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Real World modo: The Authorized Guide In the Trenches with modo

Real World modo: The Authorized Guide In the Trenches with modo

Explore one of the most exciting 3D tools on the market modo with Real-World modo - the Luxology approved concept and principle- driven guide. Learn to apply the revolutionary artist-friendly modo toolset with its powerful 3D rendering engine to your project workflows. In a clear motivating and entertaining style Luxology insider Wes McDermott provides captivating 3D imagery real world observations and valuable tips and tricks all in one place - an invaluable resource for any digital artist. Explore 3D techniques and principles with chapters on modelling UV mapping texturing animation lighting and rendering. Learn to leverage the technical elements of the modo rendering engine including Antialaising Shading Rate and Irradiance Caching from an artist's perspective. Integrate modo with other 3D applications such as Maya and Mudbox and learn to properly setup a linear rendering workflow within modo. For practical hands-on techniques you can visit www. wesmcdermott. com for video walk-throughs that further enhance the coverage in the book. | Real World modo: The Authorized Guide In the Trenches with modo

GBP 175.00
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Manual de fonética e fonologia da língua portuguesa

Manual de fonética e fonologia da língua portuguesa

Escrito inteiramente em português o Manual de fonética e fonologia da língua portuguesa é uma obra que abrange todos os aspectos fonéticos e fonológicos desse idioma inclusive as questões de fonética acústica e auditiva fonotática e traços suprassegmentais que a maioria dos livros didáticos não aborda. Neste livro o estudante encontrará uma introdução detalhada e exata mas acessível à fonética e à fonologia da língua portuguesa. Inclui capítulos introdutórios que contextualizam essas disciplinas no campo geral da linguística e salientam o papel dos sons e sua representação na comunicação humana. Principais características: ● Escrito por fonetistas qualificados e versados nas questões atuais da ciência fonética. ● Não é preciso já saber linguística pois o livro expõe todos os termos e conceitos linguísticos necessários. ● Cada capítulo conta com um resumo uma lista de conceitos e termos perguntas de revisão e exercícios de pronúncia relevantes destinados à prática dos conselhos e sugestões específicos do capítulo. ● Os capítulos que abordam a produção física dos sons contêm seções de Dicas Pedagógicas Conselhos Práticos e Exercícios de Pronúncia que ligam a teoria aos aspectos práticos da boa pronúncia. ● Uma característica exclusiva deste livro é a exposição da fonética e fonologia das três principais normas cultas da língua portuguesa: a de São Paulo e do Rio de Janeiro para o português brasileiro (PB) e a de Lisboa para o português europeu (PE). ● Numerosas imagens gráficos e tabelas para ilustrar claramente cada conceito. ● Recursos eletrônicos disponíveis online nos materiais de eResource com a pronúncia dos sons frases e exercícios do livro. O Manual de fonética e fonologia da língua portuguesa é uma introdução abrangente a esses campos escrita de modo a ser clara e acessível aos estudantes de português em nível avançado para ajudá-los a entender como melhorar a própria pronúncia. O livro é excelente também tanto para alunos de pós-graduação como para professores linguistas e profissionais de letras. Written entirely in Portuguese Manual de fonética e fonologia da língua portuguesa presents an accurate yet accessible introduction to Portuguese phonetics and phonology. The book covers all phonetic and phonological aspects of the language including those often missing from other textbooks such as acoustic and auditory phonetics phonotactics and suprasegmentals. The book maintains a careful balance between the theoretical and practical aspects of the topic and is designed to help learners improve their pronunciation through an understanding of the linguistic principles of phonetics and phonology combined with the application of these principles through exercises and practice. Additional pronunciation resources are available online at www. routledge. com/9780367179915. Written in a clear and accessible manner the book is ideal for advanced students of Portuguese with no prior knowledge of linguistics.

