Updated in its 3rd edition, Basic Methods of Policy Analysis and Planning presents quickly applied methods for analyzing and resolving planning and policy issues at state, regional, and urban levels.

Divided into two parts, Methods which presents quick methods in nine chapters and is organized around the steps in the policy analysis process, and Cases which presents seven policy cases, ranging in degree of complexity, the text provides readers with the resources they need for effective policy planning and analysis. Quantitative and qualitative methods are systematically combined to address policy dilemmas and urban planning problems. Readers and analysts utilizing this text gain comprehensive skills and background needed to impact public policy.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Methods 1. The Need for Simple Methods of Policy Analysis and Planning 2. The Policy Analysis Process 3. Crosscutting Methods 4. Verifying, Defining, and Detailing the Problem 5. Establishing Evaluation Criteria 6. Identifying Alternatives 7. Evaluating Alternative Policies 8. Displaying Alternatives and Distinguishing among Them 9. Monitoring and Evaluating Implemented Policies Part 2 Cases 10. Downtown Development 11. Defending against Accusations of Discriminatory Housing Practices 12. Municipal Garbage. Solid-Waste Collection Methods 13. University On Campus Parking Policies 14. Emergency Aid for Home Heating Fuel. Developing an Allocation Formula 15. A State Tax on Plastic Shopping Bags 16. Public-Private Redevelopment Projects: The Case of Underground Atlanta

This book introduces the main concepts of microeconomics to upper division undergraduate students or first year graduate students who have undergone at least one elementary calculus course. The book fully integrates graphical and mathematical concepts and offers over 150 analytical examples demonstrating numerical solutions.

The book has a strong theoretical basis but shows how microeconomics can be brought to bear on the real world. New Features for this edition include:

an incorporation of the theory of stock externalities associated with greenhouse gases

development of the section on insurance with particular reference to the new US healthcare program

greater integration of game theoretic concepts throughout the book.

The book’s style is accessible, but also rigorous. Mathematical examples are provided throughout the book, in particular for key concepts and the result is a balanced approach in terms of prose, graphics, and mathematics.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction Part One: Consumer Sovereignty 2. Consumer Preferences 3. Utility Maximization 4. Comparative Statics: Analysis of Individual Demand and Labor Supply Part Two: Markets and Consumer Interaction 5. Market Demand 6. Pure Exchange Part Three: Producers’ Rules 7. Production Technology 8. Theory of Cost Part Four: Competitive Forces 9. Perfect Competition 10. Economic Efficiency 11. General Competitive Equilibrium Part Five: Monopoly Power 12. Monopoly and Regulation 13. Price Discrimination Part Six: Strategic Agent Interaction 14. Game Theory 15. Industrial Organization Part Seven: Input Markets 16. Competitive Input Markets 17. Monopoly Power in Input Markets Part Eight: Risky World and Intertemporal Choices 18. Risky Choices and Risk Aversion 19. Intertemporal Choices and Capital Decisions Part Nine: Missing Markets 20. Welfare Economics 21. Externalities 22. Public Goods 23. Asymmetric Information.

Mobile phones are close to ubiquitous in developing countries; Internet and broadband access are becoming commonplace. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) thus represent the fastest, broadest and deepest technical change experienced in international development. They now affect every development sector – supporting the work of hundreds of millions of farmers and micro-entrepreneurs; creating millions of ICT-based jobs; assisting healthcare workers and teachers; facilitating political change; impacting climate change; but also linked with digital inequalities and harms – with the pace of change continuously accelerating.

Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) provides the first dedicated textbook to examine and explain these emerging phenomena. It will help students, practitioners, researchers and other readers understand the place of ICTs within development; the ICT-enabled changes already underway; and the key issues and interventions that engage ICT4D practice and strategy.

The book has a three-part structure. The first three chapters set out the foundations of ICT4D: the core relation between ICTs and development; the underlying components needed for ICT4D to work; and best practice in implementing ICT4D. Five chapters then analyse key development goals: economic growth, poverty eradication, social development, good governance and environmental sustainability. Each chapter assesses the goal-related impact associated with ICTs and key lessons from real-world cases. The final chapter looks ahead to emerging technologies and emerging models of ICT-enabled development.

The book uses extensive in-text diagrams, tables and boxed examples with chapter-end discussion and assignment questions and further reading. Supported by online activities, video links, session outlines and slides, this textbook provides the basis for undergraduate, postgraduate and online learning modules on ICT4D.

Table of Contents

List of Figures List of Tables List of Boxes Acknowledgements Acronyms Introduction: Information and communication technology for development (ICT4D) 1. Understanding ICT4D 2. Foundations of ICT4D 3. Implementing ICT4D 4. ICTs and economic growth 5. ICTs, poverty and livelihoods 6. ICTs and social development 7. e-Governance and development 8. ICTs and environmental sustainability 9. The future of ICT4D Bibliography Index

This updated, new edition of Introducing Cultural Studies provides a systematic and comprehensible introduction to the concepts, debates and latest research in the field.

