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Télécharger le livre :  The Tokyo Trial Diaries of Mei Ju-ao
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The Tokyo Trial Diaries of Mei Ju-ao


Mei Ju-Ao


Written by Chinese Jurist Mei Ju-ao, this significant book considers both the process and the impact of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, otherwise known as the Tokyo Trial, which was convened in 1946 to try political military leaders accused of...

Parution : 2019-06-15
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Éditeur : Palgrave Pivot
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Télécharger le livre :  Homicide and Organised Crime
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Homicide and Organised Crime


Mohammed Rahman


This book offers rich ethnographic and narrative accounts of men who have been engaged in serious violence and organised crime in the West Midlands of England, using several theoretical paradigms.  Through case study examples, it also considers contract killers and...

Parution : 2019-06-14
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Éditeur : Palgrave Pivot
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Télécharger le livre :  Student and Graduate Mobility in Armenia
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Student and Graduate Mobility in Armenia


David Cairns , Marine Sargsyan


Based on exploratory research with students and graduates conducted in Armenia and its diaspora during summer 2018, Cairns and Sargsyan provide insight into some of the challenges involved in moving abroad, focusing on three different destinations: Russia, the United...

Parution : 2019-06-13
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Éditeur : Palgrave Pivot
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Télécharger le livre :  Confronting the Existential Threat of Dementia
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Confronting the Existential Threat of Dementia


Richard Cheston , Gary Christopher


This book explores how dementia acts as an existential threat, both to people diagnosed with the condition, and to their carers. The authors highlight how dementia not only gradually erodes our most fundamental abilities, but that it does so at a time of life when the...

Parution : 2019-06-12
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Éditeur : Palgrave Pivot
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Télécharger le livre :  Intersections of Inequality, Migration and Diversification
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Intersections of Inequality, Migration and Diversification


Francis L. Collins , Wardlow Friesen , Rachel Simon-Kumar


This book examines the relationship between migration, diversification and inequality in Aotearoa/New Zealand. The authors advance a view of migration as a diversifying force, arguing that it is necessary to grapple with the intersection of group identities, state...

Parution : 2019-06-11
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Éditeur : Palgrave Pivot
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Télécharger le livre :  Risk Management Competency Development in Banks
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Risk Management Competency Development in Banks


Eric H.Y. Koh


This Pivot proposes an integrated approach to facilitate competency development in a more comprehensive way. It examines this approach in the important but seldom studied context of risk management in banks. Risk management weaknesses in banks have persisted in...

Parution : 2019-06-04
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Télécharger le livre :  Strategic Intelligence and Civil Affairs to Understand Legitimacy and Insurgency
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Strategic Intelligence and Civil Affairs to Understand Legitimacy and Insurgency


Diane E. Chido


This book describes the common pitfalls of U.S. military interventions in efforts at stabilization, which supports post-conflict societies by establishing stable governance, rule of law, a safe and secure environment, economic development and social well-being for all...

Parution : 2019-05-31
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Éditeur : Palgrave Pivot
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Télécharger le livre :  Narratives of Hurricane Katrina in Context
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Narratives of Hurricane Katrina in Context


Arin Keeble


This book analyzes six key narratives of Hurricane Katrina across literature, film and television from the literary fiction of Jesmyn Ward to the cinema of Spike Lee. It argues that these texts engage with the human tragedy and political fallout of the Katrina crisis...

Parution : 2019-05-29
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Éditeur : Palgrave Pivot
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Télécharger le livre :  Variation in Non-finite Constructions in English
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Variation in Non-finite Constructions in English


Mark Kaunisto , Juhani Rudanko


This book sheds new light on the nature of gerunds in English, utilizing data from very large electronic corpora in order to compare pairs of patterns viewed as constructions. It serves as a contribution to the study of complementation, an under-researched area of...

Parution : 2019-05-29
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Télécharger le livre :  The Role of the Subsidiary in International Business
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The Role of the Subsidiary in International Business


Marlena Dzikowska


Reflecting on the evolving organisation of multinational enterprises (MNEs) and their growing presence in international business, this book focuses on value creation by subsidiaries in transition economies, and uses Poland as an example. Drawing on internalisation and...

