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KNOWLEDGE |
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1 Denicolo, Pam
Developing research proposals : success in research / Pam
Denicolo and Lucinda Becker.-- New Delhi: Sage
Publications, 2012.
xvii, 134p. 24cm.
(Success in research).
ISBN : 9788132110231.
001.4 DEN 136467
This book is essential reading for those writing research
proposals for a PhD application as well as those writing
proposals to funding bodies. It is intended for those who
are writing proposals for the first time but also for
those who may have written proposals before, but never
succeeded in getting funding. It is simple, but not
simplistic. It offers practical advice, but also
interrogates your thinking about the actual research
design. This book is an excellent addition to any newer
researcher-s bookshelf as well as for administrative
staff and those in research offices who support academics
writing proposals. You get a sense that the authors are
true experts and genuinely want to support new and early
academics in what is an increasingly competitive part of
modern day academia.
** Proposal writing for grants, Proposal writing in
research, Rapports - Redaction -Research
2 Jackson, Alecia Y
Thinking with theory in qualitative research : viewing
data across multiple perspectives / Alecia Y Jackson and
Lisa A Mazzei.-- London: Routledge, 2012.
xv, 150p, 25cm
ISBN : 9780415780995.
001.42 JAC 136554
This book shows how to use various philosophical concepts
in practices of inquiry, effectively opening up the
process of data analysis in qualitative research. It uses
a common data set and utilizes various theoretical
perspectives through which to view the data. It
challenges qualitative researchers to use theory to
accomplish a rigorous, analytic reading of qualitative
data. "Plugging in" the theory and the data produces a
variety of readings applying various theorists and their
concepts. It pushes against traditional qualitative data
analysis such as mechanistic coding, reducing data to
themes, and writing up transparent narratives. These do
little to critique the complexities of social life, such
simplistic approaches preclude dense and multi-layered
treatment of data. It shows that "thinking with theory"
pushes research and data and theory to its exhaustion in
order to produce knowledge differently.
** Qualitative research --Methodology, Interviewing --
Technique, Women college teachers --United States --
Research, First generation college students --United
States --Research, Poststructuralism
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SYSTEMS |
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3 Garson, G David (ed)
Hierarchical linear modeling : guide and application / G
David Garson.-- Los Angeles: Sage Publications, 2013.
xix, 371p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9781412998857.
003.74 GAR 136474
This book provides a brief, easy-to-read guide to
implementing hierarchical linear modeling using three
leading software platforms, followed by a set of original
how-to applications articles following a standard
instructional format. The "guide" portion consists of
five chapters by the editor, providing an overview of
HLM, discussion of methodological assumptions, and
parallel worked model examples in SPSS, SAS, and HLM
software. The "applications" portion consists of ten
contributions in which authors provide step by step
presentations of how HLM is implemented and reported for
introductory to intermediate applications.
** Linear models (Statistics)
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DATA PROCESSING and COMPUTER SCIENCE |
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4 Brucker, Peter
Complex scheduling / Peter Brucker and Sigrid Knust.--2nd
ed-- Heidelberg: Springer, 2012.
x, 340p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9783642239281.
004.24 BRU 136469
This book describes models and algorithms for complex
scheduling problems. It presents key algorithms in detail
and includes examples. It includes new material, in
particular, further generalizations of the RCPSP.
** Computer algorithms, Production scheduling--
Mathematical models, Computer capacity--Planning,
Algorithms, Computer software, Economics, Computer
science Mathematical optimization
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ETHICS |
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5 Carroll, Archie B
Corporate responsibility : the American experience /
Archie B Carroll and others.-- Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 2012.
x, 543p, 25cm.
ISBN : 9781107605251.
174.40973 CAR 136490
This thought-provoking history of corporate
responsibility in the USA is a landmark publication
documenting the story of corporate power and business
behavior from the mid-eighteenth century to the modern
day. It shows how the idea of corporate responsibility
has evolved over time, with the roles, responsibilities
and performance of corporations coming increasingly under
the spotlight as new norms of transparency and
accountability emerge. Today, it is expected that a
corporation will be transparent in its operations, that
it will reflect ethical values that are broadly shared by
others in society, and that companies will enable society
to achieve environmental sustainability as well as a high
standard of living.
** Social responsibility of business --United States,
Business ethics --United States
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SOCIOLOGY and ANTHROPOLOGY |
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6 Jones, PIP
Introducing social theory / Pip Jones, Liz Bradbury and
Shaun Le Boutillier.--2nd ed-- UK: Polity, 2011.
ix, 269p, 22cm.
ISBN : 9780745635231.
301 JON 136567
This text traces the development of social theorizing
from the classical ideas about modernity of Durkheim,
Marx and Weber, through 20th century debates around
structure and agency and developments in feminist
thinking, to a review of contemporary theoretical
controversies in sociology.
** Social sciences -- Philosophy ,
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SOCIAL INTERACTION |
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7 Kramer, Roderick M (ed)
Social cognition, social identity and intergroup
relations : a festschrift in honor of Marilynn B Brewer /
Roderick M Kramer, Geoffrey J Leonardelli and Robert W
Livingston.-- New York: Psychology Press, 2011.
xi, 423p, 24cm.
ISBN : 9781848729353.
302.092 BRE 136539
Perhaps the defining feature of humanity is the social
condition -- how we think about others, identify
ourselves with others, and interact with groups of
others. The advances of evolutionary theory, social
cognition, social identity, and intergroup relations,
respectively, as major fields of inquiry have been among
the crowning theoretical developments in social
psychology over the past three decades. Marilynn Brewer
has been a leading intellectual figure in the advancement
of each of them. Her theory and research have had
international impact on the way we think about the self
and its relation to others. This festschrift celebrates
Marilynn’s numerous contributions to social psychology,
and includes original contributions from both leading and
rising social psychologists from around the world.
