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Digital Photography Best Practices and Workflow Handbook A Guide to Staying Ahead of the Workflow Curve

Digital Photography Best Practices and Workflow Handbook A Guide to Staying Ahead of the Workflow Curve

Managing your digital photos can be one of the most unavoidable headaches. With so many existing workflow practices based on specific software rather than a universal view of the entire image file processing ecology you need something that can make the process less overwhelming. Patricia Russotti and Richard Anderson provide you with the best workflow practices for planning and capturing to archiving you digital photography and everything in between. This easy-to-follow design paired with detailed charts and beautiful photos will give you the tools you need to perfect your workflow. This handbook is software version independent and focuses more on the key fundamentals that are a constant from software to software. Furthermore stay current with the accompanying website (www. dpBestflow. org) that provides resources and links for ever changing technology and the latest advances in workflow and interviews with professional photographers. Co-published with the American Society of Media Photographers and dpBestflow (A U. S. Library of Congress funded project) Digital Photography Best Practices and Workflow Handbook is the most trusted resource for digital photographers and digital imaging artists. | Digital Photography Best Practices and Workflow Handbook A Guide to Staying Ahead of the Workflow Curve

GBP 180.00
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The Routledge Companion to Drama in Education

The Routledge Companion to Drama in Education

The Routledge Companion to Drama in Education is a comprehensive reference guide to this unique performance discipline focusing on its process-oriented theatrical techniques engagement of a broad spectrum of learners its historical roots as a field of inquiry and its transdisciplinary pedagogical practices. The book approaches drama in education (DE) from a wide range of perspectives from leading scholars to teaching artists and school educators who specialise in DE teaching. It presents the central disciplinary conversations around key issues including best practice in DE aesthetics and artistry in teaching the histories of DE ideologies in drama and education and concerns around access inclusivity and justice. Including reflections lesson plans programme designs case studies and provocations from scholars educators and community arts workers this is the most robust and comprehensive resource for those interested in DE’s past present and future.

GBP 205.00
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The Routledge International Handbook of Shared Parenting and Best Interest of the Child

The Routledge International Handbook of Shared Parenting and Best Interest of the Child

This multidisciplinary volume offers an essential comprehensive study of perspectives on the scope and application of the best interests of the child and focuses mainly on its application in relation to child custody. With expert contributions from psychological sociological and legal perspectives it offers scientific analysis and debate on whether it should be the primary consideration in deciding child custody cases in cases of divorce or separation or whether it should be one of several primary considerations. It explores complex dilemmas inherent in shared parenting and whether the advantages it offers children are sufficient when compared to attributing custody to one parent and limiting visitation rights of the other. Offering a comprehensive analysis of this complex topic chapters provide detailed insight into the current state of research in this area as well as expert guidelines aimed at resolving the controversies when parents agree or disagree over their children’s living arrangements. Cutting-edge topics explored include: transnational shared parenting; alternative dispute resolution; breastfeeding parents; religious disputes between parents and the psychological social and economic factors that affect shared parenting. The Routledge International Handbook of Shared Parenting and Best Interest of the Child will be essential reading for scholars and graduate students in law psychology sociology and economics interested in shared parenting and family law.

GBP 205.00
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V-Ray My Way A Practical Designer's Guide to Creating Realistic Imagery Using V-Ray & 3ds Max

V-Ray My Way A Practical Designer's Guide to Creating Realistic Imagery Using V-Ray & 3ds Max

V-Ray My Way: A Practical Designers Guide to Creating Realistic Imagery Using V-Ray and 3ds Max is a practical hands-on guide to creating some of the most stunning computer-generated images possible. It caters to the design masses; architects engineers interior designers industrial designers photographers and enthusiasts will find this book essential in their quest to express themselves through visual communication. V-Ray My Way is an accumulation of 13 years of experimental experience and will have you creating content within minutes help grow your company help develop your portfolio and help you make that career leap. Additional resources and exercises are available at the book‘s companion website http://routledgetextbooks. com/textbooks/_author/wylde-9780415709637/ . | V-Ray My Way A Practical Designer's Guide to Creating Realistic Imagery Using V-Ray & 3ds Max

