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Mobile Messaging and Resourcefulness

A Post-digital Ethnography

By: Caroline Tagg,Agnieszka Lyons

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Mobile Messaging and Resourcefulness

A Post-digital Ethnography

By: Caroline Tagg,Agnieszka Lyons

This book advocates a new post-digital linguistic ethnography approach to unpacking mobile communication and enabling a more informed understanding of individuals’ communicative practices in cities today. Drawing on data from a group of ordinary working people, multilingual individuals from superdiverse cities across the United Kingdom, the volume brings observations from this data together to form a new concept of ‘resourcefulness’ as a means of explaining the emergent sense of agency individuals develop towards remediating existing forms of technology in their everyday lives. The book in turn establishes the notion of the ‘networked individual’ by way of demonstrating the ways in which communicative practices cross spaces and platforms. Further chapters detail examples to highlight resourcefulness at work in enabling more efficient business communication, routes to self-expression and the creation and development of social support systems, while a concluding chapter looks at both the limitations and possibilities of resourcefulness and directions for future research. This innovative volume will be of particular interest to students and researchers in applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, linguistic ethnography, and media and communication studies.

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0429633319

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Saving the World?

Western Volunteers and the Rise of the Humanitarian-Development Complex

By: Agnieszka Sobocinska

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Saving the World?

Western Volunteers and the Rise of the Humanitarian-Development Complex

By: Agnieszka Sobocinska

From the 1950s, tens of thousands of well-meaning Westerners left their homes to volunteer in distant corners of the globe. Aflame with optimism, they set out to save the world, but their actions were invariably intertwined with decolonization, globalization and the Cold War. Closely exploring British, American and Australian programs, Agnieszka Sobocinska situates Western volunteers at the heart of the 'humanitarian-development complex'. This nexus of governments, NGOs, private corporations and public opinion encouraged continuous and accelerating intervention in the Global South from the 1950s. Volunteers attracted a great deal of support in their home countries. But critics across the Global South protested that volunteers put an attractive face on neocolonial power, and extended the logic of intervention embedded in the global system of international development. Saving the World? brings together a wide range of sources to construct a rich narrative of the meeting between Global North and Global South.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108800122

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State, Labor, and the Transition to a Market Economy

Egypt, Poland, Mexico, and the Czech Republic

By: Agnieszka Paczyńska

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State, Labor, and the Transition to a Market Economy

Egypt, Poland, Mexico, and the Czech Republic

By: Agnieszka Paczyńska

In response to mounting debt crises and macroeconomic instability in the 1980s, many countries in the developing world adopted neoliberal policies promoting the unfettered play of market forces and deregulation of the economy and attempted large-scale structural adjustment, including the privatization of public-sector industries. How much influence did various societal groups have on this transition to a market economy, and what explains the variances in interest-group influence across countries? In this book, Agnieszka Paczyńska explores these questions by studying the role of organized labor in the transition process in four countries in different regions—the Czech Republic and Poland in eastern Europe, Egypt in the Middle East, and Mexico in Latin America. In Egypt and Poland, she shows, labor had substantial influence on the process, whereas in the Czech Republic and Mexico it did not. Her explanation highlights the complex relationship between institutional structures and the “critical junctures” provided by economic crises, revealing that the ability of groups like organized labor to wield influence on reform efforts depends to a great extent on not only their current resources (such as financial autonomy and legal prerogatives) but also the historical legacies of their past ties to the state. This new edition features an epilogue that analyzes the role of organized labor uprisings in 2011, the protests in Egypt, the overthrow of Mubarak, and the post-Mubarak regime.

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Penn State Press

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027106269X

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Social Psychology of Social Problems

The Intergroup Context

By: Agnieszka Golec de Zavala,Aleksandra Cichocka

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Social Psychology of Social Problems

The Intergroup Context

By: Agnieszka Golec de Zavala,Aleksandra Cichocka

Why do we protest? What compels us to participate in crowd violence? Can gender discrimination in the workplace be explained in psychological terms? From terrorist attacks to political uprisings, the social problems that have shaped the beginning of the new millenium can be explained using the theories and application of social psychology. Social Psychology of Social Problems does just that, with top international experts examining real-life issues. The book takes the view that if a problem and its origins can be understood, then perhaps it can be prevented from happening again. Social Psychology of Social Problems is required reading for students and practitioners of psychology, social policy and international relations. Provocative and challenging, it will be an essential resource for those who are seeking a deeper understanding of how social psychology can explain our complex world.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1137272228

