Michael Billig's Books

Constructing Identities

The Social, the Nonhuman and Change

By: Mike Michael

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Constructing Identities

The Social, the Nonhuman and Change

By: Mike Michael

This volume provides a distinctive overview and analysis of the place of social constructionism in social psychology. The author's arguments revolve around two key questions: How can social constructionism account for changes in human identities? In what ways might social constructionism accommodate a role for nonhumans - whether technological or `natural' - in the constitution of identity? Michael locates these questions between recent innovations in social psychology and the highly influential contributions of actor-network theory, which has come to dominate the sociology of scientific knowledge.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

196

Publisher

SAGE

Published Date

ISBN 10

0803989520

ISBN 13

9780803989528

The SAGE Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods

By: Michael Lewis-Beck,Alan E Bryman,Tim Futing Liao

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The SAGE Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods

By: Michael Lewis-Beck,Alan E Bryman,Tim Futing Liao

Featuring over 900 entries, this resource covers all disciplines within the social sciences with both concise definitions & in-depth essays.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

460

Publisher

SAGE

Published Date

ISBN 10

0761923632

ISBN 13

9780761923633

An Introduction to Political Geography

Space, Place and Politics

By: Martin Jones,Rhys Jones,Mike Woods,Michael Woods

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

An Introduction to Political Geography

Space, Place and Politics

By: Martin Jones,Rhys Jones,Mike Woods,Michael Woods

An Introduction to Political Geographyprovides a broad-based introduction to how power interacts with space; how place influences political identities; and how policy creates and remoulds territory. By pushing back the boundaries of what we conventionally understand as political geography, the book emphasizes the interactions between power, politics and policy, space, place and territory in different geographical contexts. This is both an essential text for political geographers and also a valuable resource for students of related fields with an interest in politics and geography.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

209

Publisher

Psychology Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0415250773

ISBN 13

9780415250771

Vichy France and the Jews

with a new Foreword [1995] by Stanley Hoffmann

By: Michael Robert Marrus,Robert O. Paxton

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Vichy France and the Jews

with a new Foreword [1995] by Stanley Hoffmann

By: Michael Robert Marrus,Robert O. Paxton

Provides the definitive account of Vichy's own antisemitic policies and practices. It is a major contribution to the history of the Jewish tragedy in wartime Europe answering the haunting question, "What part did Vichy France really play in the Nazi effort to murder Jews living in France?

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

460

Publisher

Stanford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0804724997

ISBN 13

9780804724999

Communicating Prejudice

By: Michael L. Hecht

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Communicating Prejudice

By: Michael L. Hecht

A conceptual model of prejudice - the layered perspective of cultural intolerance - is used to analyse in depth the communication of prejudice in a variety of spheres such as racism, sexism, homophobia, ageism and classism.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

417

Publisher

SAGE

Published Date

ISBN 10

0761901256

ISBN 13

9780761901259

Methods for Critical Discourse Analysis

By: Ruth Wodak,Michael Meyer

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Methods for Critical Discourse Analysis

By: Ruth Wodak,Michael Meyer

An up-to-date introduction to critical discourse analysis (CDA), appropriate for both novice and experienced researchers"--Publisher description.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

217

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Published Date

ISBN 10

184787455X

ISBN 13

9781847874559

Racism and Anti-Racism in Football

By: Jon Garland,Michael Rowe

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Racism and Anti-Racism in Football

By: Jon Garland,Michael Rowe

This book explores the key issues of racism, anti-racism and identity in British football. It relates the history of black players in the game, analyses the racism they have experienced, and evaluates the efficacy of anti-racist campaigns. The efficacy of the policing of racism is also assessed. The nationalism and xenophobia evident in much of the media's coverage of major tournaments is highlighted in the context of the way that English, Scottish and Welsh identities are constructed within British football.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

232

Publisher

Springer

Published Date

ISBN 10

0230502520

ISBN 13

9780230502529

Child Development

By: Michael Little

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Child Development

By: Michael Little

This book provides a good foundation for understanding influences on children’s health and development. The volume brings together in a single reference source the world’s leading thinkers on children’s health and development. It sets out the basic concepts that underpin the study of child development and response to impairments to development, including attachment, changes in brain structure, and resilience. The book explores the idea of life-course development, explaining how experiences at each stage in a person’s life shapes his or her future. It goes on to example the relative contribution of societal, neighbourhood, school, family and individual influences to child well-being. This includes a look at the way these forces interact, such as when genes shape environments, and vice versa. The book summarises the evidence on the incidence and consequences of impairments to children’s health and development, covering both the majority of typical children and the minority who experience significant problems.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

