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Intermediate Cantonese A Grammar and Workbook

Intermediate Cantonese A Grammar and Workbook

Intermediate Cantonese is designed for learners who have achieved basic proficiency and wish to progress to more complex language. Each of the 25 units combines clear concise grammar explanations with communicatively oriented exercises to help build confidence and fluency. Features include: Many authentic examples from contemporary media including films advertising songs and soap operas Clear differentiation between colloquial and more formal speech registers Up-to-date analysis of contemporary Cantonese as spoken in Hong Kong. Suitable for independent learners and students on taught courses Intermediate Cantonese together with its sister volume Basic Cantonese forms a structured course of the essentials of Cantonese grammar. | Intermediate Cantonese A Grammar and Workbook

GBP 42.99
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Medical Terminology Documentation and Coding

Medical Terminology Documentation and Coding

Giving students the strongest possible baseline in medical terminology along with the how and why it is used in documentation and basic coding this is a vital text for all students taking courses in the area. It allows readers to use their knowledge immediately in any medical setting (including being a patient) in their workplaces and in the journey to future careers. Using a body systems approach to medical terminology this textbook supports students to: Recognize words by constructing medical terms based on root words prefixes linking forms and suffixes. Define spell pronounce and use medical terms acronyms and abbreviations in the context of patient care with appropriate documentation and coding examples. Identify anatomical directions fundamental anatomical terminology basic physiologic functions and common pathology of all major organ systems with related medical investigation tools procedures and pharmaceuticals. Relate the use of medical language and medical record-keeping to the SOAP format common medical reports and coding tools along with their impact on patient care. Accompanied by plentiful color illustrations and activities as well as a companion website with resources for both instructors and students this is a fresh and readable textbook. | Medical Terminology Documentation and Coding

GBP 69.99
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Gender Agriculture and Agrarian Transformations Changing Relations in Africa Latin America and Asia

Gender Agriculture and Agrarian Transformations Changing Relations in Africa Latin America and Asia

This book presents research from across the globe on how gender relationships in agriculture are changing. In many regions of the world agricultural transformations are occurring through increased commodification new value-chains technological innovations introduced by CGIAR and other development interventions declining viability of small-holder agriculture livelihoods male out-migration from rural areas and climate change. This book addresses how these changes involve fluctuations in gendered labour and decision making on farms and in agriculture and in many places have resulted in the feminization of agriculture at a time of unprecedented climate change. Chapters uncover both how women successfully innovate and how they remain disadvantaged when compared to men in terms of access to land labor capital and markets that would enable them to succeed in agriculture. Building on case studies from Africa Latin America and Asia the book interrogates how new agricultural innovations from agricultural research new technologies and value chains reshape gender relations. Using new methodological approaches and intersectional analyses this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of agriculture gender sustainable development and environmental studies more generally. | Gender Agriculture and Agrarian Transformations Changing Relations in Africa Latin America and Asia

GBP 39.99
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Communication Technology Update and Fundamentals 17th Edition

Communication Technology Update and Fundamentals 17th Edition

Communication Technology Update and Fundamentals now in its 17th edition has set the standard as the single best resource for students and professionals looking to brush up on how communication technologies have developed grown and converged as well as what’s in store for the future. The book covers the fundamentals of communication technology in five chapters that explain the communication technology ecosystem its history theories structure and regulations. Each chapter is written by experts who each provide a snapshot of an individual field. The book also dives into the latest developments in electronic mass media computers consumer electronics networking and telephony. Together these updates provide a broad overview of these industries and examine the role communication technologies play in our everyday lives. In addition to substantial updates to each chapter the 17th edition includes the first-ever chapter on Artificial Intelligence; updated user data in every chapter; an overview of industry structure including recent and proposed mergers and acquisitions; and sidebars exploring sustainability and relevance of each technology to Gen Z. Communication Technology Update and Fundamentals continues to be the industry-leading resource for both students and professionals seeking to understand how communication technologies have developed and where they are headed. | Communication Technology Update and Fundamentals 17th Edition