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E. M. Forster The Personal Voice

E. M. Forster The Personal Voice

Originally published in 1975 E. M. Forster: The Personal Voice draws on information about the life and works of E. M. Forster that came to light following his death in 1970. Exploring in particular the publication of Maurice in 1971 The Life to Come in 1972 and the Forster papers in King's College Library Cambridge this volume is an extensive study of E. M. Forster. It provides a comprehensive and detailed overview of Forster's work his intellectual and literary background his personality and the reception of his work. E. M. Forster: The Personal Voice places Forster's works in their social and cultural context and provides an excellent insight into his development as a writer. | E. M. Forster The Personal Voice

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Advances in E-Governance Theory and Application of Technological Initiatives

Advances in E-Governance Theory and Application of Technological Initiatives

E-Governance as a field of study is relatively new when considered within the broader historical context of US democracy. The advent of the modern Internet in the early 1990s yielded new technologies that began to shift citizen expectations of how government can - and in many cases should - govern. Though innovations continue to emerge at a rapid pace these technologies may be used to reinforce long-held deliberative democracy principles including transparency accountability and flexibility. Advances in E-Governance offers a comprehensive exploration of the role that technological innovation plays in facilitating government action and citizen participation. In this timely book author Anthony Trotta differentiates e-governance from e-government and examines the increasingly important role social media and crowdsourcing have come to play in our democracy and the interactions between technology polling voting and outcomes. Including practical cases ranging from DMV registration to online tax filing and markers of successful implementation Advances in E-Governance carefully addresses how the adoption and expansion of electronic platforms align with new government paradigms and looks to future trends in this rapidly expanding field. | Advances in E-Governance Theory and Application of Technological Initiatives

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Impact of e-Commerce on Consumers and Small Firms

Impact of e-Commerce on Consumers and Small Firms

The change from old to new technologies has fundamentally changed the relationship between the consumer and the firm. This book is at the frontier of behavioural research into how these new commercial realities are borne out in practice examining the adoption of e-commerce by small firms and the transactional phenomenon that entails access to the Internet. In analyzing the process of e-commerce adoption and why e-commerce actors behave as they do its coverage includes the adoption of information and communication technologies (ICT) by small firms; the use of ICT applications to support marketing and sales transactions; and the factors that influence consumers' online purchasing decisions. | Impact of e-Commerce on Consumers and Small Firms

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E-Participation in Southern Europe and the Balkans Issues of Democracy and Participation Via Electronic Media

E-Participation in Southern Europe and the Balkans Issues of Democracy and Participation Via Electronic Media

The rapid development and the growing penetration of information and communication technologies (ICT) provide tremendous opportunities for a wide and cost effective application of the ideas of participative democracy and public participation in government decision and policy making. ICT can drive dramatic transformations in the quantity and quality of communication and interaction of government organizations with citizens revitalizing and strengthening the modern representative democracy which currently faces big problems of reduced citizens’ trust and involvement. This book deals with the application of these e-participation ideas in the special and ‘difficult’ and at the same time highly interesting national context of Southern Europe and the Balkans. The first chapter provides an overview of e-participation concepts and practices whilst the following chapters analyse pilot applications of e-participation concepts in eight different Southern European and Balkan countries (Spain France Italy Slovenia Serbia Albania Greece Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)). They cover both the ‘classical’ e-participation paradigm based on official e-participation spaces created operated and controlled by government organizations as well as emerging new e-participation paradigms including e-participation based on web 2. 0 social media and ‘scientific-level’ e-participation based on opening government data to the scientific community. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies. | E-Participation in Southern Europe and the Balkans Issues of Democracy and Participation Via Electronic Media

GBP 9.99
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A Young Person’s Guide to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Eating Disorders

A Young Person’s Guide to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Eating Disorders

A Young Person’s Guide to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Eating Disorders is a state-of-the-art guide for young patients struggling with disordered eating based on enhanced cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT-E). CBT-E is one of the most effective treatments for eating disorders including anorexia nervosa bulimia nervosa and binge-eating disorder which has recently been adapted for adolescents. Written by two experienced clinicians and clinical researchers working daily with teenagers suffering from eating disorders and their parents this book offers an effective mix of theory and clinical expertise that will appeal to all readers. The volume starts with a presentation the most current facts on eating disorders. Part 2 then provides young with eating disorders a complete description—accompanied by clinical examples and helpful vignettes on how to implement the main CBT-E procedures. While this book is specifically tailored for young people aged between 15 and 25 years with eating disorders treated with CBT-E it will also be useful for all young persons affected by eating disorders and clinicians using CBT-E with young patients.

