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KNOWLEDGE |
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1 Hammond, Michael
Research methods : the key concepts / Michael Hammond and
Jerry Wellington.-- London: Routledge, 2013.
xi, 179p. 21cm.
ISBN : 9780415599832.
001.42 HAM 137110
This invaluable resource provides a comprehensive
overview of the many methods and methodologies of social
research. Each entry provides a critical definition and
examines the value and difficulties of a particular
method or methodology of concept across different fields
of social research.
** Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology
2 Scott, Greg
Doing qualitative research : designs, methods, and
techniques / Greg Scott and Roberta Garner.-- Boston:
Pearson, 2013.
xii, 420p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780205695935.
001.42 SCO 137140
Doing Qualitative Research shows how qualitative research
is evidence-based stories of our social life. It includes
a wide range of designs and methods-leading ones such as
ethnography and content analysis, but also less familiar
ones such as social autopsies, community-based
participatory research, visual methods, and historical-
comparative studies. It introduces readers to the
scientific method in qualitative inquiry while
considering controversies about the limits of the
scientific model in social research.
** Qualitative research
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DATA PROCESSING and COMPUTER SCIENCE |
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3 Rainie, Lee
Networked : the new social operating system / Lee Rainie
and Barry Wellman.-- Cambridge: The MIT press, 2012.
xiii, 358p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9780262017190.
004.678 RAI 136922
It shows how the large, loosely knit social circles of
networked individuals expand opportunities for learning,
problem solving, decision making, and personal
interaction.
** Social networks , Online social networks ,
Interpersonal relations , Internet -- Social aspects ,
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PHILOSOPHICAL SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT |
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4 Groys, Boris
Introduction to antiphilosophy / Boris Groys.-- London:
Verso, 2012.
xxiii, 248p. 21cm.
ISBN : 9781844677566.
140 GRO 136987
Antiphilosophy in its various guises is directed not
against this or that particular philosophy but against
the philosophical project itself.
** Philosophy, German -- 20th century 2. Philosophy,
Modern
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PSYCHOLOGY |
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5 Midgley, Nick
Reading Anna Freud / Anna Freud.-- London: Routledge,
2013.
xix, 234p. 25cm.
(New library of psychoanalysis teaching series ,7).
ISBN : 9780415601009.
150.1952092 FRE 137107
Reading Anna Freud provides an accessible introduction to
the writings of one of the most significant figures in
the history of psychoanalysis. Each chapter introduces a
number of her key papers, with clear summaries of the
main ideas, historical background, a discussion of the
influence and contemporary relevance of her thinking, and
recommendations for further reading. .
** Freud, Anna, 1895-1982 , Psychoanalysts ,
Developmental therapy for children , Child analysis ,
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6 Bornstein, Marc H (ed)
Cognitive development : an advanced textbook / Marc H
Bornstein and Michael E Lamb.-- New York: Psychology
Press, 2011.
viii, 479p. 25cm.
ISBN : 9781848729254.
155 BOR 137309
This new text consists of parts of Bornstein and Lambts
Developmental Science, along with new introductory
material that as a whole provides a cutting edge and
comprehensive overview of cognitive development. Each of
the world-renowned contributors masterfully introduces
the history and systems, methodologies, and measurement
and analytic techniques used to understand human
cognitive development. As a whole, this highly
anticipated text illuminates substantive phenomena in
cognitive developmental science and its relevance to
everyday life.
** Developmental psychology --Textbooks, Cognition --
Textbooks
7 Lamb, Michael E (ed)
Social and personality development : an advanced textbook
/ Michael E Lamb and Marc H Bornstein.-- New York:
Psychology Press, 2011.
viii, 522p. 25cm.
ISBN : 9781848729261.
155.25 LAM 137304
This new text contains parts of Bornstein and Lamb’s
Developmental Science, 6th edition, along with new
introductory material, providing a cutting edge and
comprehensive overview of social and personality
development. Each of the world-renowned contributors
masterfully introduces the history and systems,
methodologies, and measurement and analytic techniques
used to understand the area of human development under
review. The relevance of the field is illustrated through
engaging applications. Each chapter reflects the current
state of knowledge and features an introduction, an
overview of the field, a chapter summary, and numerous
classical and contemporary references. As a whole, this
highly anticipated text illuminates substantive phenomena
in social and personality developmental science and its
relevance to everyday life.
** Developmental psychology, Personality development
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8 Marks, Joel
Ethics without morals: in defense of amorality / Joel
Marks.-- New York: Routledge, 2013.
xvi, 133p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780415635561.
170 MAR 137143
In this volume, the author offers a defense of amorality
as both philosophically justified and practicably
livable. In so doing, the book marks a radical departure
from both the new atheism and the mainstream of modern
ethical philosophy. While in synch with their underlying
aim of grounding human existence in a naturalistic
metaphysics, the book takes both to task for maintaining
a complacent embrace of morality. Marks advocates wiping
the slate clean of outdated connotations by replacing the
language of morality with a language of desire.
** Ethics ,
9 Lawton, Alan
Ethics and management in the public sector / Alan Lawton,
Julie Rayner and Karin Lasthuizen.-- London: Routledge,
2013.
xii, 184p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780415577601.
172.2 LAW 137142
Grappling with ethical issues is a daily challenge for
those working in organizations that deliver public
services. Using extensive vignettes and case studies,
this book illuminates the practical decisions made by
public officials. The book takes a universal approach to
ethics reflecting the world-wide impact of public service
reforms and also includes discussions on how these
reforms impact traditional values and principles of
public services.
** Public administration -- Moral and ethical aspects ,
Civil service ethics
10 MacVean, Allyson (ed)
Handbook of policing, ethics and professional standards /
Allyson MacVean, Peter Spindler and Charlotte Solf.--
London: Routledge, 2013.
xxi, 250p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9780415630757.
174.93632 MAC 137319
This book provides a single text of different
perspectives on how professional standards and ethics has
been conceptualized and developed into practical policing
processes for the purposes of policing, not only by the
police but also by the partner agencies. Leading
academics and practitioners consider the moral minefield
of policing through examinations of undercover operatives
as well as looking forward to the future considerations
and practices in professional conduct.
** Police , Police ethics , Police -- Professional ethics
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11 Vrinte, Joseph
The perennial quest for a psychology with a soul : an
inquiry into the relevance of sri Aurobindo-s
metaphysical yoga psychology in the context of Ken
Wilber-s integral psychology / Joseph Vrinte.-- Delhi:
Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 2002.
xx, 568p. 22cm.
ISBN : 9788120819320.
181.45 VRI 136646
The author does not assert the superiority of one view
over the other, he goes beyond allegiance to any one
approach. The subject matter of this book is so vast that
it would be presumptuous to attempt to deal with it and
it would be preposterous to pretend to a final solution
to a set of ideas as comprehensive as these worldview.
The author is aware that the contents of this comparative
study may appear offensive to the followers of Sri
Aurobindo as a misrepresentation of his works. He tries
to stimulate a fruitful dialogue and evaluates this
dialogue in a sympathetic manner when he refers to the
intentions of both thinkers.
** Ghose, Aurobindo, 1872-1950, Wilber, Ken,
Consciousness Transpersonal psychology, Yoga --
Psychological aspects
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12 Diefenbach, Thomas (ed)
Reinventing hierarchy and bureaucracy - from the bureau
to network organizations / Thomas Diefenbach and Rune
Todnem.-- United Kingdom: Emerald, 2012.
xi, 252p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9781780527826.
302.35 DIE 137437
This volume brings together leading scholars in the field
of organisation studies to reflect on the universal
phenomena of hierarchy (vertical organisation of tasks)
and bureaucracy (rule-bound execution of tasks),
resulting in a colourful kaleidoscope of thought-
provoking, critical and refreshingly non-mainstream
analysis.
** Business and Economics -- Organizational Behavior 2.
Business and Economics -- Organizational Development 3.
Business and Economics -- General
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SOCIAL PROCESSES |
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13 Howell, Jon P
Snapshots of great leadership / Jon P Howell.-- New York:
Routledge, 2013.
xix, 267p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780415624824.
303.34 HOW 137428
This is a great book describing leaders (both good and
bad) who either have accomplished amazing feats or who
brought destruction or death to scores of people.
Although the goals of these individuals were often quite
different, the leadership processes they used were
frequently similar. The book also includes an
introductory chapter explaining the latest theories of
leadership. Each snapshot will add an important -reality
check- to the theories and models described in most
introductory leadership textbooks, making this an
important supplement for students taking leadership
courses. Leaders from various disciplines, historical,
religious, political, sports, and business, are included,
as well as leaders from around the world. Each chapter
ends with a discussion of theories of leadership
pertaining to that leader, and questions for discussion.
** Leadership -- Case studies
14 Singh ,Sarwant
New mega trends : implications for our future lives /
Sarwant Singh.-- New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
xviii,258p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9781137008084.
303.490905 SIN 137246
-New Mega Trends- predicts the ten trends that will make
the greatest impact to business - and our lives - in the
future and offers practical advice on how to profit from
them.
