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The End of Economic Man The Origins of Totalitarianism

The End of Economic Man The Origins of Totalitarianism

In The End of Economic Man long recognized as a cornerstone work Peter F. Drucker explains and interprets fascism and Nazism as fundamental revolutions. In some ways this book anticipated by more than a decade the existentialism that came to dominate the European political mood in the postwar period. Drucker provides a special addition to the massive literature on existentialism and alienation since World War II. The End of Economic Man is a social and political effort to explain the subjective consequences of the social upheavals caused by warfare. Drucker concentrates on one specific historical event: the breakdown of the social and political structure of Europe which culminated in the rise of Nazi totalitarianism to mastery over Europe. He explains the tragedy of Europe as the loss of political faith resulting from the political alienation of the European masses. The End of Economic Man is a book of great social import. It shows not only what might have helped the older generation avert the catastrophe of Nazism but also how today's generation can prevent another such catastrophe. This work will be of special interest to political scientists intellectual historians and sociologists. The book was singled out for praise on both sides of the Atlantic and is considered by the author to be his most prescient effort in social theory. | The End of Economic Man The Origins of Totalitarianism

GBP 145.00
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The End of Tradition Country Life in Central Surrey

The End of Tradition Country Life in Central Surrey

First published in 1978 The End of Tradition is the history of four Surrey villages the Horsleys and Clandons close to London but isolated and protected from it by the Green Belt. Towards the end of the last century a period of rapid change began in rural England as a new way of life centred on the nearby towns and cities replaced a traditional rural village life. Estates were broken up agricultural life declined village schools and parish councils were set up and the pervasive influence of the village squire disappeared. But the coming of the railway and later the motor car provoked the most fundamental changes for the isolation of the village was ended. The railway linked the villages of Surrey with London. In exclusive housing estates of detached homes in culs-de-sac the exceptionally high status of the village was enhanced by the efforts of the newcomers to protect their new style of life through the most comprehensive countryside protection system in Britain. This is a must read for students and scholars interested in British history and sociology. | The End of Tradition Country Life in Central Surrey

GBP 90.00
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Why Should We Be Called ‘Coolies’? The End of Indian Indentured Labour

Why Should We Be Called ‘Coolies’? The End of Indian Indentured Labour

What are the dynamics of the abolition of the Indian indentureship system? Why was it ended? Who were the main players in the final end of the labour scheme? Were Indian labourers and/or the Indian middle classes actively involved in the processes leading towards complete abolition? This book examines the end of a labour system which lasted from 1838 until 1920 in various territories throughout the British Empire. It looks at methods of agitations which had their genesis in the territories of the Indian Ocean and compare/contrast these with those of other territories such as the British West Indies. The volume provides a comparative study of the abolition of the Indian indentureship system and shows the global interconnectedness of abolition with a strong subaltern focus. Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India Pakistan Nepal Bhutan Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. | Why Should We Be Called ‘Coolies’? The End of Indian Indentured Labour

GBP 130.00
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Exploring End of Life Experience Facing Death

Exploring End of Life Experience Facing Death

The groundbreaking contribution made by this unique book draws on the experiences recorded by five people who are facing death – Jenny Diski Philip Gould Christopher Hitchens Michael Mayne and Cory Taylor. Analysing the key themes that emerge from a psychodynamic perspective the book describes how the memoirists respond to the first shock of receiving a terminal diagnosis how they meet the challenge of continuing an active life when the illusion of an open-ended future has gone and finally how they struggle with accepting death as it overtakes them. The author argues that the ability to accept personal death is the key to resolving the paradox of our need to survive at all costs while at the same time however much we might deny it we know that we must die. In a society where death and dying occur largely out of sight this book provides information about what it is like to die – physically psychologically and emotionally – and invites us to think about coming to terms with death. Exploring End of Life Experience is an important contribution to the interdisciplinary literature on death and dying relevant to scholars and practitioners in medicine nursing psychology and the wider medical humanities. | Exploring End of Life Experience Facing Death

GBP 130.00
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A Darkening Green Notes on Harvard the 1950s and the End of Innocence