GBP 19.99
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E. L. Doctorow

E. L. Doctorow

During his lifetime E. L. Doctorow was a remarkable phenomenon among contemporary American novelists. He was a serious writer who was popular a political writer who was a stylist an original writer who was highly eclectic and an historical writer who invented the past. In this study originally published in 1985 Paul Levine follows Doctorow’s progress as a novelist and traces the development of certain themes that recur in his work including the relationships between history and imagination between high and popular culture and between political content and radical style. He also examines Doctorow’s notion of the writer as witness and actor and of writing as a subversive activity two concerns which link him with important writers in Europe and Latin America. The book should provide a valuable and comprehensive coverage of his work to date including the films of Ragtime and The Book of Daniel.

GBP 29.99
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Introducción a la lingüística de corpus en español

Introducción a la lingüística de corpus en español

Introducción a la lingüística de corpus en español es la primera obra concebida desde la óptica del español para investigar los corpus textuales existentes en la actualidad. Destinada a conjugar armónicamente la exposición de cuestiones teóricas y metodológicas proporciona información detallada sobre las tareas necesarias en el diseño construcción y explotación de un corpus a partir de numerosos ejemplos de obtención de datos sobre diferentes cuestiones léxicas y gramaticales. Características principales: • Exposición de cuestiones teóricas y metodológicas combinada con el tratamiento de casos prácticos de extracción y análisis de datos procedentes de corpus textuales de español; • Análisis de fenómenos léxicos y gramaticales del español desde diferentes perspectivas y con atención a la variabilidad diacrónica diatópica y diastrática; • Indicación detallada del modo de obtener los datos necesarios para la investigación en diferentes corpus del español; • Inclusión de un resumen inicial actividades de investigación en cada capítulo y lecturas complementarias recomendadas; • Presentación de un capítulo final con herramientas informáticas útiles para el análisis de textos no incluidos en corpus textuales; • Recopilación de los principales términos usados en la lingüística de corpus en un glosario bilingüe (español e inglés). Introducción a la lingüística de corpus en español es una obra con un enfoque marcadamente didáctico y dirigida fundamentalmente a estudiantes avanzados de grado y posgrado profesores que necesiten hacer uso de corpus en sus clases investigadores que precisen un conocimiento más profundo de la lingüística de corpus o expertos en otras disciplinas que deseen familiarizarse con una perspectiva técnica de los fenómenos lingüísticos. Introducción a la lingüística de corpus en español provides the first complete overview of corpus linguistics in Spanish. Combining the discussion of theoretical and methodological issues it provides detailed information on the design construction and use of a corpus with numerous examples of obtaining data on different lexical and grammatical issues. This is an ideal resource for undergraduate and graduate students teachers who need to make use of corpora in their classes researchers who need a deeper knowledge of corpus linguistics or experts in other disciplines who wish to become familiar with a technical perspective of linguistic phenomena.

