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Russia and Latvia A Case of Sharp Power

Russia and Latvia A Case of Sharp Power

This book explores Russia’s relations with Latvia arguing that Latvia with a higher proportion of Russian speakers than other Baltic states is especially vulnerable to Russia’s “sharp power”. The book highlights how authoritarian and totalitarian regimes are unable to exercise soft power based on the attractiveness of the country's culture and values which would help them gain the favour of the audience of the target countries but instead as in the case of Russia use public diplomacy compatriot policy media policy propaganda and disinformation to produce a destructive effect distorting the democracies of target countries and increasing national security risks. The book provides in-depth detail on how Russia is making use of this “sharp power” in Latvia examines the consequences and assesses the dangers for the future. | Russia and Latvia A Case of Sharp Power

GBP 130.00
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The Struggle for Democracy in Mainland China Taiwan and Hong Kong Sharp Power and its Discontents

The Struggle for Democracy in Mainland China Taiwan and Hong Kong Sharp Power and its Discontents

The key question at the heart of this book is to what extent political activists in mainland China Taiwan and Hong Kong have made progress in their quest to liberalise and democratise their respective polities. Taking a long historical perspective the book compares and contrasts the political development trajectory in the three regions from the early 1970s—from the election-driven liberalisation in Taiwan from 1969 the Democracy Wall Movement in mainland China in 1978 and the top-down political reforms of Governor Patten in Hong Kong after 1992—until the present day. More specifically it sets out the different strategies and tactics political activists have taken assesses the lessons activists have learned from both successes and failures and considers how these experiences have informed their struggles for democracy. Importantly the book demonstrates that at the same time throughout the period and earlier the Chinese Communist Party has been making use of sharp power —penetrating the political and information environments in Western democracies to manipulate debate and suppress dissenters living both inside and outside China—in order to strengthen its domestic position. The book discusses the nature of this sharp power explores the rise of the security state within mainland China and examines the effectiveness of the approach arguing that in Taiwan and Hong Kong the approach has been counterproductive with civil society campaigns for greater democracy and the flourishing of religion in part stimulated by the Chinese Communist Party's sharp power practices. | The Struggle for Democracy in Mainland China Taiwan and Hong Kong Sharp Power and its Discontents

GBP 36.99
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China’s Foreign Policy The Emergence of a Great Power

China’s Foreign Policy The Emergence of a Great Power

This volume explains China’s foreign policy from the perspective of its historical recovery after 1949 and the country’s subsequent rise as a great power including its transformation into a global power. It also illuminates how China has in tandem with its rise developed an increasing array of political economic ‘sharp power’ and military capabilities that is helping it to further its increasingly expansive foreign policy objectives. The volume examines two key questions: What have been the implications of China’s rise for its foreign policy? And how has an increasingly powerful and confident China used a range of foreign policy instruments to pursue its expanding national interests in Asia and beyond? The volume is divided into three parts covering the conceptualization and drivers of China’s foreign policy China’s relations with the world and the instruments of China’s foreign policy namely its economic power military capabilities and its ‘sharp power’ manipulation of information and relationships. It will be of interest to academics students and researchers interested in understanding China’s role in world politics. | China’s Foreign Policy The Emergence of a Great Power

GBP 130.00
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The Cia's Secret Operations Espionage Counterespionage And Covert Action

The Cia's Secret Operations Espionage Counterespionage And Covert Action

I am grateful to those of my colleagues in this first generation of American spymasters who were willing to share their experiences with me even after I retired to my unclassified farm . I am indebted to Howard Roman who worked with Allen Dulles on his intelligence writings for his assistance in the preparation of the early chapters and to Nancy Kelly my editor at Reader's Digest Press for the sharp edge of her pruning shears . | The Cia's Secret Operations Espionage Counterespionage And Covert Action

GBP 39.99
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Training and Assessing Non-Technical Skills A Practical Guide

Training and Assessing Non-Technical Skills A Practical Guide

Providing a practical guide to the training and assessment of non-technical skills within high-risk industries this book will be of direct interest to safety and training professionals working within aviation healthcare rail maritime and other high-risk industries. Currently each of these industries are working to integrate non-technical skills into their training and certification processes particularly in light of increasing international regulation in this area. However there is no definitive guidance to assist practitioners within these areas with the design of effective non-technical skills training and assessment programs. This book sets out to fully meet this need. It has been designed as a practically focussed companion to the 2008 book Safety at the Sharp End by Flin O'Connor and Crichton. While Safety at the Sharp End provides the definitive exploration of the need for non-technical skills training and examines in detail the main components of non-technical skills as they relate to safe operations the text does not focus on the nuts and bolts of designing training and assessment programs. To this end Training and Assessing Non-Technical Skills: A Practical Guide provides an extension of this work and a fitting companion text. | Training and Assessing Non-Technical Skills A Practical Guide

