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Book SynopsisThis book examines photographic collections as ways of doing and/or inspiring research in the humanities and social sciences.Interweaving case studies and visual essays, this book: demonstrates the potential for photographic collections to launch new sociological, photographic, and creative work by scholars and practitioners; critically examines historical, social, and methodological issues revolving around a wide range of photographic collections in and of Asia; advances engagement with photographic collections as an innovative visual method in qualitative research. Photographic Collections as Visual Method explores the ways in which photographic collections exceed their archetypal role as records of the past, to become not only a unit of analysis, but also the starting point for creative and critical work that intersects multiple disciplines. A wealth of data, stories, and inspiration, this book will appeal to scholars, students and practice-based researchers in the areas of visual and creative methods, especially methods for visual sociology and visual anthropology, photographic studies, museum studies, and area studies, with a particular focus on Southeast and East Asia.
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Book SynopsisWe are currently living in an era where technology is constantly advancing, which leads to the generation of large volumes and types of data. Therefore, the ability to transform complex data into clear and attractive visualizations has become essential. This book encourages readers to explore the power of visualization in biology, combining science and art to communicate findings clearly.The first part of the book begins with a general overview of data visualization and then guides readers through the use of the R language, especially its visualization package called ggplot2. In the second part, the author introduces the creation of different visualizations, from basic graphs and tables to more complex representations such as phylogenetic trees, heat maps, and geographic maps, among others. Subsequently, in the third section, tips and strategies for optimizing the design of your graphs are presented. Finally, the author addresses the creation of interactive visualizations and explains the various options available for exporting and sharing your visualizations.Features:â Introduction to data visualizationâ Explains the basics of R and its suite of packages called tidyverseâ Tutorial on ggplot2 to create a wide range of graph typesâ Advice on when to avoid certain types of visualization which can lead to errors or confusion in the interpretation of resultsâ Strategies for customizing charts, ready for publicationâ Numerous examples based on real biological data, which facilitate the practical application of the concepts learnedWith a wide variety of biological examples and practical exercises, allowing readers to consolidate knowledge throughout the book, Visualizing Biological Data with ggplot2 is perfect for experienced students and researchers, while also serving as a graphic guide for anyone wishing to transform their data into visualizations.
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Book SynopsisRelationships are a central feature of early childhood pedagogy, foregrounding practice with babies and young children. This book explores how babies foster a sense of belonging in spaces outside of the family home. It emphasises the important role the early childhood workforce and other professionals play in creating opportunities for babies to thrive and the positive influence this can have during infancy and beyond.Presenting international cross disciplinary perspectives, the book explores all aspects of working with babies emphasising the contested and changing nature of the concept of infancy, ethical principles and babyâs rights. Divided into four parts, the chapters cover: â The awe and wonder of babies and quality care â ethical care, participation, voice and rights, attachment and supporting learning and development.â The community of relationships âthe importance and complexity of developing multiprofessional relationships between babies, their families, and professionals. â Pedagogical Environmental Spaces â distinct philosophical and pedagogical approaches that inform being with babies in responsive, play informed ways.â Routines and Rituals â everyday practice and caregiving in different environments with babies, including home based settings.With case studies, practitioner reflections and key takeaways in every chapter, this is essential reading for early years students and practitioners being with babies and their families within a variety of professional contexts.
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Book SynopsisWith an array of critical and engaging pedagogical features, the sixth edition of Motor Learning and Control for Practitioners continues to offer the best practical introduction to motor learning available. This reader-friendly text approaches motor learning in accessible and simple terms and lays a theoretical foundation for assessing performance; providing effective instruction; and designing practice, rehabilitation, and training experiences that promote skill acquisition.This revised edition takes a closer look at the ecological dynamics theory and how it informs practitionersâ use of the Constraints-Led Approach as a pedagogical framework for designing practice experiences that facilitate skill acquisition. Features such as Exploration Activities and Cerebral Challenges involve students at every stage, while a broad range of examples helps readers put theory into practice. The book also provides access to a fully updated companion website, which includes laboratory exercises, a test bank, lecture slides and an instructorsâ manual that sample responses to the cerebral challenges.As a complete resource for teaching an evidence-informed approach to practical motor learning, this is an essential text for undergraduate and post-graduate students, and practitioners who plan to work in the areas of motor learning, motor control, physical education, kinesiology, exercise science, coaching, physical therapy, or dance.