** Twenty-first century -- Forecasts , Social indicators
Technological forecasting , Social change -- Forecasting
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FACTORS AFFECTING SOCIAL BEHAVIOR |
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15 McNeill, J R (ed)
Global environmental history : an introductory reader / J
R McNeill and Alan Roe.-- London: Routledge, 2013.
xxvi, 449p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780515520522.
304.209 MAC 137164
Environmental history is a subject especially suited to
global and transnational approaches and, over the course
of the present generation, an increasing number of
scholars have taken up the challenge that it presents.
The collection begins with a series of chapters offering
truly global visions, they range from reflections on the
role of animals in environmental history to an overview
of environmental change over the past ten millennia. Part
Two switches to a sharper focus, featuring essays that
characterize the distinctiveness of certain key regions
such as China, Russia, West Africa, South Asia, Europe,
and Latin America. The final part of the book examines
different forms of modern environmentalism, ranging from
the U.S. and its fascination with wilderness, to Japanese
concern with human health, and on to Peru and India,
where the environmental debate centres on access to
resources.
** Human ecology - History , Human ecology - History -
Cross-cultural studies , Global environmental change -
History - Cross-cultural studies , Environmental policy -
History - Cross-cultural studies , Environmental
protection - History - Cross-cultural studies ,
16 Manning, Patrick
Migration in world history / Patrick Manning.--2nd ed--
London: Routledge, 2012.
ix, 220p. 23cm.
(Themes in world history).
ISBN : 9780415516792.
304.809 MAN 137329
A survey of the history of migration throughout the
world, from early humans to the histories of colonial
powers who invaded and settled, the Atlantic slave trade,
and the enormous migrations to escape persecution in the
19th and 20th centuries.
** Population geography , Emigration and immigration ,
Human beings -- Migrations
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CULTURE and INSTITUTIONS |
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17 Betts, Raymond F
A history of popular culture : more of everything, faster
and brighter / Raymond F Betts and Lyz Bly.--2nd ed--
London: Routledge, 2013. xiv, 185p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780415674379.
306.0904 BET 137101
This lively and informative survey provides a thematic
global history of popular culture focusing on the period
since the end of the Second World War.A History of
Popular Culture explores the rapid diffusion and
-hybridization- of popular culture as the result of three
conditions of the world since the end of World War Two:
instantaneous communications, widespread consumption in a
market-based economy and the visualization of reality.
** Popular culture -- History -- 20th century
18 Findlen, Paula (ed)
Early modern things : objects and their histories, 1500-
1800 / Paula Findlen.-- London: Routledge, 2013.
xxiv, 389p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780415520515.
306.4 FIN 137141
Divided into six parts this book explores, the ambiguity
of things, representing things, making things, empires of
things, consuming things and lastly the power of things.
Spanning across the early modern world, from Ming dynasty
China to Georgian England, and from Ottoman Egypt to
Spanish America, the authors provide a generous set of
examples in how to study the circulation, use,
consumption and, most fundamentally, the nature of things
themselves. Drawing on a broad range of disciplinary
perspectives and lavishly illustrated, Early Modern
Things supplies fresh and provocative insights into how
objects - ordinary and extraordinary, secular and sacred,
natural and man-made - came to define some of the key
developments of the early modern world.
** Material culture -- History , Ceremonial objects --
History , Civilization, Modern
19 Murray, Simone
The adaptation industry : the cultural economy of
contemporary literary adaptation / Simone Murray.-- New
York: Routledge, 2012.
xvi, 253p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780415999038.
306.4 MUR 137423
This book constructs an overdue sociology of contemporary
literary adaptation, never losing sight of the material
and institutional dimensions of this powerful process.
** Literature -- Adaptations -- History and criticism 2.
Film adaptations -- History and criticism 3. Mass media
and literature
20 Mitchell, Linda E
Family life in the middle ages / Linda E Mitchell.--
Westport: Greenwood Press, 2007.
xii, 240p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9780313336300.
306.850902 MIT 137316
Mitchell takes a regional approach in exploring the lives
of families in the Middle Ages. Starting with the late
Roman families the first five chapters explore the roles
of family members defined by tradition and law, what
constituted a legal marriage and a family, to whom the
children belonged, and who was included in the extended
family. The remaining chapters delve into daily family
life - homes of various social classes and the division
of labor, both maintaining the home and family-based
labor such as agriculture, banking, manufacturing of
goods, and mercantile activity. It focus on the day-to-
day lives and roles of families.
** Family -- History -- To 1500 , Social history --
Medieval, 500-1500 , Civilization, Medieval ,
21 Vangelisti, Anita L (ed)
The Routledge handbook of family communication / Anita L
Vangelisti.--2nd ed-- New York: Routledge, 2013.
xi, 601p. 26 cm.
ISBN : 9780415881975.
306.87 VAN 137115
With a synthesis of research on issues key to
understanding family interaction, as well as an analysis
of many theoretical and methodological choices made by
researchers studying family communication, the Handbook
serves to advance the field by reframing old questions
and stimulating new ones. Highlighting the work of
scholars across disciplines--communication, social
psychology, clinical psychology, sociology, family
studies, and others--this volume captures the breadth and
depth of research on family communication and family
relationships. The well-known contributors approach
family interaction from a variety of theoretical
perspectives and focus on topics ranging from the
influence of structural characteristics on family
relationships to the importance of specific communication
processes.
** Communication in families , Interpersonal
communication
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22 Martinelli, Flavia (ed)
Urban and regional development trajectories in
contemporary capitalism / Flavia Martinelli, Frank
Moulaert and Andreas Novy.-- London: Routledge, 2013.
xxviii, 330p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780415608947.
307.12 MAR 137119
This book re-evaluates a rich scientific heritage of
space and history-sensitive development theories and
produces an integrated methodology for the comparative
analysis of urban and regional trajectories within a
globalized world. The proposed methodology integrates
elements from different theories - radical economic
geography, regulation approach, cultural political
economy, old and new institutionalism - that all share a
strong concern with time and space dynamics. The
analytical methodology focuses on key dynamics and
relations, such as strategic agency and collective
action, institutions and structures, culture and
discourse, as well as the tension between path-dependency
and path-shaping.
** City planning , Regional planning , Capitalism
23 Akram-Lodhi, A Haroon (ed)
Peasants and globalization : political economy, rural
transformation and the agrarian question / A Haroon Akram
Lodhi and Cristobal Kay.-- London: Routledge, 2008.
xi, 347p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780415588751.
307.1412 AKR 137328
The book provides a critical analysis of the extent to
which rural development trajectories have in the past and
are now promoting a change in rural production processes,
the accumulation of rural resources, and shifts in rural
politics, and the implications of such trajectories for
peasant livelihoods and rural workers in an era of
globalization.
** Rural development - Case studies , Peasants - Case
studies , Globalization - Case studies
24 Mahadevia, Darshini
Handbook of urban inequalities / Darshini Mahadevia and
Sandip Sarkar.-- New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2012
xxii, 267p. 25cm.
ISBN : 9780198081715.
307.76 MAH 137183
Looking at patterns of urbanization in India, this book
analyses the inequalities between metros and non-metros
with regard to poverty, employment, education levels, and
services over the last 25 years. It develops a
disaggregated database for urban areas, which will be
useful for economic analysis and urban policymaking.
** Regional disparities , Sociology, Urban - India
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POLITICAL SCEINCE |
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25 Kamrava, Mehran
Understanding comparative politics : a framework for
analysis / Mehran Kamrava.--2nd ed-- London: Routledge,
2013.
viii, 207p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780415773058.
320.3 KAM 137305
Comparative politics has undergone significant
theoretical changes in recent decades. Particularly since
the 1980s, a new generation of scholars have revamped and
rejuvenated the study of the subject. Author examines
current and past approaches to the study of comparative
politics and proposes a new framework for analysis. This
is achieved through a comparative examination of state
and social institutions, the interactions that occur Technical
between them, and the political cultures within which
they operate. The book also offers a concise and detailed
synthesis of existing comparative frameworks that, up to
now at least, have encountered analytical shortcomings on
their own.
** Comparative government
26 Temin, Peter
The leaderless economy : why the world economic system
fell apart and how to fix it / Peter Temin and David
Vines.-- Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013.
315p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9780691157436.
320.6 TEM 137443
This book reveals why international financial cooperation
is the only solution to today-s global economic crisis.
In this timely and important book, authors argue that our
current predicament is a catastrophe rivaled only by the
Great Depression. Taking an in-depth look at the history
of both, they explain what went wrong and why, and
demonstrate why international leadership is needed to
restore prosperity and prevent future crises.
** Economic policy, International economic relations,
Global Financial Crisis, 2008 - 2009, Government policy
27 Thissen, Wil A H (ed)
Public policy analysis : new developments / Wil A H
Thissen and Warren E Walker.-- New York: Springer, 2013.
x, 286p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9781461446019.
320.6 THI 137426
The book has as its major objective to describe the state
of-the-art and the latest developments in ex-ante policy
analysis. It is divided into two parts. Part I explores
and structures policy analysis developments, the
development and description of approaches to diagnose
policy situations, design policy analytic efforts, and
policy process conditions. Part II focuses on recent
developments regarding models and modeling for policy
analysis.
