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Book SynopsisFundamentals of Community Design for Wellbeing addresses the need to rethink the philosophy and form of residential environments due to recent social, economic, environmental, and cultural shifts, including depletion of non-renewable resources, elevated levels of greenhouse gas emissions, and climate change. This book highlights innovative planning strategies for livability and wellbeing of communities supported by lessons from notable international case studies, addressing varied issues including accommodating elderly populations, designing walkable communities, and closing the affordability gap. Authored by an architecture professor who is also a practicing architect and urban planner, this book navigates the residential design process from site planning to individual home design, emphasizing principles of sustainability. Each of its 20 illustrated chapters focuses on a distinct aspect of residential design that highlights effective solutions for todayâs pressing challenges. This book is essential for students of urban planning, architecture, and sustainability, as well as professionals and policy makers.
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Book SynopsisMarketing Strategy for the Arts, Third Edition is targeted at students in higher education who plan on working in a creative industry or a cultural organization. Because such companies are talent or values-driven, marketing must present a brand image that focuses equally on the producer and the product. Strategy for such a company must consider market opportunities, but it must also consider the mission and values of the organization.Aimed at students with little or no prior marketing knowledge, the book outlines a step-by-step framework for effective product marketing. The book will bring together information on strategic planning, market research, goal setting, marketing theory, and developing and communicating the competitive advantage and brand image. After reading this third edition, students will be able to construct a strategic marketing plan based on meeting specific organizational goals. Their plan will include detailed objectives and tactics to achieve the strategic vision.This third edition has additional coverage on how technology and AI have affected strategy, value creation in a time of rising costs, need for strategic flexibility due to rapidly changing external conditions and the use of social media data and sentiment to assess consumer behavior and desires.
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Book SynopsisFostering a Civil Workplace: Strategies for Personal and Organizational Success provides research-based solutions to promote a positive work environment. Focusing on internal dynamics, it explores aspects of communication, interpersonal interactions, management techniques, and organizational culture and oversight.While some work environments are productive and positive, many are not, with employees experiencing incivility, bullying, intimidation, and harassment. Recent developments, such as a shift towards home and hybrid working, can also contribute to this. This book promotes workplace civility in dysfunctional work environments by offering solutions, focusing on playing to personal strengths, which can be utilized by individuals, leaders, and the larger organization. Methods for improvement begin with individual interactions, such as handling a dispute or a difficult co-worker, and extend to online, interdepartmental, and organizational levels, examining ways to improve communication. Suggestions are offered for improving work connections and building empathetic relationships within teams and between departments to foster a civil and productive environment, through sharing, bonding, and encouraging coworkers. A review of positive impacts made possible by effective leadership includes concepts such as trust, authenticity, and adaptability, alongside guidance on navigating conflicts between employees, and an exploration of challenges experienced in middle management. Ideas regarding organizational culture and employer support include promoting active learning, wellness, and training opportunities, with strategies for employee development, and advice on code of conduct policies.Providing an accessible overview of solutions for workplace incivility to foster a more positive and dynamic workplace for all, this book will appeal to leaders and managers looking to create better workplaces, students of leadership and management, and employees struggling with toxic work situations.
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Book SynopsisSimon Gibbons embarks on a detailed and groundbreaking study in this book, examining the profound influence of Harold Rosen, a pivotal figure who transformed English education in the latter half of the 20th century. Gibbons offers the first comprehensive analysis of Rosen's revolutionary contributions to progressive English teaching methodologies that continue to resonate in classrooms worldwide. Drawing on extensive research including previously unpublished writings and interviews with Rosen's colleagues, Gibbons meticulously charts Rosen's multifaceted impact: his development of a new model for English teaching; his pioneering work on language, class, and culture; his innovative approaches to narrative in education; and his advocacy for teacher agency. The book illuminates how Rosen's work at the London Institute of Education, alongside colleagues James Britton and Nancy Martin, fundamentally reshaped understanding of language across the curriculum while maintaining an unwavering commitment to educational equity. Gibbons makes a compelling case for the contemporary relevance and necessary rediscovery of Rosen's educational philosophy.This volume serves as an essential resource for student teachers, practicing educators, and academics in English and Language Arts, while also offering valuable insights to educators across disciplines interested in language's role in learning. By reconnecting readers with Rosen's enduring legacy, the book provides both historical perspective and practical guidance for addressing current educational challenges.
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Book SynopsisIntegrated Business Innovation shows how organizations can move beyond the buzz of Artificial Intelligence, particularly Generative AI, and apply it thoughtfully to solve real-world business problems. While tools like ChatGPT and other large language models offer accessible and intuitive power, many companies struggle to extract lasting value because they fail to clearly define the problems they are trying to solve. This book addresses that gap by integrating the principles of Design Thinking with AI capabilities, offering a structured approach to identifying business challenges and developing innovative, customer-centered solutions. Across twelve chapters, the book blends foundational insights with applications across industries such as healthcare, manufacturing, retail, government, and education. With a wide array of illustrative mini cases woven throughout, readers will learn how to recognize strategic opportunities, navigate implementation challenges, and unlock measurable business impact using AI. This book is a vital new resource for undergraduates, postgraduates and professionals on executive education courses and will also appeal to leaders, practitioners and consultants, equipping readers with the mindset and methods needed to innovate with purpose in an era of intelligent systems.
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Book SynopsisThis book critically examines the transformative intersection of technology with sport and recreation, revealing how technological innovations reshape performance, participation, community engagement, and sustainability.Drawing from empirical research, diverse case studies and industry insights, the book explores technologies such as wearable fitness devices, artificial intelligence (AI), augmented and virtual reality, esports platforms, digital media, and smart sport-tech solutions. Readers will gain insights into how technology enhances personal fitness and athletic performance, creates immersive spectator experiences, facilitates digital community-building, promotes inclusivity in adaptive sports, and drives sustainability in sports management. Structured around the innovative TechnologyâSportâRecreation Framework (TSRF), the book systematically captures complex technological interactions within sport and recreation, highlighting both benefits and ethical considerations. Each chapter includes case studies, practitioner interviews, and links to online resources to further enrich readers' understanding and application of the concepts discussed. This is an essential resource for sport and recreation professionals, policymakers, academics, and students in sport management, kinesiology, technology studies, public health, and sustainability. It is also invaluable for technology developers, industry practitioners, and anyone passionate about understanding the dynamic interplay between sport, recreation, and technological advancement.
