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Research Methodology for Social Sciences

Research Methodology for Social Sciences

Research Methodology for Social Sciences provides guidelines for designing and conducting evidence-based research in social sciences and interdisciplinary studies using both qualitative and quantitative data. Blending the particularity of different sub-disciplines and interdisciplinary nature of social sciences this volume: Provides insights on epistemological issues and deliberates on debates over qualitative research methods; Covers different aspects of qualitative research techniques and evidence-based research techniques including survey design choice of sample construction of indices statistical inferences and data analysis; Discusses concepts techniques and tools at different stages of research beginning with the design of field surveys to collect raw data and then analyse it using statistical and econometric methods. With illustrations examples and a reader-friendly approach this volume will serve as a key reference material for compulsory research methodology courses at doctoral levels across different disciplines such as economics sociology women’s studies education anthropology political science international relations philosophy history and business management. This volume will also be indispensable for postgraduate courses dealing with quantitative techniques and data analysis.

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Future of Cities Planning Infrastructure and Development

Future of Cities Planning Infrastructure and Development

This book critically analyses the existing condition of cities in developing countries with special reference to planning and infrastructure networks in India. It provides an overview of the nature of opportunities presented by cities; major challenges that cities would face in future; and codifies the ways and means to transcend the challenges of contemporary urban growth and quality of urbanisation. It discusses key themes such as architecture of density transformation of land-use zones to development zones development of railway infrastructure planning and design guidelines for bus rapid transit and urban water planning and universal access to housing to create an enabling environment for deliberations and a better future for cities in the developing world. The book integrates insights from governance planning and design and highlights implications of spatial integration. It brings together current issues in Indian urbanisation smart technologies used in building smart cities and high-rises and urban and regional governance to explore forms of sustainable development planning that factor human needs. Accessible and topical this book will be useful to scholars and researchers of urban studies urban and city planning development studies sociology public policy and administration political sociology anthropology architecture geography and economics as well as to professionals planners policymakers and non-governmental organisations. | Future of Cities Planning Infrastructure and Development

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Mapping Innovation in India’s Creative Industries Policy Context and Opportunities

Mapping Innovation in India’s Creative Industries Policy Context and Opportunities

The first in-depth study of the Indian creative industries this book provides a comprehensive mapping of the Indian creative industries and its policy landscape developing and defining key concepts and terms and offering detailed case studies of specific sectors geographic regions and governance structures. Using an ecosystem framework this book focuses on strategy/policy; tangible and intangible infrastructure; and funding and investment to understand the main drivers and barriers across nine sub-sector value chains. With investment from global brands into many sectors it tracks how Indian creative industries are fostering innovation and design for social and ecological sustainability. It also delves into India’s informal economy to share key policy insights. The volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of public policy business studies and South Asian studies. It will also be a key document for foreign investors willing to invest in one of the fastest-growing and stable economies in the world. | Mapping Innovation in India’s Creative Industries Policy Context and Opportunities

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The Routledge Handbook of Poverty in the Global South

The Routledge Handbook of Poverty in the Global South

This handbook initiates fresh debates on poverty and its impact in a constantly changing Global South society. It studies the concept theories and causes of poverty as well as the design and delivery of social welfare policies related to specific groups such as women children and the elderly. The chapters are theoretical evidence-based and empirical in nature and bring together a holistic understanding of social problems and issues in developing countries. The volume brings together researchers educators and practitioners from across the globe to develop a hands-on reference work that will be requisite for several social science disciplines concerned with poverty and the welfare of poor people. The first of its kind the handbook will be indispensable for scholars and researchers of development studies economics social work political studies poverty studies population and demographic studies sociology social anthropology public policy and political economy especially those concerned with the Global South. | The Routledge Handbook of Poverty in the Global South

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Integrated Advertising Promotion and Marketing Communicating in a Digital World

Integrated Advertising Promotion and Marketing Communicating in a Digital World

This book introduces the concepts perspectives and importance of integrated marketing communication (IMC). It presents the history of Indian advertising the strategic importance of IMC and a discussion on social and cultural factors that enhance the effectiveness of marketing communication. Attuned to an evolving Internet-driven social media–connected world the book covers all the important forms of communications used by business organizations touching upon key areas from marketing plans branding positioning and creative briefs to copywriting design. It takes the readers through the varied strands of IMC including advertising public relations direct marketing and sales promotion. The volume also presents considerations for each major media format with an aim of sending their messages to the end consumer. This volume will be an invaluable resource for students scholars and marketing professionals as it covers a wide range of topics like communication strategies advertising marketing brand management media studies and public relations. | Integrated Advertising Promotion and Marketing Communicating in a Digital World

