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Social science researchers in the global South, and in South Africa particularly, utilise research methods in innovative ways in order to respond to contexts characterised by diversity, racial and political tensions, socioeconomic disparities and gender inequalities. These methods often remain undocumented – a gap that this book starts to address.
Written by experts from various methodological fields, Transforming Research Methods in the Social Sciences is a comprehensive collation of original essays and cutting-edge research that demonstrates the variety of novel techniques and research methods available to researchers responding to these context-bound issues. It is particularly relevant for study and research in the fields of applied psychology, sociology, ethnography, biography and anthropology. In addition to their unique combination of conceptual and application issues, the chapters also include discussions on ethical considerations relevant to the method in similar global South contexts.
Transforming Research Methods in the Social Sciences has much to offer to researchers, professionals and others involved in social science research both locally and internationally.
The business world today is changing enormously due to many factors
that affect every element of the business cycle worldwide. From
globalization to recession, in addition to other environmental
forces, companies today face numerous challenges that have a great
impact on business. Among the factors that are affecting the
current way business is conducted are the emergence of marketing
tools including the internet, internet of things (IoT), virtual
reality, mobile applications, social media, electronic word of
mouth (eWoM), artificial intelligence, digital marketing, and more
that have a great impact not only on customers but also on
companies. It is imperative for businesses to embrace the
utilization of these tools in order to expand their customer base
and provide unique, successful consumer experiences. The Handbook
of Research on IoT, Digital Transformation, and the Future of
Global Marketing provides comprehensive coverage of current global
marketing trends related to the use of technology. The book links
the industry with academia by providing useful insights on how to
improve businesses' ability to create and customize customer value
and loyalty. Covering topics including e-commerce, mobile
marketing, website development, and phygital customer experiences,
this book is essential for marketers, brand managers, advertisers,
IT consultants and specialists, customer relations officers,
managers, practitioners, business owners, marketing and business
associations, students, researchers, and academicians interested in
incorporating the latest technologies and marketing strategies into
their businesses and studies.
Dale Abbot wakes from hibernation thinking it is going to be just
another long, lonely shift on his Advanced Exploration Mission. And
then it happens. He finds himself trapped in a physical and
psychological struggle with a newly emergent consciousness that has
the potential to become something beyond comprehension. Marvelous
Things is a briskly paced speculative novella, full of action,
emotion, and philosophical musings.
Free Will and Continental Philosophy explores the concepts of
free-will and self-determination in the Continental philosophical
tradition. David Rose examines the ways in which Continental
philosophy offers a viable alternative to the hegemonic scientistic
approach taken by analytic philosophy. Rose claims that the problem
of free-will is only a problem if one makes an unnecessary
assumption consistent with scientific rationalism. In the sphere of
human action we assume that, since action is a physical event, it
must be reducible to the laws and concepts of science. Hence, the
problematic nature of free will raises its head, since the concept
of free will is intrinsically contradictory to such a reductionist
outlook. This book suggests that the Continental thinkers offer a
compelling alternative by concentrating on the phenomena of human
action and self-determination in order to offer the truth of
freedom in different terms. Thus Rose offers a revealing
investigation into the appropriate concepts and categories of human
freedom and action.>
Biology of Termites, a Modern Synthesis brings together the major
advances in termite biology, phylogenetics, social evolution and
biogeography. In this new volume, David Bignell, Yves Roisin and
Nathan Lo have brought together leading experts on termite
taxonomy, behaviour, genetics, caste differentiation, physiology,
microbiology, mound architecture, biogeography and control. Very
strong evolutionary and developmental themes run through the
individual chapters, fed by new data streams from molecular
sequencing, and for the first time it is possible to compare the
social organisation of termites with that of the social
Hymenoptera, focusing on caste determination, population genetics,
cooperative behaviour, nest hygiene and symbioses with
microorganisms. New chapters have been added on termite pheromones,
termites as pests of agriculture and on destructive invasive
species.
International exhibitions were a key feature of the cultural
landscape of the second half of the nineteenth century. They
provided the most powerful nations with a stage on which they could
affirm their status as world leaders. Increasingly they also
allowed emerging nations to celebrate their growing economic and
industrial prowess. In Britain the potential challenge this
presented to the exiting order was noted by a few contemporary
observers who, because of what they had seen at exhibitions, were
convinced that the country was at risk economically. They regarded
technical education as the remedy to cure this perceived ill.