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Book SynopsisThis informative and accessible text invites readers to engage with the latest developments and debates in the field of infant and family mental health and wellbeing from a multi-disciplinary perspective.Bringing together a rich collection of knowledge and experience, unique insights are provided into aspects of family life, from attachment, attunement and bonding to therapeutic interventions and compassion. Each chapter shines a light on the importance of respectful early interventions and provides ethical and evidence-based strategies to promote healthy development and to empower parents and caregivers to support their child's (and their own) emotional and psychological needs. Spotlights on research and practice, reflective questions, and case studies weave throughout to further consolidate knowledge and to bring theory to life.Critically reflecting on current policy and practice, this book advocates for an inclusive approach and underscores the significance of early experiences in shaping a child's mental health and overall development. It will be key reading for early childhood students, educators, healthcare professionals, and anyone interested in supporting families during the crucial early years.
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Book SynopsisThis book reviews the effects of the professional use of social media on science and scholarship, providing practical tips, tools, and guidelines for platforms, practices, and routines on social media for academics.Through concise case studies from researchers worldwide, it illustrates the diverse and often unexpected ways social media enhances academic work, from building collaborative networks and expanding audience reach to creating real-world impact. Coverage includes established platforms like LinkedIn and X (formerly Twitter), emerging spaces such as Bluesky, and creative academic applications of platforms like Reddit and WhatsApp. At its core, this guide emphasizes intentional engagement over self-promotion, focusing on meaningful communication, community development, and knowledge sharing. It introduces the Researcherâs Social Media Compass, a framework to help you align your online activity with your professional aims, values, and resources.Social Media for Research Impact is of interest to researchers at all career stages, as well as research managers, advisors, and communication professionals who support research visibility and collaboration through social media.
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Book SynopsisThis second edition of The Digital Humanities Coursebook provides critical frameworks for the application of digital humanities tools and platforms, which have become an integral part of work across a wide range of disciplines. This fully updated edition adds several new topics, including XR (extended reality) and AI (artificial intelligence), as well as a companion website developed in parallel with the chapters and providing extended âhow-toâ examples to enable students and teachers to follow step-by-step demonstrations of tools or platforms.Written in an accessible and engaging manner, the book is focused on the principles and fundamental concepts for application and each chapter contains case study examples of projects, tools and platforms that demonstrate these principles in action. The book clearly details how to integrate the acquisition of expertise in data, metadata, classification, interface, visualization, network analysis, topic modelling, data mining, mapping, and web presentation with issues in intellectual property, sustainability, privacy, and the ethical use of information. By combining practical information and critical issues, the book demonstrates that no application of digital humanities can be separated from ethical and critical concerns.The book is structured to complement courses on digital humanities and provides a series of modules, each of which is organized around a set of concerns and topics, thought experiments and questions, as well as discussions of the ways in which tools and platforms work. Each chapter contains an introduction to the topic, examples of current (and sometimes classic) work being done in the field, a set of exercises to explore the hands-on experience, references, and recommended readings. The Digital Humanities Coursebook will therefore be an indispensable guide for anyone teaching or studying a course in the areas of digital humanities, library and information science, English, or computer science.
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Book SynopsisA Nordic Perspective on Teacher Well-Being in Educational Contexts offers a compelling exploration of teacher well-being, combining contemporary research with actionable strategies to support teacher welfare. Grounded in the innovative educational frameworks of the Nordic countries, this edited volume examines how progressive policies and practices positively influence teacher well-being, providing inspiration for global education systems to adopt and adapt.Authored by leading experts from across the Nordic region, the book examines key aspects of teacher well-being, including work-life balance, professional development, emotional support, mental health, psychologically safe environments, and institutional policies. Organised into two thematic sections, Part I explores the current research landscape on teacher well-being in the Nordic countries, and Part II looks to the future, highlighting how lessons from Nordic research can inform global efforts to support teacher well-being. The book concludes with a practical action plan, equipping readers with strategies to promote teacher welfare across all levels of the education system. Bridging research and application, this volume makes a significant contribution to the ongoing dialogue on teacher well-being.An indispensable resource for educators, policymakers, and researchers, this book showcases original Nordic practices and policies, offering fresh perspectives on educator welfare that can be applied globally.
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Book SynopsisAustralian Musical Theatre: Never Been Better? is the first sustained scholarly analysis of the Australian musical in the twenty-first century. In the past, the Australian musical has been much maligned: plagued by the sceptre of âThe Great Australian Musicalâ and dogged by recurring concerns about the content and quality of the genre. In this book, Mara Davis Johnson assesses these concerns and argues that they are unfounded.Through detailed analysis of six musicals, she showcases the breadth and diversity of contemporary Australian musical theatre productions. The book demonstrates how these performances stage a repertory of tropes, characters, places, stories, fixations, and myths that produce a national imaginary for Australia. Methodologically, the book takes a holistic and multi-disciplinary approach that honours the hybrid nature of the musical and its broad cultural appeal.This makes for an accessible, wide-ranging discussion that will appeal to scholars in diverse fields. The book will be an essential resource for scholars and students of musical theatre, theatre and performance studies, and Australian cultural studies and history.
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Book SynopsisThis book offers one of the first critical, research-oriented biographies of an architectural practice from the global South, documenting over two and a half decades of work in post-liberalization India. Moving beyond the familiar narrative-descriptive mode of architectural biographies, it situates the practice within a broader intellectual world of ideas, unpacking reflections as a case study of the times.In dialogue with the modernist legacy and inflected by the critical regionalism of the global South, particularly that of India, the work demonstrates how architecture can engage with the nuanced complexities of contemporary India while conversing with international discourse. By tracing a trajectory that follows, but also departs from, the celebrated generation of Pritzker laureate B. V. Doshi, Achyut Kanvinde, and Anant Raje, the book positions the practice as a distinctive voice in global architectural debates.Enhanced by 15 original drawing plates, including photographs, drawings, and sketches - the book bridges concept and craft, theory and practice. It stands both as a visual archive and an intellectual provocation, making it indispensable reading for researchers and students. While biographical, it is equally a critical analysis not usually available in books on architects from the global South.
