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by Shaun Best
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2001
Introduction to Politics and Society comprehensively demonstrates how key theoretical and concepts in political science have foretold, rationalized and shaped politics in the contemporary world.
Students will discover the meaning of `power', `authority', `coercion', `surveillance' and `legitimacy'....
by Joe Painter, Dr Alex Jeffrey
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2009
"A very good overview. Covers the key topics well and in an accessible and engaging style."
- Dr Daniel Hammett, Department of Geography, Sheffield University
This is a revised and updated edition of a core undergraduate resource for political geography. Focusing on the social and...
by Stewart R Clegg, David Courpasson, Nelson X. Phillips
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2006
"A marvelous addition to the literature on both organizations and power. It is well-grounded in the research on these topics and especially the wide-range of relevant theorizing... The book is terrific at bringing together theory, research and the world of organizations."
- George Ritzer,...
Extreme Killing
Understanding Serial and Mass Murder
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2018
Extreme Killing offers you a comprehensive overview of multiple homicide, including both serial and mass murder. Filled with classic and contemporary case studies, this fully updated Fourth Edition reflects a growing concern for specific types of multiple homicides—indiscriminate public massacres,...
We are All Revolutionaries Here
Militarism, Political Islam and Gender in Pakistan
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2017
What might link a group of middle-class Pakistani women sipping coffee demurely in a living room, with the fiery young women in black burqas threatening shopkeepers in Islamabad?
When and how do an adolescent girl’s aspirations translate into the maturing of a social and political revolution...
Clothing for Liberation
A Communication Analysis of Gandhi's Swadeshi Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2010
This is the first analysis of Gandhi's dressing style in terms of communication theory and an exploration of the subliminal messages that were subtly communicated to a large audience. Peter Gonsalves chooses three famous theorists from the field of communication studies and looks at Gandhi through...
Ethics in Public Relations
Responsible Advocacy
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2006
Ethics in Public Relations: Responsible Advocacy is the first book to identify universal principles of responsible advocacy in public relations. In this engaging book, editors Kathy Fitzpatrick and Carolyn Bronstein bring together prominent authorities in the field to address theoretic and practical...
International Human Resource Management
An Employment Relations Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2013
An innovative and thought-provoking resource designed to support the study of International and Human Resource Management and Employment Relations.
Written by an internationally renowned team of experts and underpinned by cutting-edge research, International Human Resource Management tackles...
by Mark Bevir
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2008
'A comprehensive, multidisciplinary examination of the concepts embodied in governance and their wide-ranging applications and implications. An important read and reference for students and academics in the social sciences, particularly those engaged in public policy studies' - Professor Carolyn J....
Life as a Dalit
Views from the Bottom on Caste in India
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2013
Life as a Dalit looks at caste society from the point of view of the Dalits, focusing on their worldview, emotions, and critical appraisal of their own position and of the higher groups. It is a volume based on the critical perspectives provided by scholars who have turned around the more acclaimed...
Fascinating Hindutva
Saffron Politics and Dalit Mobilisation
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2009
In the present socio-political scenario of India, Dalits have emerged as a major force in the electoral arena and politically mobilising them has almost become a compulsion for all political parties.
Fascinating Hindutva: Saffron Politics and Dalit Mobilisation is a deconstruction of the fascinating...
by Jamal Khwaja
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2012
In a world where powerful lobbies are vilifying the Qur'an as the underlying cause of conflicts-conflicts that are actually rooted in greed and the self-serving secular politics of oil, occupation and social injustice-how can non-Muslims discover the authentic teachings of the Qur'an? How can they...
Kashmir
Exposing the Myth behind the Narrative
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2017
The advent of Islam in medieval Kashmir gave birth to a narrative that describes forcible mass conversion of Hindus, eviction of local people and wanton demolition of religious symbols. A minority of Kashmiri Brahmans and their progeny who did not convert to Islam built and successfully perpetuated...
by Michael Jones
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2015
Children learn to talk through interaction including involvement in many thousands of conversations with adults and other children. These conversations provide the framework for exploring relationships, understanding the world, and learning – in its widest sense. This book explores how children...