Critical Craft: Technology, Globalization, and Capitalism (Wilkinson-Weber Clare M.)(Paperback)

Critical Craft: Technology, Globalization, and Capitalism (Wilkinson-Weber Clare M.)(Paperback)

From Oaxacan wood carvings to dessert kitchens in provincial France, Critical Craft presents thirteen ethnographies which examine what defines and makes 'craft' in a wide variety of practices from around the world. Challenging the conventional understanding of craft as a survival, a revival, or

Psychology and Capitalism: The Manipulation of Mind (Roberts Ron)(Paperback)

Psychology and Capitalism is a critical and accessible account of the ideological and material role of psychology in supporting capitalist enterprise and holding individuals entirely responsible for their fate through the promotion of

Introduction to Architectural Technology (McLean William)(Paperback)

Understanding the relationship between design and technology is critical to the understanding of architecture. This book clearly explains the core aspects of architectural technology: structural physics, structural elements and forms, heating, lighting, environmental control and computer modelling

Teaching Design and Technology Creatively (Benson Clare)(Paperback)

Packed full of practical ideas, Teaching Design and Technology Creatively is a stimulating source of guidance for busy trainee and practising teachers. Grounded in the latest research, it offers a wealth of suggestions to foster creative development in D&T and supports teachers in providing their

Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling with Cure (Clare Eli)(Paperback)

In Brilliant Imperfection Eli Clare uses memoir, history, and critical analysis to explore cure--the deeply held belief that body-minds considered broken need to be fixed. Cure serves many purposes. It saves lives, manipulates lives, and prioritizes some lives over others. It provides comfort,

Creative Research Communication: Theory and Practice (Wilkinson Clare)(Paperback)

Aimed at scholars interested in engaging the public with their research and postgraduate students exploring the practical aspects of research communication, this book provides a theoretically grounded introduction to new and emerging approaches to public engagement and research communication. Split

Contemporary Human Resource Management: Text and Cases (Wilkinson Adrian)(Paperback)

Written by experts in the field, this well-established book provides a critical and academically rigorous exploration of the key functions, practices and issues in HRM today. The first part of Contemporary Human Resource Management covers fundamental HRM practices while the second half examines

Can Globalization Succeed?: A Primer for the 21st Century (Freeman Dena)(Paperback)

Since the 1980s, the expansion of capitalism and neoliberal ideologies have created international standardization, deregulated free markets, and increased economic integration between countries, making the production of goods increasingly global and interconnected. However, the success of

Language, Capitalism, Colonialism: Toward a Critical History (Heller Monica)(Paperback)

Heller and McElhinny reinterpret sociolinguistics for the twenty-first century with an original approach to the study of language that is situated in the political and economic contexts of colonialism and

Enjoying It: Candy Crush and Capitalism (Bown Alfie)(Paperback)

Using a range of 'case studies' from Critical Theory to Candy Crush, 'Gangnam Style' to Game of Thrones and Football Manager to Hieronymus Bosch, this book argues that we need to rethink our enjoyment. Inspired by psychoanalysis, the book offers a new way of thinking about how we talk about what we

The Media Education Manifesto (Buckingham David)(Paperback)

In the age of social media, fake news and data-driven capitalism, the need for critical understanding is more urgent than ever. Half-baked ideas about 'media literacy' will lead us nowhere: we need a comprehensive and coherent educational approach. We all need to think critically about how media

Capitalism: A Conversation in Critical Theory (Fraser Nancy)(Paperback)

In this important new book, Nancy Fraser and Rahel Jaeggi take a fresh look at the big questions surrounding the peculiar social form known as 'capitalism,' upending many of our commonly held assumptions about what capitalism is and how to subject it to critique. They show how, throughout its

Explorations in History and Globalization (Antunes Ctia)(Paperback)

STEAM through the seasons: Summer (Claybourne Anna)(Paperback / softback)

Discover science, technology, engineering, art and maths (STEAM) through original craft projects and recycle at the same

STEAM through the seasons: Winter (Claybourne Anna)(Paperback / softback)

Discover science, technology, engineering, art and maths (STEAM) through original craft projects and recycle at the same

Conceptualizing Capitalism: Institutions, Evolution, Future (Hodgson Geoffrey M.)(Paperback)

A few centuries ago, capitalism set in motion an explosion of economic productivity. Markets and private property had existed for millennia, but what other key institutions fostered capitalism's relatively recent emergence? Until now, the conceptual toolkit available to answer this question has

Globalization and Its Discontents Revisited - Anti-Globalization in the Era of Trump (Stiglitz Joseph)(Paperback / softback)

Intercultural Communication: Globalization and Social Justice (Sorrells Kathryn)(Paperback)

Intercultural Communication: Globalization and Social Justice introduces students to the study of communication among cultures within the broader context of globalization. Author Kathryn Sorrells highlights history, power, and global institutions as central to understanding the relationships and

Extra/Ordinary: Craft and Contemporary Art (Buszek Maria Elena)(Paperback)

Contemporary artists such as Ghada Amer and Clare Twomey have gained international reputations for work that transforms ordinary craft media and processes into extraordinary conceptual art, from Amer's monumental stitched paintings to Twomey's large, ceramics-based installations. Despite the amount

Mergers and Acquisitions, Entrepreneurship and Innovation (Weber Yaakov)(Pevná vazba)

This volume of Technology, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Competitive Strategy is devoted to research aimed at understanding success and failure factors of mergers and acquisitions in entrepreneurial firms. Research topics offer insights into the relationships of performance factors in all stage

Rethinking Fashion Globalization (Cheang Sarah)(Paperback)

Rethinking Fashion Globalization is a timely call to rewrite the fashion system and push back against Eurocentric dominance within fashion histories by presenting new models, approaches and understandings of fashion from critical thinkers at the forefront of decolonial fashion discourse. This

Anne of Green Gables (Montgomery L. M.)(Paperback)

This Norton Critical Edition offers an unrivaled selection of contextual and critical material, edited by two leading Montgomery scholars. 'Backgrounds' brings together fourteen relevant excerpts from Montgomery's journals, letters, and juvenilia along with literary selections from, among others,

A Psychoanalytical-Historical Perspective on Capitalism and Politics (Vianello Mino)(Paperback)

A Psychoanalytical-Historical Perspective on Capitalism and Politics explores how empathy once shaped the collective unconscious, before being replaced by rampant individualistic drive to power. Mino Vianello uses 'radical federalism' to define a new approach to democracy, hoping for an end to the

Globalization and the Linkage of Trade and Environmental Issues (Grossman Perry)(Paperback)

The effects of globalization on the environment are a pressing concern and in order to understand globalization we need to understand how both freer trade and environment protection measures emerge. This book analyses the dynamic interactions between corporations, social movements and state actors