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Book SynopsisThis fully updated second edition of Critical Curriculum Studies offers a conceptual framework that bridges curriculum design with students' understanding of the world around them.In this new edition, Wayne Au brings together curriculum theory, critical educational studies, and feminist standpoint theory with practical examples of teaching for social justice to argue for a transformative curriculum that challenges existing inequity in social, educational, and economic relations. Making use of the work of important scholars such as Freire, Vygotsky, Hartsock, Harding, and others, Critical Curriculum Studies argues that we must understand the relationship between the curriculum and the types of consciousness we carry out into the world. The 2nd edition includes fully updated references and examples throughout the text, expanded discussion of dialectics, and improved pedagogical features, including connections to classroom practice and new chapter summaries to aid student understanding.Combining theory and practice, this book will be core reading for postgraduate and advanced undergraduate students in Curriculum Studies, Curriculum and Instruction, and Foundations of Education courses.
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Book SynopsisOffering the first book-length analysis of the ways in which exclusion affects the lives and educational experiences of refugees with disabilities, this book examines the right to inclusive education for displaced persons with disabilities, arguing for an intersectional approach to advancing social justice in education globally.Effectively encountering twice the amount of discrimination, exclusion and inequality usually faced by those with either a disability or with refugee status, refugees with disabilities face particular challenges in accessing education. In looking to tackle these challenges and give voice to those at the centre of such experiences, this book offers cutting-edge and fundamentally global insights and practicable solutions on how schools and their communities might become more inclusive spaces for currently marginalized disabled refugees. Chapters theorize current language and terminology, and discuss concrete examples of inclusive practice along with tangible guidance for educators and professionals towards the development of inclusive educational practices, policies and cultures within educational institutions. Exclusion and inclusion are understood at the intersection of disability, forced displacement and education.Featuring an international team of thought leaders, researchers, practitioners, and refugee and disability activists, the book will be of interest to scholars, practitioners and policymakers in the fields of inclusive and special education, migration, and social work and education more broadly. Undergraduate students engaged in studies that consider aspects of educational, social and global justice will also benefit from the volume.
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Book SynopsisSimplifying Inclusive Leadership is a practical text which brings together the scientific evidence behind the concept of inclusive leadership, presenting this in an accessible, easy-to-read, and engaging format.Combined with tips and recommendations, the book supports leaders embracing what it means to practice inclusive leadership and subsequently to behave more inclusively. Fulfilling five key objectives, it:â Explains what is meant by inclusive leadership and why it is important.â Presents a scientifically grounded model of inclusive leadership that brings the concept to life in a practical and tangible way.â Explores the components of the model (leader wellbeing, drivers of inclusive leadership and inclusive leader behaviours).â Provides the evidence supporting each of these components with engaging case examples to bring the topic to life.â Translates the research into practical recommendations and actions leaders can take to apply what they have learned and practice inclusive leadership.Simplifying Inclusive Leadership is the ideal introductory text for managers and leaders at any level who wish to enhance their leadership practice and support their team members to thrive.
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Book SynopsisHolistic Financial Literacy Education provides a scholarly foundation for a holistic vision of financial literacy, as well as instructional strategies for its teaching.This text shows pre- and in-service educators why and how we can teach financial literacy to youth within the social studies curriculum. This book employs a holistic approach to demonstrate how teachers can enhance youth financial literacy by addressing the interconnected personal, communal, and societal factors that shape financial understanding. It promotes discussions of the social principles and contexts that inform financial literacy and global human well-being, as well as the social consequences for a reductionist perspective of personal finances. Its eleven chapters cover a plethora of topics from corporate ethics to psychological considerations, to social biases. Combining theory with practice, this book offers classroom strategies, lesson plans, and practical guidance for teaching financial literacy and challenging current societal norms.
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Book SynopsisEstablishing a theoretical framework for Arts-based Environmental Education (AEE) and narrative pedagogy, this seminal volume lays the groundwork for understanding the potential of art, education, and aesthetic expressions to address environmental issues head-on.Theoretical chapters inform a discussion of empirical studies carried out in Sweden, Finland, and Slovenia, applying concepts such as relational pedagogy and phenomenology to real-world settings. Chapters further explore various art forms such as land art and drama in the context of the storyline approach, creating narratives on resilience and sustainability, addressing climate anxiety, and fostering critical and imaginative thinking among students. Theoretical and empirical insights combined with indigenous perspectives lead to practical strategies for implementing AEE in various educational contexts, providing concrete examples of how AEE can be integrated into classroom settings, outdoor education, and community programmes. Emphasis is also given to the importance of connecting these practices to broader global initiatives such as the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the cultivation of a sustainable, liveable future. At the heart of the book is a Manifesto for Regenerative Education â a poetic and powerful framework for rethinking learning in the Anthropocene.Presenting a pioneering approach that positions education and artistic expression as the starting point for fostering ecological awareness and engagement, this book will interest practitioners, researchers and educators in arts education, environmental and sustainability education, and innovative pedagogies more broadly.
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Book SynopsisCultural Perspectives in Video Game Audio explores the fundamental role of sound â specifically sound effects, music, and voice acting â in video games. This book provides readers with a deeper understanding of the impact of sound on gameplay and storytelling and examines soundâs potential to either preserve or diminish cultural diversity.Organised into six chapters, this book examines various aspects of audio and its cultural implications, offering readers insights into the vital role sound plays in video game design and player experience from a new perspective. It delves into a wide range of topics, including natural soundscapes; the interplay between human activities and their environments; linguistic elements which express cultural identity; the role of non-verbal audio in video games; musical preferences and structures; and the use of sound symbols as expressions of cultural identity.Cultural Perspectives in Video Game Audio is a valuable resource for researchers and students in fields such as sound design, game studies, and media studies, as well as sound anthropologists and ethnomusicologists. It will also be of interest to game sound designers and developers seeking to create more culturally authentic soundscapes for their audiences.
