Todaya€?s organizations are embedded in global and local network relationships that demand more. They have to consider the importance to customers, investors and employees of being respected in wider
This volume provides up-to-date and nuanced analysis across a wide spectrum of capital punishment issues. The essays move beyond the conventional legal approach and propose fresh perspectives, includi
In November 1918, the implementation of agrarian change in the Scottish Highlands threatened another wave of unemployment and eviction for the land-working population, which led to widespread and vari
Financial crime affects virtually all areas of public policy and is increasingly transnational. The essays in this volume address both the theoretical and policy issues arising from financial crime an
Digital Humanities is becoming an increasingly popular focus of academic endeavour. There are now hundreds of Digital Humanities centres worldwide and the subject is taught at both postgraduate and un
Digital Humanities is becoming an increasingly popular focus of academic endeavour. There are now hundreds of Digital Humanities centres worldwide and the subject is taught at both postgraduate and un
Focusing on the years between the identification of bacteria and the production of antibiotic medicine, Wall presents a study into how bacteriology has affected both clinical practice and public knowl
Taking a cue from Erving Goffmana€?s classic work, Asylums, Tia DeNora develops a novel interdisciplinary framework for music, health and wellbeing. Considering health and illness both in medical cont
Health care is everywhere under tremendous pressure with regard to efficiency, safety, and economic viability - to say nothing of having to meet various political agendas - and has responded by eagerl
Ellen Terry's correspondence was both exuberant and extensive. Her remaining letters provide a fascinating insight into the dynamics of the Victorian theatre, and the difficulties of life for a woman
The volume consists of sixteen papers on the history of Francia between the seventh and eleventh centuries. Originally published between 1979 and 2009, the papers are arranged around three interlinkin
Fashion and celebrity may be twenty-first century obsessions, but they were also key concepts in Regency culture. Both celebrated and condemned for their popularity, silver fork novels were extremely
Ellen Terry's correspondence was both exuberant and extensive. Her remaining letters provide a fascinating insight into the dynamics of the Victorian theatre, and the difficulties of life for a woman
This ambitious three-volume biography on Gissing examines both his life and writing both chronologically and in close detail. Part II assesses the period of Gissing’s greatest authorial triumphs. His
'Excellent', 'Outstanding' and 'Inspirational' were words used to describe the highly acclaimed and award winning first edition of Women in Management Worldwide. Edited by two of the world's most emin
The issue of what defines project success (or failure) is complex and often elusive, and dependent on the perceptions of different stakeholders. In this enlightening book Emanuel Camilleri examines th
Adoption and use of a contract scorecard demonstrates a maturing ability to manage commercial outsourcing arrangements. The process of designing the scorecard helps you nail down the key outcomes and
A Tory pamphleteer, playwright and satirical historian, Delarivier Manley was regarded by her contemporaries Jonathan Swift and Robert Harley as a key member of the Tory propaganda team. This biograph
Action Learning for Managers is a clear, concise and straightforward guide to this well-established approach to problem solving and learning in groups that enables change in individuals, teams, organi
Music industry experts from all of the world have contributed to this collection of essays that focus on the complicated relationship between new recording and marketing technologies and the creative
Muslim philosopher Sadradin Shirazi (1571-1640), a.k.a. Mulla Sadra promoted a new ontology and founded a new epistemology. Aimed at students and interested general readers, this text provides an over
Designed to serve as a one-stop resource containing both classic studies and more recent scholarship, this collection contains 14 articles reprinted in facsimile and one presented in English translati
A venerable scholar of Mithraism, Beck assembles 17 reprinted and original articles from the past three decades that underpin the project to comprehend and describe the Mithraic mysteries more effecti
The 13 essays, published between 1992 and 2002, comprise a set if interlocking national histories of Britain, a transnational history linked to the history of continental Europe, and an international
Erickson (global change, U. of Waikato), Philip R. Berke (land use and environmental planning, U. of North Carolina), Auckland planning consultant Janet L. Crawford, and Jennifer E. Dixon (planning, U
Quartey (business and professional studies, Lincoln U., Missouri) aims to give proper credit to the great black scholars of antiquity and our times by describing them, their professional positions, an
In 15 papers reproduced from original publication between 1979 and 2000, Kraye looks at how Italian Renaissance thinkers from the humanists Francesco Filelfo and Angelo Poliziano to the Christian Plat
Librarians and information specialists from four continents look at how traditional classification systems are being and might be adapted in order to encompass non-physical media such as the Internet
A collection of research from the 1950s through the early 1990s, transcending the nationalist approach to examine the European presence beyond Europe. Focus is on biological and especially medical and
Are intellectual property rights like other property rights? More and more of the worlda€?s knowledge and information is under the control of intellectual property owners. What are the justifications
This volume brings together essays by leading scholars from North America, Europe, and Israel who have drawn on literary analysis of the biblical text as well as archaeology, anthropology, and sociolo
Bringing together some of the world’s leading thinkers and policy experts in the area of natural resource governance and management in Africa, this volume addresses the most critical policy issues aff
This book considers institutional racism as a problem that exists within modern societies. Its roots lie with the transatlantic slave trade and slavery and the solution involves ridding society of the
Publishing today requires a presence in local and global markets, and successful publishers can be more effective in reaching both by employing current technology at all stages of the publishing proce
Why does the way we think about urban children and urban nature matter? This volume explores how dichotomies between nature/culture, rural/urban, and child/adult have structured our understandings abo
Greek Rebetiko from a Psychocultural Perspective: Same Songs Changing Minds examines the ways in which audiences in present-day Greece and Turkey perceive and use the Greek popular song genre rebetiko
Disputes, discord and reconciliation were fundamental parts of the fabric of communal living in early modern Europe. This edited volume presents essays on the cultural codes of conflict and its resolu
The collection of essays in this volume offer an overview of Schubertian reception, interpretation and analysis. Part I surveys the issue of Schuberta€?s alterity concentrating on his history and biog
For students and readers new to the work of Ford Madox Ford, this volume provides a comprehensive introduction to one of the most complex, important and fascinating authors. Bringing together leading
In this path-breaking book Anna Arrowsmith analyses gendered dating behaviour and shows how mena€?s behaviour is both defined and illustrated by societal norms that require a particular masculine perf