Reinforcing the interdisciplinary nature of Cultural Studies, the authors first guide the reader through cultural theory before branching out to examine different dimensions of culture in detail - including globalisation, the body, geography, fashion, and politics. Incorporating new scholarship and international examples, this new edition includes: New and improved 'Defining Concepts', 'Key Influences', 'Example ', and 'Spotlight' features that probe deeper into the most significant ideas, theorists and examples, ensuring you obtain an in-depth understanding of the subject.

A brand new companion website featuring a flashcard glossary, web links, discussion and essay questions to stimulate independent study. A new-look text design with over 60 pictures and tables draws all these elements together in an attractive, accessible design that makes navigating the book, and the subject, simple and logical.

Introducing Cultural Studies will be core reading for Cultural Studies undergraduates and postgraduates, as well as an illuminating guide for those on Communication and Media Studies, English, Sociology, and Social Studies courses looking for a clear overview of the field.

"The next good mood I find my father in, I'll get him quite discarded" With these chillingly offhand words, Beatrice-Joanna, the spoilt daughter of a powerful nobleman, plots to get rid of the family servant who has crossed her once too often. The Changeling's vivid tale of sexual appetite, repulsion, betrayal and lunacy remains one of the most compelling tragedies of the 17th century. Exposing the vexed relationship between servants and masters, setting notions of `change' against the revelation of psychological 'secrets' as ways of explaining human behaviour, and exploring the idea of love as a `tame madness', the play reveals the terrifying consequences of ungoverned sexual appetite and betrayal. Featuring the full and modernized play text, this revised edition includes incisive commentary notes which explain the nuances of the play's vibrant, colloquial language and demonstrate its sly delight in the characters' conscious and unconscious wordplay. Michael Neill's illuminating introduction provides a firm grounding in the play's socio-political context, demonstrates how careful close-reading can expand your enjoyment of the play, explains the play's violent linkage of comic and tragic plots and gives theatrical life to the text via a discussion of its stage history, with a particular emphasis on the most interesting recent productions. The New Mermaids plays offer: * Modernized versions of the play text edited to the highest textual standards * Fully annotated student editions with obscure words explained and critical, contextual and staging insight provided on each page * Full Introductions analyzing context, themes, author background and stage history

The third edition of Issues in Cultural Tourism Studies provides a vital framework for analysing the complexity of cultural tourism and its increasing globalization in existing as well as emergent destinations of the world. It focuses in particular on the need for even more creative tourism strategies to differentiate destinations from each other using a blend of localized cultural products and innovative global attractions.

The book explores many of the most pertinent issues in heritage, arts, festivals, indigenous, ethnic and experiential cultural tourism in urban and rural environments alike. Since the second edition of this book there have been many important developments in this field and this third edition has been completely revised and updated to include:

New content on: demand and motivation for cultural tourism, sustainable cultural tourism, and ethnic cultural tourism

New and updated case studies from an even wider global perspective

A revised, up-to-date framework for global cultural tourism studies in the light of recent research, publications, and industry developments.

New pedagogical features within the text to aid understanding and critical thinking including: questions at the end of case studies and a further reading section.

At the interface between the global and the local, a sustainable and people-centred approach to cultural tourism planning and development is advocated to ensure that benefits are maximized for local areas, a sense of place and identity are retained, and the tourist experience is enhanced to the full. The text is unique in that it provides a summary and a synthesis of all of the major issues in global cultural tourism, which are presented in an accessible way using a diverse range of international case studies. It is essential and valuable reading for all tourism students.

Table of Contents

1 .A framework for cultural tourism studies 2.Demand and motivation for cultural tourism 3.The geography of cultural tourism 4. The politics of cultural tourism 5. Heritage, tourism and museums 6. Indigenous cultural tourism 7. Ethnic cultural tourism 8. The arts, festivals and cultural tourism 9. Creative tourism 10. Experiential tourism 11. Sustainable management of cultural tourism

Ability Profiling and School Failure, Second Edition explores the social and contextual forces that shape the appearance of academic ability and disability and how these forces influence the perception of academic underachievement of minority students. At the book’s core is the powerful case study of a competent fifth grader named Jay, an African American boy growing up in a predominantly white, rural community, who was excluded from participating in science and literacy discourses within his classroom community.

In this new edition, researcher and teacher-educator Kathleen Collins situates the story of Jay’s struggle to be seen as competent within current scholarly conversations about the contextualized nature of dis/ability. In particular, she connects her work to recent research into the overrepresentation of minority students in special education, exploring the roles of situated literacies, classroom interactions, and social stereotypes in determining how some students come to be identified as "disabled." Ability Profiling and School Failure, Second Edition comprises a thorough investigation into the socially constructed nature of ability, identity, and achievement, illustrating the role of educational and social exclusion in positioning students within particular identities.

Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: Sociocultural Perspectives on dis/Ability and Positioning Chapter 2 The boy who had something to say Chapter 3

“He’s what I would call out there.” Chapter 4 “He was immediate. He was like immediate.” Chapter 5 “Where’s the evidence?” Chapter 6 “Jay just amazes me during this, he really does.” Chapter 7 “It will be very, very difficult for him to learn how to function in the class.” Chapter 8 “It’s like a burst, a burst of fire.” Chapter 9 “You got to hear this!” Chapter 10 “So who wrote it?” Chapter 11 “Jay, we gotta find you a group.”

Chapter 12 “I’m the boy who likes bugs.” Chapter 13 “Do you think I’m proper?” Chapter 14 “This ain’t easy!” Chapter 15 “Church is not a game!” Chapter 16 “I think that’s why we became very good friends.” Chapter 17 "If you stick out, you get squashed:" Ability profiling as response to difference Epilogue Appendix Approaches to Inquiry, Analysis and Representation

Psychology and Work Today, 11th Edition is an exciting update of a well-loved textbook that introduces industrial and organizational psychology, explaining how industrial-organizational psychologists make work and working better.

This accessible and informative text explains how industrial-organizational psychologists help organizations hire the best people by designing tests and interviews that uncover the skills and abilities of applicants, make work better by removing or reducing safety issues and sources of stress so that personnel are motivated and able to perform to their abilities, and work with managers and leaders to be more effective at leading others. This book also describes how industrial-organizational psychologists work with organizations to embrace diversity in the workforce and celebrate the strengths that employees from many backgrounds bring to organizations. In addition, this text includes how psychologists help organizations to design the physical work environment to best suit employees, while other psychologists help organizations to market their products and services to consumers.

This text covers both the essential and traditional industrial-organizational psychology topic areas such as job analysis, employee selection, and work motivation as well as topic areas that are important in workplaces today such as stress and well-being, human factors, and preparing for jobs of the future. The chapter on consumer psychology remains unique to this textbook. This new edition includes coverage of employable skills desired by hiring managers and executives; the ways the highly publicized replicability crisis has affected the science and practice of I-O psychology; online and mobile employment testing; diversity and inclusion throughout the workplace, including microaggressions; preparing people and organizations for jobs of the future; incivility and harassment at work, including abusive supervision; safety climate and employee health; and advertising on social media and video games.

Including many illustrative examples of industrial-organizational psychology in real-world workplaces, the 11th Edition is thoroughly updated to include the latest theory, research, and practice on each key topic. Each chapter features defined key terms, a chapter outline, a chapter summary, review questions, annotated additional reading, and engaging Newsbreak sections. The book will be of interest to undergraduate students in introduction I-O psychology or psychology of work behaviour courses.

Table of Contents

Part One: The Practice of Industrial-Organizational Psychology

1 Principles, Practices, and Problems

2 Techniques, Tools, and Tactics

Part Two: The Development of Talent

3 Job Analysis and Job Performance

4 Psychological Employment Testing

5 Employee Selection Systems and Decisions

6 Performance Appraisal

7 Training and Development

Part Three: Organizational Psychology

8 Leadership

9 Motivation, Job Satisfaction, and Job Involvement

10 The Organization of the Organization

Part Four: Characteristics of the Workplace

11 Working Conditions

12 Employee Safety and Health Issues

13 Stress in the Workplace

Part Five: Engineering Psychology

14 Engineering Psychology

Part Six: Consumer Psychology

15 Consumer Psychology

Casino Management in Integrated Resorts introduces students to the changing nature of casino businesses within the framework of an integrated resort or hospitality organisation.

In the new integrated casino model, casinos play an important role not only in revenue generation but in supporting the other amenities in the resort, including bars, restaurants, hotels and theme parks. This book brings readers up to speed with the challenges of managing a casino within this rapidly expanding gaming–leisure–tourism industry. It covers a range of essential topics, such as the basic psychology of casino gaming, the role and history of casinos within an integrated resort, staffing, floor design, table and slot game management, control and security, marketing and social impact.

Written in an accessible style, this book is suitable for readers with no prior knowledge of, or experience in, casino operations. It will be an essential introductory yet comprehensive resource for all those undertaking casino management courses.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction

2 History of Gambling, Casinos and Modern Integrated Resorts

3 The Role of Casino in an Integrated Resort

4 Psychology of Gambling and Casino Gaming

5 Casino Floor Design, Servicescape and Service Quality

6 Basic Casino Operation Concepts

7 Marketing Casino Gaming

8 Social Impact of Integrated Resorts

Additional Article I

Additional Article II

Casino and Gaming Resort Investigations addresses the continued and growing need for gaming security professionals to properly and successfully investigate the increasing and unique types of crime they will face in their careers. As the gaming industry has grown, so has the need for competent and highly skilled investigators who must be prepared to manage a case of employee theft one day to a sophisticated sports book scam the next.

This book provides the reader with the fundamental knowledge needed to understand how each gaming and non-gaming department functions and interacts within the overall gaming resort, allowing the investigator to determine and focus on the important elements of any investigation in any area. Each chapter delivers a background of a department or type of crime normally seen in the gaming environment, and then discusses what should be considered important or even critical for the investigator to know or determine in the course of the investigation. Likely scenarios, case histories, and tips, as well as cautions for investigators to be aware of, are used throughout the book.