GBP 46.99
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Confronting Educational Policy in Neoliberal Times International Perspectives

Confronting Educational Policy in Neoliberal Times International Perspectives

This volume explores how educational policy is changing as a result of neoliberal restructuring and how these issues affect educators’ practice. Evidence-based chapters present a sharp analysis of neoliberal education policy while also offering suggestions and recommendations for future action to bring about change consistent with more robust understandings of democracy. Covering issues relating to historical context philosophical assumptions policy implementation accountability teacher professionalism and standardization Confronting Educational Policy in Neoliberal Times critically engages the ways micro- and macro- neoliberal politics shapes the purposes and implementation of schooling. | Confronting Educational Policy in Neoliberal Times International Perspectives

GBP 42.99
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Industrialization and Development in the Third World

Industrialization and Development in the Third World

Developing countries have undergone significant industrialization in the last three decades. Yet industrial growth reveals marked spatial inequalities in terms of both country and location. The Newly Industrialised Countries have achieved spectacular growth in sharp contrast to many other countries of the South. Industrial structure has changed moving away from labour intensive industries to more technologically advanced manufacturing. Developing countries have had considerable success in penetrating developed country markets but they are now encountering more market restrictions. The role of the government in the development of the economy is also changing. Increasingly countries are turning towards export-orientated industrialization strategies and privatization whilst their governments are emphasising their facilitative role. | Industrialization and Development in the Third World

GBP 160.00
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Education Accountability An Analytic Overview

Education Accountability An Analytic Overview

First published in 1986 Education Accountability is a critique of writing on accountability and evaluation with respect to education and its various stakeholders. The author applies frameworks drawn from the theory of knowledge social psychology and social policy demonstrating how different assumptions about the nature of schooling curriculum control and development can give rise to various forms of political control of which education accountability is a special and important case. This sharp book will be valuable reading for all advanced students of education whether interested in curriculum or educational administration as well as to students of political science social policy and evaluation studies teacher trainers administrators and educational researchers. | Education Accountability An Analytic Overview

GBP 89.99
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Performing in Contemporary Musicals

Performing in Contemporary Musicals

Performing in Contemporary Musicals brings into sharp focus the skills performers must possess when tackling shows that are newly written in development or somewhere in between. The authors bust myths about contemporary musical theatre and analyze the development timelines of musicals from around the world. They also explore how performers can become invaluable to a creative team by developing the skills needed to move a new musical forward including: contemporary acting and singing techniques dramaturgy quickly picking up new material and collaboration. Each chapter features insightful industry interviews recommended activities an extensive reading list and an online companion for further study. This textbook is the only comprehensive resource that provides an overview of the development process of a new musical while guiding musical theatre performers to be fruitful collaborators in a new works scenario.

GBP 34.99
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Ancient Cultures of Conceit British University Fiction in the Post-War Years

Ancient Cultures of Conceit British University Fiction in the Post-War Years

The campus novel is one of the best loved forms of fiction in the post-war period. But what are its characteristic themes? What are its prejudices? And what does it take for granted? Originally published in 1990 this is the first study to connect literary historical and sociological aspects of modern British universities. It shows that the culture celebrated in British university fiction represents a particular view of humane education which has its origins in the values of Oxbridge. Threats are seen to come from the ‘redbrick’ and ‘new’ universities from proletarians scientists (including sociologists) women and foreigners. This exhilarating book makes a nonsense of sociology’s reputation for turgid and plodding analysis. Sharp-witted shrewd and penetrating it will be of interest to students of sociology literature and for the same wide audience that appears to have an insatiable appetite for stories about university life. | Ancient Cultures of Conceit British University Fiction in the Post-War Years

GBP 32.99
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University Teaching in Focus A Learning-centred Approach

