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Small Large and Median Groups The Work of Patrick de Mare

Small Large and Median Groups The Work of Patrick de Mare

This book is a remarkable tribute to the memory of Pat de Mare. You will find in these pages a selection of his work that represents his new and different understanding of groups both large and small that has not only had a significant impact on the practice of group therapy in his lifetime but also a potential for revolutionizing current thinking both now and in the future. The editors are owed a great debt of gratitude for putting so much important work together. They have organized the book around three sections on the small median and large groups. What is particularly moving is that each section is introduced by some of Pat's closest friends and colleagues. These introductions are not only invaluable preparation for reading the articles by Pat that follow but are also a poignant tribute to the writers' lives work their thinking and much happiness that came from their close relationship with Pat. | Small Large and Median Groups The Work of Patrick de Mare

GBP 130.00
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The Front-end of Large Public Projects Paradoxes and Ways Ahead

The Front-end of Large Public Projects Paradoxes and Ways Ahead

Large public projects represent major complex investment and whilst there has been much written about how to develop manage and deliver such projects practice still does not match up with expectations. In this book researchers from the Norwegian Concept Research Programme explore the paradoxes between theory and practice in collaboration with experts in the field of project governance. This book delves into the reality of large public projects to show how they can be managed effectively and efficiently recognising the realities of their context. It offers a range of practical conclusions as to the paradoxes of the governance and management of public projects. The international spectrum of authors draw their examples from the UK Norway Canada France Australia and the Netherlands. Bridging the gap between research theory and practice this book will benefit academics and researchers in the field of project management and corporate governance as well as those in the practice of public project governance civil servants and industry practitioners. | The Front-end of Large Public Projects Paradoxes and Ways Ahead

GBP 130.00
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Erasing the Binary Distinction of Developed and Underdeveloped A Comparative Study of the Emergence of the Large-Scale Steel Industry in Imp

Erasing the Binary Distinction of Developed and Underdeveloped A Comparative Study of the Emergence of the Large-Scale Steel Industry in Imp

This book challenges the binary distinction of developed and underdeveloped in the categorization of any country while proposing to erase this binary with a yardstick of parity. Through a sample comparative historical study focusing on the question of the emergence of the large-scale steel industry (1880-1914) of four chosen countries two considered developed (Imperial UK and Post-colonial Imperial USA) and two considered underdeveloped (Imperial Russia and Colonial India) it is shown how this yardstick of parity can be applied without the categorization of societies as either developed or underdeveloped. Print edition not for sale in South Asia (India Sri Lanka Nepal Bangladesh Pakistan or Bhutan) | Erasing the Binary Distinction of Developed and Underdeveloped A Comparative Study of the Emergence of the Large-Scale Steel Industry in Imp

GBP 130.00
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Deficit Politics in the United States Taxes Spending and Fiscal Disconnect

Deficit Politics in the United States Taxes Spending and Fiscal Disconnect

From the clashes between Federalists and Republicans in the 1790s until today partisan battles over taxing spending and public debt have shaped American political development. These battles were formerly constrained by fiscal norms that mandated balanced budgets and low debt. In his Farewell Address President George Washington counseled the nation to cherish public credit by using it as sparingly as possible. In the 1980s however tax cuts and spending increases created large structural deficits and much higher debt levels. With only a brief interruption in the late 1990s deficit politics has been a mainstay ever since. Over this period the Republican Party has passed large tax cuts but failed to retrench the large entitlement programs that continue to raise spending. Likewise the Democratic Party has expanded the domestic role of government but has abandoned the broad-based taxation it supported in the 1990s. Funding their domestic agenda with matching revenues is now as unappealing for Democrats as entitlement cutbacks are for Republicans contributing to the current stalemate of Republican tax policy Democratic spending policy and soaring deficits and debt. The economic risks this entails are serious yet an end to the era of deficit politics is nowhere in sight. | Deficit Politics in the United States Taxes Spending and Fiscal Disconnect

GBP 130.00
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The Monarch and the (Non)-Human in Literature and Cinema Western and Global Perspectives

The Monarch and the (Non)-Human in Literature and Cinema Western and Global Perspectives