This book was written for and directed at gaming security and surveillance professionals, including gaming regulators, and tribal gaming authorities, who are almost daily confronted by the ingenious and the most common scams, theft, and frauds that are perpetrated in the gaming world.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1 - The Art of Investigations

Chapter 2 - Field Investigations

Chapter 3 – Marketing Considerations and Investigations

Chapter 4 – Objective and Impartial Investigations

Chapter 5 – Understanding the Scope of the Investigation

Chapter 6 – Starting the Investigation

Chapter 7 – Written Reports

Chapter 8 – Interviews

Chapter 9 – Ethics in Investigations

Chapter 10 – Prosecution

Chapter 11 – Jurisdictions, Regulations and Gaming Environments

Chapter 12 – Investigations and Liability

Non-Gaming Investigations

Chapter 13 – Hotel Investigations

Chapter 14 - Food and Beverage Investigations

Chapter 15 – Claim Investigations

Chapter 16 – Vehicle Accidents and Auto Theft

Chapter 17 – Post Investigation Best Practices

Gaming Investigations

Chapter 18 - Investigative Concepts

Chapter 19 - Covert Surveillance Investigations

Chapter 20 - Employee Theft and Fraud

Chapter 21 - Outside Agents and Collusion

Chapter 22 - Gaming Investigations

Chapter 23 - Cage

Chapter 24 - Slots

Chapter 25 - Table Games

Chapter 26 - Player’s Club

Chapter 27 - Marketing Scams

Chapter 28 - Keno and Bingo

Chapter 29 - Race and Sports Book

Chapter 30 - Night Clubs and Party Pools

Glossary

Index

　

Appendix

IOU Patrol

Tri-Shot Coverage

Audits and Close Watches

Common Tells of Cheating and Theft

Video Review and Investigation (IACSP White Paper)

Richly illustrated in attractive full-colour and contains pedagogical features such as essay questions, summary and key points, and further reading suggestions is supported by a fully updated companion website, featuring student resources including lecture recordings, multiple choice questions and useful web links, as well as PowerPoint slides for lecturers. The only dedicated textbook on social neuroscience providing a much needed resource for lecturers and students. Suitable for both undergraduate and postgraduate students in psychology and neuroscience from 2nd year to masters level. Relevant courses include social neuroscience, social cognitive neuroscience, the social mind, social cognition, human neuroscience, developmental social neuroscience, etc. The third edition will be updated to reflect the growing volume of evidence and theories in the field and will include additional content on the applications of social neuroscience, social influence, reproducibility issues, and computational approaches. The companion website will include a new test bank.

Discover the tips, tricks and techniques that really work for concept artists, matte painters and animators. Compiled by the team at 3dtotal.com, Digital Painting Techniques, Volume 1 offers digital inspiration with hands-on insight and techniques from professional digital artists. More than just a gallery book - within Digital Painting Techniques each artist has written a breakdown overview, with supporting imagery of how they made their piece of work. Beginner and intermediate digital artists will be inspired by the gallery style collection of the finest examples of digital painting from world renowned digital artists. Start your mentorship into the world of digital painting today with some of the greatest digital artists in the world and delve into professional digital painting techiques, such as speed painting, custom brush creation and matte painting. Develop your digital painting skills beyond the variety of free online digital painting tutorials and apply the most up to date techniques to your digital canvas with Digital Painting Techniques for Animators.

Table of Contents

Speed Painting; Custom Brushes; Matte Painting; Creatures; Humans; Environments; Sci-Fi

Fantasy; Complete Projects; Gallery

The second edition of this elegant and accessible primer offers a helpful reference and resource for directing actors in film, television, and theatre, useful to directors, actors, and writers. Combining underlying theory with dozens of exercises designed to reveal the actor's craft, Lenore DeKoven discusses constructing the throughline; analyzing the script; character needs; the casting and rehearsal processes; as well as the actor and the camera.

Distilling difficult concepts to their simplest form, DeKoven explains how to accurately capture and portray human behavior on stage and screen, offering creative solutions to issues she has encountered or anticipated after decades of experience. Excerpts from interviews with acclaimed actors offer insight into their work with directors, what inspires them, and what they really want from the director.

This second edition incorporates the film Moonlight (2016, Barry Jenkins) for analysis of the directing concepts discussed.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

2. The Actor and Training

3. The Actor's Vocabulary

4. The Text and the Throughline

5. Anaylsis of Script

6. The Character Outline

7. The Casting Process

8. The Rehearsal Process

9. The Actor and the Camera

10. Film and Theatre: Differences and Similarities

11. What do the Actors Say?

12. Tips to the Director

Appendix: Additional Exercises for Workshop or Class

Appendix: Suggested Reading and Viewing

Nowadays, many aspects of electrical and electronic engineering are essentially applications of DSP. This is due to the focus on processing information in the form of digital signals, using certain DSP hardware designed to execute software. Fundamental topics in digital signal processing are introduced with theory, analytical tables, and applications with simulation tools. The book provides a collection of solved problems on digital signal processing and statistical signal processing. The solutions are based directly on the math-formulas given in extensive tables throughout the book, so the reader can solve practical problems on signal processing quickly and efficiently.