Historians of this period have similarly concluded that British
complacency towards this issue led to decline. This book
investigates these assumptions by systematically exploring the
relationship between participation in international exhibitions,
the state of the economy, and the issue of technical education from
a British perspective between 1850 and 1910. The book begins with
the 1867 Paris exhibition; it examines the enquiries into technical
education that it generated in England and ends with the Royal
Commission on Scientific Instruction and the Advancement of
Science. It then examines the link between the 1876 Philadelphia
and the 1878 Paris exhibitions and the Royal Commission on
Technical Instruction. The 1884 and 1885 London exhibitions, the
Royal Commission on the Depression of Trade, and the Technical
Instruction Act are also studied. The study then moves to the 1893
Chicago and the 1900 Paris exhibitions. This is followed by an
examination of the International Exhibitions Committee, which was
established in the early part of the twentieth century to undertake
research into the link between exhibitions and the well being of
British trade. This represents a unique and rarely used source with
which to explore the issue at the heart of this work. Finally, the
study establishes that commercial rather than technical education
had been the want of the age. This unique volume will be a valuable
addition to collections in British history, international trade,
history of education, and history of economics.
The Link between Company Environmental & Financial Performance,
first published in 1998, is a detailed investigation into the
effects of environmental performance - resource efficiency,
regulatory compliance, new product and service opportunities - on
corporate financial performance. This report makes essential
reading for company management, investors and other stakeholders.
It demonstrates the quantitative links between environmental and
financial performance for the UK's best and worst environmental
performers across a range of business sectors. It shows that there
is no financial penalty for being environmentally proactive, and
confirms US findings that good environmental performance improves a
company's financial performance.
Bioinformatics is a relatively new field of research. It evolved
from the requirement to process, characterize, and apply the
information being produced by DNA sequencing technology. The
production of DNA sequence data continues to grow exponentially. At
the same time, improved bioinformatics such as faster DNA sequence
search methods have been combined with increasingly powerful
computer systems to process this information. Methods are being
developed for the ever more detailed quantification of gene
expression, providing an insight into the function of the newly
discovered genes, while molecular genetic tools provide a link
between these genes and heritable traits. Genetic tests are now
available to determine the likelihood of suffering specific
ailments and can predict how plant cultivars may respond to the
environment. The steps in the translation of the genetic blueprint
to the observed phenotype is being increasingly understood through
proteome, metabolome and phenome analysis, all underpinned by
advances in bioinformatics. Bioinformatics is becoming increasingly
central to the study of biology, and a day at a computer can often
save a year or more in the laboratory.
The volume is intended for graduate-level biology students as
well as researchers who wish to gain a better understanding of
applied bioinformatics and who wish to use bioinformatics
technologies to assist in their research. The volume would also be
of value to bioinformatics developers, particularly those from a
computing background, who would like to understand the application
of computational tools for biological research. Each chapter would
include a comprehensive introduction giving an overview of the
fundamentals, aimed at introducing graduate students and
researchers from diverse backgrounds to the field and bring them
up-to-date on the current state of knowledge. To accommodate the
broad range of topics in applied bioinformatics, chapters have been
grouped into themes: gene and genome analysis, molecular genetic
analysis, gene expression analysis, protein and proteome analysis,
metabolome analysis, phenome data analysis, literature mining and
bioinformatics tool development. Each chapter and theme provides an
introduction to the biology behind the data describes the
requirements for data processing and details some of the methods
applied to the data to enhance biological understanding.
A useful introduction to this topic for both students and researchers, with an emphasis on applications and practicalities rather than on a formal development. It is based on the popular software package for graphical modelling, MIM, freely available for downloading from the Internet. Following a description of some of the basic ideas of graphical modelling, subsequent chapters describe particular families of models, including log-linear models, Gaussian models, and models for mixed discrete and continuous variables. Further chapters cover hypothesis testing and model selection. Chapters 7 and 8 are new to this second edition and describe the use of directed, chain, and other graphs, complete with a summary of recent work on causal inference.
It is a great pleasure to welcome the new edition of the book
written by Prof. Edward and Prof. Lane, which carries on the
success of the earlier ones. This new edition contains a
comprehensive and critical study of the European Union legal order,
which explores in great detail the changes brought about by the
Treaty of Lisbon. Bearing in mind the quality of its authors, it
does not come as a surprise that this book is an outstanding piece
of academic work. It is a classic which should belong to the
library of all persons who are interested in EU law.' - Koen
Lenaerts, Vice-President of the Court of Justice of the European
Union, LuxembourgKey features of the book include: - Authoritative
authorship combining the analysis of a senior academic with the
experience of a former judge. - Comprehensive and wide-ranging in
scope. - Structured specifically to reflect the Treaty of Lisbon
reorientation and immediate post-Lisbon developments. - Extensive
reference to primary sources (Treaties, legislation, case law) and
to issues of national adaptation. A fully updated and expanded new
edition of a classic text, this authoritative and wide-ranging
volume provides expert analysis on the key issues across all areas
of European Union law - including its constitutional, procedural
and substantive aspects. In particular, coverage of the
constitutional and procedural elements includes: historical
background and development of the European Union; constitutional
structure of the Union; the Treaties: interrelationship and
fundamental (constitutional) rules; the institutional framework;
jurisdiction of, and actions before, the Court of Justice; sources,
principles and methods of Union law. Comprehensive coverage of the
substantive law includes: basic rules; citizenship of the Union;
the internal market; the four freedoms; competition; economic and
monetary policy; social policy; environmental policy; commercial
policy. Precise and rich in references to the primary materials of
the Treaties, the principal legislation and the key case law of the
Court of Justice, this highly detailed and comprehensive book will
be an indispensable resource for all legal practitioners whose
practice must take account of EU Law. Contents: Part I: The Origins
and Development of the European Union 1. The History 2. The
European Union: Structure and Basic Rules Part II: The
Institutional Framework 3. The Political Institutions and
Procedures 4. Other Bodies 5. The Court of Justice Part III: The
Sources, Nature and Methods of European Union Law 6. Sources of
Union Law Part IV: Substantive Law 7. The Principles 8.