This collection studies the representations of the character of the monarch in literature and cinema. Being a person an institution a character archetype and a narrative role the characters of the monarch and other royal or regal characters oscillate between humanity and the non-human. As such they are hybrid forms of existence and subjectivity. The authors of this collection explore this hybridity across large spectra of genres historical periods and cultural contexts. Some of the most prolific and widely read scholars analyze the archetype of the monarch on the page the stage and the screen. They cover large swathes of intersecting creative and interpretive territories including ancient epic and religious poetry Arthurian legends British Renaissance and modern drama British horror films and Hollywood crime and sports films. This collection also features interviews with six prominent comic book writers and artists who discuss the influence of classical royal archetypes on their works. | The Monarch and the (Non)-Human in Literature and Cinema Western and Global Perspectives

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The Future of Rural Development Between the Adjustment of the Project Approach and Sectoral Programme Desig

The Future of Rural Development Between the Adjustment of the Project Approach and Sectoral Programme Desig

This book gives a practitioner's account of international experiences with rural development seen from a German angle. It argues for a development co-operation for rural areas that actively supports popular participation beneficiaries' self-organization decentralization and consequently smaller self-managed (para)projects rather than large top-down organized rural development projects. | The Future of Rural Development Between the Adjustment of the Project Approach and Sectoral Programme Desig

GBP 175.00
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The Living Land Agriculture Food and Community Regeneration in the 21st Century

The Living Land Agriculture Food and Community Regeneration in the 21st Century

The Living Land sets out a new 'stakeholder' vision for rural regeneration in Europe. It integrates three themes: sustainable agriculture localised food systems and rural community development. All three offer ways of rebuilding natural and social capital and a large 'sustainability dividend' is waiting to be released from current practices - creating more jobs more wealth and better lives from less. | The Living Land Agriculture Food and Community Regeneration in the 21st Century

GBP 175.00
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China's Cultural Trade Strategy Perspectives from Film and Television Industries

China's Cultural Trade Strategy Perspectives from Film and Television Industries

This book aims to provide theoretical and empirical interpretations of certain phenomena in the development of China's cultural industry. Using the film and television industries as the major cases the author proposes suggestions on China's ongoing development of foreign cultural trade. The author argues that China is well positioned to take full advantage of the opportunities of globalization to develop its cultural industry in a leapfrog manner. China's rapid economic growth drives the country's development from a small cultural market to a large one. Since it is a middle-income country its cultural industry still has a relatively large potential to grow. The study on China's foreign cultural trade strategy can contribute to the growing needs of people for a better life and enhance China's cultural confidence. With an explanation of existing practices this book also aims to make recommendations on China's strategy for developing foreign cultural trade in the era of globalization. This book will be a good read for students researchers and scholars of Chinese studies East Asian studies and culture economics and those interested in China's film and television industries. | China's Cultural Trade Strategy Perspectives from Film and Television Industries

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Socioeconomic Impact Management Design And Implementation

Socioeconomic Impact Management Design And Implementation

The authors of this book present a comprehensive analysis of impact management for such large-scale resource and industrial development projects as power plants mines and nuclear waste disposal facilities. An overall framework for designing an impact management program is presented and specific recommendations for implementing management measures are provided. This book is unique in that it provides a conceptual framework for choosing among alternative approaches in designing a management system as well as offering practical guidance for implementing such systems. | Socioeconomic Impact Management Design And Implementation

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Nineteenth-Century Interiors Volume III: Domestic Interior Spaces

Nineteenth-Century Interiors Volume III: Domestic Interior Spaces

This volume of primary source materials documents the spatial layouts of the nineteenth century home as they often became more precisely planned with rooms for specific purposes being developed. The styles began to truly reflect the owner’s taste and position. The range is of course vast from single room dwellings to large-scale mansions and numerous variations in-between. Accompanied by extensive editorial commentary this collection will be of great interest to students and scholars of art history. | Nineteenth-Century Interiors Volume III: Domestic Interior Spaces

GBP 110.00
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India's Historical Demography Studies in Famine Disease and Society

India's Historical Demography Studies in Famine Disease and Society

When this book was originally published in 1989 here had been virtually no studies of the country’s historical demography. This volume was significant for 3 reasons: it contributed greatly to the knowledge of India’s population history; it had major implications for the work of social and economic historians of India; and lastly the Indian context provides an excellent laboratory in which to investigate certain large-scale demographic phenomena – among others the experience of bubonic plague influenza cholera and famine. | India's Historical Demography Studies in Famine Disease and Society

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Relationships in Adolescence