GBP 36.99
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Capsules: Typology of Other Architecture

Capsules: Typology of Other Architecture

This book investigates the architectural product design and urban typology of the capsule which beginning in the 1960s broadened the concept of the basic building blocks of architecture to include a minimal living unit called the capsule. Here it is presented with regard to the continuity of the development of the Modern Movement its revisionist criticism pioneering examples as well as contemporary examples and uses. The typology of the capsule allows us to consider this theme in terms of the architecture of resistance with the potential to search for an other architecture that is embedded in our contemporaneity (manifested in small dwellings composite structures and container units; shelters and mobile homes in nature and the urban environment; technology transfer in high-tech designs; devices additions and extensions etc. ). The concept of the capsule as a building element of architecture as well as a spatial element can therefore be regarded as having a generative potential for an architecture of personal space for the individual forcing us to reflect on our existing living and dwelling conditions. | Capsules: Typology of Other Architecture

GBP 36.99
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E. M. Forster’s Material Humanism Queer Matters

E. M. Forster’s Material Humanism Queer Matters

Through attending to the nonhuman E. M. Forster’s Material Humanism: Queer Matters places Forster’s fiction in conversation with contemporary debates concerned with the intersection of neomaterialism environmental humanities and queer ecology. The book revisits Forster’s liberal humanism from a materialist perspective by focusing on humans’ embodied activities in artificial and natural environments. By examining the everyday embodied experiences of characters the book thus brings to the fore insignificant and sometimes overlooked aspects in Forster’s fiction. It also places importance on the texts’ treatment of queer intimacy as an embodied experience that can transcend sexual desire. The book acknowledges nonhuman agency as central to our understanding of queerness in Forster’s texts and studies the representation of formless matters such as dust as a way through which Forster’s ecological concerns arise by linking the fate of oppressed humans with oppressed nonhuman others. | E. M. Forster’s Material Humanism Queer Matters

GBP 130.00
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e-Research y español LE/L2 Investigar en la era digital

e-Research y español LE/L2 Investigar en la era digital

e-Research y español LE/L2: Investigar en la era digital es el primer volumen que aborda de manera conjunta las aportaciones al español LE/L2 de la lingüística de corpus la biblioteconomía y la edición digital. Es excelente para mejorar las técnicas de investigación a la vez que se toma conciencia sobre el uso de las tecnologías en los estudios sobre el español LE/L2. Características principales: visión interdisciplinar e internacional a partir del trabajo de expertos que ejercen su actividad docente investigadora y profesional en diferentes ámbitos y en distintos países; planteamiento teórico-práctico mediante la exposición de una reflexión teórica y la descripción de casos prácticos; sólido marco teórico que se presenta en los dos primeros capítulos; estructura homogénea dividida en útiles apartados (necesidades cómo ayudan las tecnologías y casos concretos) para que el lector pueda localizar los contenidos con facilidad; lectura del volumen que puede ser lineal (capítulo tras capítulo) o transversal (por ejemplo los casos prácticos que se presentan en cada capítulo); materiales complementarios en línea como por ejemplo glosario hipertextual y enlaces a los corpus y programas mencionados en los capítulos. Escrito en español de manera clara y accesible y con abundantes ejemplos e ilustraciones e-Research y español LE/L2: Investigar en la era digital es ideal para todas aquellas personas vinculadas con la investigación en torno al español LE/L2: estudiantes de máster y doctorado directores de tesis (PhD o máster) y profesores. e-Research y español LE/L2: Investigar en la era digital is the first volume that jointly addresses the contributions of corpus linguistics librarianship and digital publishing to Spanish as a second or foreign language (LE/L2). It is excellent for improving research techniques while raising awareness about the use of technologies in studies of Spanish LE/L2. Main features: interdisciplinary and international vision based on the work of experts who carry out their teaching research and professional activities in different fields and in different countries; theoretical-practical approach through the presentation of a theoretical reflection and the description of practical cases; solid theoretical framework which is presented in the first two chapters; each chapter is divided into three useful sections (needs how technologies help and specific cases) so that the reader can easily locate the contents; reading can be linear (chapter by chapter) or transversal (for example the practical cases presented in each chapter); supplementary online materials include a hypertext glossary and links to the corpus and programs mentioned in the chapters. Written in Spanish in a clear and accessible way and with abundant examples and illustrations e-Research y español LE/L2: Investigar en la era digital is ideal for all those involved in research on Spanish LE/L2 master's and doctoral students thesis supervisors and professors. | e-Research y español LE/L2 Investigar en la era digital

