In this collection, eminent academics explain the phenomenon of public sector reform. Drawing on vast theoretical, empirical, and comparative data, this is a first-rate resource for scholars seeking to understand its key trends, challenges, and dilemmas.
Based on pupils’ experiences, this book demonstrates that the education system has a disastrous effect on young people. It thwarts their intelligence, exploits their vulnerability to trauma, and fails to fulfil its own aims. The research points to clear conclusions.
Innovative Learning Geography in Europe
New technologies have revolutionised geography teaching. This book, supported by EUROGEO, analyses the main challenges facing geographical education and illustrates examples of the use of geoinformation in classrooms in several European countries.
Mediation across the Globe
This eye-opening book provides insights into what success looks like in a mediation practice. It will appeal to anyone interested in practical experiences in meditation across the globe, or wanting to discover how the most successful mediators operate.
Exploring the English Language
This guide to structure-based writing explains the ‘why’ behind the language. Rather than a set of rules, it presents grammar as a way to produce more effective writing. With engaging exercises, it is ideal for both native and intermediate non-native speakers.
This volume presents highlighted papers from the Ethnographic and Qualitative Research Conference (EQRE). The articles address methodological approaches, ESL, and action research, providing examples of both methodological rigor and important practical applications.
This book presents material on how American popular culture has influenced the world. Chapters range from Nigeria to Japan, covering topics like music, art, holidays, romance, and toys, illustrating the vast scope of American popular culture.
This groundbreaking book merges ancient wisdom and modern medicine, equipping professionals with validated scientific research. Delve into prevalent conditions, from low back pain to infertility, and bridge the gap between traditional Chinese medicine and Western approaches.
This book explores penetrating keratoplasty, the gold standard in corneal transplantation. It covers the theoretical and practical aspects, from eye banking to donor tissue evaluation. This is an essential guide for postgraduate students and experienced cornea surgeons.
This volume studies the dynamics of conflict and cooperation in Eurasia, examining regional security, energy, and trade. It analyzes the outcomes of post-Soviet transformation and the strategies of individual states, providing an understanding of the challenges the region faces.
This book reviews the study and use of English in Africa. Distinguished teachers reflect on the language’s status in education and society, touching on debated issues like English as a dialect and the language question in literature. A unique contribution.
The Elusive Aryans
The elusiveness of the Aryans stems from their mysterious origins and their later assimilation in India. This book addresses both questions, re-examining archaeological material and Vedic literature to trace the transformation of their gods, rituals, and philosophy.
Personal and National Destinies in Independent India
This is a study of fiction that re-writes the grand Indian narrative from a subaltern point of view. It pays tribute to the heroism of ordinary Indians, analyzing how distinguished novelists advocate for an inclusive, humane India, attempting to keep the soul of the nation alive.
Breaking Forms
During Ireland’s “Celtic Tiger” boom, a new theatre emerged to express radical social change. Rejecting literary tradition for physicality and visual performance, artists explored what words alone could not. Breaking Forms analyzes this pivotal movement.
The Heroic Anthropologist Rides Again
This collection investigates how anthropologists have been portrayed in popular culture. Contributors look at specific portrayals in film, fiction, and TV, even using popular fiction to teach anthropology. The work is lively, accessible, and profound.
An essential gateway to understanding Central Asia. Leading experts present cutting-edge research on the region’s history, politics, culture, and environment, making this collection a vital resource for any student or scholar.
This volume explores the prospects and challenges of using technology in education. It addresses how students and academics can benefit from e-tools like blogs and wikis, and how technology is causing a paradigm shift from traditional teaching methods.
This book identifies the main biochemical changes in several diseases and their biochemical markers, highlighting how they can be used in diagnosis.
Racisms in the New World Order
In our globalized world, racism is constantly changing. This book moves beyond traditional ideas to examine contemporary racisms, their intersection with other prejudices, and their link to the ‘War on Terror’ and ‘Islamaphobia’. It presents strategies for action.
Neighbors and Neighborhoods
This collection of essays addresses questions of community in the modern German-speaking world, a neighborhood no longer defined by territory. How is neighborliness possible in an age of mass migration, globalization, and fluid modern identity?