Relationships in Adolescence

Based on the study of a large number of young people ranging in age from eleven to seventeen Relationships in Adolescence originally published in 1974 proposes a new model of adolescent development described as the ‘focal’ model which makes a valuable contribution to the greater understanding of adolescence for all who have contact with this age group. The book contains an examination of three different approaches to adolescence an outline of the research project and a discussion of the empirical evidence concerning identity and self-image heterosexual and parental relationships and large group situations. Comparisons are made between age levels and between boys and girls with respect to the whole range of relationships and the evidence illustrates significant and at times dramatic differences between groups. Of particular importance are some of the changes which occur with age such as the degree of conflict with parents and attitudes to sexuality. Based on Dr Coleman’s findings is his fresh ‘focal’ model of adolescent development. This model stresses the elements of growth and change in adolescence with special emphasis on the normal anxieties and conflicts that occur at different stages of the developmental period. Today it can be read and enjoyed in its historical context.

GBP 90.00
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What Business Really Wants from IT

What Business Really Wants from IT

Business expectations of their IT departments are simple: Deliver IT without fuss get involved in achieving business results and provide leadership. But while business emphasis is on business results and leadership IT is focused on the technology. How to get your IT Department to Add Real Value to Business presents a practical framework that defines the roles and activities for the CIO to meet business expectations. It introduces a new approach to IT in large organizations which shifts the focus from day to day technological operations to three critical areas of performance for IT: IT management business results and information leadership. The concepts are simple and elegant but the implementation is increasingly demanding. However these changes are essential if in-house IT functions are to survive and prosper in organizations. The author's framework has already proven itself in changing business and IT perspectives significantly. Large organisations have commenced the implementation process and are reporting significant results. The book offers ground-breaking perspectives on the role of IT in organisations. These perspectives are finding favour with business and IT people alike. The book offers practical and anecdotal examples and plans to assist in implementing the framework. | What Business Really Wants from IT

GBP 175.00
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Landscape and Utopia

Landscape and Utopia

This book examines three landmark utopian visions central to 20th century landscape architectural planning and architectural theory. The period between the 1890s and the 1940s was a fertile time for utopian thinking. Significant geographic shifts of large populations; radically altered relations between capital and labor; rapid technological developments; large investments in transportation and energy infrastructure; and repetitive economic disruptions motivated many individuals to wholly reimagine society – including the connections between social relations and the built environment. Landscape and Utopia examines the role of landscapes in the political imaginations of the Garden City the Radiant City and Broadacre City. Each project uses landscapes to propose a reconstruction of the relationships between land labor and capital but - while the projects are well-known – the role played by landscapes has been largely left unexamined. Similarly the radical anti-capitalism that underpinned each project has similarly been for the most part left out of contemporary discussions. This book sets these projects within a historical and philosophical context and opens a discussion on the role of landscapes in society today. This book will be a must-read for instructors students and researchers of the history and theory of landscape architecture planning and architecture as well as utopian studies cultural and social history and environmental theory.

GBP 120.00
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Audience Experience and Contemporary Classical Music Negotiating the Experimental and the Accessible in a High Art Subculture

Audience Experience and Contemporary Classical Music Negotiating the Experimental and the Accessible in a High Art Subculture

This book responds to recent debates on cultural participation and the relevance of music composed today with the first large-scale audience experience study on contemporary classical music. Through analysing how existing audience members experience live contemporary classical music this book seeks to make data-informed contributions to future discussions on audience diversity and accessibility. The author takes a multidimensional view of audience experience looking at how sociodemographic factors and the frames of social context and concert format shape aesthetic responses and experiences in the concert hall. The book presents quantitative and qualitative audience data collected at twelve concerts in ten different European countries analysing general trends alongside case studies. It also offers the first large-scale comparisons between the concert experiences and tastes of contemporary classical and classical music audiences. Contemporary classical music is critically discussed as a ‘high art subculture’ rife with contradictions and conflicts around its cultural value. This book sheds light on how audiences negotiate the tensions between experimentalism and accessibility that currently define this genre. It provides insights relevant to academics from audience research in the performing arts and from musicology as well as to institutions practitioners and artists. | Audience Experience and Contemporary Classical Music Negotiating the Experimental and the Accessible in a High Art Subculture

GBP 120.00
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International Strategy of Emerging Market Firms Absorbing Global Knowledge and Building Competitive Advantage

International Strategy of Emerging Market Firms Absorbing Global Knowledge and Building Competitive Advantage