GBP 180.00
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The Routledge Companion to Improvisation in Organizations

The Routledge Companion to Improvisation in Organizations

This innovative volume provides a comprehensive overview of improvisation as a pervasive organizational process essential in ever-changing business environments. Exploring theories of organizational action as well as contemporary challenges it highlights improvisation’s rich potential in theory building and practice. The value and relevance of improvisational capabilities and processes in organizations are more apparent than ever: the global pandemic has forced organizations to reinvent themselves and to adapt to dramatic change on a massive scale. This surge in improvised activity starkly illustrates how the capability to improvise is key to organizational resilience: organizations that are able to improvise effectively are better prepared to bounce back and even thrive. From the latest thinking on improvisation in organizations to future avenues for research this volume demonstrates the rich potential for both theory building and practice and provides a valuable resource for researchers and advanced students in organizational strategy entrepreneurship product development information systems disaster management and HRM. | The Routledge Companion to Improvisation in Organizations

GBP 205.00
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The Routledge Companion to Women in Architecture

The Routledge Companion to Women in Architecture

The Routledge Companion to Women in Architecture illuminates the names of pioneering women who over time continue to foster shape and build cultural spiritual and physical environments in diverse regions around the globe. It uncovers the remarkable evolution of women’s leadership professional perspectives craftsmanship and scholarship in architecture from the preindustrial age to the present. The book is organized chronologically in five parts outlining the stages of women’s expanding engagement leadership and contributions to architecture through the centuries. It contains twenty-nine chapters written by thirty-three recognized scholars committed to probing broader topographies across time and place and presenting portraits of practicing architects leaders teachers writers critics and other kinds of professionals in the built environment. The intertwined research sets out debates questions and projects around women in architecture stimulates broader studies and discussions in emerging areas and becomes a catalyst for academic programs and future publications on the subject. The novelty of this volume is in presenting not only a collection of case studies but in broadening the discipline by advancing an incisive overview of the topic as a whole. It is an invaluable resource for architectural historians academics students and professionals.

GBP 205.00
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Night Photography and Light Painting Finding Your Way in the Dark

Night Photography and Light Painting Finding Your Way in the Dark

Lance Keimig one of the premier experts on night photography has put together a comprehensive reference that will show you ways to capture images you never thought possible. This new edition of Night Photography presents the practical techniques of shooting at night alongside theory and history illustrated with clear concise examples and charts and stunning images. From urban night photography to photographing the landscape by starlight or moonlight from painting your subject with light to creating a subject with light this book provides a complete guide to digital night photography and light painting. | Night Photography and Light Painting Finding Your Way in the Dark

GBP 180.00
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Getting Started in ZBrush An Introduction to Digital Sculpting and Illustration

Getting Started in ZBrush An Introduction to Digital Sculpting and Illustration

Getting Started in ZBrush is a gentle introduction to ZBrush today‘s premier digital sculpting program. Beginning with the fundamentals of digital sculpting as well as a thorough introduction to the user interface Getting Started in ZBrush will have you creating a variety of professional-level 3D models in no-time. More than just another button-pushing manual this comprehensive guide is packed with start-to-finish projects that ease you into the workflow of the program while at the same time providing tips and tricks that will allow you to achieve certain tasks much more quickly. After progressing through the tutorials you will be shown how to customize brushes materials scripts and the interface so that you can utilize these tools to their full advantage. Special consideration is given to ZBrush‘s integration plug-ins with Maya and 3ds Max allowing you to properly import and export your models in all programs. Texturing painting mapping decimation baking and topology are also fully covered so your Zbrush creations can come to life without sacrificing that high-resolution look. Ease your way into this complex subject with this straight-forward approach to ZBrush Perfect your technique with step-by-step tutorials that allow you to create high res models from start to finish. Expand your knowledge by visiting the companion website which features video demonstrations project files texture and model files scripts customized menus brushes and additional resources. | Getting Started in ZBrush An Introduction to Digital Sculpting and Illustration