430

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1351952420

ISBN 13

9781351952422

Researching Communications

A Practical Guide to Methods in Media and Cultural Analysis

By: David Deacon,Michael Pickering,Peter Golding,Graham Murdock

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Researching Communications

A Practical Guide to Methods in Media and Cultural Analysis

By: David Deacon,Michael Pickering,Peter Golding,Graham Murdock

The new edition of the highly respected Researching Communications is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to researching media and communication. Researching Communications, Third Edition is an invaluable guide to performing and analysing research tasks, introducing the major research methods, giving detailed examples of research analysis and practical step-by-step guidance in clear language. Written by highly regarded experts in the field, the third edition includes new sections on social media analysis, digital research methods and comparative research, as well as updated case studies, international examples and details of recent developments in media and communication studies. Undergraduate and postgraduate media and communication students will find Researching Communications an invaluable resource at all stages of their course.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

552

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published Date

ISBN 10

1501316931

ISBN 13

9781501316937

Health Psychology

Theory, Research and Practice

By: David F. Marks,Michael Murray,Emee Vida Estacio

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Health Psychology

Theory, Research and Practice

By: David F. Marks,Michael Murray,Emee Vida Estacio

Health psychology students will need to understand how to evaluate and critically-appraise the latest theory and research before it can be applied. This fully-revised and updated Fifth Edition takes a critical approach and places health psychology in a real-world context, enabling students to understand how public policy, theory and research can influence communities and individuals alike. The new Fifth Edition includes: 9 new and expanded chapters Updated material on stress and coping, doctor-patient communication, death, dying, bereavement and quality of life Introductions to the social, political and economic conditions that influence our health Breadth of coverage from social inequality through to chronic illness and screening This book also comes with access to fantastic online resources including multiple choice quizzes, case studies, test banks and slides that can be easily integrated into your institution′s virtual learning environment or learning management system. This allows you to customize and curate content for use in module preparation, delivery and assessment. For instructions on how to upload the resources you want, please visit the Instructors′ page or alternatively, contact your local SAGE sales representative.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

1130

Publisher

SAGE

Published Date

ISBN 10

1526412047

ISBN 13

9781526412041

Social Psychology

By: Graham M Vaughan,Michael A Hogg

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Social Psychology

By: Graham M Vaughan,Michael A Hogg

The 7th edition of this best-selling social psychology text by Graham Vaughan and Michael Hogg, Social Psychology, retains the structure and approach of the previous edition but has been revised to reflect the changes in the field, with the material thoroughly updated throughout. Social Psychology 7e continues to capture the scope and detail of contemporary social psychology as an international scientific enterprise and at the same time deals with the subject in a way that is relevant to university teaching and social psychology research in Australia and New Zealand.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

767

Publisher

Pearson Higher Education AU

Published Date

ISBN 10

1442562315

ISBN 13

9781442562318

History, Experience and Cultural Studies

By: Michael Pickering

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

History, Experience and Cultural Studies

By: Michael Pickering

This elegantly written and illuminating book explores the attenuated relationship between history and cultural studies, reappraising some of the issues and positions which have led to the impasse between them and highlighting the contribution to be made by a new engagement between cultural and historical theory. Focusing on the contested concept of 'experience' as a central part of his argument, Pickering advances new ways of attending to the myriad voices of everyday cultures, past and present.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

283

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1349259519

ISBN 13

9781349259519

Many Sides: A Protagorean Approach to the Theory, Practice and Pedagogy of Argument

By: Michael Mendelson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Many Sides: A Protagorean Approach to the Theory, Practice and Pedagogy of Argument

By: Michael Mendelson

Many Sides is the first full-length study of Protagorean antilogic, an argumentative practice with deep roots in rhetorical history and renewed relevance for contemporary culture. Founded on the philosophical relativism of Protagoras, antilogic is a dynamic rather than a formal approach to argument, focused principally on the dialogical interaction of opposing positions (anti-logoi) in controversy. In ancient Athens, antilogic was the cardinal feature of Sophistic rhetoric. In Rome, Cicero redefined Sophistic argument in a concrete set of dialogical procedures. In turn, Quintilian inherited this dialogical tradition and made it the centrepiece of his own rhetorical practice and pedagogy. Many Sides explores the history, theory, and pedagogy of this neglected rhetorical tradition and, by appeal to recent rhetorical and philosophical theory, reconceives the enduring features of antilogical practice in a dialogical approach to argumentation especially suited to the pluralism of our own age and the diversity of modern classrooms.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