GBP 59.99
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Navigating Applied Sport and Exercise Psychology Reflections and Insights from Emerging Practitioners

Navigating Applied Sport and Exercise Psychology Reflections and Insights from Emerging Practitioners

In recent years more students have chosen to study sport and exercise psychology with a view to building careers as applied practitioners. While sport and exercise psychology master’s graduates leave university with the necessary theoretical knowledge to inform their practice they are often left wanting to know more about creating and navigating a career within the field. Navigating Applied Sport and Exercise Psychology provides readers with an honest and contemporary insight into the work and experiences of trainees and early career practitioners. This book delves further into the more complex and nuanced experiences of being an applied practitioner. Using case studies and reflections the chapters explore key topics including working within multi-disciplinary teams maintaining ethics and integral practice during challenging conversations and supporting mental health in high-performance environments. Written by trainees and early career practitioners this book is vital reading for students early career practitioners and anyone interested in sport psychology. Erin Prior is a BPS Chartered HCPC registered Sport and Exercise Psychologist. As an applied practitioner Erin works with a range of individuals teams and organisations across various sports. Alongside her applied practice Erin is completing her PhD which is focused on athlete mental health at Loughborough University. Tim Holder PhD is an HCPC Registered Sport and Exercise Psychologist BPS Chartered and a BASES Fellow. He is an applied sport psychology consultant and supervisor to students working towards practitioner status in the UK. Tim is the Programme Leader for the MSc in Applied Sport Psychology at the University of Winchester UK. | Navigating Applied Sport and Exercise Psychology Reflections and Insights from Emerging Practitioners

GBP 34.99
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Analytical Impedance Spectroscopy Basics and Applications

Analytical Impedance Spectroscopy Basics and Applications

This book introduces the subject of impedance spectroscopy starting from fundamentals through to latest applications in areas such as ceramics piezoelectric sensors agriculture food quality control medical diagnostics cancer research and so forth. Within the ambit of impedance spectroscopy plots simulated for useful equivalent circuit models design of sample holder necessary precautions to be taken during measurement are described. It further discusses development of softwares for analysis of experimental data and choice of the most appropriate equivalent circuit model. All the materials are supported by problems answers appendices and references. Features: Includes fundamentals equivalent circuit modeling and analysis of data related to impedance spectroscopy. Presents experimental measurements in a nuts-and-bolts approach. Includes derivation of expressions for some selected models and values of immittance functions as frequency of measurements tend to zero and to infinity. Provides clear recipe for beginners for proceeding toward developing equivalent circuit models. Describes computer program for complex nonlinear least squares fitting with example of program IMPSPEC. BAS This book is aimed at senior undergraduate/graduate students and researchers in materials engineering mechanical engineering electrical engineering chemical engineering biomedical engineering construction engineering physics chemistry medical diagnostics agriculture and dairy. | Analytical Impedance Spectroscopy Basics and Applications

GBP 99.99
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Practical Guide to the Packaging of Electronics Thermal and Mechanical Design and Analysis

Practical Guide to the Packaging of Electronics Thermal and Mechanical Design and Analysis

As the demand for packaging more electronic capabilities into smaller packages rises product developers must be more cognizant of how the system configuration will impact its performance. Practical Guide to the Packaging of Electronics: Second Edition Thermal and Mechanical Design and Analysis provides a basic understanding of the issues that concern the field of electronics packaging. First published in 2003 this book has been extensively updated includes more detail where needed and provides additional segments for clarification. This volume supplies a solid foundation for heat transfer vibration and life expectancy calculations. Topics discussed include various modes of heat removal such as conduction radiation and convection; the impact of thermal stresses; vibration and the resultant stresses; shock management; mechanical electrical and chemically induced reliability; and more. Unlike many other available works it neither assumes the reader’s familiarity with the subject nor is it so basic that the reader may lose interest. Dr. Ali Jamnia has published a large number of engineering papers and presentations and is the holder of a number of patents and patent applications. He has been involved in the issues of electronics packaging since the early ‘90s and since 1995 has worked toward the development of innovative electronics systems to aid individuals with physical or cognitive disabilities. By consulting this manual engineers program managers and quality assurance managers involved in electronic systems gain a fundamental grasp of the issues involved in electronics packaging learn how to define guidelines for a system’s design develop the ability to identify reliability issues and concerns and are able to conduct more complete analyses for the final design. | Practical Guide to the Packaging of Electronics Thermal and Mechanical Design and Analysis

