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Developmental Aspects of Health Compliance Behavior

Developmental Aspects of Health Compliance Behavior

While in the late 1970s and early 1980s health compliance research on adults represented a vigorous field of study a marked decline of interest on the topic set in during the last part of the 1980s. By contrast research on health compliance involving pediatric populations was less popular during the same period; however interest in this topic - as evidenced by the contributions to this volume - is on the increase. Four main themes - relating to theory measurement prevention and intervention - emerge and are interwoven among the chapters. These themes help to bind and unify the volume into a conceptual whole because although the sections are divided along thematic lines contributors often include elements of some or all of the themes in their chapters. This state of affairs reflects the interdependence of these thematic issues and suggests how important they are for the state of the art. | Developmental Aspects of Health Compliance Behavior

GBP 46.99
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Women in Transition Crossing Boundaries Crossing Borders

Women in Transition Crossing Boundaries Crossing Borders

This volume brings together scholars students and writers as well as artists from around the world. By choosing a thematic focus on transition in women’s lives we present research on women who have crossed biological geopolitical and political borders as well as emotional sexual cultural and linguistic boundaries. The international approach brings together different cultures and genres in order to emphasize the links and connections that bind women together rather than those which separate them. The chapters consider the ways in which the changes and transitions women undergo influence the world we live in. We are particularly interested in the idea of crossing borders and how this influences identity and belonging and the theme of crossing boundaries in the context of motherhood as well as sexual orientation. The topic is timely given the waves of migration all around the world in recent times. The contributors deal with issues central to contemporary life such as gender equality and women’s empowerment as well as understanding women’s identities and being sensitive to fluid concepts of gender and sexuality. | Women in Transition Crossing Boundaries Crossing Borders

GBP 38.99
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Interpreting Intersectionality Interpretative Politics in Metacommentaries

Interpreting Intersectionality Interpretative Politics in Metacommentaries

Against the backdrop of the emergence of intersectionality as a dominant paradigm in feminist scholarship and activism this book explores the genre of metacommentaries as critical responses to the development of intersectionality as a paradigm. With attention to the dispersal of intersectionality into ever-newer contexts – and the missteps and breakdowns that occur during this process – it addresses the concern that intersectionality is transforming into something unrecognisable drifting too far away from its foundational sources and visions and becoming diluted by its expansion. Examining the process by which metacommentaries engage in a form of corrective storytelling – seeking to rescue intersectionality from misuse by pinning it down and returning it to where it belongs – Interpreting Intersectionality presents a critique of these gestures of correction arguing that far from reconnecting intersectionality with its roots and enabling it to realise its potential such metacommentaries actually bind the scholarly discourse on intersectionality to an either/or argumentative dynamic. It will therefore appeal to scholars and students with an interest in feminist theory gender studies and/or intersectional analysis. | Interpreting Intersectionality Interpretative Politics in Metacommentaries

GBP 130.00
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Constructing a Cross-Border Region in the Pacific Northwest The Residents of Cascadia at the Canada/US Border

Constructing a Cross-Border Region in the Pacific Northwest The Residents of Cascadia at the Canada/US Border

For residents living at national borders the divisions between countries are rarely black and white and often everyday interactions contribute to the creation of a cross-border region. This book examines this phenomenon in Cascadia which runs along the Canada/US border in the Pacific Northwest. Placing people at the heart of the analysis the book considers the everyday interactions and links which bind residents together and help to define Cascadia as a cross-border region. The book also assesses the impact that increased border security in the wake of 9/11 has had on border residents. Following a bottom-up approach rather than a top-down approach the book examines how border security impacts the residents’ mobility their representations of the border and potentially the existence of a cross-border identity. Drawing on extensive original qualitative and quantitative data this book will be of interest to researchers across border studies geography geopolitics and cultural studies as well as to policy-makers and other stakeholders with an interest in cross-border cooperation. | Constructing a Cross-Border Region in the Pacific Northwest The Residents of Cascadia at the Canada/US Border

GBP 130.00
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Archaeology of Entanglement

