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Wetzel’s Limnology: Lake and River Ecosystems, Fourth Edition,
presents a fully updated revision of the classic textbook
Limnology: Lake and River Ecosystems - last published in 2001. The
coverage has been thoroughly updated with recent research and
theoretical developments. Each chapter of this edited volume has
been written by an expert, or team of experts, providing a
comprehensive and global perspective, with the editors working
closely with the authors to maintain continuity within and between
the chapters. This is not only an essential textbook for
undergraduate and graduate students in limnology but also a
standard reference book for seasoned limnologists and other
scientists.
Complete introduction to research methods for any sport or
exercise-related degree course Covers qualitative and quantitative
methods Explores the full research process, from choosing a
research question to writing a research report Includes
international sport and exercise related cases and examples in
every chapter Straightforward and engaging but not simplistic;
substantial enough for any graduate level course Fully revised
fourth edition includes expanded coverage of key and emering topics
including online research, data visualisation, image analysis,
source evaluation, and mixed methods For the first time, the book
is full colour throughout Diversity is a key theme in the new
edition, including feminist and indigenous methodologies, and a
wider range of international and cultural examples, cases and
researcher profiles New feature showcases leading researchers
briefly discussing their own research projects, showing how
effective research takes place in practice Companion website
includes additional teaching and learning materials for students
and lecturers
Complete introduction to research methods for any sport or
exercise-related degree course Covers qualitative and quantitative
methods Explores the full research process, from choosing a
research question to writing a research report Includes
international sport and exercise related cases and examples in
every chapter Straightforward and engaging but not simplistic;
substantial enough for any graduate level course Fully revised
fourth edition includes expanded coverage of key and emering topics
including online research, data visualisation, image analysis,
source evaluation, and mixed methods For the first time, the book
is full colour throughout Diversity is a key theme in the new
edition, including feminist and indigenous methodologies, and a
wider range of international and cultural examples, cases and
researcher profiles New feature showcases leading researchers
briefly discussing their own research projects, showing how
effective research takes place in practice Companion website
includes additional teaching and learning materials for students
and lecturers
This shortform book presents key peer-reviewed research selected by
expert series editors and contextualised by new analysis from each
author on the subject of knowledge management in industrial
history. With contributions on knowledge management, knowledge
transfer, knowledge loss, knowledge creation, competition and
co-operation in producing skilled employees, and ownership
structures and their relation to knowledge management, this volume
provides an array of fascinating insights into industrial history.
Of interest to business and economic historians, this shortform
book also provides analysis and illustrative case-studies that will
be valuable reading across the social sciences.
Concise expert guide to important business research topic
Summarises the state of the art in available and emerging research
Includes references to key research publications in the field
This shortform book presents key peer-reviewed research selected by
expert series editors and contextualised by new analysis from each
author on how British industrial firms achieved a competitive
advantage. With contributions on industrial cartelisation,
organisational structure, the quality of British management,
marketing and trade marks, labour relations, and technological
innovation, this volume provides an array of fascinating insights
into industrial history. Of interest to business and economic
historians, this shortform book also provides analysis and
illustrative case-studies that will be valuable reading across the
social sciences.
This shortform book presents key peer-reviewed research selected by
expert series editors and contextualised by new analysis from each
author on government intervention and unexpected consequences in
industrial history. With contributions on organisational structure,
the quality of corporate governance, protectionism, the shareholder
value model, and economic nationalism, this volume provides an
array of fascinating insights into industrial history. Of interest
to business and economic historians, this shortform book also
provides analysis and illustrative case studies that will be
valuable reading across the social sciences.
This book explores how the uncertainties of the 21st century
present existential challenges to civil society. These include
changing modes of governance (through devolution and Brexit),
austerity, migration, growing digital divides, issues of (mis)trust
and democratic confidence, welfare delivery and the COVID-19
pandemic and the contemporary threat to minority languages and
cultures. Presenting original empirical findings, this book brings
together core strands of social theory to provide a new way of
understanding existential challenges to the form and function of
civil society. It highlights pressing social issues and
transferable lessons that will inform policy and practice in
today’s age of uncertainty.
