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Italy Transformed : politics, society and institutions at the end of the great recession (2018)
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The decade commencing with the great crash of 2008 was a watershed period for Italian politics, involving fundamental and dramatic changes, many of which had not been anticipated and which are charted in this book, which analyses: the impact of the E... Read More about Italy Transformed : politics, society and institutions at the end of the great recession.

We must betray our potential (2018)
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We Must Betray Our Potential


In these metaphysical dialogues between the dancing and linguistic self, Thurston circles questions of being, ‘self’-presence and identity. The temporality of dance – its fleeting, unrestricted movements – and the a... Read More about We must betray our potential.

Energy and climate policies in China and India : a two-level comparative study (2018)
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The book explores the proactive and reactive features of China and India's domestic and foreign policies to address two intertwined challenges: first, China and India have taken policy measures that accord with their own domestic priorities; second,... Read More about Energy and climate policies in China and India : a two-level comparative study.

Regulation, Governance and Convergence in the Media (2018)
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With digital technologies blurring media boundaries, this book provides a detailed analysis of how the Internet is producing a convergence of the press, audio-visual and online media. Based on extensive empirical analysis, the authors analyse over 25... Read More about Regulation, Governance and Convergence in the Media.

SPARC 2018 Internationalisation and collaboration : Salford postgraduate annual research conference book of abstracts (2018)
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Welcome to the Book of Abstracts for the 2018 SPARC conference. This year we not only celebrate the work of our PGRs but also the launch of our Doctoral School, which makes this year’s conference extra special. Once again we have received a tremendou... Read More about SPARC 2018 Internationalisation and collaboration : Salford postgraduate annual research conference book of abstracts.

Britain's cold war : culture, modernity and the Soviet threat (2018)
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Storytelling industries : narrative production in the 21st century (2018)
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This book shows how the unique characteristics of traditionally differentiated media continue to determine narrative despite the recent digital convergence of media technologies. It argues that media are now each largely defined by distinctive indust... Read More about Storytelling industries : narrative production in the 21st century.

Draft Vicinity (2018)
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Book of short experimental lyric poems, several of them exploring the author's ongoing interest in the relationship between dance and poetry; movement and language.

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“All journeys”, said Martin Buber “have secret destinations... Read More about Draft Vicinity.

Against nature : the metaphysics of information systems (2018)
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Against Nature – Chapter Abstracts

Chapter 1. A Transdisciplinary Approach
In this short book you will find philosophy – metaphysical and political - economics, critical theory, complexity theory, ecology, sociology, journalism, and much else... Read More about Against nature : the metaphysics of information systems.

Applying Linguistics : Language and the Impact Agenda (2018)
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(2018). D. McIntyre, & H. Price (Eds.), Applying Linguistics : Language and the Impact Agenda. Routledge

Applying Linguistics: Language and the Impact Agenda explores the challenges of demonstrating the socio-cultural and economic impact of research in linguistics. The chapters provide critical discussion of the concept of impact, as well as an examinat... Read More about Applying Linguistics : Language and the Impact Agenda.

Civil war and uncivil development: economic globalisation and political violence in Colombia and beyond (2018)
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This book challenges the conventional wisdom that civil war inevitably stymies economic development and that ‘civil war represents development in reverse’. While some civil wars may have adverse economic effects, Civil War and Uncivil Development pos... Read More about Civil war and uncivil development: economic globalisation and political violence in Colombia and beyond.

Gender, institutions and political representation : reproducing male dominance in Europe’s new democracies (2017)
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Chiva, M. (2017). Gender, institutions and political representation : reproducing male dominance in Europe’s new democracies. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-01177-0

This book traces the struggles over the institutions of political representation in Central and Eastern Europe, focusing on the factors that have held women back over the post-communist period, as well as on the growing evidence for change throughout... Read More about Gender, institutions and political representation : reproducing male dominance in Europe’s new democracies.

The concise Scots dictionary (2nd edition) (2017)
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The Concise Scots Dictionary (second edition) is the ideal reference work for readers, learners, speakers and students of the Scots language. Updated in 2017 from the first edition in 1985, it is the single most authoritative volume on the history, p... Read More about The concise Scots dictionary (2nd edition).

Poems for the dance (2017)
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Containing an essay, and poems, occasioned by the author’s engagement with Five Rhythms and other improvised dance and movement practices over more than a decade, Poems for the Dance is a multi-faceted enquiry into the relationship between poetry and... Read More about Poems for the dance.

Olive Schreiner and African Modernism : allegory, empire and postcolonial writing (2017)
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This book works across established categories of modernism and postcolonialism in order to radically revise the periods, places and topics traditionally associated with anti-colonialism and aesthetic experimentation in African literature. The book is... Read More about Olive Schreiner and African Modernism : allegory, empire and postcolonial writing.

Forms of hypocrisy in early modern England (2017)
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(2017). L. Nigri, & N. Tsentourou (Eds.), Forms of hypocrisy in early modern England. Routledge

Bringing together current critical work on early modern subjectivity, performance, print history, and private and public identities and space, the collection provides readers with a way into the complexity of the term ‘Hypocrisy’ and into the cultura... Read More about Forms of hypocrisy in early modern England.

The changing spaces of television acting : from studio realism to location realism in BBC television drama (2017)
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Spanning the 1950s to the present day, The changing spaces of television is both a historical overview and a then-and-now comparison of performing for British television drama. By examining changing acting styles from distinct eras of television prod... Read More about The changing spaces of television acting : from studio realism to location realism in BBC television drama.

Music/video : histories, aesthetics, media (2017)
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(2017). G. Arnold, D. Cookney, K. Fairclough, & M. Goddard (Eds.), Music/video : histories, aesthetics, media. Bloomsbury Academic

This book is a lively, comprehensive and timely reader on the music video, capitalising on cross-disciplinary research expertise, which represents a substantial academic engagement with the music video, a mediated form and practice that still remains... Read More about Music/video : histories, aesthetics, media.

The story of Manchester (2017)
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Manchester is noted for the ‘Industrial Revolution’ – its factories, working-class people and urban development all based around its production of cotton textiles. But this is not the complete story. Manchester has always been a more vibrant place wh... Read More about The story of Manchester.

Applied theatre : creative ageing (2017)
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McCormick, S. (2017). M. Balfour, & S. Preston (Eds.), Applied theatre : creative ageing. Bloomsbury Methuen Drama

Applied Theatre: Creative Ageing examines the complex social, political and cultural needs of a diverse group in our society and asks how contemporary applied theatre responds to those needs. For the first time, this publication allows an examination... Read More about Applied theatre : creative ageing.