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* What happens to childhood when the nature of adulthood becomes uncertain?* What impact is globalization having on adult-child relationships?* How are we to study 'growing up' today?Traditionally, children and adults have been treated as different kinds of person, with adults seen as complete, stable and self-controlling, and children seen as incomplete, changeable and in need of control. This ground-breaking book argues that in the early twenty-first century, 'growing up' can no longer be understood as a movement toward personal completion and stability. Careers, intimate relationships, even identities, are increasingly provisional, bringing into question the division between the mature and the immature and thereby differences between adults and children.Childhood and Society charts the emergence of the conceptual and institutional divisions between adult 'human beings' and child 'human becomings' over the course of the modern era. It then examines the contemporary economic and ideological trends that are eroding the foundations of these divisions. The consequences of this age of uncertainty are examined through an assessment of sociological theories of childhood and through a survey of children's varied positions in a globalizing and highly mediated social world. In all, this accessible text provides a clear, up-to-date and original insight into the sociological study of childhood for undergraduates and researchers alike. It also develops a new set of conceptual tools for studying 'growing up'.

* What happens to childhood when the nature of adulthood becomes uncertain?* What impact is globalization having on adult-child relationships?* How are we to study ''growing up'' today?Traditionally, children and adults have been treated as different kinds of person, with adults seen as complete, stable and self-controlling, and children seen as incomplete, changeable and in need of control. This ground-breaking book argues that in the early twenty-first century, ''growing up'' can no longer be understood as a movement toward personal completion and stability. Careers, intimate relationships, even identities, are increasingly provisional, bringing into question the division between the mature and the immature and thereby differences between adults and children.Childhood and Society charts the emergence of the conceptual and institutional divisions between adult ''human beings'' and child ''human becomings'' over the course of the modern era. It then examines the contemporary economic and ideological trends that are eroding the foundations of these divisions. The consequences of this age of uncertainty are examined through an assessment of sociological theories of childhood and through a survey of children''s varied positions in a globalizing and highly mediated social world. In all, this accessible text provides a clear, up-to-date and original insight into the sociological study of childhood for undergraduates and researchers alike. It also develops a new set of conceptual tools for studying ''growing up''.

Anyone can be an artist. You can be an artist!This positive and friendly guide is aimed at beginners who want to be able to use their own ideas to make art but don't know where to start. It encourages the reader to bring art making into their life, form good making habits and helps them find ways to overcome perceived obstacles and build their skills as they go. It has a great focus on the fact that anyone can make art and can begin now. It is not a 'how to' for a specific medium but rather an invitation to welcome art making into one's life.People have preconceived ideas about who can be an artist, they think it's only someone cool living in New York, or Paris, not just an ordinary person living in a small town or a little city, but anyone can make art. You don't have to be cool or live somewhere amazing or have lot of money. An ordinary person can make extraordinary art if they choose to welcome art into their life. The only thing that defines being an artist is being a person who makes art.Many of us are filled with self-doubt. Am I good enough to be an artist? Will people think I'm being silly? Don't you have to go to art school to be an artist? The information in this book will fill you with the knowledge to begin and overcome your doubts. You are good enough to start now.People make excuses about why they can't make art, they don't have the time, the money, or the space, but in fact starting at the kitchen table, you only need a little bit of time, maybe ten minutes a day and very simple supplies to start. We don't need a special time and place to make art: you just need to welcome art making into your life. Open the door and say hello beautiful.The hardest part of making art can be sitting there facing that blank piece of paper or that lump of clay wondering what to make. This book will show you how to get ready for that moment, armed full of ideas and the confidence to begin.Do you believe that having ideas for art is difficult and that ideas are rare, like gemstones? Start Making Art Today was born out of a desire to help people understand how easy it is to have ideas to make art, to see that ideas are everywhere, you just have to notice them, little glimmers of gold in the sand. Ideas for artworks start out really tiny and you build upon them to make art that reflects you and your unique way of seeing the world.Many art books tell you what to make and how to make it. The ideas suggested in many of these books are kind of cute, but they don't have any depth to them. The ideas are unconnected to who you really are as an artist. This book will help you to learn how to develop your own ideas, how to add depth and more meaning, and help you figure out what you are trying to say with your art making.You don't need to have mad art making skills or be good at drawing before you begin, you are art ready now and will gather skills and techniques as you make. Don't put off your journey as an artist while you wait for that perfect time. That time is now.Art making should be fun but often when we learn techniques the focus is on 'getting it right', and not about enjoying the time and the process. We try to make work that someone else approves of, or says yes this is correct, whether its painting, drawing or even just enjoying crafts like knitting or sewing. The focus is upon what bits we need to 'fix', what bits aren't conforming to what the world thinks art or craft should look like.This does art a great disservice.Art making is a beautiful open-ended question with no one correct answer. Its about exploration and adventure. Sometimes things will go wrong but that's ok, its all part of the journey.You are part of something bigger when you become an artist. Someone who creates becomes part of an unseen but real community.I'm going to show you in this book that making art is about bringing joy and satisfaction, connection and meaning into your life.

The ideal text to help you develop your knowledge around rigorous marketing strategies from formulation to implementation

Marketing Strategy and Competitive Positioning, 8th Edition, by Hooley, Nicoulaud, Rudd and Lee, helps you grow an in-depth understanding of how to develop and implement a marketing strategy, and achieve sustainable competitive positioning.

