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Globalization and Work (2013)
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Williams, S., Bradley, H., Devadason, R., & Erickson, M. (2013). Globalization and Work. Wiley

This engaging book offers a lively and rigorous synthesis of the varied interconnections between work and globalization. Drawing on relevant sociological insights, and based on extensive, up-to-date research studies of work and employment, it brings... Read More about Globalization and Work.

Progressive Education : A critical introduction (2013)
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Howlett, J. (2013). Progressive Education : A critical introduction. Bloomsbury Publishing. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781472553188

Sustainable School Transformation: An Inside-Out School Led Approach explores how we can best build a truly world class education system. It presents a theoretical and practical case for an alternative approach that combines the rigour of traditional... Read More about Progressive Education : A critical introduction.

The Politics of Truth Management in Saudi Arabia (2013)
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Shahi, A. The Politics of Truth Management in Saudi Arabia. Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315884547

Exploring the management of ‘truth’ in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, this book aims to investigate the ways in which the official ‘truth’ is constructed and institutionalised in the country.

The Politics of Truth Management in Saudi Arabia argues t... Read More about The Politics of Truth Management in Saudi Arabia.

Environmentalism, Resistance and Solidarity: The Politics of Friends of the Earth International (2013)
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Doherty, B., & Doyle, T. (2013). Environmentalism, Resistance and Solidarity: The Politics of Friends of the Earth International. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137316714

Drawing from a rich mix of survey data, interviews, and access to internal meetings, Brian Doherty and Timothy Doyle show how FoEI has developed a distinctive environmentalism, which allows for the differences in context between regions and across th... Read More about Environmentalism, Resistance and Solidarity: The Politics of Friends of the Earth International.

Motherhoods, Markets and Consumption (Ed. L Martens) (2013)
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Martens, L. (2013). S. O'Donohoe, M. Hogg, P. Maclaran, L. Martens, & L. Stevens (Eds.). Motherhoods, Markets and Consumption (Ed. L Martens). Taylor and Francis Group. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203469729

It takes more than a baby to make a mother, and mothers make more than babies. Bringing together a range of international studies, Motherhoods, Markets and Consumption examines how marketing and consumer culture constructs particular images of what m... Read More about Motherhoods, Markets and Consumption (Ed. L Martens).

Reasons and Causes (2013)
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Laitinen, A., Sandis, C., & D'oro, G. (Eds.). (2013). Reasons and Causes. Springer

Are the reasons for which we act the causes of our actions? In the nine essays collected here (including a major historical overview by the editors), experts in the field re-evaluate the history and current state of the reasons/causes debate.

Kant on Practical Justification: Interpretive Essays (2013)
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Timmons, M., & Baiasu, S. (Eds.). (2013). Kant on Practical Justification: Interpretive Essays. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780195395686.001.0001

The literature on Kantian accounts of practical justification has been growing of late. This is not surprising given that Kant’s approach seems so promising: he claims to be able to justify unconditional normative claims without recourse to assumptio... Read More about Kant on Practical Justification: Interpretive Essays.