** Social perception, Group identity, Intergroup
relations Social psychology
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SOCIAL PROCESSES |
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8 Brousseau, Eric (ed)
Governance, regulations and powers on the internet / Eric
Brousseau, Meryem Marzouki and Cecile Meadel.-- Cambridge
: Cambridge University Press, 2012.
vi, 445p, 24cm.
ISBN : 9781107013421.
303.4833 BRO 136495
Digital technologies have prompted the emergence of new
modes of regulation and governance, since they allow for
more decentralized processes of elaboration and
implementation of norms. Moreover, the Internet has been
raising a wide set of governance issues since it affects
many domains, such as individual rights, public
liberties, property rights, economic competition, market
regulation, conflict management, security and the
sovereignty of states. There is therefore a need to
understand how technical, political, economic and social
norms are articulated, as well as to understand who the
main actors of this process of transformation are, how
they interact and how these changes may influence
international rulings. This book brings together an
international team of scholars to explain and analyze how
collective regulations evolve in the broader context of
the development of post-modern societies,
globalization, the reshaping of international relations
and the profound transformations of nation-states.
** Cyberspace --Government policy, Internet --Government
policy
9 Hassan, Robert
The age of distraction : reading, writing, and politics
in a high-speed networked economy / Robert Hassan.-- New
Brunswick: Transaction Publishers, 2012.
xv, 221p, 24cm.
ISBN : 9781412843065.
303.483301 HAS 136499
The author offers a perspective permeated by a sense of
history, beginning with the invention of writing and the
development of the skill of reading. Together with
technological developments, these provide a unique view
of the trajectory of modernity into late-modernity, and
illustrate how the arc of progress has transformed. New
modes of time, technology, and reading and writing are
helping create a faster world where we know less about
more-and forget what we know evermore quickly. These
interacting processes have now been transformed at their
core and are building a different world, one where
certainties of the previous era are disappearing and
being displaced by what the author sees as a chronic and
pervasive mode of cognitive distraction.
** Time --Sociological aspects, Distraction (Psychology)
-Social aspects, Information technology --Social aspects
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SOCIAL GROUPS |
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10 Padhi, Ranjana
Those who did not die : impact of the agrarian crisis on
women in Punjab / Ranjana Padhi.-- Los Angeles: Sage
Publications, 2012.
xxxi,182p. 22cm.
ISBN : 9788132109501.
305.40954552 PAD 136920
Based on a study done in eight districts of the Malwa
region of the Punjab, this book uses quantitative data
along with field work, narratives and interviews with
peasant unions. It outlines the distress borne by the
family, including women, the children and the elderly in
the aftermath of peasant suicides.
** Rural women -- India -- Punjab -- Social conditions 2.
Rural women -- India -- Punjab -- Economic conditions 3.
Women agricultural labor -- India -- Punjab
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CULTURE and INSTITUTIONS |
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11 Byram, Michael (ed)
The common European framework of reference : the
globalisation to language education policy / Michael
Byram and Lynne Parmenter.-- Bristol: Multilingual
Matters, 2012.
x, 270p, 21cm.
ISBN : 9781847697295.
306.4494 BYR 136501
This text provides a comparative analysis of the
influence of the Common European Framework of Reference
(CEFR) in selected countries within and outside Europe.
Having solicited contributors from academia as well as
those involved in policy-formation in their respective
countries.
** Language policy --Europe, Language and languages --
Study and teaching, Language and languages --
Globalization
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POLITICAL SCEINCE |
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12 De Haan, Arjan
Towards a new poverty agenda in Asia : social policies
and economic transformation / Arjan De Haan.-- Los
Angeles: Sage Publications, 2010.
xvi,260p. 22cm.
ISBN : 9788132105046.
320.6091724 DEH 136921
This book describes the role of social policy in the
context of globalization and rapidly changing economies
and societies in Asia.
** Social policy , Economic development , Poverty , Asia
- Social policy , Developing countries -- Social policy
13 Widmalm, Sten
Decentralisation, corruption and social capital : from
India to the West / Sten Widmalm.-- Los Angeles: Sage
Publications, 2008.
229p. 22cm.
ISBN : 9780761936640.
320.80954 WID 136917
This book provides fresh perspectives and insights on
what may be the worlds largest ongoing decentralisation
reforms, the Panchayat Raj reforms in India, and presents
unique empirical material from Madhya Pradesh and Kerala.
In particular, this book shows how certain forms of
social capital, previously thought to be a hindrance to
development, can work in favour of democracy.
** Panchayat -- India , Decentralization in government --
India , Decentralization in government -- Case studies ,
Political corruption -- India , Political corruption --
Case studies ,
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14 Coppedge, Michael
Democratization and research methods / Michael Coppedge.-
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.
viii, 357p,25cm.
ISBN : 9780521537278.
321.8 COP 136492
Democratization and Research Methods is a coherent survey
and critique of both democratization research and the
methodology of comparative politics. The two themes
enhance each other: the democratization literature
illustrates the advantages and disadvantages of various
methodological approaches, and the critique of methods
makes sense of the vast and bewildering democratization
field. Michael Coppedge argues that each of the three
main approaches in comparative politics - case studies
and comparative histories, formal modeling and large-
sample statistical analysis - accomplishes one
fundamental research goal relatively well: tthicknesst,
integration and generalization, respectively. Throughout
the book, comprehensive surveys of democratization
research demonstrate that each approach accomplishes one
of these goals well but the other two poorly.
** Democratization --Research --Methodology, Comparative
government --Research --Methodology
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RELATION OF STATE TO ORGANIZED GROUPS |
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15 Merriman, Scott A
Religion and the state : an international analysis of
roles and relationships / Scott A Merriman.-- Santa
Barbara: ABC CLIO, 2009.
xxiii, 383p, 26cm.