336

Publisher

Springer Science & Business Media

Published Date

ISBN 10

1402004028

ISBN 13

9781402004025

The Psychology of Prejudice

By: Todd D. Nelson,Michael A. Olson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Psychology of Prejudice

By: Todd D. Nelson,Michael A. Olson

In this book, we examine the past and present research and theory on the motivations (the why), the situations and contexts (the when), the individual difference variables and traits (the who), and the affective and cognitive processes (the how) that lead to stereotyping and prejudice. The intent is to provide an in-depth and broad-ranging analysis of stereotyping and prejudice. The text focuses on understanding the issues, theories, and important empirical experiments that bear upon each problem in stereotyping and prejudice and to understand the most up-to-date research, theories, and conclusions of the leading researchers in the field. Stereotyping and prejudice are indeed complex in their origin, and one of the main goals of this book is to provide a coherent picture of the conditions under which stereotyping and prejudice are more (or less) likely to occur. Another primary focus is to examine whether (and how) stereotyping and prejudice can be reduced or eliminated"--

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

474

Publisher

Guilford Publications

Published Date

ISBN 10

1462553362

ISBN 13

9781462553365

Strategies in Emerging Markets

A Case Book on Danish Multinational Corporations in China and India

By: Michael W. Hansen

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Strategies in Emerging Markets

A Case Book on Danish Multinational Corporations in China and India

By: Michael W. Hansen

This book presents seven case studies of large Danish investment companies in India and China. The case studies provide intriguing perspectives on the strategic and managerial challenges and opportunities facing Western multinational corporations operating in these two Asian giants. The case studies encourage readers to adopt a decision maker's perspective, targeting students and managers interested in multinational corporation strategy in emerging markets.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

190

Publisher

Copenhagen Business School Press DK

Published Date

ISBN 10

8763002361

ISBN 13

9788763002363

Out of Place

Madness in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea

By: Michael Goddard

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Out of Place

Madness in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea

By: Michael Goddard

The Kakoli of the Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea (PNG), the focus of this study, did not traditionally have a concept of mental illness. They classified madness according to social behaviour, not mental pathology. Moreover, their conception of the person did not recognise the same physical and mental categories that inform Western medical science, and psychiatry in particular was not officially introduced to PNG until the late 1950s. Its practitioners claimed that it could adequately accommodate the cultural variation among Melanesian societies. This book compares the intent and practice of transcultural psychiatry with Kakoli interpretations of, and responses to, madness, showing the reasons for their occasional recourse to psychiatric services. Episodes involving madness, as defined by the Kakoli themselves, are described in order to offer a context for the historical lifeworld and praxis of the community and raise fundamental questions about whether a culturally sensitive psychiatry is possible in the Melanesian context.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

188

Publisher

Berghahn Books

Published Date

ISBN 10

0857450956

ISBN 13

9780857450951

The Poetics of Crime

Understanding and Researching Crime and Deviance Through Creative Sources

By: Michael Hviid Jacobsen

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Poetics of Crime

Understanding and Researching Crime and Deviance Through Creative Sources

By: Michael Hviid Jacobsen

The Poetics of Crime provides an invitation to reconsider and reimagine how criminological knowledge may be creatively and poetically constructed, obtained, corroborated and applied. Departing from the conventional understanding of criminology as a discipline concerned with refined statistical analyses, survey methods and quantitative measurements, this book shows that criminology can - and indeed should - move beyond such confines to seek sources of insight, information and knowledge in the unexplored corners of poetically and creatively inspired approaches and methodologies. With chapters illustrating the ways in which criminologists and other researchers or practitioners working on crime-related questions can find inspiration in a variety of unconventional materials, writing styles and analytical strategies, The Poetics of Crime offers studies of police photography, classic and contemporary literature, silver screen movies, performative dance enactments and media images. As such, this volume opens up the field of criminological research to alternative and novel sources of knowledge about crime, its perpetrators and victims, authorities, motives and justice. It will therefore appeal not only to sociologists, social theorists and criminologists, but to scholars across disciplines with interests in crime, deviance and innovative approaches to social research.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

354

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1317021096

ISBN 13

9781317021094

Atlas of Nazi Germany

By: Michael Freeman,Jayne Lewin,Tim Mason

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Atlas of Nazi Germany

By: Michael Freeman,Jayne Lewin,Tim Mason

Originally published in hardback only in 1987, Michael Freeman's valuable guide to the history of Nazi Germany now returns to print in a substantially revised Second Edition. Dealing with all aspects of the Nazi regime, it is far more than just an atlas: the integration of the maps themselves with charts and other visually-displayed data, and an extensive and authoritative commentary, makes this a book to read as well as to refer to.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