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Book SynopsisThis book explores the lived experiences of newly qualified midwives working in free-standing birth centres, highlighting the emotional, professional, and sociological aspects of their journeys from novices to confident practitioners in an out-of-hospital setting. As newly qualified midwives transition from their educational settings to the low-tech environment in their free-standing birth centre, they broaden their skill set, develop hands-on skills, and learn, for example, to care for labouring women without continuous fetal monitoring.This book spotlights the skills needed to work in free-standing birth centres, and the importance of becoming well integrated into a team which, in turn, allow newly qualified midwives to build confidence in their abilities and offer comprehensive care to women and their families throughout pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period. Capturing the skill acquisition, learning and professional identity development of newly qualified midwives, this thoughtful book emphasizes the critical role of mentorship from experienced midwives and the supportive environment for midwives and families in free-standing birth centres, many of which also offer home birth services.This book is an essential contribution to the literature around midwifery practice, with an emphasis on physiological birth, continuity of care, skill acquisition and professional identity development. It will be of use to students, practitioners and scholars with an interest in these areas.
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Book SynopsisFramed by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), this text empowers educators and policymakers to integrate critical and creative problem-solving skills into their practice through a focus on sustainability and the pedagogical approach of design thinking. It also presents applied solutions through case studies grounded in contemporary sustainability practices.Driven by the urgent need to address climate change and environmental challenges, there is growing interest in sustainability education and the integration of sustainable practices into policy and curricula. This edited collection applies a range of design thinking models to curriculum reform across all educational levels, emphasizing the importance of equipping future students, curriculum designers, and policymakers with the tools to implement and sustain meaningful change. Through real-world environmental experiences written by educators, the book engages teachers and students in collaborative, community-based approaches to developing sustainable solutions. With a strong emphasis on practical application, the first section offers 'how-to' chapters that combine relevant literature, actionable ideas, and practical support to guide implementation. The second section, authored by experienced educators actively engaged in the field, presents examples and case studies from diverse global contexts, illustrating how the approaches from Section 1 have been applied in classrooms and the impact on student learning.This essential resource for teachers, pre-service educators, and higher education faculty across disciplines provides a comprehensive guide to fostering impactful sustainability practices in education.
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Book SynopsisAn essential guide to writing and editing for digital media, this sixth edition responds to the mainstreaming of GenAI and LLMs, among many other changes in the best practices of digital storytelling.Carroll explains and demonstrates how to effectively write for digital spaces and places that typically abound with graphical content, multimedia, and hypertextual, interactive elements. He also combines hands-on, practical exercises with information on key topics such as misinformation and disinformation, and the proliferation of artificial intelligence. This new edition specifically explores the ethical questions raised by AI, as well as the new possibilities it presents. Each chapter features lessons and exercises through which students can build a solid understanding of the ways that digital communication provides opportunities for dynamic storytelling and multi-directional communication. It also speaks to writers, editors, public relations practitioners, and social media managers and marketers. Updated with contemporary examples and new pedagogy throughout, this is the ideal handbook for students seeking careers in digital media, particularly in content development and digital storytelling.An essential text for students of media, communication, public relations, marketing, and journalism who are looking to develop their writing and editing skills for these ever-evolving fields and professions.This book also has an accompanying eResource that offers additional weekly activities and assignments, providing students additional opportunity to put theory into practice.
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Book SynopsisIn Christian circles, consuming pornography has been treated primarily as a moral issue, and the analysis of pornography has dealt with motivations, harms and responses. This book explores how such analyses end up missing important theological dimensions of pornography, and in so missing those dimensions, leave important aspects of the cultural power of pornography unaddressed. The book argues that a purely moral analysis of pornography has led to several presumptions concerning pornography about sex, bodies and the erotic. Working through these presumptions is another, subtler presumption that the act of viewing pornography constitutes an act viewing proper.This book argues that the Christian tradition can also furnish a theological analysis of pornography as a theological reality, which uncovers these unaddressed dimensions concerning the cultural challenge posed by pornography. In addition, it argues that theologyâs vocabulary will also yield surprising analyses that overturn these three presumptions. Ultimately, the book argues that pornography distorts the very act on which it trades, namely the viewing of the sexual act. More specifically, it states that pornography is not sexual, erotic or embodied, arguing instead that it is Christological, mimetic and divinizing. In making these critiques, Christian theology also declares that a properly theological engagement with pornography will involve the transformation of grazing into beholding.
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Book SynopsisAdolescence in Crisis: An Independent Psychoanalytic Approach to Adolescent Mental Health offers a cultural and theoretical examination of the seemingly omnipresent and ever-growing mental health difficulties that teenagers face today.The book starts by grounding the reader in a contemporary psychoanalytic perspective on adolescent development, exploring the adolescent mental health crisis as it is experienced today. Integrating psychoanalytic and sociocultural perspectives, it explores adolescent crisis and risk-taking behaviours, including suicidality, overdose, and self-harm by cutting. The book then outlines practical ways of working with the adolescent, along with their parents, carers, and educators. Core themes present throughout the chapters include the primacy of identity and belonging in adolescence and the impact of the external world on internal emotional reality, such as peer relations, the media and internet, family, and wider political and social realities.This book is essential reading for psychotherapists and psychoanalytically trained clinicians working with teenagers exhibiting these issues, as well as other health professionals and parents looking for guidance on handling troubling behaviour.
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Book SynopsisDigital transformation, anchored in data and powered by frontier technologies such as AI, Generative AI, and emerging agentic systems, is arguably the most widely pursued initiative among companies of all sizes worldwide. Digital natives and traditional incumbents alike are struggling to cope with the relentless pace of technological change. While successful incumbents may have mastered value creation and extraction within their established core businesses, they often continue to treat digital as peripheral to their core strategy. Yet recurring flashes of potential reveal digital as a credible source of sustainable advantage, creating ambiguity about its true scope and impact. Many organizations struggle to find a clear starting point or design a roadmap, and even when initiatives begin, ROI and change management remain major barriers. The second edition of this book offers theories and frameworks to understand and develop these elements, while updating and refining practical models for technology taxonomy, digital literacy, digital transformation, and paths-to-value. Incorporating lessons on competing in the digital era, it features real-world cases in consulting and strategy, accessible to students, instructors, and professionals without prior expertise. Designed to support teaching and learning, it remains a valuable resource for students of Business, Management and Marketing; Organizational Change; Production, Operations & Information; Management e-Business; Information / Knowledge Management; Innovation Management; Organizational Studies; and Management of Technology & Innovation.