University Teaching in Focus A Learning-centred Approach

The second edition of University Teaching in Focus distils the knowledge and insights of internationally acclaimed experts in university teaching. It empowers university teachers and contributes to their career success by developing their teaching skills strategies and knowledge. Written in a clear and accessible style it provides a sharp focus on student learning through the lens of four sections: Focus on subject and curriculum design Focus on subject teaching and learning Focus on students Focus on your career Each of the 15 chapters targets a key teaching and learning issue referencing seminal works current resources and practical applications using real-world cases. The ‘Your thoughts’ sections encourage reflection and offer opportunities to adapt international evidence about best practice to local contexts and disciplines. This edition will be a key resource for foundational teaching development programs in higher education institutions or as a self-help manual by early career and experienced teachers who wish to enhance their students’ learning. | University Teaching in Focus A Learning-centred Approach

GBP 29.99
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Surrogacy Law and Human Rights

Surrogacy Law and Human Rights

Surrogacy presents particularly complex questions for human rights law and theory. This book provides a unique and insightful examination into the underexplored issues of how domestic and international law is responding to the sharp increase in the use of surrogacy. The work presents critical analysis of the current regulation of surrogacy via domestic law in Australia India and the USA and international law in the form of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Including a wide range of views from academics and practitioners around the world the contributors consider what could be done to further protect the rights of all persons involved in surrogacy arrangements. This in-depth study of the international and domestic law governing surrogacy provides much needed scholarly knowledge of this contemporary phenomenon along with recommendations for improvement regulation and reform. The book will be of great importance to human rights and legal scholars and well as practitioners in this field. | Surrogacy Law and Human Rights

GBP 51.99
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Vygotsky’s Theory in Early Childhood Education and Research Russian and Western Values

Vygotsky’s Theory in Early Childhood Education and Research Russian and Western Values

Drawing upon in-depth analyses of Lev Vygotsky’s theories of early childhood and investigating the ways in which his ideas are reflected in contemporary educational settings this book brings into sharp relief the numerous opportunities for preschool learning and development afforded by Vygotskian approaches. Discussion of recent developments in the understanding and implementation of Vygotsky’s ideas in Western and Russian contexts facilitates comparison and provides readers with fresh impetus to integrate elements into their own practice. Chapters are clearly structured and address the multitude of aspects touched upon by Vygotsky including cognitive development communication and interaction play literacy and the quality of preschool settings. Providing a comprehensive exploration of current stances on Vygotsky's ideas in diverse cultural-historical contexts Vygotsky's Theory in Early Childhood Education and Research will be of interest to researchers practitioners educators and politicians involved in early years education. | Vygotsky’s Theory in Early Childhood Education and Research Russian and Western Values

GBP 36.99
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Boundaries of Utopia - Imagining Communism from Plato to Stalin

Boundaries of Utopia - Imagining Communism from Plato to Stalin

The idea that socialism could be established in a single country was adopted as an official doctrine by the Soviet Union in 1925 Stalin and Bukharin being the main formulators of the policy. Before this there had been much debate as to whether the only way to secure socialism would be as a result of socialist revolution on a much broader scale across all Europe or wider still. This book traces the development of ideas about communist utopia from Plato onwards paying particular attention to debates about universalist ideology versus the possibility for socialism in one country. The book argues that although the prevailing view is that socialism in one country was a sharp break from a long tradition that tended to view socialism as only possible if universal in fact the territorially confined socialist project had long roots including in the writings of Marx and Engels. | Boundaries of Utopia - Imagining Communism from Plato to Stalin

GBP 48.99
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Necessary But Not Sufficient A Theory of Constraints Business Novel

Necessary But Not Sufficient A Theory of Constraints Business Novel

After reading the newspapers and following the sharp oscillations of the stock market it becomes apparent that hi-tech companies are of a different breed. Never before have the chances of making a fortune been so realistic and never before have large companies been so fragile. What is really going on inside these hi-tech companies? What types of pressures and challenges are they facing? And how do they cope? Computer software providers especially the ones that specialise in handling the data needs of organizations are prime examples of these volatile companies. In the nineties we witnessed their growth from small businesses into multi-billion dollar giants. No wonder investors were attracted. In 1998 it was easy for such companies to raise as much money as they wanted. But now investment funds have dried up. Why? And more importantly is there a way to reverse the trend? This book gives the answers. | Necessary But Not Sufficient A Theory of Constraints Business Novel

GBP 175.00
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A Preface to Marlowe

