > Print Books Psychology Press 9780415649612

Latent Variable Modeling Using RA Step-by-Step Guide This step-by-step guide is written for R and latent variable model (LVM) novices. Utilizing a path model approach and focusing on the lavaan package this book is designed to help readers quickly understand LVMs and their analysis in R. The author reviews the reasoning behind the syntax selected and provides examples that demonstrate how to analyze data for a variety of LVMs.　 Featuring examples applicable to psychology education business and other social and health sciences minimal text is devoted to theoretical underpinnings. The material is presented without　the use of matrix algebra. As a whole the book prepares readers to write about and interpret LVM results they obtain in R. Each chapter features background information boldfaced key　 terms defined in the glossary detailed interpretations of R output descriptions of how to write the analysis of results for publication a summary R based practice exercises (with solutions included in the back of the book) and references and related readings. Margin notes help readers better understand LVMs and write their own R syntax. Examples using data from published work across a variety of disciplines demonstrate how to use R syntax for analyzing and interpreting results. R functions syntax and the corresponding results appear in gray boxes to help readers quickly locate this material. A unique index helps readers quickly locate R　functions packages and datasets. The book and accompanying website at http://blogs.baylor.edu/rlatentvariable/ provides all of the data for the book’s examples and exercises as well as R syntax so readers can replicate the analyses. The book reviews how to enter the data into R specify the LVMs and obtain and interpret the estimated parameter values. The book opens with the fundamentals of using R including how to download the program use functions and enter and manipulate data. Chapters 2 and 3 introduce and then extend path models to include latent variables. Chapter 4 shows readers how to analyze a latent variable model with data from more than one group while Chapter 5 shows how to analyze a latent variable model with data from more than one time period. Chapter 6 demonstrates the analysis of dichotomous variables while Chapter 7 demonstrates how to analyze LVMs with missing data. Chapter 8 focuses on sample size determination using Monte Carlo methods which can be used with a wide range of statistical models and account for missing data. The final chapter examines hierarchical LVMs demonstrating both higher-order and bi-factor approaches. The book concludes with three Appendices: a review of common measures of model fit including their formulae and interpretation; syntax for other R latent variable models packages; and solutions for each chapter’s exercises. Intended as a supplementary text for graduate and/or advanced undergraduate courses on latent variable modeling factor analysis structural equation modeling item response theory measurement or multivariate statistics taught in psychology education human development business economics and social and health sciences this book also appeals to researchers in these fields. Prerequisites include familiarity with basic statistical concepts but knowledge of R is not assumed. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781848726994

Latent Variable Modeling with R This book demonstrates how to conduct latent variable modeling (LVM) in R by highlighting the features of each model their specialized uses examples sample code and output and an interpretation of the results. Each chapter features a detailed example including the analysis of the data using R the relevant theory the assumptions underlying the model and other statistical details to help readers better understand the models and interpret the results. Every R command necessary for conducting the analyses is described along with the resulting output which provides readers with a template to follow when they apply the methods to their own data. The basic information pertinent to each model the newest developments in these areas and the relevant R code to use them are reviewed. Each chapter also features an introduction summary and suggested readings. A glossary of the text’s boldfaced key terms and key R commands serve as helpful resources. The book is accompanied by a website with exercises an answer key and the in-text example data sets. Latent Variable Modeling with R: -Provides some examples that use messy data providing a more realistic situation readers will encounter with their own data. -Reviews a wide range of LVMs including factor analysis structural equation modeling item response theory and mixture models and advanced topics such as fitting nonlinear structural equation models nonparametric item response theory models and mixture regression models. -Demonstrates how data simulation can help researchers better understand statistical methods and assist in selecting the necessary sample size prior to collecting data. -www.routledge.com/9780415832458 provides exercises that apply the models along with annotated R output answer keys and the data that corresponds to the in-text examples so readers can replicate the results and check their work. The book opens with basic instructions in how to use R to read data download functions and conduct basic analyses. From there each chapter is dedicated to a different latent variable model including exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) structural equation modeling (SEM) multiple groups CFA/SEM least squares estimation growth curve models mixture models item response theory (both dichotomous and polytomous items) differential item functioning (DIF) and correspondance analysis. 　The book concludes with a discussion of how data simulation can be used to better understand the workings of a statistical method and assist researchers in deciding on the necessary sample size prior to collecting data.　 A mixture of independently developed R code along with available libraries for simulating latent models in R are provided so readers can use these simulations to analyze data using the methods introduced in the previous chapters. Intended for use in graduate or advanced undergraduate courses in latent variable modeling factor analysis structural equation modeling item response theory measurement or multivariate statistics taught in psychology education human development and social and health sciences researchers in these fields also appreciate this book’s practical approach. The book provides sufficient conceptual background information to serve as a standalone text.　 Familiarity with basic statistical concepts is assumed but basic knowledge of R is not. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415832458

Latent Variable ModelsAn Introduction to Factor Path and Structural Equation Analysis Fifth Edition Latent Variable Models: An Introduction to Factor Path and Structural Equation Analysis introduces latent variable models by utilizing path diagrams to explain the relationships in the models. This approach helps less mathematically-inclined readers to grasp the underlying relations among path analysis factor analysis and structural equation modeling and to set up and carry out such analyses. This revised and expanded fifth edition again contains key chapters on path analysis structural equation models and exploratory factor analysis. In addition it contains new material on composite reliability models with categorical data the minimum average partial procedure bi-factor models and communicating about latent variable models. The informal writing style and the numerous illustrative examples make the book accessible to readers of varying backgrounds. Notes at the end of each chapter expand the discussion and provide additional technical detail and references. Moreover most chapters contain an extended example in which the authors work through one of the chapter’s examples in detail to aid readers in conducting similar analyses with their own data. The book and accompanying website provide all of the data for the book’s examples as well as syntax from latent variable programs so readers can replicate the analyses. The book can be used with any of a variety of computer programs but special attention is paid to LISREL and R. An important resource for advanced students and researchers in numerous disciplines in the behavioral sciences education business and health sciences Latent Variable Models is a practical and readable reference for those seeking to understand or conduct an analysis using latent variables. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138916074

Later DerridaReading the Recent Work "First Published in 2002 Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company." Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203724453

Later English Broadside BalladsVolume 2 Broadside or 'Street' ballads not only give the flavour of English life and history more vividly than much historical evidence of more conventional kinds but their sheer poetic quality often makes them substantial poems light or serious in their own right. This second volume taking examples mainly over the years 1800-40 from the immense Madden Collection in the University Library Cambridge continutes the same literary emphasis especially with a large number of pieces exploiting all the bustle humour and variety of life in London - the colourful crowded rapidly-expanding metropolis of the period. Other sections concentrate on more traditional themes like crime and transportation religion (some moving 'freemason' songs) love-making sex and the 'sex war': or on fashion the Royal Family and its escapades and life in the army or navy. There is also an extensive collection of 'Napoleon' ballads ranging from the early years through to his final re-internment in Paris. This book illustrated with some remarkable large-scale contemporary woodcuts should interest not only social historians and students of literature but also all who have an ear for the verse of the people.This book was first published in 1979. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003060482

Later LifeExploring Ageing through Literature Later Life views older age as a valuable stage of life and argues for the centrality of self-making to the quality of later life. Aiming to enrich an understanding of ageing as the unfolding process in which people try to negotiate vulnerabilities of their bodies and manage mortality it explores the conditions for pursuing the search for knowledge of oneself in later life. This new book with the help of literary examples presents factors both supporting and hindering the quality of the experience of later life. It demonstrates how wondering courage and habit sustain the self-making in older age. After illustrating that the process of ageing also imposes ordeals the book depicts remedies needed to overcome boredom bitterness and sadness three torments caused by the age-specific sense of time. It is essential reading not only for academics and professionals in age studies sociology of ageing gerontology and health care but also for a general audience. The book’s focus on the experiences of later life will appeal to the reader interested in understanding the complexities of ageing and in enhancing the quality of later life while its reliance on literary illustrations will be appreciated by lovers of literature. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781351112833

Later LifeThe Realities of Aging An interdisciplinary introduction to the aging process which uses symbolic interactionism as the main theoretical perspective. Accessible interdisciplinary coverage with chapters covering a variety of subject matter areas from biology to psychology from economics to sociology from political science to religion. Utilizes symbolic interaction perspective to explain behavior problems and an individual's adaptations associated with the process of aging. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138467934

Later Medieval Europe1250-1520 From the divine right of kings to the political philosophies of writers such as Machiavelli the medieval city-states to the unification of Spain Daniel Waley and Peter Denley focus on the growing power of the state to illuminate changing political ideas in Europe between the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries. Spanning the entire continent and beyond and using contemporary voices wherever possible the authors include substantial sections on economics religion and art and how developments in these areas fed into and were influenced by the transformation of political thinking. The new edition takes the narrative beyond the confines of western Europe with chapters on East Central Europe and the teutonic knights and the Portuguese expansion across the Atlantic. The third edition of this classic introduction to the period includes even greater use of contemporary voices  full reading lists and new chapters on East Central Europe and Portuguese exploration. Suitable as an introductory text for undergraduate courses in Medieval Studies and Medieval European History. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315842875

Later Operetta 2the Highwayman Music by Reginald DeKoven Libretto by Harry B. Smith 1897 The most successful American-born composer of operetta at the end of the nineteenth century was Reginald de Koven. The work reprinted in this volume The Highwayman is arguably his best work although he is better known for the earlier Robin Hoodwixh its evergreen wedding ballad "Oh Promise Me." (Robin Hood is available as a reprint in the 1990 volume American Opera and Music for the Stage in the G.K. Hall series Three Centuries of American Music.) The editor of this volume Orly Leah Krasner is a leading scholar of de Koven’s music. She teaches at the City University of New York and her Ph.D. dissertation "Reginald de Koven (1859-1920) and American Comic Opera at the Turn of the Century " is also from that university. Her introduction places the work in the tenor of contemporary critical reaction and lists the sources available for further study. The Highwayman is one of the few complete operettas of its era for which we are fortunate enough to have original performing materials in the composer’s own hand. As the penultimate volume (number 15) in this series de Koven’s work of 1897 contrasts with two works of the previous year Walter Damrosch’s opera The Scarlet Letter (volume 16) and John Philip Sousa’s operetta El Capitan (volume 14). Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315048642

Later Roman Britain (Routledge Revivals) Later Roman Britain first published in 1980 charts the end of Roman rule in Britain and gives an overall impression of the beginning of the so-called ‘Dark Ages’ of British history the transitional period which saw the breakdown of Roman administration and the beginnings of Saxon settlement. Stephen Johnson traces the flourishing of Romano-British society and the pressures upon it which produced its eventual fragmentation examining the province’s barbarian neighbours and the way the defence was organised against the many threats to its security. The final chapters using mainly the findings of recent archaeology assess the initial arrival of the Saxon settlers and indicate the continuity of life between late Roman and early Saxon England. Later Roman Britain gives a fascinating glimpse of a period scarce with historical sources but during which changes fundamental to the formation of modern Britain began to take place. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415744799

Later-Life Social Support and Service Provision in Diverse and Vulnerable PopulationsUnderstanding Networks of Care Later-Life Social Support and Service Provision in Diverse and Vulnerable Populations offers current multidisciplinary perspectives on social support and service provision to older Americans. The chapters trace how our understanding of social support among older adults has developed over the past 40 years and explore current gerontological research in the area. They consider how informal care arrangements articulate with formal long-term care policies and programs to provide support to the diverse population of older Americans. They also emphasize heterogeneity in the composition of support networks particularly in relation to gender sexual orientation race/ethnicity and immigrant status. Collectively the chapters provide insight into the complexity of older adult’s social support networks that can be used to improve the services provided to caregivers and care recipients as well as the policies that promote high-quality support to people of all ages who are in need of assistance. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415788311

Latest Contributions to Cross-cultural Psychology This volume contains 23 articles grouped under six themes: values and national identity; immigration and acculturation; personality and social behaviour across cultures; organizational and work psychology; educational and developmental psychology; and conceptual and methodological ideas. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003077466

Latex IntoleranceBasic Science Epidemiology and Clinical Management This comprehensive definitive and long overdue reference deals specifically with all the manifestations of latex intolerance including irritation allergic contact dermatitis and contact urticaria. Each chapter presents the latest research in skin irritation contact dermatitis and contact urticaria. The well-illustrated textbook also covers in-depth basic science and clinically relevant practical issues such as the management of latex intolerance and hand dermatitis. Experts with a special interest in this area from the UK Europe and the US provide a balanced international perspective to this first major book dedicated to latex intolerance. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367393847

Latin America Its Problems And Its PromiseA Multidisciplinary Introduction Second Edition This book conveys the unifying aspects of Latin American culture and society along with the distinct characteristics of major subregions and countries. It presents problems with which Latin American states have tried to deal in their foreign policies and in their dealings with each other. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367153397

Latin America The United States And The Interamerican System This book focuses on the dynamics of the contemporary system of inter-American relations with emphasis on changes in the hemispheric political economy the control exercised by the United States over the behavior of Latin American governments and the issue of human rights. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367172053

Latin America and Contemporary ModernityA Sociological Interpretation In this book renowned author José Maurício Domingues places Latin America within the third phase of global modern civilization and offers a general theoretical approach to contemporary Latin America. He sees modernity as configured by episodic modernizing moves which when counting on strong identity and organization as well as clear-cut projects may assume the aspect of modernizing offensives. Highlighting subjects as law rights and justice as well as globalization and development Dominguez places Latin America in the uneven combined and contradictory development of modern civilization and offers a final assessment of its possibilities and limits. The book will be of interest to researchers and students of modernity globalization Latin America sociological theory and its key concepts. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415512923

Latin America and Policy DiffusionFrom Import to Export Latin American countries have for a long time been importers of public policies and institutions from the Global North.　The colonial legacy and resulting patterns of international relations during the 20th century favoured a course of adoption and hybridization of political institutions. In recent decades a new conjuncture has emerged in which Latin American policies have started to diffuse South-South and even South-North. Led by Brazil with Participatory Budgeting and the Bolsa Familia program other countries in the region soon followed. The Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system and bicycle policies in Curitiba and Bogotá have also reached wide international recognition and circulation. And yet despite Latin America’s new role as a policy "exporter" little is known about its dynamics causes and effects. Why have Latin American policies been diffused inside and outside the region? Which actors are involved? What driving forces affect these processes? This innovative collection offers a new perspective on the policy diffusion phenomena. Drawing on different examples from Latin American experiences in urban local policies and national social policies experts present a new framework to study this phenomenon centered on the mobilization of ideas interests and discourses for policy diffusion. Latin America and Policy Diffusion will be of great interest to researchers educators advanced students and practitioners working in the fields of political science public policy international relations and Latin American Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138333161

Latin America and the Caribbean in the Global ContextWhy care about the Americas? Current perspectives on Latin America’s role in the world tend to focus on one question: Why is Latin America always falling behind? Analysts and scholars offer answers grounded in history economic underdevelopment or democratic consolidation. Bagley and Horwitz however shift the central question to ask why and to what extent does Latin America matter in world politics both now and in the future. This text takes a holistic approach to analyze Latin America’s role in the international system. It invokes a combination of global regional and sub-regional levels to assess Latin America’s insertion into a globalized world in historical contemporary and forward-looking perspectives. Conventional international relations theory and paradigms introduced at the beginning offer a useful lens through which to view four key themes: political economy security transnational issues and threats and democratic consolidation. The full picture presented by this book breaks down the evolving power relationships in the hemisphere and the ways in which conflict and cooperation play out through international organizations and relations. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415877459

Latin America And The Caribbean In The International System The fourth edition of this widely praised text has been thoroughly revised to reflect the evolving characteristics of the current international system that have had a dramatic effect on every aspect of international relations of Latin America and the Caribbean. The original purpose of this book is unchanged: It continues to provide a topically curr Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367316532

Latin America and the Illusion of Peace This book explores interstate conflict and its dynamics in the context of Latin America’s contemporary conflict management experience. The myth of Latin America as a region of peace means that each time the use of force rises to the level of global attention (e.g. Ecuador-Peru 1995 or Colombia-Ecuador 2008) analysts and the press ask "how could that happen here?" Yet the official uses of military force in interstate relations are significantly more prevalent than most analysts within and outside the region understand and the region is facing new and potentially destabilizing challenges. It is the contention of this book that mitigating the threat raised by militarized interstate relations requires understanding the various ways in which military force can be employed short of war; this in turn requires illuminating the decision making process that produces militarization of a disagreement considering options for dissuading the decision makers from choosing to militarize and limiting escalations when militarization does occur. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415638463

Latin America and the International Court of JusticeContributions to International Law This book aims to evaluate the contribution of Latin America to the development of international law at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). This contemporary approach to international adjudication includes the historical contribution of the region to the development of international law through the emergence of international jurisdictions as well as the procedural and material contribution of the cases submitted by or against Latin American states to the ICJ to the development of international law. The project then conceives international jurisdictions from a multifunctional perspective which encompasses the Court as both an instrument of the parties and an organ of a value-based international community. This shows how Latin American states have become increasingly committed to the peaceful settlement of disputes and to the promotion of international law through adjudication. It culminates with an expansion of the traditional understanding of the function of the ICJ by Latin American states including an analysis of existing challenges in the region. The book will be of interest to all those interested in international dispute resolution including academic libraries the judiciary practitioners in international law government institutions academics and students alike. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138613744

Latin America and the Shifting Sands of Globalization Latin America occupies an increasingly prominent position within the global political economic and cultural consciousness with intra-regional governance structures and multilateral processes now a key topic of interest to foreign policy and international business circles. It has become abundantly clear that outside of Latin America there is a poor understanding of how the shifting sands of regional power are impacting not only on how regional countries fit into the global system but also on how intra-regional relations are viewed and managed. The contributions to this collection investigate these issues examining how changing global power dynamics are in turn impacting on national foreign policies and regional governance structures. The book focuses first and foremost on the Latin American view outwards rather than the US or European view of the South. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Iberian and Latin American Research. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138379213

Latin America And The U.s. National InterestA Basis For U.s. Foreign Policy This book points out that the Latin American countries—occupying a unique position among developing nations today in achieving economic growth and development—represent an increasingly important political influence in both the developed and developing worlds. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367169411

Latin America At The CrossroadsDebt Development And The Future A provocative and controversial look at Latin America as it stands at a crossroads this book analyzes the complex economic and social roots of the debt crisis and evaluates the prospects for new development strategies for the 1990s. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367156664

Latin America Faces The Twenty-first CenturyReconstructing A Social Justice Agenda This book explores the future of Latin America's prospects for the twenty-first century. It analyzes economic alternatives to neoliberal policies the democratization of state and civil society new forms of political organizations and the role of women and indigenous peoples in social change. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367161606

Latin America In A New World "This comprehensive overview presenting the views of eminent scholars and practitioners explores in useful detail the new Latin America's changing relationships with the United States Europe Japan and other regions. It is excellent and most timely".--Enrique V. Iglesias President Inter-American Development Bank. Lightning Print On Demand Tit Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367316549

Latin America In Comparative PerspectiveNew Approaches To Methods And Analysis This book the inaugural publication in a multivolume series entitled Latin America in Global Perspective highlights the necessity and feasibility of analyzing Latin American society and politics within broad comparative frameworks.The rapidly changing agenda for social science research on the region calls for the rigorous application of new conce Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367316556

Latin America In Crisis Latin America in Crisis builds a clear-eyed consideration of the fundamental economic and political realities of Latin America today onto a framework of introductory history. It is a concise core text for Latin American survey courses that require both a historical perspective and an attention to contemporary issues. In its focus on patterns of pol Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367316563

Latin America In The International Political SystemSecond Edition Fully Revised And Updated Organizing the discussion around the idea of the region as a separate subsystem within the global international political system this book gives special emphasis to subregions within Latin America especially Mexico Central America the Caribbean Brazil and the Southern Cone. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367156794

Latin America in the Vortex of Social ChangeDevelopment and Resistance Dynamics This book explores the dynamics of the recent ‘progressive cycle’ in Latin American politics associated with a red and pink tide of regime change. With this cycle of centre-left regimes oriented towards an alternative post-neoliberal form of development now coming to an end coinciding with the end of a ‘primary commodities boom’ (the demand for natural resources exported in primary form on the world market) the authors seek to explore the dynamics of the transition from a progressive cycle of regimes oriented towards the search for a more inclusive form of development towards what appears to be another swing in the pendulum of electoral politics towards the far right and a return to neoliberal orthodoxy.Within the vortex of forces of change pushing towards both the Left and the Right Latin America lies at the centre of ongoing heated theoretical and political debates as to how to bring about a more inclusive and sustainable form of post-neoliberal and post-capitalist development. Latin America in the Vortex of Social Change crucially aims to cut through these debates and explore the dynamics of the forces of change at work in the current conjuncture of capitalist development. With reference to a theoretical framework based on the interaction of three different forms of capitalism (capitalism as usual extractive capitalism narco-capitalism) the authors proceed to an analysis of the development and resistance dynamics of the development process that is unfolding on the Latin American political landscape. The book will appeal to scholars of political sociology and political theory with an interest in the political economy of development and Latin American affairs. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367670856

Latin America In The World EconomyMercantile Colonialism To Global Capitalism Latin America in the World Economy considers the dual aspect of Latin American development: how external factors (phases of world capitalism since Columbus) interweave with internal factors (Latin American culture politics and social groups). Within his skillful approach Weaver demonstrates how domestic social conflicts and power relations have Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367316570

Latin America in the WorldAn Introduction From the Foundations in Global Studies series this text offers students a fresh comprehensive multidisciplinary entry point to Latin America. After a brief introduction to the study of the region the early chapters of the book survey the essentials of Latin American history; important historical narratives; and the region’s languages religions and global connections. Students are guided through the material with relevant maps resource boxes and text boxes that support and guide further independent exploration of the topics at hand. The second half of the book features interdisciplinary case studies each of which focuses on a specific country or subregion and a particular issue. Each chapter gives a flavor for the cultural distinctiveness of the particular country yet also draws attention to global linkages. Readers will come away from this book with an understanding of the larger historical political and cultural frameworks that shaped Latin America as we know it today and of current issues that have relevance in Latin America and beyond. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780765645234

Latin America since 1780 Latin America since 1780 provides an accessible introductory text aimed at Spanish linguists and historians taking modules in Latin American history. It provides a compelling continental-based historical narrative supported throughout by incisive evaluation pedagogical features and authentic source texts in the original Spanish. This book focuses on key events such as the Wars of Independence the Mexican Cuban and Sandinista Revolutions and the recent shift to the left as well as providing short inserts on the main political protagonists such as Simon Bolívar Getulio Vargas and Hugo Chávez. The 3rd edition has been revised in line with crucial recent political cultural and economic developments. It offers an entirely new chapter covering the key events and issues of the 21st century fresh topics for essays and presentations increased attention to literary ethnic and social culture and a new e-resource offering English translations of Spanish sources. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138915572

Latin America since IndependenceA History with Primary Sources What is Latin America after all? While histories of the "other" Americas often link disparate histories through revolutionary or tragic narratives Latin America since Independence begins with the assumption that our efforts to imagine a common past for nearly thirty countries are deeply problematic. Without losing sight of chronology or regional trends this text offers glimpses of the Latin American past through carefully selected stories. Each chapter introduces students to a specific historical issue which in turn raises questions about the history of the Americas as a whole. Key themes include: Race and Citizenship Inequality and Economic Development Politics and Rights Social and Cultural Movements Globalization Violence and Civil Society The short thematic chapters are bolstered by the inclusion of relevant primary documents – many translated for the first time – including advertisements and posters song lyrics political speeches government documents and more. Each chapter also includes timelines highlighting important dates and suggestions for further reading. Richly informative and highly readable Latin America since Independence provides compelling accounts of this region’s past and present. This second edition brings the story up to the present with revised chapters new primary documents and images and a new ‘At A Glance’ feature that uses a selection of maps and tables to illuminate key issues like the economy the environment and demographics. For additional information and classroom resources please visit the Latin America since Independence companion website at www.routledge.com/cw/dawson. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415854375

Latin America TransformedGlobalization and Modernity Praise for the first edition:'Accomplishes its task to provide readers with a broad multi-disciplinary view on globalization's many impacts on Latin America ... the organization of the collection is logical and thoughtful and the structural perspectives offered are convincing and powerful. I recommend it to other Latin American social scientists.' Growth and Change 'An impressive timely and lively volume which is especially valuable for teaching purposes.' Journal of Latin American Studies'Authoritatively written by leading scholars in their respective fields.' AreaLatin America Transformed 2nd Edition explains the region's economic political social and cultural transformations its association with globalization and the search for modernity and contributes to a greater understanding of how these transformations are affecting the people of Latin America.Using a political economy approach to unravel the concepts of globalization and modernity within Latin America emphasis is placed on interpreting the macro-level structures that frame the transformations taking place. The book also investigates the dynamics of people's livelihoods as they make sense of rework and live out these structural transformations. The international team of authors involved with the successful first edition have updated their focus and substantially rewritten their material to examine the challenges facing Latin America in the twenty-first century. Three completely new chapters have also been added. Latin America Transformed 2nd Edition is now even more useful for undergraduate and postgraduate courses that examine economic political social and cultural change in Latin America. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138140868

Latin America vs East Asia: A Comparative Development PerspectiveA Comparative Development Perspective This study makes a solid case for the now prevalent contention that the development model of East Asian NICs is less costly (i.e. over inflation levels and more equitable income distribution) more adaptive to fluctuating would market conditions (eg. successful adjustment to the two oil crises) and more sustainable (i.e. high growth rates even in the turbulent 1970s) than that of the Latin American NICs. In considering these issues this book examines the major Latin American countries' economic problems and development experiences in light of the more successful stabilization and development experiences of the East Asian countries Taiwan and South Korea in particular. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315492254

Latin America Writes BackPostmodernity in the Periphery First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138012080

Latin AmericaIts Problems and Its Promise: A Multidisciplinary Introduction Now in a fifth edition Latin America has been updated to reflect the region's growing optimism as economies stabilize trade diversifies and political systems become more participatory. This multidisciplinary survey of Latin American history politics and society features invited contributions from authorities in a variety of fields. New sections address current events including deforestation in Costa Rica and Brazil emerging social movements Ecuador's new constitution and Obama's stated objectives to repair U.S. relations with the region. In addition key topics (such as women and Latin American politics socialist governments and anti-American sentiment Argentina's deteriorating economy and Colombia's struggle with military and narcotics issues) receive expanded and revitalized treatment. Other updated material covers outcomes of recent elections in Bolivia Brazil and Nicaragua among others. Through a hybrid thematic and regional organization this text provides an essential foundation for introductory courses on Latin America. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367097066

Latin American and Iberian Perspectives on Literature and Medicine This is the first study to examine the representation of illness disability and cultural pathologies in modern and contemporary Iberian and Latin American literature. Innovative and interdisciplinary the collection situates medicine as an important and largely overlooked discourse in these literatures while also considering the social political religious symbolic and metaphysical dimensions underpinning illness. Investigating how Hispanic and Lusophone writers have reflected on the personal and cultural effects of illness it raises central questions about how medical discourses cultural pathologies and the art of healing in general are represented. Essays pay particular attention to the ways in which these interdisciplinary dialogues chart new directions in the study of Hispanic and Lusophone cultures and emerging disciplines such as the medical humanities. Addressing a wide range of themes and subjects including bioethics neuroscience psychosurgery medical technologies Darwinian evolution indigenous herbal medicine the rising genre of the pathography and the ‘illness as metaphor’ trope the collection engages with the discourses of cultural studies gender studies disability studies comparative literature and the medical humanities. This book enriches and stimulates scholarship in these areas by showing how much we still have to gain from interdisciplinary studies working at the intersections between the humanities and the sciences. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367871390

Latin American and Latinx PhilosophyA Collaborative Introduction Latin American and Latinx Philosophy: A Collaborative Introduction is a beginner’s guide to canonical texts in Latin American and Latinx philosophy providing the non-specialist with necessary historical and philosophical context and demonstrating their contemporary relevance. It is written in jargon-free prose for students and professors who are interested in the subject but who don’t know where to begin. Each of the twelve chapters written by a leading scholar in the field examines influential texts that are readily available in English and introduces the reader to a period topic movement or school that taken together provide a broad overview of the history nature scope and value of Latin American and Latinx philosophy. Although this volume is primarily intended for the reader without a background in the Latin American and Latinx tradition specialists will also benefit from its many novelties including an introduction to Aztec ethics; a critique of “the Latino threat” narrative; the legacy of Latin American philosophy in the Chicano movement; an overview of Mexican existentialism Liberation philosophy and Latin American and Latinx feminisms; a philosophical critique of indigenism; a study of Latinx contributions to the philosophy of immigration; and an examination of the intersection of race and gender in Latinx identity. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138295865

Latin American BusinessEquity Distortion in Regional Resource Allocation in Brazil Examine the costs and benefits of fiscal “wars” between Brazilian statesLatin American Business examines Brazil’s use of fiscal incentives to attract investors to help remedy disparities in the country’s regional distribution of income. Since the 1990s individual Brazilian states have taken the initiative in trying to lure domestic and foreign firms to locate within their borders targeting the automotive industry textiles and shoe production. But their efforts have led to mixed results and questions about whether these fiscal wars have been legitimate attempts at regional economic development or simply a distortion in the allocation of resources. This insightful collection of case studies and essays sheds considerable light on the issue. For several generations the notion has been debated both in advanced industrial countries and in developing countries that regional differences in income will gradually be eliminated as poor regions (where money is scare but labor is not) benefit from the inflow of investments. In reality this has rarely happened; Latin American Business examines why that has been the case in Brazil. The book’s contributors fuel this continuing debate analyzing topics that include Bahia’s efforts to attract a Ford plant the Mercedes-Benz project in Juiz de Fora the case of Renault in Paraná fiscal incentive programs in Pernambuco and the tax incentive policies of Ceará. Latin American Business includes: an evaluation of the costs and benefits of federal and state incentives given to Ford Motor Company to attract a plant in Bahia an analysis of the use of state and municipal incentives by the state of Minas Gerais in dealing with Mercedes-Benz Corporation a look at Paraná’s agreement with Renault and the degree to which it has created jobs and attracted other investments an examination of structural changes in the Brazilian automotive industry a look at the Brazilian automotive industry in the 1990s an evaluation of the results of Pernambo’s fiscal incentives program from 1996 to 2003 a discussion of the economic logic for tax incentives a look at the economic effects of regional tax incentives and much moreLatin American Business is an essential resource for academics business practitioners public policymakers and anyone working in the international development community. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315880785

Latin American CivilizationHistory And Society 1492 To The Present-- Fourth Edition This book focuses on recent developments in Latin American politics and society. The major new selection made in the book are the Church's role in the Nicaraguan revolution the Malvinas/Falklands war the struggle for democracy in Argentina and Brazil and women's liberation in Cuba. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367156299

Latin American Cultural Studies: A Reader Featuring twenty-five key essays from the Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies (Traves/sia) this book surveys the most influential themes and concepts as well as scouring some of the polemics and controversies which have marked the field over the last quarter of a century since the Journal's foundation in 1992. Emerging at a moment of crisis of revolutionary narratives and at the onset of neoliberal economics and emergent narcopolitics the cultural studies impetus in Latin America was part of an attempted intellectual reconstruction of the (centre-) left in terms of civil society and the articulation of social movements and agencies thinking beyond the verticalist constructions from previous decades. This collection maps these developments from the now classical discussions of the ‘cultural turn’ to more recent responses to the challenges of biopolitics affect theory posthegemony and ecocriticism. It also addresses novel political constellations including resurgent national-popular or eco-nativist and indigenous agencies. Framed by a critical introduction from the editors this volume is both a celebration of influential essays published over twenty five years of the Journal and a representative overview of the field in its multiple ramifications entrenchments and exchanges. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367217860

Latin American DemocracyEmerging Reality or Endangered Species? More than thirty years have passed since Latin America began the arduous task of transitioning from military-led rule to democracy. In this time more countries have moved toward the institutional bases of democracy than at any time in the region’s history. Nearly all countries have held free competitive elections and most have had peaceful alternations in power between opposing political forces. Despite these advances however Latin American countries continue to face serious domestic and international challenges to the consolidation of stable democratic governance. The challenges range from weak political institutions corruption legacies of militarism transnational crime and globalization among others. In the second edition of Latin American Democracy contributors – both academics and practitioners North Americans Latin Americans and Spaniards—explore and assess the state of democratic consolidation in Latin America by focusing on the specific issues and challenges confronting democratic governance in the region. This thoroughly updated revision provides new chapters on: the environment decentralization the economy indigenous groups and the role of China in the region. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415732611

Latin American Development Latin America’s diverse political and economic struggles and triumphs have captured the global imagination. The region has been a site of brutal dictators revolutionary heroes  the Cold War struggle and as a place in which the global debt crisis has had some of its most lasting and devastating impacts. Latin America continues to undergo rapid transformation  demonstrating both inspirational change and frustrating continuities. This text provides a comprehensive introduction to Latin American development in the twenty-first century emphasizing political economic social cultural and environmental dimensions of development. It considers key challenges facing the region and the diverse ways in which its people are responding as well as providing analysis of the ways in which such challenges and responses can be theorized. This book also explores the region’s historical trajectory the implementation and rejection of the neoliberal model and the role played by diverse social movements. Relations of gender class and race are considered as well as the ways in which media and popular culture are forging new global imaginaries of the continent.  The text also considers the increasing difficulties that Latin America faces in confronting climate change and environmental degradation. This accessible text gives an overarching historical and geographical analysis of the region and critical analysis of recent developments. It is accompanied by a diverse range of critical historical and contemporary case studies from all parts of the continent providing readers with the conceptual tools required to analyse theories on Latin American development. Each chapter ends with a summary section discussion topics suggestions for further reading websites and media resources. This is an indispensable resource for scholars students and practitioners. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415680622

Latin American DevelopmentGeographical Perspectives Provides an up-to-date analysis of many aspects of Latin America through a series of short essays written by experienced geographers. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315843513

Latin American Dictatorships in the Era of FascismThe Corporatist Wave Latin American Dictatorships in the Era of Fascism focuses on the reverse-wave of dictatorships that emerged in Latin America during the 1930s and the transnational dissemination of authoritarian institutions in the era of fascism. António Costa Pinto revisits the study of authoritarian alternatives to liberal democracy in 1930s Latin America from the perspective of the diffusion of corporatism in the world of inter-war dictatorships. The book explores what drove the horizontal spread of corporatism in Latin America the processes and direction of transnational diffusion and how social and political corporatism became a central set of new institutions utilized by dictatorships during this era. These issues are studied through a transnational and comparative research design to reveal the extent of Latin America’s participation during the corporatist wave which by 1942 had significantly reduced the number of democratic regimes in the world. This book is essential reading for students studying Latin American history 1930s dictatorships and authoritarianism and the spread of corporatism. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367243852

Latin American Economic Development Latin America is one of the most intriguing parts of the world. The region’s illustrious history culture and geography are famous internationally but in terms of economics Latin America has been generally associated with problems. For many the combination of a resource-rich region and poor economic conditions has been a puzzle.This extensively revised and updated third edition of Latin American Economic Development continues to provide the most up-to-date exploration of why the continent can be considered to have underperformed how the various Latin American economies function and the future prospects for the region. The book addresses the economic problems of Latin America theme by theme.Changes and new features in this new edition include: a new chapter on economic growth that reflects the new understanding of slow growth in the region; two new appendices on basic microeconomics and macroeconomics; expanded coverage on new commodities such as lithium and quinoa; a number of new boxes and updates to existing boxes; for instructors PowerPoint presentations and an extensive test bank are available. The book provides a comprehensive text for undergraduate economics courses on Latin America and is also suitable for use by students in other disciplines looking for a wide-ranging guide to the region. This book will continue to be an invaluable resource for undergraduates looking at Latin American economics growth and development. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138388413

Latin American Economic Development Latin America is one of the most intriguing parts of the world. The region’s illustrious history culture and geography are famous internationally but in terms of economics Latin America has been generally associated with problems. For many the combination of a resource rich region and poor economic conditions has been a puzzle. This extensively revised and updated second edition of Latin American Economic Development continues to provide the most up to date exploration of why the continent can be considered to have underperformed how the various Latin American economies function and the future prospects for the region. The book addresses the economic problems of Latin America theme by theme. Changes and new features in this new edition include: Expanded coverage of how institutions affect economic growth in Latin America Many new boxes and questions for review and discussion New material on how climate change affects the region Updated material to reflect the ongoing macroeconomic stability of the past decade A new chapter on the political economy of Latin America The book provides a comprehensive text for undergraduate economics courses on Latin America and is also suitable for use by students in other disciplines looking for a wide-ranging guide to the region. This book will continue to be an invaluable resource for undergraduates looking at Latin American economics growth and development. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138848818

Latin American Economics Until fairly recently many economists looked at Latin America with horror and dismay. Burdened by debt and ravaged by hyperinflation and unemployment it was often characterized as a financial disaster zone. Even now many commentators consider that this resource-rich part of the world underperforms in comparison with other emerging economies. And how to explain stark differences within the area such as the poor growth rates of the Atlantic-facing countries of Venezuela Brazil and Argentina compared with the Pacific Alliance? More precisely how do the various Latin American economies function? And what are the future prospects for the region? As serious research on and around Latin American economics continues to blossom this new title from Routledge’s Critical Concepts in Economics series addresses these and other questions. In four volumes the collection provides a much-needed compendium of foundational and the very best cutting-edge scholarship. Latin American Economics is fully indexed and has a comprehensive introduction newly written by the editor which places the collected material in its historical and intellectual context. It is an essential work of reference and is destined to be valued by scholars and students as a vital one-stop research and pedagogic resource. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138901605

Latin American EducationComparative Perspectives This book offers a relevant sample of the current research on Latin American education in comparative perspective. It presents and analyzes the most relevant topics research agendas and some of the key theoretical and political problems of Latin American education. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367157067

Latin American Foreign PoliciesGlobal And Regional Dimensions This collection of original essays takes a comprehensive look at Latin America's regional and global foreign policies. The book begins with an assessment of the current state of research in the field followed by an overview of Latin American foreign policies and the political determinants of those policies. Next an examination of the global policies of Brazil Cuba Mexico and Peru demonstrates differing theoretical perspectives and provides information for cross national comparisons. The third section presents case studies of regional foreign policies in Argentina Brazil Chile Bolivia Venezuela Mexico Cuba and the Anglophone Caribbean nations. In the concluding chapter the editors review the recurring themes in the book and propose a theory for the analysis of Latin American foreign policy behavior. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780429048579

Latin American Gothic in Literature and Culture This book explores the Gothic mode as it appears in the literature visual arts and culture of different areas of Latin America. Focusing on works from authors in Mexico Central America the Caribbean the Andes Brazil and the Southern Cone the essays in this volume illuminate the existence of native representations of the Gothic while also exploring the presence of universal archetypes of terror and horror. Through the analysis of global and local Gothic topics and themes they evaluate the reality of a multifaceted territory marked by a shifting colonial and postcolonial relationship with Europe and the United States. The book asks questions such as: Is there such a thing as "Latin American Gothic" in the same sense that there is an "American Gothic" and "British Gothic"? What are the main elements that particularly characterize Latin American Gothic? How does Latin American Gothic function in the context of globalization? What do these elements represent in relation to specific national literatures? What is the relationship between the Gothic and the Postcolonial? What can Gothic criticism bring to the study of Latin American cultural manifestations and conversely what can these offer the Gothic? The analysis performed here reflects a body of criticism that understands the Gothic as a global phenomenon with specific manifestations in particular territories while also acknowledging the effects of "Globalgothic" on a transnational and transcultural level. Thus the volume seeks to open new spaces and areas of scholarly research and academic discussion both regionally and globally with the presentation of a solid analysis of Latin American texts and other cultural phenomena which are manifestly related to the Gothic world. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138234222

Latin American Guerrilla MovementsOrigins Evolution Outcomes Organized around single country studies embedded in key historical moments this book introduces students to the shifting and varied guerrilla history of Latin America from the late 1950s to the present. It brings together academics and those directly involved in aspects of the guerrilla movement to understand each country’s experience with guerrilla warfare and revolutionary activism. The book is divided in four thematic parts after two opening chapters that analyze the tradition of military involvement in Latin American politics and the parallel tradition of insurgency and coup effort against dictatorship. The first two parts examine active guerrilla movements in the 1960s and 1970s with case studies including Bolivia Nicaragua Peru Argentina Chile and Uruguay. Part 3 is dedicated to the Central American Civil Wars of the 1980s and 1990s in Nicaragua El Salvador and Guatemala. Part 4 examines specific guerrilla movements which require special attention. Chapters include Colombia’s complicated guerrilla scenery; the rivalling Shining Path and Tupac Amaru guerrillas in Peru; small guerrilla movements in Mexico which were never completely documented; and transnational guerrilla operations in the Southern Cone. The concluding chapter presents a balance of the entire Latin American guerrilla at present. Superbly accessible while retaining the complexity of Latin American politics Latin American Guerrilla Movements represents the best historical account of revolutionary movements in the region which students will find of great use owing to its coverage and insights. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367193591

Latin American History Goes to the MoviesUnderstanding Latin America's Past through Film Latin American History Goes to the Movies combines the study of the rich history of Latin America with the medium of feature film. In this concise and accessible book author Stewart Brewer helps readers understand key themes and issues in Latin American history from pre-Columbian times to the present by examining how they have been treated in a variety of films. Moving chronologically across Latin American history and pairing historical background with explorations of selected films the chapters cover vital topics including the Spanish conquest and colonialism revolution religion women U.S.-Latin American relations and more. Through films such as City of God Frida and Che Brewer shows how history is retold and what that retelling means for public memory. From Apocalypto to Selena and from Christopher Columbus to the slave trade Latin American History Goes to the Movies sets the record straight between the realities of history and cinematic depictions and gives readers a solid foundation for using film to understand the complexities of Latin America’s rich and vibrant history. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415873512

Latin American Identity in Online Cultural Production This volume provides an innovative and timely approach to a fast growing yet still under-studied field in Latin American cultural production: digital online culture. It focuses on the transformations or continuations that cultural products and practices such as hypermedia fictions net.art and online performance art as well as blogs films databases and other genre-defying web-based projects perform with respect to Latin American(ist) discourses as well as their often contestatory positioning with respect to Western hegemonic discourses as they circulate online. The intellectual rationale for the volume is located at the crossroads of two equally important theoretical strands: theories of digital culture in their majority the product of the anglophone academy; and contemporary debates on Latin American identity and culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138243323

Latin American Journalism Produced to fill a gap in current knowledge about the state of journalism in Latin America this timely book chronicles how recent changes toward democratization and privatization in the region have influenced mass media industries and the practice of journalism. Written as a tribute to earlier books about the development and status of Latin American news organizations this text provides a readable overview of journalism in the area. Unlike those in previous works these chapters are divided by issues and subject matter instead of by nations and regions. Each chapter concludes with a "spotlight" case study to illustrate the reading material. These features -- along with several easy-to- follow tables topical examples suitable for class discussions and a variety of sources including original interviews with media professionals -- all combine to form the most up-to-date book currently available on this constantly changing subject. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203812242

Latin American LiteratureSymptoms Risks and Strategies of Poststructuralist Criticism Critical theory meets Latin American fiction in this bold and challenging analysis of literature and literary criticism through post-structuralist analysis. Focusing on Latin American literary and critical production from the 1890s to the 1990s Bernard McGuirk highlights the confrontation between theory politics and literature. The range of literatures discussed is extensive including writings from Argentina Brazil Chile Guatemala Mexico Nicaragua and Peru. The symptomatic differences between and within cultures are illuminated by analysis of texts by such authors as: César Vallejo Jorges Luis Borges Rubén Darío Pablo Neruda Julio Cortázar João Guimarães Rosa Susana Thénon Carlos Fuentes Bernard McGuirk holds the Chair of Romance Literatures and Literary Theory at the University of Nottingham. He is currently President of the Association of Hispanists of Great Britain and Ireland. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415755986

Latin American Modern ArchitecturesAmbiguous Territories Latin American Modern Architectures: Ambiguous Territories has thirteen new essays from a range of distinguished architectural historians to help you understand the region’s rich and varied architecture. It will also introduce you to major projects that have not been written about in English. A foreword by historian Kenneth Frampton sets the stage for essays on well-known architects such as Lucio Costa and Félix Candela which will show you unfamiliar aspects of their work and for essays on the work of little-known figures such as Uruguayan architect Carlos Gómez Gavazzo and Peruvian architect and politician Fernando Belaúnde Terry. Covering urban and territorial histories from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries along with detailed building analyses this book is your best source for historical and critical essays on a sampling of Latin America's diverse architecture providing much-needed information on key case studies. Contributors include Noemí Adagio Pedro Ignacio Alonso Luis Castañeda Viviana d’Auria George F. Flaherty María González Pendás Cristina López Uribe Hugo Mondragón López Jorge Nudelman Blejwas Hugo Palmarola Sagredo Gaia Piccarolo Claudia Shmidt Daniel Talesnik and Paulo Tavares. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415893466

Latin American Nations In World PoliticsSecond Edition When the first edition of Latin American Nations in World Politics was published in 1984 it was the only book to undertake the study of Latin American foreign policy seriously and to place Latin American international affairs within a broader global framework both geopolitically and academically. The transition to democracy only hoped for at tha Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367319366

Latin American Perspectives on Science and Religion Latin America plays an increasingly important role in the development of modern Christianity yet it has been underrepresented in current scholarship on religion and science. In this first book on the subject contributors explore the different ways that religion and science relate to each other. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367600730

Latin American Perspectives on the Sociology of Health and Illness The sociology of health and illness is a rapidly growing field. Yet as a field it has suffered from a remarkably limited perspective dominated by scholarship produced in the global north. Scholars in the sociology of health and illness have been late to enter debates in global health and have generally failed to learn lessons from work originating in the global south. To begin to address this limitation this edited collection features notable contributions from Latin American scholars exploring key issues including sickle cell disease in Brazil cancer and Chagas disease in Argentina and reproductive health in Mexico. This collection offering a snapshot of the rich and nuanced research being conducted in the region offers readers valuable lessons. It is our argument that Latin American health sociology has much to offer the larger field of sociology â€“ both for what it can teach us about Latin America in and of itself and for what this field of scholarship can teach us about health and illness as broadly defined. This collection challenges readers to think about the global nature of health inequalities. Rich in empirical data and theoretical substance this book is an essential collection for readers interested in understanding the sociology of health and illness.The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Health Sociology Review and as individual papers in Global Public Health and Critical Public Health. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367664169

Latin American Political EconomyFinancial Crisis And Political Change This book considers the historical and contemporary determinants of the financial crisis facing Latin America from a political economy perspective and compares the effects of and responses to the crisis in a number of countries. It discusses the internal policy errors that led to financial blow-ups. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367156329

Latin American Political HistoryPatterns and Personalities This chronologically organized text provides comprehensive historical coverage of Latin America's politics and development from colonial times to the twenty-first century. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367096922

Latin American Political Yearbook1997 Latin America constitutes a region well-endowed with sovereign nations cultural differences and varying states of development and political stability. The end of the cold war and the de­cline of revolutionary movements and regimes has cast political perceptions of the region in a new light even as it has wrought momentous changes in the individual countries themselves. Latin American Political Yearbook: 1997 provides a comprehensive overview analysis and summary of the major political and economic trends and events in Mexico Central and South America and the Caribbean both for their significance within special coun­tries the entire region and relations with the world at large.Elections and the status of political forces in Latin America are the focus of part 1. It provides an up-to-date realistic definition of today's political "Left" and describes the political situ­ations in the Central American MERCOSUR Andean and Caribbean nations. Moreover special consider­ation is given to the case of Nicara­gua. In part 2 the politico-economic backgrounds of such representative Latin American nations as Argentina Bolivia Brazil Ecuador Honduras Paraguay and Venezuela are updated to demonstrate that corruption and collectivism have been responsible for most if not all of the region's economic woes. The next two parts are con­cerned with the Hemispheric left (HL) and the Hemispheric Left Support re­spectively the former dealing with the loose association of Latin American Marxist and Marxist-Leninist organi­zations. It begins with an in-depth look at its enigmatic chief Fidel Castro and then discusses HL umbrella organizations; Colombian Mexican and Cen­tral American terrorist groups; HL narcoterrorism; and the special case of Peru. The book concludes with a look at Latin American international organizations Including trade and tariff associations technical groupings re­gional associations and hemisphere-wide associations such as the Cumbre Iberoamerica the Grupo de Rio and the Organization of American States. The year 1996 contained a number of important contests throughout the region and Latin American Political Yearbook provides a timely look at rel­evant background Information neces­sary to an understanding of the statustlons; Colombian Mexican and Cen­tral American terrorist groups; HL narcoterrorism; and the special case of Peru. The book concludes with a look at Latin American international organizations Including trade and tariff associations technical groupings re­gional associations and hemisphere-wide associations such as the Cumbre Iberoamerica the Grupo de Rio and the Organization of American States. The year 1996 contained a number of important contests throughout the region and Latin American Political Yearbook provides a timely look at rel­evant background Information neces­sary to an understanding of the status of political forces in Latin America to­day. Brimming with facts this com­pact yet comprehensive volume Is essential reading for political scien­tists Latin American area specialists and historians. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138511514

Latin American Political Yearbook1999 In the third volume of this annual series Robert G. Breene provides a comprehensive overview analysis and summary of the major political and economic trends and events in Central American MERCOSUR Andean and Caribbean nations including Mexico. The yearbook provides a timely look at relevant background information necessary to an understanding of the status of political forces in Latin America today. Chapter 1 looks at the elections and status of political forces in Latin America and describes the political situations in the four groups of nations. It provides an up-to-date realistic definition of today's political "Left." Chapter 2 relates the politico-economic backgrounds of such representative Latin American nations as Argentina Bolivia Brazil Ecuador Honduras Mexico and Panama while chapter 3 explores in detail three hemispheric heads of state receiving much international attention: Pinochet Ortega and Clinton. Chapter 4 discusses the Hemispheric Left (HL) described as a loose association of amorphous Marxist and militant left organizations and as in previous editions of this yearbook includes an overview of all hemispheric terrorism. The year 1998 witnessed an increased overshadowing level of terrorism in Colombia necessitating separate coverage of Colombian terrorism which is treated in chapter 5. The final two chapters are concerned with the Hemispheric Left Support dealing with the association of Latin American Marxist and Marxist-Leninist organizations and providing a look at Latin American international organizations including regional summits and hemisphere-wide associations such as the Grupo de Rio and the Organization of American States. This third volume is brimming with facts and provides information not readily available through American media. Compact yet comprehensive it is essential reading for political scientists Latin American area specialists and historians. Robert G. Breene Jr. has been a fighter pilot a newspaper correspondent in Central America a professor of physics and the owner and operator of a 600-head cattle ranch in Nevada. His is currently head of the Latin American Syndicate in San Antonio Texas. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138511538

Latin American Political Yearbook2001 In the fourth volume of this annual series Robert G. Breene provides a comprehensive overview analysis and summary of the major political and economic trends and events in Central America MERCOSUR Andean and Caribbean nations and Mexico. Analyzing these developments within the individual nations their respective regions and the world at large the yearbook offers a timely look at the relevant background and information necessary to understand the changing nature of politics in Latin America today.The volume's opening two chapters continue the coverage of the earlier volumes presenting details of various Latin American elections with relevant background information. The remaining five chapters cover various aspects of the development of regional history during the year 2001. Chapter 3 on U.S. diplomacy examines the immediate impact of President Clinton's various Latin American trips and initiatives. The Hemispheric Left and support for the Hemispheric Left are treated in general terms in chapter 4 while the next three chapters examine specific nations Colombia (chapter 5) Venezuela (chapter 6) and Cuba (chapter 7) where these forces were of particular importance during the year.The material presented on Cuba is of particular interest considering the September 11 2001 outrage; although as the editor notes it remains to be seen if the measures adopted at Guantanamo did keep Castro from dabbling in the aftermath. The final chapter continues the series' discussion of Latin American international organizations such as the Grupo de Rio and the Organization of American States. The continuity of the information presented in these volumes is one of their valuable assets as is the examination of the Disinformation Operation (DO) of the Hemispheric Left. Disinformation examples are many ranging from the Harbury DO in Guatemala through Ruz Castro's Foro Soo Paolo and the totally misrepresented Zapatista National Liberation Army to the Great Gringo DO continues to operate with impunity.This is a reference volume with a point of view. It is brimming with facts and provides information not readily available through the American media. Compact yet comprehensive it is essential reading for political scientists Latin American area specialists and historians. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138511545

Latin American Political Yearbook2002 In the fifth volume of this annual series Robert G. Breene provides a comprehensive overview analysis and summary of the main political and economic trends and events in various portions of Latin America. Analyzing these developments within individual nations their respective regions and the world at large the yearbook offers a timely look at the relevant background and information necessary to understand the changing nature of politics in Latin America today.A new and threatening development the nexus of organized international Marxist-Leninist activity and Islamic terrorism is treated at length throughout much of the volume. In the foreword the editor notes how the rise of international terrorism associated with radical Muslim thought has formed a nexus with the resurgence of the Hemispheric Left thus calling into question whether the international left has really been transformed into free-enterprise democrats as many have simplistically argued. The volume discusses the roots of a left-Muslim connection in the close association between the Sandinistas in Nicaragua and the Qaddafi regime in Libya as well as the training provided by Arab terrorists to their Latin American allies. For larger more powerful states the picture is more ambiguous. While the present-day ideological attitudes of former Marxist states and political entities cannot be known with absolute certainty the materials assembled here cast doubt on the validity of hopeful assumptions of democratic political behavior in the conduct of foreign affairs. One example is an important treaty between post-Soviet Russia and China. The volume also documents the rise in Castro's fortunes with the strengthening of leftist power in Venezuela and Mexico and the neutralization of Brazil through Castro's long-standing support for the presidency of the Marxist Lula da Silva.This is a reference volume with a point of view. Compact yet comprehensive it is essential reading for political scientists Latin America area specialists and historians.Robert G. Breene Jr. has been a fighter pilot an experimental test pilot a newspaper correspondent in Central America a professor of physics and the owner and operator of a 600-head cattle ranch in Nevada. He is currently head of the Latin American News Service in San Antonio Texas from which much of this analysis was derived. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138511552

Latin American Political Yearbook2003 In the sixth volume of this annual series Robert G. Breene provides a comprehensive overview analysis and summary of the political and economic trends and events in Central America MERCOSUR the Andean and Caribbean nations and Mexico. Analyzing these developments within the individual nations their respective regions and the world at large this yearbook offers a timely look at the relevant background and information necessary to understand the changing nature of politics in Latin America today.A significant development has been the growing nexus of Marxist-Leninist and Muslim terrorism. Before the turn of the new century portents of this development were discernable in the long terrorist war conducted against the democratic West by those followers of Lenin Stalin and their successors. This has now been transformed into a "crusade" against non-Muslim societies. The materials included here attest to the fact that the hemispheric left and Cuba were involved in terror long before it suddenly materialized in the United States. As this volume records Castro was in Teheran in May 2001 where he pledged that "the peoples and governments of Iran and Cuba can bring the U.S. to its knees." Four months later terrorists of the Al-Qaeda network destroyed the World Trade Center and struck the Pentagon. In replying to this outrage the Bush administration identified an Axis of Evil which did not include either the Cuban or Chinese Communist regimes two original seats of international terror. As this volume demonstrates however whether neatly includable in the "axis" or otherwise Castro and his political allies u Hugo Rafael Chbvez Fryas of Venezuela Lula da Silva of Brazil and others u are closely associated with at least one avowed member state of the Axis.In addition to its analysis of these and other new developments the Yearbook continues its invaluable coverage of election results throughout Latin America. Brimming with information not readily available through the American media this series is essential reading for political scientists journalists Latin America area specialists and historians.Robert G. Breene Jr. has been a fighter pilot a newspaper correspondent in Central America a professor of physics and the owner and operator of a 600-head cattle ranch in Nevada. He is currently head of the Latin American News Syndicate in San Antonio Texas. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138511569

Latin American Politics and Development For over thirty years Latin American Politics and Development has kept instructors and students abreast of current affairs and changes in Latin America. Now in its ninth edition this definitive text has been updated throughout and features contributions from experts in the field including twenty new and revised chapters on Mexico Central America the Caribbean and South America. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780813350509

Latin American Politics And Development Fifth Edition This book offers a region-wide overview of the patterns and processes of Latin American history politics society and development. It provides a detailed country-by-country treatment and unique features of all Latin American countries. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367007317

Latin American Revolutionaries and the Arab WorldFrom the Suez Canal to the Arab Spring Recounting recent encounters between Latin American and Arab countries this unique volume explores how despite both geographical and cultural distances Latin American revolutionaries constructed an image of the Arab World as one sharing their own political views and interests. From the nationalization of the Suez Canal to Latin American perspectives on the Arab Spring Federico Vélez offers a fascinating historical and contemporary analysis on the behaviour of actors on the periphery of the international system. Contributing to debates regarding ideological and political autonomy the book provides a comprehensive historical account of relations between the countries of Latin America and the Middle East alongside new analysis on the ways marginalized states can sometimes build unlikely alliances in their attempts to challenge structures of power. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781472467218

Latin American Society First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138179806

Latin American SoldiersArmed Forces in the Region's History In this accessible volume John R. Bawden introduces readers to the study of armed forces in Latin American history through vivid narratives about four very different countries: Mexico Cuba Brazil and Chile. Latin America has faced many of the challenges common to postcolonial states such as civil war poorly defined borders and politically fractured societies. Studying its militaries offers a powerful lens through which to understand major events eras and problems. Bawden draws on stories about the men and women who served in conventional armed forces and guerrilla armies to examine the politics and social structure of each country the state’s evolution and relationships between soldiers and the global community. Designed as an introductory text for undergraduates Latin American Soldiers identifies major concepts factors and trends that have shaped modern Latin America. It is an essential text for students of Latin American Studies or History and is particularly useful for students focusing on the military revolutions and political history. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138492585

Latin American TechnopoeticsScientific Explorations in New Media Latin American Technopoetics: Scientific Explorations in New Media analyzes the ways in which poetry and multimedia installations by six prominent poets and artists engage and in turn are engaged by scientific discourses. In its innovative readings of contemporary digital media works Latin American Technopoetics is the first book to investigate the powerful dialogue between recent techno-cultural phenomena literature and various scientific fields. This cutting-edge analysis of poetic and artistic experimentation—robots that compose and recite poetry algorithms that create visualizations of poetic language or of the connections between everyday language and scientific terminology arrays of multi-dimensional poetic spaces and telematic and transgenic art—makes a strong case for the increasing viability of a scientific poetics currently gaining prominence in Latin American literary and media studies digital humanities and science and technology studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367666507

Latin American Theories of Development and Underdevelopment Upon its publication in 1989 this was the first systematic and comprehensive analysis of the Latin American School of Development and an invaluable guide to the major Third World contribution to development theory. The four major strands in the work of Latin American Theorists are: structuralism internal colonialism marginality and dependency. Exploring all four in detail and the interconnections between them Cristobal Kay highlights the developed world’s over-reliance on and partial knowledge of dependency theory in its approach to development issues and analyses the first major challenges to neo-classical and modernisation theories from the Third World. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415852456

Latin American ThoughtPhilosophical Problems And Arguments Latin American Thought examines the relationship between philosophy and rationality in Latin American thought the nature of justice human rights and cultural identity and other questions that have concerned Latin American thinkers from the colonial period to the present day. From the Mayans Aztecs and Incas to the present day rev Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367316587

Latin American Transnational Children and YouthExperiences of Nature and Place Culture and Care Across the Americas Latin American Transnational Children and Youth focuses on understanding young people’s connection to nature and place within a transnational and Latin American context. It serves to diversify elaborate and sometimes challenge the assumptions made in researching people and place and unearths the complexities of a world in which the identity of many is not shaped by a single place or culture but instead by complex interactions among these. Spanning across ages and geographies the book explores the central themes of sense of place identity and environmental action with an emphasis on Latinx and Indigenous communities. This book balances theoretical questions with geographically contextual empirical research. Each section is situated in current interdisciplinary research and provides geographically specific examples of children and youth’s perspectives on place relations migration transnationalism and an emerging demographic of environmentalists. Contributors from Latin America and the United States advance the fields of childhood and youth studies environmental psychology geography sociology planning and education. This book looks across the Americas to see how young people experience their worlds and constructively contribute to their places and environments. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367463885

Latin American Women Writers: An Encyclopedia Latin American Women Writers: An Encyclopedia presents the lives and critical works of over 170 women writers in Latin America between the sixteenth and twentieth centuries. This features thematic entries as well as biographies of female writers whose works were originally published in Spanish or Portuguese and who have had an impact on literary political and social studies.Focusing on drama poetry and fiction this work includes authors who have published at least three literary texts that have had a significant impact on Latin American literature and culture. Each entry is followed by extensive bibliographic references including primary and secondary sources.Coverage consists of critical appreciation and analysis of the writers' works. Brief biographical data is included but the main focus is on the meanings and contexts of the works as well as their cultural and political impact. In addition to author entries other themes are explored such as humor in contemporary Latin American fiction lesbian literature in Latin America magic realism or mother images in Latin American literature. The aim is to provide a unique thorough scholarly survey of women writers and their works in Latin America. This Encyclopedia will be of interest to both to the student of literature as well as to any reader interested in understanding more about Latin American culture literature and how women have represented gender and national issues throughout the centuries. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315788388

Latin American-u.s. Economic Relations 1982-1983 This book analyzes U.S. international economic policy and the interactions involved in its formulation. It discusses among other issues the effects of U.S. policy on Latin American economies and trade relations and the policies of international financial agencies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367155179