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Book SynopsisOld Before Their Time is the deeply personal story of a 35-year scientific investigation of the effects of childhood sexual abuse on child development and adult outcomes. The startling conclusion is that early childhood trauma accelerates biological aging of the body and the mind.The reader will gain a comprehensive perspective on the many ways in which maltreatment embeds itself in a childâs mind, body, and behavior and is expressed across generations. It concludes that the prevention of child maltreatment is the single most powerful target for the prevention of mental illness, and for reducing premature death from common illnesses. One in five women and one in eight men report a history of child sexual abuse. As adults, victims often have questions about how it has affected them. Old Before Their Time provides answers as well as recommendations to improve child protection and treatment services which impact millions of children and families every year. Written for a general science reader, this engaging book is well-referenced for professionals who work with children or adults with histories of child maltreatment.
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Book SynopsisInterprofessional teams of Health and social care professionals encounter, and respond to, significant ethical challenges and complexity in their everyday work. This scenario-based book explores how to enact ethical values and virtues, while working across the four pillars of professional activity â practice, education, leadership and research. Effective responses to care needs and everyday complexity require teamwork and a holistic approach to individual, family and community needs. They require a health and social professional having an in-depth appreciation of their own professional role, responsibilities and contribution, as well as those of other professions.This book enables readers to engage with, and reflect on, a range of ethical decision-making situations that can occur across the lifecourse and impact interprofessional teams. Each chapter is based around a particular authentic scenarios derived from the experiences of care-recipients and family members involved in the co-production of the book and take place in a range of care contexts â from maternity care to community; from hospital to residential care; and from accident and emergency areas to hospice.Introducing and discussing interprofessional issues from an ethical stance, this is an essential text for health and social care students and practitioners and a resource for IPE facilitators with a commitment to ethics in health and social care practice, research, education and leadership.
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Book SynopsisSupporting Workplace Learning with Neuroscience examines principles of adult learning through the lens of neuroscience and cognitive psychology, effectively demonstrating how this knowledge can be applied in organizational settings to develop professional expertise.This book opens with three important contextual chapters that unpack the relationship between learning and performance in organizations, the science of developing expertise, and considerations of neurodiversity, culture, and ethics. It goes on to explore the cognitive, behavioral, and socio-emotional dimensions of learning, concluding with tactical chapters that discuss learning through audio-visual channels, key considerations for instructional and learning experience designers, and near-future trends. Each chapter is scaffolded by introductory vignettes and applications for practice, supported by online resources such as PowerPoint instructor slides and suggestions for further reading and resources.Expertly combining practical insights with theory, this book will be important reading for those studying or researching Adult Education, while also providing valuable guidance to organizations seeking to support adult learners in the workplace.
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Book SynopsisThis book presents CBT-AN-20, a newly-developed briefer form of Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for anorexia nervosa, designed to treat individuals in 20 sessions, helping clinicians to offer effective therapy to more patients and enabling patients to move more quickly towards recovery.This manual addresses the key CBT skills needed to deliver effective CBT-AN-20. It uses a combination of psychoeducation, nutrition, exposure therapy and behavioural experiments to overcome starvation and to support essential weight gain/stability. It then details the skills needed to work with emotional factors, and with body image issues. Importantly, it also stresses the meta-competences needed to work with anorexia nervosa - such as early change, motivational work, engaging with the âanorexic voiceâ, and maintaining a working alliance that stresses change. Accompanying the text is a range of useful web-based materials to support the clinician reading the manual. These include checklists, psychoeducation materials, measures, and videos of skills in action.CBT-20-ANâs pragmatic structure supports its delivery by both experienced therapists and those newer to the field who are practicing under expert supervision. This book is a âmust readâ for all levels of practitioners from all disciplines who work with eating disorders.
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Book SynopsisIn todayâs fiercely innovative and complex biopharmaceutical industry, successfully managing a pharmaceutical or biotech company from concept to patients requires exceptional strategic, leadership, and managerial abilities. This book is a definitive reference that uniquely integrates critical business, strategy, finance, M&A, regulatory, and intellectual property concepts.Bringing new therapies to market is both a sought-after experience and a distinguished accomplishment. A biopharma leadership team that is able to master the critical levers covered in this book will drive unparalleled value creation through tremendous competitive advantage in the industry. Chapter by chapter, you'll delve into innovation, valuation, intellectual property, strategy, financing, pitching, transactions, contracts, and regulatory affairs. Through numerous case examples and concepts, youâll learn practical avenues to avoid pitfalls, drive value creation and navigate the intricate world of the biopharma industry.This book equips decision-makers, founders, investors, and industry professionals with frameworks, illustrations, and actionable ideas, enabling them to tackle the strategic and managerial challenges inherent in the evolution of a biopharma company. Elevate your strategic decisions, unlock new opportunities, and lead your company to success with this indispensable resource.
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Book SynopsisTrauma-Informed Forensic Interventions explores the innovative wave of trauma-informed practices in forensic settings, addressing the unique challenges of implementation in environments that are often ill-suited to such approaches. Written collaboratively by forensic practitioners and service users across prison, forensic mental health, youth justice, and social care settings, this book provides practical guidance for professionals working with justice-involved individuals who commonly have extensive trauma histories.The text establishes core principles for best practice by examining diverse settings including male and female prisons, high security hospitals, and secure children's homes, while addressing complex needs related to personality disorders, self-injury, sexual violence, and neonaticide. It offers practical approaches to overcome institutional barriers and reconcile SAMHSA's trauma-informed care guidelines with established forensic structures and culture.This essential reference for forensic practitioners and students builds upon Trauma-Informed Forensic Practice, inspiring further development of trauma-informed approaches as a crucial focus in contemporary forensic work across prisons, community services, youth justice, and forensic mental health settings.