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Macroeconomic Policies for Emerging and Developing Economies

Macroeconomic Policies for Emerging and Developing Economies

This book examines the relevance of the concepts and hypotheses of macroeconomics in the contemporary world. It discusses the current debates on theory and practices of macroeconomic policies with a focus on developing economies emerging from the impact of Covid-19 pandemic. The volume advocates for a symbiotic relationship between macroeconomic policies and development strategies. It analyses several issues related to macroeconomic tools which include openness capital flows exchange rate and financial strategies. It underscores the need to design a development strategy that accounts for the economic context of the countries concerned. Further the book advocates for well-regulated macrofinancial policies promoting sustainable growth. It also provides recommendations to policy makers on formulating a sound and inclusive macroeconomic policy essential for financial stability. This book will be of interest to students and researchers of macroeconomics public administration development studies management and policymaking. It will also be useful to economists policymakers and journalists working on emerging and developing economies. | Macroeconomic Policies for Emerging and Developing Economies

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Long-Term Investments Project Planning and Appraisal

Long-Term Investments Project Planning and Appraisal

First published in 2009. The limited text material available to highlight the relationships among capital structure managerial incentives and valuation has also constrained teaching efforts at business schools. Long-term Investments is intended to give a bird’s eye view of projects for a diverse audience encountered at contemporary business schools. This book is an attempt to blend the theory from Corporate Finance courses with the real-world situations encountered by a project analyst. It provides a systematic ‘guided-tour’ of the world of projects commencing with a strategic view through the development of financial models and culminates with an evaluation of risk and the design of risk-mitigation measures. Given the emphasis on the development of financial models to help make investment decisions it is designed to simultaneously appeal to business school students and to serve as a do-it-yourself guide for practicing professionals. | Long-Term Investments Project Planning and Appraisal

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Tracing the Undersea Dragon Chinese SSBN Programme and the Indo-Pacific

Tracing the Undersea Dragon Chinese SSBN Programme and the Indo-Pacific

This book is a comprehensive study of the development of China’s nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs). It offers insights into the secretive world of nuclear submarines and ballistic missiles of the Chinese (PLA) Navy and studies how these are likely to grow in the next two decades. The volume examines the technological origins of the design and development of Chinese nuclear submarines ballistic missiles and their naval construction capabilities. It provides an analysis of the underlying Chinese nuclear doctrine China’s maritime geographical constraints for submarine operations and the credibility of its sea-based deterrence. It draws upon strategy nuclear policy technology geography and operational considerations to holistically predict the likely SSBN force levels of the PLA Navy for various scenarios. The book also assesses the spectrum of threats likely from the undersea domain for India and other nations in the Indo-Pacific region. A key text on an obscure but vital facet of Chinese defence studies this book will be useful for scholars and researchers of strategic affairs international relations and disarmament studies peace and conflict studies geopolitics foreign policy Indo-Pacific studies and diplomacy. | Tracing the Undersea Dragon Chinese SSBN Programme and the Indo-Pacific

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Social Research Methodology Qualitative and Quantitative Designs

Social Research Methodology Qualitative and Quantitative Designs

This book provides unrivalled coverage of both quantitative and qualitative research methods making it invaluable for anyone embarking on social research. Divided into five parts/sections it introduces tools techniques critical aspects and knowledge of conducting social research which include a detailed discussion about the basics of social research social research problem review of literature hypothesis sampling research design tools of research statistics and report writing. The volume helps acquire knowledge develop an understanding apply the concepts in social research and curate checklists and rating scales designed to evaluate the statement of a problem research proposal hypothesis different methods of research and writing research reports. It also includes a brief discussion about statistics the style of reporting and the criteria for evaluating social research. This book will be a helpful reference/text for graduates postgraduates doctoral scholars and all those interested in societal development. It would also be useful to students researchers and teachers of the various social sciences disciplines like psychology sociology education social work and other allied subjects. It would be an invaluable companion to professionals and data scientists working in the field of analytics. | Social Research Methodology Qualitative and Quantitative Designs