GBP 59.99
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Electric Machines Steady State and Performance with MATLAB

Electric Machines Steady State and Performance with MATLAB

With its comprehensive coverage of the state of the art this Second Edition introduces basic types of transformers and electric machines. Classifications and characterization—modeling and performance—of power electric transformers (single and multiphase) motors and generators commercial machines (dc brush induction dc excited synchronous PM synchronous reluctance synchronous) and some new ones (multiphase ac machines switched reluctance machines) with great potential for industry with rotary or linear motion are all treated in the book. The book covers in detail circuit modeling characteristics and performance characteristics under steady state testing techniques and preliminary electromagnetic-thermic dimensioning with lots of solved numerical examples and special cases to illustrate new electric machines with strong industrialization potential. All formulae used to characterize parameters and performance may be safely used in industry for preliminary designs and have been applied in the book through numerical solved examples of industrial interest. Numerous computer simulation programs in MATLAB® and Simulink® that illustrate performance characteristics present in the chapters are included and many be used as homework to facilitate a deeper understanding of fundamental issues. This book is intended for a first-semester course covering electric transformers rotary and linear machines steady-state modeling and performance computation preliminary dimensioning and testing standardized and innovative techniques. The textbook may be used by R&D engineers in industry as all machine parameters and characteristics are calculated by ready-to-use industrial design mathematical expressions. | Electric Machines Steady State and Performance with MATLAB®

GBP 115.00
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Black Women in Politics Identity Power and Justice in the New Millennium

Black Women in Politics Identity Power and Justice in the New Millennium

The research included in this volume examines the competing pressures felt by black women as political agents in the domains of elections public policy and social activism. Their challenges and initiatives are explored in public spaces institutional behaviours and public policy. The volume features cutting-edge research exploring black women's political engagement. The first group of contributors interrogates the treatment of black women within the discipline of political science. The second group examines the relationship between cultural politics and policymaking. The third and final group outlines the politics of race-gendered identity and black feminist practice. Black Women in Politics includes chapters on black leadership radical versus moderate politics in New Orleans and the Shelby vs. Holder Supreme Court decision. The editors introduce a new series highlighting trends in black politics. Finally the work notes the passing of William (Nick) Nelson and Hanes Walton Jr. prominent members of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists. | Black Women in Politics Identity Power and Justice in the New Millennium

GBP 145.00
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Women’s Journeys to Posttraumatic Growth A Guide for the Helping Professions and Women Who Have Experienced Trauma

Women’s Journeys to Posttraumatic Growth A Guide for the Helping Professions and Women Who Have Experienced Trauma

This accessible book draws on research around women’s experiences to illustrate and explore the concept of posttraumatic growth emphasizing practice implications for healthcare professionals and strategies for fostering posttraumatic growth. Including the voices of women in their own words Women’s Journeys to Posttraumatic Growth explains the differences between post-traumatic stress disorder and posttraumatic growth and presents the theoretical framework of posttraumatic growth. It synthesizes relevant international research and introduces data from four new qualitative research studies on posttraumatic growth in women who have experienced the death of a spouse or longtime partner death of a child a close brush with death and intimate partner abuse. The book develops clinical and nursing practice implications for healthcare professionals and explores current self-help and professional therapeutic strategies to foster posttraumatic growth. Women’s Journeys to Posttraumatic Growth is an invaluable guide for health and social care practitioners as well as students and researchers with an interest in trauma abuse bereavement and loss and women’s healthcare. | Women’s Journeys to Posttraumatic Growth A Guide for the Helping Professions and Women Who Have Experienced Trauma