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Book SynopsisCorporate Governance and Digital Transformations argues that these are essential domains in organisations in the current digital era that must be aligned and require more dedication and digital expertise within the Board of Directors of any organisation.In many organisations, the focus of the Board of Directors is still mainly on managing risks with respect to digital transformations instead of prioritising and governing digital transformation business opportunities as well. Additionally, most non-executive directors still have limited knowledge of technology innovations and lack sufficient time for governing digital transformations. To ensure adequate corporate governance of digital transformations, organisations need to appoint non-executive directors with digital capabilities, besides their general management experience. This book outlines what those capabilities should be and what options are available for a Board of Directors to improve their corporate governance. It also demonstrates how a crossover approach between the two is crucial for achieving success. The book draws upon the authorsâ non-executive experience, their own research surveys, interviews and round tables with participation of non-executive and executive directors from many Board of Directors in one and two-tier boards and across various market segments.With a global focus, Corporate Governance and Digital Transformation will find an appreciative audience among academics, MBA students and advanced undergraduate students, as well as being a useful reference for practitioners including executive and non-executive directors in both private and public organisations.
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Book SynopsisThis book offers a vital psychoanalytic overview of antisocial personality disorder, a condition that causes great distress to its sufferers, their families and society.Following a historical introduction to how psychoanalysts, from Freud onwards, have conceptualised sociopathy, psychopathy and delinquency, Jessica Yakeley presents a contemporary psychoanalytic understanding of antisocial personality disorder which integrates current psychoanalytic theory with cutting edge empirical research findings from developmental and attachment studies. Drawing on her own experience of working with antisocial and violent patients, she offers a psychoanalytic framework to inform clinical work in managing and treating individuals with a diagnosis of this disorder. The reader is introduced to general treatment principles, followed by the latest evidence-based psychoanalytically informed therapies for the condition. Yakeley also discusses the particular needs and treatment of specific populations of individuals with antisocial personality disorder, including women, sex offenders and those from ethnic minority backgrounds, addressing issues of race, culture, stigma, and prejudice.Historically viewed as an untreatable mental disorder, this book offers hope to professionals and patients grappling with antisocial personality disorder, and will be of interest to psychoanalysts, psychiatrists, psychologists, psychotherapists, and other professionals, academics and trainees working in mental health, criminal justice, and forensic fields.
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Book SynopsisWho am I, and where am I going in life? This book explores the fascinating study of identity development, addressing how people navigate these fundamental questions throughout their lives. In an increasingly complex and globalised world, where choices and information abound, the book provides a comprehensive introduction to the foundations, theories, and applications of identity development, offering readers valuable insights into how we form our understanding of who we are.Readers will gain essential knowledge on identity development, including its foundations, key theories, and methods of measurement, with opportunities to try widely used questionnaires themselves. The book also examines how identity research informs policy and addresses current and emerging topics in the field. By connecting identity development to interpersonal relationships, mental health, career choices, and professional growth, readers will discover how this knowledge can be applied to enhance their understanding of themselves and others.This book is ideal for students in psychology, youth studies, pedagogical science, child study and human development, and family studies programs. It provides an accessible and engaging introduction to identity development, making it a valuable resource for anyone seeking to understand the lifelong process of navigating life paths and making meaningful choices.
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Book SynopsisThrough the theorization of leadership from various communicative perspectives, this book offers a comprehensive, multi-perspectival framework and actionable insights for building responsible, relational, and inclusive leadership practices.This book presents three distinct perspectives on how sub-disciplines in communication studies understand, utilize, and theorize the intersections between communication and leadership: (1) diversity, equity, inclusion, and access (DEIA), intercultural, and critical cultural approaches; (2) relational, discursive, and collective approaches; and (3) pedagogical and training approaches. Contributors showcase how communication theory assists in building more responsible, relational, dialogical, ethical, and meaningful leadership practices, using applied cases, scenarios, and leader profiles to demonstrate theoretical approaches in practical contexts. Each chapter features suggested further readings and questions to spark continued engagement with the issues presented.This text is suited to advanced undergraduate and graduate students in leadership communication, organizational communication, and leadership studies within communication studies, business, psychology, higher education and administration, and military leadership programs.
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Book SynopsisFrom Renaissance to Revolution (1923) traces in some of its many expressions the influence of the Renaissance on the politics and culture of Europe during the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It starts with the decay of medieval civilisation and the emergence through the Renaissance of the independent state and the individual, and goes on the analyse the Renaissance state as perfected in one form by France and in another by its rival Holland. It discusses the influence of the Renaissance on literature and culture, and estimates the intellectual freedom it achieved for the individual in politics, science and religion.
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Book SynopsisThis book explores the critical intersection of contemporary livestock production and some of todayâs most urgent challenges: the spread of emerging infectious diseases, the sustainability of food systems, and the contested promises of One Health.It provides insights that cut across disciplines and geographies, from both the social and the natural sciences, reflecting the interdisciplinary aspirations of One Health. Yet, in foregrounding especially cutting edge contributions from ecology and the social sciences, this book addresses the persistent knowledge gap from these fields, which have frequently been neglected in favor of the veterinary sciences. By including contributions from across these fields, the book broadens and critically deepen the conversation around One Health. The book is intended for a wide interdisciplinary audience of scholars, students, and practitioners concerned with livestock production, public health, and the future of food systems.