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9781137272225

Teaching Peace and Conflict Studies

Engaged Learning and Inclusive Theory

By: Susan F. Hirsch,Agnieszka Paczyńska

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Teaching Peace and Conflict Studies

Engaged Learning and Inclusive Theory

By: Susan F. Hirsch,Agnieszka Paczyńska

This insightful book guides instructors on how to introduce undergraduate and postgraduate students to the interdisciplinary work of Peace and Conflict Studies (PACS). Mindful that many students come to PACS with a desire to create positive social change, Susan F. Hirsch and Agnieszka Paczyńska highlight engaged learning as a key method to PACS pedagogy and emphasise the need to teach theory with an inclusive and decolonialist approach. The book offers both new and experienced instructors concrete advice regarding structuring assignments, designing classroom-based engaged learning activities and highlighting reflective practice and ethics.

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Edward Elgar Publishing

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180088530X

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9781800885301

Migration Practice as Creative Practice

An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Migration

By: Dieu Hack-Polay,Ali B. Mahmoud,Agnieszka Rydzik,Mahfuzur Rahman,Paul Agu Igwe,Gary Bosworth

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Migration Practice as Creative Practice

An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Migration

By: Dieu Hack-Polay,Ali B. Mahmoud,Agnieszka Rydzik,Mahfuzur Rahman,Paul Agu Igwe,Gary Bosworth

Migration Practice as Creative Practice presents an in-depth evaluation of the contributions made by migrants to modern socio-economic structures. The book also discusses the creative energies that migrant inject in the economic structures in both private and public spheres.

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Emerald Group Publishing

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1838677674

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Medieval Art, Architecture and Archaeology in Cracow and Lesser Poland

By: Agnieszka Roznowska-Sadraei

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Medieval Art, Architecture and Archaeology in Cracow and Lesser Poland

By: Agnieszka Roznowska-Sadraei

This book explores the medieval art, architecture and archaeology of the city of Cracow and the surrounding region of Lesser Poland. It highlights the role of Cracow and Lesser Poland as a vibrant artistic centre fostering links with Italy, Bohemia, Germany and France.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040282326

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9781040282328

The Psychology of Collective Narcissism

Insights from Social Identity Theory

By: Agnieszka Golec De Zavala

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The Psychology of Collective Narcissism

Insights from Social Identity Theory

By: Agnieszka Golec De Zavala

The Psychology of Collective Narcissism is a ground-breaking text that presents a new theory of collective narcissism, a belief that exaggerated greatness of one’s own group should be but is not sufficiently appreciated by others. The book presents this concept against the background of social identity theory and research. It explores antecedent as well as social and political consequences of collective narcissism. The author discusses how this burgeoning theory and research can help to elucidate a wide range of psychological dynamics involved in pressing societal issues, such as the declining appeal of democracy, increasing populism, decreasing social solidarity, increasing societal polarization and prejudice, intergroup hostility and political violence, social inequality, and fake news and belief in conspiracy theories. Also referring to societal problems exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, this highly topical work explores socially shared beliefs as risk factors when predicting responses to crises and highlights conditions in which collective narcissism can be expected. The author also reviews research on interventions reducing the link between collective narcissism, prejudice, and retaliatory intergroup hostility focusing on her recent research on mindfulness. This is a valuable read for academics and students in psychology and the social sciences, those interested in societal processes as well as professionals dealing with the impact of collective narcissism. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

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180

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Taylor & Francis

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100380201X

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9781003802013

Eyes to Wonder, Tongue to Praise

Volume in Honour of Professor Marta Gibińska

By: Agnieszka Pokojska,Agnieszka Romanowska

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Eyes to Wonder, Tongue to Praise

Volume in Honour of Professor Marta Gibińska

By: Agnieszka Pokojska,Agnieszka Romanowska

This book is a collection of articles written for Professor Marta Gibińska by her colleagues and friends, from universities both in Poland and abroad. The texts presented in this volume cover a wide spectrum of topics. Part I, devoted to Shakespeare, comprises wide-ranging work from renowned specialists in the field: studies on historical background, sources, theatrical, screen and literary reception, as well as translation. Part II contains articles which deal with multiple authors, genres and perspectives, but are uniformly passionate and insightful. The title Eyes to Wonder, Tongue to Praise, a poetic phrase borrowed from Shakespeare, conveys what seems to be a defining quality of both the contributors to this volume and its recipient: namely, the ability to translate keen appreciation of literature not into speechless awe but eloquent praise, combined with the generosity to share it with others.