A Darkening Green Notes on Harvard the 1950s and the End of Innocence

This is a book about the end of childhood. Much of it is drawn directly from a diary the author kept while he was a bright but insecure freshman at Harvard in the 1950s. From these pages emerges a precise description of the raw half-understood experience of late adolescence-the anguish and arguments the rivalry and anxiety about sex the facile cynicism and desperate fumblings for purpose the bull sessions held late at night-just as Peter Prescott recorded them only hours after the event. These diary excerpts are contained in a narrative that examines that freshman experience from a vantage point of twenty years. Thus we are able to look at the past with a double perspective: The exact record unclouded by memory or nostalgia of what was said and done is set in a structure that reveals the form of the experience. The result is an ironic witty and often moving book. Writing with some compassion and even more asperity Peter S. Prescott not only captures the conflicts and emotions of a single year but probes beneath the surface of memory to explore certain tribal customs and rites of passage as they are played out in the classrooms and living quarters of the college. A few famous people-T. S. Eliot and Edith Sitwell among them-play brief parts in this chronicle but young Prescott's attention was primarily engaged in his struggle with his extravagant roommates and an assortment of eccentric undergraduates. | A Darkening Green Notes on Harvard the 1950s and the End of Innocence

GBP 130.00
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South Africa Past Present and Future Gold at the End of the Rainbow?

South Africa Past Present and Future Gold at the End of the Rainbow?

This is the first book to combine a discussion of post-apartheid development initiatives with an extended historical analysis of South Africa's dynamic race class gender and ethnic identities. Bringing together the research of an historical geographer and two development geographers the book enables us to locate the post-apartheid transition in a broad historical and spatial perspective. Within this perspective the limitations as well as the achievements of South Africa's current transformation are highlighted. | South Africa Past Present and Future Gold at the End of the Rainbow?

GBP 160.00
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Arabesque without End Across Music and the Arts from Faust to Shahrazad

Arabesque without End Across Music and the Arts from Faust to Shahrazad

Featuring multidisciplinary research by an international team of leading scholars this volume addresses the contested aspects of arabesque while exploring its penchant for crossing artistic and cultural boundaries to create new forms. Enthusiastically imported from its Near Eastern sources by European artists the freely flowing line known as arabesque is a recognizable motif across the arts of painting music dance and literature. From the German Romantics to the Art Nouveau artists and from Debussy’s compositions to the serpentine choreographies of Loïe Fuller the chapters in this volume bring together cross-disciplinary perspectives to understand the arabesque across both art historical and musicological discourses. | Arabesque without End Across Music and the Arts from Faust to Shahrazad

GBP 130.00
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Knowledge Production and Epistemic Decolonization at the End of Pax Americana

Knowledge Production and Epistemic Decolonization at the End of Pax Americana

This book critically analyzes the global hegemony of the United States – a hegemony whose innovative aspect consists in articulating postcoloniality to imperial control – in relation to knowledge and knowledge production. Through targeted case studies on the historical relationship between regional areas and the United States the authors explore possibilities and obstacles to epistemic decolonization. By highlighting the connection between the control of work and the control of communication that has been at the core of the colonial regimes of accumulation (‘classic colonialism’) they present an entirely new form of disciplinary practice not based on the equation of evolution and knowledge. An extensive introduction outlines the historical genealogy of Pax Americana epistemic hegemony while individual chapters examine the implications for different regions of the world and different domains of activity including visual culture economy migration the arts and translation. This interdisciplinary collection will appeal to students and scholars in many fields including Asian studies American studies postcolonialism and political theory. | Knowledge Production and Epistemic Decolonization at the End of Pax Americana

GBP 130.00
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The Front-end of Large Public Projects Paradoxes and Ways Ahead

The Front-end of Large Public Projects Paradoxes and Ways Ahead

Large public projects represent major complex investment and whilst there has been much written about how to develop manage and deliver such projects practice still does not match up with expectations. In this book researchers from the Norwegian Concept Research Programme explore the paradoxes between theory and practice in collaboration with experts in the field of project governance. This book delves into the reality of large public projects to show how they can be managed effectively and efficiently recognising the realities of their context. It offers a range of practical conclusions as to the paradoxes of the governance and management of public projects. The international spectrum of authors draw their examples from the UK Norway Canada France Australia and the Netherlands. Bridging the gap between research theory and practice this book will benefit academics and researchers in the field of project management and corporate governance as well as those in the practice of public project governance civil servants and industry practitioners. | The Front-end of Large Public Projects Paradoxes and Ways Ahead

