Winner of the 2013 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Poetry"The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton 1965-2010 may be the most important book of poetry to appear in years."--Publishers Weekly"All poetry readers will want to own this book; almost everyth…
From this hugely influential, internationally bestselling author- a new book focussingon the most effective way to resolve conflict.
This is a practical, inspiring book on achieving conservation goals through effective communication. Whether you are managing wetlands, protecting endangered species, or restoring ecosystems, you need to be able to communicate effectively in order t…
Analysing Discourse is an accessible introductory textbook for all students and researchers working with real language data.Drawing on a range of social theorists from Bourdieu to Habermas, as well as his own research, Norman Fairclough's book prese…
This anthology of key primary texts provides an unmatched introduction to Islamist political thought from the early twentieth century to the present, and serves as an invaluable guide through the storm of polemic, fear, and confusion that swirls aro…
Drawing from interviews with Internet researchers from across the globe who work in diverse disciplines and in a wide array of online venues, this book examines ethical issues and questions that Internet researchers may encounter throughout the rese…
This book explores what speech, music and other sounds have in common. It gives a detailed description of the way perspective, rhythm, textual quality and other aspects of sound are used to communicate emotion and meaning. It draws on a wealth of ex…
Inom strategisk kommunikation används ofta traditionella kvalitativa metoder som intervju, observation eller textanalys men det är sällan den metodlitteratur som finns på svenska hämtar exempel från ämnet strategisk kommunikation. Det finns därför e…
The 7th edition of Intercultural Communication in Contexts examines communication in multicultural relationships and provides the tools for effective communication amid cultural, ethnic, and religious differences in domestic and global contexts. Stu…
Den här unika boken är en introduktion till en ny kunskapsteori. Tidlös utbildning av Andreas Carlund är baserad på en väsentlighetsnyckel som ökar intelligenskvaliteten drastiskt och isolerar all kunskap som är relevant från all kunskap som inte är…
This volume presents original, 'big picture' perspectives on news framing. Each chapter in this volume will feature an individual or team of framing analysts who take a reflective look at their own empirical work. The editors' goals are to identify…
Social Media and Crisis Communication provides a unique and timely contribution to the field of crisis communication by addressing how social media are influencing the practice of crisis communication. The book, with a collection of chapters contrib…
In this provocative study, Paul du Gay makes a compelling case for the continuing importance of bureaucracy. Taking inspiration from the work of Max Weber, du Gay launches a staunch defence of `the bureaucratic ethos' and highlights its continuing r…
This second edition of the landmark textbook Reading Images builds on its reputation as the first systematic and comprehensive account of the grammar of visual design. Drawing on an enormous range of examples from children's drawings to textbook ill…
The Handbook of Visual Analysis is a rich methodological resource for students, academics, researchers and professionals interested in investigating the visual representation of socially significant issues.The Handbook:* Offers a wide-range of metho…
This is a book of China's own political narrative written by one of China's leading and best-known thinkers. It is the last part of the author's 'China Trilogy', which is a best-seller in China, with over one million copies sold. The book in itself…
Symbols are often identified as an international language and, to some extent, they are. But that language is far from universal. Different symbols can mean radically different things in different contexts - a cross, a crane or a swastika could each…
How Chinese characters triumphed over the QWERTY keyboard and laid the foundation for China's information technology successes today.Chinese writing is character based, the one major world script that is neither alphabetic nor syllabic. Through the…
The award-winning first edition of "The Promise of Mediation", published ten years ago, is a landmark classic that changed the field's understanding of the theory and practice of conflict intervention. That volume first articulated the 'transformati…
This edited volume reports on the growing body of research in science communication training, and identifies best practices for communication training programs around the world.Theory and Best Practices in Science Communication Training provides a c…
"One of the best books I have read in years about what it means to engage neoliberalism through a critical framework that highlights those narratives and stories that affirm both our humanity and our longing for justice. It should be read by everyon…
How have African rulers responded to the introduction of democratic electoral competition? Despite the broadly negative picture painted by the prevailing focus on electoral fraud, clientelism, and ethnic conflict, the book argues that the full story…
The phenomenon of multimodality has, as Jewitt observes, generated interest "across many disciplines...against the backdrop of considerable social change." Contemporary societies are grappling with the social implications of the rapid increase in so…
This is a multidisciplinary study of Gulmi and Argha-Khanci, two districts in modern central Nepal which coincide with the boundaries of prominent earlier principalities, prior to the unification of the country in the late 18th century.