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Multiuse Wetlands Governance Challenges and Institutional Choices

Multiuse Wetlands Governance Challenges and Institutional Choices

The Ramsar Convention was established in 1971 to ensure the conservation and wise use of wetlands across the world. India joined the Convention in 1982 however in the past 50 years despite Ramsar’s incredible achievements the threat to wetlands across the globe including India has not diminished. This book studies the governance of multiuse wetlands in India. The volume provides an exhaustive analysis of rural peri-urban and urban human-made wetlands to establish the relevance of institutional design and the effective role of authority in governing multiuse wetland ecosystem services. The author argues that the most challenging task in governing wetlands is to frame institutional choices that users and non-users comprehend and agree to pursue under alternative property rights regimes. Drawing on extensive fieldwork the book provides a broad look into the causes and consequences of wetland ecosystem degradation and offers insights into improved sustainable management systems for different types of multiuse wetlands. It will be indispensable for students and researchers of environmental studies sustainable development biodiversity conservation and agricultural natural and environmental resource economics. | Multiuse Wetlands Governance Challenges and Institutional Choices

GBP 130.00
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Aesthetics across Cultures Intertextuality Intermediality and Interculturality

Aesthetics across Cultures Intertextuality Intermediality and Interculturality

This book critically examines the mutual illuminations between literature religion architecture films performative arts paintings woodworks memes and masks cutting across time and space. Architecture is a good example where the eventual success of a project depends on the harmony between physical sciences and aesthetics design and planning knowledge of building material the local climate and awareness of cultural sensibilities. This volume affirms that aesthetics and arts are deeply linked through existential issues of who I am. The chapters in this volume present diverse discursive structures highlighting the in-between spaces between various art forms and mediums such as: • Architecture literature and memory • Kafka in SoHo; Kafka and Bernhard • Kirchner’s woodcuts; pictorial and stage representations of E. T. A. Hoffmann • Hesse’s fairy tales; translations of Pañcatantra • Nietzsche ritual arts and face masks; martyrdom in La chanson de Roland • Goethe and Hafiz; Indian thought in Martin Buber • Rhythms of the Third across cultures • Dadaism and contemporary memes This book examines these sublime linkages in a comparative and interdisciplinary way. Engaging and intersectional this volume will appeal to students and scholars of arts and aesthetics literature philosophy architecture sociology translation studies and readers who are interested in cultural intertextual intermedial and comparative studies. | Aesthetics across Cultures Intertextuality Intermediality and Interculturality

GBP 130.00
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Negotiating Resilience with Hard and Soft City

Negotiating Resilience with Hard and Soft City

This book explores how cities are shaped by the lived experiences of inhabitants and examines the ways they develop strategies to cope with daily and unexpected challenges. It argues that migration livelihood and public health challenges result from inadequacies in the hard city—urban assets such as land infrastructure and housing and asserts that these challenges and escalating vulnerabilities are best negotiated using the soft city—social capital and community networks. In so doing the authors criticise a singular knowledge system and argue for a granular nuanced understanding of cities—of the interrelations between people in places everyday urbanisms social relationships cultural practices and histories. The volume presents perspectives from the Global South and the Global North and engages with city-specific cases from Africa India and Europe for a deeper understanding of resilience. Part of the Urban Futures series it will be of great interest to students and researchers of urban studies urban planning urban management architecture urban sociology urban design ecology conservation and urban sustainability. It will also be useful for urbanists architects urban sociologists city and town planners policy makers and those interested in a deeper understanding of the contemporary and future city. | Negotiating Resilience with Hard and Soft City

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India's Pakistan Policy How Think Tanks Are Shaping Foreign Relations

India's Pakistan Policy How Think Tanks Are Shaping Foreign Relations

This book critically examines the role of think tanks as foreign policy actors. It looks at the origins and development of foreign policy think tanks in India and their changing relevance and position as agents within the policy-making process. The book uses a comparative framework and explores the research discourse of prominent Indian think tanks particularly on the India–Pakistan dispute and offers unique insights and perspectives on their research design and methodology. It draws attention to the policy discourse of think tanks during the Composite Dialogue peace process between India and Pakistan and the subsequent support from the government which further expanded their role. One of the first books to offer empirical analyses into the role of these organisations in India this book highlights the relevance of and the crucial role that these institutions have played as non-state policy actors. Insightful and topical this book will be of interest to researchers focused on international relations foreign policy analysis and South Asian politics. It would also be a good resource for students interested in a theoretical understanding of foreign policy institutions in general and Indian foreign policy in particular. | India's Pakistan Policy How Think Tanks Are Shaping Foreign Relations

