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Psychology of Pro-Environmental Communication
Beyond Standard Information Strategies
AvChristian A. Klöckner
Häftad, Engelska, 2015
366 kr
The environment is part of everyone's life but there are difficulties in communicating complex environmental problems, such as climate change, to a lay audience. In this book Klöckner defines environmental communication, providing a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the issues involved in encouraging pro-environmental behaviour.
Poststructural Policy Analysis
A Guide to Practice
AvCarol Bacchi,Susan Goodwin
Inbunden, Engelska, 2025
553 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
This book offers a distinctive approach to policy analysis and a refreshing and politically engaged way of thinking about policy. It clearly articulates a Foucault-influenced poststructural perspective on policy and policy analysis for researchers, students and policy makers. As a "guide to practice", the book introduces a critical analytical approach to policy analysis called ‘What’s the Problem Represented to be?’ (WPR). Instead of treating policy as simply the government’s best efforts to address problems, this analytic strategy highlights how policies produce ‘problems’ as particular sorts of problem and how governing takes place through these problematisations. First published in 2016, the book describes the conceptual and theoretical underpinnings of the WPR approach to policy analysis in a detailed and accessible manner. It features examples of application of the approach with topics as diverse as obesity, economic policy, migration, drug and alcohol policy, and gender equality.In this second edition, the authors centralise a complementary analytic strategy for poststructural policy analysis—poststructural interview analysis (PIA). This edition integrates this material as a new chapter which sets out PIA as a novel approach to poststructural interview analysis and includes examples of PIA applications. The new chapter provides excellent guidance to undertake interview analysis in a manner congruent with the poststructural precepts set out in the book.
Twenty Years' Crisis, 1919-1939
Reissued with a new preface from Michael Cox
AvE.H. Carr,Michael Cox
Häftad, Engelska, 2016
469 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
E.H. Carr's Twenty Years' Crisis is a classic work in International Relations. Published in 1939, on the eve of World War II, it was immediately recognized by friend and foe alike as a defining work in the fledgling discipline. The author was one of the most influential and controversial intellectuals of the twentieth century. The issues and themes he develops in this book continue to have relevance to modern day concerns with power and its distribution in the international system. Michael Cox's critical introduction provides the reader with background information about the author, the context for the book, its main themes and contemporary relevance. Written with the student in mind, it offers a guide to understanding a complex, but crucial text.Now updated with a new preface from Michael Cox.
Negative Psychoanalysis for the Living Dead : Philosophical Pessimism and the Death Drive
AvJulie Reshe
Engelska, 2023
667 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
Shah
AvAbbas Milani
Häftad, Engelska, 2012
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(1)
325 kr
Skickas
Though his monarchy was toppled in 1979 and he died in 1980, Mohammad-Reza Shah Pahlevi, the last Shah of Iran, remains relevant today. He was a social reformer, a romantic egomaniac, and a deeply conflicted man and leader. Here, internationally respected author Abbas Milani gives us the definitive biography, more than ten years in the making, of the monarch who shaped Iran's modern age and with it the contemporary politics of the Middle East. The Shah's was a life filled with contradiction - he built schools, increased equality for women, and greatly reduced the power of the Shia clergy. He made Iran a global power and nationalized his country's many natural resources. But he was deeply conflicted and insecure in his powerful role. Intolerant of political dissent, he was eventually overthrown by the very people whose loyalty he so desperately sought. This comprehensive and gripping account shows us how Iran went from politically moderate monarchy to totalitarian Islamic republic. Milani reveals the complex and sweeping road that would bring the United States and Iran to where they are today.
Postnarrativist Philosophy of Historiography
AvJ. Kuukkanen
Inbunden, Engelska, 2015
1 313 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
Narrativism has made important contributions to the theory and philosophy of historiography but it is now time to move beyond it to postnarrativism. Kuukkanen shows how it is possible to reject the absolutist truth-functional evaluation of interpretations in historiography and yet accept that historiography can be evaluated by rational standards.
Developments in Swedish Social Policy
Resisting Dionysus
AvA. Gould
Häftad, Engelska, 2001
551 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
For many decades, Sweden was seen as a model welfare state. Only with the onset of economic problems in the 1990s have successive governments felt compelled to curb social spending and abandon the goal of full employment. This book is about the changes introduced and the political, institutional and cultural resistance they encountered. Detailed accounts of changes to welfare services and benefits are included alongside specialist chapters devoted to areas where Sweden itself has claimed to be something of a leader - the care of the elderly, gender equality, employment issues and substance.
Shawshank Experience
Tracking the History of the World’s Favorite Movie
AvMaura Grady,Tony Magistrale
Häftad, Engelska, 2018
471 kr
Skickas inom 3-6 vardagar
This book features an in-depth analysis of the world’s most popular movie, The Shawshank Redemption, delving into issues such as: the significance of race in the film, its cinematic debt to earlier genres, the gothic influences at work in the movie, and the representation of Andy’s poster art as cross-gendered signifiers. In addition to exploring the film and novella from which it was adapted, this book also traces the history of the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio, which served as the film’s central location, and its relationship to the movie’s fictional Shawshank Prison. The last chapter examines why this film has remained both a popular and critical success, inspiring diverse fan bases on the Internet and the evolution of the Shawshank Trail, fourteen of the film’s actual site locations that have become a major tourist attraction in central Ohio.
Winning Minds
Secrets From the Language of Leadership
AvSimon Lancaster
Häftad, Engelska, 2015
377 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
Shhh . Did you know there is a secret Language of Leadership: a timeless set of cues and signals that still determines who reaches the top in politics and business today. The ancient Greeks were the first to study the art of communication 2,500 years ago. It is only now, with recent breakthroughs in neuroscience, that we can say for sure what works and how. In Winning Minds, top speechwriter Simon Lancaster blends ancient rhetoric and neuroscience to create the definitive guide to the Language of Leadership. With trust in business and political leaders at record lows, there's never been a better time for a fresh perspective on communication. Winning Minds is packed with insights into the effects of metaphors, stories, and sound bites on the brain. We know what the brain looks like on heroin. This book shows the brain on Branson, Obama, and Boris.
Art of the Pitch
Persuasion and Presentation Skills that Win Business
AvPeter Coughter
Inbunden, Engelska, 2012