The seminal work on Restorative Justice by one of the founders of the movement, now fully revised and updated. In a time of bitter differences and deep division, how should we as a society respond to wrongdoing? When a crime occurs or an injustice…
Howard Zehr is the father of Restorative Justice and is known worldwide for his pioneering work in transforming understandings of justice. Here he proposes workable principles and practices for making Restorative Justice possible in this revised and…
'Development' first emerged as a subject area in the second half of the twentieth century. After World War II, scholars and practitioners sought to study the causes of poverty and so-called 'underdevelopment' in a more systematic and sustained way.…
The book provides a lively introduction international development studies today. It seeks to enthuse readers about the subject and encourages them to delve further into this hugely important topic. It is aimed especially - but not exclusively - at h…
Tackling issues surrounding post-development which is arguably one of the most significant debates in the field of north-south relations at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Contributors explore the possibilities and limitations of post-dev…
The law that regulates armed conflicts is one of the oldest branches of international law, and yet continues to be one of the most dynamic areas of law today. This book provides an accessible, scholarly, and up-to-date examination of international h…
Understanding and addressing linguistic disadvantage must be a central facet of the social justice agenda of our time. This book explores the ways in which linguistic diversity mediates social justice in liberal democracies undergoing rapid change d…
This book explains the making of the South African state and thereby contributes to the development theory by analyzing the concept of the embedded neoliberal state. The author offers a theoretical exploration of state formation as an inherently int…
This volume examines the causes and purposes of 'post-conflict' violence.The end of a war is generally expected to be followed by an end to collective violence, as the term `post-conflict' that came into general usage in the 1990s signifies. In real…
Featuring a wide range of exercises, examples, and images, this textbook provides a practical way of analyzing the discourses of the global media industries. Building on a comprehensive introduction to the history and theory of global media communic…
In this landmark collection, the voices of pathmakers and innovators in peacebuilding evaluation are assembled to provide new direction for the field. Stock is taken of the development and challenges of engaging in the real-time learning that evalua…
Questions... ? demand answers ? stimulate thinking ? give us valuable information ? put us in control ? get people to open up ? lead to quality listening ? get people to sell themselves They're an essential tool of the seeker and the problem-solver,…
Denna bok riktar sig till blivande frisörer inom Gymnasieskolan. Men även frisörer som arbetat en längre tid i yrket, kan ha glädje av boken. Kemi och fysik är nödvändiga kunskaper för att bli en bra frisör. Jag har valt att beskriva de grundläggand…
The current focus on sustainable development opens up debates surrounding our relationship with the natural world, about what constitutes social progress and about the character of development, both in the Global North and the Global South. The prom…
Boken handlar om forskning som praktisk verksamhet. Den behandlar olika samhällsvetenskapliga forskningstraditioner och deras olika syn på människan, samhället och kunskapen och diskuterar mot den bakgrunden forskningens för…
Language, Society and Power is an accessible introduction to studying language in a variety of social contexts. This book examines the ways language functions, how it influences the way we view society and how it varies according to age, ethnicity,…
Propaganda and Persuasion, Sixth Edition, by Garth S. Jowett and Victoria O'Donnell, is the only book of its kind to comprehensively cover the history of propaganda and offer insightful definitions and methods to analyze it. Fascinating examples, fr…
The industry speaks out about SUCCESSFUL TELEVISION WRITING "Where was this book when I was starting out? A fantastic, fun, informative guide to breaking into–and more importantly, staying in–the TV writing game from the guys who taught…
The Intertext series has been specifically designed to meet the needs of contemporary English Language Studies. The core book, Working with Texts, is the foundation text which provides an introduction to language analysis. It is complemented by a ra…
Award winning scholar and author Klaus Krippendorff provides an introduction to content analysis as a research technique in the fourth edition of this highly anticipated text. Content Analysis: An Introduction to Its Methodology explores how meaning…
"An excellent and supremely accessible guide to some key issues in development geography"- Stuart Corbridge, London School of Economics"Provides a clearly stated, informed and strongly structured pathway through the key literatures and debates"- Jon…
This comprehensive and broad-ranging introductory textbook examines the key aspects of contemporary international development from both a practical and theoretical perspective. It addresses the fundamental question of what 'development' actually is…
Hur kan vi förstå och förklara den israelisk-palestinska konflikten som pågått i mer än hundra år och som ofta beskrivs som djupt rotad och svårlöst? På vilket sätt har konflikten förändrats över tid? Vilken betydelse har stormaktspolitik, territori…
Rörlighetens omvandling är en bok om människors res- och kommunikationsvanor – om vår accelererande förmåga att överbrygga geografiska avstånd. I boken analyseras aktuella förändringstendenser som har stor betydelse för samhällets omdaning och…
"An excellent book providing students with a historical understanding of mass media and communication. Theories, concepts and models are intertwined throughout the chapters challenging students to critically understand and evaluate the role of mass…
An Introduction to the Ancient World offers a thorough survey of the history of the ancient Near East, Greece and Rome. Covering the social, political, economic and cultural processes that have influenced later western and Near Eastern civilisations…