ISBN : 9781598841336.
322.109 MER 136571
Combines both topical and country-by-country coverage to
help readers understand the coexistence of church and
state in nations around the world. This title unravels
the historic underpinnings and long-range effects of the
relationship between religious principles and the
operations of government in its many guises worldwide.
** Religion and state, Civil religion
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INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION and COLONIZATION |
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16 Murray, Tim (ed)
Archaeology of contact in settler societies / Tim Murray.
-- Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004.
xii, 269p, 25cm.
(New directions in archaeology).
ISBN : 9780521796828.
325.341 MUR 136500
An international team of experts examines the historical
archaeology of contact and its aftermath by considering
the consequences of colonialism in settler societies from
the sixteenth century to the present. This work-s unique
global vision constitutes an innovative exploration of
issues which are assuming major social and political
importance in the postcolonial world.
** Archaeology and history, Colonization --History,
Acculturation --History, Colonies, Great Britain --
Colonies
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ECONOMICS |
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17 Ghate, Chetan (ed)
The Oxford handbook of the Indian economy / Chetan Ghate.
-- Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.
xii, 958 p. 26 cm.
ISBN : 9780199734580.
330.954 GHA 136914
The Handbook features research on core topics by leading
scholars to understand the Indian economic miracle and
the key debates confronting the Indian economy. The
topics are firmly directed at development issues that are
germane to India-s experience.
** Economic development -- India -- Handbooks, manuals,
etc , Globalization -- Economic aspects -- India , India
- Economic policy -- 1991- -- Handbooks, manuals, etc ,
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LABOR ECONOMICS |
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18 India. Labour Bureau
Indian labour statistics 2009-2010.-- Shimla: Labour
Bureau, 2011.
ix, 249p. 28cm.
331 ILB 136527,G
** Labour-India-statistics
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19 Cumming, Douglas (ed)
The oxford handbook of venture capital / Douglas Cumming.
-- Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.
xix, 1031p. 25cm.
ISBN : 9780195391596.
332.04154 CUM 136472
Venture capital (VC) refers to investments provided to
early-stage, innovative, and high growth start-up
companies. A common characteristic of all venture capital
investments is that investee companies do not have cash
flows to pay interest on debt or dividends on equity.
Rather, investments are made with a view towards capital
gain on exit. The most sought after exit routes are an
initial public offering (IPO), where a company lists on a
stock exchange for the first time, and an acquisition
exit (trade sale), where the company is sold in entirety
to another company. However, VCs often exit their
investments by secondary sales, wherein the entrepreneur
retains his or her share but the VC sells to another
company or investor buybacks, where the entrepreneur
repurchases the VC`s interest and write-offs
(liquidations).
** Venture capital
20 Celebrating the past, defining the future : 200 years citi.
-- New York: Citigroup, 2011.
304p. 29cm.
ISBN : 9780615560540.
332.1 CEL 135738(Ref.)
Founded in 1812, City Bank throughout its 200-year
history has been bringing financial services to
customers: first in New York, then nationally, then
internationally, and now across the world. Today Citi is
a truly global financial services company. Here are over
100 -stories-, snapshots of Citi-s eventful life. They
tell of commercial achievements, but, just as important,
they bring into focus the underlying values that have
driven and sustained the economy.
** Citibank (New York, N.Y.) -- History.
21 Bhalla, Surjit S
Devaluing to prosperity : misaligned currencies and their
growth consequences / Surjit S Bhalla.-- Washington DC:
Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2012.
xviii, 263p, 23cm.
ISBN : 9780881326239.
332.4142 BHA 136503
The author seeks to demonstrate the neglected role of
currency undervaluation in economic growth and to
consider its implications for global economics. He
explains the mechanisms by which currency valuation
effects growth, offers evidence in defense of the
hypothesis that policies promoting cheap currency lead to
higher growth, as well as the stronger hypothesis that a
large proportion of growth accelerations and
decelerations can be explained in terms of currency
valuation, the pitfalls of widespread reliance on
currency devaluation, arguing that such practice
eventually can be understood as mercantilism if
widespread and long-term and will inevitably lead to
financial and/or currency crisis, thus necessitating more
collaborative currency arrangements in the pursuit of a
more stable globalized future.
** Devaluation of currency, Economic development --
Developing countries, International trade, Foreign
exchange rates, Monetary policy, Developing countries --
Commerce
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ECONOMICS OF LAND and ENERGY |
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22 Chopra, Kanchan (ed)
Handbook of environmental economics in India / Kanchan
Chopra and Vikram Dayal.-- New Delhi: Oxford University
Press, 2009.
xiv, 327p. 25cm.
ISBN : 9780198060994.
333.70954 CHO 136471
Environmental economics as a discipline is relatively new
in India, though concern for the environment is not. This
volume brings together works in the area of environmental
and resource economics through theoretical, historical,
evolutionary, and theme-based perspectives. It captures
the different trends that have emerged over the last two
decades in the field of environment and development.
Eminent environmental economists discuss various issues
relating to recent advances in theory, land and water,
accounting and valuation, energy and industry,
international concerns such as trade and environment and
climate change, and areas of challenge and
interdisciplinary research.
** Environmental economics --India, Economic development
-Environmental aspects --India, Environmental policy --
India
23 Asian Development Bank
Energy infrastructure : priorities, constraints, and
strategies for India / Asian development bank.-- New
Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2009.
xviii, 287p. 22cm.
ISBN : 9780195692105.
333.790954 ASI 136470
Energy has always been and important ingredient for the
economic and social progress of human society, although
the form in which energy is used has undergone a
phenomenal change. Energy security relates to economic
security in the context of energy decision making. In
modern society, energy has become more global in nature.