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Book SynopsisThis accessible book is invaluable to anyone coming to social and political philosophy for the first time. It provides a broad survey of key social and political questions in modern society, as well as clear discussions of the philosophical issues central to those questions and to political thought more generally. Unique among books of this kind, it includes a sustained treatment specifically of social philosophy, including coverage of topics like race and racism, gender, marriage, and the effects of social media on politics and community life. The relation between such social questions and specifically political topics is discussed. These topics include: political authority, economic justice, the limits of tolerance, considerations of community, race, gender, and culture in questions of justice, and radical critiques of current political theories. Key updates to the Third Edition include a more sustained discussion of nationalism, technology and social media, and the tradition of Critical Theory; in addition, there is an entirely new chapter on environmental justice.Key Features: Considers social philosophy as a specific topic, opening up coverage beyond state-centered policy issues to include questions like sexism, pornography, and racism Includes a âœCase to Considerâ in each chapter, spurring discussion of current topics in the classroom and encouraging further reflection by the reader Updates to Third Edition include an entirely new chapter on environmental justice and a more sustained discussion of nationalism, technology and social media, and the tradition of Critical Theory
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Book SynopsisDecolonising English Language Education offers a grounded introduction to decolonial practices in language learning. It invites readers to problematise and rethink English language education by uncovering its deep ties to colonial history and imagining new, more humanizing possibilities for the contemporary classroom.Spanning histories of empire to present-day policies and practices, this book traces how English has been commonly associated with power, opportunity, and mobility, while also perpetuating inequality and marginalization. Molina guides teachers through a reflective and methodical journey: first understanding how colonial legacies shape language education, then moving toward decolonizing oneâs own consciousness, and ultimately adopting practical strategies for a transformative pedagogy rooted in critical, decolonial love. Drawing on the authorâs own experience and insights from Indigenous knowledge systems and critical traditions, this book emphasizes the importance of love, spirituality, and relationality in language teacher education. Case studies and hands-on examples highlight how teachers can use translingual, multimodal, and culturally sustaining practices to affirm learnersâ diverse identities and gifts. This book effectively re-imagines language teaching not just as skills-based instruction but as a moral and transformative endeavour.By incorporating decolonial practice and reflection into research, this book is ideal for policy makers, scholars, and teachers alike. It is a valuable resource for applied linguistics, language acquisition, SLA theory and methodology, and practical courses offering work placements.
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Book SynopsisOptical Activity: Basic Properties provides a clear explanation of the phenomenon of optical rotation. It covers the macroscopic as well as the microscopic. The connection between the macroscopic and microscopic description is discussed and particularly the relation between various physical parameters is explored. The focus is on the order-of-magnitude of these values and in particular why optical activity is not observed in many dielectric materials. The possible role of quantum-mechanical effects for explaining optical activity is also explored. Optical Activity is written at an intermediate level and only requires knowledge at the junior or senior undergraduate level. Bridging the gap between existing textbooks and the in-depth treatment found in review articles, this book presents as a further-reader resource for physics, chemistry, and engineering students.Key Features: Detailed explanations of how the mathematical formalism relates to underlying physical mechanisms. Careful discussion of why optical activity can only be found in systems [molecules] without inversion symmetry. Exploration of the underlying quantum-mechanical origin of optical activity.
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Book SynopsisDesigned to measure the quality of pedagogy and practice, this essential tool will help early years educators, teachers, and school leadership successfully develop their childrenâs positive dispositions, self-regulation, perseverance, engagement, ability to learn and citizenship.This unique Creating a Culture for Learning measurement scale is versatile and can be used in a number of ways. Educators can use it for self-evaluation for their own practice, so that they can build on what they already do and improve where they need to. Leadership teams and mentors can use it to audit quality, supporting positive discussions and the setting of development targets. Finally, inspectors and researchers will find it essential to capture the quality of support and teaching for creating a culture for learning. The scale itself is informed by the evidence-base of effective practice linked to improved childrenâs outcomes. It focuses on supporting positive, respectful relationships and building cultures for learning. It includes both the âhowâ and âwhatâ to develop when supporting childrenâs self-regulation and personal, social, emotional and academic achievements.The scale is particularly useful when supporting children from disadvantaged backgrounds and those with additional learning needs, as well as resolving attendance issues.Titles also available from the same author team, all published by Routledge:The Improving Maths Pedagogy and Practice (IMPP) ScaleThe Early Childhood Quality Rating Scale - Emergent Curriculum (ECQRS-EC)The Pedagogical Leadership in the Early Years (PLEY)The Movement Environment Rating Scale (MOVERS)The Sustained Shared Thinking and Emotional Well-being (SSTEW) Scale
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Book SynopsisThis volume serves as an essential resource for advanced graduate students, early-career faculty, and anyone seeking a deeper, more dynamic understanding of the philosophical and theoretical foundations of qualitative research in education. It emphasizes the idea that all research projectsâregardless of discipline or methodâare inherently shaped by philosophical and theoretical assumptions, many of which often go unrecognized. By bringing these assumptions to the forefront, the book encourages readers to critically examine the frameworks that underpin their inquiries.Rather than presenting philosophy and theory as static tools to be applied, each chapter invites readers to engage with generative philosophical orientations and concepts. Topics such as epistemology, genealogy, posthumanism, and new materialism are explored by contributors who offer not prescriptive models, but new possibilities for understanding and engaging with research phenomena. The volume also delves into feminist theory, diffractive methodologies for racial justice, immersive cartography, hauntology, and sonic methodologies, demonstrating how philosophical thinking can inspire fresh questions, methods, and insights.Designed for those committed to reflective and socially responsive educational inquiry, this collection positions philosophy and theory as living, evolving resources. It equips readers to uncover and engage with the often-hidden assumptions that shape research, fostering a more thoughtful, creative, and impactful approach to qualitative inquiry.
