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Jazz on the Line Improvisation in Practice

Jazz on the Line Improvisation in Practice

Jazz on the Line: Improvisation in Practice presents an ethnographic reflection on improvisation as performance examining how musicians think and act when negotiating improvisational frameworks. This multidisciplinary discussion—guided by a focus on recordings composition authenticity and venues—explores the musical choices made by performers emphasizing how these choices can be logically understood within the context of controlled musical outputs. Throughout the text the author engages directly with musicians and their varied practices—from canonized dogmas to innovative experimentalism—offering interviews both planned and spontaneous. Musical agency is posited as a tightrope balancing act signifying the skill and excitement of improvisational performativity and exemplifying the life of a jazzaerialist. With a travel journal approach as a backdrop Jazz on the Line provides concepts and theories that demystify the creative processes of improvisation. | Jazz on the Line Improvisation in Practice

GBP 38.99
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Drawing the Line Nature Hybridity and Politics in Transboundary Spaces

Drawing the Line Nature Hybridity and Politics in Transboundary Spaces

This book provides the first comprehensive and critical examination of the spatial assumptions underpinning transboundary protected areas in Europe at a time of surging global enthusiasm in creating and managing such areas. It explores how the reliance on the natural science approach to space within environmental planning has led to a return of exclusionary discourses in paradoxical contrast to the stated claims of designing 'peace parks'. The book builds a much-needed link between the critical geopolitical literature on boundaries and social approaches to nature and hybridity. Drawing the Line is theoretically informed yet grounded in substantial fieldwork from sites in France Germany Italy Poland Romania Slovakia and the Ukraine. It uses material from the field to build and question theoretical debates moving beyond site-specific issues to wider patterns and trends. | Drawing the Line Nature Hybridity and Politics in Transboundary Spaces

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Diversity in Black Greek Letter Organizations Breaking the Line

Diversity in Black Greek Letter Organizations Breaking the Line

Starting in the early twentieth century and still thriving in the contemporary era Black Greek-letter organizations (BGLOs) provide social support networking opportunities and service for the Black community. Although BGLOs have always been majority-Black organizations there are small numbers of non-Black individuals who choose to pledge their membership. Diversity in Black Greek-Letter Organizations: Breaking the Line explores the experiences of these non-Black members who have immersed themselves in organizations rich with Black history and culture. Through in-depth interviews with thirty-four such members Wendy Marie Laybourn and Devon R. Goss reveal how and why these individuals come to identify with organizations designed for the uplift of races other than their own. For non-Black BGLO members the association with a Black organization provides them the opportunity to consider the meaning of racial inequality and their own racial identities. Although many non-Black BGLO members recount challenges to their membership the participants in Diversity in Black Greek-Letter Organizations ultimately find a sense of belonging with their Black brothers and sisters which Laybourn and Goss argue can provide an example of the challenges and promises of cross-racial interactions as a whole. | Diversity in Black Greek Letter Organizations Breaking the Line

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Managing State Social Work Front-Line Management and the Labour Process Perspective

Managing State Social Work Front-Line Management and the Labour Process Perspective

Published in 1998. The industrial model of the labour process developed by Braverman was applied to social work in the radical social work literature. The book engages in a more critical examination of the application of the labour process perspective to social work with particular reference to front-line management in a local authority context. It begins with a review of the labour process literature which demonstrates the extent to which the independence of Braverman’s model on scientific management was undermined in the post-Braverman debate. The radical texts' orthodox Bravermanian approach to the social work labour process is considered. In those texts the social work labour process is represented as having moved towards an industrial model which steadily encroached on the autonomy of front-line field social workers through managers’ wresting of control over their work. The book advances an alternative model of the social work labour process which takes account of the distinctive features of social work as a state-mediated bureau-professional labour process. Findings from a small-scale case study of a social services department are presented. Data from the study are used to test the bureau-professional model of the social work labour process against the orthodox Bravermanian model. Developments in the social services department’s organizational structure are set out and the position of front-line managers is considered through an exploration of their identifications and commitments in relation to management and trade unionism. The data from their accounts support the bureau-professional model of the labour process and the position of front-line managers emerges as more ambiguous than the radical social work literature indicated. Front-line managers did not share global goals with senior management nor were their interests merged straightforwardly with those of social workers. | Managing State Social Work Front-Line Management and the Labour Process Perspective

