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Power and Space - Essays on a Shifting Relationship - Bok av John Allen - Häftad

Power and Space - Essays on a Shifting Relationship - Bok av John Allen - Häftad

Power and Space sets out the inherently spatial nature of power today and seeks to change the conversation around how power exercises us in the contemporary moment.The essays brought together in this book are a response to the fact that conventional descriptions of power and its ordered geographies no longer chime with our lived experience. Spatiality matters to the workings of power nowadays and this book sheds light on what it is that we face when power is exercised though more subtle, spatially..

SEK 600.00
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Authoritarian Power and State Formation in Ba`thist Syria - Army, Party, and Peasant - Bok av Raymond A Hinnebusch - Häftad

Authoritarian Power and State Formation in Ba`thist Syria - Army, Party, and Peasant - Bok av Raymond A Hinnebusch - Häftad

The social and economic forces that worked together to bring the Ba'thist party to power in 1963: the failure of traditional and liberal leadership, an agrarian crisis, the development of party ideology, the politicization of the army and rural mobilization - are examined in this study. Dr Hinnebusch aims to show how the Ba'th's road to power shaped its ideology and the character of its rule. Attention is then given to the pillars of state power - the army, political organizations and the peasantry...

SEK 630.00
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The Limits to Power - Soviet Policy in the Middle East - Bok av Yaacov Ro'i - Häftad

The Limits to Power - Soviet Policy in the Middle East - Bok av Yaacov Ro'i - Häftad

The Limits to Power (1979) analyses the spectrum of Soviet interests and policies in the Middle East following the Yom Kippur War of October 1973: how the Soviets handled the oil question, military and economic aid, policy toward Egypt, Syria, Iraq, the Palestinian organisations - and toward Israel itself. The Soviet position in the Middle East in 1970 was as the dominant foreign power in the region, and this book examines the events and actions that resulted, under a decade later, in such a sharp..

SEK 561.00
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Histories of Urban Planning and Political Power - European Perspectives - Bok av Victoria Grau - Häftad

Histories of Urban Planning and Political Power - European Perspectives - Bok av Victoria Grau - Häftad

Urban planning has always been a preeminent instrument of political power. In this volume, contributions from Europe and Latin America provide insight into the functions of planning under very different political and societal constellations over the last hundred years: dictatorships, parliamentary democracies and illiberalism; capitalism and state socialism; state interventionism and neoliberalism; societies in times of peace and societies marked by colonial, civil, world or cold wars.The dictatorships..

SEK 600.00
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Giving Voice - The Power of Theatre for Positive Change - Bok av Carol J Maples - Inbunden

Giving Voice - The Power of Theatre for Positive Change - Bok av Carol J Maples - Inbunden

This book is a practical guide for using the power of theatre to address issues of oppression in areas such as race, ethnicity, LGBTQ+, gender, and sexual harassment.Giving Voices charts a roadmap for the process of establishing a troupe, including auditioning members, utilizing authentic source material, directing rehearsals, guiding mindful growth among troupe members, and facilitating an inclusive forum environment. Rooted in Augusto Boal's THEATRE OF THE OPPRESSED and using the nationally recognized..

SEK 786.00
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The Healing Power of Community - Mutual Aid, AIDS & Social Transformation in Psychology - Bok av Lusijah Marx - Häftad

The Healing Power of Community - Mutual Aid, AIDS & Social Transformation in Psychology - Bok av Lusijah Marx - Häftad

The Healing Power of Community offers a diverse cross section of interdisciplinary and depth-psychological perspectives in support of using mutual aid approaches in all levels of group and community practice as a remedy for individualism and social and political divisions, centering social justice.Written by three distinct voices who collaborated at the height of the AIDS crisis, the book begins with an autoethnographic study of Project Quest, an HIV/AIDS clinic established in 1989, before looking..

SEK 516.00
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Managing Nuclear Accidents - A Model Emergency Response Plan for Power Plants and Communities - Bok av Dominic Golding - Häftad

Managing Nuclear Accidents - A Model Emergency Response Plan for Power Plants and Communities - Bok av Dominic Golding - Häftad

In 1986, the Three Mile Island Public Health Fund commissioned a national team of researchers to prepare an alternative emergency plan for the region around the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. This nontechnical book, addressed to emergency workers, the public and policymakers, presents the results of their research in the form of a bold plan that is applicable to any nuclear plant emergency. It builds on the principles that local knowledge is valuable, not unsophisticated, that communities..

SEK 630.00
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Transforming Food Systems - Narratives of Power - Bok av Molly D Anderson - Häftad

Transforming Food Systems - Narratives of Power - Bok av Molly D Anderson - Häftad

This book focuses on the contested nature and competing narratives of food system transformations, despite it being widely acknowledged that changes are essential for the safeguarding of human and planetary health and well-being.The book approaches food system transformation through narratives, or the stories we tell ourselves and others about how things work. Narratives are closely connected with theories of change, although food system actors frequently lack explicit theories of change. Using political..

SEK 616.00
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Activated Citizenship - The Transformative Power of Citizens' Assemblies - Bok av Marjan H Ehsassi - Häftad

Activated Citizenship - The Transformative Power of Citizens' Assemblies - Bok av Marjan H Ehsassi - Häftad

To counter pervasive levels of citizen disengagement from political institutions, this book examines democratic innovations that meaningfully engage with citizens to address some the deficits of western representative democracies. Citizens' assemblies provide one such innovation, offering opportunities for more consistent participation between elections, more meaningful input in government decision making, and more impactful platforms for participation. This cutting-edge book introduces a new definition..

