Mats: 93 books
Reflexive Methodology
New Vistas for Qualitative Research
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2017
Praise for the Second Edition:
"In opposition to most literature on how to conduct good social science research which is either empirically oriented or gives priority to theoretical and philosophical considerations, which tends to make empirical research look odd or irrelevant, this...
Europeanization of Environmental Policy in the New Europe
Beyond Conditionality
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016
Prior to the European Union (EU) 2004/2007 enlargement there were several predictions that this event would hamper progressive decision-making within the EU on environmental policy. It was believed that the new member states had adopted EU rules as a consequence of the EU's conditionality and consequently...
The Political Economy of Disaster
Destitution, Plunder and Earthquake in Haiti
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2013
Haiti, one of the least developed and most vulnerable nations in the Western Hemisphere, made the international headlines in January 2010 when an earthquake destroyed the capital, Port-au-Prince. More than a year later, little reconstruction has taken place, in spite of a strong international funding...
The Haitian Economy (Routledge Revivals)
Man, Land and Markets
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2015
Haiti is a very poor country with a stagnant economy. This title, first published in 1983, considers the Haitian economy, placing it in its historical context, and explores the reasons why it has performed so badly. Mats Lundahl examines agriculture, which has failed to provide an adequate standard...
by Mats Lundahl
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Knut Wicksell is arguably the greatest Swedish social scientist of all time, and poverty was a theme that occupied him all his life. Indeed, it was probably Wicksell's interest in poverty that was the critical factor in drawing him away from his purely mathematical background towards a greater understanding...
by Mats; Enzo
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Thanks to Mats & Enzo you know what to do at work (How to Poo at Work, How to Bonk at Work). But what about when you are farther afield? 'Abroad' is far away and mysterious and famous for toilet confusion so this incredibly useful little book will be a godsend as you wonder how to ask Loic for the preveziou...
Cartilage Surgery E-Book
An Operative Manual, Expert Consult: Online and Print
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2010
Cartilage Surgery: An Operative Manual by Mats Brittberg, MD and Wayne Gersoff, MD is your guide to applying the most recent advances in cartilage repair, and performing cutting-edge surgical procedures. An internationally diverse collection of authors offers a global perspective on timely topics...
by Mats Larsson, Geoffrey Lemdahl
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2014
Covering the approximately 6,500 years from the beginning of the Late Mesolithic to the transition to the Bronze Age, Mats Larsson takes the reader on a journey through the development of Swedish prehistoric society and culture set against the backdrop of climatic and landscape change. Using examples...
Ballast
Laden with History
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2018
In Ballast: Laden with History, the archaeologist Mats Burström charts how ship ballast helped to shape the world we live in. Until only very recently, ships were ballasted with sand, gravel, stone, or rubble to give them stability, and when they no longer needed the extra weight, it was dumped....
by Mats Larsson
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
Over the last 20 years a vast number of new and important Swedish Mesolithic sites have been excavated and published in different ways as articles, books and site reports. As yet there has been no study that tries to bring the loose ends together and so the main task of this important new work by...
Venturing into the Bioeconomy
Professions, innovation, identity
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2011
This book reports empirical material from three case studies in the pharmaceutical industry, the biotechnology industry and the domain of academic research. New technoscientific frameworks that have not yet translated into new therapies, in the future, may play a more central role in the late-modern society.
Deliberation, Representation, Equity
Research Approaches, Tools and Algorithms for Participatory Processes
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2017
In democratic societies there is widespread acknowledgment of the need to incorporate citizens’ input in decision-making processes in more or less structured ways. But participatory decision making is balancing on the borders of inclusion, structure, precision and accuracy. To simply enable more...
Changing Organizational Culture
Cultural Change Work in Progress
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2015
How is practical change work carried out in modern organizations? And what kind of challenges, tasks and other difficulties are normally encountered as a part of it?
In a turbulent and changing world, organizational culture is often seen as central for sustained competitiveness. Organizations...
The Stupidity Paradox
The Power and Pitfalls of Functional Stupidity at Work
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2016
Functional stupidity can be catastrophic. It can cause organisational collapse, financial meltdown and technical disaster. And there are countless, more everyday examples of organisations accepting the dubious, the absurd and the downright idiotic, from unsustainable management fads to the cult of...