Consensus and Dissent - Negotiating Emotion in the Public Space(Pevná vazba)

Consensus and Dissent - Negotiating Emotion in the Public Space(Pevná vazba)

Contemporary Street Arts in Europe: Aesthetics and Politics (Haedicke S.)(Pevná vazba)

Street theatre invades a public space, shakes it up and disappears, but the memory of the disruption haunts the site for audiences who experience it. This book looks at how the dynamic interrelationship of performance, participant and place creates a politicized aesthetic of public space that

Philosophy and Political Engagement: Reflection in the Public Sphere (Fives Allyn)(Pevná vazba)

Who Defines Me: Negotiating Identity in Language and Literature (Mohamed Eid)(Pevná vazba)

Who Defines Me: Negotiating Identity in Language and Literature is a collection of insightful articles that represent an interdisciplinary study of identity. The articles start from the premise that identity is, and always has been, unstable and mutable; which is to say that identity is constructed

Elisabeth Neudrfl: Out in the Streets (Neudorfl Elisabeth)(Pevná vazba)

A photographic inventory of public space in Hong Kong during spring 2020In Out in the Streets, German photographer Elisabeth Neudrfl (born 1968) records the dystopian state of Hong Kong at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and after the 2019-20 pro-democracy protest movement waned,

Law, Reason, and Emotion (Sellers M. N. S.)(Pevná vazba)

This book examines the role and importance of reason and emotion in justice and the law. Eight lawyers and philosophers of law consider law's basis in the universal human need for society, our innate sense of justice, and many other powerful inclinations and emotions, including the desire for

Public Sector Enterprises in India: Evolution, Privatisation and Reforms (Bhattacharjee Govind)(Pevná vazba)

Public Sector Enterprises in India is the first comprehensive and authoritative work covering the entire public sector in India, including public sector enterprises such as banks, insurance companies, railways and so on. The book begins with the philosophy behind the public sector and traces its

The Myth of Measurement: Inspection, Audit, Targets and the Public Sector (Frost Nick)(Pevná vazba)

In the public sector inspection regimes and performance targets provide a powerful and dominant narrative, often placing pressure on professionals and organisations to continuously quantify the quality of services and to achieve targets. This book explores the background, development, techniques

Emotion: Fashion in Transition (Debo Kaat)(Pevná vazba)

Notable fashion historians examine the irreversible and global transformations in the fashion industry today, and identify the challenges of the

Contemporary Protest and the Legacy of Dissent (Price Stuart)(Pevná vazba)

Contemporary protest, often presented in media forms as a dramatic ritual played out in an iconic public space has provided a potent symbol of the widespread economic and social discontent that is a feature of European life under the rule of 'austerity.' Yet, beneath this surface activity, which

Metaphor and Discourse (Musolff A.)(Pevná vazba)

The contributors present a coherent collection of work on the functioning of metaphor in public discourse and related discourse areas from a broadly cognitive-linguistic background, providing a state-of-the-art overview of research on the discursive grounding of metaphor from a cognitive-linguistic

Intelligence: All That Matters (Ritchie Stuart)(Paperback)

There is a strange disconnect between the scientific consensus and the public mind on intelligence testing. Just mention IQ testing in polite company, and you'll sternly be informed that IQ tests don't measure anything 'real', and only reflect how good you are at doing IQ tests; that they ignore

Negotiating Survival - Civilian-Insurgent Relations in Afghanistan (Jackson Ashley)(Pevná vazba)

Emotion in Christian and Islamic Contemplative Texts, 1100-1250: Cry of the Turtledove (Lazikani A. S.)(Pevná vazba)

This book offers a comparative study of emotion in Arabic Islamic and English Christian contemplative texts, c. 1110-1250, contributing to the emerging interest in 'globalization' in medieval studies. A.S.Lazikani argues for the necessity of placing medieval English devotional texts in a more

Living in Space (Wheatley Abigail)(Pevná vazba)

Where do people live in space? How do they get there? What's it like to work, eat and sleep in space? Beginner readers can discover the answers to these questions and lots of other fascinating facts in this engaging information book. With simple text and stunning photographs and illustrations, plus

The Value of Science in Space Exploration (Schwartz James S. J.)(Pevná vazba)

Space exploration, especially the recent push for the commercialization and militarization of space, is attracting increased attention not only from the wider public and the private sector but also from scholars in a wide range of disciplines. At this moment of uncertainty about the future

Citizens and the New Governance (Rouban L.)(Pevná vazba)

This book addresses the relationship of citizenship and public management in Europe. After fifteen years of State reform, it is time for an overall discussion of the theoretical and empirical impact and limits of New Public Management, as one of the latest re-orientations in public administration,

Public Relations in the Nonprofit Sector: Theory and Practice (Waters Richard D.)(Pevná vazba)

Nonprofit organizations are managing to carry out sophisticated public relations programming that cultivates relationships with their key audiences. Their public relations challenges, however, have routinely been understudied. Budgetary and staffing restraints often limit how these organizations

Architecture on the Borderline: Boundary Politics and Built Space (Pieris Anoma)(Pevná vazba)

Architecture on the Borderline interrogates space and territory in a turbulent present where nation state borders are porous to a few but impermeable to many. It asks how these uneven and conflicted social realities are embodied in the physical and material conditions imagined, produced or

In Focus Space (Jenner Elizabeth)(Pevná vazba)

Ten illustrators blast off into outer space to explore the mysteries of our solar system and the galaxies and stars beyond

Language and Literacy in Refugee Families (Duran Chatwara Suwannamai)(Pevná vazba)

This book examines the agreements and discrepancies between public understanding and assumptions about refugees, and the actual beliefs and practices among the refugees themselves in a time of increasing mobility fuelled by what many call 'refugee crisis'. With a focus on language and literacy

Unspoken Spaces (Eliasson Olafur)(Pevná vazba)

Unspoken Spaces is the first major book on Olafur Eliasson's architectural projects and works in public spaces around the globe. The book explores, often in Eliasson's own words, the artist's driving interest in finding visionary shapes to represent abstract ideas, and presents an extraordinary

Voices of Dissent: An Essay (Thapar Romila)(Pevná vazba)

Written by one of India's best-known public intellectuals, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in India's fascinating history as well as the direction in which the nation is headed. People have argued since time immemorial. Disagreement is a part of life, of human experience. But

Sensory Penalities: Exploring the Senses in Spaces of Punishment and Social Control (Herrity Kate)(Pevná vazba)