232

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1317891716

ISBN 13

9781317891710

EBOOK: Conscious and Unconscious

By: David Edwards,Michael Jacobs

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

EBOOK: Conscious and Unconscious

By: David Edwards,Michael Jacobs

All forms of psychotherapy deal with the limitations of our awareness. We have limited knowledge of our creative potential, of the details of our own behaviour, of our everyday emotional states, of what motivates us, and of the many factors within and around us which influence the decisions we make and the ways we act. Some therapists, especially those influenced by Freud and Jung, speak of the 'unconscious', giving the unintended impression that it is a kind of realm or domain of activity. Others, reacting against the specifics of Freudian theory, shun the word 'unconscious' altogether. However, so limited is the reach of everyday awareness and such is the range of unconscious factors, that one way or another these limitations must somehow be spoken about, sometimes in metaphor, sometimes more explicitly. This book offers a broad survey of psychotherapy discourses, including: The psychoanalytic The interpersonal The experiential The cognitive-behavioural The transpersonal This book offers a comprehensive overview of the ways in which these discourses employ a rich variety of concepts to address the limits of our everyday consciousness. Conscious and Unconscious is invaluable reading for all those interested in counselling and psychotherapy, including those in training, as well as for experienced therapists.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

181

Publisher

McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

Published Date

ISBN 10

0335224946

ISBN 13

9780335224944

Vichy France and the Jews

By: Michael R Marrus,Robert O Paxton

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Vichy France and the Jews

By: Michael R Marrus,Robert O Paxton

An updated edition with decades’ worth of new archival material: “It remains the classic text on the Holocaust in France.” —Holocaust and Genocide Studies When Vichy France and the Jews was first published in France in 1981, the reaction was explosive. Before the appearance of this groundbreaking book, the question of the Vichy regime’s cooperation with the Third Reich had been suppressed. Michael R. Marrus and Robert O. Paxton were the first to access closed archives that revealed the extent of Vichy’s complicity in the Nazi effort to eliminate the Jews. Since the book’s original publication, additional archives have been opened, and the role of the French state in the deportation of Jews to the Nazi death factories is now openly acknowledged. This new edition integrates over thirty years of subsequent scholarship, and incorporates research on French public opinion and the diversity of responses by French civilians to the campaign of persecution they witnessed around them. This classic account remains central to the historiography of France and the Holocaust, and in its revised edition, is more important than ever for understanding the Vichy government’s role in the darkest atrocity of the twentieth century.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

536

Publisher

Stanford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1503609820

ISBN 13

9781503609822

Social Identifications

A Social Psychology of Intergroup Relations and Group Processes

By: Dominic Abrams,Michael A. Hogg

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Social Identifications

A Social Psychology of Intergroup Relations and Group Processes

By: Dominic Abrams,Michael A. Hogg

The authors of Social Identifications set out to make accessible to students of social psychology the social identity approach developed by Henri Tajfel, John Turner, and their colleagues in Bristol during the 1970s and 1980s. Michael Hogg and Dominic Abrams give a comprehensive and readable account of social identity theory as well as setting it in the context of other approaches and perspectives in the psychology of intergroup relations. They look at the way people derive their identity from the social groups to which they belong, and the consequences for their feelings, thoughts, and behaviour of psychologically belonging to a group. They go on to examine the relationship between the individual and society in the context of a discussion of discrimination, stereotyping and intergroup relations, conformity and social influence, cohesiveness and intragoup solidariy, language and ethnic group relations, and collective behaviour. Social Identifications fills a gap in the literature available to students of social psychology. The authors' presentation of social identity theory in a complete and integrated form and the extensive references and suggestions for further reading they provide will make this an essential source book for social psychologists and other social scientists looking at group behaviour.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

324

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1134986475

ISBN 13

9781134986477

Technoscience And Everyday Life

The Complex Simplicities of the Mundane

By: Michael, Mike

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Technoscience And Everyday Life

The Complex Simplicities of the Mundane

By: Michael, Mike

This book examines the complex relations between technoscience and everyday life. It draws on numerous examples, including both mundane technologies such as Velcro, Post-it Notes, mobile phones and surveillance cameras, and the esoterica of xenotransplantation, new genetics, nanotechnology and posthuman society.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

194

Publisher

McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

Published Date

ISBN 10

0335217052

ISBN 13

9780335217052

Argentina’s Partisan Past

Nationalism and the Politics of History

By: Michael Goebel

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Argentina’s Partisan Past

Nationalism and the Politics of History

By: Michael Goebel

A challenging study about the production, spread and use of understandings of national history and identity for political purposes in twentieth-century Argentina.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