GBP 31.99
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Bisexual and Pansexual Identities Exploring and Challenging Invisibility and Invalidation

Bisexual and Pansexual Identities Exploring and Challenging Invisibility and Invalidation

This book explores the invisibility and invalidation of bisexuality from the past to the present and is unique in extending the discussion to focus on contemporary and emerging identities. Nikki Hayfield draws on research from psychology and the social sciences to offer a detailed and in-depth exploration of the invisibility and invalidation of bisexuality pansexuality and asexuality. The book discusses how early sexologists’ understood gender and sexuality within a binary model and how this provided the underpinnings of bisexual invisibility. The existing research on biphobia and bisexual marginalisation is synthesised to explore how bisexuality has often been invisible or invalidated. Hayfield then evidences clear examples of the invisibility and invalidation of bisexuality pansexuality and asexuality within education employment mainstream mass media and the wider culture. Throughout the book there is consideration of the impact that this invisibility and invalidation has on people’s sense of identity and on their health and wellbeing. It concludes with a discussion of how bisexuality pansexuality and asexuality have become somewhat more visible than in the past and the potential that visibility holds for recognition and representation. This is fascinating reading for students and academics interested in in bisexuality pansexuality and asexual spectrum identities and for those who have a personal interest in bisexuality pansexuality and asexuality. | Bisexual and Pansexual Identities Exploring and Challenging Invisibility and Invalidation

GBP 36.99
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Sound and Image Aesthetics and Practices

Sound and Image Aesthetics and Practices

Sound and Image: Aesthetics and Practices brings together international artist scholars to explore diverse sound and image practices applying critical perspectives to interrogate and evaluate both the aesthetics and practices that underpin the audiovisual. Contributions draw upon established discourses in electroacoustic music media art history film studies critical theory and dance; framing and critiquing these arguments within the context of diverse audiovisual practices. The volume’s interdisciplinary perspective contributes to the rich and evolving dialogue surrounding the audiovisual demonstrating the value and significance of practice-informed theory and theory derived from practice. The ideas and approaches explored within this book will find application in a wide range of contexts across the whole scope of audiovisuality from visual music and experimental film to narrative film and documentary to live performance sound design and into sonic art and electroacoustic music. This book is ideal for artists composers and researchers investigating theoretical positions and compositional practices which bring together sound and image. | Sound and Image Aesthetics and Practices

GBP 46.99
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Reindeer and Caribou Health and Disease

Reindeer and Caribou Health and Disease

This book is a comprehensive presentation of health and diseases in reindeer and caribou or just Rangifer a key Circumarctic species with broad social and ecological value. It is an essential reference for anyone interested in the biology and health of wild or semi-domesticated reindeer and caribou and is more broadly relevant for those with interests in other species of free-ranging and captive cervids. Beginning with a general introduction to Rangifer as a species it then focuses on Rangifer health as a concept and describes the determinants of health at an individual and population level. Chapters cover a range of topics from nutrition and feeding to stress non-infectious and infectious diseases meat hygiene capture and restraint diagnosis and treatment of health issues and finally potential impacts of climate change on health of Rangifer. Reindeer and Caribou: Health and Disease compiles extensive research and experience-based information on issues ranging from drug doses for chemical immobilization blood chemistry values and raising an orphaned calf. In addition it contains hundreds of high quality colour illustrations that contribute to its value as a diagnostic resource for recognizing various parasites pathogens and signs of disease both in live and dead animals. Each chapter is followed by a comprehensive list of references and a list of contact information for all the contributors identifying world experts in the different areas of health for this circumpolar and fascinating species. This book is compulsory reading and an indispensable resource for anyone dealing with health in reindeer and caribou including veterinarians wildlife biologists and managers reindeer herders/game ranchers zoological husbandry personnel and students with wildlife health. | Reindeer and Caribou Health and Disease

GBP 66.99
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Sound and Recording Applications and Theory

Sound and Recording Applications and Theory

Providing vital reading for audio students and trainee engineers Sound and Recording is the essential guide for anyone who wants a solid grounding in both theory and industry practices in audio sound and recording. This updated and comprehensively restructured edition includes new content on DAW configuration effects processing 3D/immersive audio systems object-based audio and VR audio technology. This bestselling book introduces you to the principles of sound perception audio technology and systems. Sound and Recording is the ideal audio engineering text for students an accessible reference for professionals and a comprehensive introduction for hobbyists. | Sound and Recording Applications and Theory

GBP 48.99
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Nutrition and Diabetes Pathophysiology and Management

Nutrition and Diabetes Pathophysiology and Management

Diabetes occurs at such an alarming rate that it can be described as a global epidemic. Following its predecessor Nutrition and Diabetes: Pathophysiology and Management Second Edition is a comprehensive resource that describes various factors that drive the accumulation of excess body weight and fat resulting in obesity. The book discusses the metabolic aberrations found in obesity and how they lead to the association of obesity with diabetes. This new edition highlights the role played by diet and the interrelationships in the metabolism of key nutrients in the pathogenesis of obesity and diabetes which provides the scientific basis for treatment and management approaches. FeaturesHighlights the role of nutrition in the pathogenesis of obesity and diabetes Organized logically into two easy-to-use sections - Pathophysiology and Management of Obesity and Pathophysiology and Treatment of DiabetesFeatures emerging therapeutic approaches for management of obesity and diabetesDiscusses experience in the management of obesity and diabetes in developing countries Presents challenges in insulin therapy and provides guidelines to overcome themThe first section of the book retains key topics from the previous edition and contains new chapters including genetic determinants of nutrient processing; fat distribution and diabetes mellitus; combined effect of diet and physical activity in the management of obesity; pharmacologic treatment of obesity; and the role of gut microbiota in the pathogenesis and treatment of obesity. The second section features updated versions of most of the other chapters in the first edition comprising a modified chapter on oxidative stress and the effects of dietary supplements on glycemic control in Type 2 diabetes. In addition new chapters are added in this section and include the contribution of iron and transition metal micronutrients to diabetes; role of microbiota in the pathogenesis and treatment of diabetes; primary prevention of Type 2 diabetes; and the pathophysiology and management of Type 1 diabetes. | Nutrition and Diabetes Pathophysiology and Management

GBP 44.99
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Revolution and Constitutionalism in Britain and the U.S. Burke and Madison and Their Contemporary Legacies

Revolution and Constitutionalism in Britain and the U.S. Burke and Madison and Their Contemporary Legacies

In Revolution and Constitutionalism in Britain and the U. S. : Burke and Madison and Their Contemporary Legacies David A. J. Richards offers an investigative comparison of two central figures in late eighteenth-century constitutionalism Edmund Burke and James Madison at a time when two great constitutional experiments were in play: the Constitution of the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and the U. S. Constitution of 1787. Richards assesses how much as liberal Lockean constitutionalists Burke and Madison shared and yet differed regarding violent revolution offering three pathbreaking and original contributions about Burke’s importance. First the book defends Burke as a central figure in the development and understanding of liberal constitutionalism; second it explores the psychology that led to his liberal voice including Burke’s own long-term loving relationship to another man; and third it shows how Burke’s understanding of the political psychology of the violence of “political religions” is an enduring contribution to understanding fascist threats to political liberalism from the eighteenth-century onwards including the contemporary constitutional crises in the U. S. and U. K. deriving from populist movements. Mixing thorough research with personal experiences this book will be an invaluable resource to scholars of political science and theory constitutional law history political psychology and LGBTQ+ issues. | Revolution and Constitutionalism in Britain and the U. S. Burke and Madison and Their Contemporary Legacies

GBP 130.00
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Globalization and Politics Promises and Dangers

Globalization and Politics Promises and Dangers

Globalization and Politics brings together vision and imaginative insight to the analysis of the evolution of inter-state politics to produce a clear comprehensive and coherent sense of how globalization works and how it might work better. The study looks upon globalization as a distinct set of phenomena - energy economy environment and politics - all of which interact. Presenting opportunities for interdependency and governance globalization offers both dangers and promises which explains why it is equally feared and praised. Globalization is an economic trend with strong spillovers and as such has become a political trend with cultural implications. This volume is an invaluable highly readable new text for graduate and undergraduate courses. It sets out the key challenges for globalization in the 21st century and looks at the challenges responses and risks of globalization. It is required reading for analysts students and professionals who want to understand what's at stake in the globalization debate. | Globalization and Politics Promises and Dangers

GBP 29.99
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Practicum and Internship Textbook and Resource Guide for Counseling and Psychotherapy

Practicum and Internship Textbook and Resource Guide for Counseling and Psychotherapy

Completely revised and updated the sixth edition of Practicum and Internship is a practical resource that provides students and supervisors with thorough coverage of all stages and aspects of the practicum and internship process. New to this edition are: Downloadable customizable online forms contracts and other materials Across-the-board updates that reflect 2016 CACREP standards Incorporation of contemporary research and literature that addresses recommended practices and ethical considerations regarding the use of technology in counseling New information on preparing students to run their first counseling and therapy groups A review of ethical standards and current perspectives on working with culturally diverse clients Current perspectives on managing self-care during practicum and internship and beyond A thoughtful presentation of trauma-informed approaches to counseling A revised final chapter including guidelines for preparing for licensure exams and for longevity in the profession With comprehensive information that spans across therapeutic approaches concerns and topics this remains an essential foundational text for counseling and psychotherapy students and their supervisors. | Practicum and Internship Textbook and Resource Guide for Counseling and Psychotherapy

GBP 56.99
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Culture And Self Philosophical And Religious Perspectives East And West

Culture And Self Philosophical And Religious Perspectives East And West

Traditional scholars of philosophy and religion both East and West often place a major emphasis on analyzing the nature of ?the self. ? In recent decades there has been a renewed interest in analyzing self but most scholars have not claimed knowledge of an ahistorical objective essential self free from all cultural determinants. The contributo | Culture And Self Philosophical And Religious Perspectives East And West

GBP 130.00
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Vacuum and Ultravacuum Physics and Technology

Vacuum and Ultravacuum Physics and Technology

Vacuum technology has enormous impact on human life in many aspects and fields such as metallurgy material development and production food and electronic industry microelectronics device fabrication physics materials science space science engineering chemistry technology of low temperature pharmaceutical industry and biology. All decorative coatings used in jewelries and various daily products—including shiny decorative papers the surface finish of watches and light fixtures—are made using vacuum technological processes. Vacuum analytical techniques and vacuum technologies are pillars of the technological processes material synthesis deposition and material analyses—all of which are used in the development of novel materials increasing the value of industrial products controlling the technological processes and ensuring the high product quality. Based on physical models and calculated examples the book provides a deeper look inside the vacuum physics and technology. | Vacuum and Ultravacuum Physics and Technology

GBP 170.00
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Small and Medium Enterprises Law and Business Uncertainty and Justice