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Book SynopsisThis volume investigates the central role of physical bodies, ritual technologies, healing practices, gender constructions, and visual imagery in creating and sustaining religious meaning in antiquity.Religious life in the ancient world was profoundly shaped by the interplay of materiality, ritual, embodiment, and visuality. Far from being purely intellectual or doctrinal, religious practices across Greco-Roman and early Christian contexts were enacted through tangible, sensory, and embodied experiences that engaged worshippers physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Drawing from a rich array of primary sources and theoretical frameworks, especially gender studies and ritual studies, the chapters collectively emphasize that religion in this period was fundamentally experienced through ritualized actions, embodied transformations, and visually charged sacred spaces. With its focus on ritual, gender, and the body, the book offers readers a fresh approach to ancient Christianity and the Greco-Roman world in which it emerged.This interdisciplinary volume is suitable for students and scholars working on the New Testament and early Christianity, and issues of ritual, gender, and the body in the early Christian world.
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Book SynopsisThis textbook is aimed at providing students with an insight into the complexities of project management and cost management when working with modern methods of construction (MMC) such as off-site and volumetric construction.Part one begins with an introduction to the MMC sector and educates readers on what is meant by modern methods of construction. Chapters then cover procurement, supply chain management, quality management, and time management. Part two delves into the detail of cost management by introducing the basics of construction economics, cost variable analysis and the overall impact of introducing MMC into cost management.Through a series of easy to follow discussions, case studies from real-life industry experience, the authors clearly communicate the complexities of finance, contract, and project management when using modern methods of construction.Cost Management of Modern Methods of Construction is an essential new textbook for undergraduate and further education students on construction, architecture, built environment and quantity surveying courses, but is also a handy guide for practicing Quantity Surveyors and Project Managers dealing with an increasingly MMC focused industry.
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Book SynopsisReading Urdu: Novice to Intermediate is a comprehensive collection of accessible and engaging graded readings which are designed to increase language proficiency by introducing beginner-level learners to a range of genres and styles, real-world scenarios, and cultural contexts.The texts provide culturally rich content written in simple, level-appropriate language, with a range of activities to reinforce learning. The graded readings support the learner as they build their confidence with the language, gradually encountering a wider range of grammar constructions and vocabulary as the book progresses. This reader complements standard Urdu textbooks with its task-based and communicative approach. Learners will gain practical language skills and cultural insights through varied texts and activities that cover topics such as daily life, shopping, travel, food, cooking, and festivals. The book features 40 chapters with pre-reading questions, glossaries, cultural notes, and activities targeting reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills, ensuring a well-rounded and enriching learning experience.Reading Urdu is ideal for adult learners, including university students, independent learners, and those in dual-script classrooms where Hindi and Urdu are taught together. It caters to novice to intermediate learners, offering valuable resources for both formal courses and informal language study.
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Book SynopsisMany nurses and midwives, qualified or in training, and their patients, experience racism in the healthcare system. This change-oriented book, based on the knowledge and experiences of people who have lived experience of being Black and minoritised bodies within the professions, and scholars who write and research on the topics, seeks to challenge the status quo.Exploring the Western-centrism of contemporary healthcare and education that contributes to racialised and health disparities, this innovative ground-breaking book explores the historical and theoretical context of racism in contemporary nursing and midwifery. It goes on to look at the contribution that leadership and education can make to antiracism changes in practice. There are specific topics in chapters discussing whistle-blowing, the impact of covid, the experiences of international nurses and a case study of Welsh nursing antiracism policy. Each chapter takes a pragmatic approach, looking at how to implement antiracism change, ending with a reflection activity for the reader to complete. Intending to mobilise the profession to engage in antiracism policy, practice and education strategically and collaboratively for an equitable and just way of being and doing nursing and midwifery.This book is an important read for nursing and midwifery students, professionals, educators and leaders.