This book explores how the uncertainties of the 21st century
present existential challenges to civil society. These include
changing modes of governance (through devolution and Brexit),
austerity, migration, growing digital divides, issues of (mis)trust
and democratic confidence, welfare delivery and the COVID-19
pandemic and the contemporary threat to minority languages and
cultures. Presenting original empirical findings, this book brings
together core strands of social theory to provide a new way of
understanding existential challenges to the form and function of
civil society. It highlights pressing social issues and
transferable lessons that will inform policy and practice in
today's age of uncertainty.
The principles of the modern foundational economy and its role in
renewing citizenship and informing public policy are explored for
the first time in this instructive collection. Challenging
mainstream social and economic thinking, it shows how foundational
economy experiments at different scales can foster radical social
innovation through collective, rather than private, consumption. An
interdisciplinary group of respected European academics provide
case studies of initiatives and interventions around policy
cornerstones including housing, food supply and water and waste
management. They build a judicious evidence base of the growing
relevance of foundational economic thinking and its potential to
provide a new political and social outlook on civil society and
social justice.
The study of consumption in social life is growing. Moving from
being a relatively unimportant part of the processes of production,
distribution, and exchange, questions of how people consume and to
what ends now occupy center stage. Today's capitalism is
exemplified by a global arena of consumption in which distance is
no obstacle to distribution and ownership. Equally, social
distinctions that accompanied classically "modern" forms of
consumption are now more complex and fluid than classifications of
"high" and "popular" culture allow.This book addresses the rise of
consumer culture and the various attempts to explain and account
for it. It considers the view that a particular generational
framework was formed in the post-war period and has been carried on
into the early twentieth century with particular consequences for
the experience of later life. The rise of individualism, of mass
consumption, leisure and lifestyles have been accompanied by the
democratization of social forms and for many a corrosion of
community and social cohesion. The text highlights how
understanding is gained from examining the generational habits that
developed in tandem with the rise of mass consumption.Drawing on
historical perspectives and comparative studies, the book addresses
social change with reference to generation effects and conflict.
Having set the scene in terms of the literature on consumption,
lifestyles and generational change, the volume poses key questions
in relation to the transformation of later life that are addressed
in turn by the contributors. This is a key volume as we enter the
second decade of a new century.
The principles of the modern foundational economy and its role in
renewing citizenship and informing public policy are explored for
the first time in this instructive collection. Challenging
mainstream social and economic thinking, it shows how foundational
economy experiments at different scales can foster radical social
innovation through collective, rather than private, consumption. An
interdisciplinary group of respected European academics provide
case studies of initiatives and interventions around policy
cornerstones including housing, food supply and water and waste
management. They build a judicious evidence base of the growing
relevance of foundational economic thinking and its potential to
provide a new political and social outlook on civil society and
social justice.
The study of consumption in social life is growing. Moving from
being a relatively unimportant part of the processes of production,
distribution, and exchange, questions of how people consume and to
what ends now occupy center stage. Today's capitalism is
exemplified by a global arena of consumption in which distance is
no obstacle to distribution and ownership. Equally, social
distinctions that accompanied classically "modern" forms of
consumption are now more complex and fluid than classifications of
"high" and "popular" culture allow.
This book addresses the rise of consumer culture and the various
attempts to explain and account for it. It considers the view that
a particular generational framework was formed in the post-war
period and has been carried on into the early twentieth century
with particular consequences for the experience of later life. The
rise of individualism, of mass consumption, leisure and lifestyles
have been accompanied by the democratization of social forms and
for many a corrosion of community and social cohesion. The text
highlights how understanding is gained from examining the
generational habits that developed in tandem with the rise of mass
consumption.
Drawing on historical perspectives and comparative studies, the
book addresses social change with reference to generation effects
and conflict. Having set the scene in terms of the literature on
consumption, lifestyles and generational change, the volume poses
key questions in relation to the transformation of later life that
are addressed in turn by the contributors. This is a key volume as
we enter the second decade of a new century.
This volume asks how the current Information Technology Revolution
influences archaeological interpretations of techno-social change.