FEATURES

Explains how applications of DSP can be implemented in certain programming environments designed for real time systems, ex. biomedical signal analysis and medical image processing.

Pairs theory with basic concepts and supporting analytical tables.

Includes an extensive collection of solved problems throughout the text.

Fosters the ability to solve practical problems on signal processing without focusing on extended theory.

Covers the modeling process and addresses broader fundamental issues.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Digital Signal Processing. Introduction. Discrete-time Signals and Systems. z-Transform. Implementation of Discrete Systems. Frequency Domain Analysis. Designing Digital Filters. Part 2: Statistical Signal Processing. Statistical Models. Fundamental Principles of Parametric Estimation. Linear Evaluation. Fundamentals of Signal Detection.

Renewable Energy Resources is a numerate and quantitative text. It covers the many renewables technologies implemented worldwide by harnessing sustainable resources, mitigating pollution and climate change, and providing cost effective services.

This fourth edition is extensively updated by John Twidell with global developments as underpinned by fundamental analysis and illustrated by case studies and worked examples. Efficiency of end-use and cost-effectiveness is emphasized. Each chapter begins with fundamental scientific theory, and then considers applications, environmental impact and socio-economic aspects, before concluding with Quick Questions for self-revision, Problems and new Exercises. Basic theory underlying the technologies is covered in succinct Reviews of electrical power, fluid dynamics, heat transfer and solid-state physics. Common symbols and cross-referencing apply throughout; essential data are tabulated in Appendices.

Renewable Energy Resources supports multidisciplinary master’s degrees in science and engineering, and specialist modules at undergraduate level. Practicing scientists and engineers will find it a useful introductory text and reference book.

Table of Contents

1. Principles of renewable energy

2. Solar radiation characteristics and impacts: including the greenhouse effect

3. Solar water heating

4. Other solar thermal applications

5. Photovoltaic (PV) power technology

6. Hydropower

7. Wind resource

8. Wind power technology

9. Biomass resources from photosynthesis

10. Bioenergy technologies

11. Wave power

12. Tidal-current and tidal-range power

13. Ocean gradient energy: OTEC and osmotic power

14. Geothermal energy

15. Energy systems: integration, distribution and storage

16. Solar-buildings and efficient energy use; including transportation, manufacture and homes

17. Institutional and economic factors

Review 1. Electrical power for renewables

Review 2. Essentials of fluid dynamics

Review 3. Heat transfer

Review 4. Solid-state physics for photovoltaics

Appendices

App A Units and conversions

App B Data and fundamental constants

App C Some heat transfer formulas

Answers to the Exercises at the end of chapters and reviews

Short answers to selected Problems at end of chapters /

Market Analysis for Real Estate is a comprehensive introduction to how real estate markets work and the analytical tools and techniques that can be used to identify and interpret market signals. The markets for space and varied property assets, including residential, office, retail, and industrial, are presented, analyzed, and integrated into a complete understanding of the role of real estate markets within the workings of contemporary urban economies. Unlike other books on market analysis, the economic and financial theory in this book is rigorous and well integrated with the specifics of the real estate market. Furthermore, it is thoroughly explained as it assumes no previous coursework in economics or finance on the part of the reader. The theoretical discussion is backed up with numerous real estate case study examples and problems, which are presented throughout the text to assist both student and teacher.

Including discussion questions, exercises, several web links, and online slides, this textbook is suitable for use on a variety of degree programs in real estate, finance, business, planning, and economics at undergraduate and MSc/MBA level. It is also a useful primer for professionals in these disciplines.

Table of Contents

PART A: INTRODUCTION 1. Market Analysis In Perspective 2. Real Estate Economics PART B: METROPOLITAN GROWTH ANALYSIS 3. Metropolitan Growth Patterns 4. Analyzing Metropolitan Economies PART C: ANALYZING RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE MARKETS 5. Residential Real Estate Markets 6. Macroeconomic Analysis of Residential Real Estate Markets: Accounting Techniques 7. Macroeconomic Analysis of Residential Real Estate Markets: The Basics of the Econometric Approach 8. Macroeconomic Analysis of Residential Real Estate Markets: Applying the Econometric Approach 9. Analyzing Residential Projects: A Micro Perspective 10. Analysis of Residential Real Estate Markets: An Example PART D: ANALYZING THE MARKET FOR RETAIL SPACE 11. Retail Markets and Retail Market Studies 12. Analyzing the Market for Retail Space 13. Analyzing the Market for Retail Space: Synthesis and Market Studies PART E: OFFICE MARKET ANALYSIS 14. The Market for Office Space 15. Office Market Analysis: A Macro Perspective 16. Micro Analysis of Office Markets 17. Office Market Analysis: Synthesis and Market Studies PART F: INDUSTRIAL MARKET ANALYSIS 18. Industrial Space Market PART G: DATA SOURCES 19. Data Sources for Real Estate Market Analysis

In the fully rewritten third edition of this classic text, Nicholas Mirzoeff introduces visual culture as visual activism, or activating the visible. In this view, visual culture is a practice: a way of doing, making, and seeing.

