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Rethinking Development eBook Series

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  • Researching Development NGOs

    Global and Grassroots Perspectives

    Edited by Susannah Pickering-Saqqa ...
    Series series Rethinking Development
    This book offers a critical insight into how the study of NGOs can be more theoretically grounded and methodologically creative.The role of NGOs in global development has been the focus of considerable research and scholarship for the last four decades. More recently, scholars and NGO practitioners have begun to explore their relationships and how research can better inform practice and vice versa ... Read more

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  • Practising Social Work Ethics Around the World

    Cases and Commentaries

    Edited by Sarah Banks, Kirsten Nøhr ...
    Ethics is an increasingly important theme in social work practice. Worldwide, social workers experience common ethical challenges (how to be fair, whether to break a rule, how to act in politically tense situations) in very different contexts – from disaster relief in China to child protection work in Palestine.This book takes as its starting point real life cases featuring ethical problems in the ... Read more

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  • Media and Development

    by Martin Scott ...
    Series series Development Matters
    Media matters. From encouraging charitable donations and delivering public health messages to promoting democratic participation and state accountability, the media can play a crucial role in development. Yet the influence of the media is not always welcome. It can also be used as a mechanism of surveillance and control or to disseminate hate speech and propaganda.How then should we respond to the ... Read more

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  • Youth Sociology

    by Alan France, Julia Coffey, Steven Roberts, Catherine Waite ...
    Falling somewhere between childhood and adulthood, 'Youth' is a key period of transition. It can be difficult to define and make sense of this period in one's life.However it is categorised, young people face a number of challenges and issues growing up in today's world. From the pressures created by social media to the increasing precarity of employment, the major social, cultural and economic ... Read more

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  • The Ethics Rupture

    Exploring Alternatives to Formal Research-Ethics Review

    Edited by Will C. van den Hoonaard, Ann Hamilton ...
    For decades now, researchers in the social sciences and humanities have been expressing a deep dissatisfaction with the process of research-ethics review in academia. Continuing the ongoing critique of ethics review begun in Will C. van den Hoonaard’s Walking the Tightrope and The Seduction of Ethics, The Ethics Rupture offers both an account of the system’s failings and a series of proposals on ... Read more

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  • Leadership in the Public Sector

    Promises and Pitfalls

    Edited by Christine Teelken, Ewan Ferlie, Mike Dent ...
    In view of the approaching age of austerity for the public sector, leadership is likely to continue to become a key theme. This edited volume brings together a host of material from the public sector to analyze the issue internationally.Teelken, Dent & Ferlie lead a team of contributors in examining three key aspects of this increasingly important theme:the meaning of public sector leadership, and ... Read more

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  • The Routledge Handbook of Global Cultural Policy

    Edited by Victoria Durrer, Toby Miller, Dave O'Brien ...
    Series series Routledge International Handbooks
    Cultural policy intersects with political, economic, and socio-cultural dynamics at all levels of society, placing high and often contradictory expectations on the capabilities and capacities of the media, the fine, performing, and folk arts, and cultural heritage. These expectations are articulated, mobilised and contested at – and across – a global scale. As a result, the study of cultural ... Read more

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  • Doing Development Research

    Edited by Vandana Desai, Rob Potter ...
    Doing Development Research is a comprehensive introduction to research in development studies, that provides thorough training for anyone carrying out research in developing countries. It brings together experts with extensive experience of overseas research, presenting an interdisciplinary guide to the core methodologies.Informed by years of research experience, Doing Development Research draws ... Read more

    PHP6,333.79

  • The Routledge International Handbook of Lifelong Learning

    Edited by Peter Jarvis ...
    Series series Routledge International Handbooks of Education
    As lifelong learning grows in popularity, few comprehensive pictures of the phenomenon have emerged. The Routledge International Handbook of Lifelong Learning provides a disciplined and complete overview of lifelong learning internationally.The theoretical structure puts the learner at the centre and the book emanates from there, pointing to the social context beyond the learner.Up-to-the-minute ... Read more

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  • Social Justice in Times of Crisis and Hope

    Young People, Well-being and the Politics of Education

    Edited by Shane Duggan, Emily Gray, Peter James Kelly, Kirsty Finn, Jessica Gagnon ...
    Series Book 34 - Global Studies in Education
    The first two decades of the 21st century have been characterised by conflict, displacement, growing economic insecurity and austerity. Increasing social polarisation has meant that contemporary societies are becoming more unequal with smaller segments of the population having access to the most wealth. Ongoing conflicts around the world and the ongoing refugee crisis in Europe has only ... Read more

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  • Understanding Public Relations

    Theory, Culture and Society

    by Lee Edwards ...
    This book argues that public relations is not merely an organizational tool, but a powerful influence on social and political life. From carefully considered communication by multinational corporations, to government campaigns that manage public opinion, to the self-promotion of celebrities via social media, public relations is central to our individual and collective lives.Understanding Public ... Read more

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  • Development Fieldwork

    A Practical Guide

    Edited by Regina Scheyvens ...
    This book provides an invaluable guide to undertaking development fieldwork in both the developing world and in western contexts. It takes you through all the key stages in development research and covers:Research design and the roles of quantitative and qualitative methods.Research using archival, textual and virtual data, along with using the internet ethically.Practical as well as personal ... Read more

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