264 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
Through an engaging and humorous narrative, Peter Coughter presents the tools he designed to help advertising and marketing professionals develop persuasive presentations that deliver business. Readers will learn how to develop skills to create the perfect presentation.
Government of Childhood
Discourse, Power and Subjectivity
AvK. Smith
Inbunden, Engelska, 2014
568 kr
Grounded in the Foucauldian literature on governmentality and drawing on a broad range of disciplines, this book examines the government of childhood in the West from the early modern period to the present. The book deals with three key time-periods and examines shifts in the conceptualization and regulation of childhood and child-rearing.
'Illegal' Traveller
An Auto-Ethnography of Borders
AvS. Khosravi
Häftad, Engelska, 2010
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(2)
442 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
Based on fieldwork among undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers Illegal Traveller offers a narrative of the polysemic nature of borders, border politics, and rituals and performances of border-crossing. Interjecting personal experiences into ethnographic writing it is 'a form of self-narrative that places the self within a social context'.
Economic Policy in Switzerland
AvPhillippe Bacchetta,Walter Wasserfallen
Häftad, Engelska, 1997
551 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
Switzerland is at the centre of Europe, but is not part of the European Union. Its specific policy concerns are often less known than for other countries but might offer an alternative model to integration. This collection from some of the best academic economists in Switzerland covers monetary economics, competition, health care, environmental and housing policies, as well as aspects related to unemployment insurance, gender discrimination, poverty, and privatization to provide a comprehensive survey of the Swiss economy.
Garibaldi
Hero of Italian Unification
AvChristopher Hibbert,Ross King
Häftad, Engelska, 2008
263 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
Giuseppe Garibaldi was praised for his military genius, his courage, and his charisma. Known as the "Hero of Two Worlds," Garibaldi's military prowess extended to the Americas, where he played a major role in the Brazilian struggle for independence. During his fight for Italian unification Garibaldi personally led an army of local untrained rebels to victory in Palermo, Naples, and Sicily. His forces suffered from lack of equipment, food, and money, and yet Garabaldi commanded their fierce loyalty. Christopher Hibbert reveals how this iconic figure earned the adulation of not only his fellow Italians, but people across the globe.
Understanding Iran
Everything You Need to Know, from Persia to the Islamic Republic, from Cyrus to Ahmadinejad
AvWilliam R. Polk
Häftad, Engelska, 2011
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(1)
242 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
William R. Polk provides an informative, readable history of a country which is moving quickly toward becoming the dominant power and culture of the Middle East. A former member of the State Department's Policy Planning Council, Polk describes a country and a history misunderstood by many in the West. While Iranians chafe under the yolk of their current leaders, they also have bitter memories of generations of British, Russian and American espionage, invasion, and dominance. There are important lessons to be learned from the past, and Polk teases them out of a long and rich history and shows that it is not just now, but for decades to come that an understanding of Iran will be essential to American safety and well-being.
De Gaulle’s Legacy
The Art of Power in France’s Fifth Republic
AvW. Nester
Inbunden, Engelska, 2014
551 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
This book explores the following: What is the art of power? What is the art of French power? How did Charles de Gaulle understand and assert power, establishing the Fifth Republic and breaking centuries of political instability? How well or poorly have his successors wielded the art of French power to define, defend, or enhance French interests?
History of Science Fiction
AvAdam Roberts
Häftad, Engelska, 2016
1 077 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
This book is the definitive critical history of science fiction. The 2006 first edition of this work traced the development of the genre from Ancient Greece and the European Reformation through to the end of the 20th century. This new 2nd edition has been revised thoroughly and very significantly expanded. An all-new final chapter discusses 21st-century science fiction, and there is new material in every chapter: a wealth of new readings and original research. The author’s groundbreaking thesis that science fiction is born out of the 17th-century Reformation is here bolstered with a wide range of new supporting material and many hundreds of 17th- and 18th-century science fiction texts, some of which have never been discussed before. The account of 19th-century science fiction has been expanded, and the various chapters tracing the twentieth-century bring in more writing by women, and science fiction in other media including cinema, TV, comics, fan-culture and other modes.
ASEAN, Sovereignty and Intervention in Southeast Asia
AvL. Jones
Inbunden, Engelska, 2011
1 095 kr
Drawing on the fields of political economy and historical sociology, Jones dispels the overwhelming consensus among scholars that members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) never interfere in the internal affairs of other states, and pioneers a new approach to the understanding of regional politics in Southeast Asia.
Michael Faraday: Sandemanian and Scientist
A Study of Science and Religion in the Nineteenth Century
AvGeoffrey Cantor
Häftad, Engelska, 1993
643 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
'Deserves to be as popular with non-specialists as with those who have a science background...I can think of sixth-formers I would offer it to, and I know of an eighty-year-old (non-specialist) who would not let me finish my copy in peace' - Elspeth Crawford, Physics Education 'Cantor...achieves a level of insight into Farday's life which far surpasses all other biographies. It will form the basis on which future studies of all aspects of Faraday's life and work will have to be built' - Frank A.J.James, British Journal for the History of Science 'A sympathetic and accessible treatment of Faraday's life and work' - David Gooding, Physics World 'For those who want to know more about one of the UK's greatest figures, it is essential reading' - A.R.Butler, Chemistry in Britain 'Excellent Biography' - John Kerr, Scientific and Medical Network Newsletter This book locates Faraday and his science in the context of the Sandemanians. We gain both a new interpretation of one of the most important scientists of the nineteenth century and a fascinating insight into the relation between science and religion.
Startup Game
Inside the Partnership Between Venture Capitalists and Entrepreneurs
AvWilliam H. Draper III,Eric Schmidt III
Häftad, Engelska, 2012
171 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