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Contesting ‘Race’ and Sport Shaming the Colour Line

Contesting ‘Race’ and Sport Shaming the Colour Line

In the decade since Kevin Hylton’s seminal book ‘Race’ and Sport: Critical Race Theory was published racialised issues have remained at the forefront of sport and leisure studies. In this important new book Hylton draws on original research in contemporary contexts from sport coaching to cyberspace to show once again that Critical Race Theory is an insightful and productive tool for interrogating problematic social phenomena. Inspired by W. E. B. Du Bois’ statement that the problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the colour line this book sheds a critical light on the way sport perpetuates racism while identifying opportunities to challenge its insidious presence. Exploring and explaining the ways in which notions of ‘race’ are expressed and contested at individual institutional and societal levels it addresses key topics such as whiteness diversity colourblindness unconscious bias identity leadership humour and discourse to investigate how language can be used as a device for resistance against racism in sport. Contesting ‘Race’ and Sport: Shaming the Colour Line is vital reading for all sport studies students academics and those with an interest in race ethnicity and society. Chapter 7 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www. taylorfrancis. com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4. 0 license. | Contesting ‘Race’ and Sport Shaming the Colour Line

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The Color Line A Short Introduction

The Color Line A Short Introduction

The Color Line provides a concise history of the role of race and ethnicity in the US from the early colonial period to the present to reveal the public policies and private actions that have enabled racial subordination and the actors who have fought against it. Focusing on Native Americans African Americans Asian Americans and Latino Americans it explores how racial subordination developed in the region how it has been resisted and opposed and how it has been sustained through independence the abolition of slavery the civil rights movement and subsequent reforms. The text also considers the position of European immigrants to the US interrogates relevant moral issues and identifies persistent problems of public policy arguing that all four centuries of racial subordination are relevant to understanding contemporary America and some of its most urgent issues. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of American history the history of race and ethnicity and other related courses in the humanities and social sciences. | The Color Line A Short Introduction

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Effective Workforce Development A Concise Guide for HR and Line Managers

Effective Workforce Development A Concise Guide for HR and Line Managers

Developed for busy HR practitioners and trainers this book provides a concise guide to the theory and practice of employee training in contemporary organisations. Reflecting the importance of employee development to learning-based organisations in the knowledge economy it clearly links employee training needs to business development and offers an accessible guide to current theories combined with research-based practical guidance in how to design effective training programmes. Covering all the current theories about training and development and the latest thinking about workplace learning interventions this concise practical guide will be an essential source for HR practitioners and line managers seeking to improve organisational learning and performance. | Effective Workforce Development A Concise Guide for HR and Line Managers

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New Technology in Sociology Practical Applications in Research and Work

New Technology in Sociology Practical Applications in Research and Work

When technology has been applied in business environments its justification has usually been cast in terms of saving time or saving money. In the social sciences the justification must be different; the viability of sociology as a profession for example will not be enhanced by cost reductions. The focus in this volume is on a different bottom line: the quality and content of work. | New Technology in Sociology Practical Applications in Research and Work

GBP 130.00
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Television in Transition in East Asia

Television in Transition in East Asia

This book examines the development of television broadcasting in Japan Hong Kong and South Korea. It explores the policy regimes guiding the development of television broadcasting as a powerful institution and the extent to which new forms of television have become part of each country’s contemporary media mix. It analyses the interests involved in key policy decisions the institutional dynamics promoting or inhibiting new media markets and the relative importance in the different countries of cable satellite digital broadcasting and the use of the Internet for purposes associated with television broadcasting. The nature of television regimes in each of the three countries is very different and the contrasting situations provide great insights into how television is developing and how it could develop further both in East Asia and worldwide. | Television in Transition in East Asia

