John S. Wright's Books

Enacting the University: Danish University Reform in an Ethnographic Perspective

By: Susan Wright,Stephen Carney,John Benedicto Krejsler,Gritt Bykærholm Nielsen,Jakob Williams Ørberg

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Enacting the University: Danish University Reform in an Ethnographic Perspective

By: Susan Wright,Stephen Carney,John Benedicto Krejsler,Gritt Bykærholm Nielsen,Jakob Williams Ørberg

This book examines the transformative power and the limitations of one of Europe’s most significant university reforms from an ethnographic and historical perspective. It incorporates voices positioned across university and policy-making hierarchies in its analysis of how Danish universities have been transformed. To do this, the book continually juxtaposes two meanings of ‘enactment’: a top-down view based on laws and institutional power, and a bottom-up view of multiple actors shaping their institution in day-to-day life and in actively contested changes. By conceiving of the university as ‘enacted’ in both ways at once, the book explores how and why the university comes to be imagined and instantiated in new ways. The book traces the arguments for reform through a two-decade long, dynamic struggle between international forums and national industrial, political and academic interests over the definition of the university. It discusses which ideas finally became dominant and how this happened. It looks at government reforms from 2003 onwards, and, by means of notable ‘telling moments’, explains how the governance and management of the university were transformed. It examines how academics found room to manoeuvre between contesting discourses that affect their identity and work. Finally, it shows how students engaged with new versions of historical debates about their participation in shaping their own education, their institution and society.

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329

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Springer Nature

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9402419217

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9789402419214

Strategic Human Resource Management

A Research Overview

By: John Storey,Patrick M. Wright

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Strategic Human Resource Management

A Research Overview

By: John Storey,Patrick M. Wright

The second edition of this popular shortform book provides a concise expert summary of key issues in the theory and practice of the management of human resources (HR) – one of the most crucial drivers of organizational performance. As human resource management strategies evolve over time, this new edition pays special regard to the HR challenges arising from radically altering contexts – economic, social, and technological. For example, the book examines research reports on the impact of the COVID pandemic and other disruptions to the global world of work. It assesses recent HR initiatives and priorities such as Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and the HR implications of remote and hybrid working. The book evaluates contemporary critiques that HR practice and research can be part of the problem. In sum, the book offers a route map through the extensive terrain of contemporary research project findings. Serving as a unique researcher’s guide, this concise book enables readers to develop their own ideas for future research and such is essential reading for management scholars and reflective practitioners.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000923169

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9781000923162

High-Dimensional Data Analysis with Low-Dimensional Models

Principles, Computation, and Applications

By: John Wright,Yi Ma

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High-Dimensional Data Analysis with Low-Dimensional Models

Principles, Computation, and Applications

By: John Wright,Yi Ma

Connects fundamental mathematical theory with real-world problems, through efficient and scalable optimization algorithms.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108489737

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9781108489737

The Leveller Revolution

Radical Political Organisation in England, 1640-1650

By: John Rees

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The Leveller Revolution

Radical Political Organisation in England, 1640-1650

By: John Rees

The gripping story of the Levellers, the radical movement at the heart of the English Revolution The Levellers, formed out of the explosive tumult of the 1640s and the battlefields of the Civil War, are central figures in the history of democracy. In this thrilling narrative, John Rees brings to life the men—including John Lilburne, Richard Overton and Thomas Rainsborough—and women who ensured victory and became an inspiration to republicans of many nations. From the raucous streets of London and the clattering printers’ workshops that stoked the uprising, to the rank and file of the New Model Army and the furious Putney debates where the Levellers argued with Oliver Cromwell for the future of English democracy, this story reasserts the revolutionary nature of the 1642–51 wars and the role of ordinary people in this pivotal moment in history. In particular Rees places the Levellers at the centre of the debates of 1647 when the nation was gripped by the question of what to do with the defeated Charles I. Without the Levellers and Agitators’ fortitude and well-organised opposition history may have avoided the regicide and missed its revolutionary moment. The legacy of the Levellers can be seen in the modern struggles for freedom and democracy across the world.