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Book SynopsisExtended Mobility for the City as a Common offers a novel framework for understanding how urban inhabitants access and experience cities. It invites readers to critically examine the ways in which stigmatization and socioeconomic barriers combine to restrict access to urban opportunities for marginalized communities. Arguing that the right to the city is inseparable from the right to mobility, this book calls for a radical shift toward a welcoming and solidary city, both in transportation systems and in the inhabitants' destinations.The book is structured into three parts. Part One introduces the concept of Extended Mobility, a multidimensional framework encompassing motility, accessibility, and porosity that provides a new lens to interrogate the multifaceted nature of mobility as a social phenomenon. Part Two applies this framework through a grounded ethnographic comparison of Favela da Marà in Rio de Janeiro and the San Siro housing project in Milan. These rich and detailed studies develop robust methodological tools and theoretical insights that uncover the complex mobility experiences of peripheral urban inhabitants. In the final section, leading experts in transportation and urban planning engage Extended Mobility across different global settings to critique existing policies and explore pathways toward mobility justice and a city of rights for all.By integrating structural and experiential perspectives on urban mobility, this book is an essential resource for social science researchers and urban and transportation planning scholars as well as policymakers, practitioners, and activists seeking to foster more inclusive cities and empower communities to access the full possibilities of a common urban life.
£39.99
Book SynopsisDrawing from relational and trauma-informed approaches, Reimagining Education explores ways to design and sustain a successful school system, through the eyes and experiences of children and young people.Chapters consider a range of themes, from mentally healthy schools to attendance and academic pressure, to build the vision of a compassionate school where no child is left behind or excluded. Each topic is introduced through the voices and views of children, who reflect on their experiences and tell us what would make it better and create a sense of belonging for all. These themes are explored alongside key psychological theory, before accessible strategies and recommendations for change are introduced.Centring the views of children and young people, this essential guide focuses on developing an education system fit for the workforce of the future, based on skills, humanity, compassion and citizenship. It will be valuable reading for all teachers, pastoral staff, educational leaders and educational psychologists.
£18.99
Book SynopsisThis accessible and informative resource provides practical ideas and resources to develop educational plans for learners with SEND enabling access to a daily curriculum.Divided into four main development areas: Communication and Interaction; Cognition and Learning; Sensory and Physical; and Social Emotional and Mental Health, the book highlights evidence-based approaches and outlines strategies and interventions for both speaking and non-speaking pupils. Chapters:â Cover a range of core themes from environments and managing anxiety to inclusion and progression through provision.â Introduce tracking and assessment tools to measure progress and to ensure all learners can access quality-first teaching 100 per cent of the time.â Provide provision and assessment tools which can be used to inform all types of plans, including EHCPs, individual education plans, personal education plans, behaviour plans and daily classroom plans.With further reading signposts, practical takeaways and case studies woven throughout to highlight key success components and their impact, this is an essential resource for anyone working in any primary and secondary settings.
£28.72
Book SynopsisThis book delves into the embodiment of Chineseness in digital performance, utilising the innovative methodology of âtechno-choreography.âThis research critically examines professionally trained dancing bodies in Chinese dance from the vantage point of cultural transexperience. It offers profound discussions of Chineseness through an unprecedented lens, advancing a suite of choreographic tools beneficial for both academic and practical inquiries. The methodology of techno-choreography employed draws from theories as well as applications of interactivity, immersion, virtual reality, and motion capture systems. It perceives intercultural dancing bodies and cultural artefacts, such as chopsticks, gaoqiao, handkerchiefs, fans, and red silks, as interfaces during the dance composition process enacted within computational system environments. Insights are derived from full-length dance works created by the author: X-Body (2018), Mourning for a dead moon (2019), Unexpected Bodies (2020) and Being River (2024). This volume grapples with pertinent cultural and artistic questions including how Chineseness contributes to the process of techno-choreography, how technology affects the embodiment of Chineseness, and what Chineseness might be in the context of techno-choreography.This book will be indispensable for scholars and practitioners across disciplines such as dance, theatre, performance, music, and humanâcomputer interaction, as well as for those enthralled by technology-imbued compositions.
£145.00
Book SynopsisNavigating the US healthcare system can be daunting. Decoding the US Healthcare System offers practical guidance and actionable strategies to help healthcare and business professionals to steer a path through the system now in order to achieve their business objectives.The book offers a comprehensive and insightful exploration of how to adapt to policy and how the various healthcare stakeholders can combine to determine which medicines and technologies reach patients. It describes the complex relationships and role of the key players â pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers, healthcare providers, insurance companies, and intermediaries â and provides a clear guide to someone working in one of these industries on how they can interact with their counterparts in different parts of the ecosystem who often have very different backgrounds, interests, and incentives. It includes frameworks for building partnerships, overcoming barriers to innovation, and adapting to policy changes. Readers will gain an understanding of why the system functions as it does today, and how to operate more effectively within the system and to drive meaningful change in their respective roles.This illuminating book is ideal for healthcare and business professionals along with readers seeking to understand and deal with business-to-business transactions in the US healthcare system.
£35.14
Book SynopsisThe book provides an orientation to the diagnoses of eating disorders along with current information about evidence-based practices for multidisciplinary treatment. Unlike other books on eating disorders, this book conceptualizes treatment as a team effort, with the psychotherapist as the âœconnecterâ between the members of a team.Keane and Mendes identify the primary components to an eating disorder-specialized multidisciplinary âœtreatment teamâ: a therapist to provide ongoing psychotherapy and care coordination, a medical provider to oversee medical complications and general medical stability, and a registered dietitian to provide nutrition counselling and manage nutritional status and an integrative therapist to augment treatment with body-based interventions. Through the experiences of seasoned eating disorder experts, readers will learn the basic tenets of eating disorder treatment, diagnostic differences between disorders, effective treatments, case examples, and sage clinical advice. Chapters are written from both the psychotherapistâs perspective as well as from a registered dietician and a medical physician.Designed to prepare both experienced and novice psychotherapists, as well as masterâs and doctoral students, in providing eating disorder treatment, this easy-to-read book is a must for any psychotherapist considering work with eating disorders.