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Book SynopsisThis book investigates the dynamics of expansion and normalization of the radical right in the early twenty-first century.The radical right's popularity with voters dramatically increased, it even enabled twice the election of Trump as a chief executive in the USA. The main focus of this volume is on the forces in a variety of nations where this occurred, and why this phenomenon happened at this point in history. The book illustrates both the diversity and commonality of the radical right. It is multidisciplinary and international. It examines the topic of the radical right resurgence from the perspectives of history, economics, political sciences, law, sociology, and applied psychoanalysis. It is comparative in that the radical right is discussed from the national perspective of the United States, France, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Turkey, Iran and Russia. It relies on empirical and theoretical outlooks to make sense of a complex subject matter.This book will be of interest to students and researchers of the radical right, populism, and extremism.
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Book SynopsisThis book looks at the fundamental question of why we take pleasure in art through a relatively new perspective of neuroaesthetics and explores the close links between cognitive and affective processes used in understanding art and science.Drawing on the new and rapidly developing school of neuroaesthetics, the author explores the meaning of mind in the context of both creation and viewing. She considers the meaning of the affective experience of color and form, as well as the meaning of âœmodernâ and its aftermath, all within the context of pleasure and its source. This book further enframes the pleasure of aesthetic experience in the embodiment of mind defined by the concept of drive. It is an exploration of how the mind becomes what it is, its comprehensive relation to the neuroperceptual, to feeling, to ambiguity and uncertainty that allows for an understanding of what would more tellingly be termed âneuropsychoaestheticsâ.With insights drawn from the latest neuroscientific findings and a deep understanding of both artistic and scientific thinking, this is key reading for psychoanalysts, psychotherapists and anyone wanting to understand the human mind better.
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Book SynopsisTheater and Revolution explores the dynamic and complex relationship between theatrical expression and revolutionary movements across diverse historical and cultural landscapes.This illuminating volume examines the intricate connections between theater and revolution through a global lens, featuring scholarly essays that analyze performances during revolutionary periods and theater's role in preserving, transmitting, and reimagining revolutionary histories. Organized around three key paradigmsâtheater as an archive of past revolutions, revolutionary time, and revolutionary spacesâthe collection offers rich insights into revolutionary and performance practices across China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Haiti, Iran, Mexico, Russia, the United States, Venezuela, and beyond. Through careful analysis of site-specific examples, the book reveals how theatrical expressions both document and actively participate in revolutionary processes, highlighting the uncanny parallels and stark differences in how revolution manifests through performance across different cultural contexts.This book will appeal to the scholars and students in theater and performance studies, history, political science, and cultural studies who seek to understand how revolutionary movements are embodied, remembered, and reimagined through theatrical practice.
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Book SynopsisAn essential guide to writing about a broad range of media objects â including film, television, social media, advertising, video games, mobile media, music videos, and digital media â in an equally broad range of formats â from essays and video essays to podcasts and playlists. This second edition has been updated to address new digital tools and resources, including generative AI.The bookâs case studies showcase media studiesâ geographical and industrial breadth, with essays covering topics as varied as: Brazilian telenovelas, K-pop music videos, global streaming services, film festivals, and archives. New chapters on writing about AI-enhanced media, digital media fandoms, and immersive media experiences expand the bookâs scope. With the expertise of over forty esteemed media scholars, the collection combines their personal reflections about writing with practical advice.Through its unprecedented scope, this volume will engage not only those who may be writing about film and other screen media for the first time but also accomplished writers who are interested in exploring new screen media objects, new approaches to writing about media, and new formats for critical expression.Accompanying instructor resources - available at www.writingaboutscreenmedia.net - include sample syllabi, sample guidelines for assignments, and sample guidelines for assessing writing in multiple formats.
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Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1924, Development of Social Theory was written to expand on an outline of the subject in order to turn it into a yearâs course of graduate study. From Plato to the writers and teachers of the time, it presents the theorists themselves, giving a historic background, followed by their theory and its subsequent development. It was highly regarded, and widely used as a text for many years. Today it can be read in its historical context.
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Book SynopsisBecoming an architect is a daunting task. Beyond the acquisition of new skills and procedures, beginning designers face an entirely unfamiliar mode of knowledge: design thinking. In Diagramming the Big Idea, Jeffrey Balmer and Michael T. Swisher introduce the fundamentals of design thinking by illustrating how architects make and use diagrams to clarify their understanding of both specific architectural projects and universal principles of form and order. With accessible, step-by-step procedures that interweave diagrams, drawings and models, the authors demonstrate how to compose clear and revealing diagrams.This newly revised edition features:An expanded array of global and contemporary works of architecture as precedents that demonstrate fundamental aspects of architectural composition.Significantly enhanced coloration throughout, including 1400+ revised and new illustrations across 330 pages.Three new illustrated essays adding depth to additional components of design thinking.