Entrepreneurs drive the future, and the last several decades have been a thrilling ride of astounding, far-reaching innovation. Behind this transformative progress are the venture capitalists, who are at once the investors, coaches, and allies of the entrepreneurs. William H. Draper III knows this story firsthand because as a venture capitalist he helped write it. For more than 40 years, Bill Draper has worked with top entrepreneurs in fabled Silicon Valley, where today's vision is made into tomorrow's reality. The Startup Game is the first up-close look at how the relationship between venture capitalists and entrepreneurs is critical to enhancing the success of any economy. From a venture capitalist who saw the potential of Skype, Hotmail, OpenTable, and many other companies comes firsthand stories of success. In these pages, Draper explores how to evaluate innovative ideas and the entrepreneurs behind those ideas, and he shares lessons from Yahoo, Zappos, Baidu, Tesla Motors, Activision, Measurex, and more.Also, in revealing his on-the-ground account of how Deng Xiaoping brought China roaring into the modern world and how Manmohan Singh unlocked the creative genius of Indian entrepreneurs, Draper stresses the essential value of farsighted political leadership in creating opportunity. Lastly, the author discusses his efforts to bring the best practices of the venture capitalist/entrepreneur partnership to the social sector. Written in an engaging narrative and incorporating many of the author's personal experiences, this book provides a much-needed look at how the world of venture capital and entrepreneurship works.
Homoeroticism and Chivalry
Discourses of Male Same-sex Desire in the 14th Century
AvR. Zeikowitz
Häftad, Engelska, 2003
696 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
Zeikowitz explores both affirming and denigrating discourses of male same-sex desire in diverse fourteenth-century chivalric texts and describes the sociopolitical forces motivating those discourses. He attempts to dethrone traditional heteronormative views by drawing attention to culturally normative 'queer' desire. Zeikowitz articulates possible homoeroticized spectatorial interactions between male readers and imagined or actual model knights, dramatized accounts of same-sex unions, and mutually stimulating - or competing - forces of homosocial and heterosexual desire in chivalric texts, such as Charny's Book of Chivalry , Sir Gawain and the Green Knight , and Troilus and Criseyde . He also examines how intimate male bonds are rendered sodomitically-inflected, dangerous attachments in chronicle narratives of the reigns of Edward II and Richard II.
Crime Script Analysis
Preventing Crimes Against Business
AvHarald Haelterman
Inbunden, Engelska, 2016
551 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
This book positions script analysis as a useful and pragmatic tool, which can guide the selection and implementation of preventive measures in business environments. It illustrates how the concept aligns with the crime-specific orientation found in environmental criminology, and particularly explores the theoretical foundations of situational crime prevention, the approach to which it is deemed most relevant and supportive.The volume provides clear guidance on how to apply script analysis in daily practice, covering its main building blocks and key features. These are illustrated by a series of case studies into various crime types. Moving beyond the use of script analysis with the intent to disrupt the crime-commission process, the author further explores the wider benefits of the approach to both academics and practitioners. He identifies what is needed most if we want to embrace the full potential of script analysis for preventive purposes. <
Scandinavian Penal History, Culture and Prison Practice
Embraced By the Welfare State?
AvPeter Scharff Smith,Thomas Ugelvik
Häftad, Engelska, 2019
420 kr
This book draws on historical and cross-disciplinary studies to critically examine penal practices in Scandinavia. The Nordic countries are often hailed by international observers as ‘model societies’, with egalitarian welfare policies, low rates of poverty, humane social policies and human rights oriented internal agendas. This book, however, paints a much more nuanced picture of the welfare policies, ideologies and social control in strong centralistic states. Based on extensive new empirical data, leading Nordic and international scholars discuss the relationship between prison conditions in Scandinavia and Scandinavian social policy more generally, and argue that it is not always liberating and constructive to be embraced by a powerful welfare state. This book is essential reading for researchers of state punishment in Scandinavia, and it is highly relevant for anyone interested in the ‘Nordic Model’ of social policy.
Language of Mathematics
AvDEVLIN
Häftad, Engelska, 2003
271 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
How to Write History that People Want to Read
AvA. Curthoys,A. McGrath
Häftad, Engelska, 2011
377 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
Drawn from decades of experience, this is a concise and highly practical guide to writing history. Aimed at all kinds of people who write history academic historians, public historians, professional historians, family historians and students of all levels the book includes a wide range of examples from many genres and styles.
Research Methods in European Union Studies
AvK. Lynggaard,I. Mannersm. fl.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2015
1 639 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
This collection sets a new agenda for conducting research on the EU and learns from past mistakes. In doing so it provides a state-of-the-art examination of social science research designs in EU studies while providing innovative guidelines for the advancement of more inclusive and empirically sensitive research designs in EU studies
Gendering the European Union
New Approaches to Old Democratic Deficits
AvG. Abels,J. Mushaben
Häftad, Engelska, 2012
551 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
An exploration of European integration as seen through a gender lens. This book looks at integration theories, institutional relationships, enlargement, the development of gender law and the role of formal actors, scholars and expert networks in the EU policy-making process. With a focus on gender mainstreaming as a new approach to gender policy.
Brontes
Interviews and Recollections
AvHarold Orel
Häftad, Engelska, 1996
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(1)
550 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
The Brontes, living in an isolated village in Yorkshire, wrote some of the most vivid, imaginative, and widely-read novels of the Victorian Age; they also became the subject-matter of romanticized anecdotes and regrettably distorted biographies. The best testimony about what kinds of men and women they really were comes from statements they made themselves; but because their autobiographical commentaries are sparse, the record is usefully supplemented in this anthology by first-hand statements made not only by various inhabitants of Haworth, but by those who met members of the Bronte family in Yorkshire, London, and elsewhere.
Nocebo Effect
Overdiagnosis and Its Costs
AvStewart Justman
Häftad, Engelska, 2016
287 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
The Nocebo Effect documents the transformation of normal problems into medical ones and brings out the risks of this inflationary practice. One notable risk is that people labeled as sick may find themselves living up to their label through the alchemy of the nocebo effect.
‘Am I That Name?’
Feminism and the Category of ‘Women’ in History
AvDenise Riley
Häftad, Engelska, 1988
551 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
Writing about changes in the notion of womanhood, Denise Riley examines, in the manner of Foucault, shifting historical constructions of the category of "women" in relation to other categories central to concepts of personhood: the soul, the mind, the body, nature, the social. Feminist movements, Riley argues, have had no choice but to play out this indeterminacy of women. This is made plain in their oscillations, since the 1790s, between concepts of equality and of difference. To fully recognize the ambiguity of the category of "women" is, she contends, a necessary condition for an effective feminist political philosophy.