GBP 130.00
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EU and US Foreign Economic Policy Responses to China The End of Naivety

EU and US Foreign Economic Policy Responses to China The End of Naivety

This book examines EU and US bilateral trade and investment relations with China their attempts to level the economic playing field and to narrow the ‘reciprocity gap’ in market openness. It explores the extent of EU and US policy change the underlying factors accounting for this change and compares EU and US foreign economic policy answers to an adversary increasingly perceived as an unfair economic competitor and as a systemic rival. The book covers a broad range of policy areas from ‘trade wars’ trade defense instruments their reform and use investment screening and export control to industrial policies. It makes eclectic use of different strands of International Relations International Political Economy and Policy Analysis theorizing to account for the extent of and differences in the EU and US responses. The People’s Republic of China’s stellar economic and political rise combined with the resilience of its unfair trade practices its reinforced authoritarian repression at home and its ever more assertive foreign (economic) policy has triggered a shift in perceptions of China followed by equally profound policy change in the European Union and the US. This book expertly charts and explains this significant shift in stance. This book will be of key interest to scholars students and practitioners in the fields of EU trade policymaking US foreign/ foreign economic policy EU-China-US economic relations European political economy and more broadly to European studies Asian studies International Relations International Political Economy and transatlantic relations. | EU and US Foreign Economic Policy Responses to China The End of Naivety

GBP 130.00
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War as Protection and Punishment Armed International Intervention at the 'End of History’

War as Protection and Punishment Armed International Intervention at the 'End of History’

This book provides an analysis of how penal discourses are used to legitimate post-Cold War military interventions through three main case studies: Kosovo Iraq and Libya. These cases reveal the operation of diverse modalities of punishment in extending the ambit of international liberal governance. The argument starts from an analysis of these discourses to trace the historical arc in which military interventions have increasingly been launched through reference to both the human rights discourse and humanitarian sentiments and a desire to punish the perpetrators. The book continues with the analysis of practices involved in the post-intervention phase looking at the ways in which states have been established as modes of governance (Kosovo) how punitive atmospheres have animated soldiers’ violence in the conduct of war (Iraq) and finally how interventions can expand moral control and a system of devolved surveillance in conjunction with both border control and the engagement of the International Criminal Court (Libya). In all these case tensions and ambiguities emerge. These practices underscore how punitive intents were also present in the expansion of liberal governance demonstrating how the rhetoric of punishment was useful in legitimating Western state powers and recomposing the borders of the liberal world at the periphery. War as Protection and Punishment ends with a number of critical comments on the diffusion of punitive discourse in the international arena considering how issues of crime and justice have also animated at least in part the current engagement with the Russian invasion of Ukraine. An accessible and compelling read this book will appeal to students and scholars of criminology sociology politics and those interested in how penal discourses are used to legitimize military conventions. | War as Protection and Punishment Armed International Intervention at the 'End of History’

GBP 130.00
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Traditional Media and the Internet The Search for Viable Business Models: A Special Double Issue of the International Journal on Media Management

Traditional Media and the Internet The Search for Viable Business Models: A Special Double Issue of the International Journal on Media Management

This special issue addresses the topic of Internet business models from the perspective of the traditional media sectors. The eleven special-theme articles tackle the issues of online content delivery business models the relationship between online and off-line media products the Internet's impact on a media value chain online marketing of music products Internet content strategies and comparative studies of Web content and strategies in different countries. From theoretical discussions to empirical investigations the authors examine fully the traditional medial incumbents' efforts to develop business strategies that leverage their online competencies and suggest the factors that might play a role in this process. This focused theme issue provides readers with a deeper understanding of how the Internet has changed the playing field for the media industries and gives a preliminary view of things to come. | Traditional Media and the Internet The Search for Viable Business Models: A Special Double Issue of the International Journal on Media Management