294

Publisher

Liverpool University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1781386137

ISBN 13

9781781386132

Psychology of Language

A Critical Introduction

By: Michael A Forrester

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Psychology of Language

A Critical Introduction

By: Michael A Forrester

`Appealing in its attempt to approach the psychology of language from a wide range of often controversial viewpoints.... Forrester′s book is a book of reflection. The work constitutes a nice addition to the alternative book library of the advanced graduate student or academic′ - Contemporary Psychology This comprehensive textbook brings together diverse themes on the psychology of language in an integrated way. Rather than covering only the formal-structural aspects of language, Forrester provides a broad view of the study of language across various perspectives, focusing throughout on interesting relationships between language and human psychological processes. The book provides a clear introduction to key topics from language structure and processing, semantics and cognitive science, to conversation analysis, reading and writing, power relations in communication and postmodern psychology. The author explores language by considering three themes: thinking - the cognitive processes of self-communication; talk - where the emphasis is on everyday conversational behaviour; and text - including the study of reading and writing. A coherent framework is developed by looking at topics which link the themes together, clearly demonstrating the relationship between language and communication processes.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

225

Publisher

SAGE

Published Date

ISBN 10

1849207216

ISBN 13

9781849207218

The New Psychology of Leadership

Identity, Influence and Power

By: S. Alexander Haslam,Stephen D. Reicher,Michael J. Platow

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The New Psychology of Leadership

Identity, Influence and Power

By: S. Alexander Haslam,Stephen D. Reicher,Michael J. Platow

Winner of the University of San Diego Outstanding Leadership Book Award 2012! Shortlisted for the British Psychological Society Book Award 2011! Shortlisted for the CMI (Chartered Management Institute) Management Book of the Year Award 2011–2012! According to John Adair, the most important word in the leader's vocabulary is "we" and the least important word is "I". But if this is true, it raises one important question: why do psychological analyses of leadership always focus on the leader as an individual – as the great "I"? One answer is that theorists and practitioners have never properly understood the psychology of "we-ness". This book fills this gap by presenting a new psychology of leadership that is the result of two decades of research inspired by social identity and self-categorization theories. The book argues that to succeed, leaders need to create, champion, and embed a group identity in order to cultivate an understanding of 'us' of which they themselves are representative. It also shows how, by doing this, they can make a material difference to the groups, organizations, and societies that they lead. Written in an accessible and engaging style, the book examines a range of central theoretical and practical issues, including the nature of group identity, the basis of authority and legitimacy, the dynamics of justice and fairness, the determinants of followership and charisma, and the practice and politics of leadership. The book will appeal to academics, practitioners and students in social and organizational psychology, sociology, political science and anyone interested in leadership, influence and power.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

294

Publisher

Psychology Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1136846506

ISBN 13

9781136846502

Talent Development for English Language Learners

Identifying and Developing Potential

By: Michael S. Matthews,Jaime A. Castellano

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Talent Development for English Language Learners

Identifying and Developing Potential

By: Michael S. Matthews,Jaime A. Castellano

Talent Development for English Language Learners offers concrete guidance to teachers, schools, and administrators seeking to maximize the potential of all of their students. Each chapter will focus thematically on an issue relevant to developing the talents and potential of gifted English language learners (ELLs) in inclusive educational settings. Examples of how schools or educators might conventionally conceptualize and handle the issues related to ELLs and what the concerns or unintended negative outcomes are for gifted ELLs are provided. The authors focus on what an “ideal” response might be from the lens of both the gifted education and the language education field, and how collaborative efforts across these perspectives yield effective interventions in schools and related educational settings for students who are both English language learners and highly academically able.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

162

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

100050378X

ISBN 13

9781000503784

Managing the Organizational Melting Pot

Dilemmas of Workplace Diversity

By: Dr. Pushkala Prasad,Albert J. Mills,Michael B. Elmes,Anshuman Prasad

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Managing the Organizational Melting Pot