Does cyber-archaeology provide a way to breathe new life into grand
narratives of technological revolution and culture change, or does
it further challenge these high-level theoretical explanations? Do
digital recording methods have the potential to create large,
regional-scale databases to ease investigation of high-level
theoretical issues, or have they simply exposed deeper issues of
archaeological practice that prevent this? In short, this volume
cuts beyond platitudes about the revolutionary potential of the
Information Technology Revolution and instead critically engages
both its possibilities and limitations. The contributions to this
volume are drawn from long-term regional studies employing a
cyber-archaeology framework, primarily in the southern Levant, a
region with rich archaeological data sets spanning the Paleolithic
to the present day. As such, contributors are uniquely placed to
comment on the interface between digital methods and grand
narratives of long-term techno-social change. Cyber-Archaeology and
Grand Narratives provides a much-needed challenge to current
approaches, and a first step toward integrating innovative digital
methods with archaeological theory.
The Role of Business Ethics in Economic Performance is a major
edited collection of papers on why and how the conduct of business
behaviour effects its commercial success. The book offers a
comprehensive introduction to the issues looking at the lessons
from economic theory, the institutional setting and the supply and
demand side conditions which are forcing firms to take ethics
seriously. Lord Eatwell considers the ethical foundations of the
market economy. Mark Casson analyses the economic importance of
leaders, while Simon Deakin and Frank Wilkinson empirically examine
the role of contractual obligation in the UK. Adrian Cadbury and
Norman Barry examine voluntary institutions and government's
importance in setting ethics. Maurie Cohen and Russell Sparkes look
at the ethical consumers and ethical investors increasing influence
on business conduct. Finally Clive Wright and Neil Hood examine the
internal organisation of national and transnational firms which
increasingly build an ethical dimension into their corporate
decision making.
This book summarizes the recent progress in the physics and
astrophysics of neutron stars and, most importantly, it identifies
and develops effective strategies to explore, both theoretically
and observationally, the many remaining open questions in the
field. Because of its significance in the solution of many
fundamental questions in nuclear physics, astrophysics and
gravitational physics, the study of neutron stars has seen enormous
progress over the last years and has been very successful in
improving our understanding in these fascinating compact objects.
The book addresses a wide spectrum of readers, from students to
senior researchers. Thirteen chapters written by internationally
renowned experts offer a thorough overview of the various facets of
this interdisciplinary science, from neutron star formation in
supernovae, pulsars, equations of state super dense matter,
gravitational wave emission, to alternative theories of gravity.
The book was initiated by the European Cooperation in Science and
Technology (COST) Action MP1304 "Exploring fundamental physics with
compact stars" (NewCompStar).
The Off-Comers of Windermere, Birth of a Vibrant Victorian Township
fills a gap in the literature of the Lake District. It presents a
comprehensive social history of the many off-comers who built their
villas and mansions in a sylvan landscape, amongst the lakes and
fells of Lakeland, creating the vibrant village we know today as
Windermere. Who were these folk, wealthy and not, artisan and not,
mostly strangers who came from off to shape a Northern Arcadia? All
too often the memory of them and their contribution to the
architecture, institutions and heritage of the place has faded, and
been lost in the mists of time. This book seeks to revive their
memory and assemble a definitive record, before the facts are lost
forever. It also describes the many working people who provided
labour and skill to fashion the fabric, services and infrastructure
of a vibrant township for the enjoyment of residents and tourists
alike, who increasingly visit today. Windermere was born in 1847, a
product of the railway age, when a branch line opened from Kendal
to carry tourists into central Lakeland. It was vigorously opposed
by Wordsworth, who feared invasion of his homeland by uneducated
masses from the industrial hinterland. So what was the plan, if
any; who conceived it; and how was it accomplished? What linked a
private church, a college for the sons of clergymen, a school for
the poorer classes, and the elegant villas of gentlefolk? The
narrative is rooted in records, building as far as possible on
contemporaneous accounts of events, to weave a broad and colourful
tapestry which stretches from a sylvan quietude in 1800, through
the thrust of an iron way, to completion of a thriving township in
1900. A fascinating story emerges, supported by many colourful
anecdotes, and original photographs taken in Victorian times by one
of the founders.
Onderzoeksmethoden voor Sportstudies is een veelomvattend,
toegankelijk en praktisch tekstboek. Het biedt een complete basis
in kwalitatieve en kwantitatieve onderzoeksmethoden voor
sportstudies studenten. Het boek omvat een stapsgewijze begeleiding
vanaf het ontwerpen van een onderzoeksproject tot het verzamelen en
analyseren van data en het rapporteren hierover. Het is rijk
geillustreerd met sportgerelateerde case studies en met
internationale voorbeelden. Deze volledig herziene, geactualiseerde
en uitgebreide derde editie, omvat compleet nieuwe hoofdstukken
over het gebruik van social media en het uitvoeren van online
onderzoek met een uitgebreide beschrijving van belangrijke
onderwerpen als het doen van literatuuronderzoek , het meeste halen
uit statistiek, onderzoeksethiek en het presenteren van onderzoek.
