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You are here: reading and representation in Christine Brooke-Rose's Thru (2002)
Journal Article
White, G. (2002). You are here: reading and representation in Christine Brooke-Rose's Thru. https://doi.org/10.1215/03335372-23-4-611

Christine Brooke-Rose's Thru is a strikingly provocative postmodernist text. Instead of examining how Thru deconstructs fiction through the literary and linguistic theory that it includes, this essay looks at how theory—specifically Roman Jakobson's... Read More about You are here: reading and representation in Christine Brooke-Rose's Thru.

Focus on grammatical form: explicit or implicit? (2002)
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Etherington, S., & Burgess, J. (2002). Focus on grammatical form: explicit or implicit?. System, 30(4), 433-458. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0346-251X%2802%2900048-9

Grammar teaching has been and continues to be an area of some controversy and debate have led to the emergence of a new classroom option for language teachers: that of Focus on Form (as opposed to Focus on Meaning or Focus on FormS). Against this bac... Read More about Focus on grammatical form: explicit or implicit?.

Chinese Joint Ventures & Implications for Design Management (2002)
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Williams, A., & Zhang, X. (2002). Chinese Joint Ventures & Implications for Design Management. International journal of new product development & innovation management, 4(3), 213-230

Many Western and East Asian countries have found a 'haven' in China for those manufacturing industries losing their competitive edge. However, many western firms have lost millions trying to make in-roads into the sector. An increasingly confident br... Read More about Chinese Joint Ventures & Implications for Design Management.

Relative degrees of fluency: a comparative case study of advanced learners of French (2002)
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Towell, R. (2002). Relative degrees of fluency: a comparative case study of advanced learners of French. International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 40(2), 117-150. https://doi.org/10.1515/iral.2002.005

This article examines whether, how and why oral fluency develops at different rates amongst undergraduate learners of French. Twelve subjects were asked to undertake two tasks during their course. The results show that some learners attain higher abs... Read More about Relative degrees of fluency: a comparative case study of advanced learners of French.

'Vopo'-General Vincenz Mueller and Western Intelligence, 1948-54: CIC, the Gehlen Organization and Two Cold War Covert Operations (2002)
Journal Article
Searle, D. (2002). 'Vopo'-General Vincenz Mueller and Western Intelligence, 1948-54: CIC, the Gehlen Organization and Two Cold War Covert Operations. Intelligence and National Security, 17(2), 27-50. https://doi.org/10.1080/02684520412331306480

This article describes an attempt by the US Army Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC) to bring about the defection of former Wehrmacht General Vincenz Müller from Eastern Germany (1948-50). While this covert operation failed, it provided a prelude to Ope... Read More about 'Vopo'-General Vincenz Mueller and Western Intelligence, 1948-54: CIC, the Gehlen Organization and Two Cold War Covert Operations.

Le Pen & Mégret's Christmas divorce: the far right and the media in France (2002)
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Quinn, A. (2002). Le Pen & Mégret's Christmas divorce: the far right and the media in France. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 5(2), 179-199

Since 1995, the Front National in France has successfully cast itself as a party of ideas. This, according to some observers, is where the power and danger of the French extreme right resides. A media conspiracy theory is seminal to the Front's ideol... Read More about Le Pen & Mégret's Christmas divorce: the far right and the media in France.

Zawał (2002)
Journal Article
Bekerman, M. (2002). Zawał. Polityka, 21(2351), 44-46

An analysis of the state of the British national health service, budgetary implications and comparison with other funding models in Europe.

Optimizing resources: assessment of manufacture practice (2002)
Journal Article
Williams, A., & Davidson, J. (2002). Optimizing resources: assessment of manufacture practice. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 216(5), 815-820. https://doi.org/10.1243/0954405021520337

Two case studies are presented from within the plastics industry. The studies investigate the feasibility of optimizing resources using traditional manufacturing metrics. A data capture framework is presented, which represents pre-, intra- and post-p... Read More about Optimizing resources: assessment of manufacture practice.

In defence of Satori: party system change, voter preference distributions and other competitive incentives (2002)
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Evans, J. (2002). In defence of Satori: party system change, voter preference distributions and other competitive incentives. Party Politics, 8(2), 155-174. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354068802008002001

In a recent re-evaluation of developments in European party systems, Paul Pennings has criticized Sartori for inaccurately predicting trends in party competition in his original typology, particularly as evidenced by indicators such as ideological po... Read More about In defence of Satori: party system change, voter preference distributions and other competitive incentives.

Nie ten tor (2002)
Journal Article
Bekerman, M. (2002). Nie ten tor. Polityka, 2336(2336), 44-45

Great Britain has the worst railways in Europe - this is the view of one of the government ministers. Privatisation was supposed to lead to speedy modernisation, but is ended up with de facto renationalisation and a crisis of trust in the economic cr... Read More about Nie ten tor.

George Soros's theory of reflexivity: a comparison with the theories of Giddens and Beck and a consideration of its practical value (2002)
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Bryant, C. (2002). George Soros's theory of reflexivity: a comparison with the theories of Giddens and Beck and a consideration of its practical value. Economy and Society, 31(1), 112-131. https://doi.org/10.1080/03085140120109277

George Soros has won recognition as one of the most successful financial speculators of all time and one of the most munificent philanthropists in the world today. He claims that his success is connected with his fallibilist philosophy and his hetero... Read More about George Soros's theory of reflexivity: a comparison with the theories of Giddens and Beck and a consideration of its practical value.

Principles of programme design: joint honours - linguistics + a modern foreign language (2002)
Journal Article
Rowlett, P. (2002). Principles of programme design: joint honours - linguistics + a modern foreign language

A joint-honours programme combining linguistics and a modern foreign language needs to stand up as a respectable diet in linguistics, that is, introduce basic notions of both pure and applied linguistics early on and allow students to go on to develo... Read More about Principles of programme design: joint honours - linguistics + a modern foreign language.

Consuming the car: anticipation, use and meaning in contemporary youth culture. (2002)
Journal Article
Carrabine, E., & Longhurst, B. (2002). Consuming the car: anticipation, use and meaning in contemporary youth culture. Sociological Review, 50(2), 181-196. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-954X.00362

Drawing on evidence from a recently conducted study of the everyday lives of young people in Manchester, UK, this article considers the place of cars in contemporary youth culture. The article acknowledges the recent beginnings of sociological and so... Read More about Consuming the car: anticipation, use and meaning in contemporary youth culture..