Non-Discrimination and Citizenship of the Union 9. Union Policies
and Internal Actions: Introduction 10. The Free Movement of Goods
11. The Free Movement of Persons and Services 12. The Free Movement
of Capital 13. Competition 14. Other Policies
This new edition focuses on applied bioinformatics with specific
applications to crops, model and diverse plant species. The scope
extends from the genome to the phenome and includes aspects of data
management, analysis, visualization, and integration. The methods
and approaches found within reflect the increasing use of high
performance computing infrastructure to analyze and manage the
enormous volume of data being generated by the latest high
throughput technologies, the establishment and further maturation
of major database systems and repositories, as well as the
introduction of new approaches such as machine learning. Written
for the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series, the
chapters include the kind of detailed implementation advice that
leads to successful research results. Authoritative and up-to-date,
Plant Bioinformatics: Methods and Protocols, Third Edition will aid
researchers exploring the broad comparison of species that will
drive future plant research, crop breeding, and bioinformatics
developments that allow us to understand and manipulate the
heritable differences between individuals and populations. Chapters
2, 3, and 26 are available open access under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
"Hegel's Philosophy of Right" is a classic text in the history of
Western political thought and one with which all serious students
of political philosophy must engage. While it is a hugely important
and exciting piece of philosophical writing, Hegel's ideas and
style are notoriously difficult to understand and the content is
particularly challenging. In "Hegel's Philosophy of Right: A
Reader's Guide", David Rose explains the philosophical and
political background against which the book was written and, taking
each part of the book in turn, guides the reader to a clear
understanding of the text as a whole. This is the ideal companion
to study of this most influential and challenging of texts,
offering guidance on philosophical and historical context; key
themes; reading the text; reception and influence; and, further
reading.
Now is the time for you to love who you are. Today is the day, when
all human beings can accept that we are all created equal and that
the only thing that separates us from one another is our own
created limitations. We have reached the point in time when all
humanity can function as one divine entity. By waking up this
morning and picking up this book, you have reached the greatest
moment that has ever been. If you have ever wished for peace on
this earth, or you believe that this world can be a much better
place, this book is for you. If you believe that there is more to
life than acquiring material wealth and power, you may enjoy this
journey. If you are willing to ask yourself a few questions, and to
reply to the questions with complete honesty, you may find that you
are a much greater being than you ever thought possible. This book
will take you on a journey from birth, to death, and back to birth
again. I have set out to write a book that helps us all to leave
the past behind, accept that we do not know the future, and to live
in the only day that we have: Today
This book examines mass communication and civic participation in
the age of oil, analyzing the rhetorical and discursive ways that
governments and corporations shape public opinion and public policy
and activists attempt to reframe public debates to resist corporate
framing. In the twenty-first century, oil has become a subject of
civic deliberation. Environmental concerns have intensified,
questions of indigenous rights have arisen, and private and public
investment in energy companies has become open to deliberation.
International contributors use local events as a starting point to
explore larger issues associated with oil-dependent societies and
cultures. This interdisciplinary collection synthesizes work in the
energy humanities, rhetorical studies and environmental studies to
analyze the global discourse of oil from the start of the twentieth
century into the era of transnational corporations of the 21st
century. This book will be a vital text for scholars in
communication studies, the energy humanities and in environmental
studies. Case studies are framed accessibly, and the theoretical
lenses are accessible across disciplines, making it ideal for a
post-graduate and advanced undergraduate audience in these fields.