The ever-increasing integration of energy markets across
the globe spreads the security concern from one sector
and country to another. It deals with leading policy
issues in the energy sector including energy security,
energy pricing, efficiency and conservation,
environmental aspects of power infrastructure
development, and rural electrification.
** Power resources --Economic aspects --India,
Infrastructure (Economics) --India, Energy policy --India
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PUBLIC FINANCE |
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24 India. Finance, Ministry of
Indian public finance statistics 2011-2012.-- New Delhi:
Controller of Publications, 2012.
iv, 121p. 29cm.
336.54021 IFM 136526,G
** Finance, Public , India-statistics
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PRODUCTION |
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25 Bjuggren, Per-Olof (ed)
The Modern firm, corporate governance and investment /
Per Olof Bjuggren and Dennis C Mueller.-- Cheltenham:
Edward Elgar, 2009.
ix, 414p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9781848442252.
338.5 BJU 136825
Presents a comprehensive overview of the theory of the
firm and examine firms and the organization of their
economic activities. This book also investigates the
impact of ownership structure and board composition on
firm performance and studies how the institutional
framework of an economy affects investment decisions.
** Corporate governance -- Congresses , Industrial
management -- Congresses , Corporations -- Finance --
Congresses , Microeconomics -- Congresses , Investment ,
26 Payne, Oliver
Inspiring sustainable behavour : 19 ways to ask for
change / Oliver Payne.-- London: Routledge, 2012.
xi, 180p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9781849714006.
338.927 PAY 136553
Businesses, larger or small, will soon have to cut costs
and cut carbon, irrespective of the products they sell,
or the services they perform. National government has
structural policy and legislative needs, and local
government has implementation and documentation needs.
Indeed, the new UK government coalitionts approach to
transport is simply tcut costs and cut carbont. Set
against this there is an increasing sense that popular
culture and popular science are congregating around a
desire to understand who we are and how we behave. The
recent rise of behavioral economics is a testament to
this as well as the relevance of environmental
psychology.
** Economics --Psychological aspects, Environmental
economics, Consumer behavior, Environmentalism --
Psychological aspects, Environmental policy --
Psychological aspects, Environmental psychology
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MACROECONOMICS and RELATED TOPICS |
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27 Chiarella, Carl
Reconstructing Keynesian macroeconomics : partial
perspectives / Carl Chiarella, Peter Flaschel and Willi
Semmler.-- Abingdon: Routledge, 2012.
xlix, 346p, 24cm.
(Routledge frontiers of political economy, 149).
ISBN : 9780415668569.
339.5 CHI 136540,V 1
This book represents a complete reinterpretation and
restructuring of Keynesian macroeconomics and a detailed
investigation of the disequilibrium adjustment processes
characterizing the financial, the goods and the labour
markets and their interaction. It questions in a radical
way the evolution of Keynesian macroeconomics after World
War II and focuses on the limitations of the traditional
Keynesian approach until it fell apart in the early
1970s, as well as the inadequacy of the new consensus in
macroeconomics that emerged from the Monetarist critique
of Keynesianism.
** Keynesian economics, Macroeconomics
28 Hosoe, Nobuhiro
Textbook of computable general equilibrium modelling :
programming and simulations / Nobuhiro Hosoe, Kenji
Gasawa and Hideo Hashimoto.-- New York: Palgrave
Macmillan, 2010.
xix, 235p. 22cm.
ISBN : 9780230248144.
339.5 HOS 136529
The book provides a comprehensive A-to-Z guide for
computable general equilibrium (CGE) models, which can
analyze various economic issues empirically. CGE Models
been widely used for investigating the impacts of
economic integration, eco-taxes on environmental
problems, regulatory reforms, taxation reforms and
transportation system planning.
** Equilibrium (Economics) -- Mathematical models ,
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MILITARY, TAX, TRADE and INDUSTRIAL LAW |
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29 Yearwood, Ronnie R F
The interaction between World Trade Organisation (WTO)
law and external international law : the constrained
openness of WTO law (a prologue to a theory) / Ronnie R F
Yearwood.-- London: Routledge, 2012.
xxiv, 239p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9780415565165.
343.087 YEA 136566
International legal scholarship is concerned with the
fragmentation of international law into specialized legal
systems such as trade, environment and human rights.
Fragmentation raises questions about the inter-systemic
interaction between the various specialized systems of
international law. This study conceptually focuses on
this book. It introduces a legal theory of WTO law,
constrained openness, as a way to understand that
interaction. The idea is that WTO law, from its own
internal point of view, constructs its own law. The
effect is that external international law is not
incorporated into WTO law wholesale, but is
(re)constructed as WTO law. It follows that legal systems
do not directly communicate with each other.
** Foreign trade regulation, World Trade Organization,
International economic relations, International law,
30 Rubini, Luca (ed)
Microsoft on trial : legal and economic analysis of a
transatlantic antitrust case / Luca Rubini.-- Cheltenham:
Edward Elgar, 2010.
xxviii, 528p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9781848442443.
343.730721 RUB 136824
Microsoft on Trial analyses the antitrust cases that have
involved Microsoft in both sides of the Atlantic and
offers a thorough and timely discussion on the regulation
of unilateral behaviour in a topical sector.
** Microsoft Corporation -- Trials, litigation, etc ,
Antitrust law -- United States , Restraint of trade --
United States , Antitrust , Microsoft , Computer software
industry --Law and legislation --United States
31 Moore, Roy L
Media law and ethics / Roy L Moore and Michael D Murray.-
4th ed-- New York: Routledge, 2012.
xxvi, 755p. 25cm.
ISBN : 9780415894630.