Emerging economies are expected to be in the driver's seat of the global economy in the medium and long term. Large multinational corporations will account for much of this activity. In this textbook Andrei Panibratov explains how emerging market firms accumulate and exploit market knowledge to develop competitive advantages whilst operating globally. Chapters dedicated to the key emerging economies - Brazil Russia India and China (BRIC) - are enhanced by detailed case studies of large firms’ activities. The book is divided into four parts focusing on the following: An outline of the relevant terminology and the context of the international strategy of emerging market firms providing an introductory foundation for the whole book. A guide to the evolution of perspectives regarding international strategy designed to illustrate the changes and trends in the recent academic research on internationalization. A country-by-country illustration of the internationalization of BRIC economies and firms providing an overall picture of each country’s global integration outward investments and strategies. The concepts and practices behind the strategies employed by different firms. Written by an established international business scholar this book is essential reading for students of international strategy who wish to understand the importance of the emerging economies. | International Strategy of Emerging Market Firms Absorbing Global Knowledge and Building Competitive Advantage

GBP 160.00
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The Third World Calamity

The Third World Calamity

First published in 1981 The Third World Calamity is a controversial book on the social conditions politics economics and cultural barriers that have according to the author stagnated Western-style socio-economic development in the Third World. The book deals particularly with India Iran and Nigeria where the author has gathered a large part of the material. The content of the book and the language used is a reflection of its era and no offence is meant by the Publishers to any reader by this republication. This book will be of interest to students of history political science international relations and geography.

GBP 105.00
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Urban Poverty in Britain 1830-1914

Urban Poverty in Britain 1830-1914

First published in 1979 Urban Poverty in Britain 1830-1914 examines the plight of the poor in towns as a direct result of industrialization. This valuable study examines the major causes of poverty – low pay casual labour unemployment sickness widowhood large families old age drink and personal failings – and society’s response to the problem. It also pays attention to the changes in food consumption brought about by migration to the urban areas. Detailed accounts of specific problems and specific situations are combined with a look at the broader questions and subsequently provides a thorough account of urban poverty in this period.

GBP 99.99
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Slums and Redevelopment Policy and Practice in England 1918–1945 with Particular Reference to London

Slums and Redevelopment Policy and Practice in England 1918–1945 with Particular Reference to London

Slums and Redevelopment (1992) moves between national policy formation and detailed local studies particularly of London studies involving landlords and property tenants and rehousing and the implementation of programmes. The interwar period it examines saw the restoration of slum clearance following a period of opposition and the onset of the first national slum clearance programme reaching its climax in the plans for large-scale redevelopment mad during World War II. Inner city redevelopment of this kind had its intellectual origins in the 1930s and had much wider repercussions for property and social policy. | Slums and Redevelopment Policy and Practice in England 1918–1945 with Particular Reference to London

GBP 90.00
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Arts Management A practical guide

Arts Management A practical guide

Arts management is no longer a resting place for enthusiastic amateurs or artists with insufficient talent to make the big time. Rather it is increasingly being recognised as a profession with a set of skills which need to be learnt. Arts Management is a comprehensive handbook for arts administrators working in all art forms and in organisations ranging from small community co-operatives to large national flagships. With extensive Australian case studies it covers cultural policy fundraising legal issues marketing and public relations managing people and money and event management. Arts Management is an essential reference for practising arts administrators and students. | Arts Management A practical guide

GBP 130.00
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Decision Theory

Decision Theory

All of human life may be seen as a process of decision-making but it is only in recent years and in response to the needs of the large and complex organizations characterizing our society that this process has been subjected to scientifi c scrutiny. Out of this scrutiny-undertaken by a wide range of professionals in economics administration management statistics psychology engineering computer science operations research and systems analysis-there has begun to emerge a body of theory that has profound implications for improving practical decision-making. This book is the fi rst to bring together all the various aspects of decision theory into one cohesive treatment.

GBP 130.00
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Hidden Heritage Historical Archaeology of the Overseas Chinese

Hidden Heritage Historical Archaeology of the Overseas Chinese

Beginning in the mid-nineteenth century large numbers of people from mainland China emigrated to the United States and other countries seeking employment. Termed overseas Chinese they made lasting contributions to the development of early communities an impact which has only begun to be recognized in recent years. Chinatowns rural mining claims work camps for railroad and other construction activities salmon canneries and shrimp camps laundries stores cook shacks cemeteries and temples are only some of the sites where traces of their presence can be found. In recent years numerous archaeological and historical investigations of the overseas Chinese have taken place and Hidden Heritage presents the results of some of those studies. | Hidden Heritage Historical Archaeology of the Overseas Chinese

GBP 115.00
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