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Wydawnictwo UJ

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8323387699

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9788323387695

Visiting the Neighbours

Australians in Asia

By: Agnieszka Sobocinska

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Visiting the Neighbours

Australians in Asia

By: Agnieszka Sobocinska

A million Australians went to Bali last year, following the millions of others who have made their way across Asia over the past century. Many travellers returned thinking they knew Asia and their personal experiences helped shape popular attitudes. This absorbing book unpacks their experiences, showing how their encounters changed the way Australians thought about themselves in the world.Visiting the Neighbours tells the story of Australian relations with Asia from the bottom up, examining the experiences of some of the millions of travellers and tourists who headed to the region over more than a hundred years. Merchants, missionaries, pilgrims, soldiers, hippies, diplomats, backpackers all had an impact on diplomacy and international relations. Agnieszka Sobocinska’s book is a bold and important step in understanding the intersection between popular opinion, prejudice and international relations as Australia stands at the precipice of the Asian Century.‘Sets out a range of fascinating and different roles played by Australians in Asia.’ – Michael Wesley, author of There Goes the Neighbourhood: Australia and the rise of Asia.‘ … Puts travel to Asia firmly on the 'Asia-literacy' map. This is not only a richly detailed, subtly argued and historically informed study of the Australian traveller in Asia. It is also smart, sharp and a very good read.’ – David Walker, BHP Billiton Chair of Australian Studies, Peking University.

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NewSouth

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1742241808

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Loans in Colonial and Modern Nahuatl

A Contextual Dictionary

By: Agnieszka Brylak,Julia Madajczak,Justyna Olko,John Sullivan

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Loans in Colonial and Modern Nahuatl

A Contextual Dictionary

By: Agnieszka Brylak,Julia Madajczak,Justyna Olko,John Sullivan

The dictionary expands on the original idea of Karttunen and Lockhart to map the usage of loans in Nahuatl, by using a much larger and diversified corpus of sources, and by including contextual use, missing in earlier studies. Most importantly, these sources enrich the colonial corpus with modern data – significantly expanding on our knowledge on language continuity and change.

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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3110591928

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9783110591927

Defining and Assessing Lexical Proficiency

By: Agnieszka Leńko-Szymańska

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Defining and Assessing Lexical Proficiency

By: Agnieszka Leńko-Szymańska

This comprehensive account of performance-based assessment of L2 lexical proficiency analyzes and compares two of the primary methods of evaluation used in the field and unpacks the ways in which they tap into different dimensions of one model of lexical competence and proficiency. This book builds on the latest research on performance-based assessment, which has most recently pointed to the application of more quantitative measures to L2 data, to systematically explore the qualitative method of using human raters in assessment exercises and the quantitative method of using automatic computation of statistical measures of lexis and phraseology. Supported by an up-to-date review of the existing literature, both approaches’ unique features are highlighted but also compared to one another to provide a holistic overview of performance-based assessment as it stands today at both the theoretical and empirical level. These findings are exemplified in a concluding chapter, which summarizes results from an empirical study looking at a range of lexical and phraseological features and human raters’ scores of over 150 essays written by both L2 learners of English and native speakers. Taken together, the volume challenges existing tendencies within the field which attempt to use one method to validate one another by demonstrating their capacity to indicate very different elements of lexical proficiency, thereby offering a means by which to better conceptualize performance-based assessment of L2 vocabulary in the future. This book will be of interest to students and researchers working in second language acquisition and applied linguistics research, particularly those interested in issues around assessment, vocabulary acquisition, and language proficiency.

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Routledge

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100071179X

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9781000711790

The Geography of Scientific Collaboration

By: Agnieszka Olechnicka,Adam Ploszaj,Dorota Celińska-Janowicz

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The Geography of Scientific Collaboration

By: Agnieszka Olechnicka,Adam Ploszaj,Dorota Celińska-Janowicz

Science is increasingly defined by multidimensional collaborative networks. Despite the unprecedented growth of scientific collaboration around the globe – the collaborative turn – geography still matters for the cognitive enterprise. This book explores how geography conditions scientific collaboration and how collaboration affects the spatiality of science. This book offers a complex analysis of the spatial aspects of scientific collaboration, addressing the topic at a number of levels: individual, organizational, urban, regional, national, and international. Spatial patterns of scientific collaboration are analysed along with their determinants and consequences. By combining a vast array of approaches, concepts, and methodologies, the volume offers a comprehensive theoretical framework for the geography of scientific collaboration. The examples of scientific collaboration policy discussed in the book are taken from the European Union, the United States, and China. Through a number of case studies the authors analyse the background, development and evaluation of these policies. This book will be of interest to researchers in diverse disciplines such as regional studies, scientometrics, R&D policy, socio-economic geography and network analysis. It will also be of interest to policymakers, and to managers of research organisations.