The 12 new chapters begin with five foundational concepts, including Indigenous ways of seeing, visual activism in the wake of slavery, and unfixing the gaze. The second section outlines three currently successful tactics of visual activism: removal of statues and monuments; restitution of cultural property; and practices of repair and reparations. The final section addresses catastrophe and trauma, from Palestine’s Nakba to the climate disaster and the intersections of plague and war. Each section also includes new, in-depth case studies called "Visualizations," ranging from oil painting to Kongo power figures and the mediated practice of taking a knee.

Engaging with questions of racializing, colonialism, and undoing gender throughout, this edition maps the activist turn in the field since 2014 and sets directions for its future expansion. This is a key text in visual culture studies and an essential resource for research and teaching in the field.

Table of Contents

Introduction Visualization 1: Perspective, Visuality and the Way of Seeing Part 1. Foundational 1.Acknowledgement and Groundwork 2. Indigenous Ways of Seeing 3. In Slavery’s Wake 4.Surveillance and Counter-Surveillance 5.Unfixing the Gaze Visualization 2: The Ambassadors by Hans Holbein Visualization 3: The Decisive Moment and The Limits of Looking Part 2. Tactics of Visual Activism 6. Removal 7.Restitution 8. Repair and Reparations Visualization 4: Power Figures: Minkisi Nkondi Part 3. Catastrophe 9. Nakba 10. The Climate {R}evolution 11. Plague and War Visualization 5: Taking a Knee

This groundbreaking new textbook takes a different perspective on social psychology, focused on the social and cultural worlds we inhabit, and encompassing a wide range of core social psychology topics – from the self to relationships, gender to health, racism to mental distress.

Taking a critical approach, this book explores how qualitative methods and interpretational analyses can be used to examine human behaviour and what it is like living in today’s media-led world. It explicitly challenges all forms of Othering, taking a fresh look at human values, embodiment, agency, communication, thinking and feeling. It goes beyond the individualising scientific approach taken by traditional psychology, instead concentrating on the psychology of what makes us human – qualities like empathy and compassion, courage and dignity, kindness and sympathy – and how we can nurture them. Offering a fascinating alternative to existing resources and enhanced by carefully chosen full-colour illustrations, the book and associated companion website include original pedagogical features such as reflective exercises, further resources and a glossary, offering opportunities for readers to customise their learning experience.

Featuring a course mapping section that sets out how the text can be used in relation to psychology curriculum requirements and common course structures, this interdisciplinary resource provides accessible and engaging reading for students studying psychology and other disciplines, including sociology, cultural studies, politics and media studies, as well as applied areas such as nursing, policing and management. It is also for anyone who is interested in what psychology can tell us about our lives and place in the world.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Preface

Different Ways to Use This Book

Mapping the Book

Chapter 1: Human Psychology and what it can do for us

Chapter 2: Who am I? – Selves and Identities

Chapter 3: Bodies that Matter

Chapter 4: Being in relationships

Chapter 5: Being Different

Chapter 6: Human Gender and Sexuality

Chapter 7: Human Thinking

Chapter 8: Human Feelings

Chapter 9: Human Communication

Chapter 10: Human Welfare

Chapter 11: World Changing

References

Glossary

This new textbook provides an up-to-date overview of international banking as the second decade of the twenty-first century unfolds. Integrating geo-economic, operational, institutional and regulatory changes in the financial sector, the volume’s methodology incorporates specific case studies and research, combining theory with practical examples to illustrate the impact and consequences of past and present financial crises.

The volume considers the core aspects of international banking, including its structural and technical features, historical context, institutional evolution in core markets, and wholesale, retail, investment and private banking. It uses specific examples from past and present literature, post-2008 case studies and histories, and research materials, offering a fully updated overview of how international banks respond to global crises, the origin, efficacy and evolution of financial markets, and the regulatory framework within which they function.

One chapter is devoted to the evolution and potential of new markets, including the financial sectors of the BRICS and other emerging economies. Each chapter examines background, causes, impact and resolution, focusing on specific cases and their broader implications for the sector.　