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Book SynopsisIn this innovative and novel text, Rosa Spagnolo draws on her decades of experience to explore the ever-increasing relationship between psychoanalysis and modern neuroscience.Drawing on complex neuroscientific work and presenting it in an accessible and understandable way, Spagnolo thoughtfully guides the reader through some common models of the mind to better examine the pathologies found in both contemporary society and the psychoanalytic space. Spagnolo provides a fresh perspective through the lens of neuroscience and neuropsychology. The book adopts a chronological approach, working from psychoanalysis to Artificial Intelligence, and includes thorough clinical vignettes throughout. Spagnolo invites the reader to explore new models, through neurology and up-to-date scientific knowledge, to better understand how the human mind works and impacts day-to-day life. The book introduces a basic understanding of neurons, brain regions and neural wiring, and also explores the philosophy of the mind to understand the challenges commonly felt from behavioural issues, self-consciousness and the AI enabled experiences.This book focuses on the mind-body connection, opening the door to all readers interested in how to treat others and how to better understand their own mind and behaviours. It is an essential read for anyone interested in neuropsychoanalysis and updating psychoanalytic concepts in their own theoretical and clinical work.
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Book SynopsisThis cutting-edge book provides a comprehensive overview of up-to-date research in the field of social psychology of gender identity and sexual orientation. The book is unique in considering perspectives from both dominant and marginalised groups. It illustrates how LGBTQ+ individuals conceptualise gender identity and sexual orientation and their intersections with other social categories. At the same time, the book examines how the dominant group (heterosexual cisgender individuals) form impressions and interact with LGBTQ+ people and how these people navigate social norms, expectations, and stigma.Across the different chapters, the book examines the experiences of stigma in different life stages and contexts and maps out the different ways in which stigma manifests and impacts the lives of LGBTQ+ individuals. The book also addresses strategies to reduce stigma and will provide solid and contemporary evidence-based knowledge to pave the way for a more inclusive future.Offering a way to better understand similarities and differences in gender and sexual minoritiesâ experiences from a social psychological perspective, this book will be essential reading for students and researchers in the fields of gender and sexualities, social psychology, sociology. It will also appeal to EDI consultants looking for research-informed resources, health professionals and anyone interested in knowing more about LGBTQ topics.
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Book SynopsisBeyond the Human Touch: AI's Revolution in Healthcare provides a comprehensive, accessible, and engaging exploration of how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming healthcare. The book aims to serve as a definitive guide for healthcare professionals, policymakers, researchers, and students, offering insights into the practical applications, ethical considerations, and future potential of AI in the healthcare sector. This book benefits the healthcare and AI communities by:â Providing a thorough understanding of how AI technologies are being integrated into various aspects of healthcare.â Offering practical insights and strategies for implementing AI in clinical and administrative settings.â Highlighting the ethical and regulatory considerations necessary for responsible AI adoption.â Envisioning the future of AI in healthcare, including its potential to address global health disparities.
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Book SynopsisThis second edition of Community Oral History Toolkit outlines the basics of oral history, how to design and manage projects, as well as guidelines on interviewing, archiving and giving back to the community.Updating the original five-volumes into a one-volume publication, the book covers guidelines on thinking through legal needs and ethical issues, the interview process with information on standards, tips on in-person and distance interviewing, interview preparation, question-asking techniques, documenting interview information, and, moving to the final steps, guides for preservation and ongoing access of oral histories. The authors illustrate this work with examples of worldwide community-based oral history projects and individual profiles, while describing the projectâs process and outcomes. It also includes sample forms for recordkeeping and updated technology guidelines, as well as resources for community oral historians to stay ahead of changes in the field. The final chapter takes an in-depth look at six community-based projects, each unique in their place and purpose, but all based in the scaffolding of the oral history process.Community Oral History Toolkit will be of interest to oral history, anthropology, and sociology students, as well as practicing and professional historians.
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Book SynopsisMental Health in Coaching Practice â Approaches to Navigate Intersecting Spaces speaks directly to a growing reality in coaching: mental health is present in the room, whether we name it or not. As clients bring complexity, distress, and uncertainty into coaching conversations, many practitioners find themselves asking: What am I holding? What is mine to work with â and what isnât? This book offers clarity at that edge.Grounded in research and lived practice, it is a reflective guide for coaches, coach supervisors, and leaders who want to respond with ethical awareness, confidence, and care â without diagnosing, treating, or straying beyond their professional scope. Structured around seven guiding principles and a Why / What / How / Reflection framework, the book integrates theory with application. The Integrative Reflective Practice Model (IRM) and the FlounderâFlourish Matrix (FFM) are brought to life through case vignettes, reflective questions, and tools.This is not about having all the answers or training you to be a coach therapist. It is about developing the discernment to know what to do next â and why.
