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Analysing coalition warfare from the intra-alliance politics perspective : the Normandy campaign 1944 (2006)
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Wilkins, T. (2006). Analysing coalition warfare from the intra-alliance politics perspective : the Normandy campaign 1944. Journal of Strategic Studies, 29(6), 1121-1150. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402390601016592

This article sets forth a framework for analysis designed to enhance our understanding of the political management of coalition warfare. The framework, based upon literature appertaining to 'intra-alliance politics' and International Relations (IR) t... Read More about Analysing coalition warfare from the intra-alliance politics perspective : the Normandy campaign 1944.

Characterising the Italian parliament: legislative change in longitudinal perspective (2006)
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Newell, J. (2006). Characterising the Italian parliament: legislative change in longitudinal perspective. Journal of Legislative Studies, 12(3-4), 386-483. https://doi.org/10.1080/13572330600877437

Despite the emergence of a bipolar party system following the introduction of a new electoral law in 1993, the Italian parliament remains an exception to the rule that legislatures have little influence over policy. It was reasonable to think that pa... Read More about Characterising the Italian parliament: legislative change in longitudinal perspective.

Austen Chamberlain and Britain's relationship with France, 1924-1929 (2006)
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Johnson, G. (2006). Austen Chamberlain and Britain's relationship with France, 1924-1929. https://doi.org/10.1080/09592290600943304

Several historians have suggested that Austen Chamberlain's Francophile tendencies during his period as foreign secretary between 1924 and 1929 were the defining features of his European diplomatic strategy. By examining four key events: the rejectio... Read More about Austen Chamberlain and Britain's relationship with France, 1924-1929.

Arabic morphology: diminutive verbs and diminutive nouns in San'ani Arabic (2006)
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Watson, J. (2006). Arabic morphology: diminutive verbs and diminutive nouns in San'ani Arabic. Morphology, 16(2), 189-204. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11525-006-9103-5

Word formation in Arabic has traditionally been assumed to involve interdigitation of a consonantal root with a vocalic pattern. This view is adopted by a large number of modern generative morphologists. More recently, however, several morphologists... Read More about Arabic morphology: diminutive verbs and diminutive nouns in San'ani Arabic.

Integration in ERP environments: rhetoric, realities and organisational possibilities (2006)
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Light, B., & Wagner, E. (2006). Integration in ERP environments: rhetoric, realities and organisational possibilities. New Technology, Work and Employment, 21(3), 215-228. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-005X.2006.00176.x

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) packages are said to enable integration when the standard inscription is adhered to through software configuration. A social shaping perspective expands conceptualisations of ERP packages, enabling a view of them as... Read More about Integration in ERP environments: rhetoric, realities and organisational possibilities.

Coming together: Thedatingchannel.com and the future of television (2006)
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Palmer, G. (2006). Coming together: Thedatingchannel.com and the future of television. Journal of Media Practice, 7(2), 109-121. https://doi.org/10.1386/jmpr.7.2.109/1

I begin with a very brief discussion of how the meaning of interactive television has developed over the past 20 years. I then consider the ways in which communities have usually been represented in television utilising old models of interactivity th... Read More about Coming together: Thedatingchannel.com and the future of television.

Divisions of labour: the analysis of parentheticals (2006)
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Blakemore, D. (2006). Divisions of labour: the analysis of parentheticals. Lingua, 116(10), 1670-1687. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lingua.2005.04.007

The term ‘parenthetical’ covers a disparate range of phenomena only some of which have been regarded as falling within the domain of syntax. However, it has been argued by Haegeman (1988) that adverbial parenthetical clauses, which have been treated... Read More about Divisions of labour: the analysis of parentheticals.

Design, poverty and sustainable development (2006)
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Thomas, A. (2006). Design, poverty and sustainable development. Design Issues, 22(4), 54-65. https://doi.org/10.1162/desi.2006.22.4.54

Design in a poor context, or for the alleviation of poverty, has received little or no attention. An informal discourse analysis shows that design and poverty have not been linked, the two being seen as mutually exclusive. This paper aims to examine... Read More about Design, poverty and sustainable development.

