Conklin (human performance and safety integration, Los Alamos National Laboratory) outlines a road map for understanding how to manage safety in the workplace and solve problems before they become acc
To understand fully the process of European integration, it is necessary to consider developments at the sub-national and local level. EU integration scholars have been examining the local level using
Using an innovative auto-ethnographic approach to investigate the otherness of the places that make up the childhood home and its neighbourhood in relation to memory-derived and memory-imbued cultural
During the years 1919 into 1925 Frank Lloyd Wright worked on four houses and a kindergarten located in metropolitan Los Angeles using concrete blocks as the main building material. The construction sy
European Integration and the Communist Dilemma assesses the response of communist parties to European integration using three contrasting and comparatively significant case studies from Greece, Cyprus
Using the metaphor of the published journey, whether it involves actual travel or translation, Johnston focuses on the relationships of various British women travellers, translators and journalists, m
The Palestinian Executive is based on field research in the West Bank and Gaza, which involved interviewing 110 executives from 63 publicly and family-owned companies. Using a cross-cultural and conte
This book examines the coordination of renewable energy policies in the European Union using an innovative theoretical approach to explain national policy making. David Jacobs asks, why are national s
Over the last 30 years a number of theologians have been using aspects of sociology alongside the more traditional resources of philosophy. In turn, sociologists with an interest in theology have also
Over the last 30 years a number of theologians have been using aspects of sociology alongside the more traditional resources of philosophy. In turn, sociologists with an interest in theology have also
Holocaust Images and Picturing Catastrophe explores the phenomenon of Holocaust transfer, analysing the widespread practice of using the Holocaust and its imagery for the representation and recording
This volume is the 14th volume in Ashgate's Global Finance series, continuing a tradition of using the annual G7/G8 summit as a catalyst for analysis of issues of global governance, especially the cor
Using the impact of 2005's Hurricane Katrina on the Mississippi Gulf Coast as a window into the topic, the authors (of the U. of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community Colle
This collection of essays examines same-sex female relationships and their representation during the 18th century, well before the "invention" of homosexuality during the 19th century. Using a variety
She's So Fine explores the music, reception and cultural significance of 1960s girl singers and girl groups in the US and the UK. Using approaches from the fields of musicology, women's studies, film
During the late 1980s, economist Flynn and a colleague at the University of the Pacific developed the Unified Theory of Prices using Optimal Control Theory, and when Gitadez arrived soon after, the tw
Kuhn (musicology University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee) has composed a biographical study of the Quartets of Shostakovich using the philosophical theories of Shostakovich's contemporary Mikail Bakhtin. S
In 2003, demographers at INDEPTH Network formed the Migration and Urbanization Working Group to provide a different view of migration than other studies by using a different data structure. Among the
Musicologist Lowerre takes the pivotal years from 1695-1705 to examine the role of music in the London theater. Using extant librettos, newspaper reports and state records, she traces the fortunes of
In this groundbreaking study, Linda Cusworth explores the impact of parental employment or unemployment on the educational and emotional well-being of their children. Using theoretical apparatus from
Examining the challenges of using the global anti-money laundering (AML) framework in an uneven global regulatory landscape, this book discusses the difficulties of relating de-regulation, liberalizat
Using a rich array of ethnographic and archival data closely considering the Irish and the manner in which a€?Irishnessa€? was rendered inclusive, Multiculturalism's Double Bind demonstrates that mult
Using tools from political theory, linguistic analysis, and international relations theory, this book's innovative approach examines the implications of discourse and practice in the European Securit
This book explores the epiclesis or invocation of the Holy Spirit in the Eucharistic Prayer, using the Anglican tradition as an historical model of a communion of churches in conscious theological and
In this collection of essays Mary Cyr explores some of the written and unwritten performance conventions that applied to French and English music of the 17th and early 18th centuries. Using composers'
Crooks is known for discovering thallium, inventing the radiometer, experimenting with cathode rays using the Crookes tube, predicting that mankind would starve unless science removed the excess nitro
Using monuments and ruins by way of illustration, this fascinating book examines the symbolic, ideological, geographical and aesthetic importance of Greek classical iconography for the Western world.
This book explores the relationship between popular music and the city using Liverpool as a case study. Firstly, it examines the impact of social and economic change within that city on its popular mu
This is a paperbound edition of a 2005 book. Using the Recueil edition from 1866, Sweetenham (French studies, U. of Warwick, UK) presents the first English translation of Robert the Monk's Historia Ih
Why is it that modern architects and planners - these benevolent and socially visionary a€?expertsa€? - have created environments that can make one feel so uneasy? Using a philosophical and psycho-ana
Drawing from current feminist scholarship on intimacy and political economy and using three main frameworks: Fortressing Writs/Exclusionary Rights, Mobile Bodies/Immobile Citizenships, and Bordered/Bo
This text develops a surveillance studies approach to social media by presenting first hand ethnographic research with a variety of personal and professional social media users. Using Facebook as a ca
With a bold vision and a distinctive message, Reddy stipulates that international peacekeeping can be designed and implemented using the principles of restorative justice. To prove this, Reddy discuss
By adopting theoretical approaches from the fields of management studies, cultural studies and anthropology, and by using culture as an organising principle, this book develops an innovative framework
In The Focused Organization Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez shows you how fewer, more effectively elected and managed projects are the key to strategic and long-term success. Using his own research and work e
This comprehensive volume explores various forms of violence in health care settings. Using a broad range of critical approaches in the field of anthropology, cultural studies, gender studies, politic
The common building practice of re-using perfectly good pieces of marble and other fitted and often carved pieces of stone is the subject of this fascinating group of 12 essays by an international gro
This book presents the vocal art music of Kabul as performed by Ustad Amir Mohammad. At the heart of Kabul's vocal art music is the ghazal, a highly flexible song form using Persian (or Pashto) texts
Using empirical research to explore medieval writers' imaginings of time, this study presents a new morphology by which to study narratives of time in fifteenth-century literary culture, focusing on p
Why do we feel justified in using adjectives such as romantic, erotic, heroic, melancholic, and a hundred others when speaking about music? How do we locate these meanings within particular musical st