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Book SynopsisThis guidebook helps you tackle roadblocks your students may be facing in their math understanding and confidence. Author, teacher, and instructional coach Kristen Smith brings together dozens of classroom-tested planning and instructional strategies that have shown measurable improvements in student proficiency. Written in an easily replicable format, these practices demonstrate the direct connections between math instruction, student behavior, and student learning, and how making these connections with your students boosts proficiency. The book is divided into sections on planning, instruction, and coaching, addressing how teachers can use math content to both build student skills and drive student engagement and motivation, ultimately unlocking confident math learners. Chapters include examples and visuals like classroom photographs, sample materials, lesson plans, pacing guides, and coaching agendas. The author balances personal classroom anecdotes with student proficiency data collected across various educational settings, grade levels, and on all types of assessment. These markers include internal outcome-based assessments, state standardized tests, and performance tasks. Designed with both classroom-level and school or district usage in mind, this resource offers strategies that can be immediately implemented or used in evaluation and professional development. Teachers, administrators, instructional coaches, and pre-service teachers in secondary mathematics courses can all benefit from this practical primer on building math proficiency among their current and future students alike.
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Book SynopsisResilient Caregiving for Neurodivergent Children is a supportive, neuroaffirming, and practical guide that helps caregivers protect their own wellbeing while managing the emotional and day-to-day challenges of raising a neurodivergent child.Grounded in evidence-based practices, this invaluable guide blends strategies from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) as well as real-life stories and clinical experience. Unlike many parenting resources that focus primarily on the child, this book puts the caregiverâs emotional health at the center of family wellbeing. Parents, caregivers, and guardians will learn how to make space for difficult emotions such as shame and guilt, ease their overwhelm, and reconnect with their values while building sustainable self-care habits. Chapters include reflective exercises, illustrative case stories, sample scripts, as well as key takeaways to help readers find strength and build emotional resilience at different stages of their caregiving journey. This book offers essential resources to help caregivers prevent burnout and help their child â and themselves â thrive.Combining therapeutic tools with a lived understanding of neurodiversity, this book provides compassionate approaches to care and self-care for parents, guardians, and professionals alike.
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Book SynopsisThis accessible text provides a comprehensive overview of the skills and knowledge that children will need to develop over time to become confident readers and writers. It focuses on how educators can notice and nurture this literacy development by focusing on what children can do and what social and cultural funds of knowledge they bring to literacy learning.Drawing on the authorâs extensive experience of teaching and researching emerging literacy, the book provides practical evidence-based strategies for supporting young childrenâs development in reading, writing and language, alongside guidance on how to identify and overcome challenges. Chapters cover key topics including the development of phonological awareness, vocabulary, print awareness, alphabetic knowledge, gross and fine motor control and expressive and receptive language with guidance on the key behaviours to observe as they plan for childrenâs next steps.Including case studies, practical examples and reflective points, this is an essential text for students on Early Childhood Studies or Foundation Degree courses, as well as those training to become primary teachers. It will also be valuable reading for early years educators looking to improve their confidence and knowledge in supporting childrenâs emerging literacy development.
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Book SynopsisThis handbook looks at the Fourth Wave of coaching â both âinâ, âwithâ and âforâ nature. It presents a comprehensive overview and practical set of emerging practices in coaching related to the environment, nature and the climate, and reflects a wider move towards outdoor and nature coaching as an antidote to the over-reliance on digital and AI technologies.This next book in the acclaimed Coachesâ Handbook Series brings together internationally respected coaching experts and practitioners to share the most up-to-date and evidence-based knowledge. It explains the background to the practice influenced by movement, senses, embodied practice and nature connection across different cultures. It explains the benefits across different coaching methodologies, with a focus on Eco and Blue-Green Psychology, and places the important topic of climate at the centre of coaching individuals and teams. The handbook incorporates a comprehensive set of tools and techniques in order to assist coaches in applying different approaches. For example, how to facilitate deep nature connectedness and biophilia (bringing the outdoors indoors), through the use of metaphor, weather, landscapes and serious nature play. The book concludes with a number of case studies of how outdoor and nature coaching has had positive outcomes across different groups.Aimed at coach practitioners, their supervisors, trainers, and student coaches on accreditation programmes or undertaking training for a certificate in coaching, the book brings to life this vitally important and energising coaching practice.
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Book SynopsisThis book is a clearly and accessibly written short guide to the contemporary state of urban anthropology. It outlines what urban anthropologists study, how they do so, and what they have learned about urbanization and urbanism in the past and present in a way that makes sense to readers new to the field. Topics covered include: Urban community and identity Urban politics and economics The relationship between culture and the built environment Urban nature, climate change, and green urbanism The development of urban anthropology Accompanying the main text are shaded boxes describing key works and key concepts related to the central points of each chapter. Each chapter ends with a bibliography. This text is essential reading for students interested in cities, urban life, the built environment, and social and political dynamics.
