Climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution of land and water, land-use changes, lack of equality and other problems at local, national and global levels represent a challenge for economics as a soci
Drawing on real-world experience and presented in an informal and accessible manner, A Practical Guide to Publishing Research in Kinesiology provides upper-level students and early-career academics wi
Since the first MOOC was launched at the University of Manitoba in 2008, this new form of the massification of higher education has been a rollercoaster ride for the university sector. The New York Ti
The history of Islam runs without a break from its origins to the present. Therefore, understanding medieval Islam gives us a much clearer comprehension of the modern world. First published in 1979, t
This collection, first published in 1963, includes 29 of George Eliot’s essays written between 1846 and 1868. Through these essays, Pinney has managed to convey her range of subject-matters and variet
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This book brings together a group of feminist activists, psychologists, and peace workers from countries on every continent who describe how they apply global/transnational feminism in their activist
This study, first published in 1994, is intended to deepen the readers understanding of the phenomenon of equilibrium credit rationing in two areas. The first area concerns the form that equilibrium c
The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Sport is a landmark publication in sport studies. It goes further than any book has before in tracing the contours of the discipline of the philosophy of sp
Given the impressive growth in East Asia after World War II, initially led by Japan, the region's development models have been scrutinized since the 1980s. The shared Confucian cultural heritage, stro
This book is based on an important but complicated question: How have nonprofit human service organizations sustained themselves over time? It documents the organizational histories of pioneering nonp
Business today is up against a myriad of complexities -- disruptive competition and technologies, volatile economic forces, and a complex and evolving work force. There is unending pressure to do more
This casebook is a collection of international teaching cases focusing on human resource management issues. Each case focuses primarily on one country and illustrates significant challenges faced by m
This casebook is a collection of international teaching cases focusing on human resource management issues. Each case focuses primarily on one country and illustrates significant challenges faced by m
Alongside the surging popularity of positive psychology has come a quiet but significant chorus of dissenting voices, raising questions about the movement: that it is philosophically naive, that it un
Alongside the surging popularity of positive psychology has come a quiet but significant chorus of dissenting voices, raising questions about the movement: that it is philosophically naive, that it un
As China strives to significantly increase its economic output, the nation faces an acute deterioration of the physical resources from which this prodigious growth springs. Major problems include wate
Going West? uses the latest data to question how the Neolithic way of life was diffused from the Near East to Europe via Anatolia. The transformations of the 7th millennium BC in western Anatolia undo
This book bears testimony to the value of a progressive form of academisation of social work education in most European countries, including former communist countries which had to re-establish social
Continuing professional development (CPD) aims to maintain or improve the quality of professional performance. So far, it tends to have been designed for specific professional groups such as teachers,
In the past three decades, China has successfully transformed itself from an extremely poor economy to the world’s second largest economy. The country’s phenomenal economic growth has been sustained p
Originally published in 1942, this title attempted to trace, from their very earliest appearances after birth, all aspects of mental development in childhood up to the age of about 4 or 5. It is based
Global diversity and inclusion management practice is in a state of arrested development. Leaders and practitioners are caught in grooves which are no longer effective, if they ever were. In Re-config
Construction Management is a new comprehensive undergraduate textbook for budding construction managers. The range of coverage makes the book essential reading for students studying management courses
Construction Management is a new comprehensive undergraduate textbook for budding construction managers. The range of coverage makes the book essential reading for students studying management courses
As digital life stories continue to assume more and more significance across a range of institutions and practices, so too does their potential to bring into focus once marginalised and neglected voic
Disability and Inclusion in Early Years Education supports practitioners in understanding and implementing inclusive practice relating to disability in Early Years education. Offering a detailed expla
This book offers an original and detailed analysis of contemporary US-Latin American relations. Utilising neo-Gramscian and historical materialist approaches, it offers a novel conceptual framework on
Despite an overwhelming scientific consensus, climate change remains one of the most controversial issues of our time. Focusing on the rhetoric that surrounds the issue of climate change, this groundb
First published in 1989. Focusing on leisure and policy in West European cities, this interdisciplinary study is written by leading policy analysts and academics from six European Community states: Be
Toni Morrison is one of the most celebrated living authors. Her work, for which she received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993, vibrantly portrays American life from the Antebellum period to the p
Learning Analytics for Educational Improvement presents a framework for understanding how to conduct new forms of education research and enact new approaches to improving education practice made possi
The richer countries spend about US$ 165 billion yearly on overseas aid, mainly to keep human development going. These efforts are undermined by climate change, water-catchment damage, biodiversity lo
The richer countries spend about US$ 165 billion yearly on overseas aid, mainly to keep human development going. These efforts are undermined by climate change, water-catchment damage, biodiversity lo
Due to globalization processes, foreign language skills, knowledge about other countries and intercultural competences have increasingly become important for societies and people’s social positions. P
The Republic of Indonesia is a rising great power in the Asia-Pacific, set to become the eighth largest economy in the world in the coming decades. It is the most populous Muslim majority country in t
This step-by-step guide takes the reader logically through the process of undertaking a literature review, from determining when this methodology might be useful, through to publishing the findings. I
Drawing together the latest research in the field, The Routledge History of the Renaissance treats the Renaissance not as a static concept but as one of ongoing change within an international framewor
Beyond McDonaldization: Visions of higher education seeks to provide new models of higher education for the twenty-first century in a unique manner, challenging much that is written in mainstream text