343.73099 MOO 136569
Updates major US Supreme Court cases and lower court
decisions through 1998. This book includes a discussion
on media ethics and the role of ethics in media law. It
also includes an appendix that features a copy of the US
Constitution, and new sample copyright and trademark
registration forms.
** Mass media -- Law and legislation -- United States --
Cases , Mass media -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Case
studies , LANGUAGE ARTS and DISCIPLINES / Communication
Studies , LANGUAGE ARTS and DISCIPLINES / Journalism , LAW
/ Media and the Law ,
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LAW OF SPECIFIC JURISDICTIONS and AREAS |
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32 McAlinn, Gerald Paul (ed)
Law and development in Asia / Gerald Paul McAlinn and
Caslav Pejovic.-- London: Routledge, 2012.
xviii, 337p, 24cm.
ISBN : 9780415576031.
349.5 MAC 136568
Presents a comprehensive overview of the key issues
relating to law and development in Asia. This book
discusses the different models of law and development,
and shows how development has worked out in practice in a
range of Asian countries, including Japan, Korea, China,
Thailand, Singapore, India and Mongolia.
** Law -- Asia , Law and economic development , LAW /
General , SOCIAL SCIENCE / General , SOCIAL SCIENCE /
Ethnic Studies / General ,
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PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION |
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33 Directory of diplomatic mission in India and Indian mission
abroad 2012.--26th ed-- New Delhi: Delhi Information Bureau
, 2012.
xviii, 584p. 21cm.
ISBN : 9798188274023.
351.02554 DIR 136528(Ref.)
This directory contains names of embassies, ambassadors
and secretaries, addresses, phone, fax, and E-mail of
foreign diplomatic missions and consulates in Delhi,
Mumbai, Calcutta, Chennai, Bangalore, Ahmedabad,
Hyderabad, Goa, and Indian diplomatic missions and
consulates abroad.
** Diplomatic and consular service -- India --
Directories.
34 Chakrabarty, Bidyut
Public administration in a globalizing world : theories
and practices / Bidyut Chakrabarty and Prakash Chand.--
Los Angeles: Sage Publications, 2012.
xxxi, 547p. 21cm.
ISBN : 9788132109488.
351.1 CHA 136464
This book provides a synoptic view of the developments in
the discipline of public administration in the age of
globalization. The strength of the book lies in its
ability to dwell on issues critical to understanding
governance, while taking into account the significant
transformations that have taken place in civil society
and administrative set-ups across the world. Evolution of
public administration as a discipline Administrative
theories Contemporary developments in public
administration Public policy Development administration
Decentralization and local governance Social welfare
administration Citizens and administration Public
administration in India Budget and financial
administration in India Administrative reforms in India
Globalization and public administration.
** Public administration, Public administration --History
--21st century, Public administration --India
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MILITARY SCIENCE |
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35 Paine, S C M
The wars for Asia, 1911-1949 / S C M Paine.-- Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 2012.
viii, 487p, 24cm.
ISBN : 9781107020696.
355.00951 PAI 136488
This book shows that the Western treatment of World War
II, the Second Sino-Japanese War, and the Chinese Civil
War as separate events misrepresents their overlapping
connections and causes. The long Chinese Civil War
precipitated a long regional war between China and Japan
that went global in 1941 when the Chinese found them
selves fighting a civil war within a regional war within
an overarching global war. The global war that consumed
Western attentions resulted from Japants peripheral
strategy to cut foreign aid to China by attacking Pearl
Harbor and Western interests throughout the Pacific on
December 7-8, 1941. S. C. M. Paine emphasizes the fears
and ambitions of Japan, China, and Russia, and the
pivotal decisions that set them on a collision course in
the 1920s and 1930s.
** Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945, World War, 1939-1945 --
China, World War, 1939-1945 --Japan, History / Military /
General, China --History, Military --1912-1949, Japan --
History, Military --1868-1945, China --History --Civil
War, 1945-1949
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36 Handy, Femida
From seva to cyberspace : the many faces of volunteering
in India / Femida Handy and others: Sage Publications.,
2011.
xxv, 250 p. 22cm.
ISBN : 9788132106982.
361.370954 HAN 136918
Examines the phenomenon of volunteering in India from its
earliest instances to present-day manifestations. This
book defines the volunteer and discusses the methods of
measuring the value of volunteer labor to NGOs. It
includes a detailed discussion of the particular
contributions of the oldest and youngest volunteers in
India.
** Voluntarism -- India , Voluntarism -- India -- History
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37 Coreil, Jeannine (ed)
Social and behavioral foundations of public health /
Jeannine Coreil.--2nd ed-- Los Angeles: Sage Publications
, 2010.
x, 434p. 26cm.
ISBN : 9781412957045.
362.1 COR 136465
Emphasizing the importance of social context and cultural
construction this book examines current issues in health
from a social and behavioral sciences perspective. The
book uses a social ecological framework to address
multilevel influences on health and enlarge the dominant
"risk factor" approach to health behavior. The author use
examples from the forefront of public health to
illustrate the relevance of tcoretcompetenciest in the
field to diverse real-world problems.
** Public health --Social aspects, Public health --
Psychological aspects, Social medicine, Social Medicine,
Public Health
38 Youde, Jeremy
Global health governance / Jeremy Youde.-- Cambridge:
Polity Press, 2012.
x, 188p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9780745653099.
362.1 YOU 136544
This book provides an accessible and insightful analysis
of an evolving realm of global governance and
cooperation. It will appeal to students of global health
politics, global governance, international organization,
and human security.
** World health, Public health --International
cooperation Health Policy, International Cooperation
39 Deshpande, R S (ed)
Agrarian crisis and farmer suicides / R S Deshpande and
Saroj Arora.-- Los Angeles: Sage Publications, 2010.
xx, 436 p. 22cm.
ISBN : 9788132105121.
362.2808863095 DES 136916
It focuses on the multi-dimensional aspects of the
agrarian problem, examining it from the angle of public
policy. A distinguishing feature of this collection is
its holistic approach towards viewing farm sector
distress, instead of looking for isolated causes and
solutions.
** Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- India , Agriculture
and state -- India , Farmers -- Suicidal behavior --
India
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40 Duignan, Patrick
Educational leadership : together creating ethical
learning environments / Patrick Duignan.--2nd ed--
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.
237p, 25cm.
ISBN : 9781107637894.
371.2011 DUI 136493
This book is a groundbreaking work at the forefront of
current research into the ethical challenges inherent to
leadership. The author combines a new perspective of
leadership as an influence relationship, with a
collective ethic of responsibility. Educational
Leadership draws together cutting-edge research, theory
and best practice on learning, teaching and leadership to
assist leaders and teachers to better understand
contemporary educational challenges and respond to them
wisely, creatively and effectively. This book is
indispensable for all system and educational
professionals engaged in policy-making, leadership
development, leading learning in schools, and those in
academe responsible for programs aimed at the improvement
of learning, teaching and leadership.
** Educational leadership
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41 Estevadeordal, A
The sovereign remedy? : trade agreements in a globalizing
world / A Estevadeordal and K Suominen.-- Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 2009.
xiii, 267p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9780199550159.
382.9 EST 136473
International trade and the rapidly proliferating network
of trade agreements have been hotly debated for decades.
While some blame trade agreements for exporting jobs,
sowing poverty, furthering illegal migration, and robbing
national sovereignty, others praise them as lynchpins of
growth, pillars of peace, guarantors of security, and
engines of globalization. Still others view them as
useful instruments for fostering global trade and
investment. This book examines whether trade agreements
merit the blame leveled against them or the hopes pinned
on them by employing a new, extensive historical data set
on trade agreements to examine the features of ongoing
trade agreements and to analyze the futures implications
of these agreements.
** International trade, Commercial treaties
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42 Baber, Robert Laurence
The language of mathematics : utilizing math in practice
/ Robert Laurence Baber.-- Hoboken: John Wiley and Sons,
2011.
xx, 416p, 24cm.
ISBN : 9780470878897.
510.14 BAB 136582
This book explains how to formulate a mathematical model
from an English description of a problem. It views
mathematical notation as a language and develops the
implications of this view for translating English text
into mathematical expressions and mathematical models,
i.e. for applying mathematics to problems described in
English.
** Mathematics , Problem solving ,
43 Pascucci, Valerio (ed)
Topological methods in data analysis and visualization :
theory, algorithms, and applications / Valerio Pascucci
and others.-- Heidelberg: Springer, 2011.
viii, 260p. 24cm.
(Mathematics and visualization).
ISBN : 9783642150135.
515.13 PAS 136475
Topology-based methods are of increasing importance in
the analysis and visualization of datasets from a wide
variety of scientific domains such as biology, physics,
engineering, and medicine. Current challenges of topology
based techniques include the management of time-dependent
data, the representation of large and complex datasets,
the characterization of noise and uncertainty, the
effective integration of numerical methods with robust
combinatorial algorithms. The editors have brought
together the most prominent and best recognized
researchers in the field of topology-based data analysis
and visualization for a joint discussion and scientific
exchange of the latest results in the field.
** Topology --Congresses, Mathematical analysis --
Congresses
44 Edmonds, Jeff
How to think about algorithms / Jeff Edmonds.-- Cambridge
: Cambridge University Press, 2008.
viii, 448p, 23cm.
ISBN : 9780521614108.
518.1 EDM 136489
This book provided for second- or third-year students of
computer science, presents insights, notations, and
analogies to help them describe and think about
algorithms like an expert, without grinding through lots
of formal proof. Solutions to many problems are provided
to let students check their progress, while class-tested
PowerPoint slides are on the web for anyone running the
course. By looking at both the big picture and easy step-
by-step methods for developing algorithms, the author
guides students around the common pitfalls. He stresses
paradigms such as loop invariants and recursion to unify
a huge range of algorithms into a few meta-algorithms.
The book fosters a deeper understanding of how and why
each algorithm works.
** Algorithms --Study and teaching, Loops (Group theory)
-Study and teaching, Invariants --Study and teaching,
Recursion theory --Study and teaching
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PHYSICS |
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45 Peat, F David
From certainty to uncertainty : the story of science and
ideas in the twentieth century / F David Peat.--
Washington, DC: Joseph Henry Press, 2002.
xiv, 230p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9780309076418.
530.0904 PEA 136504
Early theorists believed that in science lay the promise
of certainty. Built on a foundation of fact and
constructed with objective and trustworthy tools, science
produced knowledge. But science has also shown us that
this knowledge will always be fundamentally incomplete
and that a true understanding of the world is ultimately
beyond our grasp. F. David Peat examines the basic
philosophic difference between the certainty that
characterized the thinking of humankind through the
nineteenth century and contrasts it with the startling
fall of certainty in the twentieth. The nineteenth
century was marked by a boundless optimism and confidence
in the power of progress and technology. Science and
philosophy were on firm ground.
** Physics --Philosophy, Certainty, Chaotic behavior in
systems, Physics --History --20th century
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MEDICINE and HEALTH |
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46 Bala, Poonam (ed)
Contesting colonial authority : medicine and indigenous
responses in nineteenth-and twentieth-century India /
Poonam Bala.-- Lanham: Lexington Books, 2012.
xvii, 157p, 24cm.
ISBN : 9780739170236.
610.95409034 BAL 136502
This book explores the interplay of conformity and
defiance amongst the plural medical tradition in colonial
India. The contributors reveal how Indian elites,
nationalists, and the rest of the Indian population
participated in the move to revisit and frame a new
social character of Indian Medicine. Viewed in the light
of the cultural, nationalistic, social, literary and
scientific essentials, the book highlights various
indigenous interpretations and mechanisms through which
Indian sciences and medicine were projected against the
cultural background of a rich medical tradition.
** History of Medicine --India, Culture --India,
Government --India, History, 19th Century --India,
History, 20th Century --India
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47 El-Meligi, Moneim
Work, management, and the business of living / Moneim El-
Meligi.-- New Jersey: World Scientific, 2012.
xiii, 234p, 24cm.
ISBN : 9789812790675.
658.001 ELM 136607
Deals with familiar concepts in management literature,
but always in light of the model of the human person.
This title focuses on organizing processes in
individuals, small groups, and organizations and other
large social systems by covering empirical research on
three central topics - modes of influence, intrapersonal
communication, and change.
** Management -- Philosophy 2. Leadership
48 Cropper, Steve (ed)
The Oxford handbook of inter-organizational relations /
Steve Cropper and others.-- Oxford: Oxford University
Press, 2010.
viii, 782p, 25cm.
ISBN : 9780199585922.
658.046 CRO 136498
Inter-organizational relations (IOR), the study of
Strategic Alliances, Joint Ventures, Partnerships,
Networks and other forms of relationship between
organizations, is a field of study that has burgeoned
over the last four decades, but is fragmented, drawing
contributions from a wide variety of disciplines,
theoretical bases, and sectoral interests. The Oxford
Handbook of Inter-Organizational Relations provides a
structured overview of the field. With contributions from
leading international experts on their particular areas
of expertise, it is an authoritative introduction to its
research findings.
** Interorganizational relations.
49 Mukherjee, Jayant
Designing human resource management systems : a leader-s
guide / Jayant Mukherjee.-- New Helhi: Sage Publications,
2012.
xxvi, 314p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9788132108962.
658.30011 MUK 136466
This book provides a framework for designing and
implementing Human Resource Management systems in various
kinds of organizations, even those with limited
resources. The coverage of concepts and relevant theories
pertaining to each system and sub-system, job analysis,
human resource planning, recruitment and selection,
performance management, training and development, 360-
degree feedback, mentoring and executive coaching, and
reward management is comprehensive, but presented in
brief. The book has relevant tools, questionnaires,
forms, policies, and other aspects of utility for
designing each HRM sub-system.
** Personnel management, Leadership
50 Bebenroth, Ralf (ed)
Challenges of human resource management in Japan / Ralf
Bebenroth and Toshihiro Kanai.-- London: Routledge, 2011.
xiv, 241p. 23cm.
(Routledge contemporary Japan series, 32).
ISBN : 9780415691383.
658.300952 BEB 136543
Human resource management systems differ across
corporations around the world. Japan has unique
characteristics that create specific challenges for HRM
and there is currently a lack of research focusing on
Japanese HR issues available to westerners. This book
examines the major challenges and dilemmas in human
resource management as Japan-s industrial society
continues its resurgence in the global arena. The first
part of the book deals with Japanese HRM from an
international perspective, analyzing the overall
structure of Japanese HRM systems and comparing these
with current international systems. The second part of
this book looks at Japanese HRM from a domestic
perspective and as such covers the micro issues of HRM
practice in Japan.
** Personnel management --Japan, Manpower planning --
Japan
51 Ahlemann, Frederik
Strategic enterprise architecture management :
challenges, best practices, and future developments /
Frederik Ahlemann and others.-- New York: Springer, 2012.
xvi, 298p, 24cm.
ISBN : 9783642242229.
658.4038 AHL 136595
This book shows how EAM is used to leverage strategic
planning and controlling processes and contribute to
sustainable competitive advantage. The book outlines
crucial elements of successful EAM, based on best
practices from eight leading European companies.
** Management information systems , Information resources
management , Strategic planning -- Data processing ,
Management information systems -- Europe -- Case studies
Information resources management -- Europe -- Case
studies ,
52 Mohapatra, Sanjay
Information strategy design and practices / Sanjay
Mohapatra and Ranjan Prasad Singh.-- New York: Springer,
2012.
xxi, 342p, 24cm.
ISBN : 9781461424277.
658.4038011 MOH 136596
In addition to assessing a variety of theoretical
concepts related to information strategy, this volume
provides real-life examples from a range of corporations
as to how project goals can be achieved through effective
deployment of information strategy.
** Management information systems , Information resources
management , Management -- Communication systems ,
53 Fells, Ray
Effective negotiation : from research to results / Ray
Fells.--2nd ed-- Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
2012.
vi, 263p, 25cm.
ISBN : 9781107605381.
658.4052 FEL 136494
Effective Negotiation is a task-oriented and practical
resource that provides the skills needed to reach a good
agreement. It examines how negotiations work and covers
key issues such as trust, power and information exchange.
Ray Fells draws on his extensive teaching and research
experience to present useful, applicable strategies and
advice on managing workplace and business negotiations.
Fully revised and updated, this comprehensive second
edition boasts new features including chapter summaries,
fundamental skills tips and a complete Negotiator-s
Toolkit. It incorporates up-to-date case studies, new
material on mediation and on multi-party negotiations and
a new concluding chapter on being an effective
negotiator.
** Negotiation in business
54 Beech, Nic
Managing change : enquiry and action / Nic Beech and
Robert Macintosh.-- Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
, 2012.
viii, 273p, 24cm.
ISBN : 9781107610705.
658.406 BEE 136497
The ability to manage change successfully is an essential
part of business. It is a skill that is much valued by
employers, and it is therefore one of the most commonly
delivered courses. This book helps you to understand
three key activities for managing change: diagnosing,
explaining and enacting. It combines theory and
diagnostic tools with practical examples that focus on
actions and outcomes. It also includes short vignettes
and longer cases, from a range of international contexts,
for classroom study or for use on distance learning
courses.
** Organizational change, Organizational change --
Management
55 Weiss, David S
Innovative intelligence : the art and practice of leading
sustainable innovation in your organization / David S
Weiss and Claude Legrand.-- Ontario: Wiley, 2011.
xxii, 282p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780470677674.
658.4063 WEI 136545
Innovation is a key source of competitive advantage, but
it remains frustratingly elusive for many organizations.
Too many organizations try to improve innovation by
focusing on one element at a time, particularly in the
area of new products and services. They train
individuals, hire more creative people, or create
specialized innovation departments. Yet, for most
organizations, these investments yield only disappointing
results. They have not had sustainable solutions-
practical and reliable programs that deliver long-term,
predictable results. Instead, they have had an endless
array of partial answers. They are left with an alarming
innovation gap.
** Creative ability in business, Organizational change,
Creative thinking, Technological innovations--Management
56 Carpenter, Mason A (ed)
The handbook of research on top management teams / Mason
A Carpenter.-- Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2011.
xv, 435p, 25cm.
ISBN : 9781848446601.
658.42 CAR 136565
This Handbook presents original research and theory on
executives, top management teams, and boards of directors
and illustrates the vital importance of this field of
study.
** Senior leadership teams , Executive ability ,
Leadership
57 Ehmke, Jan Fabian
Integration of information and optimization models for
routing in city logistics / Jan Fabian Ehmke.-- New York:
Springer, 2012.
xiv, 197p, 24cm.
(International series in operations research and management
science, 177).
ISBN : 9781461436270.
658.5 EHM 136476,177
As urban congestion continues to be an ever increasing
problem, routing in these settings has become an
important area of operations research. This monograph
provides cutting-edge research, utilizing the recent
advances in technology, to quantify the value of dynamic,
time-dependent information for advanced vehicle routing
in city logistics. This book interweaves the usually
distinct areas of traffic data collection, information
retrieval and time-dependent optimization by an
integrated methodological approach, which refers to
synergies of Data Mining and Operations Research
techniques by example of city logistics applications.
These procedures will help improve the reliability of
logistics services in congested urban areas.
** Business logistics --Mathematical models, Data mining
58 Kapferer, Jean-Noel
The luxury strategy : break the rules of marketing to
build luxury brands / Jean-Noel Kapferer and Vincent
Bastien.--2nd ed-- London: Kogan Page, 2012.
vi, 395p, 24cm.
ISBN : 9780749464912.
658.8 KAP 136496
In the marketing of luxury brands, many of the
traditional rules go out the window. In what other
situation, for instance, would a company deliberately
leave some flaws in the product? Or make it difficult to
buy? This comprehensive work is a solid guidebook to the
marketing of luxury brands that is filled with both
guidelines and a wealth of examples. Luxury is in fashion
and is now to be found in almost every retail,
manufacturing and service sector. New terms like "mass-
luxury," "new luxury" and "hyper luxury" attempt to
qualify luxury, causing confusion today about what really
makes a luxury product, a luxury brand or a luxury
company.
** Luxuries --Marketing, Luxury goods industry, Product
management, Luxury goods industry
59 Guenzi, Paolo (ed)
Sales management : a multinational perspective / Paolo
Guenzi and Susi Geiger.-- New York: Palgrave Macmillan,
2011.
xxvii, 491p, 25cm.
ISBN : 9780230245952.
658.81 GUE 136530
Sales Management offers a global perspective on the
opportunities and issues facing today-s sales managers.
Current textbooks have failed to move beyond the US
context, Sales Management provides unique access to
European and international experts, with globally
relevant case studies.
** Sales management , Sales management -- Case studies ,
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60 Grey, Christopher
Decoding organization : Bletchley Park, codebreaking and
organization studies / Christopher Grey.-- Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 2012.
x, 322p, 23cm.
ISBN : 9781107005457.
940.548641 GRE 136491
How was Bletchley Park made as an organization? How was
signals intelligence constructed as a field? What was
Bletchley Park’s culture and how was its work co-
ordinate? Bletchley Park was not just the home of
geniuses such as Alan Turing, it was also the workplace
of thousands of other people, mostly women, and their
organization was a key component in the cracking of
Enigma. Challenging many popular perceptions, this book
examines the hitherto unexamined complexities of how
10,000 people were brought together in complete secrecy
during World War II to work on ciphers. Unlike most
organizational studies, this book decodes, rather than
encodes the processes of organization and examines the
structures, cultures and the work itself of Bletchley
Park using archive and oral history sources.
** Great Britain. Government Communications Headquarters
-History, World War, 1939-1945 --Cryptography, World War,
1939-1945 --Secret service --Great Britain, World War,
1939-1945 --Electronic intelligence --Great Britain,
Intelligence service --Social aspects --Great Britain --
History --20th century, World War, 1939-1945 --England --
Bletchley (Buckinghamshire), Corporate culture --England
-Bletchley (Buckinghamshire) --History --20th century,
Organization --Case studies, Corporate culture --Case
studies
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61 Visweswaran, Kamala (ed)
Perspectives on modern South Asia : a reader in culture,
history , and representation / Kamala Visweswaran.--
United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
xi, 383p, 24cm.
ISBN : 9781405100632.
954 VIS 136570
Perspectives on Modern South Asia presents an exciting
core collection of essays drawn from anthropology,
literary and cultural studies, history, sociology,
economics, and political science to reveal the
complexities of a region that is home to a fifth of
humanity.
** Group identity -- South Asia , Ethnicity -- South Asia
, South Asia -- Civilization , South Asia -- Social
conditions ,
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