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Water Histories of South Asia The Materiality of Liquescence

Water Histories of South Asia The Materiality of Liquescence

This book surveys the intersections between water systems and the phenomenology of visual cultures in early modern colonial and contemporary South Asia. Bringing together contributions by eminent artists architects curators and scholars who explore the connections between the environmental and the cultural the volume situates water in an expansive relational domain. It covers disciplines as diverse as literary studies environmental humanities sustainable design urban planning and media studies. The chapters explore the ways in which material cultures of water generate technological and aesthetic acts of envisioning geographies and make an intervention within political social and cultural discourses. A critical interjection in the sociologies of water in the subcontinent the book brings art history into conversation with current debates on climate change by examining water’s artistic architectural engineering religious scientific and environmental facets from the 16th century to the present. This is one of the first books on South Asia’s art architecture and visual history to interweave the ecological with the aesthetic under the emerging field of eco art history. The volume will be of interest to scholars and general readers of art history Islamic studies South Asian studies urban studies architecture geography history and environmental studies. It will also appeal to activists curators art critics and those interested in water management. | Water Histories of South Asia The Materiality of Liquescence

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Democracy and Social Cleavage in India Ethnography of Riots Everyday Politics and Communalism in West Bengal c. 2012–2021

Democracy and Social Cleavage in India Ethnography of Riots Everyday Politics and Communalism in West Bengal c. 2012–2021

This book explores the emergence of identity politics and violence at the forefront of political life in an Indian state. Through a close reading of everyday politics in West Bengal India which until recently boasted of the longest-serving elected communist government in the world the volume presents unique observations on Indian politics and its trajectories. One of the first ethnographic studies of religious polarisation and its interface with politics in West Bengal this book: Offers a fresh perspective both theoretically and empirically by using longitudinal multi-site ethnography to explain the mechanisms by which identity issues have re-emerged; Studies key policy changes political practices and series of invented traditions during periods of political transition; Examines intricate details of the micro-dynamics of the formulation and expansion of Hindu and Islamic fundamentalism and their political counterparts which carry a capacity to push away secular democratic forces from the existing political spectrum; Sheds light on the mechanisms of riots its design organisational bases and mechanisms of spread; Includes key observations from the 2021 elections in the state. The volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of political science social and cultural anthropology sociology and South Asian studies. | Democracy and Social Cleavage in India Ethnography of Riots Everyday Politics and Communalism in West Bengal c. 2012–2021

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Challenging Colonial Administrative Behavior in Bangladesh

Challenging Colonial Administrative Behavior in Bangladesh

This book studies public policy and administration in Bangladesh. It studies how despite recording high-levels of corruption persistently some governments in least developed countries (LDCs) like Bangladesh have achieved impressive online transformation level through digital electronic or e-Government implementation. The book investigates the historical and political context and examines the different policies and strategies adopted by successive governments of Bangladesh for facilitating digital service delivery transformation of traditional paper-based circuitous public service delivery processes. It reviews public administration reforms introduced over several decades and other initiatives launched with the specific objective of improving service delivery management. The volume also contextualizes the new e-Government development initiatives in light of the various approaches such as traditional public administration new public management digital era governance new public governance and design thinking. Drawing on a host of published and unpublished materials interviews with senior public officials academics representatives of international donor agencies think tanks and non-governmental organizations and a survey of more than 400 plus bureaucrats the book analyzes the progress of digital government in Bangladesh from a soft behavioral perspective. It will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of public policy and public administration politics innovation and South Asian studies. It will be an essential reading for bureaucrats and government officials as well as think tanks and NGOs. | Challenging Colonial Administrative Behavior in Bangladesh

GBP 130.00
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The Making of The Wandering Earth A Film Production Handbook