GBP 180.00
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The Routledge Companion to Primary Education in India From Compulsion to Fundamental Right

The Routledge Companion to Primary Education in India From Compulsion to Fundamental Right

This companion gives a comprehensive overview of the history of primary education in India. It presents an analytical narrative of the progress of primary education as a national endeavour in colonial post-colonial and contemporary India and studies its transformative policy journey culminating in the adoption of education as a fundamental human right. The book looks behind and beyond stated policy goals and outcomes to examine the processes involved in implementing positive change and discusses the underlying socio-political factors affecting education in India. The author also shares reflections on the reform measures needed to achieve the goal of education for all in India. Rich in archival resources this companion will be essential reading for scholars and researchers of history of education education Indian history colonial history and South Asian history. It will also be useful for policymakers organizations and professionals working in the field of education. | The Routledge Companion to Primary Education in India From Compulsion to Fundamental Right

GBP 205.00
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The Routledge Companion to Politics and Literature in English

The Routledge Companion to Politics and Literature in English

The Routledge Companion to Politics and Literature in English provides an interdisciplinary overview of the vibrant connections between literature politics and the political. Featuring contributions from 44 scholars across a variety of disciplines the collection is divided into five parts: Connecting Literature and Politics; Constituting the Polis; Periods and Histories; Media Genre and Techne; and Spaces. Organized around familiar concepts—such as humans animals workers empires nations and states—rather than theoretical schools it will help readers to understand the ways in which literature affects our understanding of who is capable of political action who has been included in and excluded from politics and how different spaces are imagined to be political. It also offers a series of engagements with key moments in literary and political history from 1066 to the present in order to assess and reassess the utility of conventional modes of periodization. The book extends current discussions in the area looking at cutting-edge developments in the discipline of literary studies which will appeal to academics and researchers seeking to orient their own interventions within broader contexts.

GBP 190.00
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The Routledge Companion to Journalism in the Global South

The Routledge Companion to Journalism in the Global South

Responding to mounting calls to decenter and decolonize journalism The Routledge Companion to Journalism in the Global South examines not only the deep-seated challenges associated with the historical imposition of Western journalism standards on constituencies of the Global South but also the opportunities presented to journalists and journalism educators if they choose to partake in international collaboration and education. This collection returns to fundamental questions around the meaning value and practices of journalism from alternative methodological theoretical and epistemological perspectives. These questions include: What really is journalism? Who gets to and who is qualified to define it? What role do ethics play? What are the current trends challenges and opportunities for journalism in the Global South? How is news covered reported written and edited in non-Western settings? What can journalism players living and working in industrialized markets learn from their non-Western colleagues and counterparts and vice versa? Contributors challenge accepted universal ethical standards while showing the relevance of customs traditions and cultures in defining and shaping local and regional journalism. Showcasing some of the most important research on journalism in the Global South and by journalists based in the Global South this companion is key reading for anyone researching the principles and practices of journalism from a de-essentialized perspective.

GBP 205.00
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Practical Mastering A Guide to Mastering in the Modern Studio

Practical Mastering A Guide to Mastering in the Modern Studio

Guiding you through the history and emergence of modern mastering techniques then providing practical hints and tips on how to use them in your set up Practical Mastering is the book for anyone wanting to master this elusive art form. Providing you with solid mastering theory underpinned by years of professional experience and hands-on advice to getting the most out of your set up. Using years of practical and professional experience Mark and Russ offer a discussion of how to effectively listen to and interpret post-mix tracks showing you how to pick out areas of the mix that could be optimized or need development. Backing this up with professional tips and tricks on how to develop and fine tuning your hearing skills. Honing your ears to efficiently and effectively listen to your mixes and create perfectly polished master tracks. | Practical Mastering A Guide to Mastering in the Modern Studio