Archaeology of Entanglement

Entanglement theory posits that the interrelationship of humans and objects is a delimiting characteristic of human history and culture. This edited volume of original studies by leading archaeological theorists applies this concept to a broad range of topics including archaeological science heritage and theory itself. In the theoretical explications and ten case studies the editors and contributing authors:• build on the intersections between science humanities and ecology to provide a more fine-grained multi-scalar treatment emanating from the long-term perspective that characterizes archaeological research;• bring to light the subtle and unacknowledged paths that configure historical circumstances and bind human intentionality;• examine the constructions of personhood the rigidity of path dependencies the unpredictable connections between humans and objects and the intricate paths of past events in varied geographic and historical contexts that channel future actions. This broad focus is inclusive of early complex developments in Asia and Europe imperial and state strategies in the Andes and Mesoamerica continuities of postcolonialism in North America and the unforeseen and complex consequences that derive from archaeological practices. This volume will appeal to archaeologists and their advanced students. | Archaeology of Entanglement

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On Access in Applied Theatre and Drama Education

On Access in Applied Theatre and Drama Education

This book explores and interrogates access and diversity in applied theatre and drama education. Access is persistently framed as a strategy to share power and to extend equality but in the context of current and recent power struggles it is also seen as a discourse that reinforces marginalisation and exclusion. The political bind of access is also a conceptual problem. It is impossible to refuse to engage in strategies to extend access to institutions representations buildings education discourse etc. We cannot oppose access or strategies for access without reinforcing marginalisation and exclusion. We can’t not want access for ourselves or for others. However we are then in danger of remaining immersed in a distribution of power that reinforces and naturalises inequality as difference. For applied theatre and drama education the act of creating teaching and learning is intrinsically connected to choice along with the agency and capacity to choose. What is less clear and what still interests us is how the distribution of power and representation creates the schema for an analysis of access and diversity. This book was originally published as a special issue of Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance. | On Access in Applied Theatre and Drama Education

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Arbitration Clauses and Third Parties

Arbitration Clauses and Third Parties

This is the first book to focus on the legal question of the incorporation of arbitration clauses even though this issue constitutes a common problem that arises frequently in practice. Arbitration Clauses and Third Parties compares different branches of law namely shipping reinsurance and construction where the legal notion of incorporation is often implemented. It evaluates how the differences and peculiarities of the said branches of law impact the outcome of the incorporation of arbitration clauses and therefore why a ‘one size fits all’ approach should be avoided. The book provides both an in-depth legal analysis of the incorporation of arbitration clauses as well as the legal position of the third parties regarding arbitration agreements and a detailed evaluation of the relevant case law. It further offers a unique comparative analysis of English law and Singapore law with regards to the incorporation of arbitration clauses and features recent case law on the issue from both jurisdictions. Moreover the book explores the status of third parties to arbitration and a wide range of legal situations in which arbitration clauses bind third parties. This book will be directly of interest to lawyers and professionals in arbitration reinsurance construction and shipping as well as to relevant academic courses.

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Constructing Coherence in the British Short Story Cycle

Constructing Coherence in the British Short Story Cycle

The first major collection of essays on the contemporary British short story cycle this volume offers in-depth explorations of the genre by comparing its strategies for creating coherence with those of the novel and the short story collection inquiring after the ties that bind individual short stories into a cycle. A section on theory approaches the form from the point of view of genre theory cognitive literary studies and book studies. It is followed by investigations of hitherto neglected aspects of the generic tradition of the British short story cycle and how they relate to the contemporary outlook of the form. Readings of individual contemporary cycles illustrating the form’s multifaceted uses from the presentation of sexual identities to politics and trauma make up the third and most substantial part of the volume placing its focus squarely on the past decades. Unique in its combination of a focus on the literary traditions politics and markets of the UK with a thorough examination of the genre’s manifold formal and thematic potentials the volume explores what is at the heart of the short story cycle as a literary form: the constant negotiation between unity and separateness collective and individual of coherence and autonomy. | Constructing Coherence in the British Short Story Cycle

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The Russo-Japanese War and its Shaping of the Twentieth Century

The Russo-Japanese War and its Shaping of the Twentieth Century

The Russo-Japanese War was in essence a colonial conflict between the expanding interests of Russia and Japan in East Asia. However while appearing regional the war itself in fact had a major global impact. The conflict and Japanese victory stimulated the Russian revolutionary movement in 1905 and hence the Russian Revolution of 1917. In addition the Peace Treaty of Portsmouth created a tension between the United States and Japan that would establish the starting point for the road directly leading to Pearl Harbor in 1941. Eventually the war had a major impact on Germany whose diplomats wanted to use the war to bind St Petersburg to Berlin and whose military planners closely observed the events to prepare themselves for the next possible conflict. This book makes a strong argument for the consideration of initially minor events in the analysis of global history. By describing and analyzing the interrelationship between the events in East Asia and the major developments in Europe and the United States it shows the significance of the Russo-Japanese War as a key factor in determining the most momentous historical events of the twentieth century: The First World War the Second World War and the Cold War. | The Russo-Japanese War and its Shaping of the Twentieth Century

