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History as Theatrical Metaphor
History, Myth and National Identities in Modern Scottish Drama
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2016
This revelatory study explores how Scottish history plays, especially since the 1930s, raise issues of ideology, national identity, historiography, mythology, gender and especially Scottish language. Covering topics up to the end of World War Two, the book addresses the work of many key figures from...
The Long Take
Critical Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2017
This is the first book in English exclusively devoted to the long take, one of the key elements of film style. Increasingly visible in contemporary international media, the long take currently attracts a good deal of attention in criticism and commentary. There are also significant strands of film...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2015
Port Management brings together a collection of seminal papers from Palgrave’s journal Maritime Economics and Logistics. It is a dynamic volume, containing contributions from leading authors with different disciplinary backgrounds, representing a vast regional diversity. The volume provides authoritative...
Interrogating the Theory and Practice of Communication for Social Change
The Basis For a Renewal
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2014
A new addition to the Palgrave Studies in Communication for Social Change series, this book sets the stage for subsequent books by identifying and analysing the current gaps in the field. It critically reviews the theory, practice and strategies of Communication for Social Change in relation to occurring structures, policies and discourses.
The Power of the Chinese Dragon
Implications for African Development and Economic Growth
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2016
This important reader brings together published articles from Palgrave's journal The European Journal of Development Research on the development between China and Africa as well as emerging national economies in the BRICs group. Topics include trade relations, investment in sub-Saharan Africa, global politics of development and more.
Regional and National Elections in Eastern Europe
Territoriality of the Vote in Ten Countries
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2017
This book is the second of two studies which systematically explore territoriality of the vote in Europe. They investigate when and where voters treat regional elections differently from national contests and aim to increase our understanding of the dynamics of electoral competition, which have become...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
A major academic controversy has raged in recent years over the analysis of the political and religious commitments of Samuel Johnson, the most commanding of the 'commanding heights' of eighteenth-century English letters. This book, one of a trilogy from Palgrave, brings that debate to a decisive conclusion, retrieving the 'historic Johnson.'
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Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
Through key research papers from Palgrave's Journal of Operational Research, this book showcases how Operational Research can be applied to sports in a variety of ways, including: timetabling fixtures; scheduling officials; forecasting outcomes; optimizing tactics and strategy; analyzing the effects...
by Dennis Yang
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2014
This collection of papers is from Palgrave's journal Comparative Economic Studies, carefully selected by a team of expert editors, this volumes collates the most sophisticated works to provide the readers with an essential guide to the economic development of China.
Internet Governance and the Global South
Demand for a New Framework
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2014
A welcome addition to Palgrave's Global Media Policy and Business series, Internet Governance and the Global South documents the role of the global south in Internet policymaking and challenges the globalization theories that declared the death of the state in global decision-making. Abu Bhuiyan argues...
by D. Ohana
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2012
Part of Palgrave's Modernism and ... series, Modernism and Zionism explores the relationship between modernism and the Jewish national ideology, the Zionist movement, which was operative in all areas of Jewish art and culture.
Politicians, Personal Image and the Construction of Political Identity
A Comparative Study of the UK and Italy
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
Is the media obsession with image leading to a degeneration of politics? Are politicians more concerned with their appearances than with policy substance? Through the evidence provided by over 50 interviews with politicians across the UK and Italy - local councillors, MPs and MEPs - this book provides...
Risk and Trading on London's Alternative Investment Market
The Stock Market for Smaller and Growing Companies
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2015
The alternative investment market (AIM) has seen rapid growth over its 19 years, and has emerged as the market of choice for smaller, newer companies, both in the UK and abroad. However, it has often had a volatile reputation among investors, who have commonly perceived stock in the AIM as more risky...
Speaking as Women Leaders
Meetings in Middle Eastern and Western Contexts
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
This book offers new insights on how senior business women in Middle Eastern and Western companies use language for effective leadership in their respective management meetings. The book explores six case studies of women leaders, three in UK companies and three in a Bahraini company. The authors...