Parution : 2019-05-28
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Éditeur : Palgrave Pivot
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Télécharger le livre :  Jacques Lacan and American Sociology
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Jacques Lacan and American Sociology


Duane Rousselle


In this Palgrave Pivot, Duane Rousselle aims to disrupt the hold that pragmatist ideology has had over American sociology by demonstrating that the social bond has always been founded upon a fundamental and primordial bankruptcy. Using the Lacanian theory of “capitalist...

Parution : 2019-05-24
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Télécharger le livre :  The Four Speeches Every Leader Has to Know
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The Four Speeches Every Leader Has to Know


Joar Haga , Bård Norheim


This book provides a rhetorical manual for political and business leaders to motivate followers even in times of hardship. It covers the fine art of persuasion and argues that there are four speeches every leader has to know: the opening speech, the executioner speech,...

Parution : 2019-05-21
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Éditeur : Palgrave Pivot
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Télécharger le livre :  How British Rule Changed India's Economy
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How British Rule Changed India's Economy


Tirthankar Roy


This Palgrave Pivot revisits the topic of how British colonialism moulded work and life in India and what kind of legacy it left behind. Did British rule lead to India’s impoverishment, economic disruption and famine? Under British rule, evidence suggests there...

Parution : 2019-05-18
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Télécharger le livre :  Care Ethics and Poetry
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Care Ethics and Poetry


Maurice Hamington , Ce Rosenow


Care Ethics and Poetry is the first book to address the relationship between poetry and feminist care ethics.  The authors argue that morality, and more specifically, moral progress, is a product of inquiry, imagination, and confronting new experiences. Engaging...

Parution : 2019-05-17
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Télécharger le livre :  The Politics of Spectacle and Emotion in the 2016 Presidential Campaign
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The Politics of Spectacle and Emotion in the 2016 Presidential Campaign


Heather E. Yates


This book examines the highly emotional context of the 2016 US presidential campaign through the scope of political theater and emotional attribution. It takes inventory of the political landscape that defined the campaign and advances the argument that the campaign’s...

Parution : 2019-05-17
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Télécharger le livre :  Performance and Spectatorship in Edwardian Art Writing
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Performance and Spectatorship in Edwardian Art Writing


Sophie Hatchwell


This book explores how Edwardian art writing shaped and narrated embodied, performative forms of aesthetic spectatorship. It argues that we need to expand the range of texts we think of as art writing, and features a diverse array of critical and fictional works, often...

Parution : 2019-05-16
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Éditeur : Palgrave Pivot
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Télécharger le livre :  Former Foster Youth in Postsecondary Education
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Former Foster Youth in Postsecondary Education


Jacob P. Gross


This book examines the attainment gap between foster youth and their peers. Specifically focusing on post-secondary access and success for foster youth, Gross points out the challenges foster youth face in the primary and secondary school context, such as being less...

Parution : 2019-05-15
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Éditeur : Palgrave Pivot
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Télécharger le livre :  Aesthetic Realism
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Aesthetic Realism


Inês Morais


This compelling book defends realism concerning the aesthetic—in particular, concerning the aesthetic properties of works of art (including works of literature).  Morais lucidly argues that art criticism, when referring to aesthetic properties, is referring not...

Parution : 2019-05-13
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Éditeur : Palgrave Pivot
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Télécharger le livre :  What Uncle Sam Wants
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What Uncle Sam Wants


Clinton Fernandes


This pivot sheds light on U.S. foreign policy objectives by examining diplomatic cables produced by the U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Australia, some which have been officially declassified over the past 30 years and others which were made public by the anti-secrecy...

Parution : 2019-05-11
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Éditeur : Palgrave Pivot
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Télécharger le livre :  Organisational Agility
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Organisational Agility


Neha Chatwani


The agility paradigm suggests that knowledge management is central to an organisations’ capability to proactively anticipate environmental changes and respond to them effectively. This book specifically explores how organisational identity impacts...

Parution : 2019-05-11
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Éditeur : Palgrave Pivot
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