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Cover How to Lead Academic Departments Successfully
How to Lead Academic Departments Successfully
Editors: Adam Lindgreen, Alan Irwin, Flemming Poulfelt, and Thyra U. Thomsen
It is an old cliché that leading and managing academics is like herding cats. This book challenges this myth and presents a way to deal with the many challenges of academic leadership, from managing departments, research groups and teams to managing tensions between research and teaching. The book is a practical and stimulating guide to different pathways to successful academic leadership, both in personal and organizational terms.
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Monograph Book
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07 Dec 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789907155
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Business 2021
Cover Research Handbook on International Migration and Digital Technology
Research Handbook on International Migration and Digital Technology
Editor: Marie McAuliffe
This forward-looking Research Handbook showcases cutting-edge research on the relationship between international migration and digital technology. It sheds new light on the interlinkages between digitalisation and migration patterns and processes globally, capturing the latest research technologies and data sources. Featuring international migration in all facets from the migration of tech sector specialists through to refugee displacement, leading contributors offer strategic insights into the future of migration and mobility.
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Handbook
Publication Date:
07 Dec 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839100611
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Sociology, Social Policy and Education 2021
Cover Conducting and Financing Low-carbon Transitions in China
Conducting and Financing Low-carbon Transitions in China
A Governmentality Perspective
Le-Yin Zhang
Utilizing a governmentality lens, this timely book offers an explanation for China’s decarbonization performance in the early 21st century. Le-Yin Zhang investigates one of the most ambitious governing projects in history, analyzing the political rationalities of Chinese leaders for decarbonization and the governing techniques and technologies at multiple levels of governance.
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Monograph Book
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19 Nov 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788977395
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Political Science and Public Policy 2021
Cover Handbook of Digital Inequality
Handbook of Digital Inequality
Editor: Eszter Hargittai
This cutting-edge Handbook offers fresh perspectives on the key topics related to the unequal use of digital technologies. Considering the ways in which technologies are employed, variations in conditions under which people use digital media and differences in their digital skills, it unpacks the implications of digital inequality on life outcomes.
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Handbook
Publication Date:
19 Nov 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788116572
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Sociology, Social Policy and Education 2021
Cover A Research Agenda for Social Innovation
A Research Agenda for Social Innovation
Editors: Jürgen Howaldt, Christoph Kaletka, and Antonius Schröder
This insightful Research Agenda offers unique perspectives into the different strands of social innovation research, covering the history and theory of this ever-growing research field. Chapters show the range and depth of the social advances that characterize this vibrant and contested subject, and analyse the strong increase in political and public interest in social innovation.
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Monograph Book
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12 Nov 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789909357
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Sociology, Social Policy and Education 2021
Cover Handbook of Development Policy
Handbook of Development Policy
Editors: Habib Zafarullah and Ahmed S. Huque
This authoritative Handbook provides a thorough exploration of development policy from both scholarly and practical perspectives and offers insights into the policy process dynamics and a range of specific policy issues, including corruption and network governance.
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Handbook
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07 Sep 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839100871
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Political Science and Public Policy 2021
Cover Handbook of Communication and Development
Handbook of Communication and Development
Editors: Srinivas R. Melkote and Arvind Singhal
This incisive Handbook critically examines the role and place of media and communication in development and social change, reflecting a vision for change anchored in values of social justice. Outlining the genealogy and history of the field, it then investigates the possible new directions and objectives in the area. Key conclusions include an enhanced role for development communication in participatory development, active agency of stakeholders of development programs, and the operationalization of social justice in development.
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Handbook
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10 Aug 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789906356
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Sociology, Social Policy and Education 2021
Cover Handbook on Teaching and Learning for Sustainable Development
Handbook on Teaching and Learning for Sustainable Development
Editors: Walter Leal Filho, Amanda Lange Salvia, and Fernanda Frankenberger
Exploring the important role of education in both pursuing and implementing sustainable development, this timely Handbook highlights how teaching methods at schools and universities can impact the future. It looks at ways not only to inform students about matters related to sustainable development, but also to empower them to adopt behaviours and actions that lead to more sustainable lifestyles.
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Handbook
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22 Jun 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839104657
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Geography, Planning and Tourism 2021
Cover Field Guide for Research in Community Settings
Field Guide for Research in Community Settings
Tools, Methods, Challenges and Strategies
Editors: M. R. Islam, Niaz A. Khan, Siti H.A.B. Ah, Haris A. Wahab, and Mashitah B. Hamidi
This insightful book offers practical advice to fieldworkers in social research, enabling robust and judicious applications of research methods and techniques in data collection. It also outlines data collection challenges that are commonly faced when working in the field.
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Monograph Book
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07 May 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800376328
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Business 2021
Cover Digital Identity, Virtual Borders and Social Media
Digital Identity, Virtual Borders and Social Media
A Panacea for Migration Governance?
Editor: Emre E. Korkmaz
This insightful book discusses how states deploy frontier and digital technologies to manage and control migratory movements. Assessing the development of blockchain technologies for digital identities and cash transfer; artificial intelligence for smart borders, resettlement of refugees and assessing asylum applications; social media and mobile phone applications to track and surveil migrants, it critically examines the consequences of new technological developments and evaluates their impact on the rights of migrants and refugees.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
22 Apr 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789909159
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Political Science and Public Policy 2021