Onderzoeksmethoden voor Sportstudies is geschreven als complete en
onafhankelijke gids voor elk onderzoeksmethoden vak en bevat een
rijkdom aan bruikbare elementen zoals definities van kernwoorden,
voorbeeld tentamenvragen en praktische onderzoeksvoorbeelden. Het
boek is ook een belangrijke bron voor elke student die bezig is met
een afstudeerproject of een onderzoek tijdens de stage.
Butterworths In House Lawyers' Handbook is the first and only text
to bring together all the practical guidance, precedents, expert
commentary and key source material for the in-house law department.
In-house lawyers in all types of institutions will benefit from the
insights Ian Jones' commentary provides. The book covers all the
key planks of the internal legal advisors' role, from managing a
legal team to handling the procurement process. In today's world,
in-house counsel in businesses and the public sector are expected
to have a thorough understanding of the aims and activities of
their institution, and relate that understanding to the advice they
give their employer. Aside from this requirement, the in-house
lawyer needs a high level understanding of a range of legal issues
in multiple jurisdictions and to know how to access that
information quickly. This book assists that by providing key
precedents and accessible information on a range of the most common
issues in core jurisdictions. Butterworths In House Lawyers'
Handbook also: * Helps in-house legal teams demonstrate their value
to the business and especially to the FD * Provides comprehensive
best practice guidance on the role of the in-house lawyer *
Includes useful precedents * Is accessible and portable * Teaches
you how to make decisions about the legal team and
outsourcing/in-sourcing based on value to the business * Collates
useful black letter sources, making it a one-stop shop * Is of use
particularly to in-house lawyers newly managing teams * Benefits
solicitors in private practice by providing unique insights into
the world of clients
Onderzoeksmethoden voor Sportstudies is een veelomvattend,
toegankelijk en praktisch tekstboek. Het biedt een complete basis
in kwalitatieve en kwantitatieve onderzoeksmethoden voor
sportstudies studenten. Het boek omvat een stapsgewijze begeleiding
vanaf het ontwerpen van een onderzoeksproject tot het verzamelen en
analyseren van data en het rapporteren hierover. Het is rijk
geillustreerd met sportgerelateerde case studies en met
internationale voorbeelden. Deze volledig herziene, geactualiseerde
en uitgebreide derde editie, omvat compleet nieuwe hoofdstukken
over het gebruik van social media en het uitvoeren van online
onderzoek met een uitgebreide beschrijving van belangrijke
onderwerpen als het doen van literatuuronderzoek , het meeste halen
uit statistiek, onderzoeksethiek en het presenteren van onderzoek.
Onderzoeksmethoden voor Sportstudies is geschreven als complete en
onafhankelijke gids voor elk onderzoeksmethoden vak en bevat een
rijkdom aan bruikbare elementen zoals definities van kernwoorden,
voorbeeld tentamenvragen en praktische onderzoeksvoorbeelden. Het
boek is ook een belangrijke bron voor elke student die bezig is met
een afstudeerproject of een onderzoek tijdens de stage.
An examination of how religious identity changed in
twentieth-century England, using Birmingham as a case-study to
illuminate wider trends. The ongoing debate about secularisation
and religious change in twentieth-century Britain has paid little
attention to the experience of those who swam against the cultural
tide and continued to attend church. This study, based on extensive
original archive and oral history research, redresses this
imbalance with an exploration of church-based Christianity in
post-war Birmingham, examining how churchgoers interpreted and
responded to the changes that theysaw in family, congregation,
neighbourhood and wider society. One important theme is the
significance of age and generational identity to patterns of
religiosity amidst profound change in attitudes to youth, age and
parenting andgrowing evidence of a widening "generation gap" in
Christian belief and practice. In addition to offering a new and
distinctive perspective on the changing religious identity of late
twentieth-century English society, the book also provides a rare
case-study in the significance of age and generation in the social
and cultural history of modern Britain. Ian Jones is the Director
of the Saltley Trust (an educational charity), Birmingham.
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