£35.76
Book SynopsisWhy do so many efforts to use digital tech to help the worldâs poor ultimately end in failure? This book provides a detailed critique of previous theory and practice, whilst also proposing practical and realistic suggestions for good practice.This book combines longer thematic chapters by Tim Unwin, one of the worldâs leading thinkers on ICT for development, with shorter vignettes from other experts across a range of different practical, intellectual, and geographic backgrounds. The book argues that the global geo-politico-economic agendas associated with the use of digital tech in development in late-capitalism raise pressing issues around instrumentalism, individualism, and empowerment. This context drives short-termism and an innovation fetish around current hot topics, such as EdTech, Blockchain, and Artificial Intelligence. The worldâs poorest and most marginalised people are failing to benefit from the use of digital technology, whilst the worldâs digital barons continue to accrue great wealth. Unwin emphasises the importance of crafting a responsibilities agenda that will shift the dial, enabling practitioners to avoid common pitfalls and transform good intent into good practices. This book is a highly readable guide for the global community of development practitioners, government officials, and civil society organisations involved in delivering digital tech initiatives.Students from across the fields of international development, computer science, electronic engineering, geography, and economics will also benefit from its expert insights.
£35.99
Book SynopsisAesthetic Ethics: Towards a Moral Imagination seeks to challenge and expand the boundaries of how we conceive ethics and morality, proposing that beauty, sublimity and emotional resonances found in the realm of the arts are essential for re-imagining a more just and compassionate world.This volume delves into how aesthetic experiences cultivate ethical sensibilities and a deepened responsibility towards others and the world around us. Through a blend of philosophical inquiry, psychoanalytic theory and humanities scholarship, the contributors examine the transformative power of the aesthetic on ethical wisdom and practices. The volume asserts that aesthetic experiences are not merely for hedonic pleasure nor detached contemplation, but are vital to developing a moral imagination capable of confronting the complexities of human existence and social engagement. The chapters in this volume propose that engaging with art, literature, music and culture opens capacities and re-imagines possibilities. Contributors utilise case studies, theoretical explorations and analysis of artistic expressions to argue for the aesthetic as a fundamental component in the cultivation of deepened ethical relations and, ultimately, societal change.Aesthetic Ethics hosts the voices and scholarship of significant figures across disciplines, addressing questions at the intersections of aesthetic theory, ethical psychotherapy, and the social order. Practitioners, as well as students and researchers of the humanities, the arts, politics, philosophy, psychology, psychosocial studies, sociology and social work alike will find this an illuminating and revivifying read.
£32.99
Book SynopsisThis comprehensive analysis of COVID-19 draws on the Iceberg Frameworkâa modified systems thinking modelâto examine the deeper forces that shaped the pandemic's trajectory, from structural inequities and institutional fragility to shifting mental models and global behavioral patterns.Authored by a former Taiwanese Minister of Health and an experienced health system leader, the book combines personal insight with international perspective, offering historical context, contemporary data, and strategic foresight. It situates COVID-19 among history's deadliest pandemics while critically exploring the events, systemic structures, and cultural responses that influenced the crisis. Structured in four parts, the book journeys from echoes of past pandemics and variant-driven disruptions to the hidden foundations of public health responses, culminating in a forward-looking reflection on how COVID-19 has reshaped our understanding of pandemic risk and resilience, while also offering readers a framework for enhanced preparedness in an era of converging global threats.Timely, accessible, and analytically rigorous, Decoding the Pandemic is essential reading for students, researchers, and practitioners in public health, epidemiology, global health policy, and systems scienceâanyone seeking to understand not just what happened, but why, and what must change before the next pandemic arrives.
£49.99
Book SynopsisU.S. Treasury futures and options are the worldâs largest fixed income markets. They enable investors and traders to trade, risk manage and invest in U.S. government notes or bonds for future delivery. The U.S. government bond market is the most liquid, secure and diverse among international government bond markets. The U.S. government uses the U.S. bond market to finance its maturing debt and expenditures, and with the expansion of U.S. borrowing, these markets have never been so large nor so closely watched around the world.Treasury Futures and Options is the first standard reference handbook of its kind. It systematically reviews all of the varied elements of these crucial markets, providing practitioners and non-practitioners with a full description of the operations and potential of Treasury futures and options. The book presents readers with a full sense of how these gigantic markets function, including elements such as trading execution, risk management, delivery mechanism, market participants and regulatory treatment. It describes the key elements of market design, as well as walking through the trading and hedging opportunities that these markets provide. It is divided into three main sections. The first explains the background and current state of the cash and derivative Treasury markets. The second section focuses on risk management and trading using Treasury futures and options, while the third section looks at related products, key types of trader and governance.Treasury Futures and Options is essential for every fixed income trader, regulator, financial investor, researcher and economist that looks at the U.S. Treasury market.
£35.99
Book SynopsisThis book provides researchers, faculty, and students with a comprehensive resource for applying qualitative methods in Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) research among underrepresented communities.Addressing a significant gap in existing literature, this book extends beyond traditional qualitative texts by offering targeted instruction on utilizing these methods to explore social, cultural, environmental, and political factors that shape health inequities. It is an extension of texts that define qualitative research, distinguish qualitative from quantitative research, and provide instruction or guidance on ways to implement, analyze, and evaluate this methodology in populations experiencing illness events. Key features include practical guidance on conducting qualitative research throughout the entire study processâfrom planning and data collection to analysis and dissemination. The author draws on over 20 years of experience, integrating real-world examples that illustrate the effective use of qualitative methods in diverse contexts.Ideal for researchers and faculty in nursing, public health, medicine, theology, and divinity, it serves as a resource for emerging and experienced scholars who may be initiating new projects on SDOH, integrating SDOH into existing research, and/or adapting measures or interventions for cultural relevance among underrepresented communities. It is also a vital resource for those teaching and mentoring students in rigorous and innovative SDOH research.
£50.34
Book SynopsisThis book offers a comprehensive and practical introduction to the fundamentals of storyboarding, making it an ideal resource for aspiring filmmakers, animators, and visual storytellers. It bridges the gap between written scripts and visual storytelling by demonstrating how scenes are translated into storyboard panels. Readers can see how scripts are broken down into individual shots and how those shots are visually constructed on the page.Each example includes detailed illustrations of storyboard panels that correspond to script excerpts, giving readers a clear sense of how to interpret narrative beats and visualize camera movement, composition, character blocking, and shot progression. This book explains key concepts in cinematic languageâsuch as shot types (wide, closeâup, overâtheâshoulder, etc.), camera angles, and transitionsâand shows how they are effectively employed in storyboarding.By studying these examples, readers will gain a deeper understanding of the visual grammar of film. Theyâll learn not only how to recognize different shot types but also how to purposefully select and apply them to enhance storytelling, create emotion, and guide the viewerâs eye.Whether youâre a student or a working professional looking to sharpen your skills, this book serves as both an instructional manual and an accessible visual reference guide.