Palgrave Macmillan – förlag

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36 170 produkter

Psychology of Pro-Environmental Communication
Beyond Standard Information Strategies
AvChristian A. Klöckner
Häftad, Engelska, 2015
366 kr
The environment is part of everyone's life but there are difficulties in communicating complex environmental problems, such as climate change, to a lay audience. In this book Klöckner defines environmental communication, providing a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the issues involved in encouraging pro-environmental behaviour.
Poststructural Policy Analysis
A Guide to Practice
AvCarol Bacchi,Susan Goodwin
Inbunden, Engelska, 2025
553 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
This book offers a distinctive approach to policy analysis and a refreshing and politically engaged way of thinking about policy. It clearly articulates a Foucault-influenced poststructural perspective on policy and policy analysis for researchers, students and policy makers. As a "guide to practice", the book introduces a critical analytical approach to policy analysis called ‘What’s the Problem Represented to be?’ (WPR). Instead of treating policy as simply the government’s best efforts to address problems, this analytic strategy highlights how policies produce ‘problems’ as particular sorts of problem and how governing takes place through these problematisations. First published in 2016, the book describes the conceptual and theoretical underpinnings of the WPR approach to policy analysis in a detailed and accessible manner. It features examples of application of the approach with topics as diverse as obesity, economic policy, migration, drug and alcohol policy, and gender equality.In this second edition, the authors centralise a complementary analytic strategy for poststructural policy analysis—poststructural interview analysis (PIA). This edition integrates this material as a new chapter which sets out PIA as a novel approach to poststructural interview analysis and includes examples of PIA applications. The new chapter provides excellent guidance to undertake interview analysis in a manner congruent with the poststructural precepts set out in the book.
Twenty Years' Crisis, 1919-1939
Reissued with a new preface from Michael Cox
AvE.H. Carr,Michael Cox
Häftad, Engelska, 2016
469 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
E.H. Carr's Twenty Years' Crisis is a classic work in International Relations. Published in 1939, on the eve of World War II, it was immediately recognized by friend and foe alike as a defining work in the fledgling discipline. The author was one of the most influential and controversial intellectuals of the twentieth century. The issues and themes he develops in this book continue to have relevance to modern day concerns with power and its distribution in the international system. Michael Cox's critical introduction provides the reader with background information about the author, the context for the book, its main themes and contemporary relevance. Written with the student in mind, it offers a guide to understanding a complex, but crucial text.Now updated with a new preface from Michael Cox.
Negative Psychoanalysis for the Living Dead : Philosophical Pessimism and the Death Drive
AvJulie Reshe
Engelska, 2023
667 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
Shah
AvAbbas Milani
Häftad, Engelska, 2012
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(1)
325 kr
Skickas
Though his monarchy was toppled in 1979 and he died in 1980, Mohammad-Reza Shah Pahlevi, the last Shah of Iran, remains relevant today. He was a social reformer, a romantic egomaniac, and a deeply conflicted man and leader. Here, internationally respected author Abbas Milani gives us the definitive biography, more than ten years in the making, of the monarch who shaped Iran's modern age and with it the contemporary politics of the Middle East. The Shah's was a life filled with contradiction - he built schools, increased equality for women, and greatly reduced the power of the Shia clergy. He made Iran a global power and nationalized his country's many natural resources. But he was deeply conflicted and insecure in his powerful role. Intolerant of political dissent, he was eventually overthrown by the very people whose loyalty he so desperately sought. This comprehensive and gripping account shows us how Iran went from politically moderate monarchy to totalitarian Islamic republic. Milani reveals the complex and sweeping road that would bring the United States and Iran to where they are today.
Postnarrativist Philosophy of Historiography
AvJ. Kuukkanen
Inbunden, Engelska, 2015
1 313 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
Narrativism has made important contributions to the theory and philosophy of historiography but it is now time to move beyond it to postnarrativism. Kuukkanen shows how it is possible to reject the absolutist truth-functional evaluation of interpretations in historiography and yet accept that historiography can be evaluated by rational standards.
Developments in Swedish Social Policy
Resisting Dionysus
AvA. Gould
Häftad, Engelska, 2001
551 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
For many decades, Sweden was seen as a model welfare state. Only with the onset of economic problems in the 1990s have successive governments felt compelled to curb social spending and abandon the goal of full employment. This book is about the changes introduced and the political, institutional and cultural resistance they encountered. Detailed accounts of changes to welfare services and benefits are included alongside specialist chapters devoted to areas where Sweden itself has claimed to be something of a leader - the care of the elderly, gender equality, employment issues and substance.
Shawshank Experience
Tracking the History of the World’s Favorite Movie
AvMaura Grady,Tony Magistrale
Häftad, Engelska, 2018
471 kr
