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New Paradigms and Recurring Paradoxes in Education for Citizenship
. Ed(S): Steiner-Khamsi, G.; Torney-Purta, J....
Hardback. Scholars in international comparative education are calling for a new paradigm - a multi-level qualitative analysis of cross-national data. In response, this volume demonstrates the application of a multi-level analysis to qualitative data, based on case studies on civic education in 24 countries. Editor(s): Steiner-Khamsi, G.; Torney-Purta, J. (Department of Human Development, University of Maryland, USA); Schwille, J. (Michigan State University, USA). Series: International Perspectives on Education and Society. Num Pages: 308 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 609.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762308217
- ISBN
- 9780762308217
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Condition: New
€ 207.68
€ 207.68
Hardback. This volume examines exercise of power at the intersection of gender and sexuality. The collected articles offer insights into some of the ways in which gender can be used to challenge the exercise of sexual power, as well as the ways that it can reify patriarchal, heteronormative sexual relations. Editor(s): Gagne, Patricia; Tewkesbury, Richard A. Series: Advances in Gender Research. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762308200
- ISBN
- 9780762308200
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Condition: New
€ 205.23
€ 205.23
Hardback. Reform initiatives in public education have included concerns with large scale, systemic reform in which the superintendent was a pivotal player. This volume aims to redress the usual focus of research by stimulating conversations about new ways to conceive of the superintendency role. Editor(s): Brunner, C.C.; Bjork, Lars G. Series: Advances in Research & Theories of School Management & Educational Policy S. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762308163
- ISBN
- 9780762308163
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Condition: New
€ 214.37
€ 214.37
Hardback. In this volume, recent advances in technological applications for individuals with learning and behavioural disabilities are described and discussed, in a collection that includes reviews of research, and original research reports. Editor(s): Scruggs, T.E.; Mastropieri, M.A. Series: Advances in Learning & Behavioral Disabilities. Num Pages: 270 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNSG; JNV; MMZ; TBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762308156
- ISBN
- 9780762308156
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 210.67
€ 210.67
Hardback. This text firstly attempts to deal with challenges about the validity of qualitative research. Then, after outlining the theory and methodology adopted, seven case studies are presented, covering such topics as multicultural literature, school restructuring, and standardized testing. Editor(s): Carspecken, Phil Francis; Walford, Geoffrey. Series: Studies in Educational Ethnography. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JHBC; JNA; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 559.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762307975
- ISBN
- 9780762307975
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Condition: New
€ 228.30
€ 228.30
Hardback. This volume presents an alternative perspective on the problem of leadership in organizations. Drawing upon general systems and complexity and chaos theory, Kime presents organizational leadership as a normative feature of organizations, testing his formulation on a sample of US fire services. Editor(s): Kime, C. Series: Contemporary Studies in Applied Behavioural Science. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSW2; KJU; KNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762307968
- ISBN
- 9780762307968
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Condition: New
€ 206.67
€ 206.67
Hardback. Examines seven theoretical perspectives of public budgeting: incrementalism, the budget process model, the organizational process model, the median voter model, the 'greedy bureaucrat' model, a post-modern model, and the transaction cost model. This title also examines and critically reviews major research from each perspective. Editor(s): Bartle, John R. Series: Research in Public Administration S. Num Pages: 190 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 172 x 17. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762307906
- ISBN
- 9780762307906
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Condition: New
€ 185.69
€ 185.69
Hardback. Presents a series of papers that discuss political opportunity and social movements. This book includes case studies of specific social movements, comparative case studies of social movements, and comparative case studies of transnational issue networks. Editor(s): Coy, Patrick G. Series: Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFM; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 659.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762307869
- ISBN
- 9780762307869
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Condition: New
€ 207.98
€ 207.98
Hardback. Editor(s): Crowson, Robert L. Series: Advances in Research & Theories of School Management & Educational Policy S. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762307791
- ISBN
- 9780762307791
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 213.83
€ 213.83
Hardback. This volume brings together the work of certain evaluators to explore the evaluation of programme quality. Through conceptual descriptions and applied examples they discuss the theoretical concerns and practical issues they face. Editor(s): Hinn, D.M.; Benson, A.; Lloyd, C. (Educational Psychology, College of Education, University of Illinois, USA). Series: Advances in Program Evaluation. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762307715
- ISBN
- 9780762307715
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Condition: New
€ 217.43
€ 217.43
Hardback. Examines the important post-World War II development in the Behavioral Sciences. This title also examines, discipline by discipline, the history of the evolutionary thrust, leading figures and key literature, the degree of acceptance (or rejection) within each discipline. It discusses the biobehavioral approach on a geographic basis. Editor(s): Peterson, Steven A.; Somit, Albert. Series: Research in Biopolitics. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 625.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762307692
- ISBN
- 9780762307692
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 228.73
€ 228.73
Hardback. This text emphasises the central place that ethnographic work should have in the formulation and evaluation of education policy. Ethnographic studies contribute to a greater understanding of the process formulation, evaluation and critique. Editor(s): Walford, Geoffrey. Series: Studies in Educational Ethnography. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMP; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762307685
- ISBN
- 9780762307685
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 228.45
€ 228.45
Learning from International Public Management Reform
. Ed(S): Steane, P.; Jones, Lawrence; Guthrie...
