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Doing the right thing : a value based economy
"This book is for all those who are seeking a human perspective on economic and organizational processes. It lays the foundations for a value based approach to the economy. The key questions are: “What is important to you or your organization?” “What is this action or that organization good for?” The book is directed at the prevalence of instrumentalist thinking in the current economy a…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781909188938
- Collation
- 266p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 174.4 KLA
Record-making and record-keeping in early societies
Record-Making and Record-Keeping in Early Societies provides a concise and up-to-date survey of early record-making and record-keeping practices across the world. It investigates the ways in which human activities have been recorded in different settings using different methods and technologies.Based on an in-depth analysis of literature from a wide range of disciplines, including prehistory, a…
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- 8
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780367150471
- Collation
- vii, 196 p, ill
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 025.17 YEO r
Contemporary Asian art and exhibitions: connectivities and world-making
“… a diverse and stimulating group of essays that together represents a significant contribution to thinking about the nascent field of contemporary Asian art studies … Contemporary Asian Art and Exhibitions: Connectivities and World-making … brings together essays by significant academics, curators and artist working in Australia, Asia and the United Kingdom that reflect on contemporar…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781925022001
- Collation
- 278 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 709.5 ANT c
Empty innovation : causes and consequences of society's obsession with intrep…
Innovation is generally viewed as something inherently good, a source of progress and prosperity in our society. But innovation can also have negative, unintended, and wasteful effects, if policies are misdirected and organizations pursue innovation to look good and convey a message, rather than to actually achieve improvements of technologies, services, and products. This book makes the case t…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783031314797
- Collation
- v, 120p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 352 OLO e
Trauma and Resilience Among Displaced Populations : A Sociocultural Exploration
This open access book provides an enriched understanding of historical, collective, cultural, and identity-related trauma, emphasising the social and political location of human subjects. It therefore presents a socio-ecological perspective on trauma, rather than viewing displaced individuals as traumatised “passive victims”. The vastness of the phenomenon of trauma among displaced populati…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030677121
- Collation
- 305p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 300 THE
The Land between Two Seas: Art on the Move in the Mediterranean and the Black…
The Land Between Two Seas: Art on the Move in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea 1300-1700 focuses on the strong riverine ties that connect the seas of the Mediterranean system (from the Western Mediterranean through the Sea of Marmara, the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov) and their hinterland. Addressing the mediating role of the Balkans between East and West all the way to Poland and Lithuania…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9789004515468
- Collation
- 480p. : ill.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 709.4 ALI t
A people's history of the Second World War : resistance versus empire
A People's History of the Second World War unearths the fascinating history of the war as fought 'from below'. Until now, the vast majority of historical accounts have focussed on the conflict between the Allied and Axis powers for imperialist mastery. Donny Gluckstein shows that in fact between 1939 and 1945 two distinct wars were fought – one ‘from above’ and one ‘from below’. Using…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780745328034
- Collation
- ix, 262p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 940.53 DON
Information politics : liberation and exploitation in the digital society
Conflict over information has become a central part of modern politics and culture. The sites of struggle are numerous, the actors beyond count. Currents of liberation and exploitation course through the debates about Edward Snowden and surveillance, Anonymous, search engines and social media. In Information Politics, Tim Jordan identifies all these issues in relation to a general understanding…
- Edition
- 24
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781783712977
- Collation
- viii, 230 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 306.4 JOR i
The Role of Community-Mindedness in the Self-Regulation of Drug Cultures : a …
This book analyzes heroin users and the drug subculture on the Shetland Islands, an area known for its geographical remoteness, rural character and relative wealth. It fills the scientific gap created by the conventional research in heroin research, which is usually conducted in urban areas and relies on treatment and prison populations. Based on qualitative, in-depth interviews with twenty-fou…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9789400738614
- Collation
- 379p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 362.293 STA
Indigenous Sport and Nation-Building : Interrogating Sámi Sport and Beyond
This book investigates the social, political, and cultural dimensions of Indigenous sport and nation-building. Focusing on the Indigenous Sámi of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia, it addresses how colonization variously impacts organizational arrangements and everyday sporting life in a modern world. Through detailed case data from the Norwegian side of Sápmi (the land of the Sámi), this …
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781000599237
- Collation
- 183 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 948.0049457 LLE I
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