Dilemmas of Workplace Diversity

By: Dr. Pushkala Prasad,Albert J. Mills,Michael B. Elmes,Anshuman Prasad

Illuminating the troublesome and disturbing aspects of workplace diversity that tend to be glossed over in most management literature, Managing the Organizational Melting Pot covers key issues such key as: individual and institutional resistance, the effectiveness of diversity change efforts, and the less visible ways in which exclusion and discrimination continue to be practiced in the workplace. To assist the reader in understanding some of these dilemmas, the contributors to this collection adopt an array of theoretical frameworks, that are all striking departures from traditional and more functional perspectives on diversity. The volume also employs a variety of theoretical perspectives, including intergroup relations theory, critical theory, Jungian psychology, feminism, post-colonial theory, cultural history, postmodernism, realism, institutional theory, and class analysis. Further, the authors examine a multitude of organizational situations in which the complications of diversity surface-many of which cross race, gender, ethnic and other socially constructed boundaries. Managing the Organizational Melting Pot draws examples not only from the United States , but also looks at situations from Canada, Britain, and the Middle East. Students, scholars, and managers who want to prepare themselves to deal with the challenges presented by a multicultural workforce will find this beneficial reading. In addition, researchers interested in conducting research in diversity management will find this an up-to-date, thought-provoking resource.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

407

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Published Date

ISBN 10

1452262330

ISBN 13

9781452262338

Shopping, Place and Identity

By: Peter Jackson,Michael Rowlands,Daniel Miller

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Shopping, Place and Identity

By: Peter Jackson,Michael Rowlands,Daniel Miller

First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

229

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1134733925

ISBN 13

9781134733927

Understanding Character Education: Approaches, Applications and Issues

By: Paul Watts,Michael Fullard,Andrew Peterson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Understanding Character Education: Approaches, Applications and Issues

By: Paul Watts,Michael Fullard,Andrew Peterson

Understanding Character Education introduces readers to the key ideas, practices and concepts that are shaping character education in schools today. The book explores the principles underpinning character education and the pedagogical practices which ensure it comes alive in schools. Each chapter includes a variety of features to help navigate through the ideas, themes and practices examined. These include: •Chapter objectives to help readers understand the core focus and intentions of each chapter •Reflective activities to help readers to think more deeply about particular ideas and issues, and to consider how practices described are, or could be, applied in their own contexts •Case studies to help readers to understand how character education is approached and implemented by educators in and beyond schools •Annotated further readings to help readers take a closer and more detailed look at the methods, applications and issues covered This book is essential reading for all those involved in the teaching and learning of young people, as well as those studying this vital topic on education studies, teacher education and postgraduate level courses. “Highly recommended for all leaders and practitioners dedicated to enabling children and young people to flourish through the development of good character.” Tom Haigh, CEO, Association for Character Education “I wish Chapter 2: The Character of the Teacher was made a compulsory read for every person working in a UK school; that would be transformational.” Nat Parnell, Regional Director, United Learning “A must read for all trainee teachers of any phase.” Catherine Carden, Director of Learning and Teaching, Faculty of Arts Humanities & Education, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK Paul Watts is a Lecturer at the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, University of Birmingham, UK. He has worked closely with school leaders and teachers in the research and development of character education. Michael Fullard is a Research Fellow at the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, University of Birmingham, UK, having previously been a primary school teacher in the UK for 9 years. Andrew Peterson is Professor of Character and Citizenship Education at the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, University of Birmingham, UK. He has worked with a number of schools to develop their approaches to character education.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

170

Publisher

McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

Published Date

ISBN 10

0335250521

ISBN 13

9780335250523

Mental Health Professionals, Minorities and the Poor

By: Michael E. Illovsky

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Mental Health Professionals, Minorities and the Poor

By: Michael E. Illovsky

Mental Health Professionals, Minorities, and the Poorprovides mental health professionals with informationessential to the accurate assessment and effectivetreatment of diver populations.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

280

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1135345430

ISBN 13

9781135345433

The Cultural Politics of Post-9/11 American Sport

Power, Pedagogy and the Popular

By: Michael Silk

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Cultural Politics of Post-9/11 American Sport

Power, Pedagogy and the Popular

By: Michael Silk

Much of the writing on the post-9/11 period in the United States has focused on the role of "official" Government rhetoric about 9/11. Those who have focused on the news media have suggested that they played a key role in (re)defining the nation, allowing the citizenry to come to terms with 9/11, in providing ‘official’ understandings and interpretations of the event, and setting the terms for a geo-political-military response (the war on terror). However, strikingly absent from post-9/11 writing has been discussion on the role of sport in this moment. This text provides the first, book-length account, of the ways in which the sport media, in conjunction with a number of interested parties – sporting, state, corporate, philanthropic and military – operated with a seeming collective affinity to conjure up nation, to define nation and its citizenry, and, to demonize others. Through analysis of a variety of cultural products – film, children’s baseball, the Super Bowl, the Olympics, reality television – the book reveals how, in the post-9/11 moment, the sporting popular operated as a powerful and highly visible pedagogic weapon in the armory of the Bush Administration, operating to define ways of being American and thus occlude other ways of being.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

