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A global look at social problems, using the UN¿s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as a framework.

Everything a student needs to learn statistics starting from the basics and progressing onto sophisticated statistical modelling. A genuine one-off that uses humour, and the quirks of the everyday, to bring statistics to life and to make it accessible.

The current COVID-19 pandemic has exuberated global geopolitical tensions and led to rising Sinophobia and anti-Asian racism worldwide. At the same time, there has been a nascent Asian diaspora consciousness emerging in the West, celebrating Asian identity and cultural heritage. In the space between anti-Asian racism and Asian Pride, LGBTQ+ people¿s voices are largely missing. Can queer Asian diaspora comfortably identify with mainstream Asian...

Business Analytics: Solving Business Problems with R offers a practical, hands-on introduction to analytical methods, including machine learning in real-world business scenarios. Connecting business decisions and analytical methods across multiple fields, this book guides readers through a wide range of business problems and their fitting analytical solutions, offering examples and implementation using R.

Contributed articles on rural development and rural initiatives in India.

The Peoples Linguistic Survey of India is a rights-based movement for carrying out a nation-wide survey of Indian languages especially languages of fragile communities such as nomadic, coastal, island hill and forest communities. This book is Part 1of Volume 24 (Punjab Ki Bhashayen Hindi) of The Peoples Linguistic Survey of India (PLSI) undertaken and executed by the Bhasha Research and Publication Centre, Baroda. The book contains the informa...

In an ex-colonial nation such as India, The discipline of sociology grew by absorbing multiple influences from local milieu and National concerns. Changes in disciplinary trends worldwide also influenced the ways in which sociological knowledge was produced. However, research methodology is still not considered a distinct field in Indian academia, because of which emerging issues and concerns around the methodology of sociological research, or...

The People s Linguistic Survey of India provides an overview of the extant and dying languages of India, as perceived by their speakers. It is the culmination of a nation-wide survey of languages, documented by linguists, writers, social activists and, most importantly, members of different speech communities. The work chronicles the evolution of these languages until 2011, and incorporates their socio-political and cultural dimensions. Critic...

A survey of languages of Andhra Pradesh, India.

Writing on the lives of the Mahars of Maharashtra, Baby Kamble reclaims memory to locate Mahar society before the impact of Babasaheb Ambedkar, and tells a powerful tale of redemption wrought by a fiery brand of individual and collective self-awareness. The Prisons We Broke is a graphic revelation of the inner world of Mahars, and the oppressive caste and patriarchal tenets of Indian society but nowhere does the writing descend into self-pity....

Professor Robert B. Le Page was one of the pioneers to study the theoretical, structural and applied aspects of Sociolinguistics particularly in pidgin and creole studies. His interpretation of the roles that creoles play in our understanding of language is revolutionary and his works have influenced scholars to re-examine the notions of language in general, with special emphasis on Caribbean languages. This book is a collection of essays by L...

Written to complement employability modules but also as a standalone guide, this book will leave you feeling career-ready by informing you about the world of opportunities in the media and creative industries. Spanning topical issues, from working from home and freelancing to advice on avoiding burnout, this introduction to your media career is both current and comprehensive.

This innovative and student-friendly textbook provides up to date information on the core content of child nursing courses and helps students understand how it applies to practice. Covering all settings throughout, it focuses on the importance of child and family centred care.

This innovative and student-friendly textbook provides up to date information on the core content of child nursing courses and helps students understand how it applies to practice. Covering all settings throughout, it focuses on the importance of child and family centred care.

Written to complement employability modules but also as a standalone guide, this book will leave you feeling career-ready by informing you about the world of opportunities in the media and creative industries. Spanning topical issues, from working from home and freelancing to advice on avoiding burnout, this introduction to your media career is both current and comprehensive.

Drawing from a wider range of disciplines than is often the case in media management research, this fully revised third edition of the classic textbook on strategy in the media offers a compelling introduction to theories of strategy and management.

An expert and accessible exploration of the increasing number and influence of authoritarian regimes. It explains the realities of recent trends to 'autocratization', the tools these regimes use, what we can do to resist, and why we might even allow ourselves some optimism.

An expert and accessible exploration of the increasing number and influence of authoritarian regimes. It explains the realities of recent trends to 'autocratization', the tools these regimes use, what we can do to resist, and why we might even allow ourselves some optimism.