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The Psychology of Politicians
Book
A. Weinberg (Ed.), The Psychology of Politicians. Cambridge University Press (CUP). https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139026482

The Psychology of Politicians explores a topic which fuels public and media debate yet is under-researched and has potentially far-reaching consequences for the success of our political systems. Focusing on research with democratically elected repres... Read More about The Psychology of Politicians.

Safety. risk and uncertainties in transportation and transit system
Book

Disruptions in the operation of transportation and transit infrastructure may put at risk the functioning of our societies and their economies. Such disruptions may result from many kinds of hazards and physical and/or cyber-attacks on installations... Read More about Safety. risk and uncertainties in transportation and transit system.

Remembering Rediffusion in Malta : a history without future?
Book

Rediffusion started operating a cable radio relay service in Malta in 1935. Over the following decades the company led the development of broadcasting in the country, introducing regular Maltese language programmes in the years immediately after Worl... Read More about Remembering Rediffusion in Malta : a history without future?.

OPTIMAX 2017 : radiation dose, image quality optimisation, the use of new technology in medical imaging
Book

This year OPTIMAX settled in Oslo. After the success
of previous years, we are proud to present the fourth
Ebook. As in previous years, the group was made
up of PhD-, MSc- and BSc students as well as
tutors from the seven European partner univers... Read More about OPTIMAX 2017 : radiation dose, image quality optimisation, the use of new technology in medical imaging.

13th International Postgraduate Research Conference 2017 : conference proceedings
Book

Welcome to the 13th International Postgraduate Research Conference (IPGRC 2017) hosted by the School of the Built Environment at University of Salford, UK. This year’s IPGRC is organised as part of the International Research Week 2017- ‘Shaping Tomor... Read More about 13th International Postgraduate Research Conference 2017 : conference proceedings.

The Second World War and the Baltic States
Book

This volume places the history of the Second World War and the Baltic states into a multidisciplinary and international perspective. It includes contributions from the fields of diplomacy, strategy, military operations, intelligence and propaganda. I... Read More about The Second World War and the Baltic States.

Analyzing social media data and web networks
Book

As governments, citizens and organizations have moved online there is an increasing
need for academic enquiry to adapt to this new context for communication and political
action. This adaptation is crucially dependent on researchers being equipped... Read More about Analyzing social media data and web networks.

Developing skills for social work practice
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Rogers, M., Whitaker, D., Edmondson, D., & Peach, D. Developing skills for social work practice. Sage

In writing this book we have aimed to produce a practical handbook for students and newly qualified social workers that can help in the development of core skills. We have set out the theoretical underpinning that we have taken as our point of depar... Read More about Developing skills for social work practice.

The birth of industrial Glasgow. The archaeology of the M74
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The M74 Completion Project was of such a scale that no single publication can do it justice. A popular publication was produced in 2011 and several academic and specialist articles have been published, but this book gives the authoritative overview a... Read More about The birth of industrial Glasgow. The archaeology of the M74.

Research methodology in the built environment : a selection of case studies
Book

Built environment students are not always familiar with the range of different research approaches they could be using for their projects. Whether you are undertaking a postgraduate doctoral programme or facing an undergraduate or masters dissertatio... Read More about Research methodology in the built environment : a selection of case studies.

Race and society
Book

Race and Society is a thoughtful and critically engaging exploration of some of the key issues around race and racialisation, which have arisen in what is considered to be a highly diverse and complex society.


With a progressive approach empha... Read More about Race and society.

SPARC 2015 Salford postgraduate annual research conference book of abstracts
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Beyonce, feminism and pop culture
Book
Fairclough, K. (in press). Beyonce, feminism and pop culture. I.B Tauris. Manuscript submitted for publication

Urban Ecology - patterns, processes, and applications
Book

The sound book: The science of the sonic wonders of the world
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Trevor Cox is on a hunt for the sonic wonders of the world. A renowned expert who engineers classrooms and concert halls, Cox has made a career of eradicating bizarre and unwanted sounds. But after an epiphany in the London sewers, Cox now revels in... Read More about The sound book: The science of the sonic wonders of the world.

Interrogating Pierre Bourdieu: towards a sociology of translation
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This book seeks to explore the methodological and epistemological potentials of Pierre Bourdieu's sociology of cultural production for the study of translation. Based on a case study of the Arabic translations of Shakespeare's dramatic work in Egypt,... Read More about Interrogating Pierre Bourdieu: towards a sociology of translation.

BeReal – A benefits realisation process from planning to delivery: effective benefits realisation
Book

Delivering sustainable reform within an ever changing
external environment, usually reliant on a range of
stakeholders stakeholders, requires a different way of thinking, a
better understanding of the drivers of benefits realisation
and more effe... Read More about BeReal – A benefits realisation process from planning to delivery: effective benefits realisation.

The foreign policy of Lyndon B. Johnson : the United States and the world, 1963-69
Book

Drawing on declassified documents and recent research on the Lyndon B. Johnson administration, this work provides a new general account of the president's handling of foreign relations, revisiting such major events as the Vietnam War, and crucial iss... Read More about The foreign policy of Lyndon B. Johnson : the United States and the world, 1963-69.

Passagen des Spiels II
Book

At the turn of the century it became apparent that games cannot be seen as marginal to a work and information society, but have taken a central position in society. Economy, sport, music, and architecture are all said to be influenced by play and our... Read More about Passagen des Spiels II.

Sinn und sound
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The book on the semantics of sound by School of Art & Design researcher Mathias Fuchs has been published by Berliner Wissenschaftlicher Verlag and will be in the bookshops by the end of October. Mathias investigates the possibilities of assigning mea... Read More about Sinn und sound.