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Security in a small nation : scotland, democracy, politics
The 2014 Referendum on Scottish independence sparked debate on every dimension of modern statehood. Levels of public interest and engagement were unprecedented, as demonstrated by record-breaking voter turnout. Yet aside from Trident, the issue of security was relatively neglected in the campaigns, and there remains a lack of literature on the topic. In this volume Andrew Neal has collated a va…
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- 9781783742707
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- ix, 256 p. ; ill
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- 355.0309411 NEA s
Established and outsiders at the same time : self-images and we-images of Pal…
Palestinians frequently present a harmonizing and homogenizing we-image of their own national we-group, as a way of counteracting Israeli attempts to sow divisions among them, whether through Israeli politics or through the dominant public discourse in Israel. However, a closer look reveals the fragility of this homogenizing we-image which masks a variety of internal tensions and conflicts. By …
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- 11
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- 9783863952860
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- 232 p, ill.
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- 305.8927405694 ROS e
Storytelling in Northern Zambia: theory, method, practice and other necessary…
Storytelling plays an important part in the vibrant cultural life of Zambia and in many other communities across Africa. This innovative book provides a collection and analysis of oral narrative traditions as practiced by five Bemba-speaking ethnic groups in Zambia. The integration of newly digitalised audio and video recordings into the text enables the reader to encounter the storytellers the…
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- 9781909254619
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- xviii, 274 p. : ill. : ind. ; 24 cm
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- 808.543 CAN s
Feeding the city: work and food culture of the Mumbai Dabbawalas
Every day in Mumbai 5,000 dabbawalas (literally translated as "those who carry boxes") distribute a staggering 200,000 home-cooked lunchboxes to the city’s workers and students. Giving employment and status to thousands of largely illiterate villagers from Mumbai's hinterland, this co-operative has been in operation since the late nineteenth century. It provides one of the most efficient deli…
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- 9781909254022
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- xv, 214 p. : ill. : ind. ; 24 cm
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- 394.12 RON f
Frontier encounters: knowledge and practice at the Russian, Chinese and Mongo…
China and Russia are rising economic and political powers that share thousands of miles of border. Yet, despite their proximity, their practical, local interactions with each other — and with their third neighbour Mongolia — are rarely discussed. The three countries share a boundary, but their traditions, languages and worldviews are remarkably different. Frontier Encounters presents a w…
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- 9781906924898
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- ix, 280 p. : ill. : ind. ; 24 cm
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- 327.51047 FRO f
Gallucci's commentary on Dürer’s 'four books on human proportion': renaiss…
In 1591, Giovanni Paolo Gallucci published his Della simmetria dei corpi humani, an Italian translation of Albrecht Dürer’s Four Books on Human Proportion. While Dürer’s treatise had been translated earlier in the sixteenth-century into French and Latin, it was Gallucci’s Italian translation that endured in popularity as the most cited version of the text in later Baroque treatises, cov…
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- 9781783748891
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- xiii, 208 p. : ill. : ind. ; 24cm
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- 704.942 HUT g
Life histories of etnos theory in Russia and beyond
Life Histories of Etnos Theory in Russia and Beyond makes a powerful argument for reconsidering the importance of etnos in our understanding of ethnicity and national identity across Eurasia. The collection brings to life a rich archive of previously unpublished letters, fieldnotes, and photographic collections of the theory’s early proponents. Using contemporary fieldwork and case studies, t…
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- 9781783745463
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- xix, 425 p. : ill. : ind. ; 24 cm
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- 305.8 LIF l
World of walls: the structure, roles and effectiveness of separation barriers
Borders have been drawn since the beginning of time, but in recent years artificial barriers have become increasingly significant to the political conversation across the world. Donald Trump was elected President of the United States while promising to build a wall on the Mexico border, and in Europe, the international movements of migrants and refugees have sparked fierce discussion about whet…
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- 9781783743704
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- 143 p. : ill. : ind. ; 24 cm
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- 304.8 SAD w
Digital media and textuality: from creation to archiving
Due to computers' ability to combine different semiotic modes, texts are no longer exclusively comprised of static images and mute words. How have digital media changed the way we write and read? What methods of textual and data analysis have emerged? How do we rescue digital artifacts from obsolescence? And how can digital media be used or taught inside classrooms? These and other questions ar…
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- 9783839440919
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- 284 p. : ill.
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- 006.7 MAD d
Contemporary Teacher Education: A Global Perspective
The research in this Special Issue is an international collection of studies focusing on the current challenges and possibilities in teacher education. The contributors examine teacher education with theoretical and empirical approaches including both qualitative and quantitative research methods. The studies demonstrate that future teachers need high-level ethical and pedagogical skills to cop…
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- 9783036516899
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- 168 p. : ill.
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- 001.3 KIR c
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