GBP 51.99
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African Border Disorders Addressing Transnational Extremist Organizations

African Border Disorders Addressing Transnational Extremist Organizations

Since the end of the Cold War the monopoly of legitimate organized force of many African states has been eroded by a mix of rebel groups violent extremist organizations and self-defence militias created in response to the rise in organized violence on the continent. African Border Disorders explores the complex relationships that bind states transnational rebels and extremist organizations and borders on the African continent. Combining cutting edge network science with geographical analysis the first part of the book highlights how the fluid alliances and conflicts between rebels violent extremist organizations and states shape in large measure regional patterns of violence in Africa. The second part of the book examines the spread of Islamist violence around Lake Chad through the lens of the violent Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram which has evolved from a nationally-oriented militia group to an internationally networked organization. The third part of the book explores how violent extremist organizations conceptualize state boundaries and territory and reciprocally how do the civil society and the state respond to the rise of transnational organizations. The book will be essential reading for all students and specialists of African politics and security studies particularly those specializing on fragile states sovereignty new wars and borders as well as governments and international organizations involved in conflict prevention and early intervention in the region. | African Border Disorders Addressing Transnational Extremist Organizations

GBP 39.99
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The Production of Heritage The Politicisation of Architectural Conservation

The Production of Heritage The Politicisation of Architectural Conservation

In this important book the authors unpack the theoretical and practical issues around the development of heritage sites critically dissecting key conservation benchmarks such as the ICOMOS guidelines BS 7913 and the RIBA Conservation Plan of Work to reveal the mechanics of heritage guidance its advantages and conceptual limitations. Underpinned by an active understanding of the conservation philosophy of William Morris the book presents five case studies from the UK and North and South America that speak about different facets of heritage value such as urban identity commodification authenticity materiality and heritage as an intellectual and ethical framework. Heritage is never neutral; its definition is privileged yet its influence is political. Art landscape and archaeology all offer examples of how the operational ideas of adjacent disciplines can influence an integrated idea of heritage conservation and how this is communicated in order to determine significance and share in its custodianship. This book provides insights into how to identify and challenge these limitations expanding inclusion by describing tactics for changing how people can relate to and build on the past. Clearly written for all levels of readership within the conservation professions and community custodians of heritage buildings and places the book provides strategies and tactics for understanding the heritage significance of materials their fabrication detail and use. The narratives that historic fabric contains can help shape the meaningful involvement of local people providing a roadmap for those navigating the double-bind of using the past to underpin the future. | The Production of Heritage The Politicisation of Architectural Conservation

GBP 44.99
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Latour for Architects

Latour for Architects

Bruno Latour is one of the leading figures in Social Sciences today but his contributions are also widely recognised in the arts. His theories ‘flourished’ in the 1980s in the aftermath of the structuralism wave and generated new concepts and methodologies for the understanding of the social. In the past decade Latour and his Actor-Network Theory (ANT) have gained popularity among researchers in the field of architecture. Latour for Architects is the first introduction to the key concepts and ideas of Bruno Latour that are relevant to architects. First the book discusses critically how specific methods and insights from his philosophy can inspire new thinking in architecture and design pedagogy. Second it explores examples from architectural practice and urban design and reviews recent attempts to extend the methods of ANT into the fields of architectural and urban studies. Third the book advocates an ANT-inspired approach to architecture and examines how its methodological insights can trace new research avenues in the field reflecting meticulously on its epistemological offerings. Drawing on many lively examples from the world of architectural practice the book makes a compelling argument about the agency of architectural design and the role architects can play in re-ordering the world we live in. Following Latour’s philosophy offers a new way to handle all the objects of human and nonhuman collective life to re-examine the role of matter in design practice and to redefine the forms of social political and ethical associations that bind us together in cities.