GBP 120.00
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Literature and Power A Critical Investigation of Literary Legitimacy

Literature and Power A Critical Investigation of Literary Legitimacy

With reference to the theoretical framework of Michel Foucault and Pierre Bourdieu this book offers a critical investigation into such epic issues as the end of art and the inherent laws of literature’s evolution while conflating the two into one major argumentation. The book proceeds from Hegel’s claim of “the end of art” to tackle the universal yet essential problem of literature: its legitimacy in a sociological sense. It invests Bourdieu’s sociological terms – power capital habitus field and so forth-into the study of literature and art while taking on other theoretical enquiries particularly the Marxist exploration into ideology as well as aspects of economics and communication studies. This book will be a valuable resource for students and scholars of the sociology of literature cultural studies and those with specific interests in Chinese literature literary and art theory. | Literature and Power A Critical Investigation of Literary Legitimacy

GBP 120.00
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The Migrant Presence Australian Responses 1947-1977

The Migrant Presence Australian Responses 1947-1977

This classic work in Australian sociology examines the way in which Australian institutions have responded to the influx of migrants of non-Anglo-Saxon origin. Until the end of the sixties the typical Australian reaction was that these migrants could be and were being assimilated into the mainstream of British-Australian society and culture. At the end of the sixties both the assimilationist philosophy and the claim of successful and effortless absorption came into question and migrants of non-English speaking background began to be defined as problems. Now in a third phase migrants themselves are rejecting the notion that they are above all problems or people with problems. Instead they are asserting their rights and dignity as legitimate minorities in an ethnically plural society. The author goes on to trace in detail the response of the institutions of education health and the trade unions to 'the migrant presence'. 'Well written well presented well documented and challenging. ' - C. A. Price The National Times'Well written sympathetic to the point of anger and should be included in any course on Australian society or public policy. an invaluable contribution. ' - James Jupp Politics | The Migrant Presence Australian Responses 1947-1977

GBP 130.00
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Coalition Politics in Central Eastern Europe Governing in Times of Crisis

Coalition Politics in Central Eastern Europe Governing in Times of Crisis

This insightful book brings the study of coalitions and coalition governance in Central and Eastern European democracies up to date with an analytical focus framed by difficult economic and social periods such as the end of the economic crisis and the Coronavirus pandemic. The volume posits insights from a plethora of experts on party politics and coalition studies from their respective countries with chapters on Bulgaria Czechia Estonia Hungary Latvia Lithuania Poland Romania Slovakia and Slovenia. Embellished with illustrative tables and extensive datasets throughout each chapter maps the developments of party system change covering the coalition life cycle from the early 1990s until the end of 2021 and explores whether there has been transformation of the coalition governance and dissolutions patterns due to heightened pressures. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of coalition politics representative democracy governance political parties European Union politics East and Central European politics and comparative politics. Chapter 4 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www. taylorfrancis. com under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4. 0 license. | Coalition Politics in Central Eastern Europe Governing in Times of Crisis

GBP 130.00
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The Origin of Japan’s Protectionist Agricultural Policy Agricultural Administration in Modern Japan

The Origin of Japan’s Protectionist Agricultural Policy Agricultural Administration in Modern Japan

This book explores the origins of Japan’s protectionist agricultural policies through an in-depth historical analysis of Japanese agricultural policies between the Meiji period and the end of WWII. It offers a constructivist account for the rise of protectionism examining the policies of prewar agricultural bureaucrats who played critical roles in the policymaking process. It argues that protectionist agricultural policy in Japan was not originally generated by the iron triangle (a political alliance consisted of the Liberal Democratic Party the Agricultural Ministry and farmers’ organizations) but by a prewar agricultural bureaucrats’ policy idea called shōnō ron (thoughts on small-scale farming). Ultimately the book reveals how contrary to suggestions of previous scholarship the protective measures based on shōnō ron forged the necessary conditions for the emergence of iron triangle after the end of WWII which in turn institutionalized Japan’s subsequent protectionist agricultural regime. Examining such topics as the origin of protectionist policy the formation of actors’ preferences and the broader effects of agricultural policy ideas this book will be a valuable reading for scholars and students of Japanese politics agricultural policy and political economy. | The Origin of Japan’s Protectionist Agricultural Policy Agricultural Administration in Modern Japan