This text is suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate students taking modules in Marketing Strategy, Marketing Management and Strategic Marketing Management.

By focusing on competitive positioning that lies at the heart of marketing strategy, this text introduces an in-depth discussion of the marketing processes to achieve competitive advantage in a business environment.

Key features include:

Focus on two central issues in marketing strategy formulation – identifying target markets and creating a differential advantage Increased emphasis on competing through differentiation and customer knowledge, including new business models Updated content to reflect changed context and impacts on businesses, consumers/society and marketing activity Emphasis on competing globally within a digitalization context Updated vignettes and new case studies to help you connect marketing principles with practical applications

`It's not often that you'll find an article or book that explains what you need to know in such plain, simple terms. Treasure it' - Andrew Farrell, Doctoral Researcher, Loughborough University

`Entertaining and authoritative without being patronising' - Professor Chris Hackley, Royal Holloway, University of London

`This is a gem of a book from two of the outstanding management researchers of their generation. Easy to read and entertaining, yet rigorous and comprehensive in its approach, this book will be adopted as an essential aid for students undertaking final year projects, masters dissertations, and as a primer for doctoral researchers' - Professor Graham Hooley, Aston University

`This book will fill a vital gap for post graduate research' - Professor Rod Brodie,

University of Auckland Business School

For anyone involved in developing a research project, this textbook provides an integrated, accessible and humorous account that explains why research methods are the way they are and how they do what they do.

Unrivalled in its nature Doing Business Research addresses the research project as a whole and provides:

-essential detail of philosophical and theoretical matters that are crucial to conceptualising the nature of methodology

-a pragmatic guide to why things are important and how they are important

-a huge range of things to consider that the reader can use to develop their research project further

-a resource book, providing extensive suggested reading to help the researcher do their research.

`It′s not often that you′ll find an article or book that explains what you need to know in such plain, simple terms. Treasure it′ - Andrew Farrell, Doctoral Researcher, Loughborough University

`Entertaining and authoritative without being patronising′ - Professor Chris Hackley, Royal Holloway, University of London

`This is a gem of a book from two of the outstanding management researchers of their generation. Easy to read and entertaining, yet rigorous and comprehensive in its approach, this book will be adopted as an essential aid for students undertaking final year projects, masters dissertations, and as a primer for doctoral researchers′ - Professor Graham Hooley, Aston University

`This book will fill a vital gap for post graduate research′ - Professor Rod Brodie,

University of Auckland Business School

For anyone involved in developing a research project, this textbook provides an integrated, accessible and humorous account that explains why research methods are the way they are and how they do what they do.

Unrivalled in its nature Doing Business Research addresses the research project as a whole and provides:

-essential detail of philosophical and theoretical matters that are crucial to conceptualising the nature of methodology

-a pragmatic guide to why things are important and how they are important

-a huge range of things to consider that the reader can use to develop their research project further

-a resource book, providing extensive suggested reading to help the researcher do their research.

Takes the challenging and makes it understandable. The book contains useful advice on the application of statistics to a variety of contexts and shows how statistics can be used by managers in their work.′ - Dr Terri Byers, Assistant Professor, University Of New Brunswick, Canada A book about introductory quantitative analysis, the authors show both how and why quantitative analysis is useful in the context of business and management studies, encouraging readers to not only memorise the content but to apply learning to typical problems. Fully up-to-date with comprehensive coverage of IBM SPSS and Microsoft Excel software, the tailored examples illustrate how the programmes can be used, and include step-by-step figures and tables throughout. A range of ‘real world’ and fictional examples, including "The Ballad of Eddie the Easily Distracted" and "Esha′s Story" help bring the study of statistics alive. A number of in-text boxouts can be found throughout the book aimed at readers at varying levels of study and understanding

Back to Basics for those struggling to understand, explain concepts in the most basic way possible - often relating to interesting or humorous examples Above and Beyond for those racing ahead and who want to be introduced to more interesting or advanced concepts that are a little bit outside of what they may need to know Think it over get students to stop, engage and reflect upon the different connections between topics A range of online resources including a set of data files and templates for the reader following in-text examples, downloadable worksheets and instructor materials, answers to in-text exercises and video content compliment the book. An ideal resource for undergraduates taking introductory statistics for business, or for anyone daunted by the prospect of tackling quantitative analysis for the first time.

`It's not often that you'll find an article or book that explains what you need to know in such plain, simple terms. Treasure it' - Andrew Farrell, Doctoral Researcher, Loughborough University

`Entertaining and authoritative without being patronising' - Professor Chris Hackley, Royal Holloway, University of London

`This is a gem of a book from two of the outstanding management researchers of their generation. Easy to read and entertaining, yet rigorous and comprehensive in its approach, this book will be adopted as an essential aid for students undertaking final year projects, masters dissertations, and as a primer for doctoral researchers' - Professor Graham Hooley, Aston University

`This book will fill a vital gap for post graduate research' - Professor Rod Brodie,

University of Auckland Business School

For anyone involved in developing a research project, this textbook provides an integrated, accessible and humorous account that explains why research methods are the way they are and how they do what they do.

Unrivalled in its nature Doing Business Research addresses the research project as a whole and provides:

-essential detail of philosophical and theoretical matters that are crucial to conceptualising the nature of methodology

-a pragmatic guide to why things are important and how they are important

-a huge range of things to consider that the reader can use to develop their research project further

-a resource book, providing extensive suggested reading to help the researcher do their research.