SEK 600.00
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Power Without Responsibility - Press, Broadcasting and the Internet in Britain - Bok av James Curran - Häftad

Power Without Responsibility - Press, Broadcasting and the Internet in Britain - Bok av James Curran - Häftad

This book attacks the conventional history of the press as a story of progress; offers a critical defence and history of public service broadcasting; provides a myth-busting account of the internet; a subtle account of the impact of social media and explores key debates about the role and politics of the media.Power Without Responsibility has become a standard book on media and other courses: but it has also gone beyond an academic audience to reach a wider public. Hailed as a book that has 'cracked..

SEK 641.00
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Nineteenth Century America in the Society of States - Reluctant Power - Bok av Cornelia Navari - Häftad

Nineteenth Century America in the Society of States - Reluctant Power - Bok av Cornelia Navari - Häftad

This book examines how the United States adopted and contributed to the practices of international society--the habits and practices states use to regulate their relations--during the nineteenth century. Expert contributors consider America's \entry\ into international society and how independence forced it to enter into diplomatic relations with European states and start a permanent engagement with a society of states. Individual chapters focus on U.S. perceptions of the international order and..

SEK 600.00
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Critical Thinking on Youth Participatory Action Research - Participation, Power, and Purpose - Bok av Gretchen Brion-Meisels - Häftad

Critical Thinking on Youth Participatory Action Research - Participation, Power, and Purpose - Bok av Gretchen Brion-Meisels - Häftad

This book illuminates critical thinking on the past, present, and future of youth participatory action research (YPAR). In this critical moment, it shows how to better understand those who have been central to the visioning and enacting of YPAR projects, and it examines the fundamental tenets and boundaries of their work.More than a \how-to\ guide, this work showcases new interviews with leaders in the field, allowing them to discuss many of the nuances, roots, and tensions of this research. Throughout..

SEK 646.00
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Anthropological Approaches to Reading Migrant Writing - Reimagining Ethnographic Methods, Knowledge, and Power - Bok av Deborah Reed-Danahay - Häftad

Anthropological Approaches to Reading Migrant Writing - Reimagining Ethnographic Methods, Knowledge, and Power - Bok av Deborah Reed-Danahay - Häftad

This book brings fresh perspectives to the anthropology of migration. It focuses on what migrants write and how anthropologists may incorporate insights gained from engagement with this writing into research methods and writing practices.The volume includes a range of contributions from leading scholars in the field, all organized around a striking set of questions about the conditions in which migrant narratives are written and translated, the audiences for which they are intended, the genres and..

SEK 616.00
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The Untapped Power of Discovery - How to Create Change That Inspires a Better Future - Bok av Karen Golden-Biddle - Häftad

The Untapped Power of Discovery - How to Create Change That Inspires a Better Future - Bok av Karen Golden-Biddle - Häftad

Despite being a game-changer in powering human growth, discovery remains a mystery. How can it produce ahas and insights to meet the challenge of new realities and reimagine organizational management? This book lays out a process of inquiry that drives belief change and leads to discoveries, empowering leaders, groups, and the organization with a powerful tool for navigating an uncertain future. Discovery lights the intellectual spark for every breakthrough in science, technology, pharmaceuticals,..

SEK 540.00
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Unleashing the Power of European Innovation - How Government, Industry and Science Share Knowledge to Overcome Global Challenges - Bok av Fred Bakker

Unleashing the Power of European Innovation - How Government, Industry and Science Share Knowledge to Overcome Global Challenges - Bok av Fred Bakker

The world is at a critical juncture where our industrial and economic principles have to be reshaped. Three major transitions are underway: towards the use of alternative energy sources, towards carbon-neutral and sustainable production, and towards digitalised manufacture and distribution. This book explores the ways in which these transitions are taking place in Europe.No single institution can bring about the necessary changes: a productive cooperation between government, industry and (technological)..

SEK 527.00
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Using Generative AI Effectively in Higher Education - Sustainable and Ethical Practices for Learning, Teaching and Assessment - Bok av Sue Beckingham

Using Generative AI Effectively in Higher Education - Sustainable and Ethical Practices for Learning, Teaching and Assessment - Bok av Sue Beckingham

Using Generative AI Effectively in Higher Education explores how higher education providers can realise their role and responsibility in harnessing the power of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) ethically and sustainably.This rich collection of established and evaluated practices from across global higher education, offers a practical guide to leading an agile institutional response to emerging technologies, building critical digital literacy across an entire institution and embedding the..

SEK 811.00
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The Anglo-Saxon Tradition - Bok av George G E Catlin - Häftad

The Anglo-Saxon Tradition - Bok av George G E Catlin - Häftad

First published in 1939, The Anglo-Saxon Tradition puts forward Catlin's view on the power of the Anglo-Saxon Tradition to unite Europe. The book identifies the distinguishing features of this Tradition as respect for personality, liberty, experiment, tolerance, accommodation, democracy, federalism, moralism, and public spirit, and emphasises its role in standing against contemporary totalitarian ideologies. The volume outlines Catlin's plan for the confederation of Anglo-Saxony in relation to what..

SEK 531.00
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Critically Engaging Participatory Action Research - Bok av Sara Kindon - Häftad

Critically Engaging Participatory Action Research - Bok av Sara Kindon - Häftad

This timely and informative book reasserts the value of Critical Participatory Action Research (CPAR): an approach to PAR that is informed by critical theories attending to questions of privilege and power, and that generate collaborations focused on challenging structural inequality. The authors, writing explicitly from Minority World perspectives, are experienced researcher-practitioners who have worked with communities in the UK, the USA, South Africa, Australia, India and Colombia over many years...

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