Latin AmericaRegions and People Popular among students for its engaging accessible style this text provides an authoritative overview of Latin America's human geography as well as its regional complexity. Extensively revised to reflect the region's ongoing evolution in the first decades of the 21st century the second edition's alternating thematic and regional chapters trace Latin America's historical development while revealing the diversity of its people and places. Coverage encompasses cultural history environment and physical geography urban development agriculture and land use social and economic processes and the contemporary patterns of the Latin American diaspora. Pedagogical features include vivid topical vignettes end-of-chapter recommended readings and other resources and 217 photographs maps and figures.New to This Edition*Discussions of climate change and its impacts the demise of the Monroe doctrine neoliberal agriculture the growing influence of Chinese investment and other new topics.*13 new vignettes highlighting current issues such as the thaw in United States-Cuba relations drug violence in Mexico aerial gondolas in the Andes and the first Latin pope.*Annotated website and film recommendations for most chapters.*The latest development trends population and economic data and current events of local and global significance.*26 new photographs maps and figures. Media > Books > Print Books Guilford Press 9781462525508

Latin America's International Relations and Their Domestic ConsequencesWar and Peace Dependence and Autonomy First Published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315049038

Latin America's Neo-ReformationReligion's Influence on Contemporary Politics The purpose of this study is to focus on the intersection of religion and politics. Do different religions result in different politics? More specifically are there significant contrasts between the political attitudes and behavior of Catholics and Protestants in Latin America? Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138833289

Latin America's Quest for GlobalizationThe Role of Spanish Firms Investments by Spanish firms in Latin America have grown since the early 1990s by taking over many of the state-owned firms put out to tender. Second only to the United States these investments make Spain one of the largest markets of foreign direct investment for Latin America. This multidisciplinary volume focuses on the emergence of Spanish multinational enterprises in this region. Furthermore it analyzes the sociological and political consequences of these investments and exhibits several theoretical and methodological approaches that make the book a useful aid for teaching. It is essential reading for those who want to understand structural reforms their consequences and the international impact of economic reform. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138259072

Latin Erotic ElegyAn Anthology and Reader This indispensable volume provides a complete course on Latin erotic elegy allowing students to trace a coherent narrative of the genre's rise and fall and to understand its relationship to the changes that marked the collapse of the Roman republic and the founding of the empire.The book begins with a detailed and wide-ranging introduction looking at major figures the evolution of the form and the Roman context with particular focus on the changing relations between the sexes. The texts that follow range from the earliest manifestations of erotic elegy in Catullus through Tibullus Sulpicia (Rome's only female elegist) Propertius and Ovid.An accessible commentary explores the historical background issues of language and style and the relation of each piece to its author's larger body of work. The volume closes with an anthology of critical essays representative of the main trends in scholarship; these both illuminate the genre's most salient features and help the student understand its modern reception. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203714737

Latin Expansion in the Medieval Western Mediterranean While Latin expansion stalled in the Eastern Mediterranean in the late Middle Ages Islam lost ground to Christendom in the west - in the Spanish Levant the islands of the Western Mediterranean and even on the Maghribi coast where conquerors and colonists from the northern shore of the sea established footholds. Edited by Eleanor Congdon with an introduction by Felipe Fernández-Armesto and James Muldoon this collection of classic studies illuminates the problems of how the expansion occurred and why it was slow and limited. The volume broaches fundamental questions of Mediterranean history formulated by Henri Pirenne and Fernand Braudel. The place of the late medieval Western Mediterranean in the history of the sea as a whole and of European overseas expansion generally emerges with new clarity as the reader re-traces the process of formation of one of the world’s great frontiers between civilizations. Important work by Maria Teresa Ferrer i Mallol appears in translation for the first time alongside pieces by such leading authorities as David Abulafia Robert I. Burns S.J. Miguel Angel Ladero Quesada and Hilmar C. Krueger. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781409455097

Latin Explorations (Routledge Revivals)Critical Studies in Roman Literature Latin Explorations first published in 1963 offers a fresh approach to Roman poetry from Catullus to Ovid. Traditionally the period is divided for specialist studies – Lyric Epic and Elegy. In each of them techniques of interpretation prevail isolated from contemporary ideas about poetry and dominated by barriers between ‘textual’ ‘exegetical’ and ‘aesthetic’ criticism. Kenneth Quinn discerns in Roman poetry of this period the adolescence maturity and decay of a single coherent tradition whose internal unity surpasses differences of form. His argument attempts to reverse the dissociation of purely academic research from appreciative criticism whilst also incorporating the work of textual scholars. Each chapter is supported by a detailed analysis of the texts: nearly 700 lines of poetry are discussed and translated. Latin Explorations will be of significant value not only to students of the Classics but also to the ‘Latinless’ general reader who is interested in Roman literature. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138014022

Latin for Local HistoryAn Introduction Latin for Local History provides a self-teaching guide for those historians who wish to tackle the language in which the majority of pre-eighteenth century historical records have been written. It is unique in dealing only with Latin found in historical records of the medieval period. Practice material and exercises are provided in the form of documents most commonly encountered by the historian in their research - deeds charters court rolls accounts bishops' registers and so on. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138139060

Latin for the IlliteratiA Modern Guide to an Ancient Language This revised and updated edition includes a brand new foreword by Richard LaFleur and more than fifteen hundred new entries and abbreviations. Organized alphabetically within the categories of verba (common words and expressions) dicta (common phrases and familiar sayings) and abbreviations this practical and helpful reference guide is a comprehensive compendium of more than 7 000 Latin words expressions phrases and sayings taken from the world of art music law philosophy theology medicine and the theatre as well as witty remarks and sage advice from ancient writers such as Virgil Ovid Cicero and more. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138410992

Latin Kingdom Of Jerusalem First published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138979406

Latin Literature of the Fourth Century (Routledge Revivals) This volume offering an insight into the literary world of Rome in the fourth century AD reflects an increased interest in the writers of the 150 years before the collapse of the Western Empire who have long been over-shadowed by the pre-eminence accorded since the eighteenth century to the Golden and Silver ages. Among the writers examined are Ausonius the poet Imperial official and tutor to Gratian; Claudian the last major ‘classical’ poet; Prudentius and Paulinus of Nola two of the founders of Christian Latin poetry; Symmachus the letter writer and supporter of die-hard paganism; and St. Augustine whose influence on Christian thought and the Middle Ages is incalculable. These essays consider how such writers responded to a world where vitality was ebbing from the old forms of political life religion and literature giving way to new institutions modes of life and horizons of reflection. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415740159

Latin LooksImages Of Latinas And Latinos In The U.s. Media What are "Latin looks"? A Latin look may seem at first blush to be something that everyone recognizes-brunette sensual expressive animated perhaps threatening. But upon reflection we realize that these are the images that are prevalent in the media while the reality in Latino communities is of a rich diversity of people and images. This book Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367316594

Latin Lyric and Elegiac PoetryAn Anthology of New Translations Latin Lyric and Elegiac Poetry first published almost 25 years ago offered students accurate and poetic translations of poems from the sudden flowering of lyric and elegy in Rome at the end of the Republic and in the first decades of the Augustan principate. Now updated in this second edition the volume has been re-edited with both revised and new translations and an updated commentary and bibliography for readers in a new century ensuring that this much-valued anthology remains useful and relevant to a new generation of students studying ancient literature and western civilization. The volume features an expanded selection of newly translated poetry including: fresh Catullus translations with a greater selection including Poem 64 fresh Sulpicia translations and the five poems of the "Garland of Sulpicia" six new Propertius poems new and revised selections from Tibullus Ovid and Horace. The second edition reflects changing interests and modes of reading while remaining true to the power of the poetry that has influenced the literature of many cultures. The combination of accurate and vibrant translations with thorough commentary makes this an invaluable anthology for those interested in poetry world literature Roman civilization and the history of ideas and sexuality allowing readers to compare different poets' responses to politics love and sex literary innovation self and society. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138857803

Latin Verse SatireAn Anthology and Reader A wide variety of texts by the Latin satirists are presented here in a fully loaded resource to provide an innovative reading of satire's relation to Roman ideology. Brimming with notes commentaries essays and texts in translation this book succeeds in its mission to help the student understand the history of Latin's modern scholarly reception.Focusing on the linguistic difficulties and problems of usage and examining aspects of meter and style necessary for poetry appreciation the commentary places each selection in its own historical context then using essays and critical excerpt the genre's most salient features are elucidated to provide a further understanding of its place in history.Extremely student friendly this stands well both as a companion to Latin Erotic Elegy and in its own right as an invaluable fund of knowledge for any Latin literature scholar. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203022832

Latina Agency through Narration in EducationSpeaking Up on Erasure Identity and Schooling Drawing on critical and sociocultural frameworks this volume presents narrative studies by or about Latinas in which they speak up about issues of identity and education. Using narratives self-identification stories and testimonios as theory methodology and advocacy this volume brings together a wide range of Latinx perspectives on education identity bilingualism and belonging. The narratives illustrate the various ways erasure and human agency shape the lives and identities of Latinas in the United States from primary school to higher education and beyond in their schools and communities. Contributors explore how schools and educational institutions can support student agency by adopting a transformative activist stance through curricula learning contexts and policies. Chapters contain implications for teaching and come together to showcase the importance of explicit activist efforts to combat erasure and engage in transformative and emancipatory education. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367151089

Latina Bilingual Education TeachersExamining Structural Racism in Schools Using critical race theory and whiteness studies as theoretical frameworks this book traces two Latina bilingual education teachers in three different professional phases: as paraprofessionals teacher candidates and certified teachers. Grounded in a longitudinal case study this book sheds light on the effects of institutional racism when Latina/o educational professionals attempt inclusion in white dominant organizations such as schools. Revealing and analyzing the structural racism present in schools and the obstacles it creates for professionals of color the author exposes the racist practices that are hidden from view and offer practical solutions to combat them. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138048317

Latina IssuesFragments of Historia(ella) (Herstory) This book attempts to make Latina history visible and Latina voices heard. It focuses solely on women – not to marginalize Latina stories but to showcase them illustrating Latina perspectives on colonization gender race and class. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003059141

Latina Lesbian Writers and Artists Explore a little-known side of the lesbian artistic world! With this book you’ll explore the work of the most significant contemporary Latina lesbian writers artists and performers in the United States Latin America and Spain. This book presents and analyzes literature art and poetry by women who despite markedly different backgrounds and experiences are all strongly influenced by the concept of lesbian identity. Latina Lesbian Writers and Artists begins with an essential A-to-Z overview of modern Latina lesbian authors and performers. From Cuban writer Magaly Alabau to literary critic Yvonne Yarbro-Bejarano you’ll learn who these women are where they’re from and what they’ve chosen as the focus of their work. The rest of the book is structured to give you a look at the work Latina lesbians in the United States and then moves geographically outward first to Latin America then to Spain. “Tortilleras on the Prairie: Latina Lesbians Writing the Midwest” provides a unique look at a much-neglected component of Latina lesbian writing—that of the Latinas living far from the East and West Coast hubs of both Latino and queer cultures exploring Latina lesbian literary production in places like Kansas and Nebraska. “The Role of Carmelita Tropicana in the Performance Art of Alina Troyano ” appraises the imaginative hilarious and insightful work of Cuban-American performance artist Alina Troyano (better known by her stage name Carmelita Tropicana) examining the strategies she used (code switching the breaking of heterosexist norms the development of alter-egos and more) to create a hybrid identity as an artist and performer. “Moving La Frontera Toward a Genuine Radical Democracy in Gloria Anzaldúa’s Work” shows us how Anzaldúa’s pivotal work Borderlands has revolutionized academic perceptions of the border and of identity in Latin American/U.S. Latino literature. You’ll also find passionate poetry created by Latina lesbians. “Como Sabes Depresión” is a fragment of a passionate bilingual poem written by an English-speaking poet enamored of the Spanish language and “To Sor Juana” is a poem dedicated to the seventeenth century poet and nun who has become an icon among Latina lesbians. “Lesbianism and Caricature in Griselda Gambaro’s Lo impenetrable” shows how lesbian characters and themes in the works of this Argentine novelist are used to satirize and undermine the perverse social values of patriarchal dictatorship. “The (In)visible Lesbian: The Contradictory Representations of Female Homoeroticism in Contemporary Spain” introduces us to some of Spain’s lesbian authors and communicates the difficulties lesbian writers in that country and around the world have had in finding a receptive audience. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203057070

Latina Outsiders Remaking Latina Identity Latina Outsiders Remaking Latina Identity is an exploration of Latinas on the periphery of both Latina culture and mainstream culture in the United States. Whether they are deliberately rejected or whether they choose to reject sexist classist or racist practices within their cultures the subjects of these articles essays short fiction poems testimonios and visual art demonstrate the value of their experience. Ultimately the outsider experience influences what the larger culture adopts demonstrating that a different perspective is key to remaking Latina identity. Outside perspectives include those of queer indigenous Afro-Latina activist and differently-abled individuals. By challenging stereotypes and revealing the diverse range of narratives that make up the Latina experience Latina Outsiders Remaking Latina Identity will expand and deepen notions of the Latina identity for students and researchers of Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367729172

Latina PsychologistsThriving in the Cultural Borderlands In this book twelve eminent Latina Psychologists illustrate how they practice gender- and culture-sensitive psychotherapy counseling research pedagogy social justice and mentoring. They share how they create their own path in the midst of oppression – by becoming aware of the connection between their lives and their gendered cultural social and political circumstances – and how they liberate themselves and those who seek their psychological services. Based on lived experiences they reveal how they integrate a borderlands theory a testimonio method and an embodiment analysis into a Latina Feminist Psychology. More importantly these Latina Psychologists offer easy-to-follow advice to help readers thrive while living in the cultural borderlands. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138039643

Latina RealitiesEssays On Healing Migration And Sexuality A retrospective of fifteen years this book brings together for the first time Oliva Esps previously published articles and conference papers. Together these writings reveal the complexity and encompassing quality of Esps most significant contributions to the contemporary debates within psychology. Topics include sexuality therapy with Latinas Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367316600

Latina Students’ Experiences in Public SchoolsEducational Equity and Gender Focusing on issues relating to gender gender relations and discrimination this book provides nuanced insight into the experiences of young Latina women and their teachers in a North American middle school. Latina Students’ Experiences in Public Schools details how students navigate questions of gender gender discrimination and gender relations in the context of post-feminism and in view of widespread claims that advocacy for girls and women has been outmoded by anti-discriminatory legislation. Drawing on an ethnographic study that focuses on gender segregation and dominance relational identities and the role of teachers in reinforcing gender dynamics the text deftly demonstrates the effect of postfeminist policy and ideology on gender equity and achievement in public schools. In particular the text illustrates that young Latina women continue to face both physical and verbal harassment on a daily basis which is often overlooked by school faculty and administrators. A powerful and timely text the volume advocates for action to counter school-based gender discrimination. This book will be of great interest to graduate and postgraduate students researchers academics policy makers libraries in the field of gender and sexuality in education gender studies secondary education and urban education. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138313712

Latina/o Healing PracticesMestizo and Indigenous Perspectives This edited volume focuses on the role of traditional or indigenous healers as well as the application of traditional healing practices in contemporary counseling and therapeutic modalities with Latina/o people. The book offers a broad coverage of important topics such as traditional healer’s views of mental/psychological health and well-being the use of traditional healing techniques in contemporary psychotherapy and herbal remedies in psychiatric practice. It also discusses common factors across traditional healing methods and contemporary psychotherapies the importance of spirituality in counseling and everyday life the application of indigenous healing practices with Latina/o undergraduates indigenous techniques in working with perpetrators of domestic violence and religious healing systems and biomedical models. The book is an important reference for anyone working within the general field of mental health practice and those seeking to understand culturally relevant practice with Latina/o populations. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138979413

Latinas and the Politics of Urban Spaces This book illuminates the ways in which Chicanas Puerto Rican women and other Latinas organize and lead social movements either on the ground or digitally in major cities of the continental United States and Puerto Rico. It shows how they challenge racism sexism homophobia and anti-immigrant policies through their political praxis and spiritual activism. Drawing from a range of disciplines and perspectives academic and activist authors offer unique insights into environmental justice peace and conflict resolution women’s rights LGBTQ coalition-building and more—all through a distinctive Latina lens. Designed for use in a wide range of college courses this book is also aimed at practitioners community organizers and grassroots leaders. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367432058

Latinization of U.S. SchoolsSuccessful Teaching and Learning in Shifting Cultural Contexts Fueled largely by significant increases in the Latino population the racial ethnic and linguistic texture of the United States is changing rapidly. Nowhere is this 'Latinisation' of America more evident than in schools. The dramatic population growth among Latinos in the United States has not been accompanied by gains in academic achievement. Estimates suggest that approximately half of Latino students fail to complete high school and few enroll in and complete college. The Latinization of U.S. Schools centres on the voices of Latino youth. It examines how the students themselves make meaning of the policies and practices within schools. The student voices expose an inequitable opportunity structure that results in depressed academic performance for many Latino youth. Each chapter concludes with empirically based recommendations for educators seeking to improve their practice with Latino youth stemming from a multiyear participatory action research project conducted by Irizarry and the student contributors to the text. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781594519598

Latino CityUrban Planning Politics and the Grassroots American cities are increasingly turning to revitalization strategies that embrace the ideas of new urbanism and the so-called creative class in an attempt to boost economic growth and prosperity to downtown areas. These efforts stir controversy over residential and commercial gentrification of working class ethnic areas. Spanning forty years Latino City provides an in-depth case study of the new urbanism creative class and transit-oriented models of planning and their implementation in Santa Ana California one of the United States’ most Mexican communities. It provides an intimate analysis of how revitalization plans re-imagine and alienate a place and how community-based participation approaches address the needs and aspirations of lower-income Latino urban areas undergoing revitalization. The book provides a critical introduction to the main theoretical debates and key thinkers in the fields of new urbanism transit-oriented and creative class models of urban revitalization. It is the first book to examine contemporary models of choice for revitalization of US cities from the point of view of a Latina/o-majority central city and thus initiates new lines of analysis and critique of models for Latino inner city neighborhood and downtown revitalization in the current period of socio-economic and cultural change. Latino City will appeal to students and scholars in urban planning urban studies urban history urban policy neighborhood and community development central city development urban politics urban sociology geography and ethnic/Latino Studies as well as practitioners community organizations and grassroots leaders immersed in these fields. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138595491

Latino Civil Rights in EducationLa Lucha Sigue Latino Civil Rights in Education: La Lucha Sigue documents the experiences of historical and contemporary advocates in the movement for civil rights in education of Latinos in the United States. These critical narratives and counternarratives discuss identity inequality desegregation policy public school bilingual education higher education family engagement and more comprising an ongoing effort to improve the conditions of schooling for Latino children. Featuring the perspectives and research of Latino educators sociologists historians attorneys and academics whose lives were guided by this movement the book holds broad applications in the study and continuation of social justice and activism today. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138943339

Latino Families in Therapy This acclaimed work--now in an extensively revised second edition--provides an up-to-date conceptual framework and hands-on strategies for culturally competent clinical practice with Latino families and individuals. Practitioners and students gain an understanding of the family dynamics migration experiences ecological stressors and cultural resources that are frequently shared by Latino families as well as variations among them. Through many in-depth case illustrations the author shows how to apply a multicultural and social justice lens to assessment and intervention while drawing on each client's strengths. Creative ideas are presented for addressing frequently encountered clinical issues and challenges at all stages of the family life cycle.New to This Edition*Delineates the author's multidimensional ecosystemic and comparative approach (MECA) in greater detail; presents MECAmaps MECAgenograms and other innovative clinical tools.*Incorporates the latest research and over a decade of social and demographic changes.*Chapter on working with geographically separated families including innovative uses of technology.*Chapters on health disparities and on adolescents.*Expanded discussions of second-generation risks and strengths and of same-sex marriage intermarriage divorce and stepparenting. Media > Books > Print Books Guilford Press 9781462522323

Latino Fiction and the Modernist ImaginationLiterature of the Borderlands First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. The aim of this book is to approach Latino fiction from a wider perspective and to cross the standard critical boundaries between Latino groups in order to focus upon the literary language of a collection of complicated novels and stories. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138001800

Latino Gay Men and HIVCulture Sexuality and Risk Behavior With research based on focus group and individual interviews in the United States as well as a thorough and integrative review of the current literature Latino Gay Men and HIV discusses the six main sociocultural factors in Latino communities -- machismo homophobia family cohesion sexual silence poverty and racism--which undermine safe sex practices. In an attempt to explain the alarmingly high incidence of unprotected intercourse in this population this in-depth cultural and psychological analysis shows how an apparent incongruence between knowledge or intention and behavior can possess its own sociocultural logic and meaning. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315811499

Latino History and CultureAn Encyclopedia Latinos are the fastest growing population in America today. This two-volume encyclopedia traces the history of Latinos in the United States from colonial times to the present focusing on their impact on the nation in its historical development and current culture. "Latino History and Culture" covers the myriad ethnic groups that make up the Latino population. It explores issues such as labor legal and illegal immigration traditional and immigrant culture health education political activism art literature and family as well as historical events and developments. A-Z entries cover eras individuals organizations and institutions critical events in U.S. history and the impact of the Latino population communities and ethnic groups and key cities and regions. Each entry includes cross references and bibliographic citations and a comprehensive index and illustrations augment the text. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315702971

Latino HomicideImmigration Violence and Community Latino Homicide is the first empirically based but readable book for courses to counter the conventional wisdom that immigrant populations only contribute crime to their communities. For this second edition Martinez further emphasizes his argument with updated data and the addition of a new city San Antonio. With fascinating case studies from police reports and actual cases from six varied cities Latino homicide rates are revealed to be markedly lower than one would expect given the economic deprivation of these urban areas. Far from dangerous or criminal these communities often have exceptionally strong social networks precisely because of their shared immigrant experiences. Martinez skillfully refutes negative stereotypes in a coherent and critically rigorous analysis of the issues. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415536530

Latino Identity in Contemporary America This edited collection brings together original research papers that explore an important aspect of race and ethnic studies namely the processes that are shaping the making of Latina and Latino identities in contemporary America. This is a question that has received much attention in the USA over the past decade and these papers make an original contribution to these debates. Much of this attention towards Latino/a communities in the USA can be seen as the outcome of public debates about the growth of these communities over the past three decades and the consequences of this growth for social and political change. The papers in this collection highlight some of the key facets of contemporary research in this field. As original pieces of research they are at the forefront of current debates about Latino/a identities in contemporary America and they provide research based insights into the changing experiences of these communities. This book was originally published as a special issue of Ethnic and Racial Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138676541

Latino National Political CoalitionsStruggles and Challenges This study examines Latino national political coalitions in the United States with a focus on Chicanos Puerto Ricans and Cubans. It argues that Latino national political coalitions are an avenue of political empowerment for the Latino Community but face social economic and political challenges in the Latino community. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138979420

Latino Peoples in the New AmericaRacialization and Resistance "Latinos" are the largest group among Americans of color. At 59 million they constitute nearly a fifth of the US population. Their number has alarmed many in government other mainstream institutions and the nativist right who fear the white-majority US they have known is disappearing. During the 2016 US election and after Donald Trump has played on these fears embracing xenophobic messages vilifying many Latin American immigrants as rapists drug smugglers or "gang bangers." Many share such nativist desires to build enhanced border walls and create immigration restrictions to keep Latinos of various backgrounds out. Many whites’ racist framing has also cast native-born Latinos their language and culture in an unfavorable light. Trump and his followers’ attacks provide a peek at the complex phenomenon of the racialization of US Latinos. This volume explores an array of racialization’s manifestations including white mob violence profiling by law enforcement political disenfranchisement whitewashed reinterpretations of Latino history and culture and depictions of "good Latinos" as racially subservient. But subservience has never marked the Latino community and this book includes pointed discussions of Latino resistance to racism. Additionally the book’s scope goes beyond the United States revealing how Latinos are racialized in yet other societies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138387829

Latino Politics in MassachusettsStruggles Strategies and Prospects First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138979437

Latino Poverty in the New CenturyInequalities Challenges and Barriers Understand the social factors that challenge this fast-growing community!The Latino community will soon be the largest minority population in the United States. Although Hispanics have been part of the American scene since before independence their issues have only recently drawn the attention of the mainstream. Latino Poverty in the New Century takes a clear look at the reasons why poverty and inequality are still major concerns for Hispanic citizens and residents. This keen analysis examines how apparently neutral even well-meaning social and educational policies can have a devastating effect. The interlocking consequences of language problems educational problems gangs poverty and illness become a vicious cycle. Despite pervasive patterns of discrimination and subtle barriers to achievement the Latino community still displays its power. Latino Poverty in the New Century reveals how a faith-based community organization succeeded in adapting indigenous networks and culturally relevant sources of support and power to create a strong community presence.Latino Poverty in the New Century offers a rich detailed analysis of the challenges that face Hispanics in the United States: the implications of US immigration policy for immigrants refugees and native-born Latino citizens the language barriers that can prevent Latinos from full participation in both society and educational programs health care policies and the sometimes tragic consequences of the lack of medical insurance the role of extracurricular activities in keeping Latino students in school the twin calamities known as gentrification and urban blightThis comprehensive book provides social workers and policymakers with wide-ranging analyses of some of the pressing issues and social policies that affect Hispanics in the United States. Latino Poverty in the New Century explores ways to keep Latino youth in high school promote community organization encourage Latinos to vote and increase your understanding of migration dynamics. Containing current research and case studies this valuable book will help you comprehend the challenges that Latinos face in this country and respect the gains they have made in spite of the obstacles in their way. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203048238

Latino Professionals in AmericaTestimonios of Policy Perseverance and Success In Latino Professionals in America Maria Chávez combines rich qualitative interviews auto-ethnographic accounts and policy analysis to explore the converging oppressions that make it difficult for Latinos to become professionals and to envision themselves as successful in those professions. Recounting her own story Chávez interviews 31 Latino professionals from across the nation in a variety of occupations and careers contextualizing their experiences amid family struggles and ongoing racism in the United States. She addresses gender inequality within the Latino community arguing that by defending rationalizing or ignoring patriarchy within the Latino community perpetuates systems of oppression—especially for women; gay lesbian bisexual transgender and queer individuals; and others at the intersections. The experiences of these Latino professionals and the author’s analysis provide a blueprint for what works—one both pragmatic and hopeful that uses real lives to illustrate how a combination of public policies people and perseverance increases the presence of America’s fastest-growing demographic group in the professional class. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367203191

Latino Social MovementsHistorical and Theoretical Perspectives First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor and Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138459304

Latino Social PolicyA Participatory Research Model Examine alternative strategies to resolving important Latino social issues! Latino Social Policy: A Participatory Research Model examines the failure of traditional research methods to address major social needs in Latino communities promoting instead a participatory/action approach to research that is socially—and scientifically—meaningful. Experts from a variety of disciplines focus on nontraditional strategies that engage community residents in community-research projects shortening the distance between the researcher and the “subject.” This unique book recounts lessons learned on conducting Participatory Action Research (PAR) in Latino communities using techniques based on anthropology education community health and evaluation and urban planning. Latino Social Policy: A Participatory Research Model addresses non-traditional methods of reducing the tension between the reality of interaction with the subject community and the academic training structures used by researchers. The book promotes a new vision and practice of research design in which the “subject” is central to the process advocating a participatory approach to produce qualitatively different research based on community identified problems and needs. Contributors examine the value of integrating local knowledge language and culture into the methodological design the ethics of conducting research in Latino communities and the internal conflicts Chicana/o researchers face within their profession and in the field. Topics addressed in Latino Social Policy: A Participatory Research Model include: community health and Central Americans in Los Angeles ethnography and substance abuse among transnational Mexican farmworkers identity and field research in Mexico the Latino Coalition for a New Los Angeles (LCNLA) researcher/community partnerships and much more! Latino Social Policy: A Participatory Research Model includes case studies ethnographies and vignettes that illustrate participatory approaches and outcomes in Latino research. The book is equally valuable as a textbook for academics and students working in the social sciences public policy and urban planning and as a professional guide for community leaders and organizations interested in developing research partnerships. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315785950

Latino Truck Driver TradeSex and HIV in Central America What do truckers do about their sexual needs on the road?This startling and unique study examines the on-the-road sex lives of Central American truck drivers. It takes a quantitative and qualitative look at the extent of homosexuality prostitution drug use and vulnerability to HIV infection among these men who operate in a strangely unique sexual culture. Latino Truck Driver Trade: Sex and HIV in Central America documents the extent of their sexual activities with both men and women as well as drug use and prostitution among this population. Honest and revealing this valuable book uncovers the incredible danger that truck drivers put themselves in by risking HIV infection and why Latin sexual culture does not always define men who participate in acts with other men as “homosexual.” Latino Truck Driver Trade explores the concept of “machismo” and why truck drivers act very “manly” (to avoid being teased or being made fun of).Through interviews with truck drivers this detailed account gives insight into how friends pressure others to perform sexual acts drink alcohol and take drugs in order to “fit in.” Latino Truck Driver Trade: Sex and HIV in Central America provides suggestions for HIV prevention programs to decrease the spread of HIV that is prevalent among this group shows how theories of homosexuality fail to account for its widespread practice among Latino heterosexual men explores the sexual practices of these men questions basic assumptions about Latin machismo demonstrates how Latino men can practice homosexuality without acquiring a gay identity shows how this international truck driver culture will impact the U. S.Latino Truck Driver Trade explicitly examines the on-the-road lifestyles of Central American truckers revealing that many times they are completely the opposite of the quiet “normal” lives these men lead at home. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315786445

Latino Voices"Mexican Puerto Rican and Cuban Perspectives on American Politics" This book provides basic information about the political values attitudes and behaviors of Mexican- Puerto Rican- and Cuban-origin populations in the United States. It describes the extent to which U.S. citizens of Hispanic origins hold particular views and participate in specific activities. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367011901

Latino/a Literature in the ClassroomTwenty-first-century approaches to teaching In one of the most rapidly growing areas of literary study this volume provides the first comprehensive guide to teaching Latino/a literature in all variety of learning environments. Essays by internationally renowned scholars offer an array of approaches and methods to the teaching of the novel short story plays poetry autobiography testimonial comic book children and young adult literature film performance art and multi-media digital texts among others. The essays provide conceptual vocabularies and tools to help teachers design courses that pay attention to: Issues of form across a range of storytelling media Issues of content such as theme and character Issues of historical periods linguistic communities and regions Issues of institutional classroom settings The volume innovatively adds to and complicates the broader humanities curriculum by offering new possibilities for pedagogical practice. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415724210

Latino/as in the World-systemDecolonization Struggles in the 21st Century U.S. Empire Contributors Immanuel Wallerstein Enrique Dussel Walter Mignolo Agustin Lao Lewis Gordon James V. Fenelon Roberto Hernandez James Cohen Santiago Slabosky Susanne Jonas and Thomas Reifer. By the mid-twenty-first century white Euro-Americans will be a demographic minority in the United States and Latino/as will be the largest minority (25 percent). These changes bring about important challenges at the heart of the contemporary debates about political transformations in the United States and around the world. Latino/as are multiracial (Afro-latinos Indo-latinos Asian-latinos and Euro-latinos) multi-ethnic multireligious (Jewish Catholic Protestant Muslim indigenous and African spiritualities) and of varied legal status (immigrants citizens and illegal migrants). This collection addresses for the first time the potential of these diverse Latino/a spiritualities origins and statuses against the landscape of decolonization of the U.S. economic and cultural empire in the twenty-first century. Some authors explore the impact of Indo-latinos and Afro-latinos in the United States and others discuss the conflicting interpretations and political conflicts arising from the "Latinization" of the United States. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315633756

Latino/Hispanic Liaisons and Visions for Human Behavior in the Social Environment Add to your knowledge of Latino/Hispanic diversity attitudes behaviors and experiences to provide more effective services!Latino-Hispanic Liaisons and Visions for Human Behavior in the Social Environment dispels pervasive historical and contemporary misconceptions and inaccuracies and highlights the diversity of Latino/Hispanic experiences to help you provide more effective services to those clients. As editors Torres and Rivera point out “Literature on Latinos/Hispanics reflects a dysfunctional and myopic cultural view in which they are often depicted in stereotypic characteristics and as a homogenous population.”In Latino-Hispanic Liaisons and Visions for Human Behavior in the Social Environment you’ll find chapters examining: the social ecology of Mexican-American child development caregiver well-being among Cuban and Puerto Rican mothers of mentally retarded adults the adjustment process among Cuban refugee families one Southwestern community’s efforts to create a multiethnic neighborhood coalition against substance abuse a study of changes related to migration family and work in Caribbean women’s lives and much more! Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315870076

Latino-Anglo BargainingCulture Structure and Choice in Court Mediation This book shows the mechanisms by which cultural differences reinforce structural privilege and disadvantage in the informal process of mediated negotiation. Are all people equally likely to pursue their own material self-interest in the negotiation process used in small claims mediation? Did Latinos and Anglos bargain more generously with members of their own group? The central questions derived from theories of ethnic and gender differences concerned how and to what degree; culture structure and individual choice operated to alter the goals bargaining process and outcomes expressed motivations and outcome evaluations for outsider groups. This book demonstrates how there are real cultural differences in the way that Latinos and Anglos pursue monetary justice that defy dominant assumptions that all culture groups are equally likely to maximize their own outcomes at the expense of others. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415649629

Latinos and Alcohol Use/Abuse RevisitedAdvances and Challenges for Prevention and Treatment Programs The one-of-a-kind exploration of effective alcohol prevention and treatment for Latinos-now and for the future!By the year 2020 the Latino population in the United States will increase to 60 million making up 18 percent of all residents. Latinos and Alcohol Use/Abuse Revisited: Advances and Challenges for Prevention and Treatment Programs brings into sharp focus how present and future demographic shifts in Latino population are being felt in alcohol programs across the United States. Case studies and in-depth research clearly illustrate the practical steps various culturally competent programs recommend to effectively deal with alcohol use prevention and treatment for Latinos.Alcohol abuse though rampant in Latino populations has not received the attention that other types of drug abuse has received even though the death rates health problems and financial costs from alcohol are staggering. Latinos and Alcohol Use/Abuse Revisited presents respected authorities tackling the tough questions about demographics culturally competent research and effective prevention and treatment programs. The book provides an up-to-date socio-demographic foundation then builds upon current research and information to present a clear picture of the needs of various Latino populations for alcohol abuse programs now and in the future.Latinos and Alcohol Use/Abuse Revisited discusses: the Latino demographic profile—an overview patterns of need and treatment among Mexican-origin adults in central California alcohol abuse among Dominican-Americans the onset of alcohol and other drug use among gang members incarcerated Latinas alcohol and other drug abuse rural Latino grandparents raising grandchildren of substance abusing parents alcohol use among Puerto Rican active injecting drug users alcohol and other drug abuse prevention for high-risk youth a case study of a Puerto Rican community in Massachusetts detailed recommendations for prevention and treatmentLatinos and Alcohol Use/Abuse Revisited is a detailed examination of prevention and treatment programs for Latinos invaluable for substance abuse professionals social workers practitioners and professionals in charge of alcohol prevention and treatment programs. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203051368

Latinos and EducationA Critical Reader Latinos and Education has long been a landmark anthology in the field of education the first to review and challenge the multiple and complex issues affecting Latino students. The welcome re-edition of this deeply relevant and useful reader culls the best of contemporary scholarly approaches to discuss the variety of issues essential to understanding the complex dynamics of a growing Latina and Latino population. Internationally-renowned scholars Antonia Darder and Rodolfo D. Torres retain the anthology’s original focus on the link between educational practice and the larger socioeconomic and structural dimensions that shape life for the nation’s largest and most rapidly growing minority group. All new and still-highly accessible chapter selections establish a useful balance between theory and practice. They discuss themes such as political economy historical views of Latinos and schooling identity the politics of language cultural democracy in the classroom community involvement and Latinos in higher education. The book concludes with suggestions for further reading. Latinos and Education: A Critical Reader is a must-read collection for a new generation of students in education Latino studies and sociology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415537100

Latinos and Local RepresentationChanging Realities Emerging Theories First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138979444

Latinos Facing RacismDiscrimination Resistance and Endurance Feagin and Cobas provide the first in-depth examination of the everyday racism faced by middle-class Latinos. Based on a national survey we learn how a diverse group of talented Latinos Mexican Americans Puerto Rican Americans Cuban Americans and others respond to and cope with the commonplace white racial framing and discriminatory practices. Drawing on extensive interviewing the authors address the recurring discrimination of ordinary whites directed against Spanish speakers and individuals with presumed Latino phenotypes. These incidents occur in everyday encounters such as when male and female Latinos travel or shop. The book also chronicles the mistreatment that Latinos face from immigration officials when they cross US borders and from the police when they are racially profiled outside Latino areas. Critical and conforming Latino responses to recurring white discrimination are also extensively examined as well as the diverse Latino reactions to remedial programs like affirmative action and to the ideal of assimilation into the proverbial US melting pot. " Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781612055541

Latinos in an Aging WorldSocial Psychological and Economic Perspectives This book fosters a deeper understanding of the growing Latino elderly population and the implications on society. It examines post-WWII demographic and social changes and summarizes research from sociology psychology economics and public health to shed light on the economic physical and mental well-being of older Latinos. The political and cultural implications including possible policy changes are also considered. Written in an engaging style each chapter opens with a vignette that puts a human face on the issues. Boxed exhibits highlight social programs and policies and physical and mental health challenges that impact Latino elders. Web alerts direct readers to sites that feature more detailed information related to the chapter’s issues. Each chapter also features an introduction examples tables figures a summary and discussion questions. The self-contained chapters can be presented in any order. Latinos in an Aging World explores: Real world problems individuals face in dealing with poverty immigration and health and retirement decisions The latest data on Latinos as compared to research on African- and Asian- Americans where appropriate The unique historical demographic social familial and economic situations of various Latino subgroups including those from Mexico Puerto Rico and Cuba How ethnicity affects one’s position of wealth and power and sense of citizenship. The consequence of life-long disadvantages and stigmatization on economic physical and mental well-being The impact of one’s neighborhood and the proximity to those from similar cultures on quality of life. The introduction motivates the book and sets the stage for the entire discussion. Chapter 1 reviews the histories of the major Hispanic subgroups along with various theories as they relate to race ethnicity and gender that provide a conceptual framework for understanding the later chapters. Demographic economic and social profiles of the various Hispanic subgroups are explored in chapter 2. Next the Latino population is explored from various perspectives including the economic and social situations of men and women and their educational marital and family and labor force experiences. Chapter 4 examines older immigrants and their families and identifies the resources available to them in their communities that often replicate the cultural and social support system of the old country. Major health risks that older Latinos face as a result of the disadvantages they experience throughout life are examined in chapter 5. Family situations and long-term care and living arrangements of older Hispanics are examined in chapter 6. The impact of neighborhood on quality of life in terms of safety and physical and mental wellbeing is explored in chapter 7. The burden that eldercare can place upon those who bear the responsibility of their daily care is explored in chapter 8. Chapter 9 investigates the gaps in income between minority and non-Hispanic white Americans and reviews what individuals with few resources need to know about financial management. The book concludes with the social political and economic implications of the growing Hispanic population and the role of NGOs and other organizations in providing services to older populations. Intended for courses on Latinos and aging diversity race and ethnicity minorities and aging adult development and aging the psychology or sociology or politics of aging geriatric social work public health and aging global aging social or family policy and health and society taught in the behavioral and social sciences ethnic or Latin American/Chicano Studies this book also appeals to researchers and practitioners who work with Hispanic families. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781848725379

Latinos in Ethnic EnclavesImmigrant Workers and the Competition for Jobs This work explores the competition for jobs between different Latin American immigrant groups in the U.S. economy. Bohon's research looks at occupational status attainment among Latino groups in Miami and three other U.S. cities with flourishing Latino enclaves. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203815052

Latinos in the New SouthTransformations of Place Latinos have emerged as one of the fastest-growing ethnic populations in the American South. A 'New South' is taking shape in a region where culture and class relations have traditionally been constructed along black-white divides and experience absorbing culturally or linguistically foreign immigrants has been limited. This book presents a multidisciplinary examination of the impacts and responses across the Southeastern United States to contemporary Latino immigration. The rapid and large-scale movement of Latinos into the region has challenged old precepts and forced Southerners to confront the impacts of globalization and transnationalism in their daily lives. Drawing on theoretical perspectives as well as empirical research the work provides insights into the Latino experience in both urban and rural locales. Each chapter is centred on the nexus between the immigrants' experiences in settling and adapting to new lives in the American South and the construction of transformed social economic political and cultural spaces. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138259133

Latins and Greeks in the Eastern Mediterranean After 1204 First published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138150171

Latinx StudiesThe Key Concepts Latinx Studies: The Key Concepts is an accessible guide to the central concepts and issues that inform Latinx Studies globally. It summarizes explains contextualizes and assesses key critical concepts perspectives developments and debates in Latinx Studies. At once comprehensive in coverage and detailed and specific in examples analyzed it provides over 25 key concepts to the field of Latinx Studies as shaped within historical social cultural regional and global contexts including: • Body • Border Theory • Digital Era • Familia • Immigration • Intersectionality • Language • Latinidad/es • Latinofuturism • Narco Cultura • Popular Culture • Sports Fully cross-referenced and complete with suggestions for further reading Latinx Studies: The Key Concepts is an essential guide for anyone studying race ethnicity gender class education culture and globalism. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138088443

LatinX VoicesHispanics in Media in the U.S LatinX Voices is the first undergraduate textbook that includes an overview of Hispanic/LatinX Media in the U.S. and gives readers an understanding of how media in the United States has transformed around this audience. Based on the authors’ professional and research experience and teaching broadcast media courses in the classroom this text covers the evolving industry and offers perspective on topics related to Latin-American areas of interest. With professional testimonials from those who have left their mark in print radio television film and new media this collection of chapters brings together expert voices in Hispanic/LatinX media from across the U.S. and explains the impact of this population on the media industry today. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138240308

Latsploitation Exploitation Cinemas and Latin America Exploring the much neglected area of Latin American exploitation cinema this anthology challenges established continental and national histories and canons which often exclude exploitation cinema due to its perceived ‘low’ cultural status. It argues that Latin American exploitation cinema makes an important aesthetic and social contribution to the larger body of Latin American cinema – often competing with Hollywood and more mainstream national cinemas in terms of popularity. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415898546

Lattice Basis ReductionAn Introduction to the LLL Algorithm and Its Applications First developed in the early 1980s by Lenstra Lenstra and Lovász the LLL algorithm was originally used to provide a polynomial-time algorithm for factoring polynomials with rational coefficients. It very quickly became an essential tool in integer linear programming problems and was later adapted for use in cryptanalysis. This book provides an introduction to the theory and applications of lattice basis reduction and the LLL algorithm. With numerous examples and suggested exercises the text discusses various applications of lattice basis reduction to cryptography number theory polynomial factorization and matrix canonical forms. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781439807026

Lattice EngineeringTechnology and Applications This book contains comprehensive reviews of different technologies used to harness lattice mismatch in semiconductor heterostructures and their applications in electronic and optoelectronic devices. It also covers methods such as compliant substrate selective area growth wafer bonding and heterostructure nanowires. Basic knowledge on dislocations in semiconductors and innovative methods to eliminate threading dislocations are provided and successful device applications are reviewed. It covers important semiconductor materials epitaxial methods and devices. Media > Books > Print Books Pan Stanford Publishing 9789814316293

Lattice Gas Methods For Partial Differential Equations This book provides an overview of the directions that lattice gas research has taken from 1986 to early 1989. It shows potential users and lattice gas scientists what research has been completed and gives some indication of the utility and limitations of lattice gas models. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367152741

Lattice Point Identities and Shannon-Type Sampling Lattice Point Identities and Shannon-Type Sampling demonstrates that significant roots of many recent　facets　of Shannon's sampling theorem for　multivariate signals rest on basic number-theoretic results. This book leads the reader through a research excursion beginning from the Gaussian circle problem of the early nineteenth century via the classical Hardy-Landau lattice point identity and the Hardy conjecture of the first half of the twentieth century and the Shannon sampling theorem (its variants generalizations and the fascinating stories about the cardinal series) of the second half of the twentieth century. The authors demonstrate how all these facets have resulted in new multivariate extensions of lattice point identities and Shannon-type sampling procedures of high practical applicability thereby also providing a general reproducing kernel Hilbert space structure of an associated Paley-Wiener theory over (potato-like) bounded regions (cf. the cover illustration of the geoid) as well as the whole Euclidean space. All in all the context of this book represents the fruits of cross-fertilization of various subjects namely elliptic partial differential equations 　Fourier inversion theory constructive approximation involving Euler and Poisson summation formulas inverse problems reflecting the multivariate antenna problem and aspects of analytic and geometric number theory. Features: New convergence criteria for alternating series in multi-dimensional analysis Self-contained development of lattice point identities of analytic number theory Innovative lattice point approach to Shannon sampling theory Useful for students of multivariate constructive approximation and indeed anyone interested in the applicability of signal processing to inverse problems. Media > Books > Print Books Chapman & Hall 9780367375638

Latvian: An Essential Grammar Latvian: An Essential Grammar is a concise user-friendly guide to the basic grammatical structures of Latvian. Presenting a fresh and accessible description of the language this engaging grammar uses clear jargon-free explanations to set out the complexities of Latvian in short readable sections. Key features include: clear grammar explanations frequent use of authentic examples pronunciation guide bibliography and subject index. This is the ideal reference source both for those studying Latvian independently and for students in schools colleges universities and adult classes of all types to back up their studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415576925

LatviaThe Challenges of Change The past one hundred years have been a very trying time for Latvia complete with success tragedy and still unrealized promise. Within the course of a generation the country experienced revolutions wars and independent statehood and then the slide into authoritarianism. World War II brought new occupations. The tragedies were staggering: holocaust executions and an exodus of refugees. Soviet consolidation bred deportations forced collectivization and partisan warfare. Almost fifty years later Latvia regained its independence and emerged from decades of disastrous Soviet rule.This book comprehensively surveys Latvia's recent past and prospects for the new millennium placing contemporary events in historical perspective. The authors address the evolution of the country from the movement against Soviet rule to the dilemmas of contemporary politics: party formation the problem of corruption the quest for the future and a regional and international role the struggle to develop a civil society the issue of ethnic relations and the recurring tendency towards statist solutions. Proper attention is also given to economic developments. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203378786

Laudato Si’ and the EnvironmentPope Francis’ Green Encyclical This volume is a response to Pope Francis’ environmental encyclical Laudato Si’. Published in 2015 the encyclical urges us to face up to the crisis of climate change and to take better care of the Earth our common home while also attending to the plight of the poor. In this book the Pope’s invitation to all people to begin a new dialogue about these matters is considered from a variety of perspectives by an international and multidisciplinary team of leading scholars. There is discussion of the implications of Laudato Si’ for immigration population control eating animals and property ownership. Additionally indigenous religious perspectives development and environmental protection and the implementation of the ideas of the encyclical within the Church are explored. Some chapters deal with scriptural or philosophical aspects of the encyclical. Others focus on central concepts such as interconnectedness the role of practice and what Pope Francis calls the "technocratic paradigm." This book expertly illuminates the relationship between Laudato Si’ and environmental concerns. It will be of deep interest to anyone studying religion and the environment environmental ethics Catholic theology or environmental thought. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138588813

Lauderdale's Notes on Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138979451

Laughing and Weeping in Early Modern Theatres Did Shakespeare's original audiences weep? Equally while it seems obvious that they must have laughed at plays performed in early modern theatres can we say anything about what their laughter sounded like about when it occurred and about how culturally it was interpreted? Related to both of these problems of audience behaviour is that of the stage representation of laughing and weeping both actions performed with astonishing frequency in early modern drama. Each action is associated with a complex set of non-verbal noises gestures and cultural overtones and each is linked to audience behaviour through one of the axioms of Renaissance dramatic theory: that weeping and laughter on stage cause respectively weeping and laughter in the audience. This book is a study of laughter and weeping in English theatres broadly defined from around 1550 until their closure in 1642. It is concerned both with the representation of these actions on the stage and with what can be reconstructed about the laughter and weeping of theatrical audiences themselves arguing that both actions have a peculiar importance in defining the early modern theatrical experience. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138249400

Laughing Gods Weeping VirginsLaughter in the History of Religion Laughing Gods Weeping Virgins analyses how laughter has been used as a symbol in myths rituals and festivals of Western religions and has thus been inscribed in religious discourse. The Mesopotamian Anu the Israelite Jahweh the Greek Dionysos the Gnostic Christ and the late modern Jesus were all laughing gods. Through their laughter gods prove both their superiority and their proximity to humans.In this comprehensive study Professor Gilhus examines the relationship between corporeal human laughter and spiritual divine laughter from c`ussical antiquity to the Christian West and the modern era. She combines the study of the history of religion with social-scientific approaches to provide an original and pertinent exploration of a universal human phenomenon and its significance for the development of religions. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203411605

Laughing MattersHumor and American Politics in the Media Age This book examines the role of humor in modern American politics. Written by a wide range of authors from the fields of political science and communication this book is organized according to two general topics: how the modern media present political humor the various ways in which political humor influences politics. Laughing Matters is an excellent text for courses on media and politics public opinion and campaigns and elections. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203942291

Laughter and Liberation Laughter and Liberation is based on the idea that humor is an agent of psychological liberation. Since we are able to include every kind of wit and humor under the umbrella of this thesis it amounts to an informal comprehensive theory of the ludicrous. Briefly put the theory proposes that the most fundamental function of humor is its power to release us from the inhibitions and restrictions under which we live our daily lives.The quest for laughter is as old as man himself Egyptian pharaohs and Roman emperors went to great lengths to amuse themselves as did the monarchs of medieval Europe with court jesters. Our speech and literature abound with references to humor such as: "Laugh and the world laughs with you cry and you cry alone " "He who laughs last laughs best " "All the world loves a clown " "Laugh if you are wise " and "A good laugh is sunshine in the house."In Laughter and Liberation Harvey Mindess tells us how laughter and our sense of humor work. He gives us the background of several well-known humorists Steve Allen Richard Armour Sholom Aleichem and explains his theory of how and why they have become expert in making others laugh. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138526914

Laughter and Narrative in the Later Middle AgesGerman Comic Tales C.1350-1525 This book explores both the narrative design and fundamental thematic preoccupations of short comic tales that flourished in late medieval Germany and that provided bawdy entertainment for larger audiences of public recitals as well as for smaller numbers of individual readers. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367602802

Laughter At The Foot Of The Cross This book presents a collection of essays that shows that Renaissance thinkers revived ancient ideas about what inspires laughter and whether it could ever truly be innocent. It reveals the question of whether laughter is acceptable to the God of the Old and New Testaments is a dangerous one. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367157173

Laughter from Realism to ModernismMisfits and Humorists in Pirandello Svevo Palazzeschi and Gadda This book investigates the clash between social uniformity and personal anomalies as a key to understanding the functions of laughter in four major Italian authors from the early twentieth century highlighting some essential differences between traditional realism and modernism. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367600754

Launching a Successful Research Program at a Teaching University This practical guide addresses the challenges for building and maintaining a college research program in an environment that does not focus on supporting research activity and for those with a heavy teaching load. The challenges faced by teacher-researchers and solutions to issues are reviewed. The steps for maximizing research productivity are outlined: time management obtaining research space and equipment and funding recruiting and managing human subjects and overcoming bureaucratic stumbling blocks. Chapters feature opening vignettes examples cases figures tables summaries suggested readings and research references which provide a scientific grounding. Highlights include coverage of:-The latest time saving digital resources including automatic literature search alerts Zotero for managing literature Dropbox for sharing files Open Science for managing workflow and OpenSesame and OpenStax Tutor.-Strategies for recruiting subjects such as flyers and posting lab meeting minutes on a web page. - How to increase research productivity while still engaging in effective teaching.-The problems of the availability of human subjects and strategies for recruiting from classes offering extra credit for research participation and participation as a course requirement.- Using students as volunteer research assistants and strategies for recruiting and managing volunteers along with ethical considerations. -Bureaucratic stumbling blocks and strategies for overcoming those challenges.- How to use browser/word processor add-ons that store and organize literature in a searchable library and produce citations and reference lists. -The use of free open source software to design experiments and collect data and free cloud based resources to store electronic research files. The steps for maximizing research productivity are outlined in chapter 1: time management obtaining research space and equipment and funding recruiting and managing human subjects and overcoming bureaucratic stumbling blocks along with impediments and solutions for establishing a research program. Strategies to overcome time constraints including automatic literature searches Zotero for managing your literature Dropbox for sharing files and the Open Science Framework for managing workflow are provided in Chapter 2. Chapter 3 provides tips on obtaining funding. Chapters 4 and 5 provide strategies for recruiting and managing research participants such as ad hoc recruiting from classes offering extra credit for research participation and participation as a course requirement. The book concludes with a review of other items to consider when developing a research program. Intended for professional development or teacher training courses offered in masters and doctoral programs in colleges and universities or as a supplement in graduate level research methods courses this book is also an invaluable resource for faculty development centers and university administrators. Designed for both early career and veteran teacher-researchers looking to enhance their research productivity this book appeals to college teachers of all levels and disciplines. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138638884

Laura Ingalls WilderAmerican Writer on the Prairie Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote stories that have defined the American frontier for generations of readers. As both author and character in her own books she became one of the most famous figures in American children’s literature. Her famous Little House on the Prairie series based on her childhood in Wisconsin Kansas Minnesota and South Dakota blended memoir and fiction into a vivid depiction of nineteenth-century settler life that continues to shape many Americans’ understanding of the country’s past. Poised between fiction and fact literature and history Wilder’s life is a fascinating window on the American West. Placing Wilder’s life and work in historical context and including previously unpublished material from the Wilder archives Sallie Ketcham introduces students to domestic frontier life the conflict between Native Americans and infringing white populations and the West in public memory and imagination. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415820202

Laurence Sterne The eighteenth century was a period when the modern Novel emerged through the work of writers such as Laurence Sterne (1713-68) Richardson Defoe Fielding and Johnson. However the writing of Sterne is recognised as influencing modern writing from Joyce and Woolf onwards more than any of the other eighteenth century novelists.In the last twenty years Sterne's work has become a focus for a flourishing body of work and significant debates in many new and developing areas of literary theory which include gender sexuality postmodernism and deconstruction. Sterne's major novel 'Tristram Shandy' is regarded as deploying a range of 'post-modern literary devices' expected to be found in late twentieth century work rather than in work written in the 1700s.  This volume combines the most interesting and stimulating recent critical thinking about Sterne and represents recent theoretical and critical debates surrounding Sterne's writing. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138162402

Laurence Sterne and the Visual Imagination The first full-length and comprehensive study of the illustrations of Sterne's work this book explores the ability of Sterne's texts to inspire the visual imagination. It helps to explain why scores of editions of his fiction have been illustrated some profusely: to fulfill the reader's desire as well as the artist's compulsion to visualize Sterne's words. Gerard places his subject in a clear and innovative theoretical framework which opens the field to general word and image studies. The author begins by examining the distinct varieties of pictorialism in Sterne's texts. The remainder of the study takes into account three remarkable series of illustrations-representing Trim reading the sermon didactic sentimentalism in A Sentimental Journey and Henry Mackenzie's Man of Feeling and the many and diverse portrayals of 'poor Maria' - to demonstrate the ways in which culture projects these texts differently through the various artists. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138376038

Laurence SterneThe Critical Heritage First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415862370

Lavender Mansions40 Contemporary Lesbian And Gay Short Stories This book presents a collection of forty contemporary lesbian and gay short stories by both lesbians and gay men who represent a multiplicity of ethnic and racial backgrounds. It allows readers to understand lesbian and gay life according to its most culturally and politically significant themes. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367159368

Law Art and the Commons The concept of the cultural commons has become increasingly important for legal studies. Within this field however it is a contested concept: at once presented as a sphere for creativity democratic access and freedom of speech  but one that denies property rights and misappropriates the public domain. In this book Merima Bruncevic takes up the cultural commons not merely as an abstract notion but in its connection to physical spaces such as museums and libraries. A legal cultural commons can she argues be envisioned as a lawscape that can quite literally be entered and engaged with. Focusing largely on art in the context of the copyright regime but also addressing a number of cultural heritage issues the book draws on the work of Deleuze and Guattari in order to examine the realm of the commons as a potential space for overcoming the dichotomy between the owner and the consumer of culture. Challenging this dichotomy it is the productive and creative potential of law itself that is elicited through the book’s approach to the commons as the empirical basis for a new legal framework which is able to accommodate a multitude of interests and values. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367232498

Law Bubbles and Financial Regulation Financial regulation can fail when it is needed the most. The dynamics of asset price bubbles weaken financial regulation just as financial markets begin to overheat and the risk of crisis spikes. At the same time the failure of financial regulations adds further fuel to a bubble. This book examines the interaction of bubbles and financial regulation. It explores the ways in which bubbles lead to the failure of financial regulation by outlining five dynamics which it collectively labels the "Regulatory Instability Hypothesis." . The book concludes by outlining approaches to make financial regulation more resilient to these dynamics that undermine law. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138674394

Law Cinema and the Ill CityImagining Justice and Order in Real and Fictional Cities This book uses film and television as a resource for addressing the social and legal ills of the city. It presents a range of approaches to view the ill city through cinematic and televisual characterization in urban frameworks political contexts and cultural settings. Each chapter deconstructs the meaning of urban space as public space while critically generating a focus on order and justice exploring issues such as state disorder lawlessness and revenge. The approach presents a careful balance between theory and application. The original and novel ideas presented in this book will be essential reading for those interested in the presentation of law and place in cultural texts such as film. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367730208

Law Corporate Governance and AccountingEuropean Perspectives The growing internationalization of markets the relaxation of constraints on capital flows between countries and the creation of different economic unions -- the European Union in particular -- initiated the flow of capital goods and services across national borders growth and diffusion of shareholding and increased merger activity among the world’s largest stock exchanges. These changes have stimulated an interest in understanding developments in accounting and corporate governance in a newly qualitative way. Law Corporate Governance and Accounting sets out a framework for the analysis of institutional environments as the interconnected key tools of modern public corporations. Along with examining latest developments in the integrated formal structures for the formulation of international accounting principles analyzing new accounting regulations and the extrapolating on the lessons that can be learned from the harmonization of accounting principles in Europe this monograph provides the analyses of the convergence in both auditing and corporate governance as well as US perspective on IFRS adoption. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138959675

Law Corporate Governance and Partnerships at WorkA Study of Australian Regulatory Style and Business Practice This book examines how businesses manage their labour systems and particularly how they manage the complex interaction of factors which give rise to instances of 'partnership' style relations between businesses and their employees. The book draws from the literature concerning 'Varieties of Capitalism' (VoC) and the different institutional and regulatory designs inherent in different types of political economy. The book is informed by a new and extensive set of empirical data from Australia that examines the activities of national and multinational business corporations their outlooks and relationships with stakeholders and relates these to new and evolving theoretical frameworks based in political economy and law. The book places the Australian regulatory model within this international debate and assesses the extent to which the system does or does not fit into the general categorisation created in the VoC literature. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138277120

Law Cultural Diversity and Criminal Defense American legal scholars have debated for some time the need for a cultural defense in criminal proceedings where minority cultural information seems perti nent to a finding of criminal responsibility in situations where a minority cultural defendant has violated a valid criminal statute. This work presents a systematic analysis of this issue. Drawing from sociological anthropological and philosophical materials as well as traditional legal discussions the authors develop a scheme that indicates when cultural factors can be used as the basis for such a defense and when they are irrelevant to a finding of criminal responsibility. The argument moves from general concerns of social justice that apply under conditions of social and cultural pluralism to practical policy recommendations for the operation of American criminal justice. It thus connects more theoretical materials with the practical concerns of jurisprudence. The justification for legal recognition of a cultural defense in American criminal law is anchored firmly in American constitutional law. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367481247

Law Culture and Africana Studies Ever since the first contacts between Europe and Africa African people have been confined to the fringes of Eurocentric experience in the Western mind. Much of what we have studied in African history and culture or literature and linguistics or politics and economics has been orchestrated from the standpoint of Europe's interests. Whether it is a matter of economics history politics geographical concepts or art Africans have been seen as peripheral. This volume reviews the past in order to evaluate the present and move ahead with appropriate policies for the future. The authors focus on issues of affirmative action legal culture theories of black culture and methodologies of scholarly work in Africana studies.Contents include: Cecil Blake "The Culture Nexus Construct in Africana Studies " Ronald Turner "On Palatable Palliative and Paralytic Affirmative Action Grutter-Style " Winston A. Van Horne "Three Concepts of Legitimacy " Robert E. Weems Jr. "Africana Studies and the Quest for Black Economic Empowerment: What Can be Done " Ula Y. Taylor "Elijah Muhammad's Nation of Islam: Separatism Regendering and a Secular Approach to Black Power after Malcolm X " Lewis R. Gordon "Must Revolutionaries Sing the Blues? Thinking through Fanon and the Leitmotif of the Black Arts Movement " Delores P. Aldridge "Race Gender and Africana Theorizing " and James L. Conyers "Biography and Africology: Method and Interpretation." The volume concludes with reviews of significant recent scholarship on black history and culture.Law Culture and Africana Studies will have particular interest for scholars in the fields of American and European studies cultural studies history sociology and specialists in African-American studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138526990

Law Culture and SocietyLegal Ideas in the Mirror of Social Theory This book presents a distinctive approach to the study of law in society focusing on the sociological interpretation of legal ideas. It surveys the development of connections between legal studies and social theory and locates its approach in relation to sociolegal studies on the one hand and legal philosophy on the other. It is suggested that the concept of law must be re-considered. Law has to be seen today not just as the law of the nation state or international law that links nation states but also as transnational law in many forms. A legal pluralist approach is not just a matter of redefining law in legal theory; it also recognizes that law's authority comes from a plurality of diverse sometimes conflicting social sources. The book suggests that the social environment in which law operates must also be rethought with many implications for comparative legal studies. The nature and boundaries of culture become important problems while the concept of multiculturalism points to the cultural diversity of populations and to problems of fragmentation or perhaps to new kinds of unity of the social. Theories of globalization raise a host of issues about the integrity of societies and about the need to understand social networks and forces that extend beyond the political societies of nation states. Through a range of specific studies closely interrelated and building on each other the book seeks to integrate the sociology of law with other kinds of legal analysis and engages directly with current juristic debates in legal theory and comparative law. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138467682