GBP 130.00
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Community Care Ideology and Social Policy

Community Care Ideology and Social Policy

This book offers a comprehensive evaluation of community care strategies within the context of government social policy and assesses the recent shifts of political power from Conservative to Labour towards the end of the century. Unlike the majority of texts in the field of community care it makes explicit the historical philosophical social and political inter-connections and therefore provides an in-depth understanding of changing policy issues for students practicioners and managers in health and social care. | Community Care Ideology and Social Policy

GBP 175.00
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Modern Britain An Economic and Social History

Modern Britain An Economic and Social History

Modern Britain focuses on two major periods of British history; the interwar period and postwar Britain. The authors compare and contrast developments in the two periods dealing with the themes of:* growth and welfare* industry* labour* social policy* the economyCombining a narrative with a conceptual and analytic approach Modern Britain provides an end-of-century review of progress and decline and an essential background to current polemics and major issues of concern. Clearly structured and written this is an invaluable textbook for students of twentieth century British history. | Modern Britain An Economic and Social History

GBP 130.00
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Operations Management in Context

Operations Management in Context

Operations Management in Context provides students with excellent grounding in the theory and practice of operations management and its role within organizations. Structured in a clear and logical manner it gradually leads newcomers to this subject through each topic area highlighting key issues and using practical case study material and examples to contextualize learning. Each chapter is structured logically and concludes with summary material to aid revision. Exercises and self-assessment questions are included to reinforce learning and maintain variety with answers included at the end of the text.

GBP 175.00
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Scope of Total Architecture

Scope of Total Architecture

Originally published in 1956 this book provides a non-technical analysis of contemporary building by on the of the world’s greatest architects. Published a few years after the end of WW2 it was an inspiring and constructive picture of what kind of living could lie ahead for Western industrial society. This book the result of many year in the forefront of architectural experiment and achievement by the author outlines in practical terms the road to improved existence through science mass production in building and renewed emphasis on the individual. | Scope of Total Architecture

GBP 90.00
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Crime and Criminal Justice in America

Crime and Criminal Justice in America

Crime and Criminal Justice in America Third Edition addresses the major controversial issues in U. S. policing courts and the correctional system. This book features unique graphics and contemporary data and research developed by Joycelyn Pollock criminologist and University Distinguished Professor of Criminal Justice Texas State University. The text’s question-and-answer model promotes a critical thinking process for students new to criminal justice encouraging student engagement and the application of learned skills through end-of-chapter exercises. Timely comprehensive and visually stimulating Crime and Criminal Justice in America Third Edition is the go-to text for introductory criminal justice students and educators.

GBP 89.99
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Narrative Fiction and Death Dying Imagined

Narrative Fiction and Death Dying Imagined

Narrative Fiction and Death: Dying Imagined offers a new perspective on the study of death in literature. It focuses on narrative fiction that conveys the experience of dying from the internal perspective of a dying protagonist. Writers from Victor Hugo in the early 1800s to Elif Shafak in the present day have imagined the unknowable final moments on the threshold to death. This literary study examines the wide range of narrative strategies used to evoke the transition from life to death and to what effect revealing not only each writer’s unique way of representing the dying experience; the comparative reading also finds common concerns in these texts and uncovers surprising parallels and unexplored intertextual relations between works across time and space that will interest comparatists as well as specialists in the literatures discussed. Students of individual texts examined here will benefit from detailed analyses of these works. The fictional evocation of dying addresses our basic human fears offering catharsis consolation and a greater cognitive and emotional understanding of that unknowable experience. Presented in an engaging and highly readable manner this study argues for literature’s potential to challenge our assumptions about the end of life and change our approach to dying an aspect that will interest students and researchers of the health humanities palliative caregivers and all those interested in questions of the end of life. | Narrative Fiction and Death Dying Imagined

GBP 130.00
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