GBP 180.00
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The Routledge Companion to Applied Qualitative Research in the Caribbean

The Routledge Companion to Applied Qualitative Research in the Caribbean

This cutting-edge book provides a comprehensive examination of applied qualitative research in the Caribbean. It highlights the methodological diversity of qualitative research by drawing on various approaches to the study of Caribbean society addressing the lack of published qualitative research on the region. Featuring 17 chapters the book covers five key areas namely Overview and Introduction; Gender Crime and Violence; Gender and Intimate Partner Violence; Health Management and Public Policy; and Migration and Tourism. Throughout the course of the book the chapters explore how different kinds of qualitative research can be used to inform public policy and help deal with a myriad of socioeconomic problems that affect Caribbean people. The book further uses distinct approaches to showcase a diverse selection of qualitative research methods such as autoethnography life history narrative enquiry participants’ observation grounded theory case study and critical discourse. The book will be beneficial for students and scholars both from the Caribbean and internationally who are engaged in the conduct of qualitative empirical enquiry. It will further hold appeal to advanced undergraduate level classes and postgraduate students along with scholars in the fields of social sciences and education. | The Routledge Companion to Applied Qualitative Research in the Caribbean

GBP 205.00
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The Handbook of Fatigue Management in Transportation Waking Up to the Challenge

The Handbook of Fatigue Management in Transportation Waking Up to the Challenge

In the world of transportation fatigue is a silent killer that can affect us all. Understanding fatigue including how to manage it to minimize safety risk is of great importance. However while it is one thing to recognize that fatigue is a critical safety issue it is quite another to set up a successful scientifically informed fatigue risk management programme. This book is here to help. It has been carefully designed as a comprehensive reference point bringing together international expertise from leaders in fatigue science and showcasing valuable insights from transportation industry practitioners. The 40 authored chapters are divided into six sections to better understand fatigue science the consequences of fatigue in transportation contributors to fatigue managing fatigue and promoting alertness real world case studies of fatigue management in practice and future perspectives. While it is possible to read each chapter in isolation most will be gained by reading the book as a whole. Each chapter starts with an abstract overview and concludes with summary bullet points creating a handy quick check for key points. This accessible text is for those who are interested in supporting alert and safe transportation operations. It is suitable for professionals transport managers government advisors policy makers students academics and anyone who wants to learn more. All transport modes (road rail maritime and aviation) are considered. For anyone waking up to the complex challenge of fatigue management this handbook is a must. | The Handbook of Fatigue Management in Transportation Waking Up to the Challenge

GBP 190.00
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Eargle's The Microphone Book From Mono to Stereo to Surround - A Guide to Microphone Design and Application

Eargle's The Microphone Book From Mono to Stereo to Surround - A Guide to Microphone Design and Application

Eargle's Microphone Book is the only guide you will ever need for the latest in microphone technology application and technique. This new edition features more on microphone arrays and wireless microphones new material on digital models; the latest developments in surround; expanded advice on studio set up recording and mic selection. Ray A. Rayburn provides detailed analysis of the different types of microphones available and addresses their application through practical examples of actual recording sessions and studio operations. The book takes you into the studio or concert hall to see how performers are positioned and how the best microphone array is determined. Problem areas such as reflections studio leakage and isolation are analyzed from practical viewpoints. Creative solutions to stereo sound staging perspective and balance are covered in detail. Eargle's Microphone Book is an invaluable resource for learning the 'why' as well as the 'how' of choosing and placing a microphone for any situation. | Eargle's The Microphone Book From Mono to Stereo to Surround - A Guide to Microphone Design and Application

GBP 180.00
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A Concise Introduction to Statistical Inference