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First-Line Clinical Approaches with Active Duty Service Members and Veterans

First-Line Clinical Approaches with Active Duty Service Members and Veterans

This book offers a culturally responsive and empirically based approach to working with active-duty service members veterans and their families. It examines the assessment and evidenced-based treatment of sexual trauma alcohol and substance abuse depression insomnia intimacy issues and OCD in service members and veterans and the major ethical and clinical challenges for licensed independent providers. The chapters are written by distinguished scholars and experienced healthcare providers who deliver health-focused interventions and integrate relevant cross-cultural factors for working with diverse patients. Loaded with clinical examples and up-to-date research this book is essential for all mental health professionals working or in training to serve military personnel or veterans in the United States. | First-Line Clinical Approaches with Active Duty Service Members and Veterans

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Drawing the Line: Technical Hand Drafting for Film and Television

Drawing the Line: Technical Hand Drafting for Film and Television

Drawing the Line: Technical Hand Drafting for Film and Television is the essential resource for students and aspiring professionals studying and working in film and television design. The book covers all aspects of scenic drafting by hand – a technique still used in film and television because of its unparalleled emotive and aesthetic qualities. Discover how to draw the iconic scroll of a classical column or learn the difference between Flemish bond and English bond brickwork – it is all here! Other key features include the following: Beautifully illustrated approachable step-by-step instructions for every aspect of scenic drafting – specific to film and television; Illustrated explanations of camera lenses including calculating aspect ratios and projections; Coverage of the four types of drafting projection: isometric oblique orthographic and axonometric; A comprehensive glossary of terms including an illustration of each entry. This beautiful book is clear accessible and a must-have for any student aspiring to work in film and television design.

GBP 42.99
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Demographic Developments in China

Demographic Developments in China

This book assesses current developments in China’s demography and discusses the changes which should be implemented to bring policy into line with the current demographic situation. It argues that population planning which was introduced in the early years of the People’s Republic alongside economic planning including the one child policy is no longer appropriate. It considers the results of the 2010 census which showed the very significant shifts that are occurring including a declining rate of population growth ongoing growth of the number of people in the floating population an increasingly imbalanced sex ratio among newborn children and ongoing ageing of the population. Besides discussing population planning policy the book also examines how policies in the fields of education health gender relations child development in rural areas and polices for the elderly and families should be adjusted to accommodate demographic developments. | Demographic Developments in China

GBP 46.99
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Coal in Britain

Coal in Britain

Originally published in 1981. Examining in detail the best evidence on the likely level of domestic and overseas demand for British coal over the following 20 years this study raised questions about the declared development and investment strategy of the National Coal Board. It exposes a central dilemma facing both the management and the unions of the British coal industry consequent upon their commitment to production objectives substantially out of line with likely market opportunities. It also poses questions for government and the EEC regarding the industry's finances and market prospects. The study concludes that Britain is unlikely to need both the scale of investment proposed for the coal industry and the nuclear programme endorsed by both the government and the electricity supply industry. The author argues for a rigorous reinterpretation of the prospects and a revision of the plans of Western Europe's largest coal industry. This is a fascinating snapshot of a changing industry and is interesting to those in geography economics and industrial management and anyone interested in energy. | Coal in Britain

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Lineage and Community in China 1100–1500 Genealogical Innovation in Jiangxi

Lineage and Community in China 1100–1500 Genealogical Innovation in Jiangxi

Tracing descent from common ancestors was extremely important in imperial China. Members of such lineage communities sacrificed to ancestors in periodic ceremonies maintained written genealogies to demonstrate their descent and held some properties in common. This book based on extensive original research provides evidence that the practice originated much earlier than previously understood. It shows that in the eleventh century in southern China under the Song dynasty the method of compiling a genealogy in the form a table that is to say a family tree replaced its statement as a textual paragraph and that this allowed the tracking of multi-line descent in ways that had previously been impossible. The book also reveals that the practice of recording and presenting genealogical information was not originally unique to communities of common surnames but that the Southern Song government keen to encourage loyalty to the state and cohesion within communities favoured the building of common surname lineages a practice which then had far-reaching consequences for the nature of Chinese society over a very long period. | Lineage and Community in China 1100–1500 Genealogical Innovation in Jiangxi