This textbook is a guide to the new, and at times unchartered, landscape to be navigated by large domestic, cross-regional and global banks, and will be invaluable reading for students of finance, business and economics, as well as for those in the financial sector.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. History of International Banking: International Banks (Almost) Never Die 2. International Wholesale Banking 3. International Personal Banking 4. Bank Failures and Systemic Crises 5. Sovereign Debt Crises and Ramifications for International Banking 6. International Bank Regulation and Supervision 7. Banking in Emerging Economies 8. Financial Fraud and Implications for Banks 9. International Banking Trends and Challenges

Most information systems textbooks overwhelm business students with overly technical information they may not need in their careers. This textbook takes a new approach to the required information systems course for business majors. For each topic covered, the text highlights key "Take-Aways" that alert students to material they will need to remember during their careers. Sections titled "Where You Fit In" and "Why This Chapter Matters" explain how the topics being covered will impact students on the job. Review questions, discussion questions, and summaries are also included. This second edition is updated to include new technology, along with a new running case study.

Key features:

Single-mindedly for business students who are not technical specialists

Doesn’t try to prepare IS professionals; other courses will do that

Stresses the enabling technologies and application areas that matter the most today

Based on the author’s real-world experience

Up to date regarding technology and tomorrow’s business needs

This is the book the author—and, more importantly, his students—wishes he had when he started teaching. Dr. Mallach holds degrees in engineering from Princeton and MIT, and in business from Boston University. He worked in the computer industry for two decades, as Director of Strategic Planning for a major computer firm and as co-founder/CEO of a computer marketing consulting firm. He taught information systems in the University of Massachusetts (Lowell and Dartmouth) business schools for 18 years, then at Rhode Island College following his retirement. He consults in industry and serves as Webmaster for his community, in between hiking and travel with his wife.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Why Information Systems Matter in Business

Role of Information Systems in Business

information Systems Hardware

Information Systems Software

Data, Databases, and Database Management

Information Networks

Integrating the Organization

Connecting with Customers and Suppliers

Making Better Decisions

Planning and Selecting Information Systems

Developing Information Systems

Managing Information Systems

Index

This updated sixth edition of The Technique of Film and Video Editing provides a detailed, precise look at the artistic and aesthetic principles and practices of editing for both picture and sound. Ken Dancyger puts into context the storytelling choices an editor will have to make against a background of theory, history, and practice across a range of genres, including action, comedy, drama, documentary and experimental forms, featuring analysis of dozens of classic and contemporary films.

This new sixth edition includes new chapters on the influence of other media on the editing form, on the importance of surprise in editing, on the contributions of Robert Altman to the art of editing and on the experimental documentary. This edition also includes expanded coverage in technology, creative sound, point of view, and the long take. New case studies explore Whiplash (2014), Room (2015), Lincoln (2012), Tangerine (2015), The Beaches of Agnès (2008), American Sniper (2014), Son of Saul (2015), The Revenant (2015), and many more.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction to the Sixth Edition

Section 1: History of Film Editing

1. The Silent Period

2. The Early Sound Film

3. The Influence of the Documentary

4. The Influence of the Popular Arts

5. The Influence of Other Media

6. Editors Who Became Directors

7. Experiments in Editing I: Alfred Hitchcock

8. Experiments in Editing II

9. New Techniques

10. International Advances

11. The Influence of Television and Theatre

12. New Challenges to Filmic Narrative Conventions

13. The MTV Influence on Editing I

14. The MTV Influence on Editing II

15. Changes of Pace

16. Appropriation of Style I

17. Appropriation of Style II

18. Appropriation of Style III

Section 2: Goals of Editing

19. Editing for Narrative Clarity

20. Editing for Dramatic Emphasis

21. Editing for Subtext

22. Editing for Aesthetics

Section 3: Editing for the Genre

23. Action

24. Dialog

25. Comedy

26. Editing for Surprise

27. Documentary

28. Imaginative Documentary

29. Innovations in Documentary I

30. Innovations in Documentary II

31. Innovations in Documentary III: The Experimental Documentary

Section 4: Principles of Editing

32. The Picture Edit and Continuity

33. The Picture Edit and Pace

34. Ideas and Sound

35. The Sound Edit and Clarity

36. The Sound Edit and Creative Sound

37. Innovations of Sound

38. Nonlinear Editing and Digital Technology I

39. Nonlinear Editing and Digital Technology II

40. Conclusion

Filmography

Glossary

Index

Planar Multibody Dynamics: Formulation, Programming with MATLAB®, and Applications, Second Edition, provides sets of methodologies for analyzing the dynamics of mechanical systems, such as mechanisms and machineries, with coverage of both classical and modern principles. Using clear and concise language, the text introduces fundamental theories, computational methods, and program development for analyzing simple to complex systems. MATLAB is used throughout, with examples beginning with basic commands before introducing students to more advanced programming techniques. The simple programs developed in each chapter come together to form complete programs for different types of analysis.