The Making of The Wandering Earth A Film Production Handbook

This handbook takes us through the making of The Wandering Earth one of the highest-grossing non-English films of all time. It is a rare in-depth behind-the-scenes study of the making of a masterpiece taking the reader through the entire production process of a landmark Chinese science fiction film. The book brings to life how The Wandering Earth was created from words to images by a young and innovative professional team assembled by director Frant Gwo. It discusses specialized details of the filmmaking process and the collaborative work of the crew and the cast involved to present an intuitive feeling of the film’s production. A step-by-step guide on the making of a radical large-scale film this handbook critically examines its various stages such as its development and production stages – the planning preparing recruiting setting up departments and processes; writing the screenplay; creating a visual style and the production design; and the principal photography; its challenging post-production stages – the editing visual effects production color mixing; dubbing sound editing; publicity etc. Further the chapters in volume also explore how Chinese science fiction films disrupt the Western narrative context and provide the larger discourse on Chinese science fiction. Richly illustrated with exclusive first-hand visuals from the making of the film this handbook part of the Studies in Global Genre Fiction series will be an essential read for professionals scholars researchers and students of film and media production film studies popular culture cultural studies Chinese studies world literature and science fiction. It will also be of interest to the general reader interested in filmmaking. | The Making of The Wandering Earth A Film Production Handbook

GBP 31.99
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Algorithms and Automation Governance over Rituals Machines and Prototypes from Sundial to Blockchain

Algorithms and Automation Governance over Rituals Machines and Prototypes from Sundial to Blockchain

To enact the book’s central theme of automation and human agency the author designed a Bot trained on her book to support dialogue with the content and facilitate discussions. If you like to compare what the author says and Bot ‘interprets’ or generates go here https://www. anonette. net/denisaBot/ Algorithms and Automation: Governance over Rituals Machines and Prototypes from Sundial to Blockchain is a critical examination of the history and impact of automation on society. It provides thought-provoking perspectives on the history of automation and its relationship with power emphasizing the importance of considering the social context in which automation is developed and used. The book argues that automation has always been a political and social force that shapes our lives and futures rather than a neutral tool. The author provides a genealogy of automation tracing its development from ancient rituals to modern-day prototypes and highlights the challenges posed by new technologies such as blockchain and artificial intelligence. The volume argues that we need more democratic and accountable governance over technological innovation to ensure that it respects human rights political pluralism legitimacy and other values we hold dear in our institutions and political processes. An engaging read on a fascinating topic this book will be indispensable for scholars students and researchers of science and technology studies digital humanities politics and governance public policy social policy system design and automation and history and philosophy of science and technology. It will also be of interest to readers interested in the interactions of the sciences and the social sciences and humanities. | Algorithms and Automation Governance over Rituals Machines and Prototypes from Sundial to Blockchain

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E-Waste Management Challenges and Opportunities in India

E-Waste Management Challenges and Opportunities in India

This book offers an extensive review of e-waste management in India the world’s third‑largest producer of waste from electrical and electronic equipment. With a focus on the evolution of legalframeworks in India and the world it presents impacts and outcomes; challenges and opportunities; and management strategies and practices to deal with e-waste. First of its kind the book examines relevant concepts and issues from across 15 disciplines and six areas of policy making and will serve as a comprehensive knowledge base on electronic waste in India. It links key themes to the global context of Sustainable Development Goals and explores the convergence with technological infrastructural and social initiatives in e-waste management. A range of topics are discussed such as resource efficiency policies; circular economy; toxicity; technicalities and complexities of e-waste management including role of the informal sector and need for recognising social and human costs in policy making. The book deals with the role of statistics; legal trends and reforms; linkages with green Agenda 2030 and UN initiatives; implementation of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR); environmental factors; business prospects; consequences on human health; Life Cycle Impact Assessment; the ‘six Rs’ (Responsible use Repair Refurbish Recycle Recover and Reuse); recycling practices and problems material flow and informal sector in trade value chain; fostering partnership between formal-informal sectors; safe disposal; alternatives to landfilling; role of jurisprudence and regulatory bodies; and education and awareness. It also includes a survey of pan-India initiatives and trajectories of law-driven initiatives for effective e-waste management along with responses from industries and producers. Timely and essential this volume will be useful to scholars and researchers of environment studies digital waste management waste management development studies public policy political ecology sustainable development technology and manufacturing design and instrumentation environmental and international law taxation commerce electronic industry economics business management metallurgy and engineering labour studies as well as to policymakers nongovernmental organisations and interested general readers. | E-Waste Management Challenges and Opportunities in India

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