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Design management : exploring fieldwork and applications (2007)
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Jerrard, R., & Hands, D. (2007). Design management : exploring fieldwork and applications. Routledge Taylor & Francis

Quantifying and assessing the value of an organization’s design department can be problematic. The tools traditionally used by auditors are usually insufficient to ‘measure’ either the value of design projects or their influence within an organizatio... Read More about Design management : exploring fieldwork and applications.

Trends in contemporary Italian narrative 1980-2007 (2007)
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Ania, G., & Hallamore-Caesar, A. (2007). Trends in contemporary Italian narrative 1980-2007. Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

The ‘new Italian narrative’ that began to be spoken about in the 1980s was not associated with a single writer or movement but with an eclectic and varied production. The eight essays that make up this volume set out to give a flavour of the breadth... Read More about Trends in contemporary Italian narrative 1980-2007.

Cultural change and ordinary life (2007)
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Longhurst, B. (2007). Cultural change and ordinary life. Open University Press

This ground-breaking book offers a new approach to the understanding of everyday life, the media and cultural change. It explores the social pattern of ordinary life in the context of recent theories and accounts of social and cultural change. Br... Read More about Cultural change and ordinary life.

Globalisation and labour struggle in Asia: a neo-gramscian critique of South Korea's political economy (2007)
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Moore, P. (2007). Globalisation and labour struggle in Asia: a neo-gramscian critique of South Korea's political economy. I.B. Tauris Publishers

Korean development has not occurred in a vacuum, but is a specific series of events that provide insight into the way that international struggles for hegemony affect local environments. Ongoing struggle between workers and the state in the former 'h... Read More about Globalisation and labour struggle in Asia: a neo-gramscian critique of South Korea's political economy.

Police occupational culture: New debates and directions (2007)
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(2007). M. O'Neill, M. Marks, & A. Singh (Eds.), Police occupational culture: New debates and directions. Emerald

The idea of police occupational culture or cop culture has been a source of academic interest and debate since research into policing began in earnest in the 1960s. Police culture has become a lens through which a number of aspects of the police and... Read More about Police occupational culture: New debates and directions.

The cinema of Alex de la Iglesia (2007)
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Willis, A., Triana-Toribio, N., & Buse, P. (2007). The cinema of Alex de la Iglesia. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press

The syntax of French (2007)
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Rowlett, P. (2007). The syntax of French. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press (CUP)

French is a syntactically interesting language, with aspects of its word order and clause structure triggering a variety of important developments in syntactic theory. This is a concise and accessible guide to the syntax of Modern French, providing a... Read More about The syntax of French.

The phonematics and syllable structure of Sudanese Arabic (2007)
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Dickins, J. (2007). The phonematics and syllable structure of Sudanese Arabic. Wiesbaden, Germany: Otto Harrassowitz

This book proposes a functionalist analysis which is strikingly simpler than standard accounts. Consonants and vowels are integrated into a single phoneme system; consonantal [y] and vocalic [i], consonantal [w] and vocalic [u], and consonantal ['] a... Read More about The phonematics and syllable structure of Sudanese Arabic.

Re-reading B.S. Johnson (2007)
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White, G., & Tew, P. (2007). Re-reading B.S. Johnson. London: Palgrave Macmillan

The social construction of Swedish neutrality : challenges to Swedish identity and sovereignty (2006)
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Agius, C. (2006). The social construction of Swedish neutrality : challenges to Swedish identity and sovereignty. Manchester University Press

The end of the Cold War and the War on Terror has signalled a shift in the security policies of all states. It has also led to the reconsideration of the policy of neutrality, and what being neutral means in the present age. This book examines the co... Read More about The social construction of Swedish neutrality : challenges to Swedish identity and sovereignty.