Law Democracy and Solidarity in a Post-national UnionThe unsettled political order of Europe To many the rejections of the Constitutional Treaty by Dutch and French voters in 2005 came as a shock. However given the many tensions and the many unresolved issues it was quite unsurprising. The challenges facing the Constitutional debate go to the core of the European integration process as they have to do with the terms on which to establish a post-national political order. This book deals with four themes which make up the main sources of the ‘constitutional crisis’: The problem of the rule of law in a context of governance beyond the nation state The problem of the social deficit of the Union The problem of identity and collective memories The problem of institutionalizing post-national democracy. These themes constitute the unfinished agenda of the European integration process. Law Democracy and Solidarity in a Post-national Union is based on the efforts of a collection of top scholars in the fields of Law Political Science Sociology and Economics and will appeal to students and scholars of political science the European Union and European studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138979505

Law Drugs and the Making of AddictionJust Habits This book considers how largely accepted ‘legal truths’ about drugs and addiction are made and sustained through practices of lawyering. Lawyers play a vital and largely underappreciated role in constituting legal certainties about substances and ‘addiction’ including links between alcohol and other drugs and phenomena such as family violence. Such practices exacerbate sustain and stabilise ‘addicted’ realities with a range of implications – many of them seemingly unjust – for people who use alcohol and other drugs. This book explores these issues drawing upon data collected for a major international study on alcohol and other drugs in the law including interviews with lawyers magistrates and judges; analyses of case law; and legislation. Focussing on an array of legal practices including processes of law-making human rights deliberations advocacy and negotiation strategies and the sentencing of offenders and buttressed by overarching analyses of the ethics and politics of such practices the book looks at how alcohol and other drug ‘addiction’ emerges and is concretised through the everyday work lawyers and decision makers do. Foregrounding ‘practices’ the book also shows that law is more fragile than we might assume. It concludes by presenting a blueprint for how lawyers can rethink their advocacy practices in light of this fragility and the opportunities it presents for remaking law and the subjects and objects shaped by it. This ground-breaking book will be of interest not only to those studying and working within the field of alcohol and drug addiction but also to lawyers and judges practising in this area and to scholars in a range of disciplines including law science and technology studies sociology gender studies and cultural studies Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138324633

Law Environmental Illness and Medical UncertaintyThe Contested Governance of Health We’ve seen it before with asbestos-related disease leukaemia clusters and lung cancer caused by cigarettes. There tends to be a lag between the emergence of environmental risks and chemical injuries and their recognition and therapeutic treatment by medicine and the law. Law Environmental Illness and Medical Uncertainty examines how our society governs new health concerns as they emerge and the barriers that face new and uncertain theories seeking recognition in the law. In this book Tarryn Phillips focuses her investigation on the struggle over the controversial condition multiple chemical sensitivities or MCS (also known as environmental illness). Presenting nine case studies where workers sought compensation for MCS from their multinational employers she captures a nuanced portrait of their embittered unequal battles over the scientific legal and insurance paradigms for understanding toxic risk environmental illness and the regulation of industry. It draws on three years of fieldwork in Australia including interview data with lay people and sympathetic and sceptical experts participant observation in the courtroom and textual analysis of official reports. The book gives a unique ethnographic insight into the governance of risk and uncertainty within a neoliberal economy medico-scientific controversies and courtroom dramas. It highlights how a skeptical approach towards emergent environmental concerns is encouraged within the current regime and decision-makers face disincentives for taking a sympathetic approach. Compellingly written and easy to read it should appeal widely to interested lay people and students and scholars of science and technology studies medical anthropology sociology of health and illness and critical legal studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138241626

Law Ethics and Compromise at the Limits of LifeTo Treat or not to Treat? A conflict arises in the clinic over the care of a critically ill incapacitated patient. The clinicians and the patient’s family confront a difficult choice: to treat or not to treat? Decisions to withdraw or withhold life-sustaining treatment feature frequently in the courts and in the world's media with prominent examples including the cases of Charlotte Wyatt in the UK and Terri Schiavo in the USA. According to legislation like the Mental Capacity Act 2005 the central issues are the welfare (or ‘best interests’) of the patient alongside any wishes they might have conveyed via an ‘advance directive’ or through the appointment of a ‘lasting power of attorney’. Richard Huxtable argues that the law governing both welfare and wishes frequently fails to furnish clinicians and families with the guidance they require. However he finds this unsurprising given the competing ethical issues at stake. Huxtable proposes that there is a case for ‘principled compromise’ here such that the processes for resolving principled disputes take precedence. He argues for greater ethical engagement through a reinvigorated system of clinical ethics support in which committees work alongside the courts to resolve the conflicts that can arise at the limits of life. Providing a comprehensive account of the law pertaining to children and adults alike and distinctively combining medico-legal and bioethical insights this book engages scholars and students from both disciplines as well as informing clinicians about the scope (and limits) of law at the limits of life. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415492805

Law Ethics and Professional Issues for NursingA Reflective and Portfolio-Building Approach This comprehensive new textbook covers core ethical and legal content for pre-registration nursing students. It provides readers with a sound understanding of the interrelationships between the NMC's code of conduct standards and competencies ethics and relevant sections of the English legal system. The only truly integrated text in the field it opens with overviews of law and nursing and ethical theories and nursing. It goes on to explore key areas of contention – such as negligence confidentiality and consent – from legal and ethical perspectives mapping the discussion onto the NMC code of conduct. The chapters include objectives patient-focused case scenarios key points activities questions areas for reflection further reading and a summary. Case law and statutes and ethical theories are presented where appropriate. Written by an experienced nurse-lecturer with a law and ethics teaching background Law Ethics and Professional Issues for Nursing is essential reading for all pre-registration nursing students as well as students of other healthcare professions. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415618892

Law Ethics and the Biopolitical Law Ethics and the Biopolitical explores the idea that legal authority is no longer related to national sovereignty but to the ‘moral’ attempt to nurture life. The book argues that whilst the relationship between law and ethics has long been a central concern in legal studies it is now the relationship between law and life that is becoming crucial. The waning legitimacy of conventional conceptions of sovereignty is signalled the renewal of a version of natural law evident in discourses of human rights that de-emphasises the role of a divine law-giver in favour of an Aristotelian conception of the natural purpose of life and the ‘common good’. Synthesising elements of legal scholarship on sovereignty theories of biopolitics and biopower as well as recent developments in the domains of ethics Amy Swiffen examines the invocation of ‘life’ as a foundation for legal authority. The book documents the connection between law life and contemporary forms of biopolitical power by critically analysing the fundamental principles of the bioethical paradigm. Unique in its critical and cross-disciplinary approach Law Ethics and the Biopolitical will be of interest to students and teachers in the areas of law and society law and literature critical legal studies social theory bioethics psychoanalysis and biopolitics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415628709

Law Fiction and Activism in a Time of Climate Change The book examines the narratives of climate change which have developed and which are currently evolving in three areas: law fiction and activism. Narratives of climate change generated by litigants judges writers of fiction and activists are having and will have a profound effect on the way we respond to the climate change crisis. Acknowledging the prevalence of unreliable narrators this book explores the reliability and significance of different forms of climate narrative. The author analyses overlapping themes and points of intersection considering the recurrent motif of the trickster the prominence of the child the significance and ongoing viability of the rights discourse and the increasingly prevalent emergency framing with its multiple implications for law’s empire. She asks how law fiction and activism measure up as textual and performative fora for telling the story of climate change and anticipating a climate-changed future. And in addition how can they help foster transformative narratives which empower us to confront the climate change crisis? This highly topical cross-disciplinary work will be of interest to anyone concerned about the growing climate emergency and makes a valuable contribution to climate law environmental law the environmental humanities and ecocriticism. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138611214

Law Force and Diplomacy at Sea (Routledge Revivals) Law Force and Diplomacy at Sea first published in 1985 is one of the few comprehensive treatments on the subject from a strategic perspective. It offers a detailed strategic analysis of the background and outcome of the Third UN Conference on the Law of the Sea and its naval implications. The interplay between the interest of the naval powers in freedom of navigation and the interest of coastal states in control provides the setting for the strategic problems. The sea is taking on more properties of the land: it is becoming ‘territorialised’ and this is presenting fresh challenges and opportunities to which navies and their national governments have to respond. This study is designed for students of naval strategy for international lawyers and for students of international affairs who wish to think about the important security questions in the maritime environment. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138781825

Law Hermeneutics and Rhetoric Mootz offers an antidote to the fragmentation of contemporary legal theory with a collection of essays arguing that legal practice is a hermeneutical and rhetorical event that can best be understood and theorized in those terms. This is not a modern insight that wipes away centuries of dogmatic confusion; rather Mootz draws on insights as old as the Western tradition itself. However the essays are not antiquarian or merely descriptive because hermeneutical and rhetorical philosophy have undergone important changes over the millennia. To "return" to hermeneutics and rhetoric as touchstones for law is to embrace dynamic traditions that provide the resources for theorists who seek to foster persuasion and understanding as an antidote to the emerging global order and the trend toward bureaucratization in accordance with expert administration violent suppression or both. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315591612

Law Human Agency and Autonomic ComputingThe Philosophy of Law Meets the Philosophy of Technology Law Human Agency and Autonomic Computing interrogates the legal implications of the notion and experience of human agency implied by the emerging paradigm of autonomic computing and the socio-technical infrastructures it supports. The development of autonomic computing and ambient intelligence â€“ self-governing systems â€“ challenge traditional philosophical conceptions of human self-constitution and agency with significant consequences for the theory and practice of constitutional self-government. Ideas of identity subjectivity agency personhood intentionality and embodiment are all central to the functioning of modern legal systems. But once artificial entities become more autonomic and less dependent on deliberate human intervention criteria like agency intentionality and self-determination become too fragile to serve as defining criteria for human subjectivity personality or identity and for characterizing the processes through which individual citizens become moral and legal subjects. Are autonomic – yet artificial – systems shrinking the distance between (acting) subjects and (acted upon) objects? How ‘distinctively human’ will agency be in a world of autonomic computing? Or alternatively does autonomic computing merely disclose that we were never in this sense  â€˜human’ anyway? A dialogue between philosophers of technology and philosophers of law this book addresses these questions as it takes up the unprecedented opportunity that autonomic computing and ambient intelligence offer for a reassessment of the most basic concepts of law. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415720151

Law Immunization and the Right to Die Law Immunization and the Right to Die focuses on the urgent matter of legal appeals and judicial decisions on assisted death. Drawing on key cases from the United Kingdom and Canada the book focuses on the problematic paternalism of legal decisions that currently deny assisted dying and questions why the law fails to recognize what many describe as "compassionate motives" for assisted death. When cases are analyzed as discourses that are part of a larger socio-political logic of governance judicial decisions it is argued here reveal themselves as relying on the construction of neoliberal fictions – fictions that are here elucidated with reference to Michel Foucault’s theoretical insights on pastoral power and Roberto Esposito’s philosophical thesis on immunization. Challenging the socio-political logic of neoliberalism the issue of assisted dying goes beyond the predominant legal concern with protecting – or immunizing – individuals from one another in favor of minimal interference. This book calls for a new kind of politics: one that might affirm people and their finitude both more collectively and more compassionately. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138570399

Law Judges and Visual Culture Law Judges and Visual Culture analyses how pictures have been used to make manage and circulate ideas about the judiciary through a variety of media from the sixteenth century to the present. This book offers a new approach to thinking about and making sense of the important social institution that is the judiciary. In an age in which visual images and celebrity play key roles in the way we produce communicate and consume ideas about society and its key institutions this book provides the first in-depth study of visual images of judges in these contexts. It not only examines what appears within the frame of these images; it also explores the impact technologies and the media industries that produce them have upon the way we engage with them and the experiences and meanings they generate. Drawing upon a wide range of scholarship – including art history film and television studies and social and cultural studies as well as law – and interviews with a variety of practitioners painters photographers television script writers and producers as well as court communication staff and judges the book generates new and unique insights into making managing and viewing pictures of judges. Original and insightful Law Judges and Visual Culture will appeal to scholars postgraduates and undergraduates from a variety of disciplines that hold an interest in the role of visual culture in the production of social justice and its institutions. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138618619

Law Labour and the HumanitiesContemporary European Perspectives The ontology of work and the economics of value underpin the legal institution with the existence of modern law predicated upon the subject as labourer. In contemporary Europe labour is more than a mere economic relationship. Indeed labour occupies a central position in human existence: since the industrial revolution it has been the principal criterion of reciprocal recognition and of universal mobilization. This multi-disciplinary volume analyses labour and its depictions in their interaction with the latest legal socio-economic political and artistic tendencies. Addressing such issues as deregulation flexibility de-industrialization the pervasive enlargement of markets digitization and virtual relationships social polarisation and migratory fluxes this volume engages with the existential role played by labour in our lives at the conjunction of law and the humanities. This book will be of interest to law students legal philosophers theoretical philosophers political philosophers social and political theorists labour studies scholars and literature and film scholars. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367077174

Law Lawyering and Legal EducationBuilding an Ethical Profession in a Globalizing World Once a highly cosmopolitan profession law was largely domesticated by the demands of the Westphalian state. But as the walls between sovereign states are lowered law is globalizing in a way that is likely to change law lawyering and legal education as much over the next 30 years – when the students entering law schools today reach the peak of their profession – as it has over the last 300. This book provides a sustained investigation of the theoretical and practical aspects of legal practice and education synthesizing and developing nearly thirty years of Professor Sampford’s critical thought analysis and academic leadership. The book features two major areas of investigation. First it explains the significance of the ‘critical’ ‘theoretical’ and ‘ethical’ dimensions of legal education and legal practice in making more effective practitioners – placing ethics and values at the heart of the profession. Second it explores the old/new challenges and opportunities for ethical lawyers. Challenges include those for lawyers working in large organisations dealing with issues from international tax minimisation to advising governments bent on war. Opportunities range from the capacity to give client’s ethical advice to playing a key role in the emergence of an international rule of law as they had to the ‘domestic’ rule of law. The book should stimulate great interest and occasional passion for legal practitioners students teachers and researchers of law lawyering legal practice and legal institutions. Its inter-disciplinary approaches should be of interest to those with interests in education theory international relations political science and government professional ethics sociology public policy and governance studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138597778

Law Lawyers and JusticeThrough Australian Lenses This book engages with the place of law and legality within Australia’s distinctive contribution to global televisual culture. Australian popular culture has created a lasting legacy – for good or bad – of representations of law lawyers and justice ‘down under’. Within films and television of striking landscapes peopled with heroes antiheroes survivors and jokers there is a fixation on law conflicts between legal orders brutal violence and survival. Deeply compromised by the ongoing violence against the lives and laws of First Nation Australians Australian film and television has sharply illuminated what it means to live with a ‘rule of law’ that rules with a legacy and a reality of deep injustice. This book is the first to bring together scholars to reflect on and critically engage with the representations and global implications of law lawyers and justice captured through the lenses of Australian film television and social media. Exploring how distinctively Australian lenses capture uniquely Australian images and narratives the book nevertheless engages these in order to provide broader insights into the contemporary translations and transmogrifications of law and justice. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367210458

Law Lawyers and RaceCritical Race Theory from the US to Europe Critical Race Theory (CRT) is virtually unheard of in European scholarship especially among legal scholars. Law Lawyers and Race: Critical Race Theory from the United States to Europe endeavours to fill this gap by providing an overview of the definition and consequences of CRT developed in American scholarship and describing its transplantation and application in the continental European context. The CRT approach adopted in this book illustrates the reasons why the relationship between race and law in European civil law jurisdictions is far from anodyne. Law plays a critical role in the construction subordination and discrimination against racial minorities in Europe making it comparable albeit in slightly different ways to the American experience of racial discrimination. Anti-Semitism Islamophobia anti-Roma and anti-Black racism constitute a fundamental factor often tacitly accepted in the relationship between law and race in Europe. Consequently the broadly shared anti-race and anti-racist position is problematic because it acts to the detriment of victims of racism while privileging the White Christian male majority. This book is an original exploration of the relationship between law and race. As such it crosses the disciplinary divide furthering both legal scholarship and research in Race and Ethnicity Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138685871

Law Legal Culture and SocietyMirrored Identities of the Legal Order This volume addresses the pluralistic identity of the legal order. It argues that the mutual reflexivity of the different ways society perceives law and law perceives society eclipses the unique formal identity of written law. It advances a distinctive approach to the plural ways in which legal cultures work in a modern society through the metaphor of the mirror. As a mirror of society it distinguishes between the structure and function of legal culture within the legal system and the external representation of law in society. This duality is further problematized in relation to the increasing transnationalisation of law. Based on a multi-level interpretation of the concept of legal culture the work is divided into three parts: the first addresses the mutual reflections of social and legal norms that support a pluralist representation of internal legal cultures the second concentrates on the external legal cultures that constantly enable pragmatic adjustments of the legal order to its social environment and the third concludes the book with a theoretical discussion of the issues presented. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367588878

Law Legislation and LibertyA New Statement of the Liberal Principles of Justice and Political Economy First published in 1982. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315887685

Law Legislation and LibertyA new statement of the liberal principles of justice and political economy With a new foreword by Paul Kelly 'I regard Hayek's work as a new opening of the most fundamental debate in the field of political philosophy' – Sir Karl Popper 'This promises to be the crowning work of a scholar who has devoted a lifetime to thinking　 about society and its values. The entire work must surely amount to an immense contribution to social and legal philosophy' - Philosophical Studies Law Legislation and Liberty is Hayek's major statement of political philosophy and one of the most ambitious yet subtle defences of a free market society ever written. A robust defence of individual liberty it is also crucial for understanding Hayek’s influential views concerning the role of the state: far from being an innocent bystander he argues that the state has an important role to play in defending the norms and practices of an ordered and free society. His arguments had a profound influence on the policies of Thatcher in the 1980s and resonate today in visions of the ‘Big Society’. First published in three separate volumes this Routledge Classics edition makes one of his most important books available in a single volume. Essential reading for understanding the background to the recent world economic turmoil and financial crisis it also foreshadows the subsequent heated debate about regulation and political governance if such disasters are to be avoided in the future. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415522298

Law Liberty and the Competitive Market Law Liberty and the Competitive Market brings the clash between law and legislation to the attention of economists and political scientists. It fills a void and offers a series of texts that have not previously been translated into English. This anthology connects various articles by Leoni on economics and law with the objective of emphasizing how much Leoni's own theory in the juridical environment was influenced by reflection on authors of the Austrian school--from Carl Menger to Ludwig von Mises from Friedrich von Hayek to Murray N. Rothbard.The essays dealing with economics help us understand how many of Leoni's positions were libertarian. A careful reader of Mises Leoni often ends up by assuming positions that are even more anti-state than those of the Austrian economist (concerning monopolies for example). It is significant that in the 1960s his thought was influenced by Rothbard. The very critiques that he addresses to normativism and to analytical philosophy contain strong ideological elements as they move from the awareness that legal positivism leads to statism and philosophical relativism to acquiescence in the face of power.Studying the market economy Leoni perceives opposition between spontaneous order and planning. In this way he understands how such a contrast is significant for the origins of norms. Leoni's idea of a law able to protect individual liberty has its roots in the market. Thus the market is at the same time the model he uses to conceive the legal order and an institution fundamental for the service of civilization which the law is called to protect. This is an important work by a figure only now being recognized as a pioneer in the field of economics and an innovator in political theory. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138511583

Law Liberty and ChurchAuthority and Justice in the Major Churches in England Law Liberty and Church examines the presuppositions that underlie authority in the five largest Churches in England - the Church of England the Roman Catholic Church the Methodist Church the United Reformed Church and the Baptist Union. Examining what has influenced their development and how the patterns of authority that exist today have evolved Gordon Arthur explores the contributions of Scripture Roman Legal Theory and Greek Philosophy. This book shows how the influence of Roman legal theory has caused inflexibility and at times authoritarianism in the Roman Catholic Church; it explores how the influence of reason and moderation has led the Church of England to focus on inclusiveness often at the cost of clarity; it expounds the attempts of the Free Churches to establish liberty of conscience leading them at times to a more democratic and individualistic approach. Finally Arthur offers an alternative view of authority and sets out some of the challenges this view presents to the Churches. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138275935

Law Literature and the Transmission of Culture in England 1837–1925 Focusing on the last will and testament as a legal literary and cultural document Cathrine O. Frank examines fiction of the Victorian and Edwardian eras alongside actual wills legal manuals relating to their creation case law regarding their administration and contemporary accounts of curious wills in periodicals. Her study begins with the Wills Act of 1837 and poses two basic questions: What picture of Victorian culture and personal subjectivity emerges from competing legal and literary narratives about the will and how does the shift from realist to modernist representations of the will accentuate a growing divergence between law and literature? Frank’s examination of works by Emily Brontë George Eliot Charles Dickens Wilkie Collins Anthony Trollope Samuel Butler Arnold Bennett John Galsworthy and E.M. Forster reveals the shared rhetorical and cultural significance of the will in law and literature while also highlighting the competition between these discourses to structure a social order that emphasized self-determinism yet viewed individuals in relationship to the broader community. Her study contributes to our knowledge of the cultural significance of Victorian wills and creates intellectual bridges between the Victorian and Edwardian periods that will interest scholars from a variety of disciplines who are concerned with the laws literature and history of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138260559

Law Memory ViolenceUncovering the Counter-Archive The demand for recognition responsibility and reparations is regularly invoked in the wake of colonialism genocide and mass violence: there can be no victims without recognition no perpetrators without responsibility and no justice without reparations. Or so it seems from law’s limited repertoire for assembling the archive after ‘the disaster’. Archival and memorial practices are central to contexts where transitional justice addressing historical wrongs or reparations are at stake. The archive serves as a repository or ‘storehouse’ of what needs to be gathered and recognised so that it can be left behind in order to inaugurate the future. The archive manifests law’s authority and its troubled conscience. It is an indispensable part of the liberal legal response to biopolitical violence. This collection challenges established approaches to transitional justice by opening up new dialogues about the problem of assembling law’s archive. The volume presents research drawn from multiple jurisdictions that address the following questions. What resists being archived? What spaces and practices of memory - conscious and unconscious - undo legal and sovereign alibis and confessions? And what narrative forms expose the limits of responsibility recognition and reparations? By treating the law as an ‘archive’ this book traces the failure of universalised categories such as 'perpetrator' 'victim' 'responsibility' and 'innocence ' posited by the liberal legal state. It thereby uncovers law’s counter-archive as a challenge to established forms of representing and responding to violence. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138570436

Law Migration and Precarious LabourEcotechnics of the Social Providing a radical new approach to labour migration this book challenges the prevailing legal and political construction of the figure of the irregular migrant labourer whilst at the same time reimagining this irregularity as the basis of an alternative post-capitalist sociality. The text draws on the work of contemporary philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy and more specifically his term ‘ecotechnics’ in order to examine how economic political and juridical norms deny the full legal status of certain people who are deemed to be irregular. This ostensible irregularity is revealed as a regular feature of labour market practice and a necessary support for the conceptual foundations of capitalist legality. As this book shows however this legality – and with it the technological subordination of life to the circulation of capital as if this were the only possibility for our being in the world – is not insurmountable. The book’s consideration of the figure of the irregular migrant labourer comes to provide an alternative basis for reimagining our relationship not only with migration and with labour itself but ultimately with each other. This powerful analysis of contemporary labour migration is of considerable interest to legal and political theorists philosophers labour lawyers migration experts and others with theoretical political or policy interests in this area. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138700499

Law Mind and Brain Over the past 20 years cognitive neuroscience has revolutionized our ability to understand the nature of human thought. Working with the understandings of traditional psychology the new brain science is transforming many disciplines from economics to literary theory. These developments are now affecting the law and there is an upsurge of interest in the potential of neuroscience to contribute to our understanding of criminal and civil law and our system of justice in general. The international and interdisciplinary chapters in this volume are written by experts in criminal behaviour civil law and jurisprudence. They concentrate on the potential of neuroscience to increase our understanding of blame and responsibility in such areas as juveniles and the death penalty evidence and procedure neurological enhancement and treatment property end-of-life choices contracting and the effects of words and pictures in law. This collection suggests that legal scholarship and practice will be increasingly enriched by an interdisciplinary study of law mind and brain and is a valuable addition to the emerging field of neurolaw. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367605629

Law Modernity PostmodernityLegal Change in the Contracting State This title was first published in 2003. This book examines the interrelationship between the unravelling of the post-war welfare state and legal change. By reference to theorists of postmodernity such as Zygmunt Bauman Scott Lash and John Urry and David Harvey the principal argument is that contemporary law and legal institutions can be best understood as having changed in ways that mirror the recent transformation of the interventionist welfare state and its Fordist Keynesian economic infrastructure. The key changes identified in the legal field include:- the shift toward marketized regulatory structures as reflected in privatization and deregulation the attenuation of welfare rights the privatization of justice legal polycentricity the reconfiguration of the welfare state’s social citizenship and the globalization of law. Empirical evidence from a number of jurisdictions is adduced to indicate the general direction of change. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138741997

Law Morality and International Armed InterventionThe United Nations and ECOWAS International law is often manipulated in the debate about humanitarian intervention. The Liberian case provides an opportunity to challenge the UN and The Economic Community of West African States' (ECOWAS') new approach. ECOWAS and the UN's justifications for moving away from the current norms are flawed. No enlightened person would disagree with the values of peace democracy human rights and economic development. This book however explores whether these goals be pursued within the current framework or outside it. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415655392

Law Obligation Community Against an ever-expanding and diversifying ‘rights talk’ this book re-opens the question of obligation from not only legal but also ethical sociological and political perspectives. Its premise is that obligation has a primacy ahead of rights because rights attach to practices and modes of being that are already saturated with obligations. Obligations thus lie at the core not just of law but of community. Yet the distinctive meanings range and situations of obligation have tended to remain under-theorised in legal scholarship. In response this book examines the sense in which we are multiply ‘bound beings’ to law and legal institutions as much as we are to place community memory and the various social institutions that give shape to collective life. Sharing this set of concerns each of the international group of scholars contributing to this volume traces the specificity of the binding force of obligations their techniques and modes of expression as well as their centrally important role in giving form to lawful relations. Together they provide an innovative and challenging contribution to legal scholarship: one that will also be of relevance to those working in politics philosophy and social theory. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367862657

Law Palliative Care and DyingLegal and Ethical Challenges Law Palliative Care and Dying critically examines the role of the legal framework in shaping the boundaries of palliative care practice. The work underlines the importance of a distinct legal framework for specialist palliative care which can provide clarity for both the healthcare professional and the patient. It examines the legal and ethical justifications for specialist palliative care practices and in doing so it questions the legitimacy of the distinction between euthanasia and practices such as palliative sedation. Moreover this work discusses the influence of a human rights discourse on palliative care and examines the contribution of autonomy dignity and the right to palliative care. This book includes detailed comparative research on several European jurisdictions. The jurisdictions illustrate varied approaches to palliative care regulation and promotion. In this manner the role of professional guidelines and legislation are drawn out and common themes in the regulation of palliative care emerge. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367894504

Law Personalities And Politics Of The Middle EastEssays In Honor Of Majid Khadduri This book is a tribute to Majid Khadduri and focuses on the three principal fields of his own work: Islamic and international law; ideas and personalities in the Arab world; and politics and diplomacy in the Middle East. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367172480

Law Policy and Practice on China's PeripherySelective Adaptation and Institutional Capacity This book examines the Chinese government’s policies and practices for relations with the Inner Periphery areas of Tibet Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia and the Outer Periphery areas of Hong Kong and Taiwan focusing on themes of political authority socio-cultural relations and economic development. China’s history may be seen as one of managing the geographic periphery surrounding China proper. Successive imperial republican and communist governments have struggled to maintain sovereignty over the regions surrounding the great river valleys of China. The importance of the periphery is no less real today concerns over national security access to natural resources and long-held concerns about relations between Han and other ethnic groups continue to dominate Chinese law policy and practice regarding governance in the Inner Periphery regions of Inner Mongolia Xinjiang and Tibet. In the Outer Periphery Beijing sees engagement with the outside world (particularly the West) as inextricably tied to Chinese sovereignty over former foreign colonies of Hong Kong and Taiwan. Using the case study of national integration to indicate how policies are articulated and implemented through law and political-legal institutions this book will be of interest to students and scholars of the peripheral regions. It will also appeal to academic and policy communities interested in legal reform in China Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138858091

Law Politics and the Gender Binary The distinction between male and female or masculinity and femininity has long been considered to be foundational to society and the organization of its institutions. In the last decades the massive literature on gender has challenged this discursive construction. Gender has been disassembled and reassembled variously considered as social practice performance ideology. Yet the binary relationship ‘man/woman’ continues to be a characteristic trait of Western societies. This book gathers together contributions by experts in various fields – including law sociology philosophy and anthropology – to pin down the relationship between institutions and the gender binary. Centrally it examines the way in which the present-day gender binary is shored up by the conceptualization and regulation of sex and gender at societal and institutional levels. Based on this examination it tackles the issue of what the practices and processes of subjectivation are that preserve this binary distinction as the foundation of gender. Each of the chapters discusses this pressing question with a view to considering whether current equality policies challenge hierarchical and hegemonic understandings of gender or are the residue of a sexist understanding of gender. This analysis then paves the way for a more general and crucial question: whether institutions can or should contribute to the process of deconstructing the gender binary. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367670450

Law Psychoanalysis SocietyTaking the Unconscious Seriously 'I swear to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth' we say in a court of law. 'In a court of law the truth is precisely what we will not say' says Lacan. ‘If God is dead everything is permitted’ writes Dostoyevsky. ‘If God is dead everything is prohibited’ responds Lacan. ‘I think therefore I am’ reasons Descartes. ‘I am where I do not think’ concludes Lacan. What are we to make of Lacan’s inversions of these mottos? And what are the implications for the legal system if we take them seriously? This book puts the legal subject on the couch and explores the incestuous relationship between law and desire enjoyment and transgression freedom and subjection ethics and atheism. The process of analysis problematizes fundamental tenets of the legal system leading the patient to rethink long-held beliefs: terms like ‘guilt’ and ‘innocence’ ‘truth’ and ‘lies’ ‘reason’ and ‘reality’ ‘freedom’ and ‘responsibility’ ‘cause’ and ‘punishment’ acquire new and surprising meanings. By the end of these sessions the patient is left wondering along with Freud her analyst whether ‘it is not psychology that deserves the mockery but the procedure of judicial enquiry’. A unique study on the nexus of Law and Psychoanalysis this book will interest students and scholars of both subjects as well as general readers looking to explore this perverse and fascinating relationship. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138787261

Law Religion and FreedomConceptualizing a Common Right This book examines major conceptual challenges confronting freedom of religion or belief in contemporary settings. The volume brings together chapters by leading experts from law religious studies and international relations who provide perspectives from both sides of the Atlantic. At a time when the polarization of ‘culture wars’ is aggravating tensions between secular and religious views about accommodating the conscientious claims of individuals and groups and when the right to freedom of religion itself is facing misunderstanding and erosion the work provides welcome clarity and depth. Some chapters adopt a primarily conceptual and historical approach; others analyze particular difficulties or conflicts that have emerged in European and American jurisdictions along with concrete applications and recommendations for the future. The book will be a valuable resource for students academics and policy-makers with an interest in law religion and human rights. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138555891

Law Religion ConstitutionFreedom of Religion Equal Treatment and the Law What is the place assigned to religion in the constitutions of contemporary States? What role is religion expected to perform in the fields that are the object of constitutional regulation? Is separation of religion and politics a necessary precondition for democracy and the rule of law? These questions are addressed in this book through an analysis of the constitutional texts that are in force in different parts of the world. Constitutions are at the centre of almost all contemporary legal systems and provide the principles and values that inspire the action of the national law-makers. After a discussion of some topics that are central to the constitutional regulation of religion the book considers a number of national systems covering countries with a variety of religious and cultural backgrounds. The final section of the book is devoted to the discussion of the constitutional regulation of some particularly controversial issues such as religious education the relation between freedom of speech and freedom of religion abortion and freedom of conscience. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367601478

Law Religion and Homosexuality Law Religion and Homosexuality is the first book-length study of how religion has shaped and continues to shape legislation that regulates the lives of gay men and lesbians . Through a systematic examination of how religious discourse influences the making of law – in the form of official interventions made by faith communities and organizations as well as by expressions of faith by individual legislators – the authors argue that religion continues to be central to both enabling and restricting the development of sexual orientation equality. Whilst some claim that faith has been marginalized in the legislative processes of contemporary western societies Johnson and Vanderbeck show the significant impact of religion in a number of substantive legal areas relating to sexual orientation including: same-sex sexual relations family life civil partnership and same-sex marriage equality in employment and the provision of goods and services hate speech regulation and education. Law Religion and Homosexuality demonstrates the dynamic interplay between law and religion in respect of homosexuality and will be of considerable interest to a wide audience of academics policy makers and stakeholders. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138998858

Law Religion and LoveSeeking Ecumenical Justice for the Other Increasingly the modern neo-liberal world marginalises any notion of religion or spirituality leaving little or no room for the sacred in the public sphere. While this process advances the conservative and harmful behaviours associated with some religions and their adherents exacerbate this marginalisation by driving out those who remain religious or spiritual. And all of this is seen through the lens of social science which seems to agree that religion remains important if not in spiritual sense at least as a source of folklore and a means of identification: religions remain rooted in the societies from which they emerged and the legal systems of many of those societies emerged from religious sources even if those societies remain unwilling to admit that fact. In the modern materialistic world of conformity religion is less a source of guidance than a label of identification. The world therefore faces two issues. First the decreasing level of spirituality in the ‘West’ widens the gap between worshippers and those who have left their faith (eg agnostics and atheists or those who look at religion as a matter of ‘picking and choosing’ from a range of options). And second the strong connections to religion which remain in many nations but which are often misused in the secular public sphere (both in the West and internationally). In such divided worlds both religious and secular forces tend to lock themselves into closed groupings of ‘pure truth’ and in so doing increase the level of disagreement in turn producing radicalism. In short the modern world is divided in two ways: between religious and non-religious (although some have argued that the non-religious secular is itself a form of civil religion) and between those subscribing to divergent understandings of the same religious tradition. While hyperbolic and histrionic the term ‘culture wars’ nonetheless best captures what we see happening in the public sphere today. The question emerges then: how best to accommodate the democratic principle which posits that the majority should feel that it lives in a society of its own with the human rights principle holding that is necessary to ensure the full protection of the minority’s rights? How to balance these seemingly opposed principles? We are very familiar with the differences that appear between secular and sacred in the modern world; yet what of the similarities amongst scriptures and laws which seek to encourage mutual understanding cooperation and even cohabitation? Because religion itself is a source of law a set of exhortations or commands as much as a set of rights every major religion offers an approach to encountering ‘the Other’ in a positive constructive affirming way; and it is here that religions reveal much that they have in common. This book draws together the work of scholars engaged in exploring the possibilities for a ‘utopian’ world in the sense fostered by St Thomas More. The essays explore those dimensions of religious and civil law where ‘love’ – however that is defined by relevant texts – fosters and encourages acceptance of ‘the Other’ and will offer perspectives on the ways in which religious or civil/state law command one to act in the spirit of ‘love’. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367336776

Law Religious Freedoms and Education in Europe This collection considers how contemporary cultural and religious diversity challenges and redefines national constitutional and legal frameworks and concepts within the context of education. It offers a critical reflection on the extent and meanings given to religious freedom in education across Europe. The contributions deal primarily with Western Europe although the book also includes a study of the US vibrant debates on Creationism. This volume considers issues such as religious expression faith schooling and worship in schools in a multidisciplinary and comparative approach. The book first examines key concepts before presenting national models of religion and education in Europe and analyzing case studies relating to religious symbols worn at school and to the teaching of religious education. Legal questions are examined in a wider context in the light of the intentions of state policy and of current national and transnational debates. Controversies on the legal implications of personal and national identities are for example analyzed. From a comparative perspective the chapters examine the possible converging power of human rights and anti-discrimination discourses and reveal the difficulties and risks involved in seeking to identify the best model for Europe. This topical study of a highly sensitive area of education presents a valuable insight for students researchers and academics with an interest in cultural and religious diversity human rights and education. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138261389

Law Rights and Ideology in RussiaLandmarks in the Destiny of a Great Power This book provides a rich examination of Russia’s particular attitude to political liberalism the rule of law and rights. In words often cited in contemporary Russia the former Bolshevik and religious philosopher Nikolai Berdyaev wrote in 1911 that ‘Russia is the Third Rome’. This book examines the legacy of this messianic self-narrative stressing its importance for any adequate understanding of contemporary Russian attitudes to the rule of law. The book starts with the surprising role of the Scottish Enlightenment in the origins of law as an academic discipline in Russia in the eighteenth century. The Great Reforms of Tsar Aleksandr II abolishing serfdom in 1861 and introducing jury trial in 1864 are then examined and debated as genuine reforms or the response to a revolutionary situation. A new interpretation of the life and work of the Soviet legal theorist Yevgeniy Pashukanis leads to an analysis of the conflicted attitude of the USSR to international law and human rights especially the right of peoples to self-determination. The complex history of autonomy in Tsarist and Soviet Russia is considered alongside the collapse of the USSR in 1991. An examination of Russia’s plunge into the European human rights system under Yeltsin is followed by the history of the death penalty in Russia. Finally the secrets of the ideology of ‘sovereignty’ in the Putin era and their impact on law and rights are revealed. Throughout the constant theme is the centuries long hegemonic struggle between Westernisers and Slavophiles against the backdrop of the Messianism that proclaimed Russia to be the Third Rome was revived in the mission of Soviet Russia to change the world and which has echoes in contemporary Eurasianism and the ideology of sovereignty. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415831994

Law Sensibility and the Sublime in Eighteenth-Century Women's FictionSpeaking of Dread This work offers firstly a fresh historical philosophical and cultural interpretation of the relation between the eighteenth-century discourse of sensibility the sublime and the theory and practice of eighteenth-century law. Secondly the work exposes and explores the influence of this combination of discourses upon the formation of gender identities in this period. The author argues that it is only through a study of the convergence of these key eighteenth-century discourses that changing conceptualisations of femininity can fully be understood. Thirdly it examines the presence within eighteenth-century fiction by women of a new female subject. Novels by women in this period Chaplin posits begin to reveal that the female subject position constructed through the discourses of law sensibility and the sublime gives rise for women to a feminine ontological crisis that may be seen to anticipate by two hundred years the trauma of the 'post modern' male subject unable to present a unified subjectivity to himself or to the world. This feminine crisis finds expression within a range of female fiction of the mid-to-late eighteenth century - in Charlotte Lennox's anti-romance satire Frances Sheridan's 'conduct-book' novels the Gothic romances of Radcliffe and Eliza Fenwick and the sensationalistic horror fiction of Charlotte Dacre. Concentrating upon these writers Chaplin argues that their works 'speak of dread' on behalf of women in this period and to varying degrees challenge discourses that construct femininity as a highly unstable barely tenable subject position. Combining the works of Lyotard and Irigaray to formulate a new feminist reading of the eighteenth-century discourse of the sublime this study offers fresh insights into the culture and politics of the eighteenth century. It presents highly original readings of well-known and lesser-known literary texts that interrogate from fresh perspectives the complex theoretical issues pertaining to Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138264212

Law Socialism and Democracy (Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 9) This book explores the political and legal institutions necessary for a democratic socialism in advanced industrial societies. It argues that a democratic socialist society needs a firm framework of public law and a formal constitution. Populist conceptions of direct democracy and informal justice are argued to be inadequate as the primary means of democratic control in a complex society; likewise Marxist views of the "withering away of the state" are challenged as utopian. The book maintains that radical reforms in political institutions are necessary in order to effect social change. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415649643

Law Society and CommunitySocio-Legal Essays in Honour of Roger Cotterrell This collection of socio-legal studies written by leading theorists and researchers from around the world offers original perceptive and critical contributions to ideas and theories that have been expounded by Roger Cotterrell over a long and distinguished career. Engaging with many classic issues and theories of the sociology of law the contributions are likely to become classics themselves as they tackle some of the most significant challenges that modern law faces. They do not shy away from what one of the contributors describes as the complexity and multiplicity of our contemporary legal world. The book is organized in three parts: socio-legal themes; methodological and jurisprudential themes; globalization cultural and comparative law themes. Starting with a chapter that re-engages with the need to interpret legal ideas sociologically and ending with one that explores the global significance of modern fascination with the idea of the rule of law this selection offers important additions to the oeuvre of Roger Cotterrell (a list of whose academic writings is included in the book). Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138637740

Law State and Society Originally published in 1981 Law State and Society confronts many of the most important issues within the developing field of law and society. The essays cover the key political debates and the subject of the sociology of law through two key debates the first tackling the wider theoretical and political system while the other essays are concerned with more concrete aspects of both the political and social face of law. Together the essays show how crucial the potential is that exists for a considerable extension and integration of work that focuses explicitly on empirical problems yet is at the same time more conscious of the theoretical issues that underpin the effectivity of law. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138483835

Law Technology and CognitionThe Human Element in Online Copyright Infringement This book considers a new approach to online copyright infringement. Rather than looking at the subject within a purely technological context it provides legal analysis from a human perspective. This book highlights that there are three key instances in which the capacity of a human mind intersects with the development of copyright regulation: (1) the development of copyright statutory law; (2) the interpretation of the copyright statutory law the judiciary; and (3) human interaction with new technology. Using a novel framework for constructing digital perspectives the author Dr Hayleigh Bosher analyses the laws relating to online copyright infringement. She provides insights into why the law appears as it does shedding light on the circumstances of how it came to pass and demonstrates a clear malfunction in the interpretation and application of copyright law to online activities that derives from the disconnect between the technological and the human perspectives. The book proposes putting the human element back into copyright analysis to enable the return of reason where it has been lost and provide a clearer more consistent and fair legal regulation of online copyright infringement. Law Technology and Cognition: The Human Element in Online Copyright Infringement will be of interest to students academics researchers as well as practitioners. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367338336

Law Technology and Dispute ResolutionThe Privatisation of Coercion The use of new information and communication technologies both inside the courts and in private online dispute resolution services is quickly changing everyday conflict management. However the implications of the increasingly disruptive role of technology in dispute resolution remain largely undiscussed. In this book assistant professor of law and digitalisation Riikka Koulu examines the multifaceted phenomenon of dispute resolution technology focusing specifically on private enforcement which modern technology enables on an unforeseen scale. The increase in private enforcement confounds legal structures and challenges the nation-state’s monopoly on violence. And in this respect the author argues that the technology-driven privatisation of enforcement – from direct enforcement of e-commerce platforms to self-executing smart contracts in the blockchain – brings the ethics of law’s coercive nature out into the open. This development constitutes a new and dangerous grey area of conflict management which calls for transparency and public debate on the ethical implications of dispute resolution technology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367665234

Law Technology and SocietyReimagining the Regulatory Environment This book considers the implications of the regulatory burden being borne increasingly by technological management rather than by rules of law. If crime is controlled if human health and safety are secured if the environment is protected not by rules but by measures of technological management—designed into products processes places and so on—what should we make of this transformation? In an era of smart regulatory technologies how should we understand the ‘regulatory environment’ and the ‘complexion’ of its regulatory signals? How does technological management sit with the Rule of Law and with the traditional ideals of legality legal coherence and respect for liberty human rights and human dignity? What is the future for the rules of criminal law torts and contract law—are they likely to be rendered redundant? How are human informational interests to be specified and protected? Can traditional rules of law survive not only the emergent use of technological management but also a risk management mentality that pervades the collective engagement with new technologies? Even if technological management is effective is it acceptable? Are we ready for rule by technology? Undertaking a radical examination of the disruptive effects of technology on the law and the legal mind-set Roger Brownsword calls for a triple act of re-imagination: first re-imagining legal rules as one element of a larger regulatory environment of which technological management is also a part; secondly re-imagining the Rule of Law as a constraint on the arbitrary exercise of power (whether exercised through rules or through technological measures); and thirdly re-imagining the future of traditional rules of criminal law tort law and contract law. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815356462

Law Text Terror The essays collected here under the governing signs Law Text Terror have their origins in a singular and topical desire. Their motive is most immediately that of acknowledging the massive and eccentric contribution of the philologist psychoanalyst and Romanist jurist Pierre Legendre to the study of legal institutions and juridical practices. He has unceasingly asked the question 'why law?' and in endeavouring to answer that question in the course of over twenty-five books published during the last forty years he has traversed a unique and uniquely idiosyncratic body of disciplines and knowledges relevant to the symbolic forms and institutional functions of the Western legal order. These essays reflect that singularity of drive as well as that diversity of scholarly interests by taking up playing with varying and developing the themes of text and terror law and territory that Legendre either introduced or made peculiarly his own. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge-Cavendish 9781138151697

Law Wealth and Power in ChinaCommercial Law Reforms in Context This book examines the law reforms of contemporary China in light of the Party-state’s ideological transformation and the political economy that shapes these reforms. This involves analysing three interrelated domains: law reform power and wealth. The contributors to this volume employ a variety of perspectives and analytical techniques in their discussion of key themes including: commercial law reform and its governance of wealth and regulation of economic activity; the influence and authority of the Party-state over China’s economic activity; and the influence of wealth and the wealthy in economic governance and legal reform. Utilizing an interdisciplinary approach this book presents analytical perspectives of new work or new lines of thinking about the new wealth power and law reforms of China. As such critical boundaries are explored between legal and financial reforms and what these reforms signify about deeper ideological economic social and cultural transformations in China. The book concludes by asking whether there is a ‘China model’ of development which will produce a unique variety of capitalism and indigenous variant of rule of law and examining the ‘winners and losers’ in the transition from a centrally planned economy to a market economy. Law Wealth and Power in China will be of interest to students and academics of comparative law Asian law Chinese economics and politics Chinese Studies as well as professionals in investment banking finance and government. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138018051

Law & the Beautiful Soul Starting from concrete legal issues Alan Norrie develops a critical vision of law in its relation to morality and socio-historical context. Traced historically the conflicts he describes can be read today in law's treatment of legality and justice judgment and responsibility.  Joint winner of the Hart / Socio-Legal Studies Association Book Prize 2006. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge-Cavendish 9781138161436

Law 3.0Rules Regulation and Technology Putting technology front and centre in our thinking about law this book introduces Law 3.0: the future of the legal landscape. Technology not only disrupts the traditional idea of what it is ‘to think like a lawyer ’ as per Law 1.0; it presents major challenges to regulators who are reasoning in a Law 2.0 mode. As this book demonstrates the latest developments in technology offer regulators the possibility of employing a technical fix rather than just relying on rules – thus we are introducing Law 3.0. Law 3.0 represents so to speak the state we are in and the conversation that we now need to have and this book identifies some of the key points for discussion in that conversation. Thinking like a lawyer might continue to be associated with Law 1.0 but from 2020 onward Law 3.0 is the conversation that we all need to join. And as this book argues law and the evolution of legal reasoning cannot be adequately understood unless we grasp the significance of technology in shaping both legal doctrine and our regulatory thinking. This is a book for those studying or about to study law – as well as others with interests in the legal political and social impact of technology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367488635

Law Across BordersThe Extraterritorial Application of United Kingdom Law This book examines the application of UK Criminal and Human Rights Law to people and circumstances outside the United Kingdom. Building upon previous analyses which have focused on a single aspect of extraterritorially this book examines the fields of Criminal and Human Rights law as the two main areas of non-private law which are frequently applied across borders. Both fields are placed in context before being drawn together in a coherent and systematic way. The book examines recent law and practice as well as historic developments and explores the concept of enforcement. The author’s analysis includes coverage of topics such as the criminalisation of sex-tourism the extradition of white-collar criminals and the application of human rights law to Iraq following American and British intervention in the region. Law Across Borders goes on to point the way forward in the development of the extraterritorial application of public law and suggests ways in which greater coherence can be achieved. This book will be of particular interest to practitioners academics and scholars of International Law Human Rights Law and Criminal Law. It is unique in its ambition to offer a comprehensive description and analysis of the extra-territorial application of UK Human Rights Law and Criminal Law in a single text. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415558617

Law after Ground Zero Following the events of September 11 a new legal order is emerging in which the 'terrorist threat' has been used as justification to marginalise human rights.  This collection of themed essays offers an emphatic defence to the threats confronting our human rights culture. In analysing the role of the United Nations the conduct of the Afghan war domestic anti-terrorist legislation and the new debate about Islamic law Law after Ground Zero demonstrates the future challenges that law will face within our global society.  It also offers accounts of how events have impacted on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict Iraq and Afghanistan itself as well as debates about international law human rights and women's rights.  This unique work will interest those studying or researching in the areas of international law human rights and humanitarian law international relations politics critical legal studies Islamic law culture and socio-legal studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge-Cavendish 9781138160132

Law Against GenocideCosmopolitan Trials Bringing a sociologist's insight to legal institutions and narratives this book is an innovative and timely sociological contribution to current concerns regarding critical cosmopolitanism human rights and crimes against humanity. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge-Cavendish 9781138179196

Law Among NationsAn Introduction to Public International Law Offering a more accessible alternative to casebooks and historical commentaries Law Among Nations explains issues of international law by tracing the field's development and stressing key principles processes and landmark cases. This comprehensive text eliminates the need for multiple books by combining discussions of theory and state practice with excerpts from landmark cases. The book has been updated in light of the continuing revolution in communication technology the dense web of linkages between countries that involve individuals and bodies both formal and informal; and covers important and controversial areas such as human rights the environment and issues associated with the use of force. Renowned for its rigorous approach and clear explanations Law Among Nations remains the gold standard for undergraduate introductions to international law. New to the Eleventh Edition Added or expanded coverage of timely issues in international law: Drones and their use in the air and in space Immigration Islamic views of international law Inviolability and the difference between diplomatic immunity and sovereignty in light of the Benghazi attack Thoroughly rewritten chapters in areas of great change: International criminal law Just war and war crime law New cases statutes and treaties on many subjects Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138691728

Law and Accounting (RLE Accounting)Nineteenth Century American Legal Cases This book contains 53 nineteenth century American legal cases in which courts discussed accounting issues. Some are well known: Wood v. Drummer (1824) was the foundation for the idea that capital could not be returned to shareholders and it was this restriction which made it necessary to distinguish between income and capital. The famous case of 1849 Burnes v Pennell is often cited as the source of the rule that dividends cannot be paid except from profits. However many of the cases covered in this book are not well-known. It is often assumed that few American legal cases on accounting matters were decided in the nineteenth century. However many of the 53 cases included here preceded the earliest British legal cases that discussed accounting issues and they are interesting for several reasons. They show that government regulation of accounting pre-dated the modern regulatory ear. They also illustration that sometimes private contracts specified a particular accounting treatment and that accounting therefore served to define private rights. They also illustrate that American courts discussed accrual accounting problems as early as 1837 and that a cash concept of profits was not the norm. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138979475

Law and Accounting (RLE Accounting)Pre-1889 British Legal Cases This book contains edited versions of thirty British legal cases involving accounting issues decided from 1849-1888. These cases are a valuable source of information about the development of accounting principles and practices in nineteenth-century Great Britain. The thirty cases show that the court decisions involved a rich variety of accounting issues. In some cases courts upset private contractual stipulations regarding accounting and dividend matters. In others management was held to have used incorrect principles in computing profits. Whether or not a contract or management decision was upset the courts often discussed at some length the principles that management should apply in the preparation of balance sheets or income statements. It is therefore obvious that in resolving issues of equity among participants in British companies the courts were applying normative accounting principles. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138979482

Law and Agonistic Politics The Ancient Greek notion of agonism meaning struggle has been revived in radical legal and political theory to rethematize class conflict and to conceptualize the conditions of possibility of freedom and social transformation in contemporary society. Insisting that what is ultimately at stake in politics are the terms in which social conflict is represented agonists highlight the importance of the strategic affective and aesthetic aspects of politics for democratic praxis. This volume examines the implications of this critical perspective for understanding law and considers how law serves either to sustain or curtail the democratic agon. While sharing a critical perspective on the deliberative turn in legal and political theory and its tendency to depoliticize social conflict the various contributors to this volume diverge in arguing variously for pragmatic expressivist or strategic conceptions of agonism. In doing so they question the glib assumptions that often underlie a sometimes too easy celebration of conflict as an antidote to de-politicizing consensus. This thought provoking volume will be of interest to students and researchers working in legal and political theory and philosophy. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138259973

Law and ArtJustice Ethics and Aesthetics In　engaging with the full range of 'the arts' contributors to this volume　consider the relationship between law justice the ethical and the aesthetic. Art continually informs the ethics of a legal theory concerned to address how theoretical abstractions and concrete oppressions overlook singularity and spontaneity. Indeed the exercise of the legal role and the scholarly understanding of legal texts were classically defined as ars iuris - an art of law - which drew on the panoply of humanist disciplines from philology to fine art. That tradition has fallen by the wayside particularly in the wake of modernism.　 But approaching art in that way 　risks distorting the very inexpressibility　to which art is attentive and responsive whilst remaining a custodian of its mystery.　 The novelty and ambition of this book then is to elicit in very different ways styles and orientations the importance of the relationship between law and art. What can law and art bring to one another and what can their relationship tell us about how truth relates to power? The insights presented in this collection disturb and supplement conventional accounts of justice; inaugurating new possibilities for addressing the origin of violence in our world. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge-Cavendish 9780415823999

Law and AsylumSpace Subject Resistance In contrast to the claim that refugee law has been a key in guaranteeing a space of protection for refugees this book argues that law has been instrumental in eliminating spaces of protection not just from one’s persecutors but also from the grasp of sovereign power. By uncovering certain fundamental aspects of asylum as practised in the past and in present day social movements namely its concern with defining space rather than people and its role as a space of resistance or otherness to sovereign law this book demonstrates that asylum has historically been antagonistic to law and vice versa. In contrast twentieth-century refugee law was constructed precisely to ensure the effective management and control over the movements of forced migrants. To illustrate the complex ways in which these two paradigms – asylum and refugee law – interact with one another this book examines their historical development and concludes with in-depth studies of the Sanctuary Movement in the United States and the Sans-Papiers of France. The book will appeal to researchers and students of refugee law and refugee studies; legal and political philosophy; ancient medieval and modern legal history; and sociology of political movements. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138304178

Law and BioethicsIntersections Along the Mortal Coil George P. Smith II is a leading figure in the world of medical law and ethics. During his long career he has addressed some of the most important issues in bioethics and has contributed much original thought to debates in the field. This book celebrates his contribution to scholarship in this area and brings together his key writings in bioethics. The chapters include previously published material which has been substantially updated to reflect recent developments in medicine and law. The book covers topics such as: human rights and medical law; the allocation of resources and distributive justice; ethical relativism; science and religion; and public health emergencies. Taken as a whole this book examines the extent to which law medicine economics and bioethics interact as synergistic vectors of force in shaping and setting both personal and public responses to the complexities of biotechnology or what has been referred to as "The New Biology." All too often past considerations of this topic have neglected to recognise the synergistic influences of law as a catalyst for codifying contemporary values into normative standards. Professor Smith reaches the conclusion that if traditional bioethical principles are to be seen as pertinent constructs for policy making they must be broadened through the law of public health and Human rights. Law and Bioethics: Intersections along the Mortal Coil casts law as the pivotal force in bringing stability to the ongoing debates on how to maintain bioethical relevance in decision making and in so doing it offers an excellent overview of the current bioethical issues in medical law considered in light of recent and ongoing technological developments in medicine. This book will be of particular interest to academics and students of Law Political Science Philosophy and Economics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415741439

Law and Christianity in Latin AmericaThe Work of Great Jurists This volume examines the lives of more than thirty-five key personalities in Latin American law with a focus on how their Christian faith was a factor in molding the evolution of law in their countries and the region. The book is a significant contribution to our ability to understand the work and perspectives of jurists and their effect on legal development in Latin America. The individuals selected for study exhibit wide-ranging areas of expertise from private law and codification through national public law and constitutional law to international developments that left their mark on the region and the world. The chapters discuss the jurists within their historical intellectual and political context. The editors selected jurists after extensive consultation with legal historians in various countries of the region looking at the jurist’s particular merits contributions to law in general religious perspective and importance within the specific country and period under consideration. Giving the work a diversity of international and methodological perspectives the chapters have been written by distinguished legal scholars and historians from Latin America and around the world. The collection will appeal to scholars lawyers and students interested in the interplay between law and religion. Political social legal and religious historians among other readers will find for the first time in English authoritative treatments of the region’s essential legal thinkers and authors. Students and other who may not read Spanish will appreciate these clear accessible and engaging English studies of the region’s great jurists. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367896416

Law and ConscienceCatholicism in Early Modern England 1570–1625 This book examines the Catholic elaboration on the relationship between state and Church in late Elizabethan and Jacobean England. Among the several factors which have contributed to the complex process of state-formation in early modern Europe religious affiliation has certainly been one of the most important if not the most important. Within the European context of the consolidation of both the nation-state entities and the state-Churches Catholicism in England in the 16th and 17th centuries presents peculiar elements which are crucial to understanding the problems at stake from both a political and a religious point of view. Catholics in early modern England were certainly a minority but a minority of an interestingly doubled kind. On the one hand they were a "sect" among many others. On the other hand Catholicism was a "universal" catholic religion in a country in which the sovereign was the head - or governor - of both political and ecclesiastical establishments. In this context this monograph casts light on the mechanisms through which a distinctive religious minority was able to adapt itself within a singular political context. In the most general terms this book contributes to the significant question of how different religious affiliations could (or might) be integrated within one national reality and how political allegiance and religious belief began to be perceived as two different identities within one context. Current scholarship on the religious history of early modern England has considerably changed the way in which historians think about English Protestantism. Recent works have offered a more nuanced and accurate picture of the English Protestant Church which is now seen not as a monolithic institution but rather as complex and fluid. This book seeks to offer certain elements of a complementary view of the English Catholic Church as an organism within which the debate over how to combine the catholic feature of the Church of Ro Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315250731

Law and ConsentContesting the Common Sense Consent is used in many different social and legal contexts with the pervasive understanding that it is and has always been about autonomy – but has it? Beginning with an overview of consent’s role in law today this book investigates the doctrine’s inseparable association with personal autonomy and its effect in producing both idealised and demonised forms of personhood and agency. This prompts a search for alternative understandings of consent. Through an exploration of sexual offences in Antiquity medical practice in the Middle Ages and the regulation of bodily harm on the present-day sports field this book demonstrates that in contrast to its common sense story of autonomy consent more often operates as an act of submission than as a form of personal freedom or agency. The book explores the implications of this counter-narrative for the law’s contemporary uses of consent arguing that the kind of freedom consent is meant to enact might be foreclosed by the very frame in which we think about autonomy itself. This book will be of interest to scholars of many aspects of law history and feminism as well as students of criminal law bioethics and political theory. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138612501

Law and Cultural StudiesA Critical Rearticulation of Human Rights New and unremitting violence linked to state inter-state and private actors has precipitated a renewal of social movements many of which act in concert with human rights ethos and legal conceptions. Yet cultural studies has so far had little engagement or institutional connection with these movements. How can cultural studies as a progressive discipline think with and make space for rights-inflected legal and humanitarian practices? This book considers the ways in which cultural humanism and the critical approach to rights and more broadly between culture and law can be brought together to open a new intellectual space to allow cultural studies to better engage with the current challenges presented by social and political struggles worldwide. It lays out the central theses essential for constructing a critical view of human rights and then advances a distinctive critical model of analysis that incorporates insights of postcolonial legal theorists and jurists from the Global South and important cultural theorists from the North while rethinking law rights and social movements as something constituted by multiple legal modernities. Through case studies covering questions relating to sovereignty citizenship refugee displacement human rights defenders and gender and sexual rights Law and Cultural Studies develops a means by which the practice of cultural studies can be reinvigorated around the legal spaces institutions and movements tied to human rights struggles. As such it will appeal to scholars of cultural and media studies critical legal studies political theory postcolonial studies and human rights. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367582067

Law and Custom in the SteppeThe Kazakhs of the Middle Horde and Russian Colonialism in the Nineteenth Century Offers a reconstruction of the social cultural and legal history of the Middle Horde Kazakh steppe in the 19th century using largely untapped archival records from Kazakhstan and Russia and contemporary reports. It explores the cross-cultural encounter of laws customs and judicial practices in the process of Russian empire-building at the local level. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138863323

Law and Development Law and Development emerged in the United States in the 1960s and rapidly spread throughout the world. Its intellectual origins can be traced back to the boundless confidence of some American legal academics about the possibilities of achieving democratic change in developing countries through legal means. Financial assistance from the US government and US-based foundations enabled the launch of scores of ambitious research projects and the rapid growth of legal education programmes in the newly independent states of Asia and Africa as well as in several countries in Latin America. Thus by the late 1960s and early 1970s as the number of academic lawyers with direct knowledge of developing countries grew the Law and Development movement was recognized as an important new trend in American legal education. During the 1960s Law and Development had a crucial impact on lawyers and law schools in a variety of countries including Ethiopia Sri Lanka Chile Perú and Colombia. By the early 1970s however the movement lost its momentum as some of its leading figures came to realize that American liberal legalism could not easily be replicated in developing countries. They refocused their attention to domestic legal issues and soon became the precursors of the enormously successful Law and Society and Socio-Legal Studies movements. By the late 1980s however Law and Development made a remarkable comeback as the World Bank and bilateral donors began to acknowledge the crucial role of legal institutions in the process of development. As a consequence Law and Development today occupies a prominent place on the agenda of all major international and national development agencies. It has also been firmly embraced by most developing countries as they adapt their institutions and procedures to the demands generated by the process of globalization. The four volumes in this new collection from Routledge’s Major Works series Critical Concepts in Law bring together carefully selected materials that trace the evolution of the Law and Development movement; identify the key theoretical texts that have served as inspiration to this movement; provide a representative collection of articles written by specialists from various disciplines; and offer a selection of case studies and policy-based papers on the implementation of Law and Development projects. Edited by a leading scholar in the field the collection also contains an extensive Introduction that examines the past present and future of Law and Development and will enable users to place the collected materials in their historical and intellectual context. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415577625