A Concise Introduction to Statistical Inference

This short book introduces the main ideas of statistical inference in a way that is both user friendly and mathematically sound. Particular emphasis is placed on the common foundation of many models used in practice. In addition the book focuses on the formulation of appropriate statistical models to study problems in business economics and the social sciences as well as on how to interpret the results from statistical analyses. The book will be useful to students who are interested in rigorous applications of statistics to problems in business economics and the social sciences as well as students who have studied statistics in the past but need a more solid grounding in statistical techniques to further their careers. Jacco Thijssen is professor of finance at the University of York UK. He holds a PhD in mathematical economics from Tilburg University Netherlands. His main research interests are in applications of optimal stopping theory stochastic calculus and game theory to problems in economics and finance. Professor Thijssen has earned several awards for his statistics teaching. | A Concise Introduction to Statistical Inference

GBP 180.00
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Teaching Introduction to Theatrical Design A Process Based Syllabus in Costumes Scenery and Lighting

Teaching Introduction to Theatrical Design A Process Based Syllabus in Costumes Scenery and Lighting

Teaching Introduction to Theatrical Design is a week-by-week guide that helps instructors who are new to teaching design teaching outside of their fields of expertise or looking for better ways to integrate and encourage non-designers in the design classroom. This book provides a syllabus to teach foundational theatrical design by illustrating process and application of the principals of design in costumes sets lights and sound. | Teaching Introduction to Theatrical Design A Process Based Syllabus in Costumes Scenery and Lighting

GBP 180.00
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The Routledge Companion to Narrative Theory

The Routledge Companion to Narrative Theory

The Routledge Companion to Narrative Theory brings together top scholars in the field to explore the significance of narrative to pressing social cultural and theoretical issues. How does narrative both inform and limit the way we think today? From conspiracy theories and social media movements to racial politics and climate change future scenarios the reach is broad. This volume is distinctive for addressing the complicated relations between the interdisciplinary narrative turn in the academy and the contemporary boom of instrumental storytelling in the public sphere. The scholars collected here explore new theories of causality experientiality and fictionality; challenge normative modes of storytelling; and offer polemical accounts of narrative fiction nonfiction and video games. Drawing upon the latest research in areas from cognitive sciences to complexity theory the volume provides an accessible entry point for those new to the myriad applications of narrative theory and a point of departure for new scholarship.

GBP 205.00
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The Reflective Practitioner How Professionals Think in Action

The Reflective Practitioner How Professionals Think in Action

A leading M. I. T. social scientist and consultant examines five professions - engineering architecture management psychotherapy and town planning - to show how professionals really go about solving problems. The best professionals Donald Schön maintains know more than they can put into words. To meet the challenges of their work they rely less on formulas learned in graduate school than on the kind of improvisation learned in practice. This unarticulated largely unexamined process is the subject of Schön's provocatively original book an effort to show precisely how 'reflection-in-action' works and how this vital creativity might be fostered in future professionals. | The Reflective Practitioner How Professionals Think in Action

GBP 180.00
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The Routledge Companion to Global Literary Adaptation in the Twenty-First Century

The Routledge Companion to Global Literary Adaptation in the Twenty-First Century

The Routledge Companion to Global Literary Adaptation in the Twenty-First Century offers new perspectives on contemporary literary adaptation as a dynamically global field. Featuring contributions from an international team of established and emerging scholars this volume considers literary adaptation to be a complex global network of influences appropriations and audiences across a diversity of media. It offers site-specific case studies that situate literary adaptation within global market forces while challenging the homogenizing effects of globalization on local literatures and adaptation practices. The collection also provides a multi-disciplinary and transnational discussion around a wide array of topics in literary adaptation in a global context such as soft power decolonization global justice the posthuman eco criticism and forms of activism. This Companion provides scholars researchers and students with a survey of key methodologies current debates and ideologies emerging from a new and exciting phase in literary adaptation.

