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An authoritative investigation of Hollywood's portrayal of women. WORKING GIRLS examines Hollywood's ambivalent articulation of women as both active and defined by sexual performance, questioning whether new Hollywood film makers even have grasped, much less responded to, feminism and contemporary sexual identities. Photos.

Theorizing Transition provides a comprehensive examination of the development of the economic, political, social and cultural transformations in post-Communist Europe and offers an important critique of transition theory and policy. The authors create the basis of a theoretical understanding of transition in terms of a political economy of capitalist development. The diversity of forms and complexities of transition are examined through a wide...

Post-Industrial Socialism provides critical analysis of recent developments in leftist political thought. Adrian Little charts new directions in the economy and the effects they have had on traditional models of social welfare and orthodox approaches to social policy.In demonstrating the limitations of the welfare state and the associated concept of citizenship, this book suggests that we need to renew socialist welfare theory through the eval...

Cooke and Morgan explore important issues of corporate reorganization in the context of heightened global competition, focusing upon how firms associate with regional milieu. In-depth studies of inter-firm and firm-agency interactions are presented for four European regions: Baden-Wurttemberg and Emilia-Romagna as accomplished regional economies, Wales and the Basque Country as learning regions. The book is theoretically informed by an evoluti...

Used in place of traditional reading programs to give at-risk readers the appropriate kinds of structure, pacing, and practice

This is a comprehensive survey of the international life and music of 19th-century Welsh composer, Joseph Parry.

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More than just an essential reference tool, An Insider's Guide to Maine Politics offers fascinating stories and seldom-told details about figures and events in Maine politics from World War II to the current day.

Examining transformations using a variety of perspectives Theorizing Transition provides both a rich empirical map of the dimensions of post-Communism and raises important theoretical issues about how we interpret these changes.

The global communications networks which make up cyberspace are claimed to be altering almost every facet of our lives. This work analyzes issues of agency, equality and autonomy as they are affected, and evaluates policies for information superhighway development and the effect on interaction.

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This broad-ranging student textbook examines the rise of the Asia-Pacific as an important economic region. It looks at the sources of that rise, its future development and the possible consequences for the global economy. The analysis is divided into three sections considering:* how far the Asia-Pacific has developed as a regional system, looking at the patterns of integration of the principal economies* the relationship between the key indivi...

Mediated Discourse as Social Interaction makes an explicit link between media studies and social interactionalist discursive research where previously the two fields of study have been treated as separate disciplines. This text presents an integrated theory illustrated by ample concrete examples, bringing together the latest research in these two fields. It offers a critique to the sender-receiver model implicit in media studies, and argues fo...

Post-Soviet Political Order analyses the institutional patterns of the former Soviet Union and Eastern European countries. The contributors show how strong state institutions are essential if political instability is to be avoided.

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This volume brings together comparative studies and in-depth case studies that research the diversity of party system change in Europe. In so doing it presents a model for change which challenges orthodox views of political evolution.

This edition provides up-to-date guidance on the detailed design of prestressed concrete structures. All major topics are dealt with, including prestressed flat slabs, an important and growing application in the design of buildings.

Established as a classic text on surveying for over twenty years, Surveying is renowned for its concise and readable explanation of the basic principles and equipment used for land surveying and setting.This revision retains the comprehensive and authoratitive nature of the work whilst making the text more accessible to students and professionals with updated methods and equipment throughout.

The formation of identity in adolescence is the most central concept in psychological and sociological studies of young people. Most theories to date assume that adolescents share the same conditions under which their identities are formed. Personality Development in Adolescence is a collection of work by leading researchers that considers different contexts affecting personality and identity development. Three main contexts are considered: cu...