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1315471922

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Theories and Practices of Psychoanalysis in Central Europe

Narrative Assemblages of Self-Analysis, Life Writing, and Fiction

By: Agnieszka Sobolewska

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Theories and Practices of Psychoanalysis in Central Europe

Narrative Assemblages of Self-Analysis, Life Writing, and Fiction

By: Agnieszka Sobolewska

Theories and Practices of Psychoanalysis in Central Europe explores the close relationship between psychoanalysis, psycho-medical discourses, literature, and the visual arts of the late 1800s and early 1900s in Central Europe. Agnieszka Sobolewska addresses the issue of theories and practices of psychoanalysis in Central Europe and the need to undertake interdisciplinary reflection on the specificity of psychoanalytic literary genres and fin-de-siècle psycho-medical discourses. With a focus on the circulation of Freudianism in the territories of present-day Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Poland, and Germany, the book considers the creative transformations that psychoanalytic thought underwent in these countries and reflects on the specificity of psychoanalytic literary genres and the pivotal role of lifewriting genres in the psychoanalytic movement. Sobolewska’s work both fills a visible gap in research on the history of psychoanalysis in Central Europe before the outbreak of World War II and offers the first insightful analysis of the role of life writing in the development of psychoanalytic thought. Theories and Practices of Psychoanalysis in Central Europe will be of great interest to psychoanalysts in practice and in training as well as scholars of the history of psychoanalysis, the history of psychology, literature, cultural anthropology, and modernism.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000967050

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Football

How It Works

By: Agnieszka Biskup

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Football

How It Works

By: Agnieszka Biskup

Describes the science behind the sport of football, including offense, defense, special teams, and arenas"--Provided by publisher.

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Capstone Classroom

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1429648759

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Economic Well-being and Household Debt

By: Agnieszka Wałęga,Grzegorz Wałęga,Ryszard Kowalski

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Economic Well-being and Household Debt

By: Agnieszka Wałęga,Grzegorz Wałęga,Ryszard Kowalski

The growing indebtedness of households reported over the last 30 years and in most developed countries has serious economic and social implications. This book provides insight into the concepts, measures, and determinants of household indebtedness, over-indebtedness, and well-being by integrating theoretical perspectives, adopting recent analytical methods, and using a sample of Polish households. The authors identified the socio-demographic and economic characteristics of indebted and over-indebted households, as well as the basic characteristics of indebtedness and the differences in its subjective perception among over-indebted households and those that are not over-indebted. They determined the spatial differentiation of over-indebtedness, examining the relationship between economic, social and behavioural factors and over-indebtedness and the role of over-indebtedness in shaping the economic well-being of households. The results of a questionnaire conducted on a sample of Polish households and econometric modelling served as the basis for assessing the economic well-being of indebted households. This assessment was conducted with the use of a composite well-being indicator developed by the authors. Given the multidimensional nature of the issues being analysed, the authors offer an approach that accounts for two separate but overlapping dimensions of economic well-being, namely material and financial, and two ways of assessing each of them: objective and subjective. The book holds appeal for researchers, scholars, and students of economics, finance, consumer economics, and economic psychology and offers practical guidance for policymakers and advisors who deal with consumer affairs.

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100063213X

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9781000632132

The Role of Self-Esteem in Foreign Language Learning and Teaching

By: Agnieszka Habrat

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The Role of Self-Esteem in Foreign Language Learning and Teaching

By: Agnieszka Habrat

This book demonstrates how foreign language self-esteem (FLSE) affects foreign language (L2) learning and teaching, and how it fluctuates with growing proficiency. Further, it explains the interaction between FLSE and a range of factors of recognized importance in second language acquisition (SLA). The theoretical part of the book presents the main pillars of self-esteem as well as its notable influence on psychological functioning and learning, with special emphasis being placed on L2 learning. In turn, the empirical part presents the findings of a study that explored the trajectory and behavioural outcomes of FLSE across three stages of education. The book closes by outlining future research directions, as well as some pedagogical implications. In particular, the findings of the study can be employed in teaching English as a foreign or second language by helping instructors understand the significance of learners’ individual differences.

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Springer

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3319752839

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Mobile Messaging and Resourcefulness

A Post-digital Ethnography

By: Caroline Tagg,Agnieszka Lyons

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Mobile Messaging and Resourcefulness

A Post-digital Ethnography

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