Law and Development in Asia This book fills a gap in the literature by presenting a comprehensive overview of the key issues relating to law and development in Asia. Over recent decades experts in law and development have produced multiple theories on law and development none of which were derived from close study of Asian countries and none of which fit very well with the existing evidence of how law actually functioned in these countries during periods of rapid economic development. The book discusses the different models of law and development including both the developmental state model of the 1960s and the neo-liberal model of the 1980s and shows how development has worked out in practice in relation to these models in a range of Asian countries including Japan Korea China Thailand Singapore India and Mongolia. Particular themes examined include constitutionalism judicial and legal reform; labour law; the growing importance of private rights; foreign investment and the international law of development. Reflecting the complexity of Asian law and society both those who believe in an "Asian Way" which is radically different from law and development in other parts of the world as well as those who believe the arc of law and development is essentially universal will find support in this book. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415726252

Law and Development in East and South-East Asia During the 1980s and 1990s Asian 'developmental states' attracted much attention in political science and economics literature but the role of law in the economic development was neglected. It was only after the Asian crisis of 1997 that many analysts began to focus on a lack of regulation and transparency as a major factor triggering the crisis. The crucial questions now are how successful the current reforms will be and which features of the Asian approach to commercial law will be resistant to reform pressures. This book examines the prospects for commercial law reform in Asia giving particular attention to Japan and Singapore as frequently cited role models for Asian developmentalism and also examining development related business laws in countries such as China Korea Indonesia Malaysia Vietnam and the Philippines. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138979468

Law and DevelopmentFacing Complexity in the 21st Century This new book is an edited collection of papers arising from a conference on Law and Development in the twenty-first century held in 2001. It is in honour of the work of Dr Peter Slinn. Media > Books > E-books Routledge-Cavendish 9781843145189

Law and DevelopmentTheory and Practice The book examines the theory and practice of law and development. It reviews the evolution of law and development studies and presents a general theory of law and development. The general theory sets the conceptual parameters of "law" and "development" and explains the mechanisms by which law impacts development. In the second part the book applies the general theory to analyze the development cases of South Korea and South Africa from legal and institutional perspectives. The book also adopts for the first time the law and development approaches to analyze the economic issues of the United States. It discusses why it is critical to develop the Analytical Law and Development Model or "ADM." Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367504304

Law and Diplomacy in the Management of EU–Asia Trade and Investment Relations This volume fills a gap in the literature regarding questions around the interactive dynamics between law and diplomacy on international trade and investment. It brings together lawyers and political scientists from Europe and Asia in an interdisciplinary effort at tracing the respective roles of law and diplomacy in the relations of the European Union (EU) with its trade and investment partners in Asia. Focusing on trade and investment relations with Asia the EU presents a particularly interesting case as it has been a strong proponent of a rules-based international economic order for years and a frequent user of the formal procedures established in international treaties in case of disputes. At the same time it has kept diplomatically active to adjust dispute management and international agreements to the needs and demands of the partners involved. Furthermore not only is this region of crucial importance due to the presence of both vigorous emerging economies like China India and Vietnam and more established partners like Japan EU-Asia relations also present a broad set of economic disputes and recent negotiation efforts analyzed in the contributions to this volume. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of international trade/economic law EU politics EU external relations (law) international relations diplomacy and more broadly to international relations and Asian studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138617469

Law and DisasterEarthquake Tsunami and Nuclear Meltdown in Japan On the 11th of March 2011 an earthquake registering 9.0 on the Richter scale (the most powerful to ever strike Japan) hit the Tohoku region in northern Japan. The earthquake produced a devastating tsunami that wiped out coastal cities and towns leaving 18 561 people dead or registered as missing. Due to the disaster the capability of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant operated by Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) was compromised causing nuclear meltdown. The hydrogen blast destroyed the facilities resulting in a spread of radioactive materials and subsequently serious nuclear contamination. This combined event – earthquake tsunami and nuclear meltdown – became known as the Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster. This book examines the response of the Japanese government to the disaster and its attempts to answer the legal questions posed by the combination of earthquake tsunami and nuclear meltdown. Japanese law policy and infrastructure were insufficiently prepared for these disasters and the country’s weaknesses were brutally exposed. This book analyses these failings and discusses what Japan and other countries can learn from these events. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367481322

Law and DisorderSovereignty Protest Atmosphere Focusing on the moment when social unrest takes hold of a populace Law and Disorder offers a new account of sovereignty with an affective theory of public order and protest. In a state of unrest the affective architecture of the sovereign order begins to crumble. The everyday peace and calm of public space is shattered as sovereign peace is challenged. In response the state unleashes the full force of its exceptionality and the violence of public order policing is deployed to restore the affects and atmospheres of habitual social relations. This book is a work of contemporary critical legal theory. It develops an affective theory of sovereign orders by focusing on the government of affective life and popular encounters with sovereignty. The chapters explore public order as a key articulation between sovereignty and government. In particular policing of public order is exposed as a contemporary mode of exceptionality cast in the fires of colonial subjection. The state of unrest helps us see the ordinary affects of the sovereign order but it also points to crowds as the essential component in the production of unrest. The atmospheres produced by crowds seep out from the squares and parks of occupation settling on cities and states. In these new atmospheres new possibilities of political and social organisation begin to appear. In short crowds create the affective condition in which the settlement at the heart of the sovereign order can be revisited. This text thus develops a theory of sovereignty which places protest at its heart and a theory of protest which starts from the affective valence of crowds.  This book’s examination of the relationship between sovereignty and protest is of considerable interest to readers in law politics and cultural studies as well as to more general readers interested in contemporary forms of political resistance. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367333706

Law and EcologyNew Environmental Foundations Law and Ecology: New Environmental Foundations contains a series of theoretical and applied perspectives on the connection between law and ecology which together offer a radical and socially responsive foundation for environmental law. While its legal corpus grows daily environmental law has not enjoyed the kind of jurisprudential underpinning generally found in other branches of law. This book forges a new ecological jurisprudential foundation for environmental law â€“ where ‘ecological' is understood both in the narrow sense of a more ecosystemic perspective on law and in the broad sense of critical self-reflection of the mechanisms of environmental law as they operate in a context where boundaries between the human and the non-human are collapsing and where the traditional distinction between ecocentrism and anthropocentrism is recast. Addressing current debates including the intellectual property of bioresources; the protection of biodiversity in view of tribal land demands; the ethics of genetically modified organisms; the redefinition of the 'human' through feminist and technological research; the spatial/geographical boundaries of environmental jurisdiction; and the postcolonial geographies of pollution â€“ Law and Ecology redefines the way environmental law is perceived theorised and applied. It also constitutes a radical challenge to the traditionally human-centred frameworks and concerns of legal theory. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415628785

Law and EcologyThe Rise of the Ecosystem Regime In 1970 Earth Day was first celebrated marking the dawn of worldwide environmental consciousness and the passing of many environmental laws. In part these events were the result of the maturing of the science of ecology which recognized the interdependence of the web and cycles of nature. This volume explores the relationship between ecology and environmental law beginning with a description of the two very different disciplines. This description is followed by a history of their episodic interactions: the early period of origin the mid-century formative period from 1950 to 1970 the initial serious period of interaction after Earth Day in 1970 and the testing of the relationship during the next two decades. Utilizing a number of case studies examinations of the key 'linkage persons' legal instruments and the migration of ecological concepts and frameworks this book analyzes the final flowering of an ecosystem regime which embraces the connections between the two disciplines of ecology and environmental law. Concluding with an inventory of the problems posed by the relationship between the two disciplines and an agenda for future research this clearly structured comprehensive and stringent book is an essential resource for all serious scholars and students of ecology and environmental law. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315250724

Law And Economic Development In The Soviet Union This book analyzes the legal issues associated with economic modernization in the USSR. It assesses the impact of the scientific-technical revolution on Soviet-East European relations and East-West relations emphasizing the foreign policy consequences of financial and technological interdependence. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367169138

Law and Economics First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315053370

Law and Economics as Interdisciplinary ExchangePhilosophical Methodological and Historical Perspectives Law and Economics is an established field of research and arguably one of the few examples of a successful interdisciplinary project. This book explores whether or to what extent that interdisciplinarity has indeed been a success. It provides insights on the foundations and methods achievements and challenges of Law and Economics at a time when both the continuing criticism of academic economics and the growth of empirical legal studies raise questions about the identity and possible further developments of the project. Through a combination of reflections on long-term trends and detailed case studies contributors to this volume analyse the institutional and epistemic character of Law and Economics which develops through an exchange of concepts models and practices between economics and legal scholarship. Inspired by insights from the philosophy of the social sciences the book shows how concepts travel between legal scholarship and economics and change meanings when applied elsewhere how economic theories and models inform and transform judicial practice and it addresses whether the transfers of knowledge between economics and law are symmetrical exchanges between the two disciplines. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367135058

Law and Economics in Civil Law Countries The aim of the book is to highlight the law and economics issues confronting civil law countries. The following questions are addressed in this volume: to what extent have the existing codes in civil law countries been designed to incorporate economic considerations? Can the modifications made to codified rules over time be explained by a will to react to new economic constraints? Which economic problems are at the root of the revision of codes? And given that the code is not the only source of law in civil law countries the volume also explores the relationship between law and economics in the context of both the legislature and the courts. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415761598

Law and Economics in IndiaUnderstanding and practice This is one of the first volumes that uses economic tools to analyse and evaluate law and policy in India. Applying economic theories such as incentive analysis cost benefit studies and game theory the essays in the volume negotiate contentious issues in law including property contracts torts nuclear liability regime bankruptcy law criminal Media > Books > Print Books Routledge India 9780367177294

Law and Economics of Public Procurement Reforms Appropriate laws and regulations are essential tools to direct the action of procurers toward the public good and avoid corruption and misallocation of resources. Common laws and regulations across regions nations and continents potentially allow for the further opening of markets and ventures to newcomers and new ideas to satisfy public demand. Law and Economics of Public Procurement Reforms collects the original contributions related to the new European Union Directives approved in 2014 by the EU Parliament. They are of both economists and lawyers and have been presented in a manner that allows for exchanges of views and "real time" interaction. This book features for each section an introductory exchange between two experts of different disciplines made up of a series of sequential interactions between an economist and a lawyer which enriches the liveliness of the debate and improve the mutual understanding between the two professions. Four sections characterize this book: Supporting social considerations via public procurement; Green public procurement; Innovation through innovative partnerships; and Lots - The Economic and Legal Challenges of Centralized Procurement. These themes have current relevance of the new European Public Procurement Directives. Written by an impressive array of experts in their respected fields this volume is of great importance to practitioners who work in the field of EU public procurement in the Member States of the EU as well as academics and students who study public finance public policy and regulation. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367594312

Law and EconomicsA Reader This book brings together the most authoritative articles on Law and Economics and the interaction between the two disciplines as well as the use of economic tools to analyse legal problems. Aimed at students experiencing the subject for the first time the selections are interlaced with a wealth of features including explanatory introductions and exercises. Key features of the reader include: - The accessibility of the material: the articles should be understandable to those with only a limited background in economics and law. - The book’s focus on the most important and basic – foundational – issues in law and economics. - An exposition of the opposition between the different legal systems that exist in the world including common law civil law and public law. - Debates viewed from the perspective of the scholars from a range of backgrounds are presented as well as all the key figures in economics and in law. The book should prove to be an essential resource to all students studying this burgeoning field and represents an exciting introduction to one of the key disciplines which has grown up in the social sciences in recent times. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315881355

Law and EconomicsAlternative Economic Approaches to Legal and Regulatory Issues The economic analysis of legal and regulatory issues need not be limited to the neoclassical economic approach. The expert contributors to this work employ a variety of heterodox legal-economic theories to address a broad range of legal issues. They demonstrate how these various approaches can lead to very different conclusions concerning the role of the law and legal intervention in a wide array of contexts. The schools of thought and methodologies represented here include institutional economics new institutional economics socio-economics social economics behavioral economics game theory feminist economics Rawlsian economics radical economics Austrian economics and personalist economics. The legal and regulatory issues examined include anti-trust and competition corporate governance the environment and natural resources land use and property rights unions and collective bargaining welfare benefits work-time regulation and standards sexual harassment in the workplace obligations of employers and employees to each other crime torts and even the structure of government. Each contributor brings a different emphasis and provides thoughtful sometimes provocative analysis and conclusions. Together these heterodox insights will provide valuable supplementary reading for courses in law and economics as well as public policy and business courses at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315702964

Law and EconomicsPhilosophical Issues and Fundamental Questions The Law and Economics approach to law dominates the intellectual discussion of nearly every doctrinal area of law in the United States and its influence is growing steadily throughout　Europe Asia and South America.　Numerous academics and practitioners　are working in the field with a flow of uninterrupted scholarship that is unprecedented as is its influence on the law. Academically every major law school in the United States has　a　Law and Economics program and the emergence of similar　programs on other continents continues to accelerate. Despite its　phenomenal growth 　the　area　is　also　the target of　an ongoing　critique by lawyers philosophers psychologists social scientists even economists　since the late 1970s. While the critique did not seem to impede the development of the field it certainly has helped　it to become　more sophisticated inclusive and mature.　In this volume some of the leading scholars working in the field as well as a number of those critical of Law and Economics discuss the foundational issues from various perspectives: philosophical moral epistemological methodological 　psychological 　political legal and social.　 The philosophical and methodological assumptions of　the　economic analysis of law are criticized and defended alternatives are proposed old and new applications are discussed. The book is ideal for　a　main or supplementary textbook in courses and seminars on legal theory philosophy of law jurisprudence and (of course) Law and Economics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138081628

Law and Election PoliticsThe Rules of the Game Though the courts have been extremely active in interpreting the rules of the electoral game this role is misunderstood and understudied—as in many cases are the rules themselves. Law and Election Politics illustrates how election laws and electoral politics are intertwined analyzing the rules of the game and some of the most important—and most controversial—decisions the courts have made on a variety of election-related subjects. More than a typical law book that summarizes cases Mathew Streb has assembled an outstanding group of scholars to place electoral laws and the courts‘ rulings on those laws in the context of electoral politics. They comprehensively cover the range of topics important to election law—campaign finance political parties campaigning redistricting judicial elections the Internet voting machines voter identification ballot access and direct democracy. This is an essential resource both for students of the electoral process and scholars of election law and election reform. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415808491

Law and EnjoymentPower Pleasure and Psychoanalysis This book advocates and develops a critical account of the relationship between law and the largely neglected issue of ‘enjoyment’. Taking popular culture seriously – as a lived and meaningful basis for a wider understanding of law beyond the strictures of legal institutions and professional practices – it takes up a range of case studies from film and literature in order to consider how law is iterated through enjoyment and how enjoyment embodies law. Drawing on psychoanalytic theory this book addresses issues such as the forced choice to enjoy the law the biopolitics of tyranny the enjoyment of law’s contingency the trauma of the law’s symbolic codification of pleasure and the futuristic vision of law’s transgression. In so doing it forges an important case for acknowledging and analyzing the complex relationship between power and pleasure in law – one that will be of considerable interest to legal theorists as well as those with interests in the intersection of psychoanalytic and cultural theory. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415792233

Law and Ethics for Midwifery Legal and ethical competence is a cornerstone of professional midwifery practice and an essential part of midwifery training. Law and Ethics for Midwifery is a unique and practical resource for student midwives. Written by an experienced midwifery lecturer this text draws on a wide variety of real life case studies and focuses particularly on the core areas of accountability autonomy and advocacy. Opening with two chapters providing overviews respectively of ethical theories and legislation the book is then arranged thematically. These chapters have a common structure which includes case studies relevant legislation reflective activities and a summary and they run across areas of concern from negligence through safeguarding to record-keeping. Grounded in midwifery practice the text enables student midwives to consider and prepare for ethical and legal dilemmas they may face as midwives in clinical practice.   Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415675253

Law and Ethics for Today's JournalistA Concise Guide Law and Ethics for Today's Journalist offers aspiring and working journalists the practical understanding of law and ethics they must have to succeed at their craft. Instead of covering every nuance of media law for diverse communications majors Mathewson focuses exclusively on what's relevant for journalists. Even though media law and media ethics are closely linked together in daily journalistic practice they are usually covered in separate volumes. Mathewson brings them together in a clear and colourful way that practicing journalists will find more useful. Everything a journalist needs to know about legal protections limitations and risks inherent in workaday reporting is illustrated with highlights from major court opinions.Mathewson advises journalists who must often make ethical decisions on the spot with no time for the elaborate multi-faceted analysis. The book assigns to journalists the hard decisions on ethical questions such as whether to go undercover or otherwise misrepresent themselves in order to get a big story. The ethics chapter precedes the law chapters because ethical standards should underlie a journalist's work at all times. There may be occasions when ethics and law are not parallel thus calling for the journalist to make a personal judgment. Law and Ethics for Today's Journalist is user-friendly written in clear direct understandable language on issues that really matter to a working journalist. Supplementary reading of the actual court cases is recommended and links to most cases are provided in the text. The text includes a fine (but purposely not exhaustive) bibliography listing important and useful legal cases including instructive appellate and trial court opinions state as well as federal. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780765640765

Law and Ethics in Complementary MedicineA handbook for practitioners in Australia and New Zealand 'A valuable resource for those in clinical practice and students undertaking primary and secondary qualifications in the complementary medicine and therapy disciplines.' Caroline Smith Professor Complementary Medicine Research National Institute of Complementary Medicine Western Sydney UniversityComprehensive unique and reflective of the current Australian legislative framework and AHPRA regulations Michael Weir's Law and Ethics in Complementary Medicine remains the most widely used reference text in the field. A valuable handbook for professionals students and researchers the text addresses legal and ethical issues across a broad range of traditional complementary and integrative practices.The text deals with legal and ethical issues in clinical relationships and provides practical guidelines for setting up and running a professional practice. Michael Weir systematically outlines the various aspects of the law which impact on clinical practice including legal obligations to clients consumer legislation and complaints processes and professional boundaries. He explains how to navigate professional indemnity insurance and the steps you need to take in setting up a professional practice from establishing a business name to dealing with employees. He also outlines the role of codes of ethics and explores how to deal with tricky ethical issues in daily practice.This fifth edition is fully updated with in-depth treatment of the issue of ethical practice and professional decision making. It addresses recent changes in regulation and case law including the development of the National Code of Conduct for Healthcare Workers and also now includes yoga and holistic counselling as modalities of complementary medicine. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781760290467

Law and Ethics in Global BusinessHow to Integrate Law and Ethics into Corporate Governance Around the World This book provides comprehensive and above all business focused guidance on the fundamentals of business law and how they should be integrated into ethical and effective business decisions. It concentrates on legal principles and thereby is able to articulate the impact of global business law and its international applications  providing  a comprehensive overview of the legal and ethical principles which both facilitate and regulate corporate business. This is an ambitious undertaking yet arguably no more ambitious than the projects undertaken by global business leaders making business decisions around the world. The author combines the expertise of a long-term blue chip law background with the insights of an experienced business educator. Law and Ethics in Global Business is both a comprehensive course book for MBA study and an invaluable business reference source for any executive involved in global business. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203970201

Law and EvilPhilosophy Politics Psychoanalysis Law and Evil opens expands and deepens our understanding of the phenomenon of evil by addressing the theoretical relationship between this phenomenon and law. Hannah Arendt said 'the problem of evil will be the fundamental question of post-war intellectual life in Europe'. This statement is unfortunately more than valid in the contemporary world: not only in the events of war crimes against humanity terror repression criminality violence torture human trafficking and so on; but also as evil is used rhetorically to condemn these acts to categorise their perpetrators and to justify forcible measures both in international and domestic politics and law. But what is evil? Evil as a concept is too often taken as something that is self-evident something that is always already defined. Taking Kant’s concept of radical evil as a starting point this volume counters such a tendency. Bringing together philosophical political and psychoanalytical perspectives in analysing both the concept and the phenomenon of evil the contributors to this volume offer a rich and thoroughgoing analysis of the multifaceted phenomenon of evil and its relationship to law. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge-Cavendish 9780415685337

Law and Fair Work in China China’s economic reforms have brought the country both major international clout and widespread domestic prosperity. At the same time the reforms have led to significant social upheaval particularly manifest in labour relations. Each year several thousand disputes break out over working conditions many of them violent and the Chinese state has responded with both legal and political strategies. This book investigates how Chinese governments have used law and other forms of regulation to govern working conditions and combat labour disputes. Starting from the early years of the Republican period the book traces the evolution of the law of work in modern China right up to the reforms of the present day. It considers the structure of Chinese work law drawing on both Chinese and Western scholarship to provide new insights into its unique features and assess where the law is innovative and where it is stagnant and unresponsive. The authors explore the various legal and extra-legal techniques successive Chinese governments have adopted to enforce work law and the responses of firms workers and organizations to these practices. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138815674

Law and Faith in a Sceptical Age Law and Faith in a Sceptical Age is an analysis of the legal position of religious believers in a dominantly secular society. Great Britain is a society based upon broadly liberal principles. It claims to recognise the needs of religious believers and to protect them from discrimination. But whilst its secular ideology pervades public discourse the vestigial remains of a Christian Protestant past are seen in things as varied as the structure of public holidays and the continued existence of established churches in both England and Scotland. Religious Christian values also form the starting point for legal rules relating to matters such as marriage. Active religious communities constitute a very small minority of the population; however those who belong to them often see their religion as being the most important element of their identity. Yet the world-view of these communities is frequently at odds with both the prevailing liberal secular climate of Great Britain and its Christian Anglican past. This necessarily entails a clash of ideologies that puts in question the secular majority's claim to want to protect religious minorities the possibility of it being able to sufficiently understand the needs of those minorities and the desirability or practicality of any accommodation between the needs of the various religious communities and the secular mainstream of society. Law and Faith in a Sceptical Age addresses these issues by raising the question of whether a liberal secular state can protect religion. Accommodation to different religious traditions forms part of the history of the legal systems of Britain. This book asks whether further accommodation can and should be made. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge-Cavendish 9780415685207

Law and Families This volume highlights important classic and contemporary works by law and society scholars who analyze the complex and often highly political relationship between law and families. Featuring authors from Australia Canada England and the United States the volume looks at how socio-legal scholars think about families and the law how law shapes family practices the capacity of family law to deliver social justice and how family disputes are resolved. Topics such as law's role in recognizing spousal and parental relationships or promoting responsible behaviour or equality norms are covered and the relationship between law's assumptions and the lived realities of families is problematized. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815390152

Law and Finance after the Financial CrisisThe Untold Stories of the UK Financial Market The 2008 financial crisis has become one of the defining features of the twenty first century’s first decade. The series of events which unfolded in the aftermath of the crisis has exposed major structural flaws in many of the financial systems around the globe triggering a global call for legal and regulatory reforms to address the problems that have been uncovered. This book deals with a neglected angle of the 2008 financial crisis looking in-depth at the implicit effects of the 2008 crisis on the UK financial market. The book considers new trends in finance which have emerged since the crisis as well as the challenges faced by some older practices in the UK financial markets. After providing a reflective account of the history of law and creditors in the UK the book investigates the proliferation of certain forms of financing that have recently become very visible parts of the UK financial market’s structure such as high cost short term lending and peer to peer lending. It provides legal and economic accounts of these forms of alternative lending charting their developments current status and critically assesses their impact on the UK financial market. Also examined are the ongoing funding difficulties faced by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and the suitability of the UK current legal framework to support these institutions. The book goes on to look at the viability and safety of some other post crisis trends such as banks use of Contingent Convertible Bonds (CoCos) to improve their resilience. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367075491

Law And Force In The New International Order This book offers a timely and comprehensive inquiry into the growing number of situations where the temptation or necessity to use military force confronts the tenets of international law. It explores the tension between collective security and self-defense during the Iraq-Kuwait crisis. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367154257

Law and Gender in the Ancient Near East and the Hebrew Bible This volume examines how gender relations were regulated in ancient Near Eastern and biblical law. The textual corpus examined includes the various pertinent law collections royal decrees and instructions from Mesopotamia and Hatti and the three biblical legal collections. Peled explores issues beginning with the wide societal perspective of gender equality and inequality continues to the institutional perspective of economy palace and temple the family and lastly sex crimes. All the texts mentioned or referred to in the book are given in an appendix both in the original languages and in English translation allowing scholars to access the primary sources for themselves. Law and Gender in the Ancient Near East and the Hebrew Bible offers an invaluable resource for anyone working on Near Eastern society and culture and gender in the ancient world more broadly. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367371494

Law and Governance This book describes the nature of these changes and identifies the accountability gaps which have inevitably opened up in the absence of a written constitution or a considered Administrative Procedure Act.  Media > Books > Print Books Routledge-Cavendish 9781138156685

Law and Government in Israel While most current studies on law and politics in Israel focus on the legal aspects of public policymaking within the courts this book explores the relationship between law and government from a positive perspective. That is to say that the question asked is: how the political relationships between the three branches of government affect public policy and hence social outcomes. The eleven contributors to this volume concentrate on Israel from theoretical comparative and critical approaches and hence the analysis presented could as well be applied to other polities. This book was published as a special issue of Israel Affairs. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138979499

Law and History The historical study of law is among the most important domains of global legal scholarship. Indeed many of the most distinguished academic works on law are historical. And while much scholarly output has focused on ‘textual’ legal history—exploring how legal doctrines ideas concepts principles and institutions have developed over time—in recent years there has also been a sharpened focus on ‘contextual’ legal history exploring the interaction and interplay between legal and socio-political change. Now to help researchers and students navigate and make better sense of an overabundance of scholarship Routledge announces a new collection in its Critical Concepts in Law series. Edited by two leading academics Law and History provides an authoritative ‘mini library’ which explores the development of legal history as an area of study by bringing together major works on the ‘textual’ legal history of English law alongside cutting-edge ‘contextual’ legal history. Volume I entitled ‘Historiography’ explores the relationship between law and history and the development of legal history. The second and third volumes ('Public Law’and 'Land Law’ ) explicate law’s historical development while the collection’s final volume ‘Law of Obligations' underscores the interaction between legal and social and political change. With a full index and thoughtful introductions newly written by the learned editors Law and History is sure to be welcomed as a vital and enduring reference and pedagogical resource. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138961685

Law and History in the Latin East This second collection of papers by Peter Edbury focuses primarily on the literature either composed in the Latin East or closely associated with it. The legal treatises from the kingdom of Jerusalem and from Cyprus and Antioch have long been recognized as providing insights into the juridical and social history of these places in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries and some of the papers re-issued here reflect the author's work in re-editing two of the most famous of these treaties those by John of Ibelin-Jaffa and Philip of Novara. The studies on historical literature are chiefly concerned with vernacular texts most notably the Old French translation of William of Tyre and its Continuations again much a result of his current work on a new edition of the Continuations and the associated text known as La Chronique d'Ernoul. Other papers concerned with aspects of the narrative traditions that furnish a significant part of our knowledge of Lusignan Cyprus in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries and with which in one way or another Peter Edbury has been engaged since the early 1970s. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367600068

Law and Imagination in Troubled TimesA Legal and Literary Discourse This collection focuses on how troubled times impact upon the law the body politic and the complex interrelationship among them. It centres on how they engage in a dialogue with the imagination and literature thus triggering an emergent (but thus far underdeveloped) field concerning the ‘legal imagination.’ Legal change necessitates a close examination of the historical cultural social and economic variables that promote and affect such change. This requires us to attend to the variety of non-legal variables that percolate throughout the legal system. The collection probes ‘the transatlantic constitution’ and focuses attention on imagination in a common law context that seems to foster imagination as a cultural capability. The book is divided into four parts. The first part begins with a set of insights into the historical development of legal education in England and concludes with a reflection on the historical transition of England from an absolute monarchy to a republic. The second part of the volume examines the role that imagination plays in the functioning of the courts. The third part focuses on patterns of thought in legal scholarship and detects how legal imagination contributes to the process of producing new legal categories and terminology. The fourth part focuses on patterns of thought in legal scholarship and looks to the impact of the imagination on legal thinking in the future. The work provides stimulating reading for those working in the areas of legal philosophy legal history and law and humanities and law and language. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367344115

Law and ImperialismCriminality and Constitution in Colonial India and Victorian England Laws that were imposed by colonizers were as much an attempt to confirm their own identity as to control the more dangerous elements of a potentially unruly populace. This title uses material from both British Parliamentary Papers and colonial archive material to provide evidence of legal change and response. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138665125

Law and Institutions of Modern China In the past three decades the Chinese legal system has undergone a substantial transformation reflecting the economic social culture administrative and political changes taking place in China. Compared with the situation in the early 1950s when the newly established People’s Republic of China started to construct a socialist legal system and with the situation in the early 1980s when post-Cultural Revolution (1966–76) legal reform had just started the current Chinese legal system has become a relatively comprehensive system comparable to a certain degree with the jurisdictions in Western developed countries. This new Major Work collection from Routledge brings together the most representative pieces for a comprehensive set covering every aspect of current Chinese law providing readers with a one-stop reference resource on China’s legal judicial and institutional changes in the past decades as well as current law and institutions in China. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415565455

Law and Intangible Cultural Heritage in the City With disappearing music venues and arts and culture communities at constant risk of displacement in our urban centers the preservation of intangible cultural heritage is of growing concern to global cities. This book addresses the role and protection of intangible cultural heritage in the urban context. Using the methodology of Urban Legal Anthropology the author provides an ethnographic account of the civic effort of Toronto to become a Music City from 2014-18 in the context of redevelopment and gentrification pressures. Through this the book elucidates the problems cities like Toronto have in equitably protecting intangible cultural heritage and what can be done to address this. It also evaluates the engagement that Toronto and other cities have had with international legal frameworks intended to protect intangible cultural heritage as well as potential counterhegemonic uses of hegemonic legal tools. Understanding urban intangible cultural heritage and the communities of people who produce it is of importance to a range of actors from urban developers looking to formulate livable and sustainable neighbourhoods to city leaders looking for ways in which their city can flourish to scholars and individuals concerned with equitability and the right to the city. This book is the beginning of a conservation about what is important for us to protect in the city for future generations beyond built structures and the role of intangible cultural heritage in the creation of full and happy lives. The book is of interest to legal and sociolegal readers specifically those who study cities cultural heritage law and legal anthropology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367233167

Law and International Religious FreedomThe Rise and Decline of the American Model This book analyzes the promotion and protection of freedom of religion in the international arena with a particular focus on the role and influence of the US International Religious Freedom Act 1998. It also investigates the impact of the IRFA on the legislation and policies of third countries and the EU. The book develops the story of the protection of religious freedom through foreign policy by showing how religious laws affect and shape a more communitarian dimension of the notion of freedom of religion which stands in contrast with a traditionally Western individualistic understanding of the right. It is argued that it is still possible to defend the unstable category of freedom of religion or belief especially when major violations are at stake. The book presents a balanced contribution to the academic debate on the promotion and protection of religious freedom. The comparative approach and interdisciplinary methodology make it a valuable resource for academics students and policy-makers in Law International Relations and Strategic Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367886097

Law and Intersystemic CommunicationUnderstanding ‘Structural Coupling’ With contributions from experts in the field of sociology of law this book provides an overview of current perspectives on socio-legal studies. It focuses particularly on the relationship between law and society described in recent social systems theory as ’structural coupling’. The first part of the book presents a reconstruction of theoretical tendencies in the field of socio-legal studies characterised by the emergence of a transnational model of legal systems no longer connected to territorial borders and culturally specific aspects of single legal orders. In the following parts of the book the contributions analyse some concrete cases of interrelation between law and society from an empirical and theoretical perspective. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367601720

Law and Justice in a Globalized WorldProceedings of the Asia-Pacific Research in Social Sciences and Humanities Depok Indonesia November The book consists of a selection of papers presented at the Asia-Pacific Research Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities. It contains essays on current legal issues in law and justice and their role and transformation in a globalizing world. Topics covered include human rights criminal law good governance democracy foreign investment and regional integration. The conference focused on Asia and the Pacific two regions where law has taken an important position in creating and shaping the regional integrations new legal institutions and norms. This reconfirms the idea that the legal system is extremely important in the global world. This book provides new insights and new horizons on how law and justice took part in globalizing human interaction especially in the Asia-Pacific region. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367735548

Law and Justice in Japanese Popular CultureFrom Crime Fighting Robots to Duelling Pocket Monsters In a world of globalised media Japanese popular culture has become a signifi cant fountainhead for images narrative artefacts and identity. From Pikachu to instantly identifi able manga memes to the darkness of adult anime and the hyper- consumerism of product tie- ins Japan has bequeathed to a globalised world a rich variety of ways to imagine communicate and interrogate tradition and change the self and the technological future. Within these foci questions of law have often not been far from the surface: the crime and justice of Astro Boy; the property and contract of Pokémon; the ecological justice of Nausicaä; Shinto’s focus on order and balance; and the anxieties of origins in J- horror. This volume brings together a range of global scholars to refl ect on and critically engage with the place of law and justice in Japan’s popular cultural legacy. It explores not only the global impact of this legacy but what the images games narratives and artefacts that comprise it reveal about law humanity justice and authority in the twenty-first century. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367895211

Law and LeadershipIntegrating Leadership Studies into the Law School Curriculum Leadership includes the ability to persuade others to embrace one’s ideas and to act upon them. Teaching law students the art of persuasion through advocacy is at the heart of legal education. But historically law schools have not included leadership studies in the curriculum. This book is one of the first to examine whether and how to integrate the theory and practice of leadership studies into legal education and the legal profession. Interdisciplinary in its scope with contributions from legal educators and practitioners the book defines leadership in the context of the legal profession and explores its challenges in legal academia private practice and government. It also investigates whether law students need to study leadership and if they should why it should be offered as part of the curriculum. Finally it considers how leadership should be taught and how it should be integrated into classes. It evaluates new leadership courses and the adaptation of existing courses to reflect on how to effectively blend law and leadership in doctrinal clinical and experiential classrooms. The book includes a foreword by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and noted leadership scholar James MacGregor Burns and a foundational essay by prominent leadership scholar and one of the founders of the International Leadership Association Georgia Sorenson. It will be a valuable resource to anyone interested in leadership education policy and legal ethics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138252868

Law and Legal Interpretation This title was first published in 2003. Leading contemporary essays on interpretation are assembled in this volume which offsets them against a small number of "classical" works from earlier periods. It has long been recognized that textual sources (constitutions statutes precedents commentaries) are central to developed systems of law and that interpretation of such texts is one highly important element in adjudication legal practice and legal scholarship. Scholars have also contended that the totality of legal activity is "interpretive" in a wider sense and debates about objectivity have raged. The reasons for this development are here critically scrutinized. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138715578

Law and LiteratureText and Theory First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315864266

Law and Mental HealthA Case-Based Approach Favored by instructors and students for its real-world focus and engaging style this authoritative text on the interface of psychology and law has now been revised and expanded. Each chapter provides an overview of case law on an important topic and explores selected cases in depth. Coverage includes psychological and mental health issues in criminal and civil proceedings; the role of practitioners as expert witnesses and forensic consultants; and legal concerns in general clinical practice. Salient legal processes and decisions are summarized and implications for today's clinical and forensic practitioners highlighted. Instructors who adopt the book for courses will receive a supplemental test bank with questions keyed to each chapter. Students can access a downloadable Study Guide.  New to This Edition*Updated throughout with current research and substantive changes in mental health law.*Chapter on competency in juvenile justice.*Citations of 115 new legal cases.*Conclusion identifying urgent social challenges facing the field. Pedagogical Features*Boxes on key concepts and areas of controversy.  *"Where are They Now?" boxes revisiting people from landmark cases. *Updated test bank and new downloadable Study Guide.*End-of-chapter lists of legal cases discussed. Media > Books > Print Books Guilford Press 9781462540471

Law and Morality This volume collects many of the key essays exploring the possible relationships between the concepts of law and morality a central concern of contemporary philosophizing about law. It is organized around five conceptual issues: classical natural law theory; legal positivism's separability thesis; Ronald Dworkin's constructive interpretivism; inclusive legal positivism's assertion that there can be legal systems with moral criteria of legality; and the relevance of morality and moral theorizing in theorizing about the concept of law and associated legal concepts. Each of the essays makes an important contribution toward addressing these issues. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315092003

Law and Morality In analyzing the socio-psychic nature and operations of intuitive legal rules Petrazycki formulates a theory of law around five conceptual themes: anti-formalism imperative-attributive legal relationships law's functional control law's subjective reality and morality. Petrazycki presents the two ways by which law coordinates and regulates social conduct as through its distributive and organizing functions. Law and Morality has a basic objective: to analyze interrelations between positive and intuitive law. Petrazycki's socio-psychic orientation toward law is behavioral as well as thoughtful. He finds the most suitable methods for obtaining knowledge about legal experiences to be internal and external observation. His technique of introspection is similar to Max Weber's conceptual method. Petrazycki distinguishes between two kinds of interpretive understanding. External observation involves deriving the meaning of an act or symbolic expression from immediate observation without reference to any broader context and internal observation involves placing the particular act in a broader context of meaning involving facts that cannot be derived from a particular act or expression. Petrazycki's socio-legal ideas remain relevant in today's society. His arguments concerning the global expansion of human love have an attraction for those working towards a better world. In the context of positive psychology and the growing happiness industry Petrazycki's ideas will compel legal scholars to consider his arguments. Petrazycki's work stands out for the scientific ambitions and systematic nature of his thought as well as the influence of his work on later scholars in the sociology of law. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138526921

Law and Policy for China's Market Socialism This edited volume presents fresh empirical research on the emerging outcomes of China’s law reforms. The chapters examine China’s ‘going out’ policy by addressing the ways in which the underpinning legal reforms enable China to pursue its core interests and broad international responsibilities as a rising power. The contributors consider China’s civil and commercial law reforms against the economic backdrop of an outflow of Chinese capital into strategic assets outside her own borders. This movement of capital has become an intriguing phenomenon for both ongoing economic reform and its largely unheralded underpinning law reforms. The contributors ask probing questions about doing business with China and highlight the astonishing escalation of China’s outbound foreign direct investment (OFDI). Law and Policy for China's Market Socialism includes contributions from leading China-law scholars and specialist practitioners from the People’s Republic of China Hong Kong the United States the United Kingdom and other countries who all extend the examination of powerful influences on China’s law reforms into new areas. Given the forecast for the growth of China’s domestic market those wishing to gain a better understanding and seeking success in the world's most dynamic marketplace will benefit greatly from reading this book. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in Chinese economics and business Chinese Law Chinese politics and commercial law. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138857384

Law and Policy of Substantial Ownership and Effective Control of AirlinesProspects for Change The principle of airline substantial ownership and effective control is one of the biggest impediments to the air transport industry growth. Legitimately included in the bilateral agreements since 1946 for national security reasons States have maintained the principle over the years and used it as a protectionist tool as well as a bargaining chip. Today considering that liberalization and globalization concepts are already well-established in the biggest industrial sectors and a large number of cross-border investments occurs in most of the service sectors through mergers and acquisitions the time is ripe to remove national restrictions on foreign investments from the airline industry. This comprehensive book identifies those factors that still justify the imposition of national ownership restrictions on airlines and examines the prospects for change in the current policies and regulatory regimes that support them. The readership includes specialists in government departments of transportation civil aviation authorities and agencies international organizations airline executives concerned with general management economic legal and public affairs aviation lawyers airline pilot associations law schools concerned with international aviation law. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138264342

Law and Politics Law and politics are deeply intertwined. Law is an essential tool of government action an instrument with which government tries to influence society. Law is also the means by which government itself is structured regulated and controlled. It is no surprise then that law is an important prize in the political struggle and that law shapes how politics is conducted. As serious thinking about and around law and politics continues to flourish and develop this new title in Routledge’s Critical Concepts in Political Science series meets the need for an authoritative reference work to map and make sense of the subject’s vast literature and the ongoing explosion in research output. Edited by a leading scholar in the field Law and Politics is a four-volume collection of foundational and cutting-edge contributions. The materials gathered in the first volume cover jurisprudence and constitutionalism. The assembled major works examine crucial questions such as: what is law? And: what purposes do constitutions serve? Volume II meanwhile focuses on how courts operate and how judges make their decisions examining the judicial process from trial courts to appellate courts. The third volume addresses the relationship between law and society and assesses the intersection between the legal process and social actors considering such issues as how ordinary people think about the law and how legal compliance works. The final volume in the collection considers law courts and politics from an international and comparative perspective bringing together the best and most influential research on such topics as the foundations of judicial independence and the relationship between law and economic development. With a full index together with a comprehensive introduction newly written by the editor which places the collected material in its historical and intellectual context Law and Politics is an essential work of reference. The collection will be particularly useful as an essential database allowing scattered and often fugitive material to be easily located. It will also be welcomed as a crucial tool permitting rapid access to less familiar—and sometimes overlooked—texts. For political scientists and lawyers as well as those working in cognate disciplines it is sure to be valued as a vital one-stop research and pedagogic resource. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415680356

Law and Politics of Constitutional CourtsIndonesia and the Search for Judicial Heroes This book critically evaluates different models of judicial leadership in Indonesia to examine the impact that individual chief justices can have on the development of constitutional courts. It explores the importance of this leadership as a factor explaining the dynamic of judicial power. Drawing on an Aristotelean model of heroism and the established idea of judicial heroes to explore the types of leadership that judges can exercise it illustrates how Indonesia’s recent experience offers a stark contrast between the different models. First a prudential-minimalist heroic chief justice who knows how to enhance the Court’s authority while fortifying the Court’s status by playing a minimalist role in policy areas. Second a bold and aggressive heroic chief justice employing an ambitious constitutional interpretation. The third model is a soldier-type chief justice who portrays himself as a subordinate of the Executive and Legislature. Contrary perhaps to expectations the book’s findings show a more cautious initial approach to be the most effective. The experience of Indonesia clearly illustrates the importance of heroic judicial leadership and how the approach chosen by a court can have serious consequences for its success. This book will be a valuable resource for those interested in the law and politics of Indonesia comparative constitutional law and comparative judicial politics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367591748

Law and Politics of the Taiwan Sunflower and Hong Kong Umbrella Movements Rarely do acts of civil disobedience come in such grand fashion as Taiwan’s Sunflower Movement and Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement. The two protests came in regions and jurisdictions that many have underestimated as regards furthering notions of political speech democratisation and testing the limits of authority. This book breaks down these two movements and explores their complex legal and political significance. The collection brings together some of Asia’s and especially Taiwan and Hong Kong’s most prolific writers many of whom are internationally recognised experts in their respective fields to address the legal and political significance of both movements including the complex questions they posed as regards democracy rule of law authority and freedom of speech. Given that occupational type protests have become a prominent method for protesters to make their cases to both citizens and governments exploring the legalities of these significant protests and establishing best practices will be important to future movements wherever they may transpire. With this in mind the book does not stop at implications for Taiwan and Hong Kong but talks about its subject matter from a comparative international perspective. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367191863

Law and Poverty Socio-legal research on the legal experiences of the poor reflects an understanding of the close connection between economic inequality and law. The first two parts of this volume illustrate general analytical approaches to law and poverty. The remaining parts include essays which examine more specific issues such as race and gender access to law legal consciousness and social change. Research on the relationships between poverty inequality and governance still leaves many questions unanswered but the work presented here reflects the important contribution that sociolegal research makes to the ongoing debate. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815390169

Law and Power in RussiaMaking Sense of Quasi-Legal Practices This book explores the issue of selective law enforcement arguing that the manipulation of the legal system by powerful insiders is a distinctive feature of Putinism reflecting both its hybrid authoritarianism and Russian legal culture. Based on extensive research including interviews with the victims of selective law enforcement the book analyses how selective law enforcement works in Russia discusses the link between law and power and relates the Russian situation to examples from elsewhere and to general legal theories and ideas of political hybridity. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367664435

Law and Practice for Architects Provides a framework for understanding of the legal contractual and procedural implication of architectural practice. The book acts as a useful aide-memoire for students and practitioners based on the premise that smooth legal administration will provide the conditions under which client relations can be constructive and good design can be achieved. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138168299

Law and Practice on Public Participation in Environmental MattersThe Nigerian Example in Transnational Comparative Perspective Public participation has become a recurring theme and a topical issue in the field of international environmental law with many multilateral environmental instruments calling on states to guarantee effectively the concept in their laws and practices. This book focuses on public participation in environmental governance in terms of public access to environmental information and public participation in environmental decision-making processes. Drawing on the body of international best practice principles in environmental law and taking a comparative stance Uzuazo Etemire takes Nigeria as a key case evaluating its procedural laws and practices in relation to public access to information and participation in decision-making in environmental matters. In working to clarify and deepen understanding of the current status of environmental public participation rights in Nigeria the book addresses key issues in environmental governance for developing and transitional countries and the potential for public participation to improve the state of the environment and public wellbeing. This book will be of great interest to undergraduate students (as further reading) and post-graduate students academics researchers relevant government agencies and departments policy-makers and NGOs in the fields of international environmental law environmental justice environmental/natural resource management development studies and international finance. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138094154

Law and Public Policy Laws exist to incentivize us to act in a certain manner in accordance with the policies that our community has deemed right for us. And when we disagree with those laws we must re-examine our policies and thus our beliefs and ideas to decide whether our community has changed. 　This is a book about law and public policy—about the ideas and the rules we build to implement those rules. While similar books have looked at public policy and public administration in an effort to explain how the government works and others have considered the foundations of the legal system to understand the rulemaking institutions this book takes a different approach. In this ground-breaking new textbook author Kevin Fandl develops a complete picture of society from idea to action -- by examining laws through the lens of policy and vice versa. This holistic approach gives readers a chance to see not only why certain rules exist but how those rules evolved over time and the events that inspired them. It offers readers an opportunity not only to see but also to participate in the process of forming the structures that shape our society. This textbook is divided into two sections. The first section provides readers with the tools that they will need to digest the policies and laws that surround them. These tools include a historical deep dive into the foundations of the governance structure in the United States and beyond an important examination of civics and a reminder of the importance of engaging in the policymaking process a careful breakdown of the institutions that form the backbone of the law and policy-making institutions in the United States and finally critical thinking including practical tools to find reliable sources for news research and other types of information. 　The second section of the text is comprised of subject-matter analyses. These subject-based chapters written by experts on the topic at hand begin with a historical perspective followed by a careful examination of the key policies and laws that inform that field. Each chapter highlights key vocabulary provides practical vignettes to add context to the writing explores a unique global component to compare perspectives from communities worldwide and includes a number of discussion questions and recommended readings for further examination. This textbook is tailored specifically for undergraduate and graduate students of public policy to introduce them to the role of law and legal institutions as facilitators and constraints on public policy exploring those laws in a range of relevant policy contexts with the help of short case studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815373919

Law and Recovery From Disaster: Hurricane Katrina In August of 2005 Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast of the United States directly affecting 1.5 million people. Only one year earlier an Indian Ocean tsunami struck Indonesia destroying or damaging more than 370 000 homes. As forces of nature hurricanes tsunamis earthquakes and floods are not limited to occurrences in any one community or any one country. In Law and Recovery from Disaster: Hurricane Katrina attention is focused on the ability of law and legal institutions to not only survive such disasters but to effectively facilitate recovery. Using Hurricane Katrina as a lens contributors address a wide range of issues of interest to people concerned about property law disaster preparedness housing insurance small business recovery land use planning and the needs of people with disabilities. While Hurricane Katrina is the focal point for discussion the lessons learned are readily applicable to a variety of disaster situations in a wide range of global settings. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138250567

Law And Regulation Of Common Carriers In The Communications Industry This casebook-plus-commentary offers a basic basic introduction to the regulation of the telephone and other common carriers such as cable broadcast and video distribution. The materials relating to telecommumications regulation are critically important to understanding the legal and policy landscape of telecommunications today but this is the f Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367316617

Law and Regulation of Mobile Payment SystemsIssues arising �post� financial inclusion in Kenya Over the last ten years mobile payment systems have revolutionised banking in some countries in Africa. In Kenya the introduction of M-Pesa a new financial services model has transformed the banking and financial services industry. Giving the unbanked majority access to the financial services market it has attracted over 18 million subscribers which is remarkable given that fewer than 4 million people in Kenya have bank accounts.This book addresses the legal and regulatory issues arising out of the introduction of M-Pesa in Kenya and its drive towards financial inclusion. It considers the interaction between regulation and technological innovation with a particular focus on the regulatory tools institutional arrangements and government decisional processes through the examination as a whole of its regulatory capacity. This is done with a view to understanding the regulatory capacity of Kenya in addressing the vulnerabilities presented by technological innovation in the financial industry for consumers after financial inclusion. It also examines the way that mobile payments have been regulated by criticising the piecemeal approach that the Central Bank of Kenya has taken in addressing the legal and regulatory issues presented by mobile payments. The book argues there are significant gaps in the regulatory regime of mobile banking in Kenya. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367887353

Law and Religion From the murderous reaction to the publication in a French satirical magazine of ‘blasphemous’ cartoons to wrangles over the wearing of religious dress and symbols in schools and workplaces the interaction between law and religion is rarely far from the headlines. Indeed the editors of this Routledge collection argue that since the events of 11 September 2001 the short- and long-term implications of multiculturalism religious resurgence and extremism have dominated public life both globally and domestically. Consequently they say the legal framework concerning the regulation of religion has changed dramatically over the last decade or so. There have been numerous developments at the global regional state and sub-state level and these changes have been accompanied by an unprecedented number of high-profile cases affecting religious individuals and groups. Now this new collection from Routledge’s Critical Concepts in Law series edited by two prolific authors based at the world-leading Centre for Law and Religion at Cardiff University meets the need for an authoritative reference work to help researchers and students navigate and make better sense of an abundance of scholarship. With a full index and thoughtful introductions newly written by the learned editors Law and Religion traces the field’s development and highlights the challenges for future explorations. The collection will be valued by legal and religious scholars as a vital and enduring resource. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138961746

Law and Religion An OverviewVolume I The focus of this volume is on the historical and geographical elements of law and religion. The first part delineates and analyzes the relation between church and state from the Gregorian Revolution to the human rights era and gives a sense of the evolution of the church and state relationship whilst the second part explores law and religion issues around the world. The volume redresses the tendency towards a western-centric approach in the discipline by including essays from regional experts which present local approaches to law and religion in Asia Africa and South America. The collection is unique in that it brings together wide-ranging case studies and out-of-print papers and is an important resource for established and new scholars in the field. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781409436003

Law and Religion between Petra and EdessaStudies in Aramaic Epigraphy on the Roman Frontier The thousands of surviving inscriptions in Middle Aramaic (e.g. in the Nabataean Syriac and Palmyrene dialects) are an underused resource in the study of the Near East in the Roman period especially in the study of religion and law. Particularly important was the emergence during this period of new peoples with their cultural roots in Arabia such as the Nabataeans. This volume collects together under the interrelated themes of religion and law twenty-three articles by John Healey with sections on "Petra and Nabataean Aramaic" "Edessa and Early Syriac" and "Aramaic and Society in the Roman Near East". Individual papers discuss the continuation of "Ancient Near Eastern" culture the Aramaic legal tradition as well as the development of both written and spoken forms of Syriac and Nabatean. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138375796

Law and Religion in Contemporary SocietyCommunities Individualism and the State The relationship between law and religion has traditionally been analysed according to two basic paradigms. One has focused on the relationship between religious communities and the State (the Church/State paradigm) while the other has concentrated on the relationship between the State and the individual (the liberal-individualist or civil liberties paradigm). This book enriches the analysis of law and religion in society by emphasising a third and complementary analytical dimension involving the relationship between religious communities and religious individuals. In particular the contributors explore the various facets of the multiple tensions that exist in the legal relationships between religious organisations State and adherents in the period leading up to the third Christian millennium. Against the background of the complex and sometimes contradictory responses of religious organisations and the State to the Human Rights Act this interdisciplinary collection draws on contributions from leading scholars active in the field of religious rights and the interaction of law and religion based in the UK USA Canada New Zealand and elsewhere and makes a timely and significant contribution to international debates in a variety of academic disciplines. Contributors explore international concerns over religious liberty focusing particularly on the boundaries of ethnicity and religious community the status of the 'established' Churches in the UK and the proper place for religious organisations under generally applicable legal regimes of non-discrimination. Themes discussed are closely related to wider interests within legal and socio-legal studies involving gender discrimination equality community and the nature and limits of individualism and individual legal rights. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138256729

Law and Religion in IndonesiaConflict and the courts in West Java Understanding and managing inter-religious relations particularly between Muslims and Christians presents a challenge for states around the world. This book investigates legal disputes between religious communities in the world’s largest majority-Muslim democratic country Indonesia. It considers how the interaction between state and religion has influenced relations between religious communities in the transition to democracy. The book presents original case studies based on empirical field research of court disputes in West Java a majority-Muslim province with a history of radical Islam. These include criminal court cases as well as cases of judicial review relating to disputes concerning religious education permits for religious buildings and the crime of blasphemy. The book argues that the democratic law reform process has been influenced by radical Islamists because of the politicization of religion under democracy and the persistence of fears of Christianization. It finds that disputes have been localized through the decentralization of power and exacerbated by the central government’s ambivalent attitude towards radical Islamists who disregard the rule of law. Examining the challenge facing governments to accommodate minorities and manage religious pluralism the book furthers understanding of state-religion relations in the Muslim world. This accessible and engaging book is of interest to students and scholars of law and society in Southeast Asia was well as Islam and the state and the legal regulation of religious diversity. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415835947

Law and Religion in Public LifeThe Contemporary Debate With religion at centre stage in conflicts worldwide and in social ethical and geo-political debates this book takes a timely look at relations between law and religion. To what extent can religion play a role in secular legal systems? How do peoples of various faiths live successfully by both secular laws as well as their religious laws? Are there limits to freedom of religion? These questions are related to legal deliberations and broader discussions around secularism multiculturalism immigration settlement and security. The book is unique in bringing together leading scholars and respected religious leaders to examine legal theoretical historical and religious aspects of the most pressing social issues of our time. In addressing each other’s concerns the authors ensure accessibility to interdisciplinary and non-specialist audiences: scholars and students in social sciences human rights theology and law as well as a broader audience engaged in social political and religious affairs. Five of the book’s thirteen chapters address specific contemporary issues in Australia one of the most ethnically diverse countries in the world and a pioneer of multicultural policies. Australia is a revealing site for contemporary studies in a world afraid of immigration and terrorism. The other chapters deal with political legal and ethical issues of global significance. In conclusion the editors propose increasing dialogue with and between religions. Law may intervene in or guide such dialogue by defending the free exchange of religious ideas by adjudicating disputes over them or by promoting a civil society that negotiates rather than litigates. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415859646

Law and Religion in the 21st CenturyRelations between States and Religious Communities This book brings together leading international scholars of law and religion to provide an overview of current issues in State-religion relations. The first part of the collection offers a picture of recent developments in key countries and regions. The second part is focused on Europe and in particular on the Nordic States and the post-communist countries where State-religion systems have undergone most profound change. The third and final part is devoted to four issues that are currently debated all over the world: the relations between freedom of expression and freedom of religion; proselytism and the right to change religion; the religious symbols; and the legal status of Islam in Europe and Canada. The work will be a valuable resource for academics students and policy-makers with an interest in the interaction between law and religion. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138256828

Law and Religious Diversity in EducationThe Right to Difference Religion is a prominent legal force despite the premise constructed and promoted by Western constitutionalism that it must be separated from the State in democracies. Education constitutes an area of human life that leaves ample scope for the expression of religious identity and shapes the citizens of the future. It is also the place of origin of a considerable number of normative conflicts involving religious identity that arise today in multicultural settings. The book deals with the interplay of law and religion in education through the versatility of religious law and legal pluralism as well as religion’s possible adaptation and reconciliation with modernity in order to consider and reflect on normative conflicts. It adopts the angle of the constitutional dimension of religion narrated in a comparative perspective and critically reflects on regulatory attempts by the State and the international community to promote new ways of living together. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138340299

Law and Responsible Supply Chain ManagementContract and Tort Interplay and Overlap Corporate Social Responsibility has for long been on the agenda in the business world and recently it has also become a political agenda in the European Union. Focusing on international supply chains and their control based on studies of law in several European jurisdictions this book aims to advance the discussion on the application and enforcement of CSR. Drawing parallels to US and Canadian law the book explores to what extent private law tools can be used as an enforcement device and it ultimately asks if what we are witnessing is the formation of a new area of law employing the interplay of contract and tort – a law of "production liability" as a corollary of the concept of "product liability". Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138618404

Law and SacrificeTowards a Post Apartheid Theory of Law In the wake of apartheid Law and Sacrifice draws on the uniquely expansive protection of fundamental rights now entrenched in the South African Constitution to outline a new theory of law. The South African Constitution not only protects the rights of people against abuses of power by the state but also against abuses of power by private legal subjects. Drawing upon the work of contemporary thinkers such as Martin Heidegger Hannah Arendt George Bataille Jacques Derrida Emmanuel Levinas and Jean-Luc Nancy the author elicits the radical democratic potential of this 'horizontal' notion of rights. Johan van der Walt argues that apartheid must be understood as more than a racist abuse of power and here he articulates its 'sacrificial logic'. It is in going beyond this logic he maintains that the truly democratic potential of the South African Constitution can be understood: in a radical formal and substantive equality that offers the legal basis for rethinking a post-apartheid future. Combining a rigorous theoretical understanding with a subtle political engagement Law and Sacrifice is a dazzling interrogation of the limits and possibilities of democratic pluralism. It will be of interest to political and legal theorists as well as to those who are concerned with South African law and politics.   Media > Books > E-books Birkbeck Law Press 9781315072913

Law and Sexual Misconduct in New England 1650-1750Steering Toward England Having arriving in the Province of Maine in 1641 with a brief to create both government and law for the fledgling colony Thomas Gorges later recorded his policy as having ’steared as neere as we could to the course of Ingland’. Over the course of the next century the various colonial administrations all consciously measured their laws against that of England whether their intention was imitation of or conscious opposition to established English legal system. In order to trace the shifting and contested relationships between colonial laws and English laws this book focuses on the prosecution of sexual misconduct. All crimes can threaten orderly society but no other crime posed quite the same long term implications as illicit sex resulting in the birth of illegitimate children who became their own social challenges. Sexual misconduct was consequently a major concern for early modern leaders making it a particularly fruitful subject for studying the complex relationship between laws in England and laws in the English colonies. Political and ecclesiastical leaders create laws to coerce people to behave in a certain fashion and to convey wider messages about the societies they govern. When those same laws are broken lawbreakers must be tried and punished by a means intended to serve as a warning to other would-be lawbreakers. In this book the two-part analysis of changing sexual misconduct laws and the resulting trial depositions highlights the ways in which ordinary New England colonists across New England both interacted with and responded to the growing Anglicization of their legal systems and makes the argument that these men and women saw themselves as taking part in a much larger process. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781472461926

Law and Sexuality Law and Sexuality has rapidly developed as a distinct area of critical and socio-legal scholarship over the last two decades. In that time it has blossomed from a small community into a global field of enquiry with contributions at the cutting edge of academic legal research around the world. A key reason for its vigorous growth has been the rapid pace of legal change in recent years with many Western societies providing or enhancing legal recognition of lesbian gay bisexual and transgender (‘LGBT’) individuals relationships and lives. Indeed many jurisdictions have recently passed progressive anti-discrimination legislation enacting formal equality for LGBT individuals in education the workplace or in access to goods and services. And more and more states are developing recognition frameworks for same-sex relationships and LGBT families. In other jurisdictions however there has been a parallel rise in anti-gay measures including constitutional amendments banning gay marriage in several US states and the high-profile ‘Kill the Gays’ Bill in Uganda. This evolving legal cartography poses many interesting questions and dilemmas for scholars of law and sexuality offering rich resources for insightful work. Conceptually law-and-sexuality research is typified by a dynamic evolving and sophisticated conceptual and theoretical base and this new four-volume collection from Routledge provides an essential work of reference for experts and neophytes alike. Law and Sexuality is prefaced by an introduction newly written by the editor which places the gathered materials in context. Each volume also includes a shorter introduction mapping developing themes and trajectories. The collection is sure to be welcomed as a crucial one-stop resource for reference and research. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415717977

Law and Social Justice in Higher Education The latest volume in the Core Concepts in Higher Education series explores the complexity of law in higher education and both the limits and opportunities of how law can promote inclusivity and access on campus. Through a historical and legal framework this volume discusses undergraduate students' histories of inclusion and struggles for social justice in higher education by race sex social class dis/ability and sexual orientation. Bridging research theory and practice Law and Social Justice in Higher Education encourages future and current higher education and student affairs practitioners to consider how they can collaborate to further a just society. 　 Special features: Discussion of case law illustrates the reach and limits of law and where higher education professionals can continue to push for social justice. Accessible to non-lawyers chapters highlight key legal terms and key concepts to guide readers at the beginning of each chapter. End-of-chapter questions provide prompts for discussion and encourage student interactivity. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138021174

Law and Social Movements The work of both socio-legal scholars and specialists working in social movements research continues to contribute to our understanding of how law relates to and informs the politics of social movements. In the 1990s an important line of new research most of it initiated by those working in the law and society tradition began to bridge the gaps between these two areas of scholarship. This work includes new approaches to grouplegal mobilization politics; analysis of the judicial impact on social reform struggles; studies of individual legal mobilization in civil disputing and an almost entirely new area of research incause lawyering. It brings together the best of this research introduced by a detailed essay by the editor. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315091983