Hardback. Editor(s): Steane, P.; Jones, Lawrence; Guthrie, John. Series: Research in Public Policy Analysis and Management. Num Pages: 308 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 609.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762307593
- ISBN
- 9780762307593
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 223.11
€ 223.11
Hardback. A collection of research that serves as an example of aspects of social status, social class, and ideology connected to contemporary questions about who wins in struggles for civic, economic, and individual citizenship. It studies inequalities of race, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation at local, regional, national and transnational levels. Editor(s): Dobratz, Betty A.; Waldner, Lisa K.; Buzzell, Timothy. Series: Research in Political Sociology. Num Pages: 448 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSL; JHBA; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762307562
- ISBN
- 9780762307562
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 245.30
€ 245.30
Hardback. This volume offers papers touching on four inter-related themes: a critique of the European Enlightenment as a basis for the production of knowledge; the use of "gender" as a concept; problems in feminist theories of development; and the place of feminism in the production of knowledge. Editor(s): Demos, Vasilikie P.; Segal, Marcia Texler. Series: Advances in Gender Research. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762307203
- ISBN
- 9780762307203
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.35
€ 186.35
Hardback. From the de-institutionalization of psychiatric hospitals to the privatization of prisons, the dramatic public policy changes of the last three decades have been, to a large extent, changes in organization. The chapters in this volume examine these organizational changes. Series: Research in Social Problems and Public Policy. Num Pages: 404 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 404
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762307166
- ISBN
- 9780762307166
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 215.14
€ 215.14
Hardback. A result of the poster session which focussed on teaching the need to evaluate information found on the Internet, this book presents a collection of contributions from individuals who present their best thinking on the subject of evaluation in the library context. Editor(s): Vincent, Steven; Norman, Sue K. Series: Foundations in Library and Information Sciences S. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GL; JNM; JNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762306022
- ISBN
- 9780762306022
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 218.94
€ 218.94
Hardback. This book provides significant insight into the factors that affect the careers of these scientists and gives voice to the many men and women who overcame discrimination, prejudice and racism to build successful scientific careers. It gives the opportunity for a full range of voices, from a number of perspectives, to be heard. Series: Diversity in Higher Education. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNC; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 459.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762305629
- ISBN
- 9780762305629
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.44
€ 171.44
hardcover. Presents a research in employment policy. This title addresses the reform of the unemployment insurance system. Editor(s): Bassi, Laurie J.; Woodbury, Stephen A. Series: Research in Employment Policy. Num Pages: 334 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFA; JKSB; JPQB; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762305070
- ISBN
- 9780762305070
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.56
€ 150.56
Hardback. In 1997, Science for Peace invited experts on Yugoslavia to Toronto for a conference to discuss the lessons learnt from the Yugoslav conflict and eventual break-up of the former country. This book addresses a specific range of problems. It contains papers on the analysis of the Kosovan conflict, and reviews the Yugoslav tragedy. Editor(s): Spencer, Metta. Series: Research on Russia & Eastern Europe S. Num Pages: 396 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JFSJ1; JHBC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762302802
- ISBN
- 9780762302802
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 238.22
€ 238.22