Methods for Studying Family Visitors in Art Museums: A cross-disciplinary review of current research (2006)
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Sterry, P., & Beaumont, E. (2006). Methods for Studying Family Visitors in Art Museums: A cross-disciplinary review of current research. Museum Management and Curatorship, 21(3), 222-239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.musmancur.2005.11.003

This paper examines current trends in family studies research, details the methodological and topical perspectives that are emerging, and reflects on how these findings could be integrated to provide a more coherent approach to researching the leisur... Read More about Methods for Studying Family Visitors in Art Museums: A cross-disciplinary review of current research.

The Italian election of 2006: myths and realities (2006)
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Newell, J. (2006). The Italian election of 2006: myths and realities. West European Politics, 29(4), 802-813. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402380600842437

The general election of 9 and 10 April was one of the closest fought in Italy’s history. In the Chamber of Deputies, the centre-left Unione coalition emerged ahead of the centre-right Casa delle liberta` (House of Freedoms, Cdl) by just 24,755 votes... Read More about The Italian election of 2006: myths and realities.

European policies and domestic reform : a case study of structural fund management in Italy (2006)
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Baudner, J., & Bull, M. (2006). European policies and domestic reform : a case study of structural fund management in Italy. Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans (Print), 7(3), 299-314. https://doi.org/10.1080/14613190500345474

There has been a conspicuous impact of European Union (EU) policies in Italy, and the so-called ‘Europeanization’ of Italian public policies has consequently become a salient research topic. One such public policy area concerns the decentralization... Read More about European policies and domestic reform : a case study of structural fund management in Italy.

Being an ’it’ in IT : gendered identities in IT work (2006)
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Adam, A., Griffiths, M., Keogh, C., Moore, K., Richardson, H., & Tattersall, A. (2006). Being an ’it’ in IT : gendered identities in IT work. European Journal of Information Systems, 15(4), 368-378. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000631

This paper reflects on aspects of gender and IT work. The core hypothesis is that, if technical skill and masculinity are fundamentally related, then women working in IT jobs who are, in effect, challenging masculine skills by gaining them themselves... Read More about Being an ’it’ in IT : gendered identities in IT work.

Listening for phi: temporal proportion in recordings of Mozart’s piano sonatas (2006)
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Warner, T. (2006). Listening for phi: temporal proportion in recordings of Mozart’s piano sonatas. WSEAS Transactions on Mathematics, 5(8), 1000

Digital recording, editing and signal processing offer performers and producers of Western European art music unprecedented levels of control over every sonic facet of the recorded artefact. Yet it is often the case that the ways in which these lev... Read More about Listening for phi: temporal proportion in recordings of Mozart’s piano sonatas.

Reflections on issues of power in packaged software selection (2006)
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Light, B., & Howcroft, D. (2006). Reflections on issues of power in packaged software selection. Information Systems Journal, 16(3), 215-235. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2575.2006.00216.x

The adoption of packaged software is becoming increasingly common in a variety of organizations and much of the packaged software literature presents this as a straightforward, linear process based on rationalistic evaluation. This paper applies the... Read More about Reflections on issues of power in packaged software selection.

Issues of computer-mediated communication for English language teaching (2006)
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Jarvis, H. (2006). Issues of computer-mediated communication for English language teaching. British Journal of Educational Technology, 37(4), 643-645. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8535.2006.00592.x

The growth of the English language, fuelled partially at least by the Internet, has been phenomenal. Graddol's study (2000) suggests that in the year 2000, there were about a billion English learners—but a decade later, the numbers will have doubled.... Read More about Issues of computer-mediated communication for English language teaching.

Singing detected: Blackpool and the strange case of the missing television musical dramas (2006)
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Mundy, J. (2006). Singing detected: Blackpool and the strange case of the missing television musical dramas. Journal of British Cinema and Television, 3(1), 59-71. https://doi.org/10.3366/JBCTV.2006.3.1.59

Acknowledging the critical acclaim that surrounds the work of Dennis Potter in televised musical dramas including Pennies From Heaven and The Singing Detective, this article argues that the 'new television language' invented by Potter has been largel... Read More about Singing detected: Blackpool and the strange case of the missing television musical dramas.

Becoming a different kind of learner: a case study of a Japanese EAP learner (2006)
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Etherington, S. (2006). Becoming a different kind of learner: a case study of a Japanese EAP learner. Geosphere, 2(2), 1-10

This paper reports a longitudinal case study of a Japanese learner (Ken) at a UK university as he progresses from pre-sessional EAP class to Masters programme and into PhD study. The case study is built from a series of interviews which took place o... Read More about Becoming a different kind of learner: a case study of a Japanese EAP learner.