Law and Social Solidarity in Contemporary ChinaA Durkheimian Analysis This book adopts Durkheim’s legal perspective to treat law as a symbol of social solidarities to examine Chinese society. The work analyzes changes in the nature of social solidarity from observing changes in laws thus drawing together western socio-legal theory and distinctive Chinese conditions. It draws on Durkheim’s theoretical framework and methodology to develop a more comprehensive understanding of the role of law using theories of others such as Habermas and by taking into account the discussion of power and the conflicts of interests in analyzing key social features during transition. The analysis of social anomie in terms of the changes of juridical rules as well as the changes in the nature of social solidarity provides an inspiring perspective to look into contemporary social problems. The book will be essential reading for researchers and academics working in the areas of socio-legal studies legal theory and law and society in China. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367611781

Law and Society In the 11th edition of Law and Society Steven E. Barkan preserves Dr. Vago’s voice while making this classic text more accessible for today’s students. Each chapter now includes an outline learning objectives key terms and chapter summaries. A new epilogue chapter examines law and inequality in the United States as it moves into the third decade of this century. The 11th edition reflects new developments in law and society literature as well as recent real-life events with legal relevance for the United States and other nations. Law and Society is for one-semester undergraduate courses in Law and Society Sociology of Law Introduction to Law and a variety of criminal justice courses offered in departments of Sociology Criminal Justice and Political Science. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138720923

Law and Society The thriving and well-established field of Law and Society (also referred to as Sociolegal Studies) has diverse methodological influences; it draws on social-scientific and arts-based methods. The approach of scholars researching and teaching in the field often crosses disciplinary borders but broadly speaking Law and Society scholarship goes behind formalism to investigate how and why law operates or does not operate as intended in society. By exploring law’s connections with broader social and political forces—both domestic and international—scholars gain valuable perspectives on ideology culture identity and social life. Law and Society scholarship considers both the law in contexts as well as contexts in law. Law and Society flourishes today perhaps as never before. Academic thinkers toil both on the mundane and the local as well as the global making major advances in the ways in which we think both about law and society. Especially over the last four decades scholarly output has rapidly burgeoned and this new title from Routledge’s acclaimed Critical Concepts in Law series answers the need for an authoritative reference collection to help users make sense of the daunting quantity of serious research and thinking. Edited by the leading scholars in the field Law and Society brings together in four volumes the vital classic and contemporary contributions. Volume I is dedicated to historical antecedents and precursors. The second volume covers methodologies and crucial themes. The third volume assembles key works on legal processes and professional groups while the final volume of the collection focuses on substantive areas. Together the volumes provide a one-stop ‘mini library’ enabling all interested researchers teachers and students to explore the origins of this thriving subdiscipline and to gain a thorough understanding of where it is today. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415686914

Law and Society Approaches to Cyberspace During the past decade the rise of online communication has proven to be particularly fertile ground for academic exploration at the intersection of law and society. Scholars have considered how best to apply existing law to new technological problems but they also have returned to first principles considering fundamental questions about what law is how it is formed and its relation to cultural and technological change. This collection brings together many of these seminal works which variously seek to interrogate assumptions about the nature of communication knowledge invention information sovereignty identity and community. From the use of metaphor in legal opinions about the internet to the challenges posed by globalization and deterritorialization to the potential utility of online governance models to debates about copyright free expression and privacy this collection offers an invaluable introduction to cutting-edge ideas about law and society in an online era. In addition the introductory essay both situates this work within the trajectory of law and society scholarship and summarizes the major fault lines in ongoing policy debates about the regulation of online activity. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815390176

Law and Society in Classical Athens (Routledge Revivals) Law and Society in Classical Athens first published in 1987 traces the development of legal thought and its relation to Athenian values. Previously Athens’ courts have been regarded as chaotic isolated from the rest of society and even bizarre. The importance of rhetoric and the mischief made by Aristophanes have devalued the legal process in the eyes of modern scholars whilst the analysis of legal codes and practice has seemed dauntingly complex. Professor Garner aims to situate the Athenian legal system within the general context of abstract thought on justice and of the democratic politics of the fifth century. His work is a valuable source of information on all aspects of Athenian law and its relation to culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415744348

Law and Society in East Asia The massive and complex process of change in East Asia over recent decades has brought about a transformation in the nature of law and legal institutions in the region. Whilst the process of change has to some degree mimicked western models of law and legal change there have been significant differences in approach due to the different social foundations of East Asian societies. The more obvious of these has been the variety of ways in which rule of law ideas have been adopted in many East Asian countries where the role of the state is more dominant when compared with Western models. This volume brings together a selection of the most important writings on East Asia of researchers in recent years and shows the broad range of questions which researchers have been addressing about the effect of law reform and legal change in societies dominated by traditional values and political forces and at a time of massive economic change. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780754628606

Law and Society in England Tavistock Press was established as a co-operative venture between the Tavistock Institute and Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP) in the 1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social sciences. This volume is part of a 2001 reissue of a selection of those important works which have since gone out of print or are difficult to locate. Published by Routledge 112 volumes in total are being brought together under the name The International Behavioural and Social Sciences Library: Classics from the Tavistock Press. Reproduced here in facsimile this volume was originally published in 1980 and is available individually. The collection is also available in a number of themed mini-sets of between 5 and 13 volumes or as a complete collection. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138861367

Law and Society in Later Medieval England and IrelandEssays in Honour of Paul Brand Law mattered in later medieval England and Ireland. A quick glance at the sources suggests as much. From the charter to the will to the court roll the majority of the documents which have survived from later medieval England and Ireland and medieval Europe in general are legal in nature. Yet despite the fact that law played a prominent role in medieval society legal history has long been a marginal subject within medieval studies both in Britain and North America. Much good work has been done in this field but there is much still to do. This volume a collection of essays in honour of Paul Brand who has contributed perhaps more than any other historian to our understanding of the legal developments of later medieval England and Ireland is intended to help fill this gap. The essays collected in this volume which range from the twelfth to the sixteenth century offer the latest research on a variety of topics within this field of inquiry. While some consider familiar topics they do so from new angles whether by exploring the underlying assumptions behind England’s adoption of trial by jury for crime or by assessing the financial aspects of the General Eyre a core institution of jurisdiction in twelfth- and thirteenth-century England. Most however  consider topics which have received little attention from scholars from the significance of judges and lawyers smiling and laughing in the courtroom to the profits and perils of judicial office in English Ireland. The essays provide new insights into how the law developed and functioned within the legal profession and courtroom in late medieval England and Ireland as well as how it pervaded the society at large. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367594367

Law and Society in Latin AmericaA New Map Over the past two decades legal thought and practice in Latin America have changed dramatically: new constitutions or constitutional reforms have consolidated democratic rule fundamental innovations have been introduced in state institutions social movements have turned to law to advance their causes and processes of globalization have had profound effects on legal norms and practices. Law and Society in Latin America: A New Map offers the first systematic assessment by leading Latin American socio-legal scholars of the momentous transformations in the region. Through an interdisciplinary and comparative lens contributors analyze the central advances and dilemmas of contemporary Latin American law. Among them are pioneering jurisprudence and legal mobilization for the fulfillment of socioeconomic rights in a highly unequal region the rise of multicultural constitutionalism and legal struggles around identity politics the globalization of legal education and practice tensions between developmental policies and environmental justice and the emergence of a regional human rights system. These and other processes have not only radically altered the institutional landscape of the region but also produced academic and practical innovations that are of global interest and defy conventional accounts of Latin American law inherited from law-and-development studies. Painting a portrait of the new Latin American legal thought for an international audience Law and Society in Latin America: A New Map will be of particular interest to students of comparative law legal mobilization and Latin American politics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138685925

Law and Society in MalaysiaPluralism Religion and Ethnicity This book provides a systematic and interdisciplinary examination of law and legal institutions in Malaysia. It examines legal issues from historical social and political perspectives and discusses the role of law in relation to Malaysian multiculturalism religion politics and society. It shows how the Malaysian legal system is at the heart of debates about how to deal with the country's problems which include ethnic and religious divisions uneven and unsustainable development and political authoritarianism; and it argues that the Malaysian legal system has much to teach other plural polities nations within the common law tradition and federal states. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367869717

Law and Society in TransitionToward Responsive Law Year by year law seems to penetrate ever larger realms of social political and economic life generating both praise and blame. Nonet and Selznick's Law and Society in Transition explains in accessible language the primary forms of law as a social political and normative phenomenon. They illustrate with great clarity the fundamental difference between repressive law riddled with raw conflict and the accommodation of special interests and responsive law the reasoned effort to realize an ideal of polity. To make jurisprudence relevant legal political and social theory must be reintegrated. As a step in this direction Nonet and Selznick attempt to recast jurisprudential issues in a social science perspective. They construct a valuable framework for analyzing and assessing the worth of alternative modes of legal ordering. The volume's most enduring contribution is the authors' typology-repressive autonomous and responsive law. This typology of law is original and especially useful because it incorporates both political and jurisprudential aspects of law and speaks directly to contemporary struggles over the proper place of law in democratic governance. In his new introduction Robert A. Kagan recasts this classic text for the contemporary world. He sees a world of responsive law in which legal institutions-courts regulatory agencies alternative dispute resolution bodies police departments-are periodically studied and redesigned to improve their ability to fulfill public expectations. Schools business corporations and governmental bureaucracies are more fully pervaded by legal values. Law and Society in Transition describes ways in which law changes and develops. It is an inspiring vision of a politically responsive form of governance of special interest to those in sociology law philosophy and politics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138526952

Law and SocietyAn Introduction This multidisciplinary text draws on the work of anthropologists historians law professors political scientists psychologists and sociologists to outline how law is an essential social institution that shapes and is shaped by society. This second edition of Law and Society incorporates the latest research with dozens of new references along with many up-to-date examples gleaned from newsworthy events. Two new pedagogical features in each chapter will help students absorb information: learning objectives that precede each chapter’s discussion and "Thinking about Law and Society" questions that end each chapter and encourage students to think more deeply about specific issues. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138299610

Law and SocietyAn Introduction In recent years legal studies courses have increased the focus on contemporary social issues as part of the curriculum. Law and Society: An Introduction discusses the interface between these two institutions and encourages students in the development of new insights on the topic. The book begins by introducing definitions classifications and the concept of the "rule of law." It then explores:Principal legal systems including common law civil law Islamic and socialist systems and American Indian law Feminist legal theories critical race theory and the roles of morality and values in social controlThe contributions of sociological research and its impact on the lawCourt systems and procedures the exclusionary rule and plea bargainingThe nature and process of legislative administrative and judicial lawmaking Alternative dispute resolution and international arbitration and mediationThe law as a mechanism for social changes such as those brought on by the 1964 Civil Rights ActIssues related to the legal profession and professional responsibilityThis text eliminates the need for a separate reader by also discussing controversial legal topics—including affirmative action education the death penalty right to work laws and abortion. Each chapter builds on the previous ones and includes concrete examples of the issues involved. Enhanced by chapter summaries of salient points review questions and practical exercises the book is designed to encourage students in the development of new insights into the relationships between law and society. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367740078

Law and SocietyCanadian Edition Law and Society provides a balanced and comprehensive analysis of the interplay between law and society using both Canadian and international examples. This clear and readable text is fi lled with interesting information ideas and insights. All materials and supporting statistics have been carefully updated. This edition includes an expanded discussion of the law and First Nations people recent developments impacting LGBTIQ2S persons and persons with disabilities and a new section on civil procedures. Each chapter is structured similarly with an outline learning objectives key terms chapter summaries critical thinking questions and an array of additional resources. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138215818

Law and Sport in Contemporary Society As the commercialization of sport grows the need for proper regulation increases. In legal terms sport is part of the entertainment and media industries which are subject to rapid change. This work brings together experts in many fields to analyze these changes and to discuss the implications of issues such as the BSkyB-Manchester United case civil and criminal actions on the playing field the "Bosman" ruling drugs in sport the legality of boxing and the validity of decisions made by governing bodies. This collection should appeal to students of both sports history and sports sociology. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203045183

Law And Technology In The Pacific Community This book focuses on the high technology industries of the Pacific and the legal institutions and occupations with which they are involved. It is an essential book for scholars of international political economy and trade. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367158972

Law and the Arab–Israeli ConflictThe Trials of Palestine During the British Mandate for Palestine (1922–1948) Arabs and Jews repeatedly used the law to gain leverage and influence international opinion especially in three dramatic and largely forgotten trials involving two issues: the interplay between conflicting British promises to the Arabs and Jews during World War I and the parties’ rights and claims to the Wailing Wall. Focusing on how all three parties – Arab Jewish and British – used the law and the legal process to advance their objectives during the Mandate years this volume reveals how the parties availed themselves – with varying degrees of success – of the law and the legal process. The book examines various legal arguments they proffered and how that early tendency to resort to the law as a tool a resource and a weapon in the conflict has continued to this day. The research relies almost entirely on primary source documents including transcripts of the public and secret testimony before the Shaw Lofgren and Peel Commissions diaries letters government files and other original sources. This study explores the origins of many of the fundamental legal arguments in the Arab–Israeli conflict that prevail to this day. Filling a gap in research this is a key text for scholars and students interested in the Arab–Israeli conflict Lawfare and the Middle East. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367435080

Law and the Christian Tradition in ItalyThe Legacy of the Great Jurists Firmly rooted on Roman and canon law Italian legal culture has had an impressive influence on the civil law tradition from the Middle Ages to present day and it is rightly regarded as "the cradle of the European legal culture." Along with Justinian’s compilation the US Constitution and the French Civil Code the Decretum of Master Gratian or the so-called Glossa ordinaria of Accursius are one of the few legal sources that have influenced the entire world for centuries. This volume explores a millennium-long story of law and religion in Italy through a series of twenty-six biographical chapters written by distinguished legal scholars and historians from Italy and around the world. The chapters range from the first Italian civilians and canonists Irnerius and Gratian in the early twelfth century to the leading architect of the Second Vatican Council Pope Paul VI. Between these two bookends this volume offers notable case studies of familiar civilians like Bartolo Baldo and Gentili and familiar canonists like Hostiensis Panormitanus and Gasparri but also a number of other jurists in the broadest sense who deserve much more attention especially outside of Italy. This diversity of international and methodological perspectives gives the volume its unique character. The book will be essential reading for academics working in the areas of Legal History Law and Religion and Constitutional Law and will appeal to scholars lawyers and students interested in the interplay between religion and law in the era of globalization. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367857103

Law and The Christian Tradition in ScandinaviaThe Writings of Great Nordic Jurists This book presents a comprehensive history of law and religion in the Nordic context. The entwinement of law and religion in Scandinavia encompasses an unusual history not widely known yet important for its impact on contemporary political and international relations in the region. The volume provides a holistic picture from the first written legal sources of the twelfth century to the law of the present secular welfare states. It recounts this history through biographical case studies. Taking the point of view of major influential figures in church politics university and law it thus presents the principal actors who served as catalysts in ecclesiastical and secular law through the centuries. This refreshing approach to legal history contributes to a new trend in historiography particularly articulated by a younger generation of experienced Nordic scholars whose work is featured prominently in this volume. The collection will be a valuable resource for academics and researchers working in the areas of Legal History and Law and Religion. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367858247

Law and the DeadTechnology Relations and Institutions The governance of the dead in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries gave rise to a new arrangement of thanato-politics in the West. Legal medical and bureaucratic institutions developed innovative technologies for managing the dead maximising their efficacy and exploiting their vitality. Law and the Dead writes a history of their institutional life in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.With a particular focus on the technologies of the death investigation process including place-making the forensic gaze bureaucratic manuals record-keeping and radiography this book examines how the dead came to be incorporated into legal institutions in the modern era. Drawing on the writings of philosophers historians and legal theorists it offers tools for thinking through how the dead dwell in law how their lives persist through the conduct of office and how coroners assume responsibility for taking care of the dead.This historical and interdisciplinary book offers a provocative challenge to conventional thinking about the sequestration of the dead in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It asks the reader to think through and with legal institutions when writing a history of the dead and to trace the important role assumed by coroners in the governance of the dead. This book will be of interest to scholars working in law history sociology and criminology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367660246

Law and the Kinetic EnvironmentRegulating Dynamic Landscapes This book addresses the legal-geographical implications of the fact that landscapes are not static but dynamic. Within the field of legal geography the spatial relationship of law to landscape is usually considered to be static. Environments are often considered fixed and consequently inert as places that literally don’t go anywhere. Typically then it is what happens in these places rather than the place itself that commands academic attention. In contrast to this static viewpoint Law and the Kinetic Environment considers how many landscapes are in flux and as a result may be seen as dynamic. Natural phenomena such as oozing lava moving glaciers or bubbling geothermal pools challenge and test the normative conceptualizations of stability of place property ownership and legal regulation. Consequently such dynamic landscapes enliven and transform law offering new jurisprudential insights into what law is and how it operates in response to the kineticism that this book argues is to some degree inherent in all landscapes. This original engagement with legal geography will appeal to those with general interests in this area as well as specific concerns with questions of law and place property and the environment. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138233409

Law and the Making of the Soviet WorldThe Red Demiurge This book is an unconventional reappraisal of Soviet law: a field that is ripe for re-evaluation now that it is clear of Cold War cobwebs; and as this book shows one that is surprisingly topical and newly compelling. Scott Newton argues here that the Soviet order was a work of law. Drawing on a wide range of sources – including Russian-language Soviet statues and regulations jurisprudence legal theory and English-language ‘legal Kremlinology’ – this book analyses the central significance of law in the design and operation of Soviet economic political and social institutions. In arguing that it was an exemplary rather than aberrant case of the uses to which law was put in twentieth-century industrialised societies Law and the Making of the Soviet World: The Red Demiurge provides an insightful account of both the significance of modern law in the Soviet case and the significance of the Soviet case for modern law. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138211247

Law and the Management of DisastersThe Challenge of Resilience Disasters raise serious challenges for contemporary legal orders: they demand significant management but usually amidst massive disruption to the normal functioning of state authority and society. When dealing with disasters law has traditionally focused on contingency planning and recovery. More recently however ‘resilience’ has emerged as a key concept in effective disaster management policies and strategies aiming at minimising the impact of events so that the normal functioning of society and the state can be preserved. This book analyses the contribution of law to resilience building by looking at law’s role in the different phases of the disaster regulatory process: risk assessment risk management emergency intervention and recovery. More specifically it addresses how law can effectively contribute to resilience-oriented distaster management policies and what legal instruments can support effective resilience-building. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138624368

Law and the Market Economy in China This volume concerns several aspects of China's changing market based economy. These include commercial contract enforcement corporate structures competition law and other issues related to China's membership in the WTO. In the past two decades the rapid integration of China's economy into the global marketplace has created obligations and expectations of non-discrimination and regulatory transparency in domestic markets. The Chinese government has responded by demanding better governance within major companies market sectors and public administration generally. However as the articles in this volume show it has struggled to find a corporate structure capable of absorbing external equity investment and participation but still amenable to direct and indirect state guidance. It has also moved cautiously in creating legal controls over unfair competition. Moreover the protection of state owned enterprises which serve as vehicles for domestic economic social and political policy has been a recurring issue in China's WTO trade disputes. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780754628613

Law and the Media Tom Crone's classic text has been thoroughly revised by an impressive team of legal experts. It provides an essential source of reference for the key legal issues encountered by those who work in the media such as journalists editors and producers as well as media lawyers. Topics covered include:Protection of ReputationCopyright and Rights ClearanceNew MediaBreach of Confidence and PrivacyThe Data Protection Act 1998Reporting Restrictions Contempt of Court and Protection of Journalistic SourcesThe Freedom of Information Act 2000 and Official SecretsProfessional Regulatory Bodies and AdvertisingThe Human Rights Act 1998The Law in Scotland and the United States of AmericaComprehensive supplementary reference material is also provided including a glossary of legal terms addresses telephone numbers and web sites of professional bodies and specimen agreements including interview agreements and moral rights waivers.With contributions from: Terence Bergin Marietta Cauchi Jane Colston Mark Cranwell Charles de Fleurieu Simon Dowson-Collins David Green Peter Grundberg Rebecca Handler Joanna Ludlam Rosalind McInnes Hugh Tomlinson and John Wadham. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138146419

Law and the Modern Mind Law and the Modern Mind first appeared in 1930 when in the words of Judge Charles E. Clark it "fell like a bomb on the legal world." In the generations since its influence has grown-today it is accepted as a classic of general jurisprudence.The work is a bold and persuasive attack on the delusion that the law is a bastion of predictable and logical action. Jerome Frank's controversial thesis is that the decisions made by judge and jury are determined to an enormous extent by powerful concealed and highly idiosyncratic psychological prejudices that these decision-makers bring to the courtroom. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138526969

Law and the New Urban Agenda The New Urban Agenda (NUA) adopted in 2016 at the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III) in Quito Ecuador represents a globally shared understanding of the vital link between urbanization and a sustainable future. At the heart of this new vision stand a myriad of legal challenges – and opportunities – that must be confronted for the world to make good on the NUA’s promise. In response this book which complements and expands on the editors’ previous volumes on urban law in this series offers a constructive and critical evaluation of the legal dimensions of the NUA. As the volume’s authors make clear from natural disasters and resulting urban migration in Honshu and Tacloban to innovative collaborative governance in Barcelona and Turin to accessibility of public space for informal workers in New Delhi and Accra and power scales among Brazil’s metropolitan regions there is a deep urgency for thoughtful research to understand how law can be harnessed to advance the NUA’s global mission of sustainable urbanism. It thus creates a provocative and academic dialogue about the legal effects of the NUA which will be of interest to academics and researchers with an interest in urban studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367188733

Law and the PassionsWhy Emotion Matters for Justice Engaging with the underlying social context in which emotions are a motivational force Law and the Passions provides a uniquely inclusive commentary on the significance and influence of emotions in the history and continuing development of legal judgment policy formation legal practice and legal dogma.   Although the emotionality of the law and the use of emotional tropes in legal discourse has become an established focus in recent scholarship the extent to which emotion and the passions have informed decision-making decision-avoidance and legal reasoning – rather than as simply an adjunct – is still a matter for critical analysis. As evidenced in a range of illustrative legal cases emotions have been instrumental in the evolution of key legal principles and have produced many controversial judgments. Addressing the latent influence of fear hate love and compassion the book explores the mutability of law and its transformative power especially when faced with fluctuating social mores. The textual nature of law and the impact of literary forms on legal actors are also critically examined to further elucidate the idea of law-making as both rational and emotional and significantly as an essential activity of the empathic imagination. To this end it is suggested that critical scholarship on law the passions and emotions not only advances our understanding of the inner workings of law it constitutes a fundamental part of our moral reasoning and has the capacity to articulate the conditions for a more dynamic adaptable ethical and effective legal institution.   This interdisciplinary book will be of interest to scholars and students in the fields of law and literature legal theory legal philosophy law and the humanities legal aesthetics sociology of law politics  law and policy human rights general jurisprudence and social justice as well as cultural studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415631594

Law and the Philosophy of Privacy Situating privacy within the context of political philosophy this book highlights the way in which struggles concerning the meaning of privacy have always been political. Different conceptions of privacy are here shown to involve diverse assumptions about ontology: our conceptions of self culture society and communication. Privacy theory’s debt to Locke Kant or Mill and what is at stake in their conceptual frameworks is examined. The extent to which the term "privacy" has been used to the detriment of - and to create - weaker parties in marriage in the workplace and now as citizens (or non-citizens) and consumers as well as employees is also demonstrated. In contrast Janice Richardson pursues the relevance of Floridi’s philosophy of information before turning to her application of Spinoza the philosopher of communication in order to outline a more useful framework through which to think about privacy today. The book will be of interest to those working in political philosophy feminist philosophy law the philosophy of information sociology media and cultural studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138081116

Law and the Politics of MemoryConfronting the Past Law and the Politics of Memory: Confronting the Past examines law’s role as a tool of memory politics in the efforts of contemporary societies to work through the traumas of their past.  Using the examples of French colonialism and Vichy as well as addressing the politics of memory surrounding the Holocaust communism and colonialism this book provides a critical exploration of law’s role in ‘belated’ transitional justice contexts. The book examines how and why law has become so central in processes in which the past is constituted as a series of injustices that need to be rectified and can allegedly be repaired. As such it explores different legal modalities in processes of working through the past; addressing the implications of regulating history and memory through legal categories and legislative acts whilst exploring how trials restitution cases and memory laws manage to fulfil such varied expectations as clarifying truth rendering homage to memory and reconciling societies. Legal scholars historians and political scientists especially those working with transitional justice history and memory politics in particular will find this book a stimulating exploration of the specificity of law as an instrument and forum of the politics of memory. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138999176

Law and the Politics of Reconciliation This collection of essays by an international group of authors explores the ways in which law and legal institutions are used in countries coming to terms with traumatic pasts and in some cases traumatic presents. In putting to question what is often taken for granted in uncritical calls for reconciliation it critically analyses and frequently challenges the political and legal assumptions underlying discourses of reconciliation. Drawing on a broad spectrum of disciplinary and interdisciplinary insights the authors examine how competing conceptions of law time and politics are deployed in social transformations and how pressing demands for reconstruction reconciliation and justice inform and respond to legal categories and their use of time. The book is genuinely interdisciplinary drawing on work in politics philosophy theology sociology and law. It will appeal to a wide audience of researchers and academics working in these areas. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138274624

Law and the Question of the AnimalA Critical Jurisprudence This book addresses the problem of ‘animal life’ in terms that go beyond the usual extension of liberal rights to animals. The discourse of animal rights is one that increasingly occupies the political ethical and intellectual terrain of modern society. But although the question of the status of animals holds an important place within a range of civil political and technological disciplines the issue of rights in relation to animals usually just rehearses the familiar perspectives of legal moral and humanist philosophy. ‘Animal law’ is fast becoming a topic of significant contemporary interest and discussion. This burgeoning interest has not however been matched by renewed inquiry into the jurisprudential frames and methods for the treatment of animals in law or the philosophical issue of the ‘human’ and the ‘animal’ at law’s foundation. Responding to this interest this book brings together leading and emerging critical legal theorists to address the question of animality in relation to law’s foundations practices and traditions of thought. In so doing it engages a surprisingly underdeveloped aspect of the moral philosophies of animal rights namely their juridical register and existence. How does ‘animal law’ alter our juridical image of personality or personhood? How do the technologies of law intersect with the technologies that invent create and manage animal life? And how might the ethical ontological and ceremonial relation between humans and animals be linked to a common source or experience of law? Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415663366

Law and the Wearing of Religious Symbols in Europe Written in accessible language this book provides a comprehensive analysis of a topical subject that is being widely debated across Europe. The work presents an overview of emerging case law from the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the European Union as well as from national courts and equality bodies in European countries on the wearing of religious symbols in public spaces. The author persuasively argues that bans on the wearing of religious symbols constitutes a breach of an individual’s human rights and contravene existing anti-discrimination legislation. Fully updated to take account of recent case law this second edition has been expanded to consider bans in public spaces more generally including employment an area where some of the recent developments have taken place. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367178901

Law and Theology in the Middle Ages An unrivalled introduction to a fascinating subject Law and Theology in the Middle Ages explores the relationship between law and theology in medieval Europe. Focusing on legal and theological responses to justice mercy fairness and sin this text examines the tension between ecclesiastical and secular authority in medieval Europe illustrating areas of dispute in a clear and accessible way. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203458808

Law and Time Research on law's relationship with time has flourished over the past decade. This edited collection aims to put law and time scholarship into wider context advancing conversations on time and temporalities between socio-legal scholars anthropologists sociologists geographers and historians. Through a diverse range of contributions the collection explores how legal modalities of time emerge and have effects within wider clusters of social and political action. Themes include: law’s diverse roles in maintaining linear historicist models of time; law’s participation in the materialisation of times; and the unsteady effects of temporal pluralism and polytemporalities in law. De-naturalising the ‘time’ in law and time scholarship this collection positions time as something that can be enacted and materialised as well as experienced with distinct implications for questions of social justice.Chapter 6 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license. https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/tandfbis/rt-files/docs/Open+Access+Chapters/9780415792219_oachapter6.pdfThe Introduction of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license. https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/tandfbis/rt-files/docs/Open+Access+Chapters/9780415792219_oaintroduction.pdf   Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367665302

Law as Art Law as Art presents a radical new legal theory the Law as Art Hypothesis which conceives law not as a system of rules but as a distinctive kind of art work. Law is differentiated as art by the Law as Compound Artistic Type Hypothesis which uses the heuristic metaphor of the Operatic Music Drama the most elementally complex compound art form to develop an idea of legal art as a distinctive empowered text supported by the arts of drama painting sculpture dress-design architecture rhetoric and communication to form an elementally developed yet integrated unitary art work. Part I develops a new realist epistemology to support a contemporary action-type ontology of art differentiated as art by virtue of its artistic value. Part II opens with a critical review of the arts in legal theory before detailing the Law as Art and Law as Compound Artistic Type Hypothesis and locating them within contemporary scholarship. Legal philosophical implications are considered and there is an acronym key and glossary bibliography and index. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315250687

Law as if Earth Really MatteredThe Wild Law Judgment Project This book is a collection of judgments drawn from the innovative Wild Law Judgment Project. In participating in the Wild Law Judgment Project which was inspired by various feminist judgment projects contributors have creatively reinterpreted judicial decisions from an Earth-centred point of view by rewriting existing judgments or creating fictional judgments as wild law. Authors have confronted the specific challenges of aligning existing Western legal systems with Thomas Berry’s philosophy of Earth jurisprudence through judgment writing and rewriting. This book thus opens up judicial decision-making and the common law to critical scrutiny from a wild law or Earth-centred perspective. Based upon ecocentric rather than human-centred or anthropocentric principles Earth jurisprudence poses a unique critical challenge to the dominant anthropocentric or human-centred focus and orientation of the common law. The authors interrogate the anthropocentric and property rights assumptions embedded in existing common law by placing Earth and the greater community of life at the centre of their rewritten and hypothetical judgments. Covering areas as diverse as tort law intellectual property law criminal law environmental law administrative law international law native title law and constitutional law this unique collection provides a valuable tool for practitioners and students who are interested in learning more about the emerging ecological jurisprudence movement. It helps us to see more clearly what a new system of law might look like: one in which Earth really matters. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367024192

Law as Institutional Normative Order MacCormick's `Institutions of Law' is the culmination of a lifetime's work in legal theory by one of the world's most respected legal theorists. Featuring an impressive collection of contributions from well-known legal theorists from around the world all of whom are familiar with MacCormick’s work this collection provides a cutting edge account of the book’s significance. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138249127

Law as Profession and Practice in Medieval EuropeEssays in Honor of James A. Brundage This volume brings together papers by a group of scholars distinguished in their own right in honour of James Brundage. The essays are organised into four sections each corresponding to an important focus of Brundage's scholarly work. The first section explores the connection between the development of medieval legal and constitutional thought. Thomas Izbicki Kenneth Pennington and Charles Reid Jr. explore various aspects of the jurisprudence of the Ius commune while James Powell Michael Gervers and Nicole Hamonic Olivia Robinson and Elizabeth Makowski examine how that jurisprudence was applied to various medieval institutions. Brian Tierney and James Muldoon conclude this section by demonstrating two important points: modern ideas of consent in the political sphere and fundamental principles of international law attributed to sixteenth century jurists like Hugo Grotius have deep roots in medieval jurisprudential thought. Patrick Zutshi R. H. Helmholz Peter Landau Marjorie Chibnall and Edward Peters have written essays that augment Brundage's work on the growth of the legal profession and how traces of a legal education began to emerge in many diverse arenas. The influence of legal thinking on marriage and sexuality was another aspect of Brundage's broad interests. In the third section Richard Kay Charles Donahue Jr. and Glenn Olsen explore the intersection of law and marriage and the interplay of legal thought on a central institution of Christian society. The contributions of Jonathan Riley-Smith and Robert Somerville in the fourth section round-out the volume and are devoted to Brundage's path-breaking work on medieval law and the crusading movement. The volume also includes a comprehensive bibliography of Brundage's work. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781409425748

Law at the Vanishing PointA Philosophical Analysis of International Law Two central questions are at the core of international legal theory: 'What is international law?' and 'Is international law really law?' This volume examines these critical questions and the philosophical foundations of modern international law using the tools of Anglo-American legal theory and western political thought. Engaging with both contemporary and historical legal theory and with an analysis of international law in action the book builds an understanding and theory of law from the perspective of those who actually use this legal system and understand it rather than constructing an artificial system from the standpoint of political scientists and moral philosophers. Law at the Vanishing Point provides a fascinating new challenge to those who reduce international law either to ethics or to politics and provides a critical new appraisal of its power as an independent force in human social relations. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138266278

Law Between BuildingsEmergent Global Perspectives in Urban Law The rich field of urban law has thus far lacked a holistic and concerted scholarly focus on comparative and global perspectives. This work offers new inroads into the global and comparative streams within urban law by presenting emerging frameworks and approaches to topics ranging from urban housing and land use to legal informality and consumer financial protection. The volume brings together a group of international urban legal scholars to highlight emergent global interdisciplinary perspectives within the field of urban law particularly as they have import for comparative legal analysis. The book presents a timely addition to the literature given the urgent legal issues that continue to surface in an age of rapid urbanization and globalization. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367595838

Law DissertationsA Step-by-Step Guide Law Dissertations: A Step-by-Step Guide provides you with all the guidance and information you need to complete and succeed in your LLB LLM or law-related dissertation. Written in a simple clear format and with plenty of tools to help you to put the theory into practice Laura Lammasniemi will show you how to make writing your law dissertation easy without compromising intellectual rigour. As well as explaining the process of research and outlining the various legal methodologies the book also provides practical step-by-step guidance on how to formulate a proposal research plan and literature review. Unlike other law research skills books it includes a section on empirical research methodology and ethics for the benefit of students who are studying for a law-related degree. Packed full of exercises worked examples and tools for self-evaluation this book is sure to become your essential guide supporting you on every step of your journey in writing your law dissertation. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138240681

Law Enforcement and the History of Financial Market Manipulation First Published in 2014. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780765636744

Law for Advertising Broadcasting Journalism and Public Relations This exceptional new text offers an up-to-date and integrated approach to communication law. Written by two practicing attorneys with extensive experience teaching the communication law course Law for Advertising Broadcasting Journalism and Public Relations covers the areas of communication law essential and most relevant for readers throughout the communication curriculum. Its integrated approach will serve students and practitioners in advertising and public relations as well as those in journalism and electronic media.Providing background to help readers understand legal concepts this comprehensive communication law text includes an introduction to the legal system; covers legal procedures structures and jurisdictions; discusses the First Amendment and electronic media regulations; and considers issues of access. Additional material includes: *intellectual property law; *employment and agency law with explanations of how these laws create obligations for mass communication professionals and their employees; *commercial communication laws; and *special laws and regulations that impact reporters public relations practitioners and advertisers who deal with stock sales.Special features of this text include:*Magic Words and Phrases--defining legal terms;*Cases--illustrating key points in each chapter;*Practice Notes--highlighting points of particular interest to professional media practices;*Instructions on finding and briefing cases with a sample brief; and*Examples of legal documents and jury instructions.This text is intended as an introduction to communication law for students and practitioners in mass communication journalism advertising broadcasting telecommunications and public relations. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138134102

Law for ArtistsCopyright the obscene and all the things in between Written especially for professional artists and those studying the visual arts Law for Artists is an accessible guide to those aspects of law that impact on artists and their work. It encompasses a comprehensive range of creative practices including fine art photography the graphic and plastic arts animation illustration applied and media arts as well as fashion textile and product design. As one of the few academics working in this field Blu Tirohl clearly explains the legal principles - such as intellectual property censorship freedom of expression and criminal law - that are relevant to artists working in a range of disciplines. In order to illustrate these key concepts the book includes an engaging collection of examples of artists who have come into conflict with the law demonstrating precisely the challenges faced by creative practitioners. The author also explores how the establishment co-opts transgressive artists; bringing about a range of contradictions that create legal inconsistencies. While the focus is primarily on UK law the reader is also given ample information to understand how European law affects them. An entire chapter is also dedicated to the comparative study of US Law through well-known cases ensuring students have a well-rounded knowledge of the concepts that they need to consider in a professional context. The book also provides additional resources including a list of useful websites a glossary of key terms as well as a list of statutes and cases. Law for Artists is an invaluable resource to professional practitioners and art graduates as well as the academics who instruct them. This insightful publication the first of its kind helps introduce artists to the professional practice skills needed to ensure they are well-equipped to deal with working life. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415702546

Law for Foreign Business and Investment in China In trying to establish a presence in China foreign investors have found it imperative to understand the regulatory environment of this potentially huge market. This book provides an up-to-date overview of the legal framework for doing business in China. It covers such topics as state structure; legislative amendments and enactments on direct foreign investment; the court system; the legal profession; business entities; foreign investment enterprises; contracts; intellectual property; labor and employment; consumer protection; taxation; securities; and dispute resolution. Apart from explaining legal principles the book highlights liberalisation measures that China has undertaken to fulfil its WTO commitments; elucidates complicated legal concepts with examples of court decisions; discusses relevant foreign trade and investment polices; and includes a glossary of Chinese terms. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415673624

Law for Non-Law Students Law for Non-Law Students is written in a clear and readable style and aims to make the law understandable for readers at undergraduate or comparable level. It explains the practical influences under which the law has been formed so that the student will be better able to understand why the law has developed in the way that it has. It gives lots of straightforward examples as to how the law works in practice and aims to equip students with the ability to appraise the effectiveness of the law in a particular circumstance rather than simply providing a list of rules for the student to regurgitate at exam time. The facts of the more important cases are given in some detail to enable the student to appreciate the range of factors which the court may have taken into account in reaching its decision.  The new edition has been updated to take account of all recent developments both in relation to statute and to case law. Certain chapters particularly in the area of sale of goods have been substantially rewritten and expanded in an attempt to give more detail while at the same time remaining student-friendly. New chapters on Agency and Negligence have been added. brThis new edition should be suitable for most courses which have a law element. Media > Books > E-books Routledge-Cavendish 9781843144007

Law for Project Managers Law for Project Managers provides an easily understandable and practical guide to the laws of contract liability intellectual property and so on entirely from the perspective of the project manager. It will enable you to approach projects forewarned and forearmed able to avoid potential legal problems altogether. The book covers everything from intellectual property disputes with the client organisation about who actually 'owns' the outcome to confusion arising during an international project from the different legal systems and their approach to contracts and health and safety problems in the management of contractors. Most importantly it explains everything in very straightforward terms; legal jargon is either avoided altogether or defined with its relevance to the project manager explained. In essence Law for Project Managers is a clear readable and expert guide on this and many other important legal matters for the practising project manager as well as a supplementary text for post- or undergraduate students studying the commercial aspects of law contracting and project management. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138063907

Law for Social Workers The fourth edition of this popular text has been expanded to accommodate social workers’ continuing need for a thorough grounding in the statutory framework of local authority practice and the wider legal context of social work in the statutory and voluntary sectors. The separate chapter on social work law in Scotland addresses continuing developments in relation to devolved government and new legislation. Since 1996 the pace of change has been remorseless. Part IV of the Family Law Act has been implemented; youth justice in England and Wales has been substantially reformed; the Human Rights Act 1998 impacts on areas of social work practice; and social security law has been significantly amended. The Adoption and Children Act 2002 will both radically reform the law relating to the adoption of children and significantly amend the Children Act 1989. All these important changes central to social work practice are addressed in detail. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315250670

Law for the Construction Industry Law for the Construction Industry provides a comprehensive introduction to the English legal system and basic contract law for those involved in the construction industry. It covers the level 2 module on legal studies of The CIOB's Education Framework and is officially sanctioned by The CIOB as the recognised book for that module. The book assumes no previous knowledge of English law.The second edition has been brought fully up-to-date with the latest legal changes. It explains basic contract law and gives the reader an understanding of employment and consumer law whilst placing law in the context of the construction industry throughout.Law for the Construction Industry is a core textbook for the CIOB level 2 module on legal studies as well as BTEC HNC/D and degree courses in building and construction management. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138835450

Law for the Expert Witness Extensively updated and expanded to incorporate legislative and practical changes enacted since the publication of the previous edition Law for the Expert Witness Fourth Edition is designed for professionals and students requiring edification on the current processes and techniques of legal procedure. Drawn from revised versions of the readings assigned to graduate and continuing education courses taught by the author as well as his own professional experience the text is divided into four sections. Beginning with procedural issues that an expert witness will encounter in advance of the trial itself the chapters cover legal paperwork discovery depositions and other discovery techniques and consequences for failure to comply with discovery. The next section addresses evidentiary issues exploring fundamental concepts such as burden of proof presumptions and admissibility. It defines who is an expert and when one can testify and describes the proper form of questions to an expert. Next the book discusses chain of custody issues exhibits hearsay and the best evidence rule. The book includes suggestions and hints for the expert witness applicable to direct testimony as well as tips on withstanding cross-examination. The final section of the book contains excerpts from the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Federal Rules of Evidence as well as a table of illustrative cases. New topics in this Fourth Edition include: The non-discoverability of the expert’s draft reports as mandated by FRCP26 The issue of destruction of evidence as it effects discovery and tests experiments and chain of custody New and updated information on differing rules among states regarding who is an expert and whether that testimony will be admitted into evidence The reissuance of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure with new subsections Maintaining the same user-friendly style that made previous editions so popular this volume enables expert witnesses and attorneys to present compelling evidence in court that will withstand objection from even the most challenging adversary. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781439851562

Law in ActionEthnomethodological and Conversation Analytic Approaches to Law Ethnomethodologists and Conversation Analysts have always been interested in the study of law and legal institutions and there is now a large body of empirical studies representing a range of analytic traditions in each field. This collection introduces this literature and the research questions pursued by ethnomethodologists and conversation analysts in an accessible form to a general audience in the inter-disciplinary field of law and society studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138250161

Law in Australian SocietyAn introduction to principles and process What is 'the rule of law'? How do laws get made? Does our legal and political system achieve justice for all Australians equally?Designed for beginners as well as non-law students this text provides a comprehensive and accessible guide to understanding Australia's system of law and government. Dr Keiran Hardy describes how legislation is made the nature of case law the hierarchy of courts and the doctrine of precedent. He looks at the role played by politics and the media in shaping law and he describes founding principles including democracy liberalism the separation of powers and federalism. The criminal justice system is explained including criminal offences police powers sentencing and punishment and there is a special emphasis on Indigenous peoples and the law. The book concludes with case studies of cybercrime and counterterrorism legislation to illustrate law reform in action. Each chapter features practical examples chapter summaries and review questions together with a glossary of key terms.Concise accessible and up-to-the-minute this is a vital guide for anyone seeking to understand the complexity of Australian law and government.'This is an excellent book for a wide audience . . . equally useful for law students legal studies students in high school and anyone seeking an understanding of how and why the law is as it is. And how things might be improved.' - Nicholas Cowdery AM QC former Director of Public Prosecutions NSW'A wonderful text . . . The overall structure and the inclusion of comprehension questions glossaries and a curated reference list ensure that students can build on their understanding over the course of the book.' - Jackie Charles Rule of Law Institute of Australia'This introduction to Australian law is comprehensive contemporary and accessible. It is a perfect primer for new students requiring a broad understanding of Australia's legal system. From cybercrime to the workings of Australia's parliament this book has it all.' - George Williams AO Dean Anthony Mason Professor Scientia Professor University of New South Wales'Law in Australian Society' is an ideal text for first year students in criminology legal studies policing and related fields. Its easy-to-read format aids students in understanding the complexities and subtleties of the Australian legal system.' - Emma Colvin Centre for Law and Justice Charles Sturt University Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781760527037

Law in PracticeThe RIBA Legal Handbook Intensely practical and clearly written Law in Practice is the definitive jargon-free professional guide to the law as it relates to a construction project. Addressing all the fundamental issues of contemporary English construction law it allows architects to make sound judgements avoid disputes and run projects on a safer basis. The 3rd edition is now fully up-to-date with all recent changes including CDM 2015 BIM the 2016 JCT contract suite and the new RIBA Professional Services Contracts. Media > Books > Print Books RIBA Publishing 9781859466728

Law in PracticeThe RIBA Legal Handbook Intensely practical and clearly written Law in Practice: the RIBA Legal Handbook is the RIBA’s jargon-free professional guide to the law as it relates to a construction project. It addresses all the fundamental up-to-date issues of contemporary construction law allowing architects to make sound judgements avoid disputes and run projects on a safer basis. This new edition has been fully updated to reflect the new RIBA Plan of Work 2013 – the industry’s framework for construction projects – as well as recent case law and other legal updates that the practising architect needs to be aware of. Why does an appointment need to be written? Why does language matter? What is a novation? What does an overall cap on liability mean and how can you convince a client to agree one? How do you assess an extension of time? When should you notify your insurer of a potential claim? Law in Practice answers all of these questions and many more. Media > Books > Print Books RIBA Publishing 9781859465004

Law in the Courts of LoveLiterature and Other Minor Jurisprudences Law in the Courts of Love traces the literary history and diversity of past legal systems. These 'minor jurisprudences' range from the spiritual laws of the courts of conscience to the code and judgements of love handed down by women's courts in medieval France.Professor Goodrich presents the 15th Century Courts of Love in Paris as one instance of an alternative jurisdiction drawn from the diversities of the legal and literary past. Their textual records are correspondingly mixed in genre being in the form of poems narratives plays treaties and judicial decisions. More broadly these studies trace certain boundaries of modern law and make up one of many forms of legal knowledge which escape today's vision of a unitary law. The author believes that the unquesionable faith in a unity law and its distance from person and emotion is precisely what makes impossible the attention to the individual that justice ultimately requires. Law in the Courts of Love shows how the historical diversity of forms and procedures of law can competently form the basis for critical revisions of contemporary legal doctrine and professional practice.This book will be of interest to undergraduate and postgraduate students of law and literature critical legal studies and legal history or anyone wishing to specialise in feminist legal theory. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415865371

Law in the Service of LegitimacyGender and Politics in Jordan Using gender and law in the political system of Jordan as a means of investigating broader issues surrounding the relationship between culture and political legitimacy this volume offers an in-depth treatment of the laws that define limit and expand women's rights. Arguing that gender issues aren't simply a 'special topic' in politics but an indicator and symbol of the character of the political system as a whole the significance of the politics of legitimacy as played out in issues of gender and law is not only about the content of policies and competition of interests but about the power to determine the nature of the political system itself. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138260238

Law In The Sociological EnterpriseA Reconstruction This book explains the general effects of law on interpersonal relations the concept of the civil contract and the relationship between law and social norms. It shows that law is not only a reflection of social values but also fundamental to the formation of those values. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367159320

Law in the Time of OxymoraA Synaesthesia of Language Logic and Law What do different concepts like true lie bad luck honest thief old news spacetime glocalization symplexity sustainable development constant change soft law substantive due process pure law bureaucratic efficiency and global justice have in common? What connections do they share with innumerable paradoxes like the ones of happiness time globalization sex and of free will and fate? Law in the Time of Oxymora provides answers to these conundrums by critically comparing the apparent rise in recent years of the use of rhetorical figures called "essentially oxymoronic concepts" (i.e. oxymoron enantiosis and paradoxes) in the areas of art science and law. Albeit to varying degrees these concepts share the quality of giving expression to apparent contradictions. Through this quality they also challenge the scientific paradigm rooted in the dualistic thinking and binary logic that is traditionally used in the West as opposed to the East where a paradoxical mode of thinking and fuzzy logic is said to have been cultivated. Following a review of oxymora and paradoxes in art and various scientific writings hundreds of "hard cases" featuring oxymora and a comprehensive review of the legal literature are discussed revealing evidence suggesting that the present scientific paradigm of dualism alone will no longer be able to tackle the challenges arising from increasing diversity and complexity coupled with an apparent acceleration of change. Law in the Time of Oxymora reaches the surprising conclusion that essentially oxymoronic concepts may inaugurate a new era of cognition involving the ways the senses interact and how we reason think and make decisions in law and in life. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367893644

Law Librarians Abroad Gain an international perspective on law library practices and precedents!Because law librarianship is an increasingly international field working and learning abroad can enrich you culturally and professionally. Whether you visit for a few weeks or move halfway across the world for a year or more Law Librarians Abroad gives you information about exchange programs tips for adapting to a different culture and ideas on how to make the most of a life-changing experience. Law Librarians Abroad explains a number of types of work you may find in other countries: US Information Agency or UN library programs informal visits formal exchange programs teaching clients or colleagues to use new technologies temporary library positions combining personal research with library workSome of the contributors to this exciting volume visited completely different cultures. Their new experiences included seeing snow for the first time and scuba diving the Great Barrier Reef. One went home to Korea after 25 years in the United States.Law Librarians Abroad offers practical suggestions as well: pitfalls and pleasures of living in a foreign country how to set up an exchange or plan a visiting librarian program how to build friendships with librarians abroad before you goIn countries from Canada to Zimbabwe on every continent except Antarctica the authors of Law Librarians Abroad combined work and travel--and you can too! Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315865096

Law Library Collection Development in the Digital Age While the digital revolution has touched every aspect of law librarianship perhaps nowhere has the effect been more profound than in the area of collection development. Many of the materials law libraries traditionally collected in print form are now available in electronic format. Digital technology has affected the way we select order and process legal materials. The World Wide Web has created an explosion of both commercial and private online publishing. The cost of electronic publishing has caused many traditional law book publishers to sell their companies rather than invest in the needed technologies to compete in the 21st century. Small publishers and book jobbers have been forced to reinvent themselves. The amount of legal information available and its costs continue to soar. Law Library Collection Development in the Digital Age deals with these and other issues related to law library collection development. Chapters range from the theoretical to the practical. Inspired by Penny Hazleton’s seminal paper “How Much of Your Print Collection is Really on Lexis or Westlaw?” the editors and chapter authors of Law Library Collection Development in the Digital Age endeavor to expand on professor Hazleton’s work with examinations of: the role of law libraries in strategic planning for distance learning Web mirror sites trust vs. antitrust issues access vs. ownership issues how law libraries deal with electronic court records dockets and filings the growth of e-journals as they relate to legal publishing how the Hein Greenslips and Blackwell North America’s Bookservice cover legal materials past present and future roles of specialized book jobbers and more! Anyone interested in law librarianship or the information industry will find this book informative and useful. Make it a part of your professional collection today. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315864815

Law Made Simple This fourteenth edition of Law Made Simple marks the fiftieth year of the publication for one of the best-selling UK Law books. It is the perfect introduction to the English Legal System and combines an overview of both the legislation and case law relating to all the foundation subjects including Contract Torts Land Trusts Criminal Public and EU. Fully updated this book acts as a clear and concise guide for students studying law at any level and takes into account developments across the curriculum. It is suitable for students studying law at A-Level or as an excellent background for students thinking of embarking on the study of law or related course at degree level. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138488847

Law of Defamation in Commonwealth Africa First published in 1998 this book is an exposition of the law of defamation as it applies in those countries (excluding South Africa). It discusses or refers to hundreds of cases from those jurisdictions as well as many important precedents from England analysing the law and discussing how far the courts have developed their own approaches to the law and to what extent the law reflects the values of traditional society and customary law. It thus shows how the law is being used in a field which is both intensely political and reflects important social interests. Though directed mainly at legal practitioners teachers and students therefore it would be of interest to the media – the defendants in the overwhelming majority of the cases-and to scholars in the social sciences. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138323056

Law of Electronic Commercial TransactionsContemporary Issues in the EU US and China The development of new technologies places new challenges to the interpretation and implementation of legislation in the information society. The recent deployment of service-oriented computing and cloud computing for online commercial activities has urged countries to amend existing legislation and launch new regulations. With the exponential growth of international electronic commercial transactions a consistent global standard of regulating the legal effects of electronic communications the protection of data privacy security and the effectiveness of Internet-related dispute resolution are motivating factors to build users’ trust and confidence in conducting cross-border business and their sharing information online. The second edition of this book continues taking a ‘solutions to obstacles’ approach and analyses the main legal obstacles to the establishment of trust and confidence in undertaking business online. In comparing the legislative frameworks of e-commerce in the EU US China and International Organisations the book sets out solutions to modernise and harmonise laws at the national regional and international levels in response to current technological developments. It specifically provides information on the key legal challenges caused by the increasing popularity of service-oriented computing and cloud computing as well as the growing number of cross-border transactions and its relation to data privacy protection Internet jurisdiction choice of law and online dispute resolution. It considers how greater legal certainty can be achieved in cloud computing service contracts and other agreements resulted in service-oriented computing. The second edition of Law of Electronic Commercial Transactions is a clear and up to date account of a fast-moving area of study. It will be of great value to legislators politicians practitioners scholars businesses individuals postgraduate and undergraduate students. It provides in-depth research into finding solutions to remove eight generic legal obstacles in electronic commercial transactions and offers insights into policy making law reforms regulatory developments and self-protection awareness. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415832243

Law of Estate Agency Since its first publication in 1975 John Murdoch’s Law of Estate Agency has been the leading work on this important subject. This new fifth edition offers authoritative guidance on all recent legal developments both legislative and in the courts of concern to practising estate agents. Judicial decisions on such matters as commission claims and liability for misdescription are of great concern to practitioners as is the increasing tendency of clients to defend an action for fees by claiming that the agent’s terms of business contravene consumer protection rules inspired by the EU. These developments and many more are given expert coverage. Media > Books > Print Books Estates Gazette 9781138139695

Law of Marine Insurance First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge-Cavendish 9781138172289

Law of Obligations & Legal Remedies This book examines the notion of a law of obligations as a conceptual category in itself; and in doing this it presents the foundational material in a context that draws on some comparative and theoretical ideas while at the same time emphasising the special characteristics of the common law. The book is specifically designed to act as an introduction to the legal research skills of reasoning and method. It also looks at the foundations of civil liability in a way that emphasises the interrelationship of source materials problem solving and conceptual analysis and justification. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge-Cavendish 9781138157002

Law of the Sea This series brings together the most significant published journal articles in international law as determined by the editors of each volume in the series. The proliferation of law specialist journals the increase in international materials and the use of the internet has meant that it is increasingly difficult for students and legal scholars to have access to all the relevant articles. Many valuable older articles are unable to be obtained readily. In addition each volume contains an informative introduction which provides an overview of the subject matter and justification of why the articles were collected. This series contains collections of articles in a manner that is of use for both teaching and research. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315091952

Law of the Sea in East AsiaIssues and Prospects Law of the Sea in East Asia selects the most prominent maritime legal issues that have emerged since the post-LOS Convention era for a detailed discussion and assessment. The current marine legal order in East Asia is based on the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOS Convention) and accordingly coastal states in the region are obliged to cooperate amongst themselves to exercise their rights and perform their duties. Keyuan a respected expert in the fields of international and Chinese law explores issues concerning compliance with the law of the sea territorial disputes and maritime boundary delimitation fishery management safety of navigation and maritime security and neglected issues in the law of the sea. This is the first book to examine maritime laws in East Asia and as such will appeal to academics of law and Asian studies lawyers and policy makers. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415655385

Law of the Sea in South East AsiaEnvironmental Navigational and Security Challenges The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOSC) represents one of the most successful examples of multilateral treaty making in the modern era. The convention has 168 States parties and most non-signatory States recognise nearly all of its key provisions as binding under customary international law including the United States. Nevertheless there remain significant differences in interpretation and implementation of the LOSC among States as well as calls on occasion for its amendment. This book analyses the impact influence and ongoing role of the LOSC in South East Asia one of the most dynamic maritime regions in the world. Maritime security is a critical issue within the region and it is separately assessed in light of the LOSC and contemporary challenges such as environmental security and climate change. Likewise navigational rights and freedoms are a major issue and they are evaluated through the LOSC and regional state practice especially in the South China Sea. Special attention is given to the role of navies and non-state actors. Furthermore the book looks at regional resource disputes which have a long history. These disputes have the potential to increase into the future as economic interests and concerns over food security intensify. Effective LNG and fisheries resource management is therefore a critical issue for the region and unless resolved could become the focal point for significant maritime disputes. These dynamics within the region all require extensive exploration in order to gauge the effectiveness of LOSC dispute resolution mechanisms. The Law of the Sea in South East Asia fills a gap in the existing literature by bringing together a holistic picture of contemporary maritime issues affecting the region in a single volume. It will appeal to academic libraries government officials think-tanks and scholars from law strategic studies and international relations disciplines. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367075026

Law on the WebA Guide for Students and Practitioners Law on the Web is ideal for anyone who wants to access Law Internet resources quickly and efficiently without becoming an IT expert. The emphasis throughout is on the location of high quality law Internet resources for learning teaching and research from among the billions of publicly accessible Web pages.The book is structured so that it will be found useful by both beginners and intermediate level users and be of continuing use over the course of higher education studies.In addition to extensive coverage on locating files and Web sites Part III provides a substantial and annotated list of high quality resources for law students.  Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315847719

Law Reform in Developing and Transitional States Law reform in developing countries has become an increasingly topical subject in recent years.  A critical issue is why so many law reform projects in developing economies are regarded by their sponsors and recipients as unsuccessful. This informative book: examines examples of law reform projects in post-socialist and post-authoritarian states in Asia identifies common problems proposes analytical frameworks for understanding the problems identified. Though parallels between Asian models and those in developing states elsewhere in the world are strong the book has been developed to avoid suggestion that the issues covered are somehow peculiarly ‘Asian’- indeed it is shown that cultural relativist approaches to Asia are unsustainable. This is an invaluable reference for those involved in the areas of development economics Asian studies and comparative politics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415649636

Law Unbound!A Richard Delgado Reader This book offers the best and most influential writings of Richard Delgado one of the founding figures of the critical race theory movement and one of the earliest scholars to address the harms of hate speech. With excerpts from his classic law review articles conversations with his famous alter ego Rodrigo Crenshaw and comments on the vicissitudes of academic life this book spans topics such as hate speech affirmative action the war on terror the endangered status of black men and the place of Latino/as in the civil rights equation. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315633732

Law Unlimited This book engages with a traditional yet persistent question of legal theory – what is law? However instead of attempting to define and limit law the aim of the book is to unlimit law to take the idea of law beyond its conventionally accepted boundaries into the material and plural domains of an interconnected human and nonhuman world. Against the backdrop of analytical jurisprudence the book draws theoretical connections and continuities between different experiences spheres and modalities of law. Taking up the many forms of critical and socio-legal thought it presents a broad challenge to legal essentialism and abstraction as well as an important contribution to more general normative theory. Reading crystallising and extending themes that have emerged in legal thought over the past century this book is the culmination of the author’s 25 years of engagement with legal theory. Its bold attempt to forge a thoroughly contemporary approach to law will be of enormous value to those with interests in legal and socio-legal theory. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138590748

Law without ForceThe Function of Politics in International Law Law Without Force is a landmark in political and social philosophy. It proposes nothing less than a completely new basis for international law. As relevant today as when it was first published nearly sixty years ago it commands the attention of all concerned with what the future may bring to the law of nations. The great scope of Niemeyer's undertaking draws respect even from those who disagree with his challenging analysis of the historical past and his suggestions for the future of international law. In his new introduction Michael Henry observes that Law Without Force provides us with a foundation of Niemeyer's thinking. Published in 1941 when Hitler was swallowing up Europe this volume shows how a first-rate mind grappled with a legal historical social and ultimately metaphysical problem. It provides in detail the reasoning behind Niemeyer's rejection of a foreign policy based on morality and his distinction between authoritarian and totalitarian governments; and it provides us with the first stage of his lengthy and prodigious effort to understand "this terrible century." It is a book that no serious student of Niemeyer can afford to ignore. At the very heart of the author's vigorous discussion may be found his rejection of a moral basis for international law and his suggestion that a functional basis should be substituted for it. The book incisively reviews the relation between traditional international law and the changing structure of international politics concluding that the traditional system of law has operated as an agency of disharmony and conflict. After an investigation of the traditional legal system the author then asks "What type of law fits the social structure of this modern world?" The answers are presented in the last part of the book as Neimeyer offers his case for a functional system of law divorced from moral exhortations or appeals to shattered authority. Philosophy sociology and legal theory are brilliantly interwoven in this volume which will engage serious readers interested in political and social theory. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138526983

Law Without Lawyers Justice Without CourtsOn Traditional Chinese Mediation The Chinese have since ancient times professed a non-litigious outlook. Similarly their preference for mediation has fascinated the West for centuries. Mediation has been popularized by the Chinese who subscribe to the Confucian notions of harmony and compromise. It has been perpetuated in the People's Republic of China and by the overseas Chinese communities elsewhere such as in Malaysia and Taiwan. Seen as the chief contributing factor in their litigation-averse nature as well as the reason behind the significant role given to traditional mediation this compelling book traces the cultural tradition of the Chinese. It uses rural Chinese Malaysians as illustrative examples and offers new insights into the nature of mediation East and West. It is an important reference and essential resource for anyone keen to learn about traditional Chinese concepts of law justice and dispute settlement. Equally it makes a unique contribution to the existing ADR literature by undertaking a socio-legal study on traditional Chinese mediation. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138380080

Law Without LawyersA Comparative View Of Law In The United States And China In explaining the differences in the tradition and operation of law in China and the United States in this book the author gives both an invaluable understanding of Chinese society and his own appraisal of the strengths and weaknesses of U.S. law lawyers and courts. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367167370

Law: The Basics An engaging introduction to one of the most complex areas of modern life. The book introduces both the main components of the legal system - including judges juries and law-makers - and key areas of law - contract civil negligence and criminal law - to provide the uninitiated with an ideal introduction to law. Key questions to be considered include: How are laws made? How do judges decide cases? What is the exact role of the EU in the legal system? What are your rights and duties under contract law? What is a crime and what are criminal defences? Throughout the book a wide range of contemporary cases are examined to relate key legal concepts to familiar examples and real world situations. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415568067

