This book provides a critical re-examination of the Innovation Union Scoreboard (IUS) as the main tool used by the European Commission and other policy-making bodies to measure national innovation capacity.
Complexity, Cognition and the City aims at a deeper understanding of urbanism, while invoking, on an equal footing, the contributions both the hard and soft sciences have made, and are still making, when grappling with the many issues and facets of regional planning and dynamics.
This book provides a comprehensive and analytical overview of green growth opportunities within a sustainable finance framework in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region.
Taking you on a voyage of discovery through R and RStudio, this completely updated second edition combines real-world examples and humour with a hands-on 'how to' approach that brings statistics and programming to life.
Taking you on a voyage of discovery through R and RStudio, this completely updated second edition combines real-world examples and humour with a hands-on 'how to' approach that brings statistics and programming to life.
Ein kurzes Anlächeln beim zufälligen Aufeinandertreffen, ein mit oder ohne Trauschein zusammenlebendes Paar oder eine Lebensgeschichte eines Gewaltopfers – das sind Beispiele für die Themenvielfalt der Mikrosoziologie.
A partir de la sociologia del conocimiento y la critica cultural, Figuraciones de la accion social analiza una serie representativa de figuras sociales que, elaboradas espontaneamente por la opinion publica y alimentadas por la industria cultural, el periodismo, la literatura y el cine, atraviesan la sociedad civil y los imaginarios colectivos.
This book presents a comprehensive scientific reconstruction of human evolution, offering an original and integrative explanation for the emergence of the traits that define our species.
This book presents a comprehensive scientific reconstruction of human evolution, offering an original and integrative explanation for the emergence of the traits that define our species.
Hospital and Healthcare Security, Seventh Edition reflects the current state of healthcare security, particularly in data security and privacy, patient-generated violence, new technologies, and regulatory changes.
This book provides a comprehensive and analytical overview of green growth opportunities within a sustainable finance framework in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region.
Gender: A Contemporary Introduction offers a sophisticated exploration of gender through a psychoanalytic lens, moving beyond binary frameworks to present gender as a fluid, kaleidoscopic state of mind shaped by cultural narratives, unconscious fantasies, and libidinal attachments.
Originally published in 1984, this book provides the first full account of the lives and aspirations of those who have worked in Britain to deliver mail, convey telegrams and transmit telephone conversations from the beginnings of such activities to the middle of the 20th century.
In this book, originally published in 1973, the authors show just how wide-ranging and deep-rooted are the disadvantages of the Australian Aboriginal population.
In re-centering emotion in Taiwan Studies, a field long dominated by rationalist approaches, this interdisciplinary volume highlights how feelings-of belonging, grief, intimacy, distrust, and ambivalence-shape political life, social formations, and scholarly practice.
This book seeks to understand the evolution of Jingdezhen handicraft culture from the micro to the macro perspective by comparing the recently arising ceramic workshops with the traditional approach to the craft.
A novel cross-cultural exploration of how maritime peoples have engaged with the sea through cosmology, spirituality, and ritualSentient Seas offers a global perspective on maritime cultures, examining how societies across time and space have understood and interacted with the sea.
Informed by a critical analysis of the political economy of migration, this book, originally published in 1991 and now reissued with a new Preface by the author, offers an innovative perspective for the understanding of migrations within the global capitalist system.
Central and Eastern European Women Academics in the UK: Making Britain Home brings together creative, reflexive and conceptually-rich contributions from 30 women academics of Central and Eastern European heritage who have established careers in UK higher education.
First published in 1973, The Changing National Health Service provides a comprehensive analysis of the evolution of the National Health Service (NHS) during its first 25 years.
In this book, originally published in 1973, the authors show just how wide-ranging and deep-rooted are the disadvantages of the Australian Aboriginal population.
First published in 1973, The Changing National Health Service provides a comprehensive analysis of the evolution of the National Health Service (NHS) during its first 25 years.
The anthropological work on care has sought to diversify conceptualizations of the concept, to challenge how we recognize it and identify its happening, and to critique its complicities and caveats.
Originally published in 1984, this book offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date exploration of research and developments in the field of health education and youth during the early 1980s.
Stepping into the vibrant and uncharted margins of Intercultural Communication, Education and Research (ICER), this edited volume challenges the field's established narratives by actively listening to the thinkers, educators, and practitioners whose transformative work has previously been overlooked.
This book seeks to understand the evolution of Jingdezhen handicraft culture from the micro to the macro perspective by comparing the recently arising ceramic workshops with the traditional approach to the craft.
This book is an introduction to the exquisite world of Balinese performance and an in-depth study of specific forms and the contextual landscape surrounding them.
Migration is a politically sensitive topic and an important aspect of contentious debates about social and cultural diversity, economic stability, terrorism, globalization, and nationalism.
Sociology of Pentecostalism provides the first systematic sociological synthesis of Pentecostal-charismatic movements, offering theoretical keys to understand this global religious phenomenon through twenty years of research.
Originally published in 1984, this book provides the first full account of the lives and aspirations of those who have worked in Britain to deliver mail, convey telegrams and transmit telephone conversations from the beginnings of such activities to the middle of the 20th century.
This book critically examines walking as a socially and politically situated leisure practice, exploring how movement through urban and rural spaces is shaped by broader structures of power and inequality.
The anthropological work on care has sought to diversify conceptualizations of the concept, to challenge how we recognize it and identify its happening, and to critique its complicities and caveats.
This book examines the relationship between democracy and extremism through Germany's political party, Alternative for Germany (AfD), focusing on how its members tested assumptions about democracy and redefined its norms.
In re-centering emotion in Taiwan Studies, a field long dominated by rationalist approaches, this interdisciplinary volume highlights how feelings-of belonging, grief, intimacy, distrust, and ambivalence-shape political life, social formations, and scholarly practice.
Stepping into the vibrant and uncharted margins of Intercultural Communication, Education and Research (ICER), this edited volume challenges the field's established narratives by actively listening to the thinkers, educators, and practitioners whose transformative work has previously been overlooked.
This book critically examines walking as a socially and politically situated leisure practice, exploring how movement through urban and rural spaces is shaped by broader structures of power and inequality.
Explaining why social movements and labor activists run into obstacles, and how these can be overcome, this book draws valuable sociological and strategic lessons from the drivers' ten-week wildcat strike that helped lay the basis for organizing Teamsters for a Democratic Union.
Central and Eastern European Women Academics in the UK: Making Britain Home brings together creative, reflexive and conceptually-rich contributions from 30 women academics of Central and Eastern European heritage who have established careers in UK higher education.
Research Methods for Business and Management offers a comprehensive and practical guide to business and management research, combining theoretical foundations with step-by-step, hands-on instruction.
This accessible guide introduces readers to the essential process of collecting, organizing, testing, and interpreting quantitative data in biological anthropology and archaeology.