GBP 21.99
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Charity Management Leadership Evolution and Change

Charity Management Leadership Evolution and Change

Britain faces challenges that weren’t imaginable thirty years ago challenges which charities rooted as they are in community action and the public good should be ideally suited to tackle. But the charity sector seems paralysed. Even after a decade of cuts and immense social and environmental disruption charities are still fighting hard to maintain business as usual. To develop new responses to our changing world the charity sector desperately needs to reinvent itself radically re-engaging with communities and developing powerful and scalable responses to the challenges facing the UK in the coming decades. What are the ties that bind charities rendering them unable to re-invent themselves and to re-imagine their services even when they face existential crises? This book explores how charities in the UK really operate as seen through the eyes of people who work in and with charities and investigates what holds charities back from change. It demonstrates what we can learn from entrepreneurship and market disruption in the private sector and points to ways in which the sector can re-imagine what it does and how it does this. It presents a new ambition for charities to break free of their history and imagine a new role for themselves in shaping the future for our society. Presenting a new ambition for charities to imagine a new role for themselves in shaping the future for our society this volume is especially valuable for academics and professionals in the fields of charity and non-profit management organisational change and strategic management. | Charity Management Leadership Evolution and Change

GBP 35.99
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Gender Violence in Ecofeminist Perspective Intersections of Animal Oppression Patriarchy and Domination of the Earth

Gender Violence in Ecofeminist Perspective Intersections of Animal Oppression Patriarchy and Domination of the Earth

This book aims to begin an eco-centered eco-feminist informed discussion about the ways in which our relationship to “nature” is bound up with gender patriarchy and violence. Ecofeminist scholars study the interconnections between gendered relationships of domination among humans between humans and between humans nonhumans and the earth. It is in this ideological and structural tangle between humans and the environment that a deeper understanding of gender violence is possible. Ecofeminism offers analytical possibilities for understanding a “logic of domination” which sustain a whole host of problems including the interrelated oppressions of gender violence and exploitation of the more-than-human-life world. In this book Gwen Hunnicutt brings into dialog ecofeminism and gender violence. Ideological components such as speciesism and the belief that the earth and its nonhuman inhabitants are ours to exploit inform a host of other social practices including interpersonal violence. A portion of this book is devoted to exploring the ways in which patriarchy is foregrounded by another hierarchy—uman domination over “nature”. Thus gender violence stems from a logic of domination that is built on the domination of nature and the domination of the Other “as nature”. As this blueprint of oppression repeats itself where there are vectors of difference the chapters ultimately connect these oppressions by showing the inextricable bind of violence against humans and the more-than-human-life world. This book will serve as a resource for scholars activists and students in sociology gender violence and interdisciplinary violence studies critical animal studies environmental studies and feminist and ecofeminist studies. | Gender Violence in Ecofeminist Perspective Intersections of Animal Oppression Patriarchy and Domination of the Earth

GBP 39.99
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Old Age Homes

Old Age Homes

Originally published in 1981 in Old Age Homes Roger Clough presents a vivid description of the lives and work of residents and staff in an old people’s home. His powerful analysis of the realities of residential work would make a major contribution to improved practice to social work training and to social policy formation. Many people including some social work professionals still felt that the very existence of residential homes illustrated a failure of society and that living with their own family or on their own was invariably a more satisfactory experience for old people. Roger Clough questions this assumption. He argues that homes are needed and if they are to be good places in which to live and die there must be a clearer understanding of the interactions that take place within them. The descriptive parts of the study based on detailed observation and lengthy interviews strongly reflect the author’s genuine compassion and warmth for old people. His most illuminating perceptions are presented from the perspective of the old people themselves many of whom were conscious of the double-bind in which residents and staff are caught: there is a prevailing belief that it is best to keep active in old age yet many of the elderly had little they though worth doing while the staff saw their role as doing whatever they could for the residents. Roger Clough uses his material to test two central hypotheses: first that there is a linkage between the attitudes to aging held by staff and the degree of control over their own lives exercised by residents; and secondly that this degree of control is strongly correlated with resident satisfaction. Through an acute analysis of these key variables he demonstrates the circumstances in which living in a home can be for certain old people at certain times the way of life they themselves would choose. His conclusions are of the greatest importance for social work practice and for the changing of staff attitudes in training. Old Age Homes would challenge anybody who knows or works with a resident in an old people’s home. But it would be of outstanding value for the managers practitioners trainers and students to whom it was primarily addressed at the time.

GBP 27.99
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