Law-and-Order NewsAn analysis of crime reporting in the British press Tavistock Press was established as a co-operative venture between the Tavistock Institute and Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP) in the 1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social sciences. This volume is part of a 2001 reissue of a selection of those important works which have since gone out of print or are difficult to locate. Published by Routledge 112 volumes in total are being brought together under the name The International Behavioural and Social Sciences Library: Classics from the Tavistock Press. Reproduced here in facsimile this volume was originally published in 1977 and is available individually. The collection is also available in a number of themed mini-sets of between 5 and 13 volumes or as a complete collection. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138875845

Lawless v Ireland (1957–1961): The First Case Before the European Court of Human RightsAn International Miscarriage of Justice? This title was first published in 2001. The case of Lawless v Ireland is a landmark in the development of human rights jurisprudence. Stemming from the introduction of detention without trial by the Irish government in response to the resurgence of political violence much of the material relevant to the case brought before the European Court of Human Rights has remained closed to public scrutiny. This book is the first to provide a detailed documentary of the case assessing the adequacy of the investigatory processes provided under the European Convention and questioning whether the factual conclusions reached by the European Commission on Human Rights were correct. In what will be an essential reference for academics and students of human rights the book raises doubts as to whether the Strasbourg institutions established to rectify national breaches of human rights might in fact have perpetrated an international miscarriage of justice. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138635371

Lawrence Kohlberg First published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138979512

Laws Men and Machines (Routledge Revivals)Modern American Government and the Appeal of Newtonian Mechanics First published in 1990 Laws Men and Machines is an original interpretation of the lasting influence that Newtonian mechanics has had on the design and operation of the American political system. The author argues that it is this mechanistic tradition that now instinctively shapes the way we conceive of analyse and evaluate American politics and that the Newtonian conception of the world still finds expression in the 'checks and balances' of the American system. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415616652

Laws And Explanation In The Social Sciences The first full-length defense of social scientific laws to appear in the last twenty years this book upholds the prospect of the nomological explanation of human behavior against those who maintain that this approach is impossible impractical or irrelevant. By pursuing an analogy with the natural sciences McIntyre shows that the barriers to nom Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367316624

Laws and ModelsScience Engineering and Technology The "laws" that govern our physical universe come in many guises-as principles theorems canons equations axioms models and so forth. They may be empirical statistical or theoretical their names may reflect the person who first expressed them the person who publicized them or they might simply describe a phenomenon. However they may be named the discovery and application of physical laws have formed the backbone of the sciences for 3 000 years.They exist by thousands. Laws and Models: Science Engineering and Technology-the fruit of almost 40 years of collection and research-compiles more than 1 200 of the laws and models most frequently encountered and used by engineers and technologists. The result is a collection as fascinating as it is useful. Each entry consists of a statement of the law or model its date of origin a one-line biography of the people involved in its formulation sources of information about the law and cross-references.Illustrated and highly readable this book offers a unique presentation of the vast and rich collection of laws that rule our universe. Everyone with an interest in the inner workings of nature-from engineers to students from teachers to journalists-will find Laws and Models to be not only a handy reference but an engaging volume to read and browse. Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9781315219585

Law's Cut on the Body of Human RightsFemale Circumcision Torture and Scared Flesh In Australia the US England Scotland Italy France and in Egypt there have been repetitive calls to legislate against the practices of female circumcision described as female genital mutilation. But in western countries where anti-female genital mutilation legislation has been passed there has been little or no consultation with the communities in which the practices occur: documents are published only in English and community responses are ignored or simply deemed biased or irrelevant. Opportunities for dialogue quickly turn into opportunities for education and legislation about the unacceptability of the practices. But why are communities denied their capacity to speak and influence political opinion and legal decision making? Why in an era of human rights which heralds the importance of self-determination freedom of expression and women’s participation in political arenas are women from these communities unable to engage in dialogue on this practice? Law's Cut on the Body of Human Rights considers how such assertive legislative responses and this lack of curiosity and consultation with communities points to a particular liberal investment the practices called female genital mutilation and what they signify. Drawing on psychoanalytic theory Juliet Rogers examines the language of recent statutes and where relevant some of the accompanying policies and broader media debates Female genital mutilation she argues elicits such a singular legal response insofar as it embodies that subjectivity against which the very subject of liberal law is imagined – and only imagined – to exist: in a state of non-mutilation non-prohibition or in a psychoanalytic idiom non-castration. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415841146

Law's DesireSexuality And The Limits Of Justice The law is one of the primary means through which sexuality is constructed monitored and controlled. In this much needed book Carl Stychin provides a critical examination of the relationship between law and sexual orientation in the United States the United Kingdom and Canada. The author exposes the connection between the law and sexual control through an exploration of key questions of current interest and controversy. He examines the motivations behind legal restrictions and the impact on sexual subcultures and dominant society. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203412046

Law's HermeneuticsOther Investigations Bringing together leading academics hailing from different cultural and scholarly horizons this book revisits legal hermeneutics by making particular reference to philosophy sociology and linguistics. On the assumption that theory has much to teach law that theory motivates and enables the writings of such intellectuals as Martin Heidegger Hans-Georg Gadamer Jacques Derrida Paul Ricœur Giorgio Agamben Jürgen Habermas Ronald Dworkin and Ludwig Wittgenstein receive special consideration. As it explores the matter of reading the law and as it inquires into the emergence of meaning within the dynamic between reader and text against the background of the reader’s worldly finiteness this collection of essays wishes to contribute to an improved appreciation of the merits and limits of law’s hermeneutics which it argues is emphatically not to be reduced to a simple tool for textual exegesis. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138333567

Law's Moving Image This book is an essential introduction to the complex issues and debates in the field of law and film. It explores interconnections that are usually ignored between law and film through three main themes: A Fantastic Jurisprudence explores representations of law in law Law Aesthetics and Visual Technologies focuses on the visual aspects of law's moving image Regulation: Histories Cultures Practices brings together work on different dimensions and contexts of regulation censorship state subsidies and intellectual property to explore the complex inter-relationship between the state industry and private regulation. Law's Moving Image is an innovative multi-disciplinary contribution to the rapidly growing fields of study in law and film law and visual culture law and culture criminology social and cultural studies. It will be of interest to students and academics involved in these areas. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge-Cavendish 9781138153196

Laws of InheritanceA post-Jungian study of twins and the relationship between the first and other(s) Instilled in interdisciplinary cross-cultural perspectives of mythical socio-economic literary pedagogic and psychoanalytic representations two archetypal creative inheritance laws interact as ‘twins’: Eros (fusion/containment/safety) and Thanatos (division/separation/risk). Hypothesising these ‘twin’ laws as matrilineal (Eros) and patrilineal (Thanatos) this book explores why cross-cultural forms including gender traits are not fixed but are instead influenced by earlier flexible matrilineal forms. Through a study of ‘twins’ on macro and micro levels Elizabeth Brodersen argues that a psychological ‘twin’ dilemma is implicit in inheritance laws and offers a unique forum to show how each law competes for primacy as the ‘first’ and ‘other’. Chapters begin by looking at ‘twins’ in creation myths and the historical background to the laws of inheritance as well as literary representations. The book then moves on to the developmental structures imbued in twin research and educational systems to explore how past cultural forms have been re-defined to fit a modern landscape and the subsequent movement away from the importance of patrilineal primogeniture. Laws of Inheritance will be of key value to academics researchers and postgraduate students in the fields of psychoanalysis psychotherapy archetypal theory cross-cultural depth psychology cultural anthropology sociology gender studies and twin research. The book will also be of interest to practicing psychoanalysts and psychotherapists. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138058873

Law's Practical WisdomThe Theory and Practice of Law Making in New Governance Structures in the European Union This book develops a sociological understanding of law making in the European Union. In particular the book focuses on the social function of law in new governance structures promoting decentralized and flexible procedures that encourage deliberation participation of stakeholders and public dialogue. It pays attention to both the practical knowledge and the power relations underpinning law making while seeking to bring to the foreground the importance of compromise in the process. The empirical substantiation of the argument discusses the regulation of technology in the European Union and is premised on case studies of governance of the Internet patents of high technology filters used on the Internet to block harmful material trademark law and domain name dispute resolution by ICANN. To this effect the book studies the dynamics of constructing a legal argument inside the European Commission and its role in the process of coordinating the creation of networks securing enforcement in self regulatory regimes and steering activity on the part of autonomous groups of actors. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815390183

Law's Premises Law's PromiseJurisprudence After Wittgenstein This title was first published in 2000:  The author is a legal and moral philosopher who has applied the insight and methods of Wittgenstein to a range of topics in constitutional law criminal law and theories of justice. This collection offers his most important and influential essays together with an introductory essay which reviews and develops his contribution to legal and moral philosophy. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138711303

Law's SacrificeApproaching the Problem of Sacrifice in Law Literature and Philosophy This volume examines the relationship between law and sacrifice as a crucial nexus for theorizing the dynamics of creation destruction transcendence and violence within the philosophical and legal discourse of western society. At a time of populist political unrest what philosophical and theoretical resources are available for conceptualizing the discontent that seems to emanate from practically every sphere of society? What narrative strategies have been employed within literary theological philosophical and legal discourse to tame or mystify human violence? Engaging with the work of preeminent theorists of sacrifice such as Georges Bataille René Girard Giorgio Agamben and Jacques Derrida this collection examines from an interdisciplinary perspective the sacrificial logic that characterizes the cultural and political dynamics of law in society. The book will be of interest to students and scholars in the field of legal theory and philosophy. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367180935

Law's TaskThe Tragic Circle of Law Justice and Human Suffering What is the ultimate task of law? This deceptively simple question guides this volume towards a radically original philosophical interpretation of law and justice. Weaving together the philosophical jurisprudential and ethical problems suggested by five general terms - thinking human suffering legal meaning time and tragedy - the book places the idea of law's ultimate task in the context of what actually happens when people seek to do justice and enforce legal rights in a world that is inflected by the desperation and suffering of the many. It traces the rule of law all the way down to its most fundamental level: the existence of universal human suffering and how it is that law-doers inflict or tolerate that suffering. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138253346

Law's Trace: From Hegel to Derrida Law's Trace argues for the political importance of deconstruction by taking Derrida’s reading of Hegel as its point of departure. While it is well established that seemingly neutral and inclusive legal and political categories and representations are always in fact partial and exclusive among Derrida’s most potent arguments was that the exclusions at work in every representation are not accidental but constitutive. Indeed one of the most significant ways that modern philosophy appears to having completed its task of accounting for everything is by claiming that its foundational concepts â€“ representation democracy justice and so on â€“ are what will have always been. They display what Derrida has called a "fabulous retroactivity." This means that such forms of political life as liberal constitutional democracy capitalism the rule of law or even the private nuclear family appear to be the inevitable consequence of human development. Hegel’s thought is central to the argument of this book for this reason: the logic of this fabulous retroactivity was articulated most decisively for the modern era by the powerful idea of the Aufhebung â€“ the temporal structure of the always-already. Deconstruction reveals the exclusions at work in the foundational political concepts of modernity by ‘re-tracing’ the path of their creation revealing the ‘always-already’ at work in that path. Every representation knowledge or law is more uncertain than it seems and the central argument of Law's Trace is that they are therefore always potential sites for political struggle. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415685702

LawscapeProperty Environment Law Lawscape: Property Environment Law considers the ways in which property law transforms both natural environments and social economies. Addressing law's relationship to land and natural resources through its property regime Lawscape engages the abstract philosophy of property law with the material environments of place. Whilst most accounts of land law have contributed cultural analyses of historical and political value predominantly through the lens of property rights few have contributed analyses of the natural consequences of property law through the lens of property responsibilities. Lawscape does this by addressing the relationship between the commodification of land instituted in and by property law and ecological and economic histories. Its synthesis of property law and environmental law provides a genuinely transdisciplinary analysis of the particular cultural concepts and practices of land tenure that have been created and exported across the globe. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge-Cavendish 9780415697781

Lawyers and SavagesAncient History and Legal Realism in the Making of Legal Anthropology Legal primitivism was a complex phenomenon that combined the study of early European legal traditions with studies of the legal customs of indigenous peoples. Lawyers and Savages: Ancient History and Legal Realism in the Making of Legal Anthropology explores the rise and fall of legal primitivism and its connection to the colonial encounter. Through examples such as blood feuds communalism ordeals ritual formalism and polygamy this book traces the intellectual revolution of legal anthropology and demonstrates how this scholarship had a clear impact in legitimating the colonial experience. Detailing how legal realism drew on anthropology in order to help counter the hypothetical constructs of legal formalism  this book also shows how despite their explicit rejection the central themes of primitive law continue to influence current ideas – about indigenous legal systems but also of the place and role of law in development. Written in an engaging style and rich in examples from history and literature this book will be invaluable to those with interests in legal realism legal history or legal anthropology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138685949

Lawyers and the Construction of Transnational Justice Lawyers and the Construction of Transnational Justice will show students and scholars what it means in practice to talk about building transnational justice � both on the side of economic regulation and on the side of human rights and humanitarian law. It links national and transnational processes tracing the activities of lawyers with their successful and less successful strategies to build institutions and credibility for a transnational legal field. Examples include developments in international criminal justice including the unsuccessful quest to establish universal jurisdiction for the prosecution of human rights violators; the very successful efforts to build transnational trade and intellectual property regimes; and the relative success in building a European legal field. The introductory and concluding chapters by the co-editors drawing on the sociology of Pierre Bourdieu link the chapters together and explore the possibilities for a more institutionalized and unified transnational legal field � bridging the economic and corporate side with the human rights and humanitarian side. Addressing a range of international issues Lawyers and the Construction of Transnational Justice is a major contribution to the field of sociology of law as well as to debates about global governance. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415823968

Lawyers and the Proceeds of CrimeThe Facilitation of Money Laundering and its Control The role played by legal professionals in the laundering of criminal proceeds generated by others has become a priority concern for authorities at national and international levels. This ground-breaking book presents an in-depth empirical analysis of the nature of lawyers’ involvement in the facilitation of money laundering and its control through criminal justice and regulatory mechanisms. It is based on qualitative research combining analysis of cases of lawyers convicted of money laundering offences with interviews with criminal justice practitioners members of professional and regulatory bodies and practising solicitors and analysis of relevant national and international legislative and regulatory frameworks. The book demonstrates the complex and diverse nature of lawyers’ involvement in laundering activity and shows that their actions and the decisions they take must be understood in relation to the specific situational contexts in which they occur. It provides significant new insights into the criminal justice and regulatory response to professional facilitation of money laundering in the UK raising questions about the effectiveness and appropriateness of the response and the challenges involved. The book develops a framework for future research and analysis in this area and proposes a range of potential strategies for controlling the facilitation of money laundering. Lawyers and the Proceeds of Crime is essential reading for those researching money laundering white-collar crime or organised crime and for practitioners and policy makers concerned with preventing the facilitation of money laundering. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138744868

Lawyers and the Rule of Law in an Era of Globalization Lawyers and the Rule of Law in an Era of Globalization focuses on the national and transnational processes transforming both the rule of law and the role of lawyers. Drawing on detailed empirical work the contributors all examine the relationship between law politics and the state; focusing on lawyers and the social capital they posses and deploy in order to understand the efficacy of the rule of law in different polities. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415628761

Lawyers' Ethics Frequently the ethical attorney finds himself in a position where he can no longer reconcile con-flicting responsibilities he owes to his clients with those he owes so-ciety and himself. Faced with the dilemma of choice among coun-tervailing and competing obliga-tions he has little training and precedence to guide him. If he is over forty the overwhelming probability is that he never took a course on legal ethics; if he looks for a general up-to-date text to provide insight he will look in vain. Nor is there a developed body of case law from which to glean an appropriate course of action.This vacuum of authoritative formulations of responsible be-havior is a matter of concern not only to the legal profession but to all sectors of American society. Lawyers shape the mores and thoughts of all of us. Their will is exerted not only in modifying our national institutions but ulti-mately our individual personal sense of values.This volume serves two impor-tant purposes: it provides the interested professional and lay reader with an appreciation of thespectrum of the ethical dilemmas confronting the legal profession and it provides a sense of balance about the competing consid-erations present in each of these dilemmas. At a time when the legal profession is under attack both from within and without this book represents some of the best critical thinking by lawyers about their role and responsibilities in American society. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138511590

Lawyers' Ethics This collection contains the very best writing on lawyers’ ethics. Timeless and provocative the essays explore the moral foundations of the lawyer’s role as well as the personal and professional dilemmas lawyers face in the practice of law. What does it mean to be a good lawyer? How does a lawyer navigate the inevitable tension between moral principles and professional responsibilities? The collection brings together previously published articles alongside a specially commissioned introduction by the volume editors which provides an overview of the articles and themes in the collection. This volume is of interest to teachers and scholars of legal ethics and undergraduate and graduate students of law. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781472448644

Lawyers' LanguageThe Distinctiveness of Legal Language An interesting examination of law as language use or discourse this study looks at the transformation of ordinary language into a special discourse for the purposes of the legal system. It is widely accepted that legal discourse is obscure and often the public resent the fact that access to the law of the land is obstructed by the opaqueness of legal language. This book argues that the development and maintenance of law's special language can be justified. The myth that law can be written in either plain' or ordinary' language is exploded and the linguistic obscurity of law is traced to its necessary complexity. The notion of representation is applied to the relation that exists between legal language and ordinary language. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138868366

Lay AnalysisLife Inside the Controversy Lay Analysis: Life Inside the Controversy chronicles the history of nonmedical analysis in absorbing detail. It begins with the events of 1910 in Europe and America that initiated their divergent attitudes and policies regarding lay analysis proceeds to the unfolding struggles over this issue on both sides of the Atlantic and reviews the halting efforts of the APsaA beginning in the 1950s to reassess its opposition to lay analysis and make some provision for the training of nonmedical practitioners. Wallerstein's illuminating treatment of the response of American nonphysician therapists to the APsaA's policy - the manner in which they managed to obtain clinical psychoanalytic training despite the APsaA's prohibition - forms a fascinating story within his grand narrative. The book culminates in a comprehensive review of the lawsuit of March 1985 in which four clinical psychologists representing a stated class of several thousand colleagues and fully supported by the American Psychological Association brought suit against the APsaA and IPA hoping in this way to force a change in the APsaA's policies regarding the training of lay practitioners. Wallerstein  drawing on the voluminous documentation to which he had full access - memoranda correspondence depositions legal briefs and phone conversations -  reviews the three-and-a-half-year history of the lawsuit.  He concludes his narrative with a measured and thoughtful assessment of the impact of the settlement on psychoanalysis today: the changes it has brought about within organized psychoanalysis and the meaning of those changes for psychoanalysis as a discipline.Given Wallerstein's comprehensive scholarship his admirable even-handedness and his unique participatory role in the lay analysis controversy over the course of his career it is unsurprising that Lay Analysis: Life Inside the Controversy should achieve distinction  as a major contribution to the institutional history of psychoanalysis. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138005426

Lay and Expert Contributions to Japanese Criminal Justice This book examines the little or not previously researched roles and contributions of non-legal professionals in Japanese criminal justice against the background of recent social and legal changes that either gave birth to or affected the roles played by these "outsiders". On the basis of a wealth of primary and secondary sources including meeting records of policy makers and practitioners surveys interviews and court verdicts the book zooms in on forensic psychiatrists’ role in the disappearance of criminally insane defendants from Japanese criminal courts; social workers’ new role in diverting a growing number of elderly mentally disturbed repeat offenders from prison; the therapeutic dimension added to Japanese criminal justice proceedings with the introduction of a system of victim participation as well as the increasingly important role of forensic scientists’ contributions notably DNA evidence in Japanese courts. Finally it examines lay judges’ contributions to sentencing practices as well as how these lay judges make sense of the other outsiders’ contributions. On the basis of very recent social and legal developments the book provides an original contribution to understandings of Japanese criminal justice as well as more general socio-legal debates on the role of extra-legal knowledge in criminal justice. The book will be of value within BA and MA level courses on and to students and researchers of Japanese law and society as well as comparative criminal justice and socio-legal theory. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367662134

Layered LandscapesEarly Modern Religious Space Across Faiths and Cultures This volume explores the conceptualization and construction of sacred space in a wide variety of faith traditions: Christianity Hinduism Islam Judaism and the religions of Japan. It deploys the notion of "layered landscapes" in order to trace the accretions of praxis and belief the tensions between old and new devotional patterns and the imposition of new religious ideas and behaviors on pre-existing religious landscapes in a series of carefully chosen locales: Cuzco Edo Geneva Granada Herat Istanbul Jerusalem Kanchipuram Paris Philadelphia Prague and Rome. Some chapters hone in on the process of imposing novel religious beliefs while others focus on how vestiges of displaced faiths endured. The intersection of sacred landscapes with political power the world of ritual and the expression of broader cultural and social identity are also examined. Crucially the volume reveals that the creation of sacred space frequently involved more than religious buildings and was a work of historical imagination and textual expression. While a book of contrasts as much as comparisons the volume demonstrates that vital questions about the location of the sacred and its reification in the landscape were posed by religious believers across the early-modern world. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367880484

Layers in the Determiner Phrase The main topic of this work is the interaction between syntactic structure and meanin within the noun phrase with data drwn primarily from English and Italian. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138979529

Layers of Understanding These are the proceedings of an English Heritage national seminar which was organised to address growing concerns about the variable quality of architectural paint research currently being carried out. The book describes and explains its role in understanding and managing historic buildings. The contributions contained in this book are designed to promote the development of standards and guidelines for use by clients and consultants helping to shape the development of this vital new discipline. It therefore contains edited transcripts of the ground breaking discussion sessions on the proposed English Heritage guidelines and other important issues. The statutory requirements relating to painted interiors of listed buildings is another very problematical issue which has been considered in detail. In addition guidance is provided on commissioning paint research and the pitfalls to avoid. The book will be essential reading for paint researched architects surveyors conservation officers and all practitioners involved in commissioning paint research for historic buildings. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138405301

Layout and Composition for Animation This essential hands-on guide is filled with examples of what a composition should look like and example of poorly designed layouts. Spot potential problems before they cost time and money and adapt creative solutions for your own projects with this invaluable resource for beginner and intermediate artists. With Beauty and the Beast examples and Simpson character layouts readers will learn how to develop character layout and background layout as well as strengthen composition styles with a creative toolset of trick shot examples and inspirational case studies. A companion website will include further technique based tools finalized layout and composition examples and tutorials for further artistic skill development. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138403130

Lays of Ancient IndiaSelections from Indian Poetry Rendered into English Verse First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415868914

Laytime and Demurrage Laytime and Demurrage is the leading authority for all queries pertaining to this vital aspect of maritime law. It has continued to offer reliable authoritative and in-depth analysis since the first edition published in 1986. Praised for its unrivalled coverage and lucid writing style this book provides a comprehensive overview of all aspects of laytime and demurrage tracing the development of the law from its origins in the nineteenth century right up to the present day. The author delivers an in-depth analysis of both fixed and customary laytime clauses the rules relating to commencement of laytime in berth dock and port charters and discusses under which circumstances laytime can be suspended. Furthermore it analyses demurrage rules and vital issues such as despatch detention and frustration. This seventh edition includes all key judicial and arbitral decisions reported since the sixth edition published in 2011. It also covers suffixes in connection with laytime measured in terms of Working days and Weather Working Days and disputes arising from tender of NORs　at the end of the sea passage. Laytime and Demurrage is an invaluable guide for both legal practitioners and maritime professionals worldwide including commodity traders and brokers shipping companies P&I Clubs shipowners charterers and arbitrators. Media > Books > Print Books Informa Law from Routledge 9781138892026

LC-NMRExpanding the Limits of Structure Elucidation The isolation and structural characterization of substances present at very low concentrations as is necessary to satisfy regulatory requirements for pharmaceutical drug degradants and impurities can present scientific challenges. The coupling of HPLC with NMR spectroscopy has been at the forefront of cutting-edge technologies to address these issues. LC-NMR: Expanding the Limits of Structure Elucidation presents a comprehensive overview of key concepts in HPLC and NMR that are required to achieve definitive structure elucidation with very low levels of analytes. Because skill sets from both of these highly established disciplines are involved in LC-NMR the author provides introductory background to facilitate readers’ proficiency in both areas including an entire chapter on NMR theory. The much-anticipated second edition provides guidance in setting up LC-NMR systems discussion of LC methods that are compatible with NMR and an update on recent hardware and software advances for system performance such as improvements in magnet design probe technology and solvent suppression techniques that enable unprecedented mass sensitivity in NMR. This edition features methods to quantify concentration and assess purity of isolated metabolites on the micro scale and incorporates computational approaches to accelerate the structure elucidation process. The author also includes implementation and application of qNMR and automated and practical use of computational chemistry combined with QM and DFT to predict highly accurate NMR chemical shifts. The text focuses on current developments in chromatographic-NMR integration with particular emphasis on utility in the pharmaceutical industry. Applications include trace analysis analysis of mixtures and structural characterization of degradation products impurities metabolites peptides and more. The text discusses novel uses and emerging technologies that challenge detection limits as well future directions for this important technique. This book is a practical primary resource for NMR structure determination—including theory and application—that guides the reader through the steps required for isolation and NMR structure elucidation on the micro scale. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138493407

Le Corbusier Le Corbusier (1887-1965) born Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris in La Chaux-de-Fonds (Switzerland) is considered by many to be the most influential architect of the twentieth century. Educated in his hometown in the Arts and Crafts tradition under his mentor Charles L’Éplattenier his early training included important travels and periods of work in the offices of the Perret Brothers (Paris) and Peter Behrens (Berlin). He settled permanently in Paris in 1917 after which he encountered the modernist painter Amedée Ozenfant who would have a significant influence on his work; together they established Purism and the L’Esprit Nouveau journal. During this period he also took the name Le Corbusier derived from the name of a relative. The 1920s saw Le Corbusier emerge as one of the leading modern architects internationally with his designs for a series of villas and projects for the modern city. His ‘white’ architecture of this period was inspired by modern machines including early aircraft automobiles and ocean liners along with an abiding interest in architectural history. Many of his ideas were captured in two important publications: Vers une architecture (1923) and Urbanisme (1925). In the early 1930s he sought larger commissions internationally and his architecture evolved away from the Purist work of the 1920s with the adoption of vernacular elements. As the political climate in Europe changed in the late 1930s Le Corbusier’s career struggled leading him to take desperate measures. For example during World War II he attempted unsuccessfully to secure commissions from the Vichy regime controlling southern France. During this period he also began work on his Modulor measurement system. At the end of the work he reestablished his office in Paris and embarked on a creative and productive period that would last until his death by drowning in 1965. Of particular importance was the Unité d’Habitation project in Marseilles begun in 1946 which allowed him to develop his ideas for collective housing; this project also signaled the emergence of his ‘brutalist’ period. His formal experiments also broadened with works such as the pilgrimage church of Notre Dame-du-Haut at Ronchamp and the monastery of La Tourette. In 1950 he was invited to India where he was engaged to take over the master plan of the new capital city of the Punjab at Chandigarh. This allowed him to test his urban theories and to develop designs for the Capitol complex. A series of late work demonstrated Le Corbusier’s continuing experiments in architecture. Often unfairly maligned for the failings of modern urbanism Le Corbusier’s legacy continues to evolve. This four-volume collection of writings on the career and legacy of Le Corbusier traces the various periods of his life from his early training to his final projects. The writings by Le Corbusier and leading scholars also explore important themes and specific buildings. The final volume includes articles some critical of his ideas which examine his legacy and impact. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138861015

Le Corbusier - An Analysis of Form This unique appraisal of the famous Swiss architect's major works have now been expanded to include two more buildings. The Villa Shodhan and the Pavilion Suisse round out the coverage of Le Corbusier's significant works. The author critically examines Le Corbusier's achievements helping student and professional alike to appreciate the elements of successful design. The narrative and fine illustration cover the key buildings from each of the four developmental stages of his work making it an excellent guide for practicing architects and students. Media > Books > Print Books Taylor & Francis 9781138405288

Le Corbusier in Detail This is the first book to give such close attention to Le Corbusier's approach to the making of buildings. It illustrates the ways in which Le Corbusier's details were expressive of his overall philosophical intentions. It is not a construction book in the usual sense- rather it focusses on the meaning of detail on the ways in which detail informs the overall architectural narrative of a building. Well illustrated and containing several specially prepared scaled drawings it acts as timely reminder to both students and architects of the possibilities inherent in the most small scale tectonic gestures. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138135420

Le Corbusier in the AntipodesArt Architecture and Urbanism This book considers the architect Le Corbusier’s encounters with Australia and New Zealand as a two-way exchange showing the impact of his ideas and projects on architects of the region whilst also revealing counterinfluences on Le Corbusier in his post-war career that were activated by his contacts. Compiled from detailed archival research undertaken at the Fondation Le Corbusier Paris and nationally based archives Le Corbusier in the Antipodes brings together a set of episodes placing them in context with the history of modern art architecture and urbanism in 20th century Australia and New Zealand. Key exchanges between Le Corbusier and others never before described are presented and analyzed including Le Corbusier’s contact with Australian architect Harry Seidler at Chandigarh Le Corbusier’s drawing of the plan of Adelaide in 1950 and his creative collaboration with Jorn Utzon on art for the Sydney Opera House. This book also includes analysis of previously unseen Le Corbusier artworks which formed part of the Utzon family collection. In reading these personal and contingent moments of encounter the book puts forward new ways of understanding the dissemination and mediation of Le Corbusier’s ideas and their effects in post-war Australia and New Zealand. These antipodean contacts are set against the broader story of Le Corbusier’s career questioning received interpretations of his design methods and current assumptions about the influence of his work in national contexts beyond Europe. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781472464835

Le Corbusier’s Practical Aesthetic of the CityThe treatise ‘La Construction des villes’ of 1910/11 Set within an insightful analysis this book describes the genesis ideas and ideologies which influenced La Construction des Villes by Le Corbusier. This volume makes the important theoretical work available for the first time in English offering an interpretation as to how much and in what way his ‘essai’ may have influenced his later work. Dealing with questions of aesthetic urbanism La Construction des Villes shows Le Corbusier’s intellectual influences in the field of urbanism. Discontent that the script was not sufficiently avant-garde he abandoned it soon after it was written in the early 20th century. It was only in the late 1970s that American historian H. Allen Brooks discovered 250 pages of the forgotten manuscript in Switzerland. The author of this book Christoph Schnoor later discovered another 350 handwritten pages of the original manuscript consisting of extracts chapters and bibliographic notes. This splendid find enabled the re-establishment of the manuscript as Le Corbusier had abandoned it unfinished in the spring of 1911. This volume offers an unbiased extension of our knowledge of Le Corbusier and his work. In addition it reminds us of the urban design innovations of the very early 20th century which can still serve as valuable lessons for a new understanding of contemporary urban design. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781472445643

Le Corbusier's Venice Hospital ProjectAn Investigation into its Structural Formulation While Le Corbusier's urban projects are generally considered confrontational in their relationship to the traditional urban fabric his proposal for the Venice hospital project remained an exercise in preserving the medieval fabric of the city of Venice through a systemic replication of its urban tissue. This book offers a detailed study of Le Corbusier's Venice hospital project as a plausible built entity. In addition it analyses it in the light of its supposed affinity with the medieval urban configuration of the city of Venice. No formal attempt to date has been made to critically analyse the hospital project's design considerations in comparison to the medieval urban configuration of the city of Venice. Using a range of methodologies including those from architectural theory and history using archival resources on-site analysis and interviews with important resource persons this book is an interpretation of the conceptual basis for Le Corbusier understanding of the structural formulation of the city of Venice as mentioned in The Radiant City (1935). In doing so it deciphers the diagrammatic analysis of the city structure found in this work into a set of coherent design modules that were applied in the hospital project and that could become a point of further investigation. Architects and other architecturally interested laypeople with an interest in Venice will find the book a valuable addition to their knowledge. For architectural historians the book makes an important link between modernism and the historically grown Venice. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138253308

Le Francais en Faculte Substantially revised and updated this is the third edition of a highly popular book which has been helping students for decades. It provides a sound base of linguistic competence upon which students can build with confidence. Comprises twelve thematic modules each including a relevant and contemporary text based on an aspect of French life and culture associated exercises and a section on grammar. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138140400

Le Japon artistique/Artistic Japan 1888-1891 (6-vol. ES set) This is the eighth part of a successful series which provides art historians and students with primary-source materials relating to the Western reception of Japanese arts from the late nineteenth to the early twentieth century. It is now common knowledge that art collectors in Europe around the end of the nineteenth century played a very important role in the development of Japanese influence on Western art in particular on the Impressionists who became acquainted with Ukiyoe by Hokusai or other Japanese artefacts many of which were imported from Japan by art dealers for their clients in Europe. The figure who played the most important role in such a European art community is Siegfried Bing (known simply as S. Bing) a German art dealer who relocated to Paris in the mid-nineteenth century. He imported and introduced Japanese art and later opened the now famous gallery the Maison de l'Art Nouveau which showed works of artists of what would become known as the Art Nouveau style. In 1888 he launched a monthly magazine on Japanese art and culture simultaneously in three languages editions (French English and German) and published 36 issues over three years (in total of 108 issues in different editions). Each issue has a beautifully decorated cover and approx. ten full colour plates of Japanese prints and other Japanese art and numerous illustrations in black and white. The leading art critics and specialists on Japanese art contributed articles which covered a wide variety of arts including craft works architecture and theatre. The publication was achieved by many collaborators in different countries including Antotin Proust Edmond Goncourt Tadamasa Hayashi William Anderson Paul Manz Roger Marx etc. This fascimile edition is the first complete reproduction of all issues of all three editions (in a slightly reduced format) with all covers and plates. Although there are academic and art libraries which hold the back issues of this most important document of the history of Japanese art the majority of such collections lack some editions or some plates or jacket. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9784861661433

Le Japon dans la litterature francaise 1910-29 (ES 5-vol. set) Published by Edition Synapse  Tokyo  and distributed outside Japan by Routledge. There is a growing interest in the French Japonism movement of the late nineteenth century and academic research in the subject is developing in both quantity and quality. However much of this scholarly activity is confined to the area of art history and apart from some work on leading authors like Pierre Loti or Judith Gautier very little scholarship has emerged from the field of French literature. Indeed many works produced by popular French authors during this period have long been forgotten even in France. Addressing the absence of source material for those studying such Japonism literature in France the reprint series was created and this is the third collection. It includes five French popular novels published in the early twentieth century with Japan or Japanese as their main topic. The books include interesting illustrations and plates many reproduced in full colour as they appeared in the original first editions. Media > Books > Print Books Edition Synapse 9784861661204

Le Japon dans la litterature francaise (ES 6-vol. set) There is a growing interest in the French Japonism movement of the late nineteenth century and academic research in the subject is developing in both quantity and quality. However much of this scholarly activity is confined to the area of art history and apart from some work on leading authors like Pierre Loti or Judith Gautier very little scholarship has emerged from the field of French literature. Indeed many works produced by popular French authors during this period have long been forgotten even in France. Addressing the absence of source material for those studying such Japonism literature in France this is the second part of the series to reprint in facsimile format the French popular novels with Japan or Japanese as their main topic during the époque of Japonism from the end of the nineteenth century to early twentieth century. The second set reprints five works published in the first decade of the twentieth century. Many illustrations and plates including some in colour are reproduced as in the original first editions. Media > Books > Print Books Edition Synapse 9784861661198

Le Japon litterature francaise 1927–38 (4-vol. ES set) This is the final collection of the series of facsimile reprints of French Japonism novels published during in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. There is a growing interest in the French Japonism movement of the late nineteenth century and academic research in the subject is developing in both quantity and quality. However much of this scholarly activity is confined to the area of art history and apart from some work on leading authors like Pierre Loti or Judith Gautier very little scholarship has emerged from the field of French literature. Indeed many works produced by popular French authors during this period have long been forgotten even in France. Addressing the absence of source material for those studying such Japonism literature in France the reprint series was created and is the fourth and the final collection. It includes five French popular novels published in the early twentieth century with Japan or Japanese as their main topic. The books include interesting illustrations and plates many reproduced in full colour as they appeared in the original first editions. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9784861661907

Le PlayEngineer and Social Scientist This book enables one clearly to grasp the full value and the very contemporary interest of Le Play's work. It considers Le Play as an extremely complex personality and shows that to understand him properly every side of the man must be studied. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138527003

Le Théâtre du SoleilThe First Fifty-Five Years Le Théâtre du Soleil traces the company’s history from a group of young barely trained actors directors and designers struggling to match their political commitment to a creative strategy to their grappling with the concerns of migration separation and exile in the early decades of the twenty-first century. Béatrice Picon-Vallin recounts how in the 55 years since its founding the Théâtre du Soleil has established itself as one of the foremost names in modern theatre. Ariane Mnouchkine and her collaborators have developed a unique and ever-evolving style that combines a piercing richness of shape color and texture with precision choreography innovative musical accompaniment and multi-layered metaphorical dreamscapes. This rich storied history is illustrated by a wealth of spectacular rehearsal and production photos from the company's own archive and interviews with dozens of past and present members including Mnouchkine herself. Judith G. Miller’s timely translation of the first comprehensive history and analysis of a remarkable award-winning company is a compelling read for both students and teachers of Drama and Theatre Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367141554

Lead Belly Woody Guthrie Bob Dylan and American Folk Outlaw Performance With its appeal predicated upon what civilized society rejects there has always been something hidden in plain sight when it comes to the outlaw figure as cultural myth. Damian A. Carpenter traverses the unsettled outlaw territory that is simultaneously a part of and apart from settled American society by examining outlaw myth performance and perception over time. Since the late nineteenth century the outlaw voice has been most prominent in folk performance the result being a cultural persona invested in an outlaw tradition that conflates the historic folkloric and social in a cultural act. Focusing on the works and guises of Lead Belly Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan Carpenter goes beyond the outlaw figure’s heroic associations and expands on its historical (Jesse James Billy the Kid) folk (John Henry Stagolee) and social (tramps hoboes) forms. He argues that all three performers represent a culturally disruptive force whether it be the bad outlaw that Lead Belly represented to an urban bourgeoisie audience the good outlaw that Guthrie shaped to reflect the social concerns of marginalized people or the honest outlaw that Dylan offered audiences who responded to him as a promoter of clear-sighted self-evaluation. As Carpenter shows the outlaw and the law as located in society are interdependent in terms of definition. His study provides an in-depth look at the outlaw figure’s self-reflexive commentary and critique of both performer and society that reflects the times in which they played their outlaw roles. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367882044

Lead Designer's HandbookThe Lead Designer and Design Management Despite co-ordination being the principal focus of the Lead Designer’s role there is very little written about how to undertake these duties. What tools can the Lead Designer use to address the many complexities of developing a design as part of an iterative process? How can the Lead Designer redefine what they do using a digital world to provide profoundly different and new services? This book analyses at all of these questions setting out how the Lead Designer can perform effectively and efficiently in the digital world addressing clients’ new whole life project requirements and new ways of constructing and assembling buildings. Managing increasing numbers of specialists in the construction process requires experience to ensure that their contributions are properly managed and produced at the right time. This book considers this challenge. It will also consider how the Lead Designer can effectively lead and manage health and safety aspects and risks (the principal designer role in UK regulations).   Media > Books > Print Books RIBA Publishing 9781859467091

Lead Like the LegendsAdvice and Inspiration for Teachers and Administrators Based on the popular presentation of the same name Lead Like the Legends uses the inspiring words of musical legends to help teachers and administrators learn the principles of effective leadership. The book is organized around 14 musical greats including Ray Charles Duke Ellington Marian Anderson Carlos Santana The Beatles Bob Dylan and Louis Armstrong. As you examine the words of wisdom from these artists you’ll learn the keys to strong leadership such as… being sincere; accepting no limits; leading with imagination; leading by participating; being daring and high energy; using teamwork; and being yourself. Each chapter includes motivational stories and examples from school leaders across the country as well as reflection activities self-assessments and planning tools to help you implement the ideas. Whether you’re a teacher looking to enhance your skills or an administrator in charge of managing a school or district you’ll come away from the book with fresh ideas and inspiration to help you on your journey. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138948655

Lead Manufacturing in BritainA History Originally published in 1983. Extensive research into the archives of the lead industry has culminated in this comprehensive and fascinating account of the industry from the earliest times to the 1980’s. It traces the origins of the various types of lead manufacturing and the nineteenth-century expansion of the industry. The technological changes within the industry are traced in detail and an appraisal of modern industry and its future prospects concluded this definitive and very readable history of the lead industry. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138081710

Lead Me I Dare You!Managing Resistance to School Change This original book shows you how to understand and collaborate with the most difficult members of your staff. Tied together by real-world "success stories" about school change and succinct leadership tips the practical advice in this book is supported by research and is presented in a conversational style. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138472082

Lead On!Motivational Lessons for School Leaders Every school leader will benefit from this must-have book by award-winning educator Pete Hall. In it he shares his wisdom insights and lessons lived and learned with educators at all stages of their careers. His lively readable style makes it easy to follow his practical tips and strategies for taking action goal-setting motivating others gaining perspective and so much more! The ideas for motivational strategies jump out from the pages and combined with the common-sense approach make this a go-to appealing reference for educators to use over and over again. Timeless lessons in this book include: Making It Fun Again     Hope Ain't a Strategy                 The Power of Positive Phrasing                  And many more! Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781596672017

Lead PoisoningExposure Abatement Regulation Lead Poisoning discusses one of the most critical and preventable environmentally induced illnesses. The actual toll lead poisoning takes on society cannot be measured fully due to the "silent" nature of health effects such as subtle intellectual deficits and neurological damage caused by chronic low-level exposures. This book covers every major topic on the subject including lead poisoning in children sources of contamination state-of-the-art sampling and analytical measurement methods the newest studies on low-cost abatement methods and much more. This reference is the most comprehensive presentation of issues currently available under one cover.The text is divided into three major parts. Part I provides insights from studies assessing lead exposures from paint dust soil and lead battery recycling operations. The second part is a unique collection of strategic federal policy statements from the U.S. EPA HUD and HEW-CDC. It details the National Implementation Plan as well as a local government's efforts to provide low-cost effective risk communication and public outreach to the community. The next part offers seven chapters on analytical issues in the measurement of lead in blood paint dust and soils. Part IV Sampling Methods and Statistical Issues rounds out the technical portion of the volume. The relationships among lead levels in biological and environmental media are investigated and the interpretive problems discussed. The use of multi-element analysis of environmental samples as an approach to investigate sources is described.The book finishes with its most unique feature-OPPT's Check Our Kids for Lead Program one organization's effort to empower its employees to make a personal difference in confronting the problem of lead poisoning in children. The Program serves as a model for other government organizations (federal state and local) university and community organizations and corporations to educate them and take personal and corporate responsibility for addressing this important and environmental health problem. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367579746

LEAD SafetyA Practical Handbook for Frontline Supervisors and Safety Practitioners LEAD Safety concentrates on self-development and education in safety leadership. It takes safety leadership in an exciting new direction with practical tools that will give organisations the skills they need to make a difference in their safety program. The book provides a non-technical overview of safety leadership and outlines the core skills safety managers should demonstrate and practice. Organisations will see improvements in engagement morale trust and motivation in the workplace. Readers will gain an appreciation of a new and evidence-based safety leadership model as well as formulate a personalized action plan to improve safety in their workplace. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367861131

Lead the Crisis Poster The poster is available with a thin Plastic Film Coating to protect against dust and grime fading due to light exposure and oil from finger marks. We encourage our customers to protect their posters with this product. Media > Books > Print Books Productivity Press 9781138070325

Lead the Way Poster The poster is available with a thin Plastic Film Coating to protect against dust and grime fading due to light exposure and oil from finger marks. We encourage our customers to protect their posters with this product. Media > Books > Print Books Productivity Press 9781138070332

Lead with MeA Principal's Guide to Teacher Leadership Lead With Me 2nd Edition provides courageous principals with the tools for partnering with teachers in the student learning and improvement process. This practical guide explains the skills teacher leaders need and offers advice for principals who wish to engage teachers in learning these skills. Packed with stories and examples from educators in the field this second edition explores how to: Build mutual trust and accountability with teachers and faculty Encourage and facilitate professional development Carefully manage the distribution of power and authority by involving faculty members in decision-making. The revised second edition provides a variety of helpful tools—PowerPoint presentations reflection questions activities for professional learning sessions and annotated lists of additional resources—that can be downloaded as eResources: www.routledge.com/books/details/9781138785588. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138785595

Lead-Acid Battery TechnologiesFundamentals Materials and Applications Lead-Acid Battery Technologies: Fundamentals Materials and Applications offers a systematic and state-of-the-art overview of the materials system design and related issues for the development of lead-acid rechargeable battery technologies. Featuring contributions from leading scientists and engineers in industry and academia this book: Describes the underlying science involved in the operation of lead-acid batteries Highlights advances in materials science and engineering for materials fabrication Delivers a detailed discussion of the mathematical modeling of lead-acid batteries Analyzes the integration of lead-acid batteries with other primary power systems Explores emerging applications such as electric bicycles and microhybrid vehicles Lead-Acid Battery Technologies: Fundamentals Materials and Applications provides researchers students industrial professionals and manufacturers with valuable insight into the latest theories experimental methodologies and research achievements in lead-acid battery technologies. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781466592223

Leader And Party In Latin America Tracing the development and decay of political parties in Latin America this book suggests that the sociological or environmental explanations of political parties are inadequate in explaining why institutionalized political parties develop in some societies and not in others. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367158040

Leader Interpersonal and Influence SkillsThe Soft Skills of Leadership This edited volume explores different models conceptualizations and measures of leader interpersonal and influence "soft skills" that are so necessary for effective leadership. These include the communication skills persuasion skills political savvy and emotional abilities used by leaders to inspire motivate and move followers toward the accomplishment of goals. The book emanates from the two-day-long 21st Kravis-de Roulet leadership conference which brought together top scholars working in this area. The intent of the conference and this edited volume is to increase understanding of the interpersonal and influence skills or "soft skills " of the leader to highlight state-of-the-art research on the topic and to provide clear research-based guidelines for the development of leader skills.Chapter authors are recognized experts in their respective areas and each section of the book will be introduced by an editor-authored chapter reviewing the specific topic area in brief. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415842327

Leader Symbols and Personality Cult in North KoreaThe Leader State The legitimacy of the North Korean state is based solely on the leaders’ personal legitimacy and is maintained by the indoctrination of people with leader symbols and the enactment of leadership cults in daily life. It can thus be dubbed a "leader state". The frequency of leader symbols and the richness and scale of leader-symbol-making in North Korea are simply unrivalled. Furthermore the personality cults of North Korean leaders are central to people’s daily activity critically affecting their minds and emotions. Both leader symbols and cult activities are profoundly entrenched in the institutions and daily life and if separated and cancelled the North Korean state would be transformed. This book analyses North Korea as a "leader state" focusing on two elements leader symbols and cult activities. It argues that these elements have been and continue to be the backbone of North Korea shaping North Korean culture. To reveal the "leader state" character the book specifically examines North Korea’s leadership cults its use of leader symbols in these cults and the nature of the symbolism involved. How has the North Korean state developed the cult of the Kim Il Sung family? How does the state use leader symbols to perpetuate this cult? How has the state developed myths and rituals that sustain the cult in daily life? What leader images has state propaganda manufactured? How does the state’s manipulation of leader symbols affect the symbolism that is assigned to the leader’s actions? In answering these questions this book sheds new light on the strength and resilience of the North Korean state and shows how it has been able to survive even the most difficult economic period of the mid-1990s. Leader Symbols and Personality Cult in North Korea will be essential reading for students and scholars of North Korea Korean politics Asian politics political sociology and visual politics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138295377

Leader Thinking SkillsCapacities for Contemporary Leadership This book examines the various thinking skills that leaders may need to find success in contemporary organizations and institutions covering a wide array of skills that are held to be important by key leadership scholars. Bridging theory and practice chapters summarize major findings with respect to a particular ability knowledge or skill providing theoretical frameworks for understanding how these contribute to leader emergence and performance and considering implications for leader selection assessment and development. The text appraises the existing research on the critical cognitive capabilities that underlie leader problem-solving and implications for the assessment and development of leadership potential in real-world settings. The role of creative thinking skills on leader performance is also addressed bearing on the importance of processes such as problem definition and idea generation but also using constraints to potentially stimulate creative thought. With contributions from some of the most eminent scholars working in the field of leadership this book will be in invaluable resource to academics researchers graduate students and professionals interested in leadership and leader skills I/O psychology and business management. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138284333

Leader-Managers in the Public SectorManaging for Results Highlights the skills and practices necessary for effective leader-managers in the public sector. It begins by clarifying the differences between leadership and management. It then draws on in-depth interviews with seven successful leader-managers in different policy fields to identify six critical skills and practices that are necessary for good leadership and good management in the public sector. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315702933

Leaders Factions and the Game of Intra-Party Politics The book provides a comprehensive view on the internal life of parties and investigates the dynamics of intra-party politics in different party environments to explain in which circumstances the party leader is more or less bound by the wills of party factions. Analyzing almost 500 intra-party documents from Italy Germany and France it presents a theory of intra-party politics that illuminates internal decision-making processes and sheds light on the outcomes of factional conflicts on the allocation of payoffs within the party on the risk of a party split and on the survival of the party leader. Using text analysis the results show that consensual dynamics can allow to preserve party unity and that directly elected leaders can exploit their larger autonomy either to reward followers or to prevent splits. This text will be of key interest to scholars and students of Party Politics Political Institutions European Politics and more broadly to Comparative Politics Political Theory and Text Analysis. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138550001

Leaders Leadership And U.s. Policy In Latin America This book focuses on the future of Latin American leaders and the relationship of these leaders to the United States. It examines the ways in which the critical interaction between individual leaders and the U.S. policy community affects the substance and direction of hemispheric relations. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367164577

Leaders and Intelligence From a systematic point of view all intelligence work can be studied on three levels: Acquisition analysis and acceptance. The author focuses on the third of these levels studying the attitudes and behavioural patterns developed by leaders during their political careers their willingness to consider information and ideas contrary to their own their ability to admit mistakes and change course in the implementation of a failing policy and their capacity to cooperate. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203043561

Leaders and LaggardsNext-Generation Environmental Regulation Consensus is growing internationally that traditional command-and-control approaches to environmental regulation have borne much of their low-hanging fruit. Yet it is far from clear what should complement or replace them. Regulatory agencies and policy-makers are struggling with a lack of information about regulatory reform about what works and what doesn't and about how best to harness the resources of both government and non-government stakeholders. Progress is being impeded unnecessarily by a lack of shared knowledge of how similar agencies elsewhere are meeting similar challenges and by a lack of data on the success or otherwise of existing initiatives.  Despite recent and valuable attempts to deal with such problems in the European Union and North America these remain islands of wisdom in a sea of ignorance. For example when it comes to dealing with small and medium-sized enterprises very little is known and what is known is not effectively distilled and disseminated. Much the same could be said about the roles of third parties commercial and non-commercial as surrogate regulators and more broadly of many current initiatives to reconfigure the regulatory state. Based on the authors' work for the OECD Victorian Environmental Protection Authority and the Western Australian Department of Environment Protection Leaders and Laggards addresses these problems by identifying innovative regulatory best practice internationally in a number of specific contexts evaluating empirically the effectiveness of regulatory reform and providing policy prescriptions that would better enable agencies to fulfil their regulatory missions.  Focusing primarily on the differing requirements for both corporations and small and medium-sized enterprises in North America and Europe the book aims to complement existing initiatives and to expand knowledge of regulatory reform by showing: how existing experience can best be put to practical use "on the ground"; by drawing lessons from experiments in innovative regulation internationally; by reporting and extrapolating on original case studies; and by advancing understanding on which instruments and strategies are likely to be of most value and why. The authors argue that the development of theory has outstripped its application. In essence Leaders and Laggards aims to ground a myriad of theory on the reinvention of environmental regulation into practice.  The book will be essential reading for environmental policy-makers regulatory and other government officials responsible for policy design and implementation academics and postgraduate students in environmental management environmental law and environmental policy and a more general readership within environmental policy and management studies. It will also be of interest to those in industry such as environmental managers and corporate strategists who are considering the use of more innovative environmental and regulatory strategies and to environmental NGOs. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781351282000

Leaders and Leadership in Japan Shows Japan's group-orientated society may have had fewer so-called 'leaders' but has excelled as a society of king-makers. On the other hand the way leadership is expressed derives from different values and perceptions of hierarchy. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138979536

Leaders and LegaciesContributions to the Profession of Counseling Leaders and Legacies discusses leadership involvements in the historical development of the profession of counseling. The lives of 23 noteworthy counselors are also chronicled documenting their dreams work and accomplishments. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203890370

Leader's ClimbA Business Tale of Rising to the New Leadership Challenge "Adam was stuck." And with this simple phrase The Leader's Climb introduces the reader to an engaging tale of how leaders often ascend quickly to the top only to unknowingly slip down a path of decline-until it is too late. In this novel approach to the subject set against the backdrop of a rock-climbing vacation gone awry executive coaches Bob Parsanko and Paul Heagen draw from decades of success with business executives to reveal an all-too-familiar path of leadership struggles. The protagonist Adam is capable and well-meaning but has a confidence bordering on hubris and blind spots that could be the end of him. That is until unlikely encounters with a park ranger and a home handyman who become confidants and mentors reveal new insights to Adam. Through their wisdom and the realities of the hard knocks of business Adam gets "unstuck" and begins to turn around his life and career with three fundamental principles of personal growth: awareness acceptance and abundance. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781937134211

Leaders in TransitionThe Tensions at Work as New Leaders Take Charge Leaders in Transition brings a new perspective on why some leaders succeed more than others when taking charge of an organisation. Based on in-depth case studies when four new leaders and their teams in large and complex international organisations were tracked for over a year this book uncovers that success in managing transition is directly related to leaders' ability to balance tensions appropriately to the context. The reasons for each leader's effectiveness are explored and analysed allowing the authors then to extrapolate some general conclusions about the ways in which these tensions reveal themselves during all leadership transitions. Evidently the success or failure of a new leader is the result of the way multiple actors (the new leader his or her boss his organisation and its stakeholders) behave before and during the taking charge. These multiple interactions are revealed and discussed. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367105716

Leaders of Russia and the Soviet UnionFrom the Romanov Dynasty to Vladimir Putin This reference work surveys the leaders of Russia and the Soviet Union- from Michael the first Romanov tsar in 1613 through the creation and dissolution of the Soviet Union to the present day President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. Chronologically arranged these biographies paint a thorough yet succinct portrait of 30 leaders including discussion about the family and education of each ruler important legislation events and wars under each leader's rule; and each leader's achievements and impact on Russia or the Soviet Union. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203505328

Leaders of the American Civil WarA Biographical and Historiographical Dictionary Provides an overview of the careers of the great military leaders and the critical political leaders of the American Civil War. Entries consider the leader's character and pre-war experience their contributions to the war effort and the war's impact on the rest of their lives. An assessment of their historical treatment puts their long-term reputations on the line and results in a thorough revision of some leaders a call for further study of others and a reaffirmation of the accomplishments of the greatest leaders. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315062297

Leadership Capacity Building and School ImprovementConcepts themes and impact Leadership Capacity Building and School Improvement provides a fresh and original perspective on the most important issues confronting today’s practitioners and academics in the field of educational leadership. New and exciting concepts are introduced such as the research-engaged school of the future. While its theoretical and evidence-based approach raises to a robust level the discussion on the most important leadership challenges of the day the book is at the same time intensely practical in addressing everyday issues faced by contemporary policy makers and school practitioners. Underpinning the eleven chapters is a conceptual framework founded on the notion of leadership as capacity building giving the book a coherence that many others on school leadership lack. Among the themes actively discussed are: Conceptualising and Contextualising Leadership – what is leadership? What distinguishes good from mediocre and poor leaders? What are the traits dispositions and attributes that make for good leadership? How does context influence leadership? How appealing is leadership as a career? What are the components of capacity building leadership? Contemporary Leadership Themes – what is learning-centred leadership and how can it best promote good teaching and student learning? How can leaders distribute leadership across the school and what are the pitfalls? How can leaders capitalise on the notion of the school as a professional learning community? How can leaders best be nurtured and developed? Policy Leadership Practice and Impact – what new forms of leadership are presaged by the specialist schools policy as a means of school improvement? How can schools combine a focus on academic achievement with the need to prepare students for the changing twenty-first century workplace? Leadership Capacity Building and School Improvement provides an up-to-date authoritative critical and insightful account of school leadership. It combines advocacy and argument with evidence-based practice drawn from the most plausible and robust sources. This book will prove a valuable tool for those taking higher degrees in school leadership and management: school leaders on NPQH courses and school practitioners as a whole interested in interfacing with the latest empirical evidence and ideas as well as academics teaching and researching in the area of educational leadership. Since the book adopts an international perspective drawing its examples and evidence from both the Anglo-American and the Asian contexts it will be found relevant to academics policy makers and practitioners across these regions. Clive Dimmock is Visiting Professor at the National Institute of Education in Singapore and Professor Emeritus at the University of Leicester UK. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415404372

Leadership Ethics and Schooling for Social Justice Issues of social justice and equity in the field of educational leadership have become more salient in recent years. The unprecedented diversity uncertainty and rapid social change of the contemporary global era are generating new and unfamiliar equity questions and challenges for schools and their leaders. In order to understand the moral and ethical complexity of work undertaken in the name of social justice and equity in diverse contexts this book uses a range of different theoretical tools from the work of Michel Foucault. Rather than a prescriptive best practice approach to leadership and social justice this book draws on Foucault’s four-fold ethical framework and specifically the notions of advocacy truth-telling and counter-conduct to critically examine the leadership work undertaken in case studies in schools in Australia and England. Our approach makes transparent the ethical work that leaders in these contexts conduct on themselves towards creating schools that can address the equity challenges of the present climate. It illuminates and enables critical analysis of the moral imperatives shaping the equity work of school leaders and in particular the possibilities for transformative leadership that can work to create schools and school systems that are more socially just. Overall the book’s key aims are to: Provide an innovative and comprehensive theorising of leadership for social justice in contemporary times; Explicate the utility of key elements of Foucault’s theorising of the ethical self to the domain of educational leadership; and Provide significant practical insight into the social justice possibilities of school leadership in contemporary times through two in depth case studies Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415736626

Leadership Gender and EthicsEmbodied Reason in Challenging Masculinities This book has a clear concern to offer a distinctive way of studying leadership so that it might be practiced differently. It is distinctive in focusing on contemporary concerns about gender and ethics. More precisely it examines the masculinity of leadership and how through an embodied form of reasoning it might be challenged or disrupted. A central argument of the book is that masculine leadership elevates rationality in ways that marginalize the body and feelings and often has the effect of sanctioning unethical behavior. 　 In exploring this thesis Leadership Gender and Ethics: Embodied Reason in Challenging Masculinities provides an analysis of the comparatively neglected issues of identity/anxiety power/resistance diversity/gender and the body/masculinities surrounding the concept and practice of leadership. It also illustrates the arguments of the book by examining leadership through an empirical examination of academic life organization change and innovation and the global financial crisis of 2008. In a postscript it analyses some examples of masculine leadership in the global pandemic of 2020.  　 This book will be of interest generally to researchers academics and students in the field of leadership and management and will be of special interest to those who seek to understand the intersections between leadership and gender ethics and embodied approaches. It will also appeal to those who seek to develop new ways of thinking and theorizing about leadership in terms of identities and insecurities power and masculinity ethics and the body. Its insights might not only change studies but also practices of leadership. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138492509

Leadership Across BoundariesA Passage to Aporia Leadership Across Boundaries: A Passage to Aporia theorizes on leadership in an unprecedented manner by stepping outside of conventional leadership theory and importing into leadership studies the implications of certain innovations in the social sciences such as pluralism complexity theory and the dialogical turn to change the way scholars discuss and study leadership. Leadership Across Boundaries anchors theoretical passages that generate a new way of imagining what it means to lead and follow with concrete examples about Martin Luther the Common Law dialogue as a practice a painting by Diego Velázquez synchronized fireflies and the strange career of Francis of Assisi. This book acknowledges the limitations of existing leadership research as being too leader-centric simplistic static and in many cases oblivious to the power of images to shape our understanding. To rectify these limitations Leadership Across Boundaries examines alternative images of leadership grounded in concrete examples that present leadership in an unprecedented light. The book includes a discussion of invigorating ideas of homeward leadership (looking backward) extra-ordinary leadership (going forward) and what will be defined as the perennial need for aikido politics. An interdisciplinary text Leadership Across Boundaries: A Passage to Aporia will appeal not only to scholars instructors and students of leadership but also to those in the many fields in which leadership theory applies such as history economics sociology archetypal psychology the law political philosophy applied mathematics and the martial arts. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367863241

Leadership Across the Globe Leadership Across the Globe aims to serve a growing interest in how to lead in a global or cross-cultural environment. This book focuses on the corporate setting with illustrations theories and evidence from various regions around the world. The book includes coverage of culture and diversity issues in leadership as well as a comprehensive detailed exploration of the comparative aspects of leadership. Generously illustrated with cases boxed profiles figures and examples from a wide range of organizations this is a relevant resource for anyone seeking a leadership career on a global scale in multinational enterprises or in a multi-cultural context. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138886100

