Social Sciences and Education

About the Book This Companion provides a review of global value chains (GVCs) and the megatrends that are shaping them and will continue to reshape...

About the Book The Routledge Companion to Cultural History in the Western World is a comprehensive examination of recent discussions and findings i...

About the Book While the concept and domain of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) are not new―its beginnings can be tracked back to the 1960sâ...

About the Book The Routledge Companion to Banking Regulation and Reform provides a prestigious cutting edge international reference work offering s...

About the Book One of the prime purposes of accounting is to communicate and yet, to date, this fundamental aspect of the discipline has received r...

This book provides a comprehensive assessment of the motivation behind corruption and ill-governance in countries, such as India. It presents a sou...

About the Book Elites have a disproportionate impact on development outcomes. While a country's endowments constitute the deep determinates of grow...

About the Book The popular story of Churchill's war-time rhetoric is a simple one: the British people were energized and inspired by his speeches, ...

About the Book Banks take very large risks by consistently herding in the same perilous directions while believing they are safe and unique. This b...

About the Book Written by a senior Indian diplomat who has until recently also served as Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General, this book provides ...

About the Book Assuming that "marginal" citizens cannot govern their own lives, proponents of the therapeutic state urge casework intervention to r...

About the Book In recent years culture has become the primary currency of politics - from the identity politics that characterized the 2016 America...

About the Book The Rise of Professional Society lays out a stimulating and controversial framework for the study of British society, challenging ac...

About the Book The May Fourth movement (1915-1923) is widely considered a watershed in the history of modern China. This book is a social history o...

About the Book The recent irruption of WikiLeaks, Anonymous, Snowden and other tech-savvy actors onto the global political stage raises urgent ques...

The rise of China as an emerging power and as the most likely challenger to the global preponderance of the US is already having a significant impa...

About the Book The shifting balance of economic power away from Western Europe and the United States and towards East and Southeast Asia - firstly ...

About the Book This book traces the history of television journalism in Britain from its austere roots in the BBC's post-war monopoly to the presen...

About the Book The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is one of the most recognizable acronyms among international organizati...

About the Book Sixteen states came to be ruled by communist parties during the 20th century. One, the Soviet Union, was geographically the largest ...

About the Book During the twentieth century, American corporations have spread American material productivity and American values such as consumeri...

About the Book Since 2012, hundreds of men and women have left Western countries to join jihadist groups fighting in Syria. Many are still there, m...

About the Book No longer only the domain of corporate public relations, corporate social responsibility (CSR) has now become a serious concern for ...

About the Book Based on the premise that all pupils have at least a latent interest in the past and that the resources to develop this interest are...

About the Book How are people and communities able to prevail despite challenge? What helps them bounce back from adversity and even grow in knowle...

About the Book The Rescue is the true story of the brave American and Filipino guerrillas on Negros Island in the Philippines who resisted the Japa...

About the Book This is the second volume of the only collection of court decisions covering exclusively the "constitutional" relationship between t...

About the Book How are firms, networks of firms, and production systems organized and how does this organization vary from place to place? What are...

About the Book A powerful and progressive programme for the Eurozone Since 2010, the eurozone crisis has roiled the continent, creating political d...

About the Book Raised to be "flowers of the nation," the first generation born after the founding of the People's Republic of China was united in i...

About the Book How to encourage personal responsibility and eliminate entitlement at work Marsha Petrie Sue, MBA, is a renowned professional speak...

About the Book What are credit rating agencies? Many people paying for ratings andratings reports do not fully understand what they are buying andh...

Conversational, entertaining and informative, this book is a must-have for anyone aspiring to carve a successful career in radio broadcasting. An ...

About the Book Ask yourself the right questions--and find the answers to your happiness The Question brings together the best of what is thought an...

About the Book Lakshmi Bai, the Queen of Jhansi, a legendary Indian heroine, led her troops against the British in the uprising of 1857, which is n...

About the Book This classic introduction to the study of history invites the reader to stand back and consider some of its most fundamental questio...

About the Book Banks and other financial institutions play a fundamental and yet divisive role in the health of any economy. As lenders they are im...

About the Book The senses can be powerful triggers for memories of our past, eliciting a range of both positive and negative emotions. The smell or...

About the Book Could lessons from Asia, Oceania and the Middle East help Europe overcome the challenge of religious diversity? Religious diversity ...

About the Book The historical significance of Barack Obama's triumph in the presidential election of 2008 scarcely requires comment. Yet it contain...

About the Book The Practices of Global Ethics takes a unique look at global ethics: not as mere written statements but as a set of practices undert...

The Practice of War: Production, Reproduction and Communication of Armed Violence

Now in its fifth edition, The Practice of Family Therapy comes at a time when traditional approaches to psychotherapy have given way to multidimens...

About the Book The United States is in the throes of two unfolding energy revolutions, and partisans--convinced that only their side holds the key ...

360 Degree Feedback, or multi-rater feedback, is an established HR methodology used in organizations across the world. This book presents in-depth ...

About the Book The Politics of Whiteness presents the first sustained analysis of white racial identity among workers in what was the South's large...

About the Book By focusing on the wider process of negotiations, this novel volume presents the first systematic analysis of the Transatlantic Trad...