Skickas inom 3-6 vardagar
This book features an in-depth analysis of the world’s most popular movie, The Shawshank Redemption, delving into issues such as: the significance of race in the film, its cinematic debt to earlier genres, the gothic influences at work in the movie, and the representation of Andy’s poster art as cross-gendered signifiers. In addition to exploring the film and novella from which it was adapted, this book also traces the history of the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio, which served as the film’s central location, and its relationship to the movie’s fictional Shawshank Prison. The last chapter examines why this film has remained both a popular and critical success, inspiring diverse fan bases on the Internet and the evolution of the Shawshank Trail, fourteen of the film’s actual site locations that have become a major tourist attraction in central Ohio.
Winning Minds
Secrets From the Language of Leadership
AvSimon Lancaster
Häftad, Engelska, 2015
377 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
Shhh . Did you know there is a secret Language of Leadership: a timeless set of cues and signals that still determines who reaches the top in politics and business today. The ancient Greeks were the first to study the art of communication 2,500 years ago. It is only now, with recent breakthroughs in neuroscience, that we can say for sure what works and how. In Winning Minds, top speechwriter Simon Lancaster blends ancient rhetoric and neuroscience to create the definitive guide to the Language of Leadership. With trust in business and political leaders at record lows, there's never been a better time for a fresh perspective on communication. Winning Minds is packed with insights into the effects of metaphors, stories, and sound bites on the brain. We know what the brain looks like on heroin. This book shows the brain on Branson, Obama, and Boris.
Art of the Pitch
Persuasion and Presentation Skills that Win Business
AvPeter Coughter
Inbunden, Engelska, 2012
264 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
Through an engaging and humorous narrative, Peter Coughter presents the tools he designed to help advertising and marketing professionals develop persuasive presentations that deliver business. Readers will learn how to develop skills to create the perfect presentation.
Government of Childhood
Discourse, Power and Subjectivity
AvK. Smith
Inbunden, Engelska, 2014
568 kr
Grounded in the Foucauldian literature on governmentality and drawing on a broad range of disciplines, this book examines the government of childhood in the West from the early modern period to the present. The book deals with three key time-periods and examines shifts in the conceptualization and regulation of childhood and child-rearing.
'Illegal' Traveller
An Auto-Ethnography of Borders
AvS. Khosravi
Häftad, Engelska, 2010
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(2)
442 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
Based on fieldwork among undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers Illegal Traveller offers a narrative of the polysemic nature of borders, border politics, and rituals and performances of border-crossing. Interjecting personal experiences into ethnographic writing it is 'a form of self-narrative that places the self within a social context'.
Economic Policy in Switzerland
AvPhillippe Bacchetta,Walter Wasserfallen
Häftad, Engelska, 1997
551 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
Switzerland is at the centre of Europe, but is not part of the European Union. Its specific policy concerns are often less known than for other countries but might offer an alternative model to integration. This collection from some of the best academic economists in Switzerland covers monetary economics, competition, health care, environmental and housing policies, as well as aspects related to unemployment insurance, gender discrimination, poverty, and privatization to provide a comprehensive survey of the Swiss economy.
Garibaldi
Hero of Italian Unification
AvChristopher Hibbert,Ross King
Häftad, Engelska, 2008
263 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
Giuseppe Garibaldi was praised for his military genius, his courage, and his charisma. Known as the "Hero of Two Worlds," Garibaldi's military prowess extended to the Americas, where he played a major role in the Brazilian struggle for independence. During his fight for Italian unification Garibaldi personally led an army of local untrained rebels to victory in Palermo, Naples, and Sicily. His forces suffered from lack of equipment, food, and money, and yet Garabaldi commanded their fierce loyalty. Christopher Hibbert reveals how this iconic figure earned the adulation of not only his fellow Italians, but people across the globe.
Understanding Iran
Everything You Need to Know, from Persia to the Islamic Republic, from Cyrus to Ahmadinejad
AvWilliam R. Polk
Häftad, Engelska, 2011
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(1)
242 kr
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William R. Polk provides an informative, readable history of a country which is moving quickly toward becoming the dominant power and culture of the Middle East. A former member of the State Department's Policy Planning Council, Polk describes a country and a history misunderstood by many in the West. While Iranians chafe under the yolk of their current leaders, they also have bitter memories of generations of British, Russian and American espionage, invasion, and dominance. There are important lessons to be learned from the past, and Polk teases them out of a long and rich history and shows that it is not just now, but for decades to come that an understanding of Iran will be essential to American safety and well-being.
De Gaulle’s Legacy
The Art of Power in France’s Fifth Republic
AvW. Nester
Inbunden, Engelska, 2014
551 kr