£47.49
Book SynopsisStanislavsky and Screen Actor Training is a collection of essays mapping the acting fieldâs current engagement with Stanislavsky practices and concepts for training in the screen industries across continents. This edited volume collates the efforts of teachers of screen acting to identify, investigate, articulate, document, and disseminate Stanislavsky-inspired practical tools for actor training for the screen. Providing reflections from instructors and teachers of acting for the screen, it interrogates the ways in which the actorâs craft affects cinematic processes and experiences through the lens of Stanislavskian methods. Part one looks at the ways in which Stanislavskyâs concepts can be applied within the screenacting studio. Then, part two moves on to investigate the process of active analysis within the studio. Part three presents ways in which Stanislavskyâs methodologies can be adapted for the screenacting process. Finally, part four looks at Stanislavsky-inspired pedagogical innovations for training screen actors. Support material for this book is available at www.routledge.com/9781032986081 Stanislavsky And... is a series of multi-perspectival collections that bring the enduring legacy of Stanislavskian actor training into the spotlight of contemporary performance culture, making them ideal for students, teachers, and scholars of acting, actor training, and directing.
£39.99
Book SynopsisDrawing on academic literature from both inside and outside of sport, Athlete Burnout: Recognition, Prevention, and Management provides the first concise and contemporary overview of athlete burnout. Athlete burnout is a growing problem which impacts athletesâ performance, mental and physical health. The chapters build upon one another starting with how to recognize the symptoms, the possible health consequences, intervention and prevention of burnout and concludes with directions for future research. In particular, the book focuses on providing the tools and practical recommendations to recognise athlete burnout and provides evidence-based intervention strategies to help prevent and manage athlete burnout. Written in a concise, user-friendly and accessible format for athletes and coaches, this book provides novel insights for practitioners, students, and academics alike interested in athlete health and sport psychology.
£50.34
Book SynopsisMonstrous Utopias builds on the growing discourse surrounding the figure of the monster in performance, theatre, media and literature, to reflect on the ways in which such figures can reflect and subvert understandings of society.This volume considers the ethical and hopeful work of monsters and examines ways in which playwrights, theatre and performance artists, film artists, drag artists, dancers, cultural practitioners and activists have engaged the monster to reflect the ongoing fears (including racist, sexist, homophobic, and others) within society and how they might offer a radical sense of hope. Providing perspectives by top scholars in the field, Monstrous Utopias interrogates the ways in which the figure of the monster can be used in performance as a hopeful figure. This is a global and exploratory collection that offers meaningful insights into the ways in which the figure of the monster can be used to radically envisage utopias and provide moments of hope to audiences, curated by Michael Mark Chemers and Analola Santana, two leaders in the field of monster studies.These essays are essential reading for Theatre and Performance students of all levels as well as scholars. It will also be an enlightening text for those interested in monstrosity and Cultural Studies more broadly.
£39.99
Book SynopsisThis book provides a rich exploration of how concepts of contemporary journalistic professionalism are understood, articulated, and taught by journalism educators in higher education settings in the UK.Drawing on in-depth interviews with HE journalism instructors, the author identifies the key themes and drivers behind definitions of journalistic professionalism and considers how these shape the way journalists and journalism educators are perceived and perceive themselves, as well as who they understand their audiences to be. Readers will examine how the changing media environment in which journalists operate impacts the way their role is defined and how, by considering different ethical and philosophical perspectives, journalism can be considered both a profession and a trade. Building on theoretical frameworks and critiques of The Four Theories of the Press and Social Responsibility Theory, this book points to the overarching importance of academization in debates concerning characteristics of contemporary journalism practice.Journalistic Professionalism in Higher Education is recommended reading for advanced students and researchers working at the intersection of journalism education and professional identity.
£63.04
Book SynopsisThis book provides an overview of the history of food policy in the United Kingdom, tracing economic, social and political influences from the 1840s to present day.In order to understand current food policies, and the current food system, it is necessary to acknowledge the past influences that have led us to the present. Seeing food policy as a complex web of influences, this book traces food policy development from the period of public health reform during the 1840s, the impact of two world wars, the era of new food choices in the 1950s and 1960s, the beginnings of alternative food movement in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, to the modern and postmodern ages of consumer ethics and fair trade. It critically identifies the key influences across the different eras, both direct and indirect and formal and informal, as well as the key actors, and showcases how understanding the socio-political contexts supports our comprehension of food policy development and its adaptation to modern times. Following this roadmap, the book sets out the challenges ahead and discusses ways forward for a pragmatic and effective UK food policy that learns the lessons of the past.This book provides an important introduction to the history of UK food and agricultural policy for students, scholars, policymakers and professionals, as well as those interested in food systems, public health and social policy more widely.
£39.99
Book SynopsisA Michael Eigen Companion offers 150 essential quotes, carefully selected from Michael Eigen's books, alongside explorative commentary.An expert on the work of Eigen, Bagaiâs curated quotes are accompanied by commentary on particular topics to highlight their spiritual and psychoanalytic aspects. The excerpts offer moments of psychological and spiritual wisdomâ gateways for quiet reflection and contemplation. Eigen's ecumenical theoretical approach fosters a humane and relational clinical attitude founded upon respectful care for wounded souls and their capacity for emotional growth and aliveness, even within the depths of psychic injury and despair. Bringing together quotes from Eigenâs published work, interviews and talks, this book provides a distilled guide to his voluminous oeuvre.At the confluence of psychoanalysis, spirituality, and psychology, A Michael Eigen Companion will be indispensable for readers from a wide range of psychoanalytic and spiritual backgrounds. It will also appeal to students of literature and philosophy, Jungians and Buddhists, as well as seekers of psychological and emotional wisdom.
£24.99
