What makes people go into business? What makes some businessmen-and some businesses-outstandingly successful, while others, with opportunities just as good, fail? These questions are often asked, and have often been studied from the point of view of... Zobraziť viac
Revolutions are melancholy moments in history-brief gasps of hope that emerges from misery and disillusionment. This is true for great revolutions, like 1789 in France or 1917 in Russia, but applies to lesser political upheavals as well. Conflict... Zobraziť viac
Sex Slang not only gives you 3,000 new words to talk about your favourite pastimes, it will open your eyes to practices you didn't even know existed. Infused with humour, it provides a spectacular sexual vocabulary from all over the English speaking... Zobraziť viac
Over the years, pragmatics - the study of the use and meaning of utterances to their situations - has become a more and more important branch of linguistics, as the inadequacies of a purely formalist, abstract approach to the study of language have... Zobraziť viac
Laliberté looks at a relatively unexplored aspect of modern Taiwan: the influence of religion on politics. This book offers a detailed survey of three of the most important Buddhist organizations in Taiwan: the Buddhist Association of the Republic of... Zobraziť viac
This book is devoted to the re-introduction of the remarkable approach to sociological inquiry developed by Harvey Sacks. Sacks' original analyses - concerned with the lived detail of action and language-in-interaction, discoverable in members' actual... Zobraziť viac
This textbook provides an exploration of the Internet and its role in people's relationships with society and each other. For use in courses such as media and society, communication and technology, and computer-mediated communication. Zobraziť viac
First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Zobraziť viac
Law and the Modern Mind first appeared in 1930 when, in the words of Judge Charles E. Clark, it "fell like a bomb on the legal world." In the generations since, its influence has grown-today it is accepted as a classic of general jurisprudence.The work... Zobraziť viac
This book originally examines how prominent communist intellectuals in China during the revolutionary period (1921 to 1940) constructed and presented identities for themselves and how they narrated their place in the revolution. Zobraziť viac
This book presents a fresh examination of the values and principles that inform EU foreign policy, exploring the implications of these values and principles on the construction of European Union identity today... Zobraziť viac
Anthony Forster argues that euroscepticism, in addition to being a political stance, displays the seeds of becoming a new faith. Through a detailed analysis of British post-war politics, he shows the development of a core set of beliefs, a history of... Zobraziť viac
Unpicking the puzzles of management, organization and knowledge, this introductory guide asks questions of our 'guru' culture and raises debates on so-called expert thinking. A topical, challenging and thought-provoking study. Zobraziť viac
From some of the leading feminist scholars in education comes a collection of writings discussing how they use feminist poststructural theory in their classrooms and research. Drawing on real-life situations in their work, they show how using this... Zobraziť viac
First published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Zobraziť viac
Topical and taking a bold stance in the contentious debate surrounding performance in the public sector, this new edition shows readers how performance thinking has a substantial impact on the management of public organizations. Thoroughly revised and... 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
The premise of the book is to demonstrate that language is not a unique cognitive ability that requires specialized neuromechanisms. It seeks to cover areas that support aspects of learning language and speculates how language might be learned. It is... Zobraziť viac
A new edition of this popular single volume survey of the British economy from industrialisation to the present day. In response to continuing demand this key text has been updated to cover a further decade of Britain's economic and social fortunes,... Zobraziť viac
Computer games, the Internet, and other new communications media are often seen to pose threats and dangers to young people, but they also provide new opportunities for creativity and self-determination. As we start to look beyond the immediate hopes... Zobraziť viac