** Policy sciences , Public administration
28 Beteille, Andre
Democracy and it-s institutions / Andre Beteille.-- New
Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2012.
214p. 22cm.
ISBN : 9780198080961.
320.954 BET 137420
This book provides an insight into the functioning of
formal, legal, and political institutions in the Indian
democracy. It discusses the role and the importance of
the rule of law, constitutional morality, and the
opposition in its functioning.
** Democracy -- India 2. Public institutions -- India 3.
India -- Politics and government
29 Corbridge, Stuart
India today : economy, politics and society / Stuart
Corbridge, John Harriss and Craig Jeffrey.-- Cambridge:
Polity, 2013.
xv, 384p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780745661124.
320.954 COR 137321
The authors examine the emergence of India as an economic
power-house over the last twenty years with a rate of
growth second only to that of China, and the strong
prospect of becoming the second largest economy in the
world before the middle of this century.
** India - Politics and government - 1977- , India -
Economic policy - 1991- , India - Social conditions ,
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30 Kurki, Milia
Democratic futures : revisioning democracy promotion /
Milia Kurki.-- London: Routledge, 2013.
xvi, 292p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780415690348.
321.8 KUR 137138
This book examines in detail the conceptual orders that
underpin democracy support activity, and the conceptions
of democracy that democracy promoters, consciously or
inadvertently, work with. Seeking to open up debate on
multiple models of democracy, this text provides the
reader not only with the outlines of various possible
politico-economic models of democracy, but also with a
close empirical engagement with democracy promoters-
discourses and practices. Drawing on a broad spectrum of
examples, it exposes the challenges faced by Western
governments in trying to reshape the political and
economic landscape across the world and tentatively
advances a set of concrete policy provocations which may
enable a more pluralist and flexible democracy promotion
practice to emerge.
** Democratization --Case studies 2. POLITICAL SCIENCE /
General 3. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics and Citizenship 4.
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31 Jabri, Vivienne
The postcolonial subject : claiming politics/governing
others in late modernity / Vivienne Jabri.-- London:
Routledge, 2012.
xii, 185p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780415682114.
325.32 JAB 137330
This book places the lens on postcolonial agency and
resistance in a social and geopolitical context that has
witnessed great transformations in international
politics. What does postcolonial politics mean in a late
modern context of interventions that seek to govern
postcolonial populations? Drawing on historic and
contemporary articulations of agency and resistance and
highlighting voices from the postcolonial world, the book
explores the transition from colonial modernity to the
late modern postcolonial era. It shows that at each
moment wherein the claim to politics is made, the
postcolonial subject comes face to face with global
operations of power that seek to control and govern.
** Postcolonialism , International relations
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32 Williams, Andrew J
International history and international relations /
Andrew J Williams, Amelia Hadfield and J Simon Rofe.--
London: Routledge, 2012.
vi, 252p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9780415481793.
327 WIL 137323
The book is organised thematically around the key issues
in international relations such as war, peace,
sovereignty, identity, empire and international
organisations. Each chapter provides an overview of the
main historical context, theories and literature in each
area and applies this to the study of international
relations.
** International relations --Textbooks , POLITICAL
SCIENCE / Government / International , POLITICAL SCIENCE
/ International Relations / General
33 Spray, Sharon
Research and writing in international relations / Sharon
Spray and Laura Roselle.--2nd ed-- Boston: Pearson, 2012.
xiv, 161p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780205060658.
327.072 SPR 137109
This brief, supplementary text sets out the basics of
research and writing in International Relations as a sub-
field of political science-question selection, literature
review, methodology, information gathering, and composing
at the introductory level.
** International relations -- Research -- Handbooks,
manuals, etc ,
34 Dillon, Michael
Deconstructing international politics / Michael Dillon.--
London: Routledge, 2013.
xv, 213p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780415556705.
327.101 DIL 137137
This book is the first full length manuscript to draw on
the insights and techniques of deconstruction to analyse
international relations. Influenced primarily by Derrida,
it critiques the cornerstones of international relations
such as modernity, the state, the subject, security and
ethics and justice.
** International relations , International relations --
Philosophy , POLITICAL SCIENCE / General , POLITICAL
SCIENCE / History and Theory ,
35 Viotti, Paul R
International relations and world politics / Paul R
Viotti and Mark V Kauppi.--5th ed-- Boston: Pearson, 2013
xxv, 550p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780205854646.
327.101 VIO 137102
A comprehensive introduction to international relations,
this book focuses on what has changed and what has
remained the same since the end of the cold war. It
identifies key perspectives and the actors in world
politics. It is useful for undergraduate-level courses in
international relations or world politics.
** World politics -- 1989- , International relations ,
Security, International , International trade ,
36 Robbins, Keith
Britain and Europe 1789 - 2005 / Keith Robbins.-- New
York: Hodder Arnold, 2005.
xviii, 350p, 23cm.
ISBN : 9780340577868.
327.4104 ROB 137375
This book examines Britain-s evolving role from the
English and European viewpoints of politicians,
diplomats, historians and travelers in the centuries
since the French Revolution. It also reviews the foreign
policy of the United Kingdom and its relations with
European countries during its imperial domination of the
global and in the aftermath. The book studies historical
perceptions, experiences and assumptions that preceded
and still exist and influence Britain-s participation in
the European Union.
** Great Britain - Foreign relations - Europe , Europe -
Foreign relations - Great Britain , Great Britain -
Foreign relations -19th century , Great Britain - Foreign
relations - 20th century , Great Britain - Foreign
relations - 21st century
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37 Caplin, Andrew (ed)
The foundations of positive and normative economics : a
handbook / Andrew Caplin and Andrew Schotter.-- Oxford:
Oxford University Press, 2008.
xxii, 382p. 26cm.
ISBN : 9780195328318.
330 CAP 137317
This volume reflects the challenges that are opened by
new research opportunities. The goal of this book is to
formally open a dialogue on methodology.The issues under
discussion strike to the very heart of the social
scientific enterprise.
** Economics -- Methodology ,
38 Wooldridge, Jeffrey M
Econometric analysis of cross section and panel data /
Jeffrey M Wooldridge.--2nd ed-- Cambridge: The MIT Press,
2010.
xxvii, 1064p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780262232586.
330.015195 WOO 137313
This book provides a unified treatment of two methods
used in contemporary econometric research, cross section
and data panel methods. By focusing on assumptions that
can be given behavioral content, the book maintains an
appropriate level of rigor while emphasizing intuitive
thinking. The analysis covers both linear and nonlinear
models, including models with dynamics and/or individual
heterogeneity.
** Econometrics --Asymptotic theory
39 Scazzieri, Roberto (ed)
Markets, money and capital : Hicksian economics for the
twenty-first century / Roberto Scazzieri, Amartya Sen and
Stefano Zamagni.-- Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
2008.
xiii, 451p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780521873215.
330.1 SCA 137327
Sir John Hicks was one of the leading economic theorists
of the twentieth century, jointly winning the Nobel Prize
for his work in 1972. This volume addresses Hicks-s
intellectual heritage and discusses how his ideas suggest
a distinct approach to economic theory and policy making.
** Hicks, John, 1904-1989 , Economists - Great Britain ,
Economics , Capital
40 Swanson, Paul
An introduction to capitalism / Paul Swanson.-- London:
Routledge, 2013.
xviii, 372p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9780415779081.
330.122 SWA 137325
A particular focus of this book is how free markets work
in capitalism and the interrelationship between markets
and the government. Underlying the standard economics
text today is the fundamental belief that leaving markets
as free as possible will lead to the ideal economy.
Directly opposing this approach, this book takes a
critical stance toward free markets. Rather than viewing
markets as the ideal solution to almost all economic
problems, this book argues that markets are not always
the answer. On the contrary, they are often the problem,
and must be corrected by government action. Related to
this critical stance, this book takes an explicitly
Keynesian approach to the macro-economy. Rejecting the
free market approach which dominates both micro- and
macro economics today, this book offers a fresh
perspective on economics and the economy today.
** Free enterprise , Keynesian economics , Fiscal policy
Labor market , United States - Economic policy
41 Greve, Bent (ed)
The Routledge handbook of the welfare state / Bent Greve.
-- London: Routledge, 2013.
xxii, 467 p. 25cm.
ISBN : 9780415682923.
330.126 GRE 137116
The Routledge Handbook of the Welfare State explores the
classical issues around the welfare state, but also
investigates its key concepts, along with how these can
be used and analysed. The book combines essays on
methodologies, core concepts and central policy areas to
produce a comprehensive picture of what -the welfare
state- means around the world.
** Public welfare , Welfare state ,
42 Cord, Robert
Reinterpreting the Keynesian revolution / Robert Cord.--
London: Routledge, 2013.
xvii,149p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780415595230.
330.156 COR 137108
No systematic effort has been made to bring together the
factors of Keynesian revolution to examine them from a
sociology of science perspective.This book fills this gap
by taking its cue from a well-established tradition of
work from history of science studies devoted to
identifying the intellectual, technical, institutional,
psychological and financial factors which help to explain
why certain research schools are successful and why
others fail. This approach, it turns out, provides a
coherent account of why the revolution in macroeconomics
was -Keynesian- and why, on a related note, Keynes was
able to see off contemporary competitor theorists,
notably Friedrich von Hayek and Michal Kalecki.