A Preface to Marlowe

This study provides an authoritative overview of all Marlowe's work. It includes thorough investigations of his major plays Tamburlaine Edward II The Jew of Malta and Doctor Faustus as well as a full discussion of The Massacre at Paris Dido Queen of Carthage and all his extant poetry. Analysis of Faustus takes full account of both A and B text versions. Thoroughly researched and yet presented in an accessible engaging style A Preface to Marlowe reads Marlowe's life and times as well as his work in the light of current critical theory. Consequently it is a vital guide for all students of early modern drama. As well as providing sharp analysis of stage history Dr Simkin reflects on the wider significance of a stage-oriented approach. The result is a reading of Marlowe that re-opens debates about his status as a radical figure and as a subversive playwright and invites the reader to experience the plays as immediate exciting 'live' documents.

GBP 130.00
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The Meditation and Mindfulness Edge Becoming a Sharper Healthier and Happier Teacher

The Meditation and Mindfulness Edge Becoming a Sharper Healthier and Happier Teacher

Teachers juggle a lot so the ability to stay focused calm and mentally sharp is critical. This generous and heartfelt book shows you how meditation and mindfulness practices can enable you to not only survive but flourish in the classroom. Dr. Lisa Klein presents powerful findings on the effects of meditation on teachers. She reveals the positive effects that meditation had on her and her own career in education. She also shares personal stories that demonstrate how meditation may offer a balm to help teachers stay healthy mentally and physically while tapping into higher levels of awareness including experiences of self-actualization and synchronicity. In addition she offers practical simple strategies for both developing teacher presence and shifting to a more positive classroom energy. This powerful book moves beyond basic self-care tools to help you develop a new lifelong practice. Anyone involved in education can benefit from this book as can anyone interested in learning more about how meditation can help with health and well-being in general. | The Meditation and Mindfulness Edge Becoming a Sharper Healthier and Happier Teacher

GBP 26.99
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Grandparents/Grandchildren The Vital Connection

Grandparents/Grandchildren The Vital Connection

In this book Kornhaber and Woodward explore the vital connections that link generations to each other and expose a new social contract that destroys the emotional bonds between grandparents and grandchildren. This is the first book that reviews in a careful ethnographic manner the relationship of grandchildren to grandparents and the place of love at one end and abandonment at the other by grandparents. The authors probe the deep unexplored emotional histories of hundreds of grandparents: how they feel about themselves their grandchildren and their loss of function within today's nuclear family. With sharp increases in the number of broken families and working mothers grandparents are more vital than ever and also more available than ever. This basic research document shows how grandparents recover their natural role as elders of the family and of society. The authors' basic premise is that to exist is to be connected and that no matter how grandparents act they affect the emotional well-being of their grandchildren for better or for worse simply because they exist. | Grandparents/Grandchildren The Vital Connection

GBP 130.00
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Nuclear Power in the Developing World

Nuclear Power in the Developing World

Nuclear Power in the Developing World (1982) explores the issue of nuclear power policies in developing countries. The sharp oil price rises of the 1970s attracted widespread attention to nuclear power as an alternative energy source while some developing countries began attaining the technological ability to develop nuclear weapons programmes. While the search for energy should not be thwarted the quest for nuclear weapons should not be promoted. The tension between these two goals has often led to confused export policies in the nuclear supplier nations. The author attacks this confusion at its source by examining first-hand the motives which drive nuclear policies in the developing world. He explores how security and economic objectives domestic policies and foreign influence shape nuclear policies enriching his analysis with examples from South American African and Asian experiences. This volume also takes into account those without active nuclear programmes to better understand how such programmes are born. This approach demonstrates that countries such as India Pakistan and Argentina entertain different priorities from countries such as Brazil Taiwan and the Philippines in promoting nuclear power.

GBP 90.00
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Treating Trauma and Addiction with the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model A Bottom-Up Approach

Treating Trauma and Addiction with the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model A Bottom-Up Approach

In sharp contrast with the current top-down medicalized method to treating addiction this book presents the felt sense polyvagal model (FSPM) a paradigm-shifting bottom-up approach that considers addiction as an adaptive attempt to regulate emotional states and trauma. The felt sense polyvagal model draws from Porges' polyvagal theory Gendelin's felt sense and Lewis' learning model of addiction to offer a graphically illustrated and deeply embodied way of conceptualizing and treating addiction through supporting autonomic regulation. This model de-pathologizes addiction as it teaches embodied practices through tapping into the felt sense the body’s inner wisdom. Chapters first present a theoretical framework and demonstrate the graphic model in both clinician and client versions and then teach the clinician how to use the model in practice by providing detailed treatment strategies. This text’s informed compassionate approach to understanding and treating trauma and addiction is adaptable to any school of psychotherapy and will appeal to addiction experts trauma specialists and clinicians in all mental health fields. | Treating Trauma and Addiction with the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model A Bottom-Up Approach