Leadership AgilityDeveloping Your Repertoire of Leadership Styles Leadership is about influencing others to move in a certain direction and there are many ways of achieving this influence. Each of these leadership styles has its inherent qualities and pitfalls and will be more suited to specific people and different circumstances. The more leaders understand their preferred leadership styles and are able to flexibly switch to the most suitable style given the situation the more effective they will be. This book maps out ten sets of opposite leadership styles giving readers the possibility to understand the strengths and weaknesses of both sides and to identify their own current preference. The ten leadership style dimensions cover the full range of leadership roles from the leader as coach (interpersonal leadership) to the leader as organizer (organizational leadership) as strategist (strategic leadership) as sense-maker (leadership and mission) and as role model (leadership and self). Readers are invited to draw up their own leadership development plans which is supported by an interactive App. Readers are also challenged to reflect on how they would approach a number of cases after which they can go to an interactive web-forum to read how others have responded and engage in a discussion with them. Leadership Agility is a useful tool for practitioners in the corporate world as well as business students and emerging leaders. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138065109

Leadership and Authority in Central AsiaThe Ismaili Community in Tajikistan This book explores the unfolding of world history in a remote corner of Central Asia: the region of Badakhshan. The history of this region has commonly been explored through the lens of the major superpowers who competed over its territory in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries including Britain Russia and China. Here we are offered a comprehensive overview of the history of the Ismaili community in Tajikistan. Leadership and Authority in Central Asia identifies traditional forms of religious authority within the network of religious functionaries at a range of levels and discusses the functions of Ismaili political leaders as they have evolved through time. Skilfully applying an interdisciplinary approach – drawing on historical sources including unpublished materials and ethnographic fieldwork data collected through interviews – and a perceptive analysis of political theories of leadership in communist and post-communist societies this book challenges the ways religious and secular categories have been distinguished in recent scholarship Developing a structural explanation for the survival and evolution of religious and political authorities of Badakhshani Ismailis in times of radical social and political upheaval this book will be of interest to scholars of Muslim societies Political Science and Central Asian Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815377832

Leadership and Change in Public Sector OrganizationsBeyond Reform Successful change in the public sector can be supported or hindered by political and administrative leadership individual and group motivation and the public’s perception of the effectiveness of public officials and government structures. But do the very characteristics of public sector organizations present obstacles to successful transformative change? This book assesses the current state of the literature on leadership and change in government and public policy and introduces the reader to innovative new ways to demonstrate leadership in times of change. Contributions from accomplished scholars in the field cover the traditional public administration areas of performance and management as well as the diversity of issues that surround public leadership and change both domestic and global. Chapters on public sector innovation performance leadership governance networks complexity in disaster management change initiatives in educational systems and local government citizen advisory bodies and gender and race equality to name but a few provide important case studies throughout the volume. Leadership and Change in Public Sector Organizations will be required reading for upper level undergraduate and graduate courses in public administration/management leadership and public policy analysis. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138630642

Leadership and Change in Sustainable Regional Development This book shows first of all that leadership plays a crucial role in reinventing regions and branching out from an old path to something new in order to create more balanced and sustainable regional development. Second it maintains that leadership is not a solo but a multi-agent and -level activity and that it needs to be discussed and studied as such. Third as the book argues leadership is shaped differently in various institutional and cultural contexts and on different scales. This book explores the ways leadership plays our in regional development context contributing to economically socially and ecologically balanced sustainable future. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138792241

Leadership and Change in the Western Pacific An ethnographic exploration of the rise of new forms of leadership at community and national levels with islanders are synthesising traditional and Western models. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003135425

Leadership and Change ManagementA Cross-Cultural Perspective A leader’s role in the management of change is a critical issue for successful outcomes of strategic initiatives. Globalization and economic instability have prompted an increase in organizational changes related to downsizing and restructuring in order to improve financial performance and organizational competitiveness.Researchers agree that a leader’s inability to fully understand what is needed in order to guide their organization through successful change can be a reason for failure. Proper planning and management of change can reduce the likelihood of failure promote change effectiveness and increase employee engagement. Yet change in organizations must be viewed as a continuous activity that affects both organizational and individual outcomes. If change management can be considered as an event induced by socio-cultural factors the cultural variable gains greater significance when applied to the quality of the relationship between a leader and their team. Many organizations today are on the verge of internationalization. It is here that the cultural context can affect behaviors and in the same way leadership style.The research presented in this book by an eminent group of scholars explores the influence of culture – ethnic regional religious – on how leaders manage change within organizations. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367595364

Leadership and CoherenceA Cognitive Approach Leadership and Coherence investigates how leaders justify their decisions and how they bring about coherence amongst followers. Taking a cognitive approach it builds on the work of Hannah Arendt to attempt a phenomenology of judgment examining how the moral imperative experienced by leaders can be shared by their community so both leader and led are guided by a mutual purpose. Through biographical case studies of historical leaders this book illustrates how successful leaders operate in a turbulent world not only making their own decisions but also gathering likeminded followers to share in a common vision and shared sense of purpose.   Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781848725560

Leadership and Cultural ChangeManaging Future Well-Being Contemporary confluences of leadership decision-making and citizenship behavior often unintentionally contribute to the depletion of the world’s resources – escalating health education and social crises as well as community societal and cultural struggles – to adapt to emerging global shifts. Leadership and management practices in this context affect the wellbeing of organizational members (e.g. their safety health financial security etc.) but also entail positive or negative impacts on consumer practices and collective community well-being (e.g. education obesity cancer safe or green driving energy conservation diversity based health care etc.). Decision-making in most businesses and organizations is largely responsive to demands for short-term profit or cost minimization. On the consumer side both cultural values and the corporate marketing practices that sustain them encourage high levels of consumption necessary to sustain corporate practices. In exploring the emerging applications of behavior science to these challenges this book showcases emerging work by internationally recognized scholars on leadership and cultural change. The book will aid organizations and leaders in creating new models of stewardship and will open opportunities for innovation while adapting and responding to growing social upheaval technological advances and environmental concerns as well as crises in the global economy health education and environment. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Organizational Behavior Management. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367892197

Leadership and Digital ChangeThe Digitalization Paradox Digitalization is on everyone’s lips as new technology changes business landscapes and conventional companies are outperformed by younger digital and agile contestants. In this volatile environment it seems more relevant than ever before to understand the aspects and business logic behind the elusive phenomenon called "digitalization". Never before have there been such great opportunities to unleash the full potential of technology within organizations to create long-standing competitive advantage. This book explains the strategy and practice of how to lead and control the people side of digital change in a dynamic world of uncertainty and social complexity and as such the book snares the elusive phenomena of digitalization Digitalization drives behavioral change and calls for a new way of thinking among senior executives. In practice reaping the benefits of digital technology is not as easy as it first appears to be. This book provides a map to navigate in the volatile business landscape where change occurs continuously because of digital technology. It provides an historical frame of the evolution of digital technology decodes digitalization’s negative influence on the external aspects of customer satisfaction discusses and explains the strategic and leadership consequences of different forms of digital change and finally demonstrates how leading digital change can be put into practice. Illustrative case studies and examples are provided throughout as well as models and frameworks. This is a valuable resource for researchers academics and students in the fields of organizational studies organizational change technology and innovation management and digitalization. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367275013

Leadership and Diversity in PsychologyMoving Beyond the Limits Leadership and Diversity in Psychology explores the topic of leadership and diversity from a range of different perspectives. The authors draw from professional experience and research to support their reflections on leadership with diverse populations leadership in organizations and developing leadership style.Incorporating current theory and up-to-date research concerning current trends towards more relational and integrative work the book emphasises practitioners’ reflections of their own experience. It reflects the contemporary focus towards more pluralistic/integrative practice which has moved away from traditional orientations involving specific ways of working.Leadership and Diversity in Psychology will be of great interest to academics and researchers in the fields of clinical and counselling psychology and organizational psychology as well as professional practitioners. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367661298

Leadership and LiberationA Psychological Approach How do leaders influence the people around them? Is leadership about having particular personality traits or is it about what leaders actually do and the types of relationships they build? This ground-breaking book looks at how to be an effective leader. It presents a model of leadership that has many practical implications for those who occupy formal leadership roles or who seek to influence events informally. This model views leadership as a collaborative influence process rather than a hierarchical or authoritarian one. By looking at leadership in the context of liberation it provides the reader with an alternative perspective enabling them to think about their own aims and effectiveness as a leader. It analyses our understanding of oppressed and oppressor groups and how processes of mistreatment develop and become institutionalised. From this standpoint effective leadership is presented as a means of confronting inequality and initiating positive change. The practical skills required by leaders to assist them in becoming agents of change and influence and in dealing with the inevitable conflicts that arise in complex interpersonal situations are considered. The reasons why leaders are targets of attack are also looked into as well as the situations in which they can act as a positive force for transformation. Containing an in-depth review of the development of leadership theory Leadership and Liberation also critically evaluates main-stream approaches and analyses the implications for leaders on the ground. The lessons to be learned are applicable to leaders in all types of groups and organisations and will be of interest to those studying psychology business and management. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415649650

Leadership and Local Power in European Rural Development Contemporary processes of economic social political and cultural restructuring are having profound impacts on the form and function of rural areas within the countries of the European Union and beyond. Furthermore rural development policies and programmes at EU and national levels have been critical in shaping the responses of different rural areas across Europe to these wider processes of restructuring. Contrasting empirical studies of ten European countries this volume provides a comprehensive analysis of the restructuring processes and the various national regional and local rural development programmes. Adopting a different national perspective in each chapter it focuses particularly on issues of power and leadership in the evolution and administration of these programmes. Five broad issues are examined in each case: socio-economic changes in rural areas the administrative context in which rural development and political activities take place the sociological context the political control of rural development and the use of different discourses of rurality in shaping the development process. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138263840

Leadership and Management for Doctors in TrainingA Practical Guide This guide helps undergraduate medics and junior doctors as well as experienced doctors taking on new managerial responsibilities to become effective leaders and managers by introducing both management and clinical leadership theory and practice and the challenges facing medical managers in today's NHS. Despite growing recognition of the importance of leadership and management to doctors in meeting their clinical responsibilities training in medical schools and foundation years remains patchy. This book helps readers to access relevant theory and practice through three key tenets: * Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781846194160

Leadership and Management for HR Professionals This is a new and completely revised edition of the successful text published in 2000 entitled Core Management. The book provides excellent coverage of the CIPD syllabus for three core areas of the CIPD syllabus.New end of chapter website links are included. The text is written in an easy-to-read style and each chapter is linked to other relevant parts of the book. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138154452

Leadership and Management in Organisations John Kotter of the Harvard Business School is one of a number of experts who believe that organisations are over managed and under led at least partially because people do not appreciate the differences between management and leadership. We start this book by challenging mental models of leadership and management. Agility has become a prerequisite for organisations in a business environment that is characterised by change. Two trends in particular have been evident. First hierarchical systems of management are yielding to a “new leadership” movement which has at its core shared vision and individual empowerment in place of consistency and control. Second leadership is no longer the preserve of those in positions in the management hierarchy. Increasingly it is dispersed through the organisation. By developing awareness of these and other influential trends those who have a responsibility for leading and managing in some form will be better equipped to flex their style and to play the diverse roles required of the managerial leader in contemporary organisations. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138135291

Leadership and Management in Pharmacy Practice Over the past years the changing nature of pharmacy practice has caused many to realize that the practice must not only be managed but also led. Leadership and Management in Pharmacy Practice discusses a variety of leadership and managerial issues facing pharmacists now and in the future. This second edition has been reorganized by placing leadership chapters up front followed by management chapters thus emphasizing the need for leadership first. The book is written by contributors from within and outside pharmacy practice—a reflection of the complexity of management in pharmacy settings. It offers a real-world approach to everyday issues in pharmacy leadership and management written by authors who have faced these issues themselves. The book includes case studies which are thought provoking and promote critical thinking as well as problem solving—skills critical for effective pharmacy leaders or managers. References are also made throughout the text to changes occurring to the profession both internally and externally. Much of the material discussed applies to all settings of pharmacy practice: community hospital industry ambulatory care and long-term care. This book provides pharmacy students and new pharmacy leaders and managers a broad overview of the complexities and intricacies inherent in managing and leading the profession. It is a valuable resource for students in the professional years of their pharmacy curricula and those promoted recently into pharmacy leadership or management positions. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781466589629

Leadership and Management Principles in Libraries in Developing Countries Learn leadership skills from achievements at special libraries in Asia Africa Eastern Europe and Central America! Leadership and Management Principles in Libraries in Developing Countries is a compilation of success stories epitomizing management and leadership strategies from developing nations around the globe. This book focuses on library administrators from Asia Africa Eastern Europe and Central America who have significantly transformed their library services in spite of limited funds and a lack of resources. You'll learn about their achievements their techniques and the strengths and skills they used—which can help you become a stronger leader at your own library. Leadership and Management Principles in Libraries in Developing Countries is a collection of selected entries to the Special Libraries Association Leadership and Management Division’s 2003 International Paper Competition for special librarians in developing countries. Each author describes the effective leadership and management that made their special library initiatives successful providing references tables step-by-step instructions and handy checklists for other librarians to use.In Leadership and Management Principles in Libraries in Developing Countries library officials discuss the development of successful programs at special libraries such as: the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi India—where a team of people with diverse backgrounds worked together to digitally modernize their traditional library the Agricultural Libraries and Special Libraries in Tropical Biology located in Indonesia—where special librarians found innovative ways to access funding support and expertise from foreign institutions international relief agencies and library associations the Information Resource Centre at The Mildmay Centre in Kampala Uganda—where the new Mobile Patient Library Services project provides information materials to patients with HIV/AIDS and their caregivers the American Cultural Center Library (now called the Rosa Parks Library) in Niamey Niger—where the library was restructured from a simple reading room into a diverse cultural resource of exhibitions seminars and multilingual reference materials the Federal Ministry of Industry headquarters Library in Nigeria—where the library transformation was made possible through good leadership style managerial expertise and effective staff organization the University of Swaziland Libraries in Swaziland—where a strategic planning initiative helped the library widen Internet access secure subscription funding for database access and purchase updated equipment to enrich the instructional research and administrative functions of the libraryThis book represents a body of practical experience problems lessons and techniques that can be shared and tried by those who want to know more about or deal with the special needs and circumstances of librarians in developing countries. Leadership and Management Principles in Libraries in Developing Countries will show you how to improve both service and outreach to your local community by becoming a leader at your special library whether you are the librarian mid-level manager director or information consultant. Library science faculty and students will also find that this book illustrates the benefits of good leadership and management. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315864655

Leadership and Musician Development in Higher Music Education Leadership and Musician Development in Higher Music Education informs challenges and evaluates the central practices policies and theories that underpin the preparation of future music leaders and the leadership of music in higher education. In higher education it is often presumed that preparing for professional work is the responsibility of the individual rather than the institution. This anthology draws on the expertise of music practitioners to present the complexities surrounding this topic exploring approaches to leadership development while addressing prevalent leadership issues from multiple standpoints. Leadership is an inherent part of being a musician: from the creative act through to collaborative engagement it is fundamental to creating and sustaining a career in music. To expect musicians to develop these necessary skills "on the job" however is unreasonable and impractical. What support might be given to those looking to negotiate a career as a musician? In fourteen essays contributors from around the globe explore this question and more questions such as: How might leadership be modelled for aspiring musicians? How might students learn to recognise appraise and extend their leadership development? How might institutional leaders challenge curricular and pedagogical norms? Effective leadership development for musicians is vital to the longevity of the profession – Leadership and Musician Development in Higher Music Education is a likewise vital resource for students educators and future music leaders alike. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138587472

Leadership and Nationalism in AzerbaijanAli Mardan bey Topchibashov Founder and Creator Ali Mardan bey Topchibashov was a prominent politician who played a crucial role in the history of Azerbaijan. One of the most striking personalities in the history of Azerbaijan the founder of liberal ideas and the first President of the Republic of Azerbaijan he led the Muslim faction in the first Russian Duma and the Union of Muslims of Russia and was a central figure of the Caucasian émigrés in Europe. This book analyses and presents the life of the first independent Azerbaijani political leaders. Based on extensive research from archives in Azerbaijan France Georgia Russia (Moscow and Kazan) and the UK some of which are newly accessible it traces the political personality of Topchibashov as one of the largest Muslim leaders and founder of the Azerbaijan Republic. At the same time it offers insights into the history of the formation and creation of the national consciousness of the Russian Muslims and tracks the challenges in the national and religious policy of the Imperial administration of the Soviet Union. The author sheds light on the significant problems of the Russian Empire (nationalities specifically) and global movements such as the post-World War I settlement and the difficulties of the many non-Russian groups that declared independence after the Bolshevik rise of power.Filling a lacuna in modern Azerbaijan history this book will be of interest to academics working on Russian Soviet South Caucasus and Central Asian History in particular Russian Empire Muslim nations and nationalism in Central Asia and the Caucasus. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367664428

Leadership and Organization (RLE: Organizations)A Behavioural Science Approach This book represents a selected collection of the writings from 1950 to 1960 of members of the Human Relations Research Group (HRRG) from UCLA. The writings are followed by independent comments and appraisal from different viewpoints prepared by distinguished experts in management theory group psycho-therapy and psychology and sociology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138979543

Leadership and Organization for Community Prevention and Intervention in Venezuela Improve decision-making skills for community organizations and their leaders—from a participatory perspective! This book will show you how (and why) participatory communities come into being and what they can accomplish regardless of the current political climate. It also examines leadership—and the skills community leaders need to develop to be most effective. You’ll find ethnographic and psychosocial perspectives on the relationship between families and community organizations leadership interventions designed to facilitate more effective decision-making and more—all from organizations making a very real difference in a country that has had a strong community work tradition since the 1960s. This book presents an essential overview of the dynamics of urban low-income communities in Venezuela. With examples drawn from organizations designed to help a population that has been neglected by its government Leadership and Organization for Community Prevention and Intervention in Venezuela is a unique source of inspiration and practical know-how. The intensive training workshops and restructuring projects documented in this book have proven to be positive and effective tools strengthening Venezuelan communities despite the political unrest that has plagued the country. In Leadership and Organization for Community Prevention and Intervention in Venezuela you’ll learn how community organizations are: providing shelter for people displaced by natural disasters providing essential services when the government can’t—or won’t establishing community leadership roles—and helping community leaders to work more effectively transforming the perspectives of community leaders—from narcissistic to altruistic and much more! With this book you’ll examine the interaction between community organization and leadership—using the liberating dialogic reflective and conscientization approach developed by Latin American community psychology. The book’s approach is grounded and realistic. It highlights the outcomes of the authors’ participatory research and action in urban Venezuelan communities focusing on organization participation modes of leadership decision-making and meta-decision-making the moral development—and moral dilemmas—of community leaders and the interrelationship between family systems and community in Venezuela. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203048313

Leadership and Organization in the Aviation Industry Leadership and organisational structures which are not adjusted to the cultural background of the employees concerned are most likely to produce sub-optimal results (House 2004). Therefore it is necessary to develop appropriate leadership and organisational structures in order to fully grasp the cultural environment to be encountered in the professional world. This book presents a research project that was carried out to develop leadership and organisational structures in accordance with the requirements created by different professional backgrounds within the aviation industry. The identification of the different professional cultures was undertaken using a standardised questionnaire. The development of the questionnaire was carried out with the help of the GLOBE study (House et al. 2004) one of the most extensive research efforts ever undertaken in the field of organisational and national cultures. The main characteristic of the GLOBE study is the development of nine dimensions which serve to identify and characterise any culture. These dimensions are referred to as 'core cultural dimensions'. Using this newly developed questionnaire it was not only possible to isolate 12 different professional cultures but also to identify their distinguishing traits which served as the base for the subsequent development of leadership and organisational structures. The survey was complemented by open interviews served to broaden and deepen the results gained with the standardised questionnaire. The research outcomes open the door to a new and important element of cultural research complementary to those of organisational and national cultures. Although the study was carried out in the aviation industry the results gained also appear to be transferable to other industries due to the large variety of professions isolated within the course of the presented study and the specific nature of the aviation industry itself. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315591773

Leadership and OrganizationA Philosophical Introduction This book is a philosophical exploration of the relationship between leadership and organization. Each chapter in the book sheds light on this relationship by exploring leadership with respect to a particular theme: charisma authority religion language authenticity image and followership. These themes are linked to popular notions of leadership such as transformational leadership authentic leadership and servant leadership. Offering insight into the ways in which leadership is understood in contemporary culture the main thesis of Leadership and Organization is that understandings of leadership today are still shaped by the figure of the charismatic leader even though charismatic leadership itself has lost much of its appeal. The clearest expression of this paradigm is the leadership-management distinction where the leader is someone who transcends the organization and the manager someone who resides within the organization. Drawing on a broad variety of sources in continental philosophy the author explores the central philosophical question of how leadership can be understood in relation to organization This book provides new perspectives on leadership that will be of interest to all students academics and practitioners who are interested in challenging their thinking about leadership. It will particularly appeal to those considering leadership studies from a critical or philosophical angle. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138917101

Leadership and Organizations (RLE: Organizations) In this textbook Alan Bryman provides a detailed and critical examination of the literature on leadership in organizations giving special recognition to the needs of students of organizational behaviour and the social psychology of organizations. After an examination of the complexity of the concept of leadership the author describes the major approaches to the analysis of leadership in organizations including: the idea that effective leaders have special traits; the various attempts to examine leader behaviour; normative approaches to the study of leadership; and the various theories which emphasize the importance of recognizing situational differences in understanding leadership effectiveness. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138979550

Leadership and Place Despite the radical transformation of society associated with globalisation shifting patterns of demography and the revolution in information and communication technologies over the last two decades we remain profoundly attached to place in economic social cultural and emotional terms. The idea of sustainable place shaping has made its way to the heart of the debate on the form and delivery of integrated (economic development planning housing regeneration education transport and health) policy for our neighbourhoods towns cities and regions. The delivery of policy for place shaping has become a far more complex cross-boundary and relational leadership task - and there is now a requirement for a refreshed approach to leadership development for collaborative learning and ‘associational’ working. Going forward what is needed is a more insightful and comprehensive conceptual framework related to the leadership of place that takes account of the paradigm shift occurring in economic development planning and regeneration studies. Against this background this timely book takes stock of the leadership literature and connects with the experience and views of those working in economic development planning and regeneration. In this book we seek to enhance the discussion of these new leadership challenges. This collection first appeared as a special issue of Policy Studies and is now published by kind permission in the Regional Studies Association book series Regions and Cities. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138879355

Leadership and Policy Innovation – From Clinton to BushCountering the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction Throughout the Cold War there were longstanding efforts to control the spread of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) through extensive arms control deterrence and defense programs. Since then counterproliferation efforts by the U.S. and international community have accelerated. Given the attention to counterproliferation in the last decade how effective was the leadership provided by President Clinton and his Secretaries of Defense Aspin Perry and Cohen in providing innovative and effective policies for countering the proliferation of WMD? Comparing the cases of U.S.-North Korea Agreed Framework the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program and U.S. and U.N. efforts in Iraq under Saddam Hussein Joseph R. Cerami examines patterns of organizational leadership and policy innovation in the development and implementation of WMD policy initiatives. Rather than criticize the framework of American and international political institutions this leadership perspective draws important insights on the capabilities of institutions to further U.S. and international goals and objectives in security policymaking. In doing so the book argues that the U.S.’s role and the roles of its internal government agencies are most significant in international affairs. Smartly and appealingly positioned at the intersection of theory and practice Cerami’s book crafts a new perspective in international relations and public administration offering great potential for understanding as well as designing policy innovations to counter the proliferation of WMD in the 21st century. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138849082

Leadership and PurposeHow to Create a Sustainable Culture Companies that have integrated a contribution to society into their business models are more likely than others to succeed for the long term. This book provides you with information tips and tools to assess and strengthen your company for ongoing success. Through the use of case studies the book describes the leaders’ journeys – the mistakes they made the successes they achieved and the lessons they learned. Some are certified as Benefits Corporations (B Corps) because they have incorporated a clear societal purpose into their missions and they are able to demonstrate positive social impact. Others while not certified B Corps are at various stages in their commitments to society. The book is for leaders at many levels including CEOs senior leaders and managers as well as those without formal positions of authority but who can influence others and contribute to a sustainable culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367217693

Leadership and SENMeeting the Challenge in Special and Mainstream Settings How can leaders turn their schools into outward looking centres of excellence? Answering that question this book focuses upon the work of cutting edge leaders who are responding to the challenges of recent legislation and guidelines. It includes: thoughtful case studies examine school culture restructuring and reorganization mind maps and chapter summaries to help readers get on top of crucial issues and ideas helpful pointers on how to avoid pitfalls and maximise successes.  For special school leaders and prospective leaders those involved in making decisions about specialist provision and anyone delivering training and support to those professionals. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203823774

Leadership and Strategic SuccessionThe How and Why for Boards and CEOs Based on a review of the literature and several in-depth case studies this book suggests a strategy-as-practice framework for succession and explores leadership logic trust and followership. This book takes the reader through the key stages and disciplines required for effective top-level succession. Corporations growing entrepreneurial companies and family owners all must manage strong group dynamics and individual needs in a succession transition. This book includes a wide range of global client cases including public sector organizations corporations entrepreneurial firms and family owners. Based on rigorous research and written in an accessible style with a focus on practical needs readers will also be able to combine this analysis within disciplines of governance leadership strategy and organizational development. This book will be of interest to students at an advanced level academics and reflective practitioners as well as executives at the top levels of businesses. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367685171

Leadership and Succession in the Soviet Union Eastern Europe and China First Published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an Informa company Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315494890

Leadership and Supervision in Special ServicesPromising Ideas and Practices Here is an authoritative reference on a range of subjects vital to supervisory personnel whose responsibilities include children with learning and/or behavior problems. Leading professionals - serving as members of a special writing team of the Council of Administrators of Special Education (CASE) - offer a rich source of ideas especially for administrative personnel involved in the delivery of special educational programs and services to children with handicapping conditions. Chapters cover such topics as critical success factors supervision and evaluation cost analysis and more. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315791623

Leadership and Sustainability in the Built Environment Leadership and sustainability have separately been the subject of numerous studies in a built environment context over the years but they have yet to be addressed together. The real impact of legislation and guidelines designed to promote sustainability within the construction industry is closely linked to the leadership behind it as this book explores in a variety of ways.Featuring research from 5 different continents the international scope of this book allows a comparison of experiences in different types of economies and cultures. The interdisciplinarity of this subject is also reflected in the backgrounds of the contributors with a significant number of perspectives derived from business and management research.The issues examined in this book are essential reading for all researchers decision-makers and graduate students in the built environment. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367738518

Leadership and Teambuilding in Primary Care This guide contains a foreword by Simon Gregory Dean of Postgraduate GP Education Leicestershire Northamptonshire and Rutland and General Practitioner Northampton. This concise jargon-free guide examines and explains the skills and attitudes needed to develop leadership abilities in individuals. It offers practical advice that is ideal for everyday implementation in the workplace. Developed alongside the NHS Leadership Qualities Framework this book offers a unique 'healthcare organisation as a business' focus - concentrating efforts in the right areas. The case studies bring situations to life and make it easier to identify with leadership and teambuilding issues. This book is an invaluable resource for practice managers general practitioners nurses and other healthcare professionals including dentists opticians and pharmacists. Allied health professionals medical students and administrative staff will also find much of interest. 'Excellent. Tangible. Clear. This is not some simple self-help guide; it is a practical thorough and useful text. I commend the authors and this book to you and commend the concept of applying leadership to teambuilding. If we are to work in effective teams and deliver effective healthcare then leadership is vital. This book encourages us to apply what we learn about leadership to our teams whether we are in general medical dental or ophthalmic practice; yet is readily applicable to leadership in many walks of life. It is also readily applicable at various levels within teams. Leadership is about much more than being in charge and is a vital element of professional practice.' - Simon Gregory in the Foreword. Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9781315383439

Leadership and the CityPower strategy and networks in the making of knowledge cities The 21st century has been dominated by an almost compulsive race to find new pathways for city development. As cities seek to regenerate via the knowledge-based economy now more than ever dynamic leadership is required order to navigate new and complex challenges while building community. This book is about generative leadership in knowledge city development. Leadership and the City is rooted in a conviction that the leadership in a city is crucial in order for it to adjust strategically to major transformations and thus secure a good future for its inhabitants. The book opens a fresh view of leadership by focusing on generative leaders and their modes of leading instead of spatial categorisations governance structures and/or policy contents and processes. It investigates generative leadership by elaborating the modes of leadership power and strategies in influence networks. The key points are highlighted with several empirical cases. These include Akron and Rochester (USA) Münich (Germany) Leeds (UK) Barcelona (Spain) as well as Helsinki Tampere and Seinäjoki (Finland). This book will be of interest to researchers and practitioners concerned with Leadership Urban Studies and Strategic Management. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138339651

Leadership and the Ethics of Influence How do leaders influence others? Although they sometimes appeal directly to good reasons which we associate with rational persuasion leaders also use guilt pressure flattery bullying and rewards and punishment—all to get the behaviors that they want. Even when leaders refrain from outright lying they are nevertheless known to practice something approaching perhaps reaching the level of manipulation. Influence therefore presents a serious ethical problem across leadership contexts. Leadership and the Ethics of Influence argues that influence puts leaders at risk of using people. It is generally disrespectful of autonomy to figure out what makes people "tick" in an effort to "handle" them. In contrast with physical force influence works through agency not around it. Despite this feature of influence—and to a large extent because of it—the everyday influence associated with leadership is often morally troublesome. What matters morally is not only whether agency is bypassed or overridden but also who is ultimately in control. This book uses philosophy and leadership studies to show how leaders across different contexts can be justified in getting followers to do things. Connecting moral theory to leadership theory and especially to charismatic leadership authentic leadership transforming leadership and ethical leadership this book is essential reading for leadership scholars students and practitioners. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138327658

Leadership and WisdomNarrating the Future Responsibly Leadership and Wisdom: Narrating the Future Responsibly gives business students and practitioners the opportunity to re-read tales poems myths and fables that have been interpreted by leading management scholars in order to translate the world’s folk wisdom into insightful and actionable lessons for a more responsible leadership practice. Most if not all cultures generate narratives that teach people how to make sense of the world and how to respond to challenges with wisdom. These sources provide a medium for character as well as a guide for decision-making in ambiguous and uncertain circumstances. Management and organization scholars increasingly focus on what narrative wisdom traditions can teach us about leadership and organizational practices and this book is designed to bring it to students and practitioners. Statler and Küpers have assembled a world-class team of contributors who reflect on narratives near and dear to them and draw out the lessons for leaders. With consistency throughout and end-of-chapter questions this book enables all readers – including undergraduate and postgraduate students of leadership management and organization studies as well as interested researchers and practitioners – to reflect on the contents and implications of folk wisdom. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138292345

Leadership and Women in Statistics Learn How to Infuse Leadership into Your Passion for Scientific Research Leadership and Women in Statistics explores the role of statisticians as leaders with particular attention to women statisticians as leaders. By paying special attention to women’s issues this book provides a clear vision for the future of women as leaders in scientific and technical fields. It also shows how emerging and current leaders of both genders in many disciplines can expand their leadership potentials. Featuring contributions from leadership experts and statisticians at various career stages this unique and insightful text: Examines leadership within the roles of statistician and data scientist from international and diverse perspectives Supplies a greater understanding of leadership within teams research consulting and project management Encourages reflection on leadership behaviors promoting both natural and organizational leadership Identifies existing opportunities to foster creative outputs and develop strong leadership voices Includes real-life stories about overcoming barriers to leadership Leadership and Women in Statistics explains how to convert a passion for statistical science into visionary ethical and transformational leadership. Although the context focuses on statistics the material applies to almost all fields of endeavor. This book is a valuable resource for those ready to consider leadership as an important element of their careers and for those who are already leaders but want to deepen their perspectives on leadership. It makes an ideal text for group leadership training as well as for individual professional development. Media > Books > Print Books Chapman & Hall 9781482236446

Leadership as Emotional LabourManagement and the 'Managed Heart' Even if we don’t realise it most of us are now familiar with the idea of ‘emotional labour’; that ‘service with a smile’ which everyone from cabin crew to restaurant or call centre staff is expected to give irrespective of what they actually feel or think. This book considers the complex ways in which this need to show (or hide) particular emotions translates into job roles – specifically those of leaders or managers – where the relationships are lasting rather than transient two-way rather than uni-directional and have complex ongoing goals rather than straight-forward one-off ones. The book contends that these differences contribute unique characteristics to the nature of the emotional labour required and expounds and explores this new genus within the ‘emotional labour’ species. The main theme of this book is the explication and exploration of emotional labour in the context of leadership and management. As such it focuses both on how our understanding of emotional labour in this context enriches the original construct and where it deviates from it. By exploring these issues at the level of situated practices and the real world real time experiences of leaders the book seeks to make an innovative and nuanced contribution to our understanding of the emotional element within ‘leadership work’. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138206014

Leadership as Meaning-MakingTake the Hero's Journey to Transformation Based on the author’s 30 years experience of management development and a background in design and psychology this book takes a fresh look at leadership as a systemic shared phenomenon. It is one aspect of the evolutionary principle of bringing people to maturity as human beings – transforming the immature through purposeful adventure. This is not a “how-to” book of tools and techniques but is a guide to personal development. It plots the territory of the hero’s journey (after Joseph Campbell) through unknown worlds. It explains the metaphorical relationship to personal and collective transformation by means of the cyclic pattern of the hero’s journey overlaid with the enneagram framework. Succeeding chapters spell out practical details for making the journey towards maturity which alone makes leadership a viable possibility. Only such purposeful leadership will enable others to make their own equivalent journeys. If such people are engaged in work then they will be more conscious and more effective. Essentially the book is intentionally quickly communicates a broad sweep of related ideas that form a philosophy for the development of the inner qualities of effective leadership applicable in all walks of life. The story of the archetypical hero’s journey is suggested as applying to every individual. The hero’s journey is an allegory for a quest for inner growth. It can rub off onto others through what we call “leadership”. Such leadership is what brings meaning to people’s lives. Thus this book is a counter to the empty manipulative techniques propagated by much of the popular writing on leadership which pays little attention to transformative interaction. There are exercises at the end of each chapter and additional material is available to readers via the internet. Media > Books > Print Books Productivity Press 9780367566043

Leadership Basics for Frontline ManagersTips for Raising Your Level of Effectiveness and Communication This book is classified and organised into three major headings: personal effectiveness leadership and communication. It focuses on interpersonal management skills and explains what it takes to improve how frontline managers and supervisors communicate and relate to their employees and customers. Media > Books > Print Books Productivity Press 9781482219951

Leadership By Encouragement Leaders expecting to survive the challenges and associated stress of building their own skill levels have a new tool at their disposal. Leadership by Encouragement is a unique and powerful psychology that will enable you to build an "encouragematic" atmosphere while training leaders to lead.Written by two of the most experienced writers in the field Leadership by Encouragement is a unique text that will revolutionize leadership and leadership roles.This book provides the most practical and motivating exercises available for training leaders. Energize your employees and get yourself involved. Order your copy of Leadership by Encouragement today and begin building an atmosphere of success for everyone in your organization. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138409767

Leadership Can Be LearnedClarity Connection and Results Leadership is poorly understood because human systems are poorly understood. Like the "flat earth" theory of old modern work culture is limited by a paradigm in which problems are understood as "clashes of personality "' and blame is directed at the superficial level of individuals groups and structure. Leadership Can Be Learned: Clarity Connection and Results charts the course to a new paradigm of leadership and systems and how to leverage the relationship between the two. Leadership can be learned because it is a combination of art and science. Ultimately high- performance culture and high-performance leadership mirror　 each other and leaders must use their own unique strengths to foster both. Gilmore Crosby guides the reader by breaking the topic into four powerful sections. The first focuses on the transformational leadership model of Dr. Edwin Freidman the second describes the systems theory from which that leadership model emerged the third offers a unique exploration of emotional intelligence and critical interpersonal skills related to leadership and the fourth and final section applies all the previous sections to attaining organizational results. This book: Delivers a clear how-to guide for leading organizations to higher performance Helps each reader understand respect and rise above their own authority issues Conveys a proven approach to life-long self-development so readers can continue to mature in a more objective non-defensive and intentional manner. In addition it provides the skills and framework for applying this approach to effectively coaching and developing others Describes how leaders can be more effective in their interpersonal group and large-system interactions Teaches the approach through an engaging mix of historical examples lessons learned through the author’s experience quizzes and metaphors. Provides a solid foundation for leadership development programs With this book readers will gain a new understanding of themselves and of human systems and learn how in the words of Gandhi to "be the change they wish to see in the world" so they and their colleagues can attain and sustain world-class results. Media > Books > Print Books Productivity Press 9781138297425

Leadership Challenges in High SchoolsMultiple Pathways to Success Principals are responsible for an increasing range of duties in an era of school reform standardized testing and more. These responsibilities are even greater in high schools which are many times larger and more complex than elementary and middle schools. Yet little has been written on the special challenges of high schools and their leadership. This book fills the gap by exploring the challenges specific to high schools including their size and complexity the special difficulties in improving instruction the crucial role of high schools for students' futures adolescent behavioral issues and many more. Grubb shows how principals and other leaders can address the complexities of multiple pathways or efforts to create theme-based trajectories through high school - one of the most promising high school reforms. Looking to the future he offers alternative ways of preparing professionals for high schools and the responsibilities of districts for improving high schools and their leadership. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781594519116

Leadership CoachingDeveloping braver leaders Leadership Coaching offers a new model of coaching for leadership development. It explains how the brave model extends existing leadership theories and includes specific coaching processes and sense-making techniques to allow the reader to understand how the model would work in practice. The book begins by asking why it is important for leaders to be brave. It provides an overview of existing leadership theories and their limitations as well as introducing the brave coaching approach and the elements that comprise the model. The book includes practical case studies that provide insights into the range of applications for the brave leadership coaching framework. Based on academic research and written in an accessible scholarly style this book shows how coaching can assist in decision making leading to a different braver form of personal and corporate leadership. It should be of interest to students of management leadership coaching and mentoring as well as professional coaches and leaders. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138786028

Leadership ConnectorsSix Keys to Developing Relationship in Schools This book will help you connect with your faculty and staff and develop the relationships necessary for student success. With practical examples and specific strategies it will help you thrive as an effective school leader. It will help you communicate better bring out the best in your staff and build strong relationships in your schools. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138472600

Leadership DevelopmentA Complexity Approach Drawing on the complexity sciences and personal narrative accounts of experience　from practitioners based in the UK Germany Denmark and North America this book examines conventional leadership development methodologies with a view to identifying what is useful and what is not. It proffers an alternative perspective on leadership and organisation for business schools consultancies and corporate training functions to adopt in their development of leaders. Leadership Development: A Complexity Approach is　essential reading for advanced students and researchers of leadership development leadership studies human resource management and organisational development. It will also be of interest to management educators and practising managers whose experience of or aspirations for working life are not represented in mainstream academic texts and popular management literature. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138934030

Leadership ExplainedLeading Teams in the 21st Century Unfortunately leadership does not have a one-size-fits-all definition. We all have our own ideas as to what makes a good leader and the types of challenges that will be faced. The author bridges a gap by presenting how modern leadership happens while simultaneously combining a description of leadership and its practical application in today’s environments. In this book Nicholas Harkiolakis integrates the various theoretical perspectives into a unified model that can be understood by both the academic and the practitioner (existing and future leaders). This understanding is necessary to effectively treat and apply leadership to the challenging settings of today’s operational environments: virtual distributed multicultural and so on. Some of the key topics covered are: leadership through the ages characteristics of leadership modern perspectives an integrated leadership framework the application of leadership the twenty-first-century leadership practices. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367605988

Leadership for 21st Century LearningGlobal Perspectives from International Experts The challenge of managing education effectively is formidable. Written by two education managers this text explores the issues associated with good leadership in educational and training institutions. It is based on their own work and on a series of detailed interviews with eminent leaders. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315042329

Leadership for Change and School ReformInternational Perspectives School reform is a top priority for governments today. This timely and challenging book edited by leading international researchers Kathryn Riley and Karen Seashore Louis offers a rich comparative perspective on leadership for change and school reform. Contributors form North America Europe and Australia demonstrate how school leadership is influenced by global pressures differing national and state contexts and local concerns. They illustrate the limitations of reform initiatives which focus on school leaders tot he exclusion of the many other organisations which affect school such as national and local governments professional associations and school communities. This book raises some important questions such as:*How can school leaders create intelligent thinking schools?*How can leadership and learning be linked together?*What are the characteristics of effective local education authorities and school districts?*What is the role of teacher organisations in educational reform and change?*What happens if businesses teachers parents and local communities have different views of what makes a good school?The text illustrates the ways in which leadership is rooted in learning and identifies new directions for school leadership. It challenges conventional notions of leadership offering an expanded view which sees leadership just as an individual role-based function but as a network of relationships among people structures and cultures. This lively and provocative book should be read by all those interested in education reform. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203465882

Leadership for Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Schools Leadership for Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Schools explores how schools can cultivate students’ linguistic and cultural proficiencies provide students with a rich and challenging learning environment and ensure that students are socioculturally integrated. Containing special features such as Storyboxes to detail specific cases of how school leaders put theory into practice and integrated exercises to provide launching points for critical dialogue and help readers make connections to their own contexts this book brings together research from the field of bilingual education and school improvement to provide a strong theoretical and research framework as well as best practices for supporting all students. Authors Scanlan and López provide aspiring and practicing leaders the guidance to lead organize and support their schools to effectively serve linguistically and culturally diverse students. A Companion Website includes exercises from the book available for download and modification and a blog focused on emerging research and effective practices. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415710299

Leadership for Environmental Sustainability As the first book in the field of leadership studies to approach sustainability as a multi-faceted leadership challenge Leadership for Environmental Sustainability will help to set the terms of the discussion on this topic among students scholars and practitioners of leadership for years to come. It explores the connection between leadership and sustainability from a variety of disciplinary perspectives including sociology history psychology business literature communication and the arts. With short chapters edited for readability the book is aimed at scholars practitioners students and educated lay readers interested in cutting-edge research and thinking on this topic. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415807579

Leadership for Follower Commitment This text challenges management to adopt an approach that is conducive to improved employer/employee relations and that will enhance the organizations ability to learn and compete within a knowledge-based economy. Practical measures and behaviour viewed as appropriate in an industrial commercial and public sector setting are discussed analysed and offered as good practice.Leadership for Follower Commitment provides:research based case studiesa linking of theory research and practical managerial experiencean emphasis on psychological forces employee motivation and perceptions of management actionThis text is invaluable to students studying Organizational Behaviour Business (Occupational) Psychology Human Resource Management and Human Resource Development at both undergraduate and MSc/MBA level. It is central to Professional / executive development courses. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138437845

Leadership for Green SchoolsSustainability for Our Children Our Communities and Our Planet Leadership for Green Schools provides aspiring and practicing leaders with the tools they need to facilitate the design leadership and management of greener more sustainable schools. Framed by theory and research this text draws from the fields of sustainability science built learning environment and educational leadership to explain what green schools look like what role school buildings play in advancing sustainable organizational and instructional practices and why school leaders are "greening" their leadership. Sustainability can often seem like an unreachable utopian set of goals but this important resource uses illustrative examples of successful schools and leaders to show how establishing and managing green schools aligns with the work they are already doing to restore engaged learning within their schools and communities. Leadership for Green Schools is a unique and important resource to help leaders reduce the environmental impact of school buildings and immerse students in purposeful meaningful learning for a sustainable just future. Special Features: Examples from award-winning schools and leaders—best-practices and illustrative examples throughout make whole school sustainability come to life and show how green leadership is a real possibility for the reader. Aligned with Professional Standards for Educational Leadership—provides the tools necessary for leaders to advance sustainability goals while at the same time fulfilling the core purposes of their job. End-of-chapter discussion questions—valuable pedagogical tools invite personal reflection and conversation. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415715683

Leadership for Increasingly Diverse Schools The second edition of Leadership for Increasingly Diverse Schools helps both practicing and aspiring school leaders deepen their knowledge skills and dispositions to create schools that best serve all students. This book helps readers sharpen their awareness of how students’ multiple dimensions of diversity intersect as well as develop strategies for working with students of all socioeconomic statuses races religions sexual orientations languages and special needs. Leadership for Increasingly Diverse Schools provides school leaders with the theory research and practical guidance to foster teaching and learning environments that promote educational equity and excellence for all students. Special features: Each chapter focuses on a specific dimension of diversity and discusses intersectionality across other areas of difference including ability/disability linguistic diversity race socioeconomic status sexual orientation gender religion and social frontiers. Chapters synthesize literature share practical strategies and tools include school-level and district-level cases illustrating inclusive leadership and provide extended learning opportunities. Online eResources features additional resources documents and links to specific tools described in the chapters accessible at www.routledge.com/9780367404604. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367404604

Leadership for Increasingly Diverse Schools Leadership for Increasingly Diverse Schools provides both practicing and aspiring leaders with the theory research and practical guidance to lead socially just schools. Today’s schools are growing more pluralistic and diverse and leadership is central to reversing long-standing trends of educational inequities exclusion and disparate school outcomes. This book helps readers sharpen their awareness of how multiple dimensions of diversity intersect as well as develop strategies for working with students of all socioeconomic statuses races religions sexual orientations languages and special needs. Leadership for Increasingly Diverse Schools provides school leaders the tools to foster teaching and learning environments that promote educational equity and excellence for all students. Special Features: Each chapter focuses on a specific dimension of diversity and discusses intersectionality across other areas of difference including ability/disability linguistic diversity race socioeconomic status sexual orientation gender religion and social frontiers. Chapters synthesize literature provide practical strategies and tools and include school-level and district-level cases illustrating inclusive leadership. End-of-chapter resources point readers toward further discussion of conceptual elements practice connections and research applications. A companion website features modifiable downloads and further resources for each chapter. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138785939

Leadership for Intellectual Disability ServiceMotivating Change and Improvement People with intellectual disability often experience challenges in their lives. These may be due to difficulties in social adaptation but may also be related to a reality of disempowerment whereby they have little role in the decisions central to their lives or in the provision of health educational and social services. This book argues for alternative and innovative approaches to leadership in intellectual disability service provision. It does this in the light of service scandals including Winterborne View (UK) Oswald D. Heck (USA) Áras Attracta (Ireland) and many others. This book also explores the failed leadership issues underpinning such debacles and then examines how the context for intellectual disability service provision has changed. The authors propose alternative models for service leadership that are contiguous with the changed landscape emphasizing participatory models of leadership and ending with exemplary vignettes outlining situations where such innovative change is happening. Media > Books > Print Books Productivity Press 9780815390848

Leadership for Older AdultsAging With Purpose And Passion This study tells the tale of two retirement organizations that reflect common leadership issues throughout the western world issues that are emerging in many developing countries and have yet to be experienced in others. Wherever rapid population ageing is coupled with a view of old people as useless and a burden challenging questions arise: how do we develop the resources and leadership potential of our ageing population? How do we turn old age from an expensive wasteland into a fertile period of growth and development? Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138462946

Leadership for Quality Schooling Leadership for Quality Schooling provides the latest thinking and research on school leadership from a range of international scholars in the field of educational administration. Because of the growing acceptance of school- based models of school management there is now developing a greater focus on how quality education can be more fully achieved in this increasingly commonplace administrative context. Since one major aspect of promoting quality is the role of school leadership this book offers a particular focus on the question of the connection between leadership and school improvement effectiveness and performance. Leadership for Quality Schooling will be of interest to educational practitioners students researchers academics and policymakers. It is intended as a guide to the latest research on leadership as well as a stimulus to further thought for those looking for alternative ideas to existing practices. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203467237

Leadership for Remote LearningStrategies for Success Learn how to adapt leadership and keep motivation alive in a remote learning setting or hybrid school. In this essential book bestselling authors Ronald Williamson and Barbara R. Blackburn share frameworks and tools you can use to immediately make a difference in your school. You’ll learn how to do the following: Navigate the change process in remote learning Maintain a collaborative remote learning school Address equity issues in remote instruction Communicate effectively across online platforms Provide essential professional development remotely The chapter coverage ranges from school culture to collaboration to instructional leadership to focusing on your own effective leadership. You will gain practical strategies and tips you can implement immediately to help your school and community flourish in a remote learning environment. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367688639

Leadership for Sustainability and Change We live in challenging times. New leaders are enhancing their "inner game" to maximize their organizational impact and using the principles of sustainability to help their organizations thrive and innovate in response to 21st century challenges. Leadership for Sustainability and Change is a concise practical and energizing distillation of what is working for today's most successful sustainability leaders. It provides a clear set of actions you can take to generate transformation with results yielding market advantage eco-efficiency product or service innovation personal resilience and engaged communities. Learn from the experience of successful sustainability leaders how to: build personal resilience and agility to lead change for the long-run; sustain innovation that is released in bursts of focused "energy for good"; draw attention to what is working by focusing on the power of small differences; decrease resistance and increase motivation with a change acceleration model; identify stages of individual and organizational readiness for change; use rapid prototyping to increase group engagement; tell compelling stories to encourage teams to initiate action. Leadership for Sustainability and Change offers guidance for leaders who are shaping the future of sustainability within their organizations. The book includes a simple framework for assessing your progress so that you can revisit the tools and processes you need most. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781909293694

Leadership for SustainabilityAn Action Research Approach Those who advocate moving towards sustainability debate how change can be achieved. Does it have necessarily to be top-down or can it also be bottom-up? Can radical organizational and social change be spread from "the middle"? Who can lead change when those with seniority and credibility are necessarily embedded in currently dominant mind-sets and power structures?  This book focuses on what it means to take up leadership for sustainability from a variety of organizational and social positions and considers the consequences of different strategies and practices for influencing change.  Leadership for Sustainability shows what an action research based practice of leadership for sustainability looks like and provides a sense of the personal and professional challenges this involves; it demonstrates how people who are influencing change draw on reflective practice strategically (to create a context in which they can be influential) and also tactically (in moment-to-moment choices about how to act). It also illustrates and reflects on the kinds of outcomes that can be expected from this work both the specific and strategic achievements and the difficulties challenges and disappointments. Thus the major part of this volume consists of accounts by graduates of an innovative master's programme the MSc in Responsibility and Business Practice of their activities projects achievements and learning. Accompanying sections from the editors overview analyse and reflect on these accounts and the issues they raise for notions of leadership practice sustainability and change. One substantial chapter offers ideas frameworks and practices for people taking leadership.  One of the most dispiriting aspects of the environmental challenges that beset us is the lack of agency that many people experience: we do not know what to do or how to do it. Many organizations espouse a sustainable approach. This may be lip service or it may be a genuine attempt to integrate sustainability into business strategy. Whatever form it takes organizational sustainability programmes need committed intelligent reflective leadership at all levels to make them work. The examples in this book show how people in very different contexts have seized the opportunities open to them and acted with courage and initiative to make a difference.  This book will be relevant to a wide range of people including managers consultants and others in commercial non-profit public and intergovernmental organisations who want to contribute to the development of a sustainable world. It will be of particular interest to people working in organizations already thinking about issues of sustainability and those who are seeking to take on the role of change agents in organisations or communities.  In addition the book will be a resource for those in educational fields primarily but not exclusively higher and further education who wish to work with their students to develop leadership practices through action research based educational approaches.  All contributors to this book have been associated with the MSc in Responsibility & Business Practice at the University of Bath School of Management UK either as tutors or participants. This innovative degree course used action research to engage with challenging issues in a wide range of business public service and civil society contexts.At the heart of this book are stories from 29 people who are seeking to make the world more environmentally sustainable and socially just. They report their purposes journeys impacts learning and disappointments. Their accounts are diverse and from many different worlds ranging from fast moving consumer goods to international forestry and conservation projects. They have in common that they are among the 254 graduates of an innovative Master's programme the MSc in Responsibility and Business Practice community who in one way or another are adopting action research as a practice of taking leadership for sustainability and believe their actions can be significant contributions to the causes that matter to them. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781906093594

Leadership for World-Class UniversitiesChallenges for Developing Countries Leadership for World-Class Universities reveals how "world-class" thinking and policy can help university leaders employ modern solutions to the challenges facing higher education today. Readers will benefit from best practice advice offered by distinguished international contributors who have excelled by thinking globally without losing sight of their respective national and local environments. Their essays are grounded in empirical research and written to engage the reader stimulate reflection and enhance performance. This book focuses especially on developing and middle-income countries which face special problems where higher education is expanding most rapidly. Key themes include: strategic planning governance of academic institutions the role of the academic profession fundraising student access and equity the impact of globalization Leadership for World-Class Universities is a valuable resource for senior university administrators. At the heart of this volume is a focus on how academic leaders can work towards resolving the complex issues facing universities today. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203842171

Leadership from an Operant Perspective How can managers motivate their employees? After conducting detailed field studies of work groups in settings as diverse as insurance company offices and regatta sailboats Judith Komaki has identified two key behaviours that seem to distinguish effective from ineffective managers; monitoring workers' performance and communicating consequences. Drawing on her research over the last ten years Komaki combines behavioural and cognitive theories of leadership and puts forward a new model for the study of leadership from an operant perspective. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138979567

Leadership in a Challenging World Leadership in a Challenging World is about a journey to wholeness. The whole self is sacred and required in order to lead well in the complex world of today and tomorrow. Divided into 3 parts the book begins with the metaphor of the forest for the world with both its demanding challenges and its magnificent possibilities. Part 2 uses the metaphor of walking on a path to suggest eight subjective human powers that are essential to leading in business today and tomorrow. Finally. part 3 describes an ancient basis for the powers and shows how they can serve to bring balance to each other that results in human wholeness. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138161252

Leadership in a Small Town Of all the questions that might be asked about political life it would be difficult to find one of greater interest than the ancient query: who rules over whom? It appeals powerfully to our curiosity. We want to know who "runs" things--who makes policy decisions in New York Washington London or the town in which we live. Is it a single powerful individual an economic elite a series of elites the citizens political bosses or some variant of these possibilities?The major purpose of this volume is to find an answer to this question for a small American city and to extend the answer through relevant theory to American cities in general. But much more precisely answers are sought for these interrelated questions: What are the relationships between the rulers and the ruled? How are the rulers related to each other? Are the rulers the same for all policies or do they differ from one area of policy to another? How do leaders arise and in what way are they different from other people?The issues discussed in this volume are familiar to many towns. They range from controversies about the building of a new water system to housing and zoning codes from charity appeals to low-income housing from nominations and elections to industrial development and off-street parking. Wildavsky draws parallels to other community studies and formulates general propositions in support of his thesis that American communities are pluralist. And ultimately Wildavsky is optimistic that small towns foster citizen participation giving the population more of a chance to direct its own future.Aaron Wildavsky was until his death in 1993 professor of political science and public policy at the University of California Berkeley and while working on the present study taught at Oberlin College. Transaction has posthumously published Wildavsky's complete essays and papers in five volumes.Nelson W. Polsby is Heller Professor of Political Science at the University of California Berkeley where he has taught American politics and government since 1967. He is editor of the Annual Review of Political Science and author of Congress and the Presidency. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138527027

Leadership in Academic LibrariesProceedings of the W. Porter Kellam Conference The University of Georgia May 7 1991 Here is a fascinating first-hand perspective of the dramatic changes that have occurred in academic library administration over the past five decades. In Leadership in Academic Libraries distinguished directors of academic and research libraries pay tribute to W. Porter Kellam Director Emeritus of the University of Georgia by presenting an overview of the course of academic and research libraries over the span of his 50 year career. Administrative leaders in academic librarianship including Stuart Forth Richard Chapin Frank Grisham and Ken Toombs offer a frank perceptive and witty account of the state of library leadership based upon many decades of accumulated experience and hard-earned knowledge.Leadership in Academic Libraries provides valuable insights on library administration and in particular on the job of the library director. Readers interested in the history of academic libraries and library administration will gain new insight on the environment in which these leaders worked and how they dealt with university administration and changes in collection development. Chapters also provide advice on how library directors can keep their jobs and the value of forming professional friendships. Other topics addressed include developments in academic and research libraries over the past five decades in library administration library services library architecture and interlibrary cooperation. An enjoyable autobiographical essay by Mr. Kellam that recounts his long and distinguished career concludes this remarkable volume.Library science students and professionals who wish to become more knowledgeable about the history of academic libraries will cherish the first-hand experiences of library leaders during the richest and most invigorating time in the history of American libraries. Academic librarians and library students researching the job of library director or the recent history of academic libraries will benefit from the experience and wisdom of these leaders in the areas of administration library architecture automation and library cooperation. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315859521

Leadership in America's Best Urban Schools Leadership in America’s Best Urban Schools describes and demystifies the qualities that successful leaders rely on to make a difference at all levels of urban school leadership. Grounded in research this volume reveals the multiple challenges that real urban elementary middle and high schools face as well as the catalysts for improvement. This insightful resource explores the critical leadership characteristics found in high-performing urban schools and gives leaders the tools to move their schools to higher levels of achievement for all students—but especially for those who are low-income English-language learners and from various racial and ethnic backgrounds. In shining a light on the essential qualities for exceptional leadership at all levels of urban schools this book is a valuable guide for all educators and administrators to nurture influence support and sustain excellence and equity at their schools. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138922822

Leadership In An Interdependent WorldThe Statesmanship Of Adenauer Degaulle Thatcher Reagan And Gorbachev This book shows that there is nothing new or wrong with the change in ultimate political responsibility with examples of contemporary statesmanship. It attempts to explain that sovereignty has been increasingly relativized and interdependence is the dominant fact of life of modern politics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367154318

Leadership in Chaordic Organizations Supplying a clear vision of how to build high-performance teams Leadership in Chaordic Organizations presents methods for improving operations through the application of complex systems engineering principles and psychological counseling techniques. Ideal for systems engineers organizational managers coaches and psychologists it addresses the fundamental issue of the human condition in systems development. The book considers the dynamic variables inherent in the human condition and how they impact group dynamics. Helping you to demystify complex system behaviors it details an approach to leadership that integrates elements of neurobiology systems engineering complexity science philosophy and evolutionary and social psychology. It defines complexity and its impact on the organization and also explains how conflict can actually be constructive in group settings. Sharing helpful tips on how to build trust in today’s environment the book also: Describes how the human condition affects group dynamics Lays out current problems and outlines workable solutions Shares a new vision of high-performance teams Illuminates theory with applications Illustrating what teams and collaborative groups look like in a decentralized environment the text introduces a highly effective group communications process invented by Richard Knowles—describing its use in designing 3D Immersive Learning Environments that enable complex emergence in dynamic interactive simulations. It also discusses complex human systems (Wicked Problems) and the potential of multi-user virtual environments to provide the transformative vision needed to fully engage all employees in your drive to make your organization more effective efficient and sustainable. Media > Books > Print Books Auerbach Publications 9781420074178

Leadership in Child and Family Practice This edited collection situates the wellbeing and safety of vulnerable children as the focus of leadership. It provides a guide to theories and practice of leadership for those who want to make a difference to the lives of these children and their families. Drawing on the experience of a highly successful postgraduate program in Child and Family Practice Leadership the book explores the changing context of Child and Family Practice and the role of leadership in addition to the knowledge and skills required for effective practice. Contributors draw upon their own practice experiences and insights into the most effective ways to support the work of practitioners to achieve the best outcomes for children and families. The content comprises a mixture of theoretical consideration discussion of original research and interviews with child and family practitioners. Bringing together contributions from leading specialists and professionals in the field this book will be essential reading for individual practitioners organisations and policymakers looking to assist the development of leadership within the child and family practice sector. It will also be of interest to those working in child protection and related workforces. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415793834

Leadership in DisguiseRole of the European Commission in EC Decision-making on Agriculture in the Uruguay Round First published in 1997 this volume is situated within a general discussion in which the European Commission is the subject of much myth and speculation. While the political debate on its role in EC decision-making continues there is still little consensus among academics on the basic nature of the institution – is the Commission an independent supranational body or is it dominated by intergovernmental influences? Leadership in Disguise enters this general discussion by providing an original empirical analysis of the Commission’s role during the Uruguay Round of trade negotiations (1986-93). Focusing on the controversial agricultural issue the book sets out to discover how decisions were made within the European Community. This is a systematic and thorough study of how the Commission can play a leading role in Community decision-making and will appeal to policy-makers students and all those seeking an insight into the Commission’s role and EC decision-making. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138333956

Leadership in Drug and Alcohol Abuse PreventionInsights from Long-Term Advocates Leadership in Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention blends the wisdom of numerous long-term professionals addressing drug and alcohol issues with helpful strategies and current science. Organized around the Pyramid of Success that emphasizes Competence Confidence and Commitment this book offers practical and grounded approaches for better addressing substance abuse issues. Included are insights from 50 contributors featuring professional perspectives from practitioners with decades of experience. While issues of substance abuse are not readily solved or cured they can be better addressed – more effectively more efficiently and more appropriately. This timely resource offers a unique blend of science-based strategies and resourceful foundations for implementation. Designed for those working either directly or indirectly with problems associated with substance use disorders this book will aid those in a wide variety of settings whether in schools communities business or government. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138588424

Leadership in Early ChildhoodThe pathway to professionalism 'Essential reading and a powerful tool for emerging early childhood leaders.' - Catharine Hydon Early Childhood ConsultantWith increasing community insistence for quality and accountability in early childhood education and care there is a need for effective and professional leadership in these services. Leadership in Early Childhood is a practical resource for early childhood practitioners who want to understand how to create and sustain successful childcare and early education settings.Fully revised and updated this fourth edition is divided into three sections: deconstructing leadership; leadership in practice; and special responsibilities of early childhood leaders. This edition also includes new case studies an additional chapter summarising the key contributing factors to effective leadership and examples based on an extensive international study of early childhood leaders.Leadership in Early Childhood has been widely used in early childhood education programs and as a professional reference text and remains a valuable resource for both students and professionals. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781743310014

Leadership in East AsiaGlobalization Innovation and Creativity in Japan South Korea and China This book compares and contrasts leadership in Japan South Korea and China examining the impact of globalization on leadership styles and trends. Presenting some of the most recent findings in leadership studies in these three countries the collection explores the power relationship between political and business leaders; employer-employee relationships and pro-social behaviour; the measurement of effective leadership; the relationship between leadership and corporate success; the survival of private firms in a tightly controlled or socialist market; and the evolution of leadership styles in the transition from state-owned to semi-private. Although many studies have offered explanations of East Asian economic and corporate success this book presents empirical evidence to explain the leadership styles in Japan South Korea and China and provides a fresh outlook for those studying business and leadership in the region. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Asia Pacific Business Review. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367335182