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This book explores the following: What is the art of power? What is the art of French power? How did Charles de Gaulle understand and assert power, establishing the Fifth Republic and breaking centuries of political instability? How well or poorly have his successors wielded the art of French power to define, defend, or enhance French interests?
History of Science Fiction
AvAdam Roberts
Häftad, Engelska, 2016
1 077 kr
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This book is the definitive critical history of science fiction. The 2006 first edition of this work traced the development of the genre from Ancient Greece and the European Reformation through to the end of the 20th century. This new 2nd edition has been revised thoroughly and very significantly expanded. An all-new final chapter discusses 21st-century science fiction, and there is new material in every chapter: a wealth of new readings and original research. The author’s groundbreaking thesis that science fiction is born out of the 17th-century Reformation is here bolstered with a wide range of new supporting material and many hundreds of 17th- and 18th-century science fiction texts, some of which have never been discussed before. The account of 19th-century science fiction has been expanded, and the various chapters tracing the twentieth-century bring in more writing by women, and science fiction in other media including cinema, TV, comics, fan-culture and other modes.
ASEAN, Sovereignty and Intervention in Southeast Asia
AvL. Jones
Inbunden, Engelska, 2011
1 095 kr
Drawing on the fields of political economy and historical sociology, Jones dispels the overwhelming consensus among scholars that members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) never interfere in the internal affairs of other states, and pioneers a new approach to the understanding of regional politics in Southeast Asia.
Michael Faraday: Sandemanian and Scientist
A Study of Science and Religion in the Nineteenth Century
AvGeoffrey Cantor
Häftad, Engelska, 1993
643 kr
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'Deserves to be as popular with non-specialists as with those who have a science background...I can think of sixth-formers I would offer it to, and I know of an eighty-year-old (non-specialist) who would not let me finish my copy in peace' - Elspeth Crawford, Physics Education 'Cantor...achieves a level of insight into Farday's life which far surpasses all other biographies. It will form the basis on which future studies of all aspects of Faraday's life and work will have to be built' - Frank A.J.James, British Journal for the History of Science 'A sympathetic and accessible treatment of Faraday's life and work' - David Gooding, Physics World 'For those who want to know more about one of the UK's greatest figures, it is essential reading' - A.R.Butler, Chemistry in Britain 'Excellent Biography' - John Kerr, Scientific and Medical Network Newsletter This book locates Faraday and his science in the context of the Sandemanians. We gain both a new interpretation of one of the most important scientists of the nineteenth century and a fascinating insight into the relation between science and religion.
Startup Game
Inside the Partnership Between Venture Capitalists and Entrepreneurs
AvWilliam H. Draper III,Eric Schmidt III
Häftad, Engelska, 2012
171 kr
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Entrepreneurs drive the future, and the last several decades have been a thrilling ride of astounding, far-reaching innovation. Behind this transformative progress are the venture capitalists, who are at once the investors, coaches, and allies of the entrepreneurs. William H. Draper III knows this story firsthand because as a venture capitalist he helped write it. For more than 40 years, Bill Draper has worked with top entrepreneurs in fabled Silicon Valley, where today's vision is made into tomorrow's reality. The Startup Game is the first up-close look at how the relationship between venture capitalists and entrepreneurs is critical to enhancing the success of any economy. From a venture capitalist who saw the potential of Skype, Hotmail, OpenTable, and many other companies comes firsthand stories of success. In these pages, Draper explores how to evaluate innovative ideas and the entrepreneurs behind those ideas, and he shares lessons from Yahoo, Zappos, Baidu, Tesla Motors, Activision, Measurex, and more.Also, in revealing his on-the-ground account of how Deng Xiaoping brought China roaring into the modern world and how Manmohan Singh unlocked the creative genius of Indian entrepreneurs, Draper stresses the essential value of farsighted political leadership in creating opportunity. Lastly, the author discusses his efforts to bring the best practices of the venture capitalist/entrepreneur partnership to the social sector. Written in an engaging narrative and incorporating many of the author's personal experiences, this book provides a much-needed look at how the world of venture capital and entrepreneurship works.
Homoeroticism and Chivalry
Discourses of Male Same-sex Desire in the 14th Century
AvR. Zeikowitz
Häftad, Engelska, 2003
696 kr
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Zeikowitz explores both affirming and denigrating discourses of male same-sex desire in diverse fourteenth-century chivalric texts and describes the sociopolitical forces motivating those discourses. He attempts to dethrone traditional heteronormative views by drawing attention to culturally normative 'queer' desire. Zeikowitz articulates possible homoeroticized spectatorial interactions between male readers and imagined or actual model knights, dramatized accounts of same-sex unions, and mutually stimulating - or competing - forces of homosocial and heterosexual desire in chivalric texts, such as Charny's Book of Chivalry , Sir Gawain and the Green Knight , and Troilus and Criseyde . He also examines how intimate male bonds are rendered sodomitically-inflected, dangerous attachments in chronicle narratives of the reigns of Edward II and Richard II.