Features

Two new chapters on free-body diagram and vector-loop concepts demonstrate that the modern computational techniques of formulating the equations of motion is merely an organized and systematic interpretation of the classical methods

A new chapter on modeling impact between rigid bodies is based on two concepts known as continuous and piecewise methods

A thorough discussion on modeling friction and the associated computational issues

The short MATLAB® programs that are listed in the book can be downloaded from a companion website

Several other MATLAB® programs and their user manuals can be downloaded from the companion website including: a general purpose program for kinematic, inverse dynamic, and forward dynamic analysis; a semi-general-purpose program that allows student to experiment with his or her own formulation of equations of motion; a special-purpose program for kinematic and inverse dynamic analysis of four-bar mechanisms

The preceding three sets of programs contain animation capabilities for easy visualization of the simulated motion

A greater range of examples, problems, and projects

Table of Contents

1 Introduction

2 Preliminaries

3 Fundamentals of Planar Kinematics

4 Fundamentals of Planar Dynamics

5 Vector Kinematics

6 Free-Body Diagram

7 Body-Coordinate Formulation

8 Body-Coordinate Simulation Program

9 Joint-Coordinate Formulation

10 Point-Coordinate Formulation

11 Contact and Impact

12 Kinematics and Inverse Dynamics

13 Forward Dynamics

14 Complementary Analyses

15 Application Examples

Appendix A: L-U Factorization

Appendix B: Dynamic Analysis Program: Body Coordinates (DAP_BC)

Appendix C: Dynamic Analysis Program: Joint Coordinates (DAP_JC)

How is fashion linked to our identity? How are we influenced to buy into fashion trends? How can we make the fashion industry more ethical and sustainable?

The Psychology of Fashion offers an up-to-date insightful introduction to the exciting and dynamic world of fashion in relation to human behaviour. It explores consumer motivations, how fashion influences our thoughts and feelings, and why we develop certain shopping behaviours. It provides insights into how fashion design can impact healthy body image; how psychology can inform more sustainable views on the production, consumption, and disposal of clothing; and the potential for the industry to be a force for good. This thoroughly updated second edition includes new material on fashion and social media including TikTok and Instagram, a new chapter on the future of fashion which includes discussion of virtual and augmented reality in fashion, and an in-depth exploration of fashion sustainability. There is also a greater focus on equality and diversity in fashion, including fashion in different global cultures, fashion and gender, disability, and different body types.

What we wear impacts us and those we interact with. Understanding the underlying psychological processes that influence our engagement with fashion empowers us to make informed decisions in relation to fashion consumption. The Psychology of Fashion shows how the application of psychology in the context of fashion can make a positive difference to our lives.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. A Brief History of Fashion 3. Foundations of Fashion Consumer Behaviour 4. Social And Cultural Influences on Fashion Consumption 5. Fashion as Communication 6. Mental Health and Fashion 7. Fashion, Body and Beauty 8. Fashion Sustainability 9. The Future of Fashion 10. Final Thoughts

Now in its fourth edition, this highly successful global history of the twentieth century is written by four prominent international historians for first-year undergraduate level and upward.

Using their thematic and regional expertise, the authors have produced an authoritative yet accessible and seamless account of the history of international relations in the last century, covering events in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas. They focus on the history of relations between states and on the broad ideological, economic and cultural forces that have influenced the evolution of international politics over the last 120 years. The fourth edition is thoroughly updated to take account of the most recent research and global developments, including new material on the impact of the Trump administration on international politics, the rise of China under the leadership of Xi Jinping and the origins of the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.

The book is supported by a fully revised companion website including links to further resources and self-testing material, which can be found at www.routledgelearning.com/internationalhistory20c.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

1. GREAT POWER RIVALRY AND THE WORLD WAR, 1900–17

2. THE SEARCH FOR EUROPEAN STABILITY, 1917–29

3. JAPAN, CHINA AND THE ORIGINS OF THE PACIFIC WAR, 1900–41

4. THE EUROPEAN COLONIAL EMPIRES, 1900–45

5. ‘GOOD NEIGHBORS’? THE UNITED STATES AND THE AMERICAS, 1900–45

6. THE PATH TO EUROPEAN WAR, 1930–39

7. THE SECOND WORLD WAR, 1940–45

8. THE ‘FIRST’ COLD WAR IN EUROPE, 1945–61

9. ASIA IN TURMOIL: NATIONALISM, REVOLUTION AND THE RISE OF THE COLD WAR, 1945–53

10. FROM COLD WAR TO DÉTENTE, 1962–79

11. THE VIETNAM WARS, 1945–79

12. NEUTRALISM, DEVELOPMENT AND THE RISE OF THE THIRD WORLD, 1945–2024

13. THE ‘DEVELOPMENTAL STATES’: JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND TAIWAN, 1945–2024

14. THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND NORTH KOREA: IDEOLOGY AND NATIONALISM, 1949–2024

15. THE UNITED STATES AND LATIN AMERICA, 1945–2024

16. AFRICA: DECOLONIZATION AND INDEPENDENCE, 1945–2024

17. THE ARAB–ISRAELI CONFLICT, 1948–2024

18. THE RISE OF POLITICAL ISLAM, 1928–2024

19. THE END OF THE COLD WAR AND THE ‘NEW WORLD ORDER’, 1980–2000

20. THE RISE OF A NEW EUROPE: THE HISTORY OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION, 1945–2024

21. THE RISE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS

22. US DECLINE IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD?