Palgrave Macmillan Us: 3342 books
Leadership in Balance
New Habits of the Mind
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2014
Leadership in Balance provides readers with a deeper understanding of the art, practice, and discipline of purpose-driven collaboration, and teaches them how new leadership habits of the mind will positively impact an organization's learning, growth, and change.
Natural Disaster and Reconstruction in Asian Economies
A Global Synthesis of Shared Experiences
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2013
Based on conference proceedings presented at The Chinese University of Hong Kong in November 2012, Natural Disaster and Reconstruction in Asian Economies offers leading insight into and viewpoints on disasters from scholars and journalists working in Japan, China, the United States, and Southeast Asia.
by Adam Hanieh
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2016
This book analyzes the recent development of Gulf capitalism through to the aftermath of the 2008 economic crisis. Situating the Gulf within the evolution of capitalism at a global scale, it presents a novel theoretical interpretation of this important region of the Middle East political economy.
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Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
This book is about the status of political equality under global political conditions. If political equality generally is considered a core feature of democracy, it has received little attention among theorists concerned with global governance. Given the enormous emphasis on democracy as legitimizing...
Global, Regional and Local Dimensions of Western Sahara’s Protracted Decolonization
When a Conflict Gets Old
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
This book explores the traces of the passage of time on the protracted and intractable conflict of Western Sahara. The authors offer a multilevel analysis of recent developments from the global to the local scenes, including the collapse of the architecture of the UN-led conflict resolution process,...
Philosophical Readings of Shakespeare
“Thou Art the Thing Itself”
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2013
This book offers a close philosophical reading of King Lear and Timon of Athens which provides insights into the groundbreaking ontological discourse on poverty and money. Analysis of the discourse of poverty and the critique of money helps to read Shakespeare philosophically and opens new reflections on central questions of our own time.
Stumbling Towards the Constitution
The Economic Consequences of Freedom in the Atlantic World
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2012
Jonathan Chu explores individual economic and legal behaviors, connecting them to adjustments in trade relations with Europe and Asia, the rise in debt litigation in Western Massachusetts, deflation and monetary illiquidity, and the Bank of North America.
Digital Media and Learner Identity
The New Curatorship
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012
Drawing on research into autobiographical video production by young learners to present a theory of curatorship and new media, this work explores facets of literacy and identity theory which provided the initial frames for examining the work and shows how 'curatorship' works as a metaphor for new cultural and literacy practices.
Private Equity in Poland
Winning Leadership in Emerging Markets
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2011
Private Equity in Poland focuses on the private equity industry and emerging markets in Poland. Poland represents the most developed private equity industry in Central and Eastern Europe and is one of the most developed emerging markets worldwide
The Halal Frontier
Muslim Consumers in a Globalized Market
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2011
In The Halal Frontier Johan Fischer shows that halal (literally lawful or permitted) is no longer an expression of esoteric forms of production, trade and consumption, but part of an expanding globalised market. This book explores modern forms of halal understanding and practice in the halal consumption of middle-class Malays in the diaspora.
Systemic Racism
Making Liberty, Justice, and Democracy Real
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
This volume identifies some of the remaining gaps in extant theories of systemic racism, and in doing so, illuminates paths forward. The contributors explore topics such as the enduring hyper-criminalization of blackness, the application of the white racial frame, and important counter-frames developed...
Measuring and Maximizing Training Impact
Bridging the Gap between Training and Business Result
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2014
This book shows trainers how to create building blocks, construct the right linkages, and measure the impact of training programs from the first step (Level 1 – reaction) to the final destination (Level 5 – ROI). Including a new ground-breaking Level 6 exploring training sustainability, this is a must-read for HR professionals.
Taking Down Goliath
Digital Marketing Strategies for Beating Competitors With 100 Times Your Spending Power
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2014
Advances in software, auction-based media, analytics, and big data have made it possible for the average marketer to compete with marketers with 100 times the spending power. Taking Down Goliath profiles the ways in which digital marketing can level the playing field, if you know how to use it.
Vested Outsourcing, Second Edition
Five Rules That Will Transform Outsourcing
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
In her classic book Vested Outsourcing , Kate Vitasek identified the top 10 flaws in most outsourced business models and shows organizations how to rethink their outsourcing relationships in a way that will lower costs, improve service, and increase innovation. This revised edition includes updated case studies and a new chapter based on Dell.