GBP 36.99
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Mano a Mano: Português para Falantes de Espanhol Volume 1 – Básico

Mano a Mano: Português para Falantes de Espanhol Volume 1 – Básico

Mano a Mano: Português para Falantes de Espanhol vem preencher uma importante lacuna no mercado editorial: a carência de livros didáticos que considerando as necessidades específicas de falantes de espanhol favoreçam um desenvolvimento mais rápido de sua proficiência em português. A coleção reúne uma série de características favoráveis à aprendizagem do português em diferentes contextos (ensino médio universidades cursos livres): Convida o(a) aluno(a) a desenvolver sua proficiência em português ao mesmo tempo que forma uma imagem multifacetada do Brasil em diálogo com suas próprias construções culturais desconstruindo discursos estabilizados e ampliando seus horizontes; Favorece o trnsito por múltiplas práticas de letramento em que circulam diferentes gêneros discursivos oferecendo oportunidades para que o(a) estudante aprimore suas capacidades de linguagem em contextos reais ou próximos a situações autênticas de interação; Sensibiliza o(a) aluno(a) para diferentes variedades da língua portuguesa; Permite ao(à) estudante desenvolver suas capacidades léxico-gramaticais e fonético-fonológicas de maneira reflexiva e contextualizada levando em consideração necessidades específicas de falantes de espanhol; Propõe tarefas semelhantes às encontradas no Certificado de Proficiência em Língua Portuguesa para Estrangeiros (Celpe-Bras) do Ministério da Educação brasileiro; É acompanhado por dois cadernos complementares integrados com explicações detalhadas referentes a recursos léxico-gramaticais e fonético-fonológicos além de uma série de atividades; Disponibiliza online os vídeos e áudios de tarefas de compreensão oral e de atividades de pronúncia. Preparado para o desenvolvimento de um curso de até 60 horas em contexto de imersão ou 90 horas de não-imersão Mano a Mano Volume 1 – Básico permite levar falantes de espanhol (como língua materna ou estrangeira/adicional) que nunca tiveram contato significativo prévio com o português até o início do nível Intermediário do Celpe-Bras do B1 do Quadro Europeu Comum de Referência para as Línguas ou do Intermediário Médio do American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. | Mano a Mano: Português para Falantes de Espanhol Volume 1 – Básico

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The Money Changers Currency Reform from Aristotle to E-Cash

The Money Changers Currency Reform from Aristotle to E-Cash

Since money was invented there has been a debate about better ways of creating it and better rules to govern how it works - until the last generation when it began to seem that the money system had been handed down by God and remained unchanged ever since. But the last few years have seen an increasingly powerful resurgence of interest in changing the system fundamentally and bringing the monetary trends that affect all our lives under our control. Few realize that the debate has roots and a tradition covering mainstream economists like Keynes and Hayek statesmen like Lincoln entrepreneurs like Ford and Soros as well as the imaginative mavericks behind local currencies and e-money. This volume collects together some of their most influential writings to provide a handbook on a vital train of ideas and a guide to a debate on changing money that is becoming increasingly important. | The Money Changers Currency Reform from Aristotle to E-Cash

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E-Governance in European and South African Cities The Cases of Barcelona Cape Town Eindhoven Johannesburg Manchester Tampere The Hague

E-Governance in European and South African Cities The Cases of Barcelona Cape Town Eindhoven Johannesburg Manchester Tampere The Hague

Since the late 1990s city councils have become increasingly aware of the potential for information technologies (ICTs) to improve the management of cities and as an instrument for economic and social policy. This has resulted in a wave of urban ICT strategies and policies such as the adoption of ICTs within the city administration itself projects that facilitate access to ICTs by weaker social groups and policies to improve the urban electronic infrastructure. By comparing eight cities - Barcelona Cape Town Eindhoven Johnnesburg Manchester Tampere the Hague and Venice - this book examines a range of innovative urban e-governance strategies and develops a framework of analysis that permits a common approach. Throughout the book a distinction is made between access policies (aimed at improving access to ICTs for all citizens) content policies (directed to improve the use of ICTs in the city administration and semi-public domains) and infrastructure policies (to improve the provision of broadband infrastructure). For each of the cities e-strategies and policies are critically reviewed and compared. The book reveals that urban e-strategies have evolved from an internal and technology-centred orientation to a more outward-looking approach. | E-Governance in European and South African Cities The Cases of Barcelona Cape Town Eindhoven Johannesburg Manchester Tampere The Hague