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Pivotal Lines in Shakespeare and Others Finding the Heart of the Play

Pivotal Lines in Shakespeare and Others Finding the Heart of the Play

Sidney Homan defines a pivotal line as “a moment in the script that serves as a pathway into the larger play … a magnet to which the rest of the play scenes before and after adheres. ” He offers his personal choices of such lines in five plays by Shakespeare and works by Beckett Brecht Pinter Shepard and Stoppard. Drawing on his own experience in the theatre as actor and director and on campus as a teacher and scholar he pairs a Shakespearean play with one by a modern playwright as mirrors for each other. One reviewer calls his approach “ground-breaking. ” Another observes that his “experience with the particular plays he has chosen is invaluable” since it allows us to find “a wedge into such iconic texts. ” Academics and students alike will find this volume particularly useful in aiding their own discovery of a pivotal line or moment in the experience of reading about watching or performing in a play. | Pivotal Lines in Shakespeare and Others Finding the Heart of the Play

GBP 130.00
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Routledge Handbook of Corruption in Asia

Routledge Handbook of Corruption in Asia

Corruption in Asia ranges from the venal rent-seeking of local officials to the million-dollar bribes received by corrupt politicians; from excessive position-related consumption to future job offers in the private sector for compliant public servants; from money-laundering to ‘white elephant’ projects that do little more than line the pockets of developers and their political partners. The Routledge Handbook of Corruption in Asia addresses the theories issues and trends in corruption and anticorruption reform that have emerged from this diverse experience. The book is divided into four major parts: corruption and the state; corruption and economic development; corruption and society; and controlling corruption: strategies successes and failures. Chapters compare and contrast corruption in different social and institutional contexts examine both successful and unsuccessful attempts to control it and consider what lessons can be drawn from these Asian experiences. This academically rigorous and insightful book will be of interest to a wide range of students and scholars particularly those of Asian studies politics and sociology.

GBP 42.99
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Orthodox Identities in Western Europe Migration Settlement and Innovation

Orthodox Identities in Western Europe Migration Settlement and Innovation

The Orthodox migration in the West matters despite its unobtrusive presence. And it matters in a way that has not yet been explored in social and religious studies: in terms of size geographical scope theological input and social impact. This book explores the adjustment of Orthodox migrants and their churches to Western social and religious contexts in different scenarios. This variety is consistent with Orthodox internal diversity regarding ethnicity migration circumstances Church-State relations and in line with the specificities of the receiving country in terms of religious landscape degree of secularisation legal treatment of immigrant religious institutions or socio-economic configurations. Exploring how Orthodox identities develop when displaced from traditional ground where they are socially and culturally embedded this book offers fresh insights into Orthodox identities in secular religiously pluralistic social contexts. | Orthodox Identities in Western Europe Migration Settlement and Innovation

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International HRM in an Uncertain World

International HRM in an Uncertain World

This book explores international human resource management (IHRM) practices in the contexts of high uncertainties. It encompasses situations of financial crisis political and civil uncertainty environmental collapse and recession. Research on unstable and unpredictable contexts on business and HRM remain relatively scarce and scattered across disciplines. This volume brings together recent thinking from a range of different perspectives and methodologies. MNEs are often distinguished by the supposedly superior ability to implement highly tactical more robust talent management practices including work-based HRM-led and international systems in line with the rest of their worldwide operations; however they often fall short. The chapters in this book explore the how why and when. At a theoretical level this collection brings together developments and extensions of a range of salient theories. They explore common methodological challenges and ways forward for future researchers on HRM in high contextual uncertainty. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of The International Journal of Human Resource Management. | International HRM in an Uncertain World