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Book SynopsisThe third edition of this highly respected text covers the numerous political developments that have taken place in Belgium since 2012.This book covers topics such as the implementation of the sixth state reform, the rebranding of political parties with new party leaders, several elections at all levels of government (from local to European) leading to new governing coalitions, democratic innovations in several parliaments and, of course, the impact of the COVID-19 crisis and the challenges of climate changes on all political and social institutions.Key features: Gives an even-handed and analytically sophisticated account of contemporary Belgium politics. Explains the background to the territorial divide between a Dutch-speaking north and a French-speaking south that has shaped the political system and led to polarized communities and the need for institutional responses to internal conflict. Provides a thorough example of a consociational democracy, and shows how this form of democratic government, along with Belgiumâs particular federal system has provided a basis â most of the time â to govern a deeply divided country. Provides a comprehensive picture of Belgian politics which helps answer the question of whether Belgium â and indeed other divided societies â can be governed in a legitimate democratic manner. This text is essential reading to students and scholars of Belgian politics and society, democracy and democratic innovations, political systems, and more broadly to European and comparative politics.
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Book SynopsisThis book provides an overview of the role of cognition in L2 writing in order to equip educators with the knowledge and tools necessary to nurture more robust learning experiences in L2 writing instruction.The book explores the current multifaceted terrain of cognition in L2 writing, tackling various dimensions including the potential for learning during the writing and revision stages, the influence of cognitive processes and strategies during these stages, and the application of cognition-based research in instructed second language acquisition (ISLA) contexts. It offers educators theoretically driven and empirically supported insights to enrich writing instruction across diverse educational levels, contexts, proficiency levels, genres, and writing conditions.This edited collection is a valuable resource for graduate students, scholars, and researchers seeking to deepen their understanding of cognition and its impact on second language writing.
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Book SynopsisThe Art of Purposeful Engagement examines marketing in arts and cultural organisations as a form of cultural practice rather than a purely promotional function. Drawing on contemporary theory, sector experience, and real organisational contexts, the book reframes marketing as relational work concerned with meaning, trust, participation, and public value.Rather than treating marketing as a set of tools or channels, the book situates communication within the broader cultural and social environments in which organisations operate. It explores how purpose, audience understanding, organisational identity, and ethical responsibility shape communicative choices, and how these choices influence legitimacy, relevance, and cultural leadership. Particular emphasis is placed on empathy and the vital role of communication in bridging cultural experiences and audiences, recognising that engagement is built through understanding as much as exposure.Central to the book is the argument that effective cultural marketing is not about amplification alone, but about alignment. When purpose, practice, and communication are brought into conversation, marketing becomes a means through which organisations articulate who they are, how they relate to their communities, and what forms of value they seek to create. In doing so, the book contributes to international dialogues on culture, leadership, and the evolving relationship between cultural organisations and the societies they serve.While written with arts and cultural organisations in mind, the frameworks and approaches developed here speak to wider debates about cultural value, institutional responsibility, and leadership in value-driven organisations.
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Book SynopsisA sweeping survey of sexuality in Europe from the Greeks to the present, Desire: A History of European Sexuality follows changing attitudes to two major concepts of sexual desire â desire as dangerous, polluting, and disorderly, and desire as creative, transcendent, even revolutionary â through the major turning points of European history.Chronological in structure, and wide ranging in scope, Desire addresses such topics as sex in ancient Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, sexual contact and culture clash in Spain and colonial Mesoamerica, new attitudes toward sexuality in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and sex in Bolshevik Russia and Nazi Germany. The book introduces the concept of twilight moments to describe activities seen as shameful or dishonorable, but which were tolerated when concealed by shadows, and integrates the history of heterosexuality with same-sex desire, as well as exploring the emotions of love and lust as well as the politics of sex and personal experiences.This new edition has been updated to include more on trans issues and sexual histories in the context of the recent multiplication of sexual and gender identities. It also brings in more on materialism, embodiment, and the history of emotion. In addition to the new chapter on imperialism from the second edition, the third edition now includes an additional chapter on early medieval Christianity and Islam, concentrating on the tensions between mysticism and regulation. The book concludes with a new chapter that explores how activists from the 1970s onward linked sexual pleasure to bodily care, particularly in the contexts of abortion, AIDS, and gender-affirming trans healthcare.Drawing on a rich array of sources, including poetry, novels, pornography, and film, as well as court records, autobiographies, and personal letters, and written in a lively, engaging style, Desire remains an essential resource for scholars and students of the history of European sexuality, as well as womenâs and gender history, social and cultural history and LGBTQ history.
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