Leadership in East European Communism 1945-1970 Fifteen eminent social scientists from North America and Eastern Europe met under the auspices of Northwestern University's Comparative Politics Program to discuss the significance and characteristics of changes in political leadership in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union since World War II. The presentations at the conference were edited and re-written following the discussion. They are incorporated into this comprehensive analysis of political leadership in European communist countries since World War II.This volume is divided up into four parts and fourteen different chapters. Part One examines the theoretical questions of leadership in European socialist countries. Part Two provides a factual perspective including contemporary quantitative data and biographical analysis. Part Three discusses the interaction of the leadership and society. Jan Triska's concluding overview relates specific chapters to the informal discussions at the conference.Some of the notable contributions include 'Historical Development of the Communist Theory of Leadership ' Alfred G. Meyer; 'The Theory of Political Leadership and the Issue of Totalitarianism ' Carl J. Friedrich; 'Marxist Theories of Leadership and Bureaucracy ' Andras Hegedus; 'Trends in Top Political Leadership in USSR ' Frederick C. Barghoorn; 'Representation of Career Types in Soviet Political Leadership ' Frederic Fleron; 'The Soviet Appartchiki ' Michael P. Gehlen. Leadership in East European Communism 1945-1970 is essential reading for students of comparative politics and the politics of East European socialist countries and the Soviet Union. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781412842815

Leadership in English Language EducationTheoretical Foundations and Practical Skills for Changing Times Leadership in English Language Education: Theoretical Foundations and Practical Skills for Changing Times presents both theoretical approaches to leadership and practical skills leaders in English language education need to be effective. Discussing practical skills in detail and providing readers with the opportunity to acquire new skills and apply them in their own contexts the text is organized around three themes: The roles and characteristics of leaders Skills for leading ELT leadership in practice Leadership theories and approaches from business and industry are applied to and conclusions are drawn for English language teaching in a variety of organizational contexts including intensive English programs in English-speaking countries TESOL departments in universities ESL programs in community colleges EFL departments in non-English speaking countries adult education programs and commercial ELT centers and schools around the world. This is an essential resource for all administrators teachers academics and teacher candidates in English language education. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203077009

Leadership in GovernmentStudy of the Australian Public Service First published in 1998 this study formed the basis of a report submitted to the Australian Commonwealth Government as an independent piece of research. With the onset of large organizations leadership has become increasingly important being viewed both from the perspective of action and from the influence of context. The authors examine leadership in the Australian public sector first through an overview of leadership followed by a survey of the APS including the culture of the APS and recommendations for improvements. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138335011

Leadership in Health CareA European Perspective This unique text is the first to explore leadership in the context of healthcare systems across Europe. It investigates leadership and management learning against the backdrop of increasing European parliamentary influence the expansion of EU membership and the increasing number of patients staff governments and healthcare employers viewing Europe as a single market for healthcare provision and employment. Written by leading authority Neil Goodwin this timely book provides an assessment of the literature as well as practical guidance for developing personal leadership. It includes case studies and examples and is a must-buy for all students studying health management leadership and public management as well as professionals within health services across Europe. This is the fourth text in the Routledge Health Management Series. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203970218

Leadership in Higher EducationViews from the Presidency In this collection of interviews presidents and chancellors of some of America's most respected universities candidly reflect on their experiences during the decade leading up to the twenty-first century and immediately following it. This was a time of change and uncertainty when opportunities for achievement and potential for failure made their role uncommonly challenging and success called for considerable determination integrity foresight skill and courage.The American higher education system often characterized as the best in the world is distinguished for its scholarship as well as its accessibility. Its indispensable role as an engine for individual and societal economic advancement has made universities the targets of media interest critical examination and political manipulation. Higher education has become the passport to the American dream and the percentage of those going to college has increased challenging individual institutions and systems to accommodate growing numbers of aspiring students while searching for solutions to problems of inadequate college preparation and inadequate financial assistance for low-income students. Despite their increasing importance to the nation the region and their communities public and private universities have seen states reduce their support to their state systems of higher education shifting the responsibility to individuals and institutions.Leadership in Higher Education traces the careers of thirteen women and men who have presided over a total of twenty universities or university systems and three national organizations of higher education: Robert Berdahl Myles Brand Molly Corbett Broad John T. Casteen III Mary Sue Coleman Norman C. Francis Nils Hasselmo Shirley Ann Jackson Shirley Strum Kenny William English Kirwan Francis L. Lawrence Charles M. Vest and David Ward. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203787465

Leadership in OrganizationsCurrent Issues and Key Trends This third edition of Leadership in Organizations: Current Issues and Key Trends builds on the success of the previous versions with new and updated chapters providing fresh and lively insights into a subject that can often be tricky to pin down. Leadership in Organizations carefully balances theory and practice including critical perspectives to examine fundamental questions about the meaning of leadership its use and its development. Readers will benefit from the text’s rich use of cases and examples of real-life tensions challenges and successful outcomes of leadership practice. The book also sets itself apart through its distinctive focus on leadership within the wider contexts of politics economics and public policy as well as organizational behaviour and management. New elements for this edition include: The moral pitfalls of leadership Leadership roles under crisis conditions Fresh analysis of the impact of leadership on performance outcomes This is the ideal text for advanced students of leadership studies as well as practitioners looking to deepen their understanding of the leadership process and to enhance their leadership skills. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138905696

Leadership in Post-Compulsory EducationInspiring Leaders of the Future Leadership of different kinds exists at many levels in the post-compulsory sector-from principles to programme leaders administrative staff and even caretakers. Based around case studies of current leaders in post-compulsory education this unique book explores a number of leadership models and styles in order to provide inspiration and guidance for the next wave of potential leaders. * Captures authentic "voices of the leaders" * Includes examples of further adult community and prison education * Covers all type of leadership: charismatic leaders academic leaders spiritual leaders women leaders ethnic leaders ethnic leaders business leaders Presenting a wide and holistic view of leadership at different levels this book is relevant for all potential and current leaders in post-compulsory education. By encouraging readers to review and reflect on the models described the book will inspire leaders of the future to develop their own leadership styles and visions. Media > Books > Print Books David Fulton Publishers 9781138163508

Leadership in PracticeTheory and Cases in Leadership Character Recent financial crises and other high-profile mismanagement cases have brought a spotlight to the quality of leader character in the business sector. Leadership in Practice is the first book to provide an authoritative collection of cases to engage students interested in the importance of the character of business leaders. The authors have compiled a collection of cutting-edge cases and readings situating them within a theoretical landscape so students are familiarized with the concepts as they move through the text. The cases cover a wide range of successful businesses—from the NFL to Apple—and include notable controversies such as those surrounding Enron and Volkswagen. Alongside exclusive interviews and insights into the value of leadership character at individual team organizational and societal levels the book includes learning objectives and discussion questions to facilitate lively debate and interaction in the classroom. This volume will be a valuable supplement for students and instructors in any leadership class as well as researchers and practitioners interested in exploring case studies that illuminate the nature of leadership in a business setting. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138223110

Leadership in Public OrganizationsAn Introduction Now in a completely revised and updated Third Edition Leadership in Public Organizations provides a compact but complete analysis of leadership for students and practitioners who work in public and nonprofit organizations. Offering a comprehensive review of leadership theories in the field from the classic to the cutting-edge and how they relate specifically to the public sector context this textbook covers the major competency clusters in detail supported by research findings as well as practical guidelines for improvement. These competencies are graphically portrayed in a leadership action cycle that aids readers in visually connecting theory and practice. Including questions for discussion and analysis and hypothetical scenarios for each chapter as well as an easily reproducible leadership assessment instrument students may use to apply the theories they’ve learned this Third Edition also explores: The rise of e-leadership or the relationship between leadership and information and communication technologies as well as the role leaders play in selecting those technologies The challenges of nonprofit management leadership including an extensive case study designed to illustrate the differences between public and nonprofit sector leadership curricula Separate dedicated chapters on charismatic and transformational leadership; distributed leadership; ethics-based leadership; and power world cultures diversity gender complexity social change and strategy. Leadership in Public Organizations is an essential core text designed specifically with upper-level and graduate Public Administration courses on leadership in mind but it has also proven an indispensable guidebook for professionals seeking insight into the role of successful leadership behavior in the public sector. It can further be used as supplementary reading in introductory courses examining management competencies in leadership classes to provide practical self-help and improvement models and in Organizational Theory classes that wish to balance organizational perspectives with individual development. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780765647023

Leadership in Sport Effective leadership is essential in any sports organisation both in the boardroom and on the training pitch. Leadership in Sport is the first textbook to examine sports leadership in the round across both management and coaching environments. It includes a dedicated section to underpinning core leadership theories and employs a number of case studies throughout to show how best practice is applied in real world settings. Drawing on expertise from some of the leading academics and practitioners throughout the world and from both disciplines the book covers various leadership issues including: facilitative leadership strategic leadership leading effective change diversity in leadership communication and empathy motivation and performance. Key conceptual questions—the nature of leadership its role in sport styles of leadership what constitutes ineffective leadership—and other contemporary issues are also explored to give students and practitioners the most complete and clear picture of contemporary leadership in sport. With useful features in every chapter such as key terms and review questions this is an essential text for sport management or coaching degree courses. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138818255

Leadership in Sports CoachingA Social Identity Approach The professionalisation of sports coaching has demanded higher standards of leadership in order to improve performance and effectiveness. This book focuses on leadership in sports coaching exploring key concepts and principles underpinned by a presentation of new empirical research. Placing social identity theory at its centre – a theory not previously applied to sports coaching – this book provides students and researchers with a powerful tool for understanding the complex social dynamic that is the coaching process. Its chapters cover all the central aspects of sports coaching including leadership style measuring effectiveness motivation confidence and team self-esteem. Chapters explore different coaching environments to investigate the extent to which social identity impacts on coaching and leadership. A ground-breaking contribution to this field of research this book demonstrates the significance of social identity theory in sport for athletes coaches and leaders. Leadership in Sports Coaching: A social identity approach is an illuminating read for any student or researcher with an interest in coaching theory coaching practice sport psychology sport leadership or sport management. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367233396

Leadership in the Asia PacificA Global Research Perspective This book examines the vital nature of the subject of leadership in Asia and looks in particular at the processes and practices within the Asia Pacific region. It describes how leadership processes differ across various regions and teaches managers how to better employ these processes in order to improve the success of their organisations. The work moves beyond looking only at Western ideas and explores further leadership perspectives based on differing cultural foundations. It considers the influences of Confucianism Daoism Mohism and Legalism and also reflects the character of different leadership styles such as paternalistic benevolent transactional and transformational styles as well as authentic and entrepreneurial approaches. Throughout the text a wide range of international contributors adopt an array of leadership and other theories cases sectors and methods to discuss leadership in Asia. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Asia Pacific Business Review. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138383036

Leadership in the British Civil Service (Routledge Revivals)A study of Sir Percival Waterfield and the creation of the Civil Service Selection Board First published in 1984 this book examines the style of leadership amongst senior civil servants and its impact on administrative reform by investigating the work of Sir Percival Waterfield who was First Civil Service Commissioner from 1939 to 1951. He was responsible for setting up the Civil Service Selection Board which was the key institution in the pioneering new approach to personnel selection initiated in Britain after the Second World War. It has been regarded as the model for personnel recruitment in other contexts and for civil service recruitment in other countries. The book raises fundamental questions about the criteria for recruitment and promotion of leading officials in British central government and offers a rare glimpse of the day to day work of top civil servants and the administrative culture in which they operate. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415508230

Leadership in the Construction IndustryDeveloping Authentic Leaders in a Dynamic World This book presents a new framework for leadership in the construction industry which draws from the authentic leadership construct. The framework has three major themes: self-leadership self-transcendent leadership and sustainable leadership. Despite its significance leadership has not been given due importance in the construction industry as focus is placed on managerial functionalism. At the project level even with the technological advances in the industry in recent years construction is realized in the form of people undertaking distinct interdependent activities which require effective leadership. The industry faces many challenges including: demanding client requirements and project parameters; more stringent regulations codes and systems; intense competition in the industry; and threats from disruptive enterprise. In such a complex environment technology-driven and tool-based project and corporate management is insufficient. It must be complemented by a strategic genuine stakeholder-focused and ethical leadership. Leadership in the Construction Industry is based on a study on authentic leadership and its development in Singapore. Leadership theories and concepts are reviewed; the importance of leadership in the construction industry is discussed; and the grounded theory approach which was applied in the study is explained. Many eminent construction professionals in Singapore were interviewed in the field study. Emerging from the experiences of the leaders documented in this book are three major themes: (1) self-leadership: how leaders engage in various self-related processes such as self-awareness self-regulation and role modeling. (2) self-transcendent leadership: how leaders go beyond leading themselves to leading others through servant leadership shared leadership spiritual leadership and socially-responsible leadership; and  finally (3) sustainable leadership or the strategies leaders employ to make the impact of their leadership lasting. A synthesis of these themes and their implications for leadership development is presented before the book concludes with some recommendations for current and aspiring leaders about how they can engage with them. This book is essential reading for all construction practitioners from all backgrounds; and researchers on leadership and management in construction. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367482152

Leadership in the Library and Information Science ProfessionsTheory and Practice Safely guide your library into the new millennium!Like so much else in the information professions leadership styles are being forced to change to meet the demands of technological innovation. Leadership in the Library and Information Science Professions is among the first books to focus on this increasingly important job qualification. It offers practical advice for developing strong flexible and creative leadership skills in yourself and your staff.This fascinating volume stresses the leadership needed to manage change. The essential skills taught here will help you update library services at a reasonable pace while preserving valuable low-tech alternatives. As one chapter recommends “Every librarian at every level should have ready an answer-multiple answers-to the ubiquitous questions: Why do we still need libraries when everything is on the Web? How can you justify an expanding budget in the Internet Age?”Leadership in the Library and Information Science Professions offers fresh ideas for developing and using leadership skills including: recruiting tips for identifying potential leaders staff training and development restructuring the organization to encourage full staff participation budget strategies for successful leaders issues of gender and ethnic diversity evaluating and assessing leadershipLeadership in the Library and Information Science Professions is an essential resource for library administrators and staff. By developing your leadership skills and those of your staff you can confidently face the hectic pace of change in the information sciences. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203707395

Leadership in the Life SciencesTen Lessons from the C-Suite of Pharmaceutical and Medical Technology Companies The healthcare professionals who save and extend our lives are helpless without the medicines and technologies that have revolutionised medical care. But the industry that invents makes and provides these indispensable tools is transforming under the pressure of ageing populations globalisation and revolutions in biological and information technology. How this industry adapts and evolves is vitally important to every one of us. This book looks inside the heads and hearts of the people who lead the global pharmaceutical and medical technology industry. It describes how they make sense of their markets and the wider life sciences economy. It reveals what they have learned about how to lead large complex organisations to compete in dynamic global markets. Leadership in the Life Sciences is essential reading for anyone working in or with the pharmaceutical and medical technology industry and its halo of supporting companies. Written as ten succinct lessons it gives the reader unique insight into what the industry’s leaders are thinking. Covering topics from leadership to organisational culture from change management to digital disruption and from competitive strategy to value-creation each chapter distils the accumulated wisdom of those who lead the complex and turbulent life sciences industry. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367077181

Leadership in the OpenA New Paradigm in Emergency Management As a relatively young field emergency management has already undergone considerable evolution and change. And now that Web 2.0 technologies and social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter have become inherently ingrained in all facets of our lives emergency managers must once again re-evaluate best practices and standardized approaches.Providing a roadmap for twenty-first century emergency management best practices Leadership in the Open: A New Paradigm in Emergency Management examines public expectations relative to the use of communication and Web 2.0 technologies for emergency management activities. It covers current technologies along with the public’s demand for transparency and ever-increasing need for instant information and updates.The book is divided into three sections that focus on the fundamentals of social media the potential effects of its strategic use in disaster management and the attitude of engagement that is effective for community commitment. Coverage includes efficiency magnification humility creativity ethics the tension of changing public expectations and long-standing best practices within the emergency management community.This book builds on the author's bestseller Disasters 2.0: The Application of Social Media Systems for Modern Emergency Management by looking at an emergency manager's role not simply by job function but on what the public demands. Filled with extensive real-world examples this is an ideal guide for leaders in emergency management first-response and business continuity—as well as advanced level students preparing to enter the field. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781466558236

Leadership in the Public SectorPromise and Pitfalls In view of the approaching age of austerity for the public sector leadership is likely to continue to become a key theme. This edited volume brings together a host of material from the public sector to analyze the issue internationally. Teelken Dent & Ferlie lead a team of contributors in examining three key aspects of this increasingly important theme: the meaning of public sector leadership and how this changes in different contexts the implications for leadership style given the growing role of the private sector the response to the leadership issue from professionals moving into senior management roles With contributions from respected academics such as Jean-Louis Denis Mike Reed and Mirko Nordegraaf this book will be an invaluable supplementary resource for those undertaking studies across public sector management and administration. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415525831

Leadership in the U.S. SenateHerding Cats in the Modern Era Unlike leadership in the House of Representatives the nature of Senate leadership continues to remain a mystery to so many. Due to the absence of an "operator’s manual " leaders have had to use their individual skills intelligence and personalities to lead the Senate which means they each have had their own unique leadership style. How have Senate majority leaders advanced their agendas in this traditionally egalitarian institution a chamber like no other legislative body where they must balance the rights of 99 independent senators with the collective needs of their party? Featuring a foreword by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Leadership in the U.S. Senate offers students a comprehensive and contemporary examination of three different eras in the evolution of the Senate. Collectively contributions written by those who have served the senators offer insight into how different Senate leaders have operated chronicle changes in Senate life over the past four decades and describe how they have changed the institution. The chapters cover: How leadership styles are shaped by both individualism and party goals Eight biographical perspectives from Senator Howard Baker (R-TN) to Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) The political context of the Senate during which the respective majority leader served Individual leadership style and performance in office Contributions individuals made to the institution while serving as majority leaders This book paves the way for political scientists and others to examine the topic of Senate leadership. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138068391

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Leadership Lessons from the Trump Presidency This book seeks to demonstrate that we can learn from both 'good' and 'bad' leaders. Part One looks at President Trump’s behaviour from inauguration to impeachment. The ancient Greek concepts of Kairos and Chronos are used to indicate that Trump was almost a natural fit for the US of 2017. Part Two considers the consequences of his behaviour on the US the world at large and for leadership overall. There is a temptation to consider only 'good' leaders when asking what we can learn from others. This book explores the issue of what can be learned from any person in a leadership role no matter what the value judgement we make of them. Part One explores Trump’s behaviour up to the moment of impeachment and the longer-term residual impacts this will have once his term as President is over. It shows that our value judgements tend to be based on perception and a priori assumptions. Part Two explores what we can learn from the Trump event no matter what our leadership role. Disruption is endemic in today’s world. Today it often seems that we are born live and die in three quite different worlds. Yet at its core things have changed very little. Oligarchy has been a reality since time immemorial. Unless we are first 'unfrozen' from the status quo change tends to be more cosmetic than actual. Donald Trump’s presidency has the potential to be the thawing agent that could enable 'real' change through which new forms of both democracy and capitalism might emerge across the world. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367862374

Leadership MattersFinding Voice Connection and Meaning in the 21st Century In recent years we have seen what could be described as a moral meltdown in the corporate corridors of power. Few sectors have escaped high profile scandals with public officials and leaders guilty of malpractice duplicity fraud and corporate malfeasance. Conventional leadership theories appear to be inadequate to equip those with power to act ethically and responsibly. At a more macro level many of the social and environmental problems we face in the 21st century could in fact be described as spiritual in nature rooted in a flawed human condition. Leadership Matters brings together an eclectic mix of authors of different faith traditions to explore what this spiritual and cultural transformation might look like. For too long we have relied on external codes of conduct which are at best blunt instruments for creating ethical practice. So chapter by chapter this book examines our interior lives from the perspective of mind body and soul. The unashamed premise of this book is that true and influential leadership comes from the inside with each chapter presenting what it means to lead respectfully critically responsibly and humbly in the gritty reality of the twenty first century workplace. This volume will be of keen interest to academics and practitioners in the field of leadership and the related disciplines. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138368842

Leadership MattersUnleashing the Power of Paradox Some leaders fundamentally alter the status quo whilst others guide quietly. Most leadership books emphasise specific rules but Tom Cronin and Michael Genovese see leadership as filled with paradox. Leadership Matters offers a different view of leadership - one that builds community and responds creatively to new situations. Cronin and Genovese argue that leadership is about more than just charisma and set leaders on to a different path - to unleash the power of paradox. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781612051437

Leadership Meta-CompetenciesDiscovering Hidden Virtues This book doesn't offer overrated success stories which in most cases cannot be imitated. It contains no check lists or recipes for success and it presents no theoretically-based models. The meta-competencies discussed in this refreshing book are timeless virtues of which effective leaders seem to possess but which are rarely if ever included in lists of competencies in the vast business leadership literature. They include: Existential intelligence - distinct from the much discussed emotional intelligence is about the ability to pose questions and reflect on fundamental issues in ways that develop a mature ability to interpret the world and better understand other people. Phronesis - is the ability to exercise sound judgement based on skilful application of moral and political rationality. Solitude - is a voluntary state achieved when an individual has the ability to momentarily withdraw and be free of external pressures and demands in order to concentrate on desired mental-cognitive activities. Trust building - is more often discussed in leadership literature. As a leadership competence it is about the ability to be credible show trust in and respect for other people and inspire trust. For the curious business practitioner business student or business educator wishing to consider aspects of leadership competence that have to some extent been hidden or forgotten this book introduces the notion of meta-competences and deals in detail with them. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367670092

Leadership of Higher Education AssessmentA Guide to Theory for Practitioners Leadership of Higher Education Assessment provides a comprehensive treatment of leadership theories and helps practitioners integrate this knowledge into their assessment work. Synthesizing leadership theories into manageable concepts relevant to the college and university context this useful guide supports assessment leaders in addressing complex institutional situations and developing their own unique philosophy of assessment and leadership style. In the face of ongoing challenges such as data accessibility data security concerns a shifting accreditation environment complex politics and lack of available resources this book is a critical guide for assessment leaders who want to take command of their practice. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815396765

Leadership of Pedagogy and Curriculum in Higher Music Education Leadership of Pedagogy and Curriculum in Higher Music Education is the second of a two-volume anthology dedicated to leadership and leadership development in higher music education. Fifteen authors write from multiple countries and contexts exploring pedagogical and curricular leadership challenges and successes from around the globe. They draw attention to the dynamics of pedagogical approaches which encourage learners’ deep and agentic engagement considering the sustainability and scope of such interventions while highlighting positive frameworks and approaches. As with its companion volume Leadership of Pedagogy and Curriculum in Higher Music Education includes student commentary in which student contributors give concrete ideas and recommendations for facilitating and strengthening leadership development through practical and equitable strategies with students communities and colleagues. The outcome is a collection of essays designed to offer student musicians higher education teachers and institutional leaders theoretically informed and practical insights into the development and practice of leadership. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367077334

Leadership of Public Bureaucracies: The Administrator as ConservatorThe Administrator as Conservator The revolution in public management has led many reformers to call for public managers to reinvent themselves as public entrepreneurs. Larry D. Terry opposes this view and presents a normative theory of administrative leadership that integrates legal sociological and constitutional theory. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315669236

Leadership on JavaGentle Hints Authoritarian Rule This text examines how leaders on Java rise to power stay in power and pass their power on. Most of these essays deal with rural power but a few address more general issues of leadership. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138180925

Leadership on the China Coast Originally published in 1984 Leadership on the China Coast brings together four independent empirical studies of leadership exercised on China’s southern coastland. Written by academics from across several disciplines the book presents a wealth of research on methods of constructing authority in China and on informal politics as a process integrated with formal bureaucratic administrations in which idiosyncratic leadership operates on all levels under shared ideological and legal constraints. Leadership on the China Coast will appeal to those with an interest in the social and political history of China. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367616281

Leadership ParadoxesRethinking Leadership for an Uncertain World Leadership Paradoxes was shortlisted for the 2017 Management Book of the Year an industry book award organised by the Chartered Management Institute and the British Library. ******************************************** Leadership remains one of the most sought-after qualities in contemporary society yet after centuries of research education and debate it remains just as elusive as ever. Leadership Paradoxes: Rethinking Leadership for an Uncertain World argues that the key to understanding and enhancing leadership education theory and practice lies in the recognition of its paradoxical tendencies. Drawing on the expertise of an international team of leadership scholars and practitioners this book examines common leadership paradoxes and challenges faced by leaders — and shows how they can be reconceived as opportunities to be embraced rather than problems to be solved. Readers will benefit from reflective questions at the end of each chapter plus a companion website at www.leadershipparadoxes.com offering further material and a forum for discussion. Leadership Paradoxes will be valuable supplementary reading for students of leadership at advanced undergraduate postgraduate and post-experience level as well as professionals seeking to improve their practice. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138807129

Leadership Perspectives This definitive reference work is designed to meet a need for all those who have an interest in Leadership; be they students at business schools academic researchers leadership consultants or practical leaders. At last we have a collection of seminal peer-reviewed articles and book chapters in one convenient volume. All the members of the Editorial Team have an association with the renowned Centre for Leadership Studies at Exeter University and they have chosen their articles around six core themes: Understanding Leadership; Relationships; Power and Leadership; Leadership Identity and Difference; Imagination; Spirituality in Organizations. These themes cover a broad spectrum of Leadership and this volume enables people to access some of the best writing on this fascinating topic all in one publication. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315250601

Leadership Poster The poster is available with a thin Plastic Film Coating to protect against dust and grime fading due to light exposure and oil from finger marks. We encourage our customers to protect their posters with this product. Media > Books > Print Books Productivity Press 9781926537900

Leadership Processes and Follower Self-identity Presenting a follower-centered perspective on leadership this book focuses on followers as the direct determinant of leadership effects because it is generally through follower reactions and behaviors that leadership attempts succeed or fail. Therefore leadership theory needs to be articulated with a theory of how followers create meaning from leadership acts and how this meaning helps followers self-regulate in specific contexts. In this book an attempt is made to develop such a theory maintaining that the central construct in this process is the self-identity of followers. In developing this theoretical perspective the authors draw heavily from several areas of research and theory. The most critical constructs do not come directly from the leadership literature but from social and cognitive theory pertaining to follower's self-identity self-regulatory processes motivation values cognitions and emotions and perceptions of social justice. Leaders may have profound effects on these aspects of followers and it is by analyzing such indirect follower-mediated leadership effects that most ideas regarding leadership theory and practice are developed. Due to its broad theoretical focus this book is relevant to a number of audiences. The authors' principal concern is with the development of leadership theory and the practice of leadership making the book relevant to audiences in management applied psychology and social psychology. They have tried to clearly define key constructs and provide practical examples so that the book could be accessible to advanced undergraduate students. However the diversity of the underlying theoretical literatures and the complexity of the framework developed also make the book appropriate for graduate courses in those disciplines and for readers with a professional interest in leadership theory or practice. Media > Books > Print Books Psychology Press 9780415655408

Leadership ReformedWhy Leaders Need the Gospel to Change the World This book presents the gospel as a sensemaking tool to critically examine five areas of personal leadership effectiveness namely desire identity dignity motive and ambition. Every tipping point in changing the world for the better always involves leadership. Yet history also illustrates that even formidable leaders are prone to derailment and failures. Contrary to the popular idea that leaders need to enhance their self-efficacy to be effective the focus of self is misguided because the self is the epicenter of the leadership problem. The author posits that the preoccupation with the self (and consequently unbelief in the gospel) is the fundamental reason why leaders are blinded by power and control create their own performance treadmill live for the approval of others and have myopic ambitions for things of this world. Drawing on biblical insights and scholarly research the leadership principles outlined in the book and their street-level applications will equip both novice and seasoned leaders to begin and end well. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367857516

Leadership ResilienceLessons for Leaders from the Policing Frontline Leadership is demanding and challenging. How do leaders cope? How do they remain fit and strong and thrive? The authors of Leadership Resilience a business school academic and a police officer suggest that many challenges faced by leaders are similar to the challenges experienced by police officers. The isolation; the pressure not to show personal emotions; the expectation that they will deal effectively with confused frustrated and angry people; and that they can deal with delivering bad news; all contribute to the pressures bearing on leaders and police officers everywhere. The authors argue that these challenges are more pronounced in policing and so more readily identifiable than in other leadership situations. They explore challenges experienced by police officers look at how they cope with them and draw lessons for those undertaking leadership roles more generally. Leadership Resilience provides accounts from police officers in their own words of difficult experiences they encounter. They describe their feelings about what was important and how they coped with it. Each account is followed by an analysis highlighting what is discussed and not discussed in the accounts and identifying lessons that can be drawn by leaders in other situations. All is presented so that it is relevant to different cultures demanding different styles of leadership. Analysis of the engaging experiences featured will help leaders struggling with the gap between leadership education and capability and the demands made of them to survive and thrive while maintaining their physical mental emotional and spiritual health. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138279384

Leadership Skills for Maintenance Supervisors and Managers Supervision is a leveraged activity. When we develop the supervisor's skills we enhance the productivity of the whole workgroup. This book provides valuable skill training for supervisors team leaders and managers. It offers techniques to improve reliability that can be accomplished at the supervisor level. It teaches both the science and the art of the supervision of maintenance workers discusses managing meetings and time the elements of technical issues and presents management and people skills  offering maximum productivity and high-quality provision of services and at the same time improving morale throughout the workforce. This book is suitable for all types of maintenance for organizations with supervisors and managers from plant operations storeroom construction and related areas including industrial organizations construction companies mines fleets building maintenance janitorial maintenance contractors and vocational tech schools teaching maintenance short courses. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367481759

Leadership Strategies in the Age of Big Data Algorithms and Analytics Harnessing the power of technology is one of the key measures of effective leadership. Leadership Strategies in the Age of Big Data Algorithms and Analytics will help leaders think and act like strategists to maintain a leading-edge competitive advantage. Written by a leading expert in the field this book provides new insights on how to successfully transition companies by aligning an organization’s culture to accept the benefits of digital technology. The author emphasizes the importance of creating a team spirit with employees to embrace the digital age and develop strategic business plans that pinpoint new markets for growth strengthen customer relationships and develop competitive strategies. Understanding how to deal with inconsistencies when facts generated by data analytics disagree with your own experience intuition and knowledge of the competitive situation is key to successful leadership. Media > Books > Print Books Productivity Press 9781498764148

Leadership Succession This volume focuses on the most critical strategic activity in any organization namely who gets chosen to sit in the top echelon of the pyramid. Friedman argues that it is the quality of corporate leadership that will determine corporate winners and losers in the global competitive game.The stakes in leadership succession are high. The selection of key figures is the one human resource activity that no one belittles for being of secondary importance. Indeed leadership succession is so important and central in many executive minds that it crowds out any other work. The succession process is often fraught with political intrigue it lacks discipline and excludes meaningful involvement of senior human resource executives.The contributors to this imaginative volume reveal a succession planning process that is frequently sloppy superficial and regularly sabotaged by senior management when they give it short shrift in terms of quality time. In addition senior management often overrides sound decisions when it comes to filling key positions. The result is a lack of integrity throughout the human resource systems that eventually leads to a collapse of belief in the system and its governance.Noel M. Tichy a leading figure in the studies of human resource management has said "Stewart Friedman is to be congratulated for a successful effort in providing a state of the art look at leadership succession. [He] provides us with an empirical database of what is happening in U.S. corporations helpful prescriptions for future improvement of leadership succession and a realistic assessment of the human resource executive challenges in this area." Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781412842365

Leadership Through CollaborationAlternatives to the Hierarchy With a foreword by Thomas Sergiovanni this book exposes the myths about school leadership which impede educational improvement. It also profiles 8 successful schools at which student achievement has flourished after collaboration was introduced. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138472822

Leadership VarietiesThe Role of Economic Change and the New Masculinity In all periods of time there is a perceived shortage of qualified credible and robust leadership skills. At the same time what is regarded as skilled leadership is contingent on economic political institutional and cultural conditions specific for a period of time or a local setting. Leadership in the era of managerial capitalism was focused on planning and administration and was seated in large-scale divisionalized corporations. In the 1970s this economic model started to wane and leadership was advanced as the solution to a series of economic and social concerns now being a matter of meaning-making in the face of uncertainty and ambiguity. With the expansion of the finance industry and the deregulation of finance markets in the 1990s and in the new millennium yet another leadership model increasingly prioritized economic value creation. In parallel to the economic political and institutional changes the idea of leadership has been strongly informed by new ideas about individualism and masculinity adding to the understanding of leadership as what is anchored in widespread social beliefs about for example healthy life styles the virtues of physical exercise and novel gender relations. Aimed at scholars researchers students and policy makers in the fields of Leadership Management History and Organizational Theory; Leadership Varieties examines predominant ideas about the qualities and virtues of leadership in a historical and cultural perspective. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138617261

LeadershipA Critical Introduction Leadership is crucial to the success of any organisation. But how can one seek to most effectively develop the leadership ability of both themselves and others? How should one define leadership? Are great leaders born or made? This text addresses such fundamental questions via a comprehensive and critical approach to the discussion of key leadership theories. The text encourages the reader to consider the role of both follower and leader in the leadership process and to recognise the emergence of both effective and destructive leadership.　 Each chapter features 'Expert Insights' on leadership written by leaders in their respective fields. These insights offer the reader a valuable real-world perspective of leadership that enriches the abstract theory covered in each chapter. The provision of case studies examples and supplementary online material provide the effective delivery of both undergraduate and postgraduate lectures and workshops and self-guided study. A concluding chapter that focuses on the development of one’s self-leadership ultimately facilitates a comprehensive introduction to what is at once a seductive complex transformative and alluring topic. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415625944

LeadershipA Relevant and Realistic Role for Principals With case studies on such topics as implementing a technology program and modifying a schedule this book shows why principals must play a leadership role. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315853277

Leadership-as-PracticeTheory and Application This book develops a new paradigm in the field of leadership studies referred to as the "leadership-as-practice" (L-A-P) movement. Its essence is its conception of leadership as occurring as a practice rather than residing in the traits or behaviours of particular individuals. A practice is a coordinative effort among participants who choose through their own rules to achieve a distinctive outcome. It also tends to encompass routines as well as problem-solving or coping skills often tacit that are shared by a community. Accordingly leadership-as-practice is less about what one person thinks or does and more about what people may accomplish together. It is thus concerned with how leadership emerges and unfolds through day-to-day experience. The social and material contingencies impacting the leadership constellation – the people who are effecting leadership at any given time – do not reside outside of leadership but are very much embedded within it. To find leadership then we must look to the practice within which it is occurring.　　　　　　　　　　　 The leadership-as-practice approach resonates with a number of closely related traditions such as collective shared distributed and relational leadership that converge on leadership processes. These approaches share a line of inquiry that acknowledges leadership as a social phenomenon. The new focus opens up a plethora of research opportunities encouraging the study of social processes beyond influence such as intersubjective agency shared sense-making dialogue and co-construction of responsibilities. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138924864

LeadershipFinding balance between ambition and acceptance Leadership argues that finding satisfaction and sanity at work requires the development of both ambition and acceptance. While these traits seem to be at odds with one another Marques shows that each one has positive and negative elements and the trick is balancing the useful aspects of each to maximize success. The book defines this balance and its relationship to success featuring real-world examples useful diagrams and cases to encourage students to reflect on how to apply these principles to their own lives. Laying the foundation for understanding the need to develop both ambition and acceptance and providing the context for what performance means in modern times Marques presents a framework for growing in one’s own career. Students learn how to evaluate competing impulses and how to make critical decisions to define career success. Students of career development leadership and organizational behavior classes will appreciate its grounded engaging writing style. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138905467

LeadershipPerformance Beyond Expectations The second edition of Leadership offers a unique highly-applied academic treatise on leadership uniquely blending a chronological analysis of the last 100 years of leadership theory with exclusive CEO interviews. The case studies expert insights and other teaching aids are timely and hard hitting making this textbook relevant insightful and informative while a research chapter empowers the reader to competently question the leaders that shape our world. The world has turned on its political and corporate axis since the first edition of Leadership was published and it became necessary to produce a second edition that fully encapsulated respected and observed these changes. Numerous new case studies discussion starters and examples subsequently reflect today’s volatile technological political financial and social shifts while exclusive interviews with successful CEOs powerfully blend theory with practice. Readers will learn the importance of navigating leadership in the most testing of times. A new chapter ‘Researching leadership’ offers the reader the opportunity to develop significantly as a leadership researcher and to ably question reality in a post-truth world. A self-leadership chapter equips the reader to develop their own leadership capabilities while retaining the ability to avoid destructive leadership. Ultimately readers will become empowered to appreciate the complex intersectional nature of leadership and to learn what it takes to lead in today’s politically technologically and socially tumultuous world. This book will be particularly engaging for students and educators at secondary school college undergraduate and postgraduate level and for leadership/management consultants. While the book's primary role remains as a core text for leadership management and business modules it will also be of interest to students on many other courses (e.g. psychology politics sociology). Packed with teaching resources which educators will find particularly useful Leadership is the only textbook of its kind to offer such an applied view of this subject via the inclusion of 12 (mostly CEO) expert insights. The first edition was an "Amazon Hot New Release" so this second edition might also hold interest for a general readership. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367374822

LeadershipQuotations From The World's Greatest Motivators The thought-provoking quotations presented here cover a broad spectrum of topics related to leadership. The majority of authors represented are great statesmen philosophers or military leaders but also included are pertinent thoughts by corporate leaders scholars and writers. International in scope the collection includes quotations from ever Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367319946

LeadershipSucceeding in the Private Public and Not-for-profit Sectors The contributors to this wide-ranging volume seek to define exactly what leadership is or should be and how to effectively develop it. Guided by an unusual framework that looks at leadership across different sectors and functions they examine what they view as the major leadership challenges in highly visible for-profit not-for-profit and government organizations throughout the world. Their insights will prove equally useful as a general survey of leadership problems for executive policy makers and for undergraduate and graduate students in the specific fields examined in the text. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315702919

LeadersightsCreating Great Leaders Who Create Great Workplaces Love learn let go. Three decisions. Three actions. Three habits. Together these offer leaders insight (Leadersights) into the true nature of leadership and can create the type of workplace that can thrive in a demanding future. Leadersights: Creating Great Leaders Who Create Great Workplaces focuses on how organizations of all types can create a leader-development system that defines critical leader behaviors provides simple techniques for building and improving the skills that drive those behaviors and establishes a mechanism for monitoring and enforcing those behaviors. This book details how leaders can do the same for their employees; defining and promoting behaviors required for sustaining continuous change. In addition it synthesizes current research on change servant leadership group and team dynamics job satisfaction intrinsic motivation psychological flow and individual self-efficacy. If you are stuck in a culture of compliance where an increasingly frustrated workforce continues to rely too much on leaders to solve problems this book will guide you by: Focusing on the critical few leadership skills that provide better results Demonstrating proven improvement techniques tools and structures for higher satisfaction levels in colleagues    Offering a new leadership model blending existing theories into an integral structure Explaining complex human systems in plain language and how they align with Lean principles Providing several "Leadersights" – simple suggestions for immediate improvement You will understand how to create the structure necessary to engage leaders and colleagues while driving new behavior and culture change. The author builds an effective leader development system based on current research on change leadership group and team dynamics job satisfaction intrinsic motivation psychological flow and self-efficacy to create the kind of workplace where people love coming to work and where they become better thinkers leaders and teachers.      Media > Books > Print Books Productivity Press 9781466558007

Leading Managing Caring: Understanding Leadership and Management in Health and Social Care Effective leadership and management in health and social care are built on good practice strong relationships and a critical understanding of the wider context in which care takes place. Leading Managing Caring illustrates how leadership and management work in everyday settings providing invaluable support to those practising or studying in the area. The book introduces the four core building blocks of the caring manager or leader: personal awareness team awareness goal awareness and contextual awareness. Together these form a firm foundation for understanding and practice. Drawing on up-to-date case studies the authors explore how critical theoretical understanding can support practical attempts to work through complex situations with a diverse range of people. Also included is a toolkit containing carefully selected and practical tools for leading and managing change. This comprehensive textbook is suitable for existing and aspiring managers and leaders in a range of health and social care professions or anyone interested in understanding more about the complex landscape in which care services are managed and delivered in the UK. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415658515

Leading a Creative SchoolInitiating and Sustaining School Change Introducing creativity to the classroom is a concern for teachers governments and future employers around the world and there has been a drive to make experiences at school more exciting relevant challenging and dynamic for all young people ensuring they leave education able to contribute to the global creative economy. Leading a Creative School shows that school leaders are central in any change process and offers suggestions and models of practice for a whole school change towards creative practice. Providing an accessible overview of key issues and debates surrounding different methods of creative change practical activities and stimulus material for to help teachers this book will explain how to: reflect on why change is important for your school motivate your teaching staff create the conditions for a whole school change develop practical strategies to make changes long lasting and assess and monitor changes taking place. Providing case studies and examples of school change from leading practitioners throughout this book is an invaluable guide for all those involved in school leadership management and change. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415570831

Leading a Diversity Culture Shift in Higher EducationComprehensive Organizational Learning Strategies Leading a Diversity Culture Shift in Higher Education offers a practical and timely guide for launching implementing and institutionalizing diversity organizational learning. The authors draw from extensive interviews with chief diversity officers and college and university leaders to reveal the prevailing models and best practices for strengthening diversity practices within the higher education community today. They complement this original research with an analysis of key contextual factors that shape the organizational learning process including administrative leadership institutional mission and goals historical legacy geographic location and campus structures and politics. Given the substantive challenge of engendering a cultural shift for diversity in a university setting this book will serve as a concrete primer for institutions seeking to develop a systematic and progressive approach to diversity organizational learning. Readers will be able to engage with provocative case studies that grapple with the current pressures emanating from diversity training and learn effective strategies for creating more inclusive environments. This book is a perfect resource for institutional leaders administrators faculty members and key campus constituencies who are seeking transformational change institutional success and stability in a rapidly diversifying national and global environment. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138280717

Leading a School Culture of LearningHow to Improve Attainment Progress and Wellbeing This practical book is designed to help school leaders develop a sustainable culture of learning across the curriculum. It offers a personal insight into how one school embraced a range of dialogic and analytical tools to create an environment in which all stakeholders were inspired to evaluate and innovate. Each chapter tackles one piece of the ‘jigsaw’ that makes up a successful school environment considering topics such as Attitudes for Learning Coaching for Learning and Love of Learning. Utilising theory case studies and activities it illustrates how the reader can realistically and practically increase student attainment in their own school setting. This book will help leaders: Develop a supportive and encouraging leadership style that will create a cycle of self-improvement and self-efficacy for all Adapt the curriculum to focus on progress and engagement Use the Philosophy 4 Children strategies to promote deeper thinking and enquiry increasing the rate of school improvement through a system of enquiry based staff professional development Using an inner-city primary school as a working example this book will be a source of inspiration and encouragement for school leaders teachers and school advisors looking to cultivate and embed a love of learning into their school. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367361143

Leading and Implementing Business Change ManagementMaking Change Stick in the Contemporary Organization Being change capable is the "new normal" for today’s growth-minded organizations. The "do more with less" strategies of the past are no longer effective in preparing organizations to meet the increasing challenges for growth competitiveness and innovation required of them in this new era. Business change challenges including customer and market shifts legal and regulatory requirements strategic redirection acquisitions strategic partnerships and cultural transformation are demanding that organizations effectively and efficiently manage change across multiple dimensions. To reach this level of change capability organizations must adopt an integrated balanced and customized approach to change management. Change management is addressed from the unique perspective of both its foundational concepts as well as practical application. Using an integrated scalable and flexible framework  this book provides tools which can be readily customized and applied to initiatives across or within stages of the business change management lifecycle from assessing the need for change through planning the change initiative designing a balanced change solution which integrates the people process and project management elements through deploying and institutionalizing the change. Common risks associated with failed or stalled change initiatives are presented with best practices and key topics associated with change management are explored and illustrated through real-life case studies. Aimed at both the professionals within organizations and post graduate students and researchers within business strategy organizational behaviour and change management disciplines this book will provide a conceptual understanding of change management and a roadmap with a supporting toolbox for leading and implementing change that sticks. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415660617

Leading and Managing Indigenous Education in the Postcolonial World This book brings together the academic fields of educational leadership educational administration strategic change management and Indigenous education in order to provide a critical multi-perspective systems level analysis of the provision of education services to Indigenous people. It draws on a range of theorists across these fields internationally mobilising social exchange and intelligent complex adaptive systems theories to address the key problematic of intergenerational educational failure. Ma Rhea establishes the basis for an Indigenous rights approach to the state provision of education to Indigenous peoples that includes recognition of their distinctive economic linguistic and cultural rights within complex globalized postcolonial education systems. The book problematizes the central concept of a partnership between Indigenous people and non-Indigenous school leaders staff and government policy makers even as it holds this key concept at its centre. The infantilising of Indigenous communities and Indigenous people can take priority over the education of their children in the modern state; this book offers an argument for a profound rethinking of the leadership and management of Indigenous education. Leading and Managing Indigenous Education in the Postcolonial World will be of value to researchers and postgraduate students focusing on Indigenous education as well as teachers education administrators and bureaucrats sociologists of education Indigenous education specialists and those in international and comparative education. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138702288

Leading and Managing InnovationWhat Every Executive Team Must Know about Project Program and Portfolio Management Second Edition The primary cause of many project failures is that responsible executives because of their lack of knowledge in project management fail to demand that their managers and staff properly utilize the well-proven best practices processes systems and tools that are now available in this field. This book remedies this situation by providing executives at all levels with the understanding and knowledge needed to best take advantage of the power of effective project management and thereby lead and manage innovations within their enterprise. In Leading and Managing Innovation: What Every Executive Team Must Know about Project Program and Portfolio Management Second Edition the authors present concise descriptions of The key concepts underlying project and program management The important characteristics of projects and programs How projects and programs are best governed and managed How to determine if the desired benefits have actually been achieved The book presents a list of 31 reasonable demands that executives can and must place on their staff members to ensure excellence in the way their programs and projects are created selected for funding planned and executed. Placing these demands communicates to the entire enterprise that top management understands what it takes to achieve the best performance possible and fully supports the continuous improvement needed to ensure continued success. Leading and Managing Innovation explains how to measure the project management maturity level of an enterprise benchmark against competitors and identify where project management improvements are required. It discusses the many ways that an enterprise can derive substantial success and competitive advantage from increasing its project management maturity level. A helpful quick reference summary of all of the book’s key information is included in the final chapter. Armed with this information you will be well-qualified to give excellent direction to your managers and staff to ensure that your vital capability in the field of project management—and how you manage innovation—is equal to or better than that of your competitors. Media > Books > Print Books Auerbach Publications 9781498751209

Leading and Managing People in the Dynamic Organization The current business environment requires that individuals teams and organizations are equipped to cope with an unpredictable marketplace and increasing competition. Organizations are forced to be kinetic organic and without boundaries if they are to remain successful. Given these environmental and marketplace demands scholars must rethink the applicability of existing organizational theories and frameworks. In March 2001 a conference was held with the aim of developing and articulating this new model of organizations. Scholars contributed their expertise in areas such as leadership human resource management negotiation and conflict teams entrepreneurship organizational change power and influence and diversity. The contributors focused on their own area of expertise and considered how existing theories must be altered to fit a more agile organizational form. Theoretical and empirical questions were raised testable hypotheses were developed and emerging themes were uncovered. The end result of the conference is this volume. It brings together the reflections of a diverse collection of organizational theorists and researchers on the implications of this new business model within their own areas of expertise. The book's goal is to inspire organizational scholars to develop a new theory and produce sound managerial advice for how to build and maintain a successful organization in a dynamic workplace. The chapters include a review of research literature with the highlights and citations that everybody working in a field must know followed by how the research agenda is affected by the increasingly dynamic marketplace. Media > Books > Print Books Psychology Press 9780415649667

Leading and Managing Professional Services Firms in the Infrastructure Sector Professional services firms play a vital role in the social environmental and economic well-being of any economy. This book considers the key skills and elements required to successfully lead and manage a professional services firm operating in the infrastructure sector. Public- and private-sector clients recognise the role that infrastructure plays in the functionality of our cities and that most urban conurbations have a backlog of infrastructure to deliver to meet the needs of increasing populations greater urbanisation and emerging economies. Just keeping pace with projected global GDP growth will require an enormous investment in infrastructure and skilful leadership to deliver it. In response to this challenge professional services firms will need to be well-led and well-managed to be successful and sustainable in the long-term. Such organisations must provide high-value advice design knowledge and innovations to get more out of the existing assets and to plan and design new assets with greater integrity and construct them more productively efficiently and effectively. This book provides practical frameworks for emerging operational managers and future project leaders to prepare them to successfully manage these firms and deliver such projects in the face of new and often disruptive technologies and shifting corporate landscapes. The book is essential reading for aspiring leaders operating in all infrastructure market sectors including energy water sewerage road rail ports airports education health justice retail entertainment property and development sectors. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815379188

Leading and Managing Teaching AssistantsA Practical Guide for School Leaders Managers Teachers and Higher-Level Teaching Assistants "There are more than 200 000 teaching assistants(TAs) in the UK. This comprehensive practical book deals with how to make use of them effectively. Written by a recognised authority on TAs the book investigates • the roles of leadership and management • the various roles of TAs and what distinguishes them from other support staff • the whole-school learning environment • Auditing the needs of the school and the needs of the TAs • good practice in appointing and developing TAs – technicalities examples and proforma. • using a TA in the classroom - guidance for teachers • leading a team of TAs. This supportive and stimulating book is complemented with practical and effective strategies for managing TAs. TAs can contribute to higher standards for pupils better curriculum delivery improved work-life balance and effectiveness for teachers and support for whole school policies. Including examples of good practice real-life accounts research evidence sources of help and suggestions for further reading this book provides all the guidance a manager will need to help them make the best use of their TAs." Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138472204

Leading and Motivating Global TeamsIntegrating Offshore Centers and the Head Office This book provides techniques for offshore center managers and head office managers to motivate and manage globally distributed teams which are spread across the offshore center and the head office and thereby achieve higher productivity. Readers learn how to integrate the offshore center with the head office to make the offshore team an extension of the head office. While integrating teams with the head office offshore center managers can still retain independence and authority to meet team aspirations. The book provides insight into devising new organizational structures to balance the authority and responsibilities of offshore center and head office managers. Head office managers responsible for managing globally distributed projects learn how to achieve a higher success rate on their projects and be better rewarded for their efforts in offshoring. Head office managers also learn techniques to make more significant contributions in their expatriate assignments to the offshore center. This book guides both the offshore center managers and the head office managers to fully realize the potential of the offshore center which can result in higher revenues and profitability. Media > Books > Print Books Auerbach Publications 9781498784740

Leading and Supporting Early Years TeamsA practical guide How a staff team works together and how effective and cohesive they are impacts significantly on the children that they care for as well as having implications for the general early years practice and the success of the business of the setting. Drawing together theory and practice this book provides comprehensive guidance on recruiting supervising and leading an early years team in line with the most recent national guidance. Focusing on all aspects of leading and supporting a team the book aims to inspire managers and increase their confidence. It looks at the day-to-day demands of running a setting and the reflective thinking that is needed to establish a vision for a team. The authors consider the skills needed to lead and support a team and offers practical guidance on: recruitment induction ongoing staff training and supervision disciplinary processes including handling difficult conversations refocusing a team after a critical incident staff relationships with parents and other professionals involving the team in problem solving and implementing change engaging with the community how to get support for yourself as a manager This book will be invaluable support for both new and experienced managers wanting to establish a cohesive and dynamic staff team and provide outstanding childcare provision. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415839204

Leading at All LevelsUsing Systemic Ideas to Get the Most from the Workplace Leading at All Levels: Using Systemic Ideas to Get the Most from the Workplace moves away from traditional perspectives on leadership and utilising ideas from systemic consultation provides a rationale for leadership at all levels emphasising the potential of everyone in organisations to lead in their own area of work. Reviewing the theory of resilience and its place in organisational life the book provides guidance on how to foster resilience in the workplace. Written in accessible language the book is divided into three sections: on work and leadership on problem solving and finally on approaches to leading at all levels. A variety of perspectives on leadership are explored as well as barriers to effective leadership and there are many suggestions for improvement. The book discusses the ways in which systemic thinking can contribute to enhance leadership which includes considering different perceptions and experiences of leadership the influence of power in workplace relationships and organisational outcomes the link between positive employee engagement for performance and well-being at work and the importance of interpersonal and relational behaviour on leadership. The book also considers the importance of everyday workplace interactions to our understanding of leadership and supports a wide understanding of workplace conflict. It contains examples throughout which are applicable to different types and sizes of organisation and provides suggestions for readers relating to the practice of leadership at all levels. Good leadership is of great importance to today’s organisations. The book suggests that by paying more attention to leadership at all levels organisations can work towards improving productivity which has been highlighted as a critical issue in the UK since the 2008 recession. Leading at All Levels will appeal to systemic trainees practitioners and systemic consultants and to those in related professions as well as to personal development practitioners and coaches. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781782203797

Leading BeautifullyEducational Leadership as Connoisseurship Leading Beautifully provides a new dimension to understanding effective leadership. Drawing from lessons in the arts and the humanities English and Ehrich explore how educational decision-making in schools can be informed by identity personal competence and an understanding of the field’s intellectual foundations. Based on in-depth interviews of artists and educational leaders this book provides insight into the inner world of successful leaders who have developed competencies and understandings that extend beyond the standard leadership tool box. This exciting new book explores the theory and practice of leadership connoisseurship as a human-centered endeavor and as an antidote to mechanistic business-oriented practices. The authors’ well-grounded reconsideration of educational leadership will enliven and enhance any educational leader’s practice. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138016798

Leading Beyond the EgoHow to Become a Transpersonal Leader The traditional leadership styles of the past are underperforming in a world of continuous transformation. Those that recognise this and learn how to lead beyond their ego will become emotionally intelligent and ethical leaders who are able to build strong collaborative relationships and create a caring sustainable and performance enhancing environment. This new book is rooted in the experience of senior managers and the latest discoveries in neuroscience. It gives you the tools to overcome the challenges faced by new organisational and commercial structures technological developments increased diversity and rapid globalisation and succeed.　 An essential read for current and aspiring organisational leaders HR professionals executive coaches and mentors Leading Beyond the Ego is a vital point of reference for anyone in a leadership position and who wants to embrace this new world and Transpersonal Leadership. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138897694

Leading Business ChangeA Practical Guide to Transforming Your Organization Most books dealing with change management focus on how companies reach their corporate goals instead of on what individual leaders must do. Filling this need Leading Business Change: A Practical Guide to Transforming Your Organization is an easy and fun read that will inspire you to think more closely about how you implement change as a leader.The book presents a proven approach to help leaders of global initiatives grapple with impossible projects and deliver on their goals. The first part of the book explains the author’s approach to change management centering on the need not just for an effective approach but for effective leadership. The remaining three parts walk readers through the three phases of the authors' methodology using actual examples to demonstrate how to apply each step in the real world. Introduces the topic of strategic implementation and organizational change Supplies an overview of the challenges a leader will face when tasked with transforming aspects of a global company Discusses the need to align the goals of the company sponsors and project Highlights the need to understand the resources available to change leaders Addresses the challenges of planning the design and delivery of organizational change The author begins each chapter with a short story around the experiences of a fictional executive with a multinational company who has been tasked with implementing a global outsourcing project. Different stories illustrate the application of the methodologies discussed in the book. Each chapter concludes with questions to help you assess your own leadership style. Media > Books > Print Books Productivity Press 9781498726573

Leading Change in Teacher EducationLessons from Countries and Education Leaders around the Globe The international attempt to expand schooling despite dealing with an insufficient number of trained teachers has placed significant pressure on teacher education. Continued effort to change all aspects of teacher education including ways of learning methods of practice institution interaction and assessment of teaching ability in order to fulfil the desire to offer inclusive and equitable teaching for all is a serious consideration. In response to this increased attention on cross-national campaigns Leading Change in Teacher Education features discussions covering what has been done how and why the change has happened the journey itself and the challenges encountered along the way alongside contributions from international academics who share their reflections and suggestions for a way forward despite a global shortage of teachers. Strategies surrounding the design and delivery of education now centre on improving how teachers are prepared supported and evaluated. Leading Change in Teacher Education captures the stories of international change leaders by: Providing details of both the successes and challenges faced Presenting innovative practices in teacher education from around the world Describing the strategies put in place to ensure that teacher education is developing The topics discussed are relevant for educators policymakers and international organizations involved in the design and implementation of programmes in teacher education. Leading Change in Teacher Education is also an invaluable resource for those looking to increase the changes occurring within teacher education.   Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138310995

Leading Change toward SustainabilityA Change-Management Guide for Business Government and Civil Society As the world struggles to cope with the growing threat of a global carbon crisis Doppelt has revised one of the best books ever written about change management leadership and sustainability to focus on de-carbonisation. Doppelt's research presented in this hugely readable book demystify the sustainability-change process by providing a theoretical framework and a methodology that managers can use to successfully transform their organisations to embrace sustainable development. Filled with case examples interviews and checklists on how to move corporate and governmental cultures toward sustainability the book argues that the key factors that facilitate change appear in the successful efforts at companies such as AstraZeneca Nike Starbucks IKEA Chiquita Interface Swisscom and Norm Thompson and in governmental efforts such as those in the Netherlands and Santa Monica in California. For these and other cutting-edge organisations leading change is a philosophy for success.  Leading Change toward Sustainability has been used by change leaders around the world to guide their internal global warming and sustainability organisational change initiatives. This new edition is essential reading for leaders from all types of organisations. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781351278966

Leading Complex Projects Leadership in projects has been under-represented in many of the most influential project methodologies where the focus has been on management and process. The importance to project success of key roles such as project board member executive sponsor project manager client representative or team leader increases exponentially with the scale and complexity of the project. Kaye Remington's Leading Complex Projects draws on original empirical research into successful leadership of complex projects including 70 in-depth interviews with people across a broad range of industries selected for their roles in guiding complex projects towards successful outcomes. The book structured around the major themes from the interviews explains and applies emerging best-practice in a coherent and focused way. A potent combination of wisdom from leaders in practice and the latest knowledge from many fields of research will engage experienced practitioners as well as those who are teaching and researching projects complexity and leadership. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138270473

Leading Consciously Leading Consciously addresses the issues of motivation decision-making communication time management effective learning work psychology organizational development and self-mastery. The author weaves together the insights of some of the most remarkable leaders of the world whose lives embody great truths about leadership and self-transformation masters such as M. K. Gandhi Edmund Hillary Mother Teresa and Albert Einstein.Debashis Chatterjee is an international management thinker Fulbright scholar corporate philosopher mystic and writer. He is a member of the faculty in Behavioral Sciences at the Indian Institute of Management in Lucknow India. An immensely popular speaker on the themes of spirituality and modern management Chatterjee organizes frequent leadership retreats for diverse audiences of executives doctors scientists political leaders and social service workers in India and around the world. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138152915

Leading Contemporary EconomistsEconomics at the cutting edge This book describes the important contributions of several contemporary economic figures including recent Nobel Laureates. Describing their work and putting it into an historical perspective these chapters explain how their work constitutes a major contribution to the discipline of economics and how it has broadened economic science. Co-Editor of the Review of Political Economy Steven Pressman has gathered together for the first time key chapters from the journal discussing major figures such as Amartya Sen Joseph Stiglitz John Kenneth Galbraith Thomas Schelling Edmund Phelps and Robert Mundell. This volume is significant to the extent that it combines the study of the work of Nobel Laureates with the perspective of heterodox economists including a comprehensive bibliography for the work of each economist covered. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415762205

Leading Continuous Improvement ProjectsLessons from Successful Less Successful and Unsuccessful Continuous Improvement Case Studies This book is a reference for continuous improvement project (CIP) leaders/facilitators in manufacturing and service organizations students (undergraduate and graduate) academics responsible for managing senior projects (Capstone Projects) and teaching quality courses and researchers interested in how organizations could produce more effective and efficient continuous improvement initiatives and projects. The authors collected and analyzed information and results from CIPs they facilitated or co-advised such as the improvement of the service level in a bottle manufacturing organization reduction of changeover in a brewery manufacturing organization reduction of ambulance response time and reduction of scrap in a steel transformation manufacturing organization. Many of the CIPs were previously part of award-winning white papers documenting critical improvements. Throughout this book readers will learn: different types of CIPs metrics to identify successful CIPs the 53 factors related to CIPs success how to manage CIPs behaviors to achieve outstanding results from CIPs. Three of the chapters are supplemented with three or more case studies. In addition the final chapter includes a list of behaviors expected from directors continuous improvement managers CIP leaders/facilitators and CIP team members to obtain the major benefits from CIPs. Media > Books > Print Books Productivity Press 9780367271671

Leading Creators of Twentieth-Century Czech Theatre In this invaluable and detailed presentation of the leading creative figures in a richly innovative and dynamic period of Czech theatre Professor Jarka M. Burian provides us with insightful portraits of the directors K. H. Hilar E. F. Burian Alfred Radok and Otomar Krejca: of the famous Voskovec and Werich comedic duo; of the scenographer Josef Svoboda; and of the playwright now President of the Czech Republic Václav Havel. There are also briefer studies of numerous other directors designers and actors. The author a Czech-American theatre scholar and practitioner has been a frequent on-site observer of Czech theatre since 1965. He is directly acquainted with many of the major artists and the most notable productions that have made Czech theatre internationally famous. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415866187