GBP 31.99
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Family Rights and Religion

Family Rights and Religion

The interaction between individual rights which are often seen in secular terms and religion is becoming an important and complex topic not only for academic study but for practical policy. This volume collects a range of writings from journals edited collections and individual books which deal with different aspects of the interaction within the context of family life and which appear with their original pagination. These studies have been selected because they throw a sharp light on central elements of the role of religion in determining the structure of the rights of family members in relation to one another both from an historical and contemporary perspective. While many of the writings are focused on US and European systems selected writings covering other systems illustrate the universal nature of the topic. The studies are accompanied by a reflective commentary from the editor which sets the writings in a broad context of social constitutional and philosophical thought with the aim of stimulating critical thought and discussion. | Family Rights and Religion

GBP 250.00
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Hard Lessons Reflections on Governance and Crime Control in Late Modernity

Hard Lessons Reflections on Governance and Crime Control in Late Modernity

Originally published in 2004. The essays in this engaging book catalogue a wide and varied range of instances where 'things go wrong' in the practices of criminal justice. The contributions document instances where laws policies and practices have produced unintended consequences of the most deleterious kind drawing attention to the prison system 'boot camps' detention centres and specific penal policies such as the 'short sharp shock' parental penalty and 'three strikes and you're out'. Also examined are policing practices such as 'zero tolerance' 'saturation policing' and punitive laws in the areas of drug use sex offences and prostitution. It is demonstrated that in each of these cases the objectives of government resulted in the creation of new and unforeseen problems requiring further reform of the criminal justice system. This is a familiar tale characteristic of the modernist impulses of contemporary government based on the notion that crime can be identified managed and controlled through the application and administration of institutionalised polices and practices. The present culture of 'high crime' - despite a top-heavy apparatus of crime control - appears to indicate the very opposite. | Hard Lessons Reflections on Governance and Crime Control in Late Modernity

GBP 36.99
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Rhetoric And Reality Presidential Commissions And The Making Of Public Policy

Rhetoric And Reality Presidential Commissions And The Making Of Public Policy

Since 1945 the role of the president in shaping domestic and foreign policy has changed dramatically. Though the prodigious growth of the federal bureaucracy under the Executive Branch reflects much of this change bureaucratic response to the major issues of the past three decades has been ineffective or nonexistent and a notable parallel development has been the increasing use of public commissions in the policymaking process. Dr. Tutchings studies more than 100 public commissions using a model of the policymaking process that includes demands decision and information costs and policy results and outcomes. Reviewing the results of the commissions as reflected in presidential support of recommendations (via proposed legislation) and in congressional response he notes that their membership has typically been dominated by government/corporate elites: as this membership has become more pluralistic there has been a sharp decline in the contributions of the commissions to the policymaking process. Perhaps the most significant contribution of the book is its detailed development of the concept of rhetorical policy as a first step in the policymaking process. | Rhetoric And Reality Presidential Commissions And The Making Of Public Policy

GBP 36.99
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Shaping China's Future In World Affairs The Role Of The United States

Shaping China's Future In World Affairs The Role Of The United States

This book considers Chinese foreign policy and China's future role in world affairs in the context of the country's recent past. Robert Sutter shows that although it appears to be in U. S. interests for post-Mao leaders to continue moving toward international norms a post-Deng leadership backed by growing economic and military power and reflecting profound changes in China's economy and society could move in markedly different directions. Most foreign powers appear willing to accommodate China avoiding actions that could prompt a sharp shift in Chinese foreign policy but Sutter argues that current U. S. policy intrudes on so many issues that are particularly sensitive for Beijing and for China's future that it represents perhaps the most critical variable determining how China will position itself in world affairs. Concluding that there is no guarantee the United States will use this influence wisely Sutter examines the uncertainty and unpredictability of U. S. foreign policy in the post-Cold War environment that work against the creation of an effective U. S. policy toward China. | Shaping China's Future In World Affairs The Role Of The United States

GBP 84.99
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