GBP 190.00
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From Police to Security Professional A Guide to a Successful Career Transition

From Police to Security Professional A Guide to a Successful Career Transition

Former police and military personnel possess attractive skill sets for the private security industry; however the transition to the corporate arena is not without challenges. Competition for these jobs is fierce. Many candidates possess degrees in security management‘some having spent their entire professional careers in private security. From Police to Security Professional: A Guide to a Successful Career Transition provides tips on overcoming the inherent obstacles law enforcement professionals face in making the switch and supplies a practical roadmap for entry into the private security world. The foundation of the book comes from the author‘s own journey and the many hurdles he encountered transitioning to private sector security. With his help you‘ll learn: The unique skills experience and mentality required to enter into the private security industry from a law enforcement background The opportunities available and the different areas within the industry including benefits and income potential How to properly evaluate your training portfolio How to tailor your resume to garner the attention of hiring executives The many professional associations and certifications that could be helpful in your career Vital to your ability to succeed is understanding that security management has evolved into a distinct profession in its own right one that brings with it different education experience and skill sets that clearly differentiate it from law enforcement. This book will help you better understand and be prepared for the policies processes and a corporate environment that operates in a very different way than the police structure to which you are accustomed. With the author‘s help you‘ll give yourself every advantage to get the job and succeed in your new career. | From Police to Security Professional A Guide to a Successful Career Transition

GBP 180.00
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From Computing to Computational Thinking

From Computing to Computational Thinking

Computational Thinking (CT) involves fundamental concepts and reasoning distilled from computer science and other computational sciences which become powerful general mental tools for solving problems increasing efficiency reducing complexity designing procedures or interacting with humans and machines. An easy-to-understand guidebook From Computing to Computational Thinking gives you the tools for understanding and using CT. It does not assume experience or knowledge of programming or of a programming language but explains concepts and methods for CT with clarity and depth. Successful applications in diverse disciplines have shown the power of CT in problem solving. The book uses puzzles games and everyday examples as starting points for discussion and for connecting abstract thinking patterns to real-life situations. It provides an interesting and thought-provoking way to gain general knowledge about modern computing and the concepts and thinking processes underlying modern digital technologies.

GBP 180.00
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The Routledge Companion to Mental Health at Work

The Routledge Companion to Mental Health at Work

The issue of mental health at work has become a hot topic in both the popular media and academic writings. Although job stress and mental ill-health are associated with negative outcomes for individuals teams and organizations there has been some suggestion that changing the work environment and creating healthy workplaces can improve worker health. Much of the current works in the general of health is fractured coming from a variety of disciplines and perspectives without an organizing framework to help guide research and practice in the area. Having this individualized compartmentalized perspective constrains our ability to fully understand the scope of the issue the key factors in supporting or detracting from one’s mental health and interventions focusing on mental health at work. Given the importance of understanding mental health at work and the current lack of coverage on workplace mental health there is a need for a book to provide a holistic overview of the issue targeting the environmental individual and group influences of mental health and well-being as well as the impact on individuals and workplaces. This handbook provides a conceptual framework for examining these issues. Each chapter offers an in-depth examination of the key facets of mental health at work focusing both on the seminal and current literature on the topic and practical suggestions for best practices for organizations. With contributions from leading experts authors address the state-of-the-art research and integrate current events that are shaping the way we work and our wellbeing at work. This edited collection will be of interest to researchers academics policymakers and advanced students in the fields of human resource management organizational psychology and management. | The Routledge Companion to Mental Health at Work

GBP 205.00
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Adapting to European Integration Small States and the European Union

Adapting to European Integration Small States and the European Union

Adapting to European Integration describes how the political institutions in eight small member states and two non-members responded to the internal and external demands springing from the process of European integration in general and EC/EU membership in particular. The study makes a distinction between governmental/administrative adaptation political adaptation and strategic adaptation. The chapters focus in the first instance on the governmental/administrative responses at the level of central government the organisational adjustments and the changes in institutional capacity to meet the new challenges. The authors also look at the willingness of the political decision-makers to internalise the EC/EU dimension in domestic policy making and the way in which the country's own history as well as the attitude towards European integration facilitate or hinder adaptation and change. | Adapting to European Integration Small States and the European Union

GBP 180.00
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