Small and Medium Enterprises Law and Business Uncertainty and Justice

The law plays an ambiguous role in running business. While legal tools can be used to tame uncertainties for example by concluding contracts to safeguard enforcement of future claims they can also generate uncertainty. These secondary uncertainties like ones stemming from vague rights and obligations may be counterbalanced by using different resources and strategies including acting informally modifying business plans or accepting the losses from unpaid dues. This book discusses how small and medium enterprises use the law abstain from using the law and use alternative pathways to manage business uncertainties. Examining these topics through the lenses of an extensive qualitative and quantitative empirical study on justiciable issues access to justice and legal uncertainty among SMEs in Poland it implements and expands upon the paradigmatic paths to justice methodology which has been successfully used to study conflict resolution access to justice and utilisation of the law by individuals in more than 30 jurisdictions. It argues that the grand promise of modern law - that it is a certainty-providing neutral and democratic device to resolve problems and conflicts - is not fully delivered. It reveals how the conditions of a freshly developed capitalism combined with the rule of law backsliding contribute to universal structural problems with access to justice meaning that accessing justice is a resource-hungry process which incentivises small businesses to settle for their legal problems and engage in informal and alternative strategies. | Small and Medium Enterprises Law and Business Uncertainty and Justice

GBP 120.00
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Memory Place and Identity Commemoration and remembrance of war and conflict

Memory Place and Identity Commemoration and remembrance of war and conflict

This book bridges theoretical gaps that exist between the meta-concepts of memory place and identity by positioning its lens on the emplaced practices of commemoration and the remembrance of war and conflict. This book examines how diverse publics relate to their wartime histories through engagements with everyday collective memories in differing places. Specifically addressing questions of place-making displacement and identity contributions shed new light on the processes of commemoration of war in everyday urban façades and within generations of families and national communities. Contributions seek to clarify how we connect with memories and places of war and conflict. The spatial and narrative manifestations of attempts to contextualise wartime memories of loss trauma conflict victory and suffering are refracted through the roles played by emotion and identity construction in the shaping of post-war remembrances. This book offers a multidisciplinary perspective with insights from history memory studies social psychology cultural and urban geography to contextualise memories of war and their ‘use’ by national governments perpetrators victims and in family histories. | Memory Place and Identity Commemoration and remembrance of war and conflict

GBP 46.99
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Tourism and Hospitality Issues and Developments

Tourism and Hospitality Issues and Developments

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters. Tourism has become a key global economic activity as expectations with regard to our use of leisure time have evolved attributing greater meaning to our free time. Tourism is one of the world s largest industries and in many regions it is the single largest source of investment and employment. This new book provides a look at many important issues in the field of tourism and hospitality including understanding tourist preference satisfaction and motivation; tourism and hospitality education; rural tourism and its impact on local residents; the increasing popularity of cultural and heritage tourism; strategies for sustainable tourism; and more. | Tourism and Hospitality Issues and Developments

GBP 82.99
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Theory and Practice in Heritage and Sustainability Between past and future

Theory and Practice in Heritage and Sustainability Between past and future

This book explores cultural sustainability and its relationships to heritage from a wide interdisciplinary perspective. By examining the interactions between people and communities in the places where they live it exemplifies the diverse ways in which a people-centred heritage builds identities and supports individual and collective memories. It encourages a view of heritage as a process that contributes through cultural sustainability to human well-being and socially- and culturally-sensitive policy. With theoretically-informed case studies from leading researchers the book addresses both concepts and practice in a range of places and contexts including landscape townscape museums industrial sites every day heritage ‘ordinary’ places and the local scene and even UNESCO-designated sites. The contributors most of whom like the editors were members of the COST Action ‘Investigating Cultural Sustainability’ demonstrate in a cohesive way how the cultural values that people attach to place are enmeshed with issues of memory identity and aspiration and how they therefore stand at the centre of sustainability discourse and practice. The cases are drawn from many parts of Europe but notably from the Baltic and central and south-eastern Europe regions with distinctive recent histories and cultural approaches and heritage discourses that offer less well-known but transferable insights. They all illustrate the contribution that dealing with the inheritance of the past can make to a full cultural engagement with sustainable development. The book provides an introductory framework to guide readers and a concluding section that draws on the case studies to emphasise their transferability and specificity and to outline the potential contribution of the examples to future research practice and policy in cultural sustainability. This is a unique offering for postgraduate students researchers and professionals interested in heritage management governance and community participation and cultural sustainability. | Theory and Practice in Heritage and Sustainability Between past and future

GBP 39.99
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