Grouped around four central themes - illness and impairment, disabling processes, care and control, and communication and representations - this collection offers a fresh perspective on disability research, ... Zobraziť viac
New Media, Old Media is a comprehensive anthology of original and classic essays that explore the tensions of old and new in digital culture. Leading international media scholars and cultural theorists interrogate new media like the Internet, ... Zobraziť viac
C.G. Jung was inspired to write these words after his very first visit to India. Long concerned with the hold that myth and archetype had on the human psyche, it was inevitable that the legendary psychoanalyst would turn his attention ... Zobraziť viac
In this volume, Mario Klarer provides the essential beginner's guide to English literary studies... Zobraziť viac
"Cause and Chance: Causation in an Indeterministic World "is a collection of specially written papers by world-class metaphysicians. Its focus are the problems facing the 'reductionist' approach to causation. Zobraziť viac
Delegation is an ubiquitous social phenomenon linked to the growing differentiation of modern societies. Delegation is one of several different modes of organisation that exist to make collective action successful, but has been overlooked and under-... Zobraziť viac
This book includes some 200 complete entries from the award-winning Dictionary of Women Artists, as well as a selection of introductory essays from the main volume. Zobraziť viac
A complete and readable introduction to the nature and impact of new information and communication technologies on business and society. This book assumes no prior study of either business or information technology. It provides ideal introductory... Zobraziť viac
The Nature of the Transnational Firm brings together the major approaches to the transnational firm in one volume. Leading thinkers present overviews of a vibrant theoretical literature and assess the current state of analysis. Thoroughly revised and... Zobraziť viac
Conceptually innovative, up-to-date and timely, the new edition of this successful text examines Korea as one of the most dramatic cases in the world of ordinary citizens participating in the transformation of politics. Zobraziť viac
Nation branding--a set of ideas rooted in Western marketing--gained popularity in the post-communist world by promising a quick fix for the identity malaise of "transitional" societies. Since 1989, almost every country in Central and Eastern Europe has... Zobraziť viac
Workplace training and education have increasingly been seen as pivotal factors in improving the abilities, skills and competitiveness of industry. The book emphasizes the benefits of linking management development with organizational strategy.... Zobraziť viac
Essentialism--roughly, the view that natural kinds have discrete essences, generating truths that are necessary but knowable only a posteriori--is an increasingly popular view in the metaphysics of science. At the same time, philosophers of language... Zobraziť viac
This book is the first to incorporate the basics of the classical form with the innovative edge of the last decade, as well the culture specific changes that have taken place outside of North America. It offers readers a view of the enriched repertoire... Zobraziť viac
This work details the state of British counterinsurgency knowledge by 1945, and shows how wartime special forces and unconventional warfare affected many postwar counterinsurgencies. The vital role of the Special Air Service (SAS) is revealed here for... Zobraziť viac
The transition paradigm has traditionally viewed civil society activism as an essential condition for the establishment of democracy. The democracy promotion strategies of Western policy-makers have, therefore, been based on strengthening civil society... Zobraziť viac
This book uses a multi-method approach to examine the impact of truth commissions on subsequent human rights protection and democratic practice and features cross-national case studies on South Africa, El Salvador, Chile and Uganda. Zobraziť viac
This new edition includes three new chapters, updating the book to take into account developments in the field over the past fifteen years. Zobraziť viac
In this book, Goriunova offers a critical analysis of the processes that produce digital culture. Digital cultures thrive on creativity, developing new forces of organization to overcome repetition and reach brilliance. In order to understand the... Zobraziť viac
Screen, Culture, Psyche illuminates recent developments in Jungian modes of media analysis, and illustrates how psychoanalytic theories have been adapted to allow for the interpretation of films and television programmes. Zobraziť viac