210

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1136577858

ISBN 13

9781136577857

Civic Service Worldwide

Impacts and Inquiry

By: Amanda Moore McBride,Michael Sherraden

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Civic Service Worldwide

Impacts and Inquiry

By: Amanda Moore McBride,Michael Sherraden

This comprehensive collection of the latest research and policy developments in civic service worldwide provides an informed assessment of what works and what doesn't work in the field. With contributions from some of the discipline's best-known global leaders, it presents a conceptualization and operational definition of civic service that allows for variations across nations and cultures. "Civic Service Worldwide" offers a perspective on the history and potential for civic service from its roots in military service. It summarizes the effects of national service in diverse countries, and identifies important developments in service, including service across the lifespan and transnational service. The editors and contributors also address key questions and promising theoretical and methodological approaches for advancing knowledge in the field.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

289

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1315497441

ISBN 13

9781315497440

Compact Oxford German Dictionary

By: Michael Clark

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Compact Oxford German Dictionary

By: Michael Clark

A compact, intermediate-level dictionary covering over 90,000 words and phrases, and 120,000 translations ideal for the home, office, or school.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

976

Publisher

Oxford University Press, USA

Published Date

ISBN 10

0199663122

ISBN 13

9780199663125

Indian Film Stars

New Critical Perspectives

By: Michael Lawrence

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Indian Film Stars

New Critical Perspectives

By: Michael Lawrence

Indian Film Stars offers original insights and important reappraisals of film stardom in India from the early talkie era of the 1930s to the contemporary period of global blockbusters. The collection represents a substantial intervention to our understanding of the development of film star cultures in India during the 20th and 21st centuries. The contributors seek to inspire and inform further inquiries into the histories of film stardom-the industrial construction and promotion of star personalities, the actual labouring and imagined lifestyles of professional stars, the stars' relationship to specific aesthetic cinematic conventions (such as frontality and song-dance) and production technologies (such as the play-back system and post-synchronization), and audiences' investment in and devotion to specific star bodies-across the country's multiple centres of film production and across the overlapping (and increasingly international) zones of the films' distribution and reception. The star images, star bodies and star careers discussed are examined in relation to a wide range of issues, including the negotiation and contestation of tradition and modernity, the embodiment and articulation of both Indian and non-Indian values and vogues; the representation of gender and sexuality, of race and ethnicity, and of cosmopolitan mobility and transnational migration; innovations and conventions in performance style; the construction and transformation of public persona; the star's association with film studios and the mainstream media; the star's relationship with historical, political and cultural change and memory; and the star's meaning and value for specific (including marginalised) sectors of the audience.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

265

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1911239937

ISBN 13

9781911239932

Concealed Silences and Inaudible Voices in Political Thinking

By: Michael Freeden

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Concealed Silences and Inaudible Voices in Political Thinking

By: Michael Freeden

Concealed Silences and Inaudible Voices in Political Thinking investigates silence as a normal, ubiquitous, and indispensable element of political thinking, theory, and language. It explores the diverse dimensions in which silences mould the different core features of the political, as a highly flexible power resource, both enabling and constraining major social practices, traditions, and currents. Departing from the typical focus on intentional silencing and the dominance of logos, the book instead highlights the concealed and unrecognized ways through which silence pervades socio-political life and adopts the guises of the unspeakable, the ineffable, the inarticulable, and the unconceptualizable. Drawing extensively from historical, philosophical, anthropological, psychoanalytical, theological, linguistic, and literary viewpoints, the book demonstrates the common threads that connect silences to those different disciplines, alongside the features that pull them asunder. In extracting and decoding their political implications, it explores both academic literature and colloquial, everyday discourse. Michael Freeden uses select case-studies to explore topics such as Buddhist nondualism, Locke's tacit consent, the submerging of historical narratives, state neutrality, Pinter's miscommunications and menace, and the separate ways ideologies integrate silence into their beliefs. The book offers an analysis of silence from a multi-perspectival range of disciplines, providing a comprehensive and holistic view of silence and the political.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

305

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

019257003X

ISBN 13

9780192570031

The Communication of Hate

By: Michael Waltman,John Haas

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Communication of Hate

By: Michael Waltman,John Haas

The book was awarded the 2011 NCA Franklyn S. Haiman Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Freedom of Expression. This book sets out to explore how hate comes alive in language and actions by examining the nature and persuasive functions of hate in American society. Hate speech may be used for many purposes and have different intended consequences. It may be directed to intimidate an out-group, or to influence the behavior of in-group members. But how does this language function? What does it accomplish? The answers to these questions are addressed by an examination of the communicative messages produced by those with hateful minds. Beginning with an examination of the organized hate movement, the book provides a critique of racist discourse used to recruit and socialize new members, construct enemies, promote valued identities, and encourage ethnoviolence. The book also examines the strategic manipulation of hatred in our everyday lives by politicians, political operatives, and media personalities. Providing a comprehensive overview of hate speech, the book ends by describing the desirable features of an anti-hate discourse that promotes respect for social differences.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