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Islamic State's Online Propaganda A Comparative Analysis

Islamic State's Online Propaganda A Comparative Analysis

Explaining the means utilised by the editors of the Islamic State’s online magazines to win the hearts and minds of their audiences this book is a result of a multidimensional content analysis of two flagship periodicals of the Islamic State: Dabiq and Rumiyah. Drawing from a number of theoretical concepts in propaganda studies the research uses comparative analysis to understand the evolution of the modus operandi employed by the editorial staff. The volume evaluates the types of arguments used in these magazines as well as the emotions and behaviour that these triggered in readers. This book concentrates on the formats and thematic composition of a variety of the Islamic State’s e-periodicals including Dabiq Rumiyah Dar al-Islam or Konstantiniyye from the viewpoint of the constantly changing strategic situation and priorities of the Caliphate. The e-magazines of the post-territorial phase of the Islamic State e. g. From Dabiq to Rome and Youth of the Caliphate were also taken into consideration. Overall this book does not only offer new insights into the propaganda methods of the Islamic State’s periodicals but it also summarises their rise and fall between 2014 and 2019. The volume is dedicated mostly to academics and postgraduate students specialised in terrorism studies political violence and security studies. | Islamic State's Online Propaganda A Comparative Analysis

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A Compassionate Vision for Elementary Social Studies A Holistic View

A Compassionate Vision for Elementary Social Studies A Holistic View

This text offers readers a holistic view of elementary social studies that instills compassion for all classroom voices and for those outside the classroom. This approach provides a social studies perspective that enables readers to articulate apply and defend engaging learning experiences that value each student. A revision of the original textbook by John Hoge and contributions by Laura E. Pinto the work presents a comprehensive view of social studies that encourages reader awareness of and appreciation for their emotional and social identities. By being comfortable with themselves and their biases readers may better appreciate the different perspectives of social studies content and better facilitating learning experiences that value the voices of all students. | A Compassionate Vision for Elementary Social Studies A Holistic View

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

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

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

GBP 110.00
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Foundations of Public Service E Pluribus Unum

Foundations of Public Service E Pluribus Unum

Designed to serve as a basic text for introductory courses in public administration this pioneering work provides students with a clear-eyed understanding of the vital management functions covered in most standard textbooks with two important differences. First it is written to address the needs of both the experienced practitioner and the entry-level public servant. Case examples bridge the content-rich environment of practitioners with the principles of public administration sought by pre-service students. Second the discussion of management practices is grounded in the political and ethical tensions inherent in the American constitutional form of governance. This innovative approach reflects the authors' belief that public administration operates as an integral part of the country's political traditions and thereby helps define the political culture. Key themes in this third edition include: • an emphasis on the ways in which public administration and their agents play a critical role in ensuring legal and political accountability of the political system; • an exploration of local public administration as the backstop of American democracy requiring a close working partnership between part-time elected officials and career administrators; • careful examination of the ways in which the American political economy requires administrators who are skilled at co-producing the common good with voluntary associations businesses nonprofit organizations and other governmental entities; • an understanding that public administration plays a critical role with its prudential judgments in balancing the competing values necessary to secure a regime of ordered liberty. Every chapter has been thoroughly updated with particular attention paid to chapters on budgeting and revenue e-government and the digital divide shared power and the rise of wicked problems and the future of public administration in the United States amidst deep polarization. Foundations of Public Service 3rd Edition provides a framework for understanding American political traditions and how they inform public administration as a political practice. It is required reading for all introductory Public Administration courses with an emphasis on practice and real-world applications. | Foundations of Public Service E Pluribus Unum

