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Qualitative research in gambling: exploring the production and consumption of…
Gambling is both a multi-billion-dollar international industry and a ubiquitous social and cultural phenomenon. It is also undergoing significant change, with new products and technologies, regulatory models, changing public attitudes and the sheer scale of the gambling enterprise necessitating innovative and mixed methodologies that are flexible, responsive and ‘agile’. This book seeks to …
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- 9781138924550
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- xii, 263 pages: illustrations ; 24 cm
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- 300 CAS q
Chapter 3: Digital inquiry into emerging issues of public concern
Designs for Experimentation and Inquiry examines how digital media is reconfiguring the established worlds of research, education, and professional practice. It reflects on the theoretical, methodological, and ethical issues shaping contemporary engagements with digital learning and offers insights for both analysing and intervening in digital learning practices. This insightful volume fills a …
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- 9781138592711
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- 21 p.
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- 302.231 DIG d
Women’s activism and "second wave" feminism transnational histories
Women’s Activism and "Second Wave" Feminism situates late 20th century feminisms within a global framework of women’s activism. Its chapters, written by leading international scholars, demonstrate how issues of heterogeneity, transnationalism, and intersectionality have transformed understandings of historical feminism. It is no longer possible to imagine that feminism has ever fostered an …
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- 9781474250511
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- 344 p.; 22 cm.
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- 305.42 WOM w
The internet myth: from the internet imaginary to network ideologies
‘The Internet is broken and Paolo Bory knows how we got here. In a powerful book based on original research, Bory carefully documents the myths, imaginaries, and ideologies that shaped the material and cultural history of the Internet. As important as this book is to understand our shattered digital world, it is essential for those who would fix it.’ — Vincent Mosco, author of The Smart C…
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- 9781912656752
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- xiii, 169p.: ill
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- 004.678 BOR i
Key concepts in philosophy: an introduction
The book provides an introduction to six fundamental philosophy concepts - philosophy, language, knowledge, truth, being and good. At the same time, it aims to initiate its readers into the process of philosophical thinking. The book is addressed to students and laypeople, but also contains new ideas for specialists. It is written in a clear, accessible and engaging style, and its author "share…
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- 9783896656483
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- 1 online resource (242 pages)
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- 100 FER k
Social Indicators for Aboriginal Governance: Insights from the Thamarrurr Reg…
Thamarrurr is the cornerstone of our society. It is our way of working together, cooper-ating with each other, and it is also the basis of our governance system.In the early days we looked after our families, our clans and our people throughThamarrurr. We arranged ceremonies, marriages, sorted out tribal disputes and manyother things. We were people living as a nation. People livi…
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- 9781920942120
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- 994.0049915 TAY s
Lifelong learning policies for young adults in Europe : navigating between kn…
This comprehensive collection discusses topical issues essential to both scholarship and policy making in the realm of lifelong learning (LLL) policies and how far they succeed in supporting young people across their life courses, rather than one-sidedly fostering human capital for the economy. Examining specific yet diverse regional and local contexts across Europe, this book uses original res…
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- 9781447350668
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- XXVII, 260 p.
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Anatomy of ethical leadership: to lead our organizations in a conscientious a…
Performance at all costs, productivity without regard to consequences, and a competitive work environment: these are the ethical factors discussed in The Anatomy of Ethical Leadership, which highlights issues in workplace culture while looking into a brighter future for labour ethics. Langlois maintains that an enhanced awareness of the process of ethical decision making in difficult situations…
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- 9781897425749
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- xv, 120 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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- Labour across borders series
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- 174.4 ANA a
Language development in the digital age
The digital age is changing our children’s lives and childhood dramatically. New technologies transform the way people interact with each other, the way stories are shared and distributed, and the way reality is presented and perceived. Parents experience that toddlers can handle tablets and apps with a level of sophistication the children’s grandparents can only envy. The question of how t…
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- 9782889453139
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- 79 p.; 22 cm
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- Frontiers Research Topics
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- 409 LAN l
Thumb Culture: the meaning of mobile phones for society
Mobile communication has an increasing impact on people's lives and society. Ubiquitous media influence the way users relate to their surroundings, and data services like text and pictures lead to a culture shaped by thumbs. Representing several years of research into the social and cultural effects of mobile phone use, this volume assembles the fascinating approaches and new insights of leadin…
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- 9783899424034
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