216

Publisher

Peter Lang

Published Date

ISBN 10

1433104474

ISBN 13

9781433104473

Rethinking Welfare

A Critical Perspective

By: Iain Ferguson,Michael Lavalette,Gerry Mooney

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Rethinking Welfare

A Critical Perspective

By: Iain Ferguson,Michael Lavalette,Gerry Mooney

`I would encourage undergraduates students to read it, for it does summarise well a classical Marxist analysis of social policy and welfare' - Social Policy The anti-capitalist movement is increasingly challenging the global hegemony of neo-liberalism. The arguments against the neo-liberal agenda are clearly articulated in Rethinking Welfare. The authors highlight the growing inequalities and decimation of state welfare, and use Marxist approaches to contemporary social policy to provide a defence of the welfare state. Divided into three main sections, the first part of this volume looks at the growth of inequality, and social and environmental degradation. Part Two centres on the authors' argument for the relevance of core Marxists concepts in aiding our understanding of social policy. This section includes Marxist approaches to a range of welfare issues, and their implications for studying welfare regimes and practices. Issues covered include: · Class and class struggle · Opression · Alienation and the family The last part of the book explores the question of globalization and the consequences of international neo-liberalism on indebted countries as well as the neo-liberal agenda of the Conservative and New Labour governments in Britain. The authors conclude with the prospect of an alternative welfare future which may form part of the challenge against global neo-liberalism.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

428

Publisher

SAGE

Published Date

ISBN 10

0761964185

ISBN 13

9780761964186

Doing Qualitative Research in Psychology

A Practical Guide

By: Michael A Forrester

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Doing Qualitative Research in Psychology

A Practical Guide

By: Michael A Forrester

Electronic Inspection Copy available for instructors here Providing a complete introduction to qualitative methods in psychology, this textbook is ideal reading for anyone doing a research methods course in psychology that includes qualitative approaches or someone planning a practical project using qualitative methods. Not just another research methods book, Doing Qualitative Research in Psychology is more a 'how to do it' manual, linked with a specifically designed set of digitised video recordings, transcripts and online resources to make learning about qualitative methods as easy as possible. The primary resources are a set of online, publically available video-recorded interviews produced by the editor and contributors to support student learning. The text offers useful descriptions of how and why research questions are formulated and explains the importance of selecting appropriate methods for research investigations. Using examples from the specially produced data set, it describes four specific qualitative methods, outlining - in its very clear 'how to proceed' style - how each of these methods can form the basis of a qualitative methods laboratory class, practical or field study. As well as covering key topics such as ethics, literature reviews and interviewing, the book also describes precisely how research reports using qualitative methods are written up, in line with the appropriate conventions within psychology. Companion website resources can be found here.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

281

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Published Date

ISBN 10

184787911X

ISBN 13

9781847879110

Come As You Are

The Story of Nirvana

By: Michael Azerrad

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Come As You Are

The Story of Nirvana

By: Michael Azerrad

The definitive biography of the revolutionary band Nirvana and its star-crossed frontman Kurt Cobain, hailed by Rolling Stone as “the first [book] to comprehensively tell the band’s tale from Aberdeen, Wash., to world domination” “Amazingly raw and candid . . . an unsparing and extremely honest depiction of the group’s highly tumultuous history . . . Come As You Are is as good as rock bios get.”—Billboard “Just tell the truth. That’ll be better than anything else that’s been written about me.”—Kurt Cobain Nirvana came out of nowhere in 1991 to sell nearly five million copies of their landmark album Nevermind, whose thunderous sound and indelible melodies embodied all the confusion, frustration, and passion of the emerging Generation X. Come As You Are is the close-up, intimate story of Nirvana—the only book with exclusive in-depth interviews with bandmembers Kurt Cobain, Krist Noveselic, and Dave Grohl, as well as friends, relatives, former bandmembers, and associates—now updated to include a final chapter detailing the last year of Kurt Cobain's life, before his tragic suicide in April 1994. Vivid, evocative, and thought-provoking, Come As You Are is an essential document not just for Nirvana fans but for anyone interested in the cultural legacy of the 1990s.

Average ratings

N/A