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Verso Books

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1784783897

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Pioneer Days in the Black Hills

Accurate History and Facts Related by One of the Early Day Pioneers

By: John S. McClintock

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Pioneer Days in the Black Hills

Accurate History and Facts Related by One of the Early Day Pioneers

By: John S. McClintock

Pioneer Days in the Black Hills is a rough-and-tumble account of the early days of Deadwood, Dakota Territory. In 1874, after leading an expedition into the Black Hills, George Armstrong Custer announced that he had found gold "among the roots of the grass." Almost overnight a number of settlements sprang into existence. Among them was Deadwood. In April 1876, John S. McClintock arrived in search of gold. Entering a series of speculations and employments that won him moderate prosperity, he made Deadwood his home. During his later years, he wrote his memoirs, presented here for the first time in half a century.

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806131918

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9780806131917

Making Policy Move

Towards a Politics of Translation and Assemblage

By: Clarke, John,Bainton, Dave,Noémi Lendvai,Paul Stubbs

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Making Policy Move

Towards a Politics of Translation and Assemblage

By: Clarke, John,Bainton, Dave,Noémi Lendvai,Paul Stubbs

Responding to the increasing interest in the movement of policies between places, sites, and settings, this timely book presents an alternative to critical approaches that center on ideas of policy transfer, dissemination, or learning. With profound implications for policy studies, contributors instead treat policy's movement as an active process of translation, in which policies are interpreted, inflected, and reworked as they change location. Mixing collectively written chapters with individual case studies of policies and practices, this book provides an exciting, accessible, and novel analytical and methodological foundation for rethinking policy studies through translation.

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Policy Press

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1447313364

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9781447313366

Shadowing Ralph Ellison

By: John S. Wright

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Shadowing Ralph Ellison

By: John S. Wright

In 1952, Ralph Ellison (1914-1994) published his novel Invisible Man, which transformed the dynamics of American literature. The novel won the National Book Award, extended the themes of his early short stories, and dramatized in fictional form the cultural theories expressed in his later essay collections Shadow & Act and Going to the Territory. In Shadowing Ralph Ellison, John Wright traces Ellison's intellectual and aesthetic development and the evolution of his cultural philosophy throughout his long career. The book explores Ellison's published fiction, his criticism and correspondence, and his passionate exchanges with—and impact on—other literary intellectuals during the Cold War 1950s and during the culture wars of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. Wright examines Ellison's body of work through the lens of Ellison's cosmopolitan philosophy of art and culture, which the writer began to construct during the late 1930s. Ellison, Wright argues, eschewed orthodoxy in both political and cultural discourse, maintaining that to achieve the highest cultural awareness and the greatest personal integrity, the individual must cultivate forms of thinking and acting that are fluid, improvisational, and vitalistic—like the blues and jazz. Accordingly, Ellison elaborated throughout his body of work the innumerable ways that rigid cultural labels, categories, and concepts—from racial stereotypes and fashionable academic theories to conventional political doctrines—fail to capture the full potential of human consciousness. Instead, Ellison advocated forms of consciousness and culture akin to what the blues and jazz reveal, and he portrayed those musical traditions as the best embodiment of the evolving American spirit.

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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1604730757

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Proceedings of the Conventions of the Province of Maryland, Held at the City of Annapolis, in 1774, 1775, & 1776

By: John Duckett

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Proceedings of the Conventions of the Province of Maryland, Held at the City of Annapolis, in 1774, 1775, & 1776

By: John Duckett

Reprint of the original, first published in 1836.

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386

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3385147212

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9783385147218

The Short Guide to Social Policy

By: John Hudson,Stefan Kuhner,Stuart Lowe

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The Short Guide to Social Policy

By: John Hudson,Stefan Kuhner,Stuart Lowe

Drawing on examples from around the globe, this book provides a broad overview of the variety of policy frameworks that different countries have developed in the fields of health, housing, education, employment and social security.