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Advances in Construction ICT and e-Business

Advances in Construction ICT and e-Business

This internationally conducted study of the latest construction industry practices addresses a broad range of Information and Communication Technology applications. Drawing on research conducted in the US and UK this book presents the state of the art of various ebusiness processes and examines BIM virtual environments and mobile technologies. Innovation is a theme that runs throughout this book so in addition to the direct impact of these new technical achievements it also considers the management styles that helped them to emerge. Examples from industry are illustrated with case studies and presented alongside research from some of the best known academics in this field. This book is essential reading for all advanced students and researchers interested in how ICT is changing construction management and the construction industry. | Advances in Construction ICT and e-Business

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The Periodical Press Revolution E. S. Dallas and the Nineteenth-Century British Media System

The Periodical Press Revolution E. S. Dallas and the Nineteenth-Century British Media System

This book explores a key aspect of journalism history from a sociological perspective: the rise of the periodical press. With a focus not on the economic and technological causes of this revolution but on the social and political consequences the book takes a global look at this key development in the British press. Taking as a point of departure the theory of E. S. Dallas who defined the periodical as 'the great event in modern history' the book explores these premises and conclusions regarding authorship publishing and readership considering the nineteenth century as a whole. After an introductory section discussing questions of theory and method the analysis first offers an overview of the quantitative growth of the periodical market whether measured in terms of publications readership or authorship before turning to a more detailed consideration of its qualitative determinants and effects again distinguishing the same three aspects. Offering new insight into this key turning point in journalism history this book will be of interest to all students and scholars of journalism and journalism history media history media and communication studies British history and modern history. | The Periodical Press Revolution E. S. Dallas and the Nineteenth-Century British Media System

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Global Leadership A Transnational Perspective

Global Leadership A Transnational Perspective

The clash of cultures coupled with rapid technological advances seems to be pushing us in paradoxical directions. On the one hand the world seems to be falling apart; while on the other the world seems to be converging. Do we have thoughtful leaders to guide us through these uncertain times? As globalization breaks down barriers global leaders are becoming more visible players on the world stage. From executives of multinational corporations (e. g. high-tech entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley) to social activists (e. g. Malala Yousafzai) individuals from many different cultural backgrounds and ages are reshaping the way we see global leadership. These global leaders have to contend with a variety of transnational contexts that call for different leadership styles. This book assesses four of these styles – transactional participatory transformational and directive – with representative case studies for each. It provides practical skills that global leaders must master in order to be more effective at the transnational level – cultivating a global mindset; developing intercultural communication; leveraging diversity and inclusion; and managing intercultural conflict. Global Leadership is valuable reading for educators in undergraduate and graduate leadership programs; practitioners involved in global for-profit and nonprofit organizations; and leadership educators interested in exploring the impact of technology on global leadership. It provides an excellent balance between the study and practice of global leadership. | Global Leadership A Transnational Perspective

GBP 51.99
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Philosophy of Action A Contemporary Introduction

Philosophy of Action A Contemporary Introduction

This book offers an accessible and inclusive overview of the major debates in the philosophy of action. It covers the distinct approaches taken by Donald Davidson G. E. M. Anscombe and numerous others to answering questions like what are intentional actions? and how do reasons explain actions? Further topics include intention practical knowledge weakness and strength of will self-governance and collective agency. With introductions conclusions and annotated suggested reading lists for each of the ten chapters it is an ideal introduction for advanced undergraduates as well as any philosopher seeking a primer on these issues. | Philosophy of Action A Contemporary Introduction

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Language and Learning in a Post-Colonial Context A Critical Ethnographic Study in Schools in Haiti

Language and Learning in a Post-Colonial Context A 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). | Language and Learning in a Post-Colonial Context A Critical Ethnographic Study in Schools in Haiti

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