There is a broad consensus among informed observers both inside and outside the Beltway that American public diplomacy leaves much to be desired. Recent studies describe ineffectiveness, inadequate resources, and a general lack of direction. Further complicating this situation, there is no real consensus among critics on what must be done to fix current problems. Moreover, the ills afflicting public diplomacy are poorly understood. "Losing Hearts and Minds?" situates these problems within the complex environment of U.S. government bureaucracy, and relates them to other instruments of...
There is a broad consensus among informed observers both inside and outside the Beltway that American public diplomacy leaves much to be desired. R...
Totally reliable... the authors have produced a book urgently needed by all those charged with introducing students to the classics... quite indispensable' - Times Higher Education Supplement
This is a fully updated and expanded new edition of the successful undergraduate text. Providing a lucid examination of the pivotal theories of Marx, Durkheim and Weber, the authors submit that these figures have decisively shaped the discipline. They show how the classical apparatus is in use, even though it is being...
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Surveys twentieth century theologies of work, contrasting differing approaches to consider the -problem of labor- from a theological perspective.
Aimed at theologians concerned with how Christianity might engage in social criticism, as well those who are interested in the connection between Marxist and Christian traditions
Explores debates about labor under capitalism and considers the relationship between divine and human work
Through a thorough reading of Weber's Protestant Work Ethic, argues that the triumph of the -spirit...
Surveys twentieth century theologies of work, contrasting differing approaches to consider the -problem of labor- from a theological perspective.
This four-volume collection presents the key publications which exemplify the participant observation tradition in sociology and social research, an increasingly important method used in qualitative research and ethnography. Such research usually involves a range of methods: informal interviews, direct observation, participation in the life of the group, collective discussions, analyses of the personal documents produced within the group, self-analysis, and life-histories.
This four-volume collection presents the key publications which exemplify the participant observation tradition in sociology and social research, an i...
From The Story of the Kelly Gang in 1906 to the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Australia and New Zealand have made a unique impact on international cinema. This book celebrates the commercially successful narrative feature films produced by these cultures as well as key documentaries, shorts, and independent films. It also invokes issues involving national identity, race, history, and the ability of two small film cultures to survive the economic and cultural threat of Hollywood. Chapters on well known films and directors, such as The Year of Living Dangerously (Peter Weir,...
From The Story of the Kelly Gang in 1906 to the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Australia and New Zealand have made a unique impact on intern...
This volume of conference proceedings offers a view of the latest work in functional programming. A number of themes emerge. One is a growing interest in types, such as powerful type systems or type checkers supporting overloading, coercion, dynamic types and incremental inference, linear types to optimize storage, and polymorphic types to optimize semantic analysis.
This volume of conference proceedings offers a view of the latest work in functional programming. A number of themes emerge. One is a growing interest...
This book offers a guide to sociology that explores its theoretical and methodological dimensions. Providing the student with a sense of the reasoned character of the discipline, it traces how different theories and methods relate to one another, exploring the particular problems they spawn and the debates that have arisen in response. The guide is written to be easy to use: individual chapters stand alone as well as fit into the overarching narrative; boxes in the text explain key concepts and feature particular methods, theories or key figures; and annotated further reading lists are...
This book offers a guide to sociology that explores its theoretical and methodological dimensions. Providing the student with a sense of the reasoned ...
Functional Programming is a relatively new area of computer science. These proceedings contain 25 papers representing an excellent snapshot of the current state of functional programming and are written by the leading computer scientists in this aera. In some universities, a functional programming language is used as the introductory teaching language and computer architectures are being designed and investigated to support functional languages.
Functional Programming is a relatively new area of computer science. These proceedings contain 25 papers representing an excellent snapshot of ...
