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Presenting an overview of important topics and original researches, this book both analyzes and evaluates the nature of unionization to permit employers and workers to weigh up the costs and benefits of unionization. The books have profound implications for both the institutions, processes, and outcomes of public policy, pushing the boundaries of academic research on unions.

Women and Journalism" offers a comprehensive analysis of the roles, status and experiences of women journalists in the United States and Britain. Drawing on a variety of sources, the authors investigate the challenges women have faced in their struggles to become established in the profession from the mid-19th century onward. With a particular focus on news journalism, the book provides an account of the gendered structuring of journalism in p...

What and how we eat are two of the most persistent choices we face in everyday life. Whatever we decide on though, and however mundane our decisions may seem, they will be inscribed with information both about ourselves and about our positions in the world around us. Yet, food has only recently become a significant and coherent area of inquiry for cultural studies and the social sciences. Food and Cultural Studies re-examines the interdiscipli...

In this new Reader, Ted Wragg has carefully selected contributions to reflect enduring and contemporary trends in the field of Teaching and Learning. Focusing on the major issues confronting education today, this lively and informative Reader provides a rich hand-picked resource of some of the most influential writing from leading books and journals within education today. Topics include:* Early learning* Teaching and learning strategies* Teac...

Britain's relationship with the Gulf region remains one of the few unexplored episodes in the study of British decolonization. The decision, announced in 1968, to leave the Gulf within three years represented an explicit recognition by Britain that its 'East of Suez' role was at an end. This book examines the decision-making process which underpinned this reversal and considers the interaction between British decision-making, and local respons...

The impact of liberal globalization and multiculturalism means that nations are under pressure to transform their national identities from an ethnic to a civic mode. This has led, in many cases, to dominant ethnic decline, but also to its peripheral revival in the form of far right politics. At the same time, the growth of mass democracy and the decline of post-colonial and Cold War state unity in the developing world has opened the floodgates...

Researching Life Stories critically and pragmatically reflects upon the use of life stories in social and educational research. Using four life stories as examples, the authors apply four different, practical approaches to demonstrate effective research and analysis.As well as examining in detail the four life stories around which the book is written, areas covered include: * Method and methodology in life story research* Analysis* Reflections...

Research is increasingly important in health and social care, and is becoming central to evidence-based and best practice. This edited volume brings together innovative contributions from a range of health and social care professionals and research scientists who are interested in introducing new approaches to qualitative research into the world of health and social care. The book covers a range of methodologies including discourse analysis, i...

Die Autoren haben ein Instrumentarium entwickelt, um CRM-Entscheidungen in Unternehmen zu optimieren und transparent zu gestalten. Unternehmen können damit ein CRM-Konzept erstellen und dessen Realisierungsmöglichkeiten bewerten. Der Leser wird durch den Prozess zur Konzeptionierung eines unternehmensspezifischen CRM geleitet und hierbei durch Checklisten und Fallbeispiele unterstützt. Das Buch richtet sich an Top-Entscheider, die ihr Untern...

How do people behave in different traffic situations? Are there general laws for mathematical modelling of decision dynamics? The answers, given at the first international workshop on "Human Behaviour in Traffic Networks", are presented in this volume. In 13 articles, well-known experts report about their current work on experiments and modelling in this area. The topics range from psychological behaviour in traffic situations, traffic simulat...

Globaler Wettbewerb, kürzere Produktlebenszyklen, steigende Kundenerwartungen und erhöhter Preisdruck sind die Herausforderungen, denen sich Unternehmen verstärkt stellen müssen. Durch die Integration der Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie in unternehmensinterne und -übergreifende Geschäftsprozesse lassen sich operationale Effizienzsteigerungen und Kostensenkungen erzielen. Großunternehmen und global agierende Konzerne haben die Vorte...

Ambitious and witty book explaining the big questions of contemporary economics and globalisation. A topical and crucial subject which sold over 6, 000 hardbacks. "Everything you wanted to know about economics but were afraid to ask" Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England

Algebraic projective geometry, with its multilinear relations and its embedding into Grassmann-Cayley algebra, has become the basic representation of multiple view geometry, resulting in deep insights into the algebraic structure of geometric relations, as well as in efficient and versatile algorithms for computer vision and image analysis. This book provides a coherent integration of algebraic projective geometry and spatial reasoning unde...

This is a text on classical general relativity from a geometrical viewpoint. Introductory chapters are provided on algebra, topology and manifold theory, together with a chapter on the basic ideas of space-time manifolds and Einstein's theory. There is a detailed account of algebraic structures and tensor classification in general relativity and also of the relationships between the metric, connection and curvature structures on space-times. T...

The view presented in "The Internet and Its Protocols" is at once broad and deep. It covers all the common protocols and how they combine to create the Internet in its totality. More importantly, it describes each one completely, examining the requirements it addresses and the exact means by which it does its job.

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Substantial and ground-breaking work explaining the flaws in modern psychiatry, and the uselessness of 19th century labels and classifications in the modern world.

A Contemporary Genealogy compiled by Nicholas Benton including "THE WELDS OF HARVARD YARD" by Craig Lambert

Blue Chip executives are dropping like flies ... the stock market rallies ... just a coincidence? Not really. There is a new serial killer on the loose. This one murders business executives who don't maximize shareholder values!When agent Max Patterson takes time off from his FBI profiling duties to pursue an MBA, he does not expect to become involved in the highest profile case in Bureau history. With the help of Nora, a fellow MBA student an...