Télécharger le livre :  Collaboration and Governance in the Emergency Services
“Globally, emergency services are witnessing a period of unprecedented uncertainty and change caused by pressure on their budgets, reduced manpower and changing patterns of demand and service delivery. Such challenges are also having huge implications on the workforce...

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Télécharger le livre :  Entering the Global Arena
Set against a backdrop of concerns about the potential break-up or radical change to the global world order, this volume sets out to investigate the use of sports mega-events by a number of emerging states.Sports mega-events, it is argued, can be understood as a key...

Editeur : Palgrave Pivot
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Télécharger le livre :  Prices and Welfare
This book provides a general framework for the use of theoretical contributions in empirical works, addressing the question of what is the effect of a price change on household well-being.This simple question is one of the most relevant and controversial questions in...

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Télécharger le livre :  Emotions in Digital Interactions
Combining the conceptual tools of interactionist and social constructionist positions, this book presents an in-depth investigation of emotions in digital interactions. Through the central case study of online bereavement communities for women who have suffered...

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Parution : 2019-07-16
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Télécharger le livre :  The Imperial Politics of Architectural Conservation
This book documents the changing role of the Islamic Waqf institution in Cyprus and the conservation of Waqf heritage buildings of Ottoman and Western origins. Previously ignored archives of documents detailing the conservation of Waqf buildings during Ottoman and...

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Collection : Heritage Studies in the Muslim World PDF, ePub

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Télécharger le livre :  Political and Cultural Aspects of Greek Exoticism
This book explores the new Greek exoticism by examining political and cultural mechanisms that contribute to Greece’s image and self-image construction. The contributions shed light on the subject from different perspectives, including political science, history of...

Editeur : Palgrave Pivot
Parution : 2019-07-13
Collection : Reform and Transition in the Mediterranean PDF, ePub

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Télécharger le livre :  Secrecy, Privacy and Accountability
Public mistrust of those in authority and failings of public organisations frame disputes over attribution of responsibility between individuals and systems. Exemplified with examples, including the Aberfan disaster, the death of Baby P, and Mid Staffs Hospital, this...

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Télécharger le livre :  Animals In Brazil
This book presents a collection of essays exploring the legal, economic, socio-environmental, and ethical dimensions of human-animal interaction in Brazil. As one of the primary global producers and exporters of beef, with a level of biodiversity in its rain-forests...

Editeur : Palgrave Pivot
Parution : 2019-07-11
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Télécharger le livre :  The Popular Front and the Barcelona 1936 Popular Olympics
This book deals with the events leading up to the 1936 Popular Olympics which would have united the Popular Front in opposition to the Berlin Olympics. It also discusses the days after the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War which began on the same day the games were due...

Editeur : Palgrave Pivot
Parution : 2019-07-09
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Télécharger le livre :  Plant Theory in Amazonian Literature
This book discusses new developments of plant studies and plant theory in the humanities and compares them to the exceptionally robust knowledge about plant life in indigenous traditions practiced to this day in the Amazonian region. Amazonian thinking, in dialogue with...

Editeur : Palgrave Pivot
Parution : 2019-07-09
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Télécharger le livre :  Economic Perspectives on Government
“Dowding and Taylor offer student and scholar alike a clear and compelling perspective on the foundations of political economy. Their narrative coherently frames the scholarship of the last half century, and persuasively applies it to the recurring problems facing...

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Parution : 2019-07-09
Collection : Foundations of Government and Public Administration PDF, ePub

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Télécharger le livre :  Has Sociology Progressed?
Looking back over the last 60 years of sociology in the UK, this book addresses the question of progress in the discipline. Campbell's critical and autobiographical reflections offer fresh insights into the history of sociology, and engages with the notion of academic...

Editeur : Palgrave Pivot
Parution : 2019-07-06
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Télécharger le livre :  Governance and Strategic Philanthropy in Grant-Making Foundations
This book discusses the role of grant-making foundations in supporting local communities, and how effective governance can contribute to greater success of the social projects they finance. The book considers the extent to which granting foundations act as social...

Editeur : Palgrave Pivot
Parution : 2019-07-06
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Télécharger le livre :  Hybrid Peacebuilding in Asia
This book explores hybrid peacebuilding in Asia, focusing on local intermediaries bridging the gaps between incumbent governments and insurgents, national leadership and the grassroots constituency, and local stakeholders and international intervenors. The contributors...

Editeur : Palgrave Pivot
Parution : 2019-07-05
Collection : Security, Development and Human Rights in East Asia PDF, ePub

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Télécharger le livre :  Guanxi in the Western Context
Deeply rooted in Chinese culture, the concept of guanxi has been widely researched from historical, cultural and political perspectives. As Chinese multinational corporations (MNCs) expand, expatriates are increasingly carrying guanxi with them to host countries, yet...

Editeur : Palgrave Pivot
Parution : 2019-07-04
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Télécharger le livre :  Cemeteries and the Life of a Smoky Mountain Community
In one of the few studies to draw upon cemetery data to reconstruct the social organization, social change, and community composition of a specific area, this volume contributes to the growing body of sociohistorical examinations of Appalachia. The authors herein...

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Parution : 2019-07-04
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Télécharger le livre :  Framing Big Data
This book addresses big data as a socio-technical construct with huge potential for innovation in key sectors such as healthcare, government and business. Big data and its increasingly widespread use in such influential spheres can generate ethically controversial...

Editeur : Palgrave Pivot
Parution : 2019-07-03
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Télécharger le livre :  The Indigenization and Hybridization of Food Cultures in Singapore
This pivot considers the use of porcelain vessels within multi-dialect cultural spaces in the consumption of cooked food in Singapore. In a place of ubiquitous hawker centres and kopitiams (coffee shops), the potteries used to serve hawker foods have a strong presence...

Editeur : Palgrave Pivot
Parution : 2019-07-02
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Télécharger le livre :  Maritime Security in East and West Africa
This book examines the nexus between maritime security and the ‘blue economy’ in sub-Saharan Africa. In recent years, maritime security issues have received increasing attention, but academic and policy-related discussions are largely limited to counter-piracy...

Editeur : Palgrave Pivot
Parution : 2019-07-02
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Télécharger le livre :  A Sociology of Shame and Blame
This book presents a novel approach to framing the concept of stigma, and understanding why and how it functions.  Graham Scambler extends his analysis beyond common social interactionist understandings of stigma by linking experiences to the larger social...

Editeur : Palgrave Pivot
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