Exploring Irish-Scottish connections in the period 1603-60, this
book brings important new perspectives to the study of the early
Stuart state. Acknowledging the pivotal role of the
Hiberno-Scottish world, it identifies some of the limits of
England's Anglicising influence in the northern and western
'British Isles' and the often slight basis on which the Stuart
pursuit of a new 'British' consciousness operated. Regarding the
Anglo-Scottish relationship, it was chiefly in Ireland that the
English and Scots intermingled after 1603, with a variety of
consequences, often destabilising. The importance of the Gaelic
sphere in Irish-Scottish connections also receives much greater
attention here than in previous accounts. This Gaedhealtacht played
a central role in the transmission of religious radicalism, both
Catholic and Protestant, in Ireland and Scotland, ultimately
leading to political crisis and revolution within the British
Isles. -- .
This book examines mass communication and civic participation in
the age of oil, analyzing the rhetorical and discursive ways that
governments and corporations shape public opinion and public policy
and activists attempt to reframe public debates to resist corporate
framing. In the twenty-first century, oil has become a subject of
civic deliberation. Environmental concerns have intensified,
questions of indigenous rights have arisen, and private and public
investment in energy companies has become open to deliberation.
International contributors use local events as a starting point to
explore larger issues associated with oil-dependent societies and
cultures. This interdisciplinary collection synthesizes work in the
energy humanities, rhetorical studies and environmental studies to
analyze the global discourse of oil from the start of the twentieth
century into the era of transnational corporations of the 21st
century. This book will be a vital text for scholars in
communication studies, the energy humanities and in environmental
studies. Case studies are framed accessibly, and the theoretical
lenses are accessible across disciplines, making it ideal for a
post-graduate and advanced undergraduate audience in these fields.
Do you trust the liberal media? While the tabloid and right-wing
press - the Sun, The Times, the Mail and the Express - are
constantly criticised for dangerous bias, outlets like the BBC and
the Guardian are trusted by their readers to report in the
interests of the public. However, the reality is that all corporate
media is systematically filtered by the powerful interests that
own, manage and fund it. Propaganda Blitz shows that the corporate
media does not just 'spin' the news - it fundamentally distorts
everything it touches, hiding the real issues from public view, and
often completely reversing the truth. This book uncovers a storm of
top-down campaigns behind war reporting from Iraq, Syria and
Palestine, as well as the destruction of the credibility of figures
on the left, including Jeremy Corbyn, Russell Brand and Hugo
Chavez. Exposing propagandists at the top levels of the BBC, as
well as their reporting on the Scottish independence referendum,
the dismantling of the NHS and looming climate chaos, Propaganda
Blitz explains the real meaning of 'objective' journalism, exposes
the fake news about 'fake news' and outlines a model for
anti-business media activism.
This volume explores some of the tensions and pressures of
citizenship in Western liberal democracies. Citizenship has adopted
many guises in the Western context, although historically
citizenship is attached only to some variant of democracy. How
democracy is configured is thus at the core of citizenship.
Beginning in ancient Greece, citizenship is attached to the notion
of a public sphere of deliberation, open only to a small number of
males. Nonetheless, we take from these origins an understanding of
citizenship that is attached to friendship, preservation of a
distinct community, and adherence to law. These early conceptions
of citizenship in the west have been dramatically altered in the
modern context by the ascendancy of individual rights and equality,
expanding the inclusiveness of definition of citizenship. The
universality of rights claims has led to debate about the
legitimacy of the nation state and questioning of borders. A
further development in our understanding of citizenship, and one
that has shifted citizenship studies considerably in the last few
decades, is the backlash against the universalism of rights in the
defense of cultural recognition within democratic polities.
Multiculturalism as a broad spectrum of citizenship studies defends
the autonomy and recognition of cultural, and sometimes religious,
identity within an overarching scheme of rights and equality. This
collection draws upon the many threads of citizenship in the
Western tradition to consider how all of them are still extant, and
contentious, in contemporary liberal democracy.
A stunning retrospective on the art and stories behind one of rock
’n’ roll’s most influential cover artistsBeginning in the
late 1960s, graphic artist David Edward Byrd pioneered the iconic
visual styles that have come to define rock ’n’ roll. Byrd
created poster, concert, and album art for Jimi Hendrix, the Who,
Lou Reed, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, Ravi Shankar, Traffic,
Van Halen, the Grateful Dead, and KISS, among others. In fact, the
1968 poster that Byrd created for the Jimi Hendrix Experience was
voted #8 in the Top 25 Rock Posters by Billboard. Beyond this, he
created the iconic imagery for many Broadway shows, including
Follies, Godspell, Jesus Christ Superstar, Little Shop of Horrors,
and more. Byrd is considered one of the foremost graphic artists of
20th-century pop culture, and yet, he has never achieved widespread
name recognition. Poster Child shares the artwork of Byrd with
incredible accompanying anecdotes about his encounters with rock
’n’ roll legends. Music lovers and cultural connoisseurs alike
will gravitate to this book for its visual vibrance and
storytelling.
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