** Keynesian economics
43 Berend, Ivan T
Europe in crisis : bolt from the blue? / Ivan T Berend.--
New York: Routledge, 2013.
x, 169p. 21cm.
ISBN : 9780415637244.
330.94 BER 137144
This book analyzes the European Great Recession of 2008-
12, its economic and social causes, its historical roots,
and the policies adopted by the European Union to find a
way out of it. It contains explicit debates with several
economists and analysts on some of the most controversial
questions about the causes of the crisis and the policies
applied by the European Union.
** Recessions - Europe - History - 21st century , Europe
Economic policy ,
44 Bergsten, C Fred
China-s rise : challenges and opportunities / C Fred
Bergsten and others.-- Washington, DC: Peterson Institute
for International Economics, 2009.
xxi, 269p. 22cm.
ISBN : 9780881324341.
330.951 BER 137120
It analyzes the authoritative data on China-s economy,
foreign and domestic policy, and national security.The
expert judgments in this book paint a picture of a China
confronting domestic challenges that are in many ways
side effects of its economic successes, while
simultaneously trying to take advantage of the foreign
policy benefits of those same successes.
** Democratization -- China , China -- Economic
conditions -- 2000- , China -- Foreign economic relations
, China -- Politics and government -- 2002- ,
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45 Smith, Nicholas H (ed)
New philosophies of labour : work and the social bond /
Nicholas H Smith and Jean-Philippe Deranty.-- Leiden:
Brill, 2012.
vi, 381p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9789004209763.
331.01 SMI 137436
This volume addresses the long-standing neglect of the
category of labour in critical social theory and it
presents a powerful case for a new paradigm based on the
anthropological significance of work and its role in
shaping social bonds.
** Labor -- Philosophy , Work -- Philosophy , Work --
Social aspects ,
46 Pankaj, Ashok K (ed)
Right to work and rural India : working of the Mahatma
Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
(MGNREGS) / Ashok K Pankaj.-- Los Angeles: Sage
Publications, 2012.
xxi, 383p. 25cm.
ISBN : 9788132108993.
331.0110954 PAN 137421
This comprehensive book is an attempt to understand the
working of the operational part of this act-the Mahatma
Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
(MGNREGS).
** India. -- National Rural Employment Guarantee Act,
2005 2. Manpower policy, Rural -- India 3. Guaranteed
annual income -- India
47 Guild, Elspeth (ed)
Constructing and imagining labour migration :
perspectives of control from five continents / Elspeth
Guild and Sandra Mantu.-- Surrey: Ashgate, 2011.
xv,311p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9781409409632.
331.62 GUI 137169
Labour migration has been on the agenda of many countries
around the globe at the same time as governments of both
sending and receiving countries have been trying to
develop regulatory mechanisms. This book opens the debate
on the global politics of labour migration.
** Foreign workers , Emigration and immigration --
Government policy , International relations ,
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48 Friesen, Elizabeth
Challenging global finance : civil society and
transnational networks / Elizabeth Friesen.-- New York:
Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
xi, 220p. 22cm.
ISBN : 9780230348790.
332.042 FRI 137160
Friesen demonstrates how transnational CSOs and NGOs can
influence the context in which international political
decisions are made. She shows how, by reframing the
issues, the transnational campaign for the cancellation
of third world debt altered the dominant discourse,
shifted the agenda and thereby shaped political outcomes.
** International finance - Social aspects , International
finance - Political aspects , Debts, External -
Developing countries
49 Carretta, Alessandro (ed)
Financial systems in troubled waters : information,
strategies, and governance to enhance performances in
risky times / Alessandro Carretta and Gianluca Mattarocci
-- London: Routledge, 2013.
xix, 369p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9780415628792.
332.10945 CAR 137146
This collection considers the financial crisis from a
managerial perspective, focusing on the business
implications for the financial industry. Topics examined
include governance, information needs and strategy of
financial intermediaries and investors. The contributions
build on the existing literature and present some unique
insights on governance, credit quality evaluation and
performance measurement.
** Banks and banking - Italy , Financial institutions -
Italy , Business cycles - Italy , Corporate culture -
Italy ,
50 Sommer, Claudia
Private equity investments : drivers and performance
implications of investment cycles / Claudia Sommer.--
Fachmedien: Springer Gabler, 2013.
xxviii, 301p. 21cm.
ISBN : 9783658002336.
332.6 SOM 137425
Private Equity experienced dramatic fluctuations in
investment activity in line with the turbulences of
financial markets in recent years. Claudia Sommer
develops a theoretical framework of factors driving
private equity investment activity and the resulting
performance implications. Using a data set of more than
40,000 European transactions between 1990 and 2009 she
applies a variety of econometrical approaches and shows
how neoclassical aspects, information asymmetries, agency
conflicts, and market timing contribute to the dynamics
in the private equity market.
** Private equity.
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51 Cleaver, Tony
Understanding the world economy / Tony Cleaver.--4th ed--
London: Routledge, 2013.
xiv,289p. 24 cm.
ISBN : 9780415681315.
337 CLE 137118
The author takes a long look at the evolution of market
systems and how they have liberated peoples on one side
of the globe and yet driven others into debt, depression
and despair. He analyses causes and consequences, and
discusses (and sometimes dismisses) economic
theories. This book takes the student through the major
characteristics of the global economy in jargon-free non-
technical language.
** International trade , Economic development , Debts,
External
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52 Dasgupta, Bikram
Minds on fire : an infotech entrepreneur-s vision /
Bikram Dasgupta.-- Kolkata: Global Synergies, 2008.
vi, 131p. 24cm.
338.04 DAS 137495
In this book the author tries to talk about his
beliefs, his ideas, his failures, and his successes to all
who are involved in this computer industry and wishes to
put some minds on fire through this entrepreneur journey.
** Entrepreneurship, Computer industry -- India
53 Seymour, Richard G (ed)
Handbook of research methods on social entrepreneurship /
Richard G Seymour.-- Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2012.
xvi, 261p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9781848449657.
338.04072 SEY 137452
This unique book frames the debates surrounding the
phenomenon and argues that many of the difficulties
relating to the study of social entrepreneurship are
rooted in methodological issues. Highlighting these
issues, the book sets out ideas and implications for
researchers utilizing alternative methodologies.
** Social entrepreneurship -- Research -- Methodology ,
Social responsibility of business -- Research --
Methodology
54 Carayannis, Elias G (ed)
Innovation systems in small catching-up economies : new
perspectives on practice and policy / Elias G Carayannis,
Urmas Varblane and Tonu Roolaht.-- New York: Springer,
2012.
xxxii, 395p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9781461415473.
338.064 CAR 137457
It offers the first comprehensive view of innovation
system development in small catching-up economies. The
authors describe the limitations as well as the
advantages, and outline a set of normative guidelines for
enhancing innovation system development.
** Technological innovations-Economic aspects ,
Technological innovations-Government policy ,
Technological innovations-Management , Europe-European
Union countries
55 Siyanbola, Willie (ed)
Innovation systems and capabilities in developing regions
: concepts, issues and cases / Willie Siyanbola and
others.-- Surrey: Gower, 2012.
xxiv, 353p. 25cm.
ISBN : 9781409423072.
338.064091724 SIY 137456
The theoretical and empirical case studies presented here
advance the notion that, while developing countries may
not engage in frontier research, a critical knowledge
base upon which these countries compete for global
markets is emerging.There is evidence that state and non-
state actors are increasingly emphasising policies that
sit within the framework of national innovation systems.
This book illuminates this shift in policy competence at
national levels. The contributions in this volume
highlight the need for thorough understanding of the role
of diffusion-based innovation linked to technology
transfer and acquisition.
** Technological innovations -- Developing countries ,
56 Bhattacharya, Hrishikes
Commercial exploitation of fisheries : production,
marketing, and finance strategies / Hrishikes
Bhattacharya.-- New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2002.
xx, 327p. 22cm.
ISBN : 9780195658439.
338.37270954 BHA 137493
This volume is a comprehensive handbook for production,
marketing and finance strategies in the commercial
exploitation of fisheries. It analyses global fishing
production, disposition and import trade, and strategies
for Indian exporters.
** Fish trade , Fish trade - India
57 Srinivas, Smita
Market menagerie : health and development in late
industrial states / Smita Srinivas.-- Stanford: Stanford
University Press, 2012.
xvii, 323p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780804780544.
338.4761510954 SRI 137462
Market Menagerie examines technological advance and
market regulation in the health industries of nations
such as India, Brazil, South Africa, Nigeria, and China.
Pharmaceutical and life science industries can reinforce
economic development and industry growth, but not
necessarily positive health outcomes. Yet well-crafted
industrial and health policies can strengthen each other
and reconcile economic and social goals. This book
advocates moving beyond traditional market failure to
bring together three uncommonly paired themes: the growth
of industrial capabilities, the politics of health
access, and the geography of production and
redistribution.
** Pharmaceutical industry - Government policy - India ,
Pharmaceutical industry - Technological innovations -
India , Health services accessibility - India , Medical
policy - India , Pharmaceutical industry - Government
policy - Developing countries , Pharmaceutical industry -
Technological innovations - Developing countries , Health
services accessibility - Developing countries , Medical
policy - Developing countries
58 Anari, Ali
The power of profit : business and economic analyses,
forecasting, and stock valuation / Ali Anari and James W
Kolari.-- New York: Springer, 2010.
xii, 180p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9781441906489.
338.516 ANA 137438
In The Power of Profit, the authors demonstrate how
profit measures can be applied as the basis for these and
many other applications of economic, policy, financial,
and business analysis. The underlying theme of the book
is that profitability is the driving force in free market
economies.
** Profit , Profit - Mathematical models , Business -
Management
59 Schimmer, Markus
Competitive dynamics in the global insurance industry :
strategic groups, competitive moves, and firm performance
/ Markus Schimmer.-- Wiesbaden: Springer Gabler, 2012.
xv, 175 p. 21cm.
ISBN : 9783834939913.
338.6048 SCH 137226
Investigates the competitive dynamics in the global
insurance industry from 1999 to 2008. This title explores
whether market shocks (9/11 and Hurricane Katrina)
temporarily change the decision-logic underlying
competitive choices, and whether stock markets respond
differently to competitive moves that follow a clearly
stated strategic rationale.
** Competition , Economics , Economics/Management Science
60 Blackburn, Robert A (ed)
Government, SMEs and entrepreneurship development :
policy, practice and challenges / Robert A Blackburn and
Michael T Schaper.-- England: Gower, 2012.
xxvi, 310p, 25cm.
ISBN : 9781409430353.
338.642 BLA 137371
The contributions in Government, SMEs and
Entrepreneurship Development provide an evidence base to
help policy-makers, researchers, economic development
officers, administrators, elected officials and
organisations doing business with SMEs, to better
understand the issues involved in policy development for
entrepreneurship and SMEs.
** Small business -- Growth , Entrepreneurship --
Government policy , Small business -- Government policy ,
New business enterprises -- Government policy
61 Jindra, Bjorn
Internationalisation theory and technological
accumulation : an investigation of multinational
affiliates in East Germany / Bjorn Jindra.-- New York:
Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
xii, 261p. 22cm.
ISBN : 9780230347298.
338.880943 JIN 137458
This is the first book to explain the expansion of
multinational enterprises (MNEs) into a transition
economy from a technology accumulation perspective. The
author provides a theoretical alternative to accepted
wisdom regarding technology transfer, and discusses the
policy implications of this new approach for economic
development.
** International business enterprises -- Germany ,
Germany -- Economic conditions -- 1990- ,
62 Hopper, Paul
Understanding development : issues and debates / Paul
Hopper.-- Cambridge: Polity, 2012.
xii, 332p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9780745638959.
338.9 HOP 137306
Understanding Development is the ideal introduction to
the major issues and critical debates about development
in the contemporary world. Perfectly suited to students,
it offers an accessible overview of the key topics that
have come to define this crucial subject. Drawing on a
wide range of case studies from across the globe, the
book explores such areas as health and population growth,
conflict and security, global inequality and poverty,
fair trade and trade liberalization, gender and
education, foreign aid and debt and sustainability and
the environment. Development is the essential guide to
one of the most challenging subjects of our age.
** Economic development, Economic development--Political
aspects, Globalization
63 Cato, Molly Scott
The bioregional economy : land, liberty and the pursuit
of happiness / Molly Scott Cato.-- London: Routledge,
2013.
xiv, 247p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780415500821.
338.927 CAT 137135
The concept of the -bioregion- - developed and
popularised within the disciplines of earth sciences,
biosciences and planning - may facilitate the
reconceptualisation of the global economy as a system of
largely self-sufficient local economies. A bioregional
approach to economics assumes a different system of
values to that which dominates neoclassical economics.
The global economy is driven by growth, and the
consumption ethic that matches this is one of expansion
in range and quantity. The bioregional approach challenges
every aspect of that value system. It seeks a new ethic
of consumption that prioritises locality, accountability
and conviviality in the place of expansion and profit, it
proposes a shift in the focus of the economy away from
profits and towards provisioning, and it assumes a
radical reorientation of work from employment towards
livelihood.
** Sustainable development -- Social aspects , Economic
development -- Environmental aspects , Regional economics
-- Environmental aspects , Human ecology -- Economic
aspects ,
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64 Roy Dholakia, Ruby
Technology and consumption : understanding consumer
choices and behaviors / Ruby Roy Dholakia.-- New York:
Springer, 2012.
xiii, 211p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9781461421573.
339.47 ROY 137430
Opening with a historical view of consumer behavior and
technology, this book examines household technologies and
consumption experiences including shopping choices,
entertainment outlets and availability, communications
technologies and working at home.
** Consumption (Economics) , Consumer behavior ,
Technological innovations -- Social aspects ,
Technological innovations -- Economic aspects ,
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65 Nuyts, Arnaud (ed)
International litigation in intellectual property and
information technology / Arnaud Nuyts.-- Austin: Wolters
Kluwer, 2008.
xxiii, 311 p. 25 cm.
ISBN : 9789041127020.
340.9 NUY 137148
This book emphasize the role of the judicial cooperation
aspect of cross-border intellectual property litigation.
Starting from European private law as it is currently
evolving, the authors focus intensively on the issues
surrounding such central questions as the following: how
different should the treatment of IP litigation be from
other transnational private activity? How different
should the treatment of different IP forms be, at least
from a private international law perspective? What
should the relationship be between the rules on
jurisdiction and the rules on applicable law? The wide-
ranging analyzes presented here will contribute
substantially to the establishment of a common frame of
reference among intellectual property lawyers and private
international lawyers, across the EU and on a global
scale.
** Conflict of laws -- Intellectual property -- European
Union countries , Intellectual property -- European Union
countries ,
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66 Graber, Christoph B (ed)
International trade in indigenous cultural heritage :
legal and policy issues / Christoph B Graber, Karolina
Kuprecht and Jessica C Lai.-- Cheltenham: Edward Elgar,
2012.
xxiii, 509p. 25cm.
ISBN : 9780857938305.
342.0872 GRA 137453
This topical book brings to the fore new and standard-
setting research into the connection between indigenous
cultural heritage, international trade and economic
development of indigenous peoples.
** Indigenous peoples -- Legal status, laws, etc ,
International trade , Cultural property -- Protection --
Law and legislation ,
67 Khilnani, Sunil (ed)
Comparative constitutionalism in South Asia / Sunil
Khilnani,Vikram Raghavan and Arun K. Thiruvengadam.-- New
Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2013.
xii,401p. 22cm.
ISBN : 9780198081760.
342.54 KHI 136911
This book comparatively examines a wide range of
constitutional themes across the countries in South Asia.
** Constitutional law -- South Asia
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68 Theiselmann, Ruediger (ed)
Governance : legal guidelines for international
management practice / Ruediger Theiselmann.-- Houndmills:
Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
xx, 692 p. 24 cm.
ISBN : 9781137004406.
343.07 THE 137061
Governance describes the legal framework for
international managers and supervisory board members in
23 countries. This comprises legal duties in terms of
decision-making, corporate crisis, accounting, mergers
and acquisitions, as well as equity and debt raisings.
** Corporate governance -- Law and legislation ,
International business enterprises -- Law and legislation
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69 Lokaneeta, Jinee
Transnational torture : law, violence, and state power in
the United States and India / Jinee Lokaneeta.--
Hyderabad: Orient BlackSwan, 2011.
x, 291p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9788125045564.
345.025 LOK 137422
Examines legal and political discourses on torture in
India and the United States.
** Torture -- United States , Torture -- India
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70 Lambert, Jane
Enforcing intellectual property rights : a concise guide
for businesses, innovative and creative individuals /
Jane Lambert.-- Surrey: Gower, 2009.
xxv, 164p. 25cm.
ISBN : 9780566087141.
346.41048 LAM 137170
The development of a global -knowledge economy- has
encouraged organizations of all types to focus on the
opportunities for, and the threats to, the intellectual
property that they hold. The variety of intellectual
assets (designs, databases, patents, brands and trade
marks), the growth of new technology capable of
exploiting and protecting these assets, and the nature of
the law mean that intellectual property enforcement is a
hugely complex area. This book explains the threats and
the remedies (criminal and civil), as well as
alternatives to litigate.
** Intellectual property -- Great Britain , Intellectual
property infringement -- Prevention ,
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71 Austin, Michael J (ed)
Organizational histories of nonprofit human service
organizations / Michael J Austin.-- London: Routledge,
2013.
ix, 283p. 25cm.
ISBN : 9780415671793.
361.763 AUS 137162
This book is based on an important but complicated
question: How have nonprofit human service organizations
sustained themselves over time? It documents the
organizational histories of pioneering nonprofits that
have unique missions and significant longevity - in one
case, 157 years. This volume provides one of the few
documented histories of nonprofit human service
organizations and includes a cross-case analysis of the
major themes that help to expand our understanding of
organizational lifecycles with respect to organizational
growth and resilience.
** Nonprofit organizations , Human services ,
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72 Ockwell, David (ed)
Low-carbon technology transfer : from rhetoric to reality
/ David Ockwell and Alexandra Mallett.-- London:
Routledge, 2012.
xxv, 374p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9781849712699.
363.73874 OCK 137165
Low carbon technology transfer to developing countries
has been both a lynchpin of, and a key stumbling block to
a global deal on climate change. It provides a practical,
empirically grounded guide for policy makers and
practitioners, while at the same time making new
theoretical advances in combining insights from the
literature on technology transfer and the literature on
low carbon innovation.
** Climate change mitigation , Green technology --
Developing countries , Technology transfer -- Developing
countries ,
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73 Rufenacht, Nils
Implicit embedded options in life insurance contracts : a
market consistent valuation framework / Nils Rufenacht.--
Berlin: Physica-Verlag, 2012.
xxv,167p, 24cm.
ISBN : 9783790828429.
368.32 RUF 137373
This book presents a market-consistent valuation
framework for implicit embedded options in life insurance
contracts. This framework is used to perform an empirical
analysis based on more than 110,000 actual and in-force
life insurance policies and with a focus on the modeling
of interest rates. Its results are the answer to the
central question posed in the objectives: What value do
the embedded options and guarantees considered have? This
question is answered both absolutely and relative to the
current policy reserves, from the perspective of the
insurer, the policyholder and the shareholder
respectively.
** Life insurance - Valuation , Economics , Finance
74 Kosnik, Clare
Priorities in teacher education : the 7 key elements of
pre-service preparation / Clare Kosnik and Clive Beck.--
London: Routledge, 2009.
xii, 185p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780415481274.
370.711 KOS 137106
Advocating concentrating on certain priorities to ensure
beginning teachers are prepared for the crucial tasks
that will face them, this book discusses seven priorities
through case studies.
** Teachers --Training of
75 Boardman, Craig (ed)
Cooperative research centers and technical innovation :
government policies, industry strategies, and
organizational dynamics / Craig Boardman, Denis O Gray
and Drew Rivers.-- New York: Springer, 2013.
xvi,336p.24cm.
ISBN : 9781461443872.
370.72 BOA 137424
This book examines CRCs in North America, Europe,
Australia and Asia, surveying resource allocation,
structure, management and operations, objectives and
goals, and identifying differences and similarities
across institutional and national contexts.
** Research institutes 2. Technological innovations --
Government policy 3. Technological innovations --
Management
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76 Selwyn, Neil
Education in a digital world: global perspectives on
technology and education / Neil Selwyn.-- New York:
Routledge, 2013.
ix,179p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9780415808453.
371.33 SEL 136762
The book takes a comprehensive look at digital technology
use in educational settings around the world. Drawing on
a wealth of theoretical and empirical work, the book
tackles a number of pressing questions.
** Educational technology - Cross-cultural studies ,
Education and globalization - Cross-cultural studies ,
Computer-assisted instruction - Cross-cultural studies
77 Begeny, John C
Enhancing instructional problem solving : an efficient
system for assisting struggling learners / John C Begeny,
Ann C Schulte and Kent Johnson.-- New York: The Guilford
Press, 2012.
xvi, 336p. 27cm.
ISBN : 9781462504770.
371.9 BEG 137314
This book presents a school wide model of instructional
support designed to make the most of available time,
resources, and personnel--one that is also fully
compatible with other problem-solving models, such as
response to intervention. The authors provide a
comprehensive and cohesive framework for linking
assessment and intervention. They show how to interweave
evidence-based instruction with targeted professional
development and other components that support improved
learning outcomes for all K-8 students.
** Response to intervention (Learning disabled children)
Learning disabled children -- Education , Remedial
teaching ,
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78 Jessen,Ralph (ed)
Transformations of retailing in Europe after 1945 / Ralph
Jessen and Lydia Langer.-- Surrey: Ashgate Publishing,
2012.
xvi, 234 p. 25 cm.
ISBN : 9781409424444.
381.109409045 JES 137239
The volume focuses on processes of transformation in the
retail business in several European countries mainly
during the second half of the 20th Century. After World
War II, structures, practices and the culture of
retailing in most West European countries went through a
period of rapid change.
** Retail trade - Europe - History - 20th century
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79 Das,Ram Upendra
Regional trade and economic integration : analytical
insights and policy options / Ram Upendra Das, Piyadasa
Edirisuriya and Anoop Swarup.-- New Jersey: World
Scientific, 2012.
xviii, 231 p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9789814374606.
382.091823 DAS 137236
This book presents analytical insights into the various
regional and bilateral trade agreements (RTAs) and their
beneficial effects on bilateral trade and development. It
provides an incisive analysis and a roundup of all major
RTAs and also presents an overview of all major
agreements between the countries involved, which might
propel their trade flows and influence future economic
engagements.
** Pacific Area -- Commerce , Pacific Area -- Economic
integration ,
80 Buthe, Tim
The new global rulers : the privatization of regulation
in the world economy / Tim Buthe and Walter Mattli.--
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2011.
xvii, 301p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780691144795.
382.3 BUT 137104
It examines who writes the rules in international private
organizations, as well as who wins, who loses - and why.
This title examines three powerful global private
regulators: the International Accounting Standards Board,
the International Organization for Standardization and
the International Electrotechnical Commission.
** Commercial policy -- International cooperation ,
Foreign trade regulation , International finance
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81 Low, Nicholas
Transforming urban transport : the ethics, politics and
practices of sustainable mobility / Nicholas Low.--
London: Routledge, 2013.
xx, 268p. 24 cm.
ISBN : 9780415529037.
388.40286 LOW 137117
Transforming Urban Transport confronts head-on the
dilemma faced by a world addicted to automobility. It
highlights the danger of continuing along the fossil-fuel
path and gives viable technological alternatives which
can be deployed to find a solution. Changes in urban
mobility and transport require local institutional policy
action. To support such action, the book explores new
methods of governance of transport in dispersed and
concentrated cities, new techniques for assessing
transport needs, ways of improving childhood mobility,
guidelines for political mobilization, and norms of
knowledge sharing.
** Urban transportation policy , Urban transportation --
Environmental aspects , Sustainable engineering ,
82 Gibbs, Raymond W
Interpreting figurative meaning / Raymond W Gibbs and
Herbert L Colston.-- Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, 2012.
v, 384 p. 24 cm.
ISBN : 9781107607279.
401.9 GIB 137205
The book critically evaluates the recent empirical work
from psycholinguistics and neuroscience examining the
successes and difficulties associated with interpreting
figurative language. There is now a huge, often
contradictory literature on how people understand figures
of speech. Gibbs and Colston argue that there may not be
a single theory or model that adequately explains both
the processes and products of figurative meaning
experience. Experimental research may ultimately be
unable to simply adjudicate between current models in
psychology, linguistics and philosophy of how figurative
meaning is interpreted. Alternatively, the authors
advance a broad theoretical framework, motivated by ideas
from "dynamical systems theory," that describes the
multiple, interacting influences which shape people-s
experiences of figurative meaning in discourse.
** Figures of speech, Sociolinguistics, Psycholinguistics
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83 Crocker, Geoff
A managerial philosophy of technology : technology and
humanity in symbiosis / Geoff Crocker.-- New York:
Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
xi, 217p. 22cm.
ISBN : 9780230389144.
601 CRO 137459
A Managerial Philosophy of Technology offers a unique
combination of a review of academic work in the
philosophy of technology with practical methodologies for
business management of technology strategy. It is thus
conceptual and practical, academic and managerial. The
author develops a radical new systems network concept
which shows how the symbiosis between humanity and
technology is mediated through science, the economy,
productivity, and social structure.
** Technology - Philosophy , Technology - Management
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MEDICINE and HEALTH |
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84 Ball, Martin J (ed)
Handbook of vowels and vowel disorders / Martin J Ball
and Fiona E Gibbon.-- New York: Psychology Press, 2013.
xvii, 467p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9781848726123.
616.855 BAL 137100
This Handbook presents a comprehensive, cogent, and up-to
date analysis of the vowel, including its typical
development in children-s speech, description by
perceptual and instrumental methods, cross-linguistic and
sociolinguistic aspects, and disorders of its production
and use. It approaches the problems of vowel production
and perception from the viewpoints of physiology,
physics, psychology, linguistics, phonetics, phonology,
and speech-language pathology.
** Speech disorders , English language -- Vowels ,
English language -- United States -- Pronunciation
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MANAGEMENT and AUXILIARY SERVICES |
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85 Hult, Henrik
Risk and portfolio analysis : principles and methods /
Henrik Hult and others.-- New York: Springer, 2012.
xiii, 335p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9781461441021.
650.0151 HUL 137112
This book offers principles and useful methods for making
investment and risk management decisions in the presence
of hedgeable and non-hedgeable risks using the simplest
possible methods and models that capture the essential
features of real-world problems.
** Business mathematics , Industrial management --
Mathematical models , Economics -- Mathematical models ,
Operations research , Risk management
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ACCOUNTING |
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86 Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Handbook of auditing pronouncements.-- New Delhi: The
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, 2010.
xiii, 1257p. 23cm.
V.1.A :Compendium of standards (As on July 1, 2010).
ISBN : 9788184413878.
657.0218 INS 137467
** Auditing -- Standards -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. ,
Accounting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. , Accounting--
Standards
87 Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Handbook of auditing pronouncements.-- New Delhi: The
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, 2010.
Xiii, 268p. 23cm.
V.1.B :Compendium of statements (As on July 1,2010).
ISBN : 9788184413885.
657.0218 INS 137468
** Auditing -- Standards -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. ,
Accounting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. , Accounting --
Standards
88 Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Handbook of auditing pronouncements.-- New Delhi: The
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, 2012.
1127p. 23cm.
V.I.A : compendium of engagement and quality control
standards (As on August 1, 2012).
ISBN : 9788184414936.
657.0218 INS 137501
** Auditing -- Standards -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. ,
Accounting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. , Accounting--
Standards
89 Institute of Chartered Accounts of India
Handbook of auditing pronouncements.-- New Delhi: The
Institute of Chartered Accounts of India, 2012.
676p. 23cm.
V.2 : Compendium of Guidance Notes (As on August 1, 2012)
ISBN : 9788184414950.
657.0218 INS 137469
** Auditing -- Standards -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. ,
Accounting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. , Accounting --
Standards
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GENERAL MANAGEMENT |
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90 Corbetta, Guido
Strategies for longevity in family firms : an European
perspective / Guido Corbetta and Carlo Salvato.-- New
York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
vii, 208p. 22cm.
ISBN : 9781137024572.
658.045 COR 137429
Strategies for Longevity in Family Firms provides an
overview of the strategic challenges faced by family
firms within a European setting, and of the most
effective managerial approaches to confront them. The
authors use their own wealth of experience to suggest how
family business strategies can be rigorously analyzed and
successfully designed and implemented. This volume uses
lively examples drawn from real cases to illustrate all
key decisions addressed by family firms. These range from
choices in competitive and corporate strategy, financial,
organizational and governance structure, generational
succession and change processes.
** Family-owned business enterprises -- Europe --
Management , Strategic planning , Family-owned business
enterprises -- Europe
91 Jackson, Susan E (ed)
Managing human resources for environmental sustainability
/ Susan E Jackson, Deniz S Ones, and Stephan Dilchert.--
San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2012.
xl, 456p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780470887202.
658.301 JAC 137460
Businesses are being pressured by governments, customers
and employees alike to adopt environmentally-friendly
policies and practices. This volume describes these
trends and examines their implications for scholars and
practitioners of human resource management.
** Personnel management -- Environmental aspects ,
Sustainable development -- Management , Industries --
Environmental aspects , Personnel management --
Environmental aspects
92 Hossain, M Mosharraf
Corporate mismanagement / M Mosharraf Hossain.-- Dhaka:
Friends Publishers, 2004.
viii, 170p. 22cm.
ISBN : 9848491040.
658.4 HOS 137496
** Industrial management , Corporations , Personnel
management
93 Kemp, Jacques
Management frameworks : aligning strategic thinking and
execution / Jacques Kemp, Andreas Schotter and Morgen
Witzel.-- London: Routledge, 2013.
ix, 205p. 21cm.
ISBN : 9780415781657.
658.4012 KEM 137289
Today-s business organizations, especially large ones,
are complex places, difficult to manage and to
control. This book shows how much of this complexity can
be smoothed away through the introduction of overarching
management frameworks that are complete, consistent and
comprehensive, bringing all the various parts of the
organization together as a single system. It provides a
whole-firm view of management and suggests that
reputational and ethical issues are equally important to
marketing, operations and finance and need to be
considered within the framework.
** Management , Organizational change , Strategic
planning
94 Van Remortel, Steve
Stop selling vanilla ice cream : the scoop on increasing
profit by differentiating your company through strategy
and talent / Steve Van Remortel.-- Austin: Greenleaf Book
Group Press, 2012.
vi, 283 p. 24 cm.
ISBN : 9781608323876.
658.4012 VAN 137237
The Stop Selling Vanilla Ice Cream process focuses on
creating individual, team and organizational performance
breakthroughs through the optimization of strategy and
talent. A simple step-by-step process for achieving
market differentiation and unprecedented sales and
profit.
** Strategic planning , Manpower planning , Reengineering
(Management)
95 Morabito ,Vincenzo
Business technology organization : managing digital
information technology for value creation - the SIGMA
approach / Vincenzo Morabito.-- Heidelberg: Springer,
2013.
xiv,173p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9783642326974.
658.4038 MOR 137232
In this book the author aims to describe the path from
Information Technology to Information Management and
Information Governance. This path allows organizations to
identify IT Business Value and take advantage of it. The
book synthesizes the main approaches that have emerged in
recent years, compares these approaches along multiple
variables, and finally proposes an advanced and new
approach to information governance, based on the concept
of Organizational Absorptive Capacity.
** Information technology - Management , Business -- Data
processing , Management information systems
96 O-Toole, Paddy
How organizations remember : retaining knowledge through
organizational action / Paddy O-Toole.-- New York:
Springer, 2011.
xi, 191p, 24cm.
ISBN : 9781441975232.
658.4038 OTO 137372
Based on a ten-month study of a technology firm with
locations in three countries-Australia, the US, and
Ireland, this volume combines theoretical perspectives
and empirical data to generate insights into research and
practice in organizational culture.
** Intellectual capital , Knowledge management , BUSINESS
and ECONOMICS - Information Management
97 Goldman, Barry M (ed)
The psychology of negotiations in the 21st century
workplace : new challenges and new solutions / Barry M
Goldman and Debra L Shapiro.-- New York: Routledge, 2012.
xxxvi, 551p. 24 cm.
ISBN : 9780415871150.
658.4052 GOL 137047
21st century negotiation involves complex combinations of
social networks, culturally and demographically diverse
organizations, global business relationships, as well as
a heavy reliance on technologically-mediated
communications. The editors and authors of this
innovative book bridge theory/research from the domains
of organizational behavior/industrial psychology and
negotiation to address the challenges to research and
practice of negotiating effectively in the 21st century.
** Negotiation in business , Negotiation in business --
Psychological aspects
98 Babin,Ron
Sustainable global outsourcing : achieving social and
environmental responsibility in global IT and business
process outsourcing / Ron Babin and Brian Nicholson.--
New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
xxi, 151p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9780230285071.
658.4058 BAB 137240
Through a series of case studies and surveys, the authors
examine current sustainability trends in outsourcing and
recommend how providers should prepare for increasing
buyer demands in this area, suggesting buyers and
providers can work together to build successful
outsourcing relationships through collaborative
sustainability projects.
** Computer software industry - Subcontracting , Computer
software - Development - Management , Information
technology - Management , Sustainable development ,
Globalization - Economic aspects
99 Durbin,Pat
Taming change with portfolio management : unify your
organization, sharpen your strategy, and create
measurable value / Pat Durbin and Terry Doerscher.--
Austin: Greenleaf Book Group Press, 2010.
xii, 361 p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9781608320387.
658.4063 DUR 137238
It shows how any organisation can harness the power of
change by applying the discipline of portfolio
management. Suitable for those who seek an effective and
adaptable approach to managing organizations in a world
of constant change, this book also shows companies how to
unify the portfolio management process.
** Organizational change -- Management , Portfolio
Management , Business Planning , Technological complexity
- Psychological aspects
100 Hurley, Robert F
The decision to trust : how leaders create high-trust
organizations / Robert F Hurley.-- New Delhi: Wiley India
, 2012.
vii,245p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9788126536627.
658.4092 HUR 137208
A proven model to create high-performing, high-trust
organizations Globally, there has been a decline in trust
over the past few decades, and only a third of Americans
believe they can trust the government, big business, and
large institutions. The author explains how this new
culture of cynicism and distrust creates many problems,
and why it is almost impossible to manage an organization
well if its people do not trust one another. High-
performing, world-class companies are almost always high-
trust environments. Without this elusive, important
ingredient, companies cannot attract or retain top
talent.
** Trust, Trust --Case studies, Trust -- Psychological
aspects, Leadership
101 Sodhi, ManMohan S
Managing supply chain risk / ManMohan S Sodhi and
Christopher S Tang.-- New York: Springer, 2012.
xx, 331p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9781461432371.
658.5 SOD 137461
This book summarizes supply chain literature, offering
approaches for mitigating supply chain risk and using
industry examples and cases to highlight important
concepts. It discusses ways to restore and stabilize
supply chain operations after a major disruption.
** Business logistics - Management , Business logistics -
Management - Case studies , Risk management
102 Assimakopoulos, Dimitris G (ed)
Knowledge perspectives of new product development : a
comparative approach / Dimitris G Assimakopoulos, Elias G
Carayannis and Rafiq Dossani.-- New York: Springer, 2012.
xvii, 330p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9781461402473.
658.575 ASS 137454
Presenting industrial case studies from semiconductors,
software development and toy safety, and drawing on
knowledge management, sociology, and organizational
behavior, this book highlights critical success and
failure factors in new product development.
** New products -- Management , Product design ,
Technology transfer
103 Jaiswal, Anand Kumar
Proceedings of 5th IIMA conference on marketing in
emerging economies, January 9-11, 2013 / Anand Kumar
Jaiswal and others.-- Vastrapur: Indian Institute of
Management Ahmedabad, 2012.
xviii, 537p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9788192080017.
658.8 JAI 137284
The attempt is to develop a body of knowledge on the
marketing phenomena of emerging economies based on
empirical research.
** Marketing
104 Eliason, Frank
At your service : how to attract new customers, increase
sales, and grow your business using simple customer
service techniques / Frank Eliason.-- Hoboken: John Wiley
and Sons, 2012.
xxiii, 216 p. 24 cm.
ISBN : 9781118217221.
658.812 ELI 137243
A guide to refocusing business on those who matter most:
customers and employees. Technology and social media
tools have made it easier than ever for companies to
communicate with consumers. They can listen and join in
on conversations, solve problems, get instant feedback
about their products and services, and more.
** Customer services , Corporate culture , Customer
relations
105 Christiaans, Lena
International employer brand management : a multilevel
analysis and segmentation of students- preferences / Lena
Christiaans.-- Wiesbaden: Springer Gabler, 2013.
xviii, 265p. 21cm.
ISBN : 9783658004552.
658.827 CHR 137324
The increasing globalization of business activities
forces companies to recruit highly skilled employees all
over the world. This book investigates the impact of
between-country differences, such as in national culture
or economic wealth, on students- preferences in relation
to individual differences of students within the same
country.
** Economics , Marketing , Entrepreneurship
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LANDSCAPING and AREA PLANNING |
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106 Howard, Peter (ed)
The Routledge companion to landscape studies / Peter
Howard, Ian Thompson and Emma Waterton.-- London:
Routledge, 2013.
xvii, 490 p. 26 cm.
ISBN : 9780415684606.
712 HOW 137114
This book contains thirty-nine original contributions
from leading scholars within the field, which have been
divided into four parts: experiencing landscape,
landscape culture and heritage, landscape, society and
justice, and design and planning for landscape. This
companion provides up-to-date critical reviews of state
of the art perspectives across this multifaceted field,
embracing disciplines such as anthropology, archaeology,
cultural studies, geography, landscape planning,
landscape architecture, countryside management, forestry,
heritage studies, ecology, and fine art.
** Landscape assessment , Cultural landscapes ,
Geographical perception , Landscape archaeology ,
Landscape design , Human geography ,
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ARCHITECTURE |
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107 Kidder, Paul
Gadamer for architects / Paul Kidder.-- London: Routledge
, 2013.
xiv, 139p. 21cm.
ISBN : 9780415522731.
720.1 KID 137147
Providing a concise and accessible introduction to the
work of the celebrated twentieth century German
philosopher, Hans-Georg Gadamer, this book focuses on the
aspects of Gadamer-s philosophy that have been the most
influential among architects, educators in architecture,
and architectural theorists. Gadamer-s philosophy of art
gives a special place to the activity of "play" as it
occurs in artistic creation. His reflections on meaning
and symbolism in art draw upon his teacher, Martin
Heidegger, while moving Heidegger-s thought in new
directions. His theory of interpretation, or
"philosophical hermeneutics," offers profound ways to
understand the influence of the past upon the present and
to appropriate cultural history in ever new forms.
** Gadamer, Hans-Georg, 1900-2002 , Architecture --
Philosophy ,
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SPORTS, GAMES and ENTERTAINMENT |
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108 Benyahia, Sarah Casey
Doing film studies : a subject guide for students / Sarah
Casey Benyahia and Claire Mortimer.-- London: Routledge,
2013.
xi, 154p. 19cm.
ISBN : 9780415602709.
791.43 BEN 137139
Doing Film Studies examines what it really means to study
film, encouraging the reader to question the dominant
theories as well as understanding the key approaches to
cinema. This book provides an overview of the
construction of film studies - including its history and
evolution - and examines the application of theories to
film texts.
** Motion pictures
109 Schaefer, David J (ed)
Bollywood and globalization : the global power of popular
Hindi cinema / David J Schaefer and Kavita Karan.--
London: Routledge, 2013.
xix, 183p, 24cm.
ISBN : 9780415625234.
791.430954 SCH 137374
The field of Bollywood studies has remained predominantly
critical, theoretical and historical in focus. This book
brings together qualitative and quantitative approaches
to tackle empirical questions focusing on the
relationship between soft power, hybridity, cinematic
texts, and audiences.
** Motion pictures -- India , Motion picture industry --
India , Motion pictures and globalization -- India ,
Culture in motion pictures ,
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ENGLISH and OLD ENGLISH LITERATURES |
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110 Gibson, Marion (ed)
Mysticism, myth and Celtic identity / Marion Gibson,
Shelley Trower and Garry Tregidga.-- London: Routledge,
2013.
ix, 240p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780415628693.
820 GIB 137103
This book explores how the mythical and mystical past
informs national imaginations. Building on notions of
invented tradition and myths of the nation, it looks at
the power of narrative and fiction to shape identity,
with particular reference to the British and Celtic
contexts. The authors consider how aspects of the past
are reinterpreted or reimagined in a variety of ways to
give coherence to desired national groupings, or groups
aspiring to nationhood and its -defence-.Innovative and
interdisciplinary, the scholarship in Mysticism, Myth and
Celtic Identity is mainly literary but also geographical
and historical and draws on religious studies, politics
and the social sciences. Thus the collection offers a
stimulatingly broad number of new viewpoints on a matter
of great topical relevance: national identity and the
politicization of its myths.
** British literature -- History and criticism ,
Mysticism in literature , Celts -- Folklore
111 Holmes, John
Darwin-s bards : British and American poetry in the age
of evolution / John Holmes.-- Edinburgh: Edinburgh
University Press, 2009.
xiv, 288p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780748639403.
821.00936 HOL 137121
This work is a comprehensive study of how poets have
responded to the ideas of Charles Darwin in the 150 years
since the publication of -The Origin of Species-. Holmes
argues that poetry can have a profound impact on how we
think and feel about the Darwinian condition.
** English poetry -- 19th century -- History and
criticism , American poetry -- 19th century -- History
and criticism , English poetry -- 20th century -- History
and criticism
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SPANISH and PORTUGUESE LITERATURES |
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112 Gertopan, Susana
The dark alley / Susana Gertopan.-- Kolkata: Best Books,
2012.
215p. 20cm.
ISBN : 9788179261415.
863.64 GER 137500
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GEOGRAPHY OF and TRVEL IN EUROPE |
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113 Blinnikov, Mikhail S
A geography of Russia and its neighbors / Mikhail S
Blinnikov.-- New York: The Guilford Press, 2011. xiv,
448p. 25cm.
ISBN : 9781606239209.
914.7 BLI 137318
This text offers an accessible introduction to post-
Soviet Eurasia. It offers a comprehensive, accessible
introduction to the physical, cultural, social, economic
and political geography of the region. Core thematic
chapters focus primarily on Russia but also incorporate
relevant information on the other 14 former Soviet
republics. Regional chapters provide concise discussions
of each republic and of Russia-s main regions.
** Russia (Federation) - Geography , Former Soviet
republics - Geography
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HISTORY OF ANCIENT WORLD(TO CA.499 ) |
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114 Sahu, Bhairabi Prasad
The changing gaze : regions and the constructions of
early India / Bhairabi Prasad Sahu.-- New Delhi: Oxford
University Press, 2013.
xiii, 340p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780198089193.
934.0072 SAH 136910
Focusing on histories of regions, this book traces the
changing perceptions of history and historiography in
early India. It studies politics, state formation and the
role of patronage and legitimation, Kali Age crisis,
rural society, caste system, and the various aspects of
regional rural economy like agrarian changes, peasantry,
and land system.
** India - Historiography 2. India - History - To 324
B.C. 3. India - Civilization - To 1200
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HISTORY OF EUROPE |
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115 Ostergren, Robert C
The Europeans : a geography of people, culture, and
environment / Robert C Ostergren and Mathias Le Bosse.--
2nd ed-- New York: The Guilford Press, 2011.
xvi, 432p. 25cm.
ISBN : 9781593853846.
940 OST 137315
This leading text offers a comprehensive, richly nuanced,
and authoritative introduction to European geography.
Coverage encompasses the entire region: its physical
setting and environment, population and migration,
languages and religions, and political
organization. Particular attention is given to historic
and contemporary features of the diverse urban
environments in which most Europeans live, work, and
play. Combining vivid description, essential information,
and cogent analysis, the text is illustrated with more
than 200 photographs and 64 maps.
** Europe -- Economic conditions , Europe -- Social
conditions , Europe -- Geography ,
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HISTORY OF NORTH AMERICA |
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116 Werner, Emmy E
In pursuit of liberty : coming of age in the American
revolution / Emmy E Werner.-- Westport: Praeger, 2006.
xvii, 190p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9780275993061.
973.3083 WER 137320
The voices of the children and teenagers who witnessed
the events that transformed the colonies to an
independent nation have seldom been heard. This book
gives those forgotten youngsters a voice. It tells the
stories of their courageous exploits in eight years of
warfare on land and sea and explores their social forces
that shaped and transformed their post-war lives.
** United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 --
Children , United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-
1783 -- Participation, Juvenile , United States --
History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Personal narratives
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