Special Issue: (Re)creating Cultural Models of Motherhoods in Contemporary Advertising
(2011)
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Party Strategies in Western Europe (2011)
Book
This book examines political party system change from a party-centric perspective and assesses how, and to what extent, established political parties in western Europe can maintain their dominant positions. Parties are increasingly competing in a... Read More about Party Strategies in Western Europe.
The development of strategic clinical leaders in the NHS in Scotland (2011)
Journal Article
Purpose – The paper seeks to describe a national strategic and multi-professional clinical leadership programme designed and developed for the National Health Service in Scotland. It addresses the policy imperatives behind the programme, the local a... Read More about The development of strategic clinical leaders in the NHS in Scotland.
Action learning and organisation development: overlapping fields of practice (2011)
Journal Article
This paper explores the relationship between action learning and Organisation Development (OD). It proposes that they are overlapping fields of practice, with interesting similarities and differences. Both fields of practice are experienced as challe... Read More about Action learning and organisation development: overlapping fields of practice.
Reasons and causes: the philosophical battle and the meta-philosophical war (2011)
Journal Article
Since the publication of Davidson’s “Actions, Reasons and Causes” the philosophy of action has been dominated by the view that rational explanations are a species of causal explanations. Although there are dissenting voices, anti-causalism is for the... Read More about Reasons and causes: the philosophical battle and the meta-philosophical war.
Then and now: evolving community in the context of a retirement village (2011)
Journal Article
There is currently much debate in the United Kingdom policy and practice literature about how best to respond to the care and accommodation needs of people as they retire and grow older. Against a policy background which espouses the benefits of ‘ li... Read More about Then and now: evolving community in the context of a retirement village.
Developing leaders and leadership in health care: a case for rebalancing? (2011)
Journal Article
Purpose – The paper aims to describe the emerging critique of leader development in health care and to describe an alternative approach. Design/methodology/approach – The paper explores the growing critique of leader development, highlighting th... Read More about Developing leaders and leadership in health care: a case for rebalancing?.
Higher Education Cuts, Student Protests and Media Misrepresentation (2011)
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