Crime Script Analysis
Preventing Crimes Against Business
AvHarald Haelterman
Inbunden, Engelska, 2016
551 kr
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This book positions script analysis as a useful and pragmatic tool, which can guide the selection and implementation of preventive measures in business environments. It illustrates how the concept aligns with the crime-specific orientation found in environmental criminology, and particularly explores the theoretical foundations of situational crime prevention, the approach to which it is deemed most relevant and supportive.The volume provides clear guidance on how to apply script analysis in daily practice, covering its main building blocks and key features. These are illustrated by a series of case studies into various crime types. Moving beyond the use of script analysis with the intent to disrupt the crime-commission process, the author further explores the wider benefits of the approach to both academics and practitioners. He identifies what is needed most if we want to embrace the full potential of script analysis for preventive purposes. <
Scandinavian Penal History, Culture and Prison Practice
Embraced By the Welfare State?
AvPeter Scharff Smith,Thomas Ugelvik
Häftad, Engelska, 2019
420 kr
This book draws on historical and cross-disciplinary studies to critically examine penal practices in Scandinavia. The Nordic countries are often hailed by international observers as ‘model societies’, with egalitarian welfare policies, low rates of poverty, humane social policies and human rights oriented internal agendas. This book, however, paints a much more nuanced picture of the welfare policies, ideologies and social control in strong centralistic states. Based on extensive new empirical data, leading Nordic and international scholars discuss the relationship between prison conditions in Scandinavia and Scandinavian social policy more generally, and argue that it is not always liberating and constructive to be embraced by a powerful welfare state. This book is essential reading for researchers of state punishment in Scandinavia, and it is highly relevant for anyone interested in the ‘Nordic Model’ of social policy.
Language of Mathematics
AvDEVLIN
Häftad, Engelska, 2003
271 kr
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How to Write History that People Want to Read
AvA. Curthoys,A. McGrath
Häftad, Engelska, 2011
377 kr
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Drawn from decades of experience, this is a concise and highly practical guide to writing history. Aimed at all kinds of people who write history academic historians, public historians, professional historians, family historians and students of all levels the book includes a wide range of examples from many genres and styles.
Research Methods in European Union Studies
AvK. Lynggaard,I. Mannersm. fl.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2015
1 639 kr
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This collection sets a new agenda for conducting research on the EU and learns from past mistakes. In doing so it provides a state-of-the-art examination of social science research designs in EU studies while providing innovative guidelines for the advancement of more inclusive and empirically sensitive research designs in EU studies
Gendering the European Union
New Approaches to Old Democratic Deficits
AvG. Abels,J. Mushaben
Häftad, Engelska, 2012
551 kr
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An exploration of European integration as seen through a gender lens. This book looks at integration theories, institutional relationships, enlargement, the development of gender law and the role of formal actors, scholars and expert networks in the EU policy-making process. With a focus on gender mainstreaming as a new approach to gender policy.
Brontes
Interviews and Recollections
AvHarold Orel
Häftad, Engelska, 1996
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(1)
550 kr
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The Brontes, living in an isolated village in Yorkshire, wrote some of the most vivid, imaginative, and widely-read novels of the Victorian Age; they also became the subject-matter of romanticized anecdotes and regrettably distorted biographies. The best testimony about what kinds of men and women they really were comes from statements they made themselves; but because their autobiographical commentaries are sparse, the record is usefully supplemented in this anthology by first-hand statements made not only by various inhabitants of Haworth, but by those who met members of the Bronte family in Yorkshire, London, and elsewhere.
Nocebo Effect
Overdiagnosis and Its Costs
AvStewart Justman
Häftad, Engelska, 2016
287 kr
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The Nocebo Effect documents the transformation of normal problems into medical ones and brings out the risks of this inflationary practice. One notable risk is that people labeled as sick may find themselves living up to their label through the alchemy of the nocebo effect.
‘Am I That Name?’
Feminism and the Category of ‘Women’ in History
AvDenise Riley
Häftad, Engelska, 1988
551 kr
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Writing about changes in the notion of womanhood, Denise Riley examines, in the manner of Foucault, shifting historical constructions of the category of "women" in relation to other categories central to concepts of personhood: the soul, the mind, the body, nature, the social. Feminist movements, Riley argues, have had no choice but to play out this indeterminacy of women. This is made plain in their oscillations, since the 1790s, between concepts of equality and of difference. To fully recognize the ambiguity of the category of "women" is, she contends, a necessary condition for an effective feminist political philosophy.

Palgrave Macmillan – förlag

Psychology of Pro-Environmental Communication

Poststructural Policy Analysis

Twenty Years' Crisis, 1919-1939

Negative Psychoanalysis for the Living Dead : Philosophical Pessimism and the Death Drive

Shah

Postnarrativist Philosophy of Historiography

Developments in Swedish Social Policy

Shawshank Experience

Winning Minds

Art of the Pitch

Government of Childhood

'Illegal' Traveller

Economic Policy in Switzerland

Garibaldi

Understanding Iran

De Gaulle’s Legacy

History of Science Fiction

ASEAN, Sovereignty and Intervention in Southeast Asia

Michael Faraday: Sandemanian and Scientist

Startup Game

Homoeroticism and Chivalry

Crime Script Analysis

Scandinavian Penal History, Culture and Prison Practice

Language of Mathematics

How to Write History that People Want to Read

Research Methods in European Union Studies

Gendering the European Union

Brontes

Nocebo Effect

‘Am I That Name?’

Palgrave Macmillan – förlag

Psychology of Pro-Environmental Communication

Poststructural Policy Analysis

Twenty Years' Crisis, 1919-1939

Negative Psychoanalysis for the Living Dead : Philosophical Pessimism and the Death Drive

Shah

Postnarrativist Philosophy of Historiography

Developments in Swedish Social Policy

Shawshank Experience

Winning Minds

Art of the Pitch

Government of Childhood

'Illegal' Traveller

Economic Policy in Switzerland

Garibaldi

Understanding Iran

De Gaulle’s Legacy

History of Science Fiction

ASEAN, Sovereignty and Intervention in Southeast Asia

Michael Faraday: Sandemanian and Scientist

Startup Game

Homoeroticism and Chivalry

Crime Script Analysis

Scandinavian Penal History, Culture and Prison Practice

Language of Mathematics

How to Write History that People Want to Read

Research Methods in European Union Studies

Gendering the European Union

Brontes

Nocebo Effect

‘Am I That Name?’