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216

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Policy Press

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1447325680

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Power, Politics, and Performance

Community Participation in South African Public Works Programs

By: Michelle Adato,John Hoddinott,Lawrence James Haddad

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Power, Politics, and Performance

Community Participation in South African Public Works Programs

By: Michelle Adato,John Hoddinott,Lawrence James Haddad

Since 1994, public works programs with community participation have been part of South Africa's efforts to reduce poverty through increasing employment, skills, infrastructure, and local capacities. This report is an analysis of the intended and actual responsibilities of community forums and community-based committees; the value added by community participation in project selection, design, and management, and the problems introduced; the impact of community participation on project performance; and the factors that have constrained the ability of community-based committees to play the role envisioned for them in policy documents. The research provides a window into the developmental changes and challenges faced by South Africa since its transition to democracy in 1994 and reveals the dilemmas and possibilities pertaining to community-driven development projects.

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Intl Food Policy Res Inst

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0896291472

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9780896291478

The Struggles of John Brown Russwurm

The Life and Writings of a Pan-Africanist Pioneer, 1799-1851

By: Winston James,John Brown Russwurm

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The Struggles of John Brown Russwurm

The Life and Writings of a Pan-Africanist Pioneer, 1799-1851

By: Winston James,John Brown Russwurm

John Brown Russwurm (1799-1851) was an educator, abolitionist, editor, government official, emigrationist and colonizationist in the Pan-African movement. His life was one of "firsts" : first African American graduate of Maine's Bowdoin College; co-founder of Freedom's Journal, America's first newspaper to be owned, operated, and edited by African Americans; and, following his emigration to Africa, first black governor of the Maryland section of Liberia. Despite his accomplishments, Russwurm struggled internally with the perennial Pan-Africanist dilemma of whether to go to Africa or stay and fight in the United States, and his ordeal was the first of its kind to be experienced and resolved before the public eye.

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NYU Press

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0814742904

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Private Equity Demystified

An Explanatory Guide

By: John Gilligan,Mike Wright

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Private Equity Demystified

An Explanatory Guide

By: John Gilligan,Mike Wright

This book deals with risk capital provided for established firms outside the stock market, private equity, which has grown rapidly over the last three decades, yet is largely poorly understood. Although it has often been criticized in the public mind as being short termist and having adverse consequences for employment, in reality this is far from the case. Here, John Gilligan and Mike Wright dispel some of the biggest myths and misconceptions about private equity. The book provides a unique and authoritative source from a leading practitioner and academic for practitioners, policymakers, and researchers that explains in detail what private equity involves and reviews systematic evidence of what the impact of private equity has been. Written in a highly accessible style, the book takes the reader through what private equity means, the different actors involved, and issues concerning sourcing, checking out, valuing, and structuring deals. The various themes from the systematic academic evidence are highlighted in numerous summary vignettes placed alongside the text that discuss the practical aspects. The main part of the work concludes with an up-to-date discussion by the authors, informed commentators on the key issues in the lively debate about private equity. The book further contains summary tables of the academic research carried out over the past three decades across the private equity landscape including: the returns to investors, economic performance, impact on R&D and employees, and the longevity and life-cycle of private equity backed deals.

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Oxford University Press

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0192636804

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9780192636805

Book's by John S. Wright

Enacting the University: Danish University Reform in an Ethnographic Perspective

Enacting the University: Danish University Reform in an Ethnographic Perspective

Strategic Human Resource Management

Strategic Human Resource Management

High-Dimensional Data Analysis with Low-Dimensional Models

High-Dimensional Data Analysis with Low-Dimensional Models

The Leveller Revolution

The Leveller Revolution

Pioneer Days in the Black Hills

Pioneer Days in the Black Hills

Making Policy Move

Making Policy Move

Shadowing Ralph Ellison

Shadowing Ralph Ellison

Proceedings of the Conventions of the Province of Maryland, Held at the City of Annapolis, in 1774, 1775, & 1776

Proceedings of the Conventions of the Province of Maryland, Held at the City of Annapolis, in 1774, 1775, & 1776

The Short Guide to Social Policy

The Short Guide to Social Policy

Power, Politics, and Performance

Power, Politics, and Performance

The Struggles of John Brown Russwurm

The Struggles of John Brown Russwurm

Private Equity Demystified

Private Equity Demystified

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