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Corpora in Interpreting Studies East Asian Perspectives

Corpora in Interpreting Studies East Asian Perspectives

Cheung Liu Moratto and their contributors examine how corpora can be effectively harnessed to benefit interpreting practice and research in East Asian settings. In comparison to the achievements made in the field of corpus- based translation studies the use of corpora in interpreting is not comparable in terms of scope methods and agenda. One of the predicaments that hampers this line of inquiry is the lack of systematic corpora to document spoken language. This issue is even more pronounced when dealing with East Asian languages such as Chinese Japanese and Korean which are typologically different from European languages. As language plays a pivotal role in interpreting research the use of corpora in interpreting within East Asian contexts has its own distinct characteristics as well as methodological constraints and concerns. However it also generates new insights and findings that can significantly advance this research field. A valuable resource for scholars of scholars focusing on corpus interpreting particularly those dealing with East Asian languages. | Corpora in Interpreting Studies East Asian Perspectives

GBP 130.00
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Drawing the Line Technical Hand Drafting for Film and Television

Drawing the Line Technical Hand Drafting for Film and Television

This is the definitive guide for all aspects of scenic hand drafting for film and television now comprehensively updated and revised for its second edition. Author David McHenry utilizes 45 years of experience as a Designer Art Director Storyboard Artist and Draftsman to provide readers with an accessible step-by-step guide of professional techniques tools and workflows. Readers will discover how to draw the iconic scroll of a classical column or learn the difference between Flemish and English bond brickwork as well as all four types of drafting projection in detail: isometric oblique orthographic and axonometric. Also included is hard-to-find information on lens angles and their calculation for different screen aspect ratios how to create a lens projection image of a set with a given lens height and aspect ratio and how to create forced perspective. Beautifully illustrated with carefully crafted hand-drawn illustrations on every page this thoroughly revised text has been updated to include new examples and exercises and a revised glossary making it the ideal step-by-step guide to hand drafting for film and television. This is an essential resource for students of drafting for film and television scenic design and art direction courses. It will also hugely benefit professionals studying or working in film and television design. | Drawing the Line Technical Hand Drafting for Film and Television

GBP 39.99
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Towards Rural Education for the Common Good Resisting Capitalist and Neoliberal Priorities in Rural Schooling in the United States

Towards Rural Education for the Common Good Resisting Capitalist and Neoliberal Priorities in Rural Schooling in the United States

This book examines the current and future state of rural education in North America through the lens of Franco Berardi’s Futurability. Through critical examination of examples and current trends toward corporatization and privatization of rural education the volume highlights how future possibilities and social imagination in rural spaces have been limited by neoliberal forces capitalist interests and workforce education. Cervone demonstrates how Berardi’s concept of creating future can be embraced to foster critical thought challenge injustices and open opportunity. With this line of analysis the book ultimately supports an ethos of a return to education for the common good. Bringing an important perspective to the field of rural education scholarship this work will be of interest to scholars and researchers in sociology of education and education policy. | Towards Rural Education for the Common Good Resisting Capitalist and Neoliberal Priorities in Rural Schooling in the United States

GBP 120.00
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Music in Comedy Television Notes on Laughs

Music in Comedy Television Notes on Laughs

The study of television and music has expanded greatly in recent years yet to date no book has focused on the genre of comedy television as it relates to music. Music in Comedy Television: Notes on Laughs fills that gap breaking new critical ground. With contributions from an array of established and emerging scholars representing a range of disciplines the twelve essays included cover a wide variety of topics and television shows spanning nearly fifty years across network cable and online structures and capturing the latest research in this growing area of study. From Sesame Street to Saturday Night Live from Monty Python to Flight of the Conchords this book offers the perfect introduction for students and scholars in music and media studies seeking to understand the role of music in comedy onscreen and how it relates to the wider culture. | Music in Comedy Television Notes on Laughs

GBP 48.99
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