The contributions here represent the result of discussions at the European Sport Development Network’s conference in 2014. They are all written from the perspective of academic researchers and practitioners working in sport development.
Libraries at the Heart of Dialogue of Cultures and Religions
This conference proceedings discusses the key roles played by libraries throughout history and in the present day, offering a panorama of the pressing issues they face today and potential solutions to professionals and Library and Information Science students.
The Land of Fertility I
The papers collected in this anthology are based on presentations given at the conference “The Land of Fertility: The South-East Mediterranean from the Bronze Age to the Muslim Conquest”, focused on the processes prevalent in this region after the end of the Stone Age.
Care and Culture
This book gives voice to mental health carers, placing personal experiences centre stage. It explores how cultural notions of family shape carers’ motivations and presents a new model for understanding their relations to patients, professionals, and the state.
Analyzing Public Policies in Latin America
This book presents research on public policies in Latin America from a cognitive perspective. It asks what paradigms have shaped these policies, how they have changed over time, and who the new actors and coalitions influencing agendas are today.
Made in Oceania
This volume brings together papers from a symposium on the social meanings, conservation and presentation of Oceanic tapa, or barkcloth, in 2014, and offers insights into current museum practice, connecting historical research with recent cultural developments in the Pacific.
Income Justice in Ukraine
This book presents an empirical study of distributive justice attitudes in post-Soviet Ukraine. Bringing together fundamental theory and unique data, this study contributes to inequality studies and post-communist transformation research.
This volume explores the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Cultural Heritage. It presents multidisciplinary new ideas where technology can integrate tourism and culture with business, covering topics like digital archives, augmented reality, and robotics.
Human Trafficking
Using the accounts of twenty-six women, Maria De Angelis explores women’s stories of agency in a lived experience of trafficking. This book will be of interest to students undertaking courses in modern slavery, human geography, police studies, social work, and criminology.
Privileged Mobilities
Marking an important contribution to the growing school of critical studies of tourism, this title raises questions regarding privileged mobiles from the standpoint of class, gender, ethnicity and citizenship.
The papers in this collection consider how nation building is a multi-dimensional process, addressing various components, including perspectives of the country in question. It deals with these inter-linked aspects, and the development of these structures and institutions.
Open Codes
Challenging the view that technology and society are distinct, this book explores how human action can be re-centered to democratise technology. It focuses on open source as a new participatory model for creatively re-inventing used technologies.
I Am
I Am: Remix Your Web Identity shows how to regain control of your digital identity. Design a personal website that aggregates your blog and social network posts in one location using RSS, WordPress, PHP, HTML5, and CSS3 to become a true “web author.”
What makes housing feel “homey”? This book explores how to make housing for the “Third Age” feel homier, using inhabitant-based research. The most crucial factors proved to be human relationships and independence, as well as functionality, aesthetics, memories, and feelings.
As more women enter the workforce, they face an influx of issues surrounding work-life balance. Based on over 400 interviews, this book explores the competing narratives of women’s lives as they balance careers with marriage and motherhood.
This multidisciplinary collection offers new perspectives on Celtic culture, literature, and linguistics. Scholars address established themes and unexplored areas, highlighting connections between academia and popular culture to broaden the horizon of Celtic scholarship.
Suffragette Legacy
This book originated from a one-day conference held to celebrate International Women’s Day in 2014, and brings together the opinions of academics, artists, campaigners and activists about how their work is affected by the legacy of feminism.
The Hebrew Orphan Asylum Band of New York City, 1874-1941
The story of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum Band (1874–1941) is the story of New York City. The band was ever-present, performing at parades, ground-breakings, and celebrations, typifying the Jewish-American experience and the critical role of community music-making.
The Impact of Gender Differences on the Conflict Management Styles of Managers in Bangladesh
This book examines why female managers in Bangladesh imitate male conflict styles to survive. While this results in no apparent gender differences, a global shift valuing “feminine” qualities is transforming the workplace and its patriarchal dynamics.
Italian immigration to Wales remains a largely unexplored area in the history of migration from Italy to the UK. This book uses a variety of unexplored sources to describe the emergence of Welsh-Italian narratives and the formation of a distinctive Welsh-Italian identity.