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Competing Discourses Perspective and Ideology in Language

Competing Discourses Perspective and Ideology in Language

This book discusses and explores the relationship between language and world view. David Lee presents recent research in linguistics drawing together strands from a number of different areas of the subject: the nature of linguistic and conceptual categories the role of metaphor in the everyday use of language gender differentiation and social variation in speech. In this study David Lee considers a broad range of issues in the light of two contrasting views on language. For much of its history linguistics has been dominated by a tradition which sees individual languages as uniform homogenous systems. However there has always been an opposite view emphasising the complex tensions and cross-currents inherent in linguistic usage. This alternative perspective is explored in the analysis of a wide range of literary and non-literary texts: casual conversations interviews newspaper reports official memoranda television commercials and extracts from novels. The author describes how both spoken and written texts can be seen as the sites where tensions between competing discourses stemming from different social positions and perspectives are illustrated. | Competing Discourses Perspective and Ideology in Language

GBP 180.00
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Spaces for the Future A Companion to Philosophy of Technology

Spaces for the Future A Companion to Philosophy of Technology

Focused on mapping out contemporary and future domains in philosophy of technology this volume serves as an excellent forward-looking resource in the field and in cognate areas of study. The 32 chapters all of them appearing in print here for the first time were written by both established scholars and fresh voices. They cover topics ranging from data discrimination and engineering design to art and technology space junk and beyond. Spaces for the Future: A Companion to Philosophy of Technology is structured in six parts: (1) Ethical Space and Experience; (2) Political Space and Agency; (3) Virtual Space and Property; (4) Personal Space and Design; (5) Inner Space and Environment; and (6) Outer Space and Imagination. The organization maps out current and emerging spaces of activity in the field and anticipates the big issues that we soon will face. | Spaces for the Future A Companion to Philosophy of Technology

GBP 205.00
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The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Individual Differences

The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Individual Differences

The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Individual Differences provides a thorough in-depth discussion of the theory research and pedagogy pertaining to the role individual difference (ID) factors play in second language acquisition (SLA). It goes beyond the traditional repertoire and includes 32 chapters covering a full spectrum of topics on learners’ cognitive conative affective and demographic/sociocultural variation. The volume examines IDs from two perspectives: one is how each ID variable is associated with learning behaviors processes and outcomes; the other is how each domain of SLA such as vocabulary or reading is affected by clusters of ID variables. The volume also includes a section on the common methods used in ID research including data elicitation instruments such as surveys interviews and psychometric testing as well as methods of data analysis such as structural equation modeling. The book is a must-read for any second language researcher or applied linguist interested in investigating the effects of IDs on language learning and for any educator interested in taking account of learners’ individual differences to maximize the effects of second language instruction.

GBP 205.00
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Routledge Handbook of Water and Development

Routledge Handbook of Water and Development

Water is essential for human life and at the centre of political economic and socio-cultural development. This Routledge Handbook of Water and Development offers a systematic wide-ranging and state-of-the-art guide to the diverse links between water and development across the globe. It is organized into four parts: Part I explores the most significant theories and approaches to the relationship between water and development Part II consists of carefully selected in-depth case studies revealing how water utilization and management are deeply intertwined with historical development paths and economic and socio-cultural structures Part III analyses the role of governance in the management of water and development Part IV covers the most urgent themes and issues pertaining to water and development in the contemporary world ranging from climate change and water stress to agriculture and migration The 32 chapters by leading experts are meant to stimulate researchers and students in a wide range of disciplines in the social and natural sciences including Geography Environmental Studies Development Studies and Political Science. The Handbook will also be of great value to policymakers and practitioners.

GBP 205.00
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The Routledge International Handbook to Welfare State Systems Towards Global Social Policy Science

The Routledge International Handbook to Welfare State Systems Towards Global Social Policy Science

Developing countries may not have full-fledged welfare states like those we find in Europe but certainly they have welfare state systems. For comparative social policy research the term welfare state systems has many advantages as there are numerous different types/models of welfare state systems around the world. This revised and expanded second edition brings together leading experts to discuss social policy in 32 countries/regions around the world: from the most advanced welfare state systems in Scandinavia and Western Central Europe to the developing powers of Brazil China India Indonesia Mexico and Russia. Country-specific chapters provide in general a historical overview discuss major characteristics of the welfare state system and analyze country-specific problems as well as critical current and future trends for further discussions while also providing one (additional) major focal point/issue for greater in-depth analysis. Including new country case studies on Mali South Africa Iceland Spain Italy Greece and Vietnam this book is reframed around urgent contemporary issues including migration and rising social inequalities LGBTQIA+ rights universal basic income and transboundary social policy. It will be of great interest to all scholars and students of social policy social development development economists and health economists experts in public policy health policy (including mental health policy) housing policy education policy family policy cis- and trans-gender policy migration and population policy sociology social work anthropology as well as social policy and public policy makers and administrators. | The Routledge International Handbook to Welfare State Systems Towards Global Social Policy Science

GBP 205.00
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The Angkorian World

The Angkorian World

The Angkorian World explores the history of Southeast Asia’s largest ancient state from the first to mid-second millennium CE. Chapters by leading scholars combine evidence from archaeology texts and the natural sciences to introduce the Angkorian state describe its structure and explain its persistence over more than six centuries. Comprehensive and accessible this book will be an indispensable resource for anyone studying premodern Asia. The volume’s first of six sections provides historical and environmental contexts and discusses data sources and the nature of knowledge production. The next three sections examine the anthropogenic landscapes of Angkor (agrarian urban and hydraulic) the state institutions that shaped the Angkorian state and the economic foundations on which Angkor operated. Part V explores Angkorian ideologies and realities from religion and nation to identity. The volume’s last part reviews political and aesthetic Angkorian legacies in an effort to explain why the idea of Angkor remains central to its Cambodian descendants. Maps graphics and photographs guide readers through the content of each chapter. Chapters in this volume synthesise more than a century of work at Angkor and in the regions it influenced. The Angkorian World will satisfy students researchers academics and the knowledgeable layperson who seeks to understand how this great Angkorian Empire arose and functioned in the premodern world. The Prologue and Chapters 2 10 15 23 30 and 32 of this book are freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www. taylorfrancis. com under a Creative Commons (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4. 0 license.

GBP 190.00
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Routledge Handbook of Foreign Policy Analysis Methods

Routledge Handbook of Foreign Policy Analysis Methods

The disintegration and questioning of global governance structures and a re-orientation toward national politics combined with the spread of technological innovations such as big data social media and phenomena like fake news populism or questions of global health policies make it necessary for the introduction of new methods of inquiry and the adaptation of established methods in Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA). This accessible handbook offers concise chapters from expert international contributors covering a diverse range of new and established FPA methods. Embracing methodological pluralism and a belief in the value of an open discussion about methods’ assumptions and diverging positions it provides new state-of-the-art research approaches as well as introductions to a range of established methods. Each chapter follows the same approach introducing the method and its development discussing strengths requirements limitations and potential pitfalls while illustrating the method’s application using examples from empirical research. Embracing methodological pluralism and problem-oriented research that engages with real-world questions the authors examine quantitative and qualitative traditions rationalist and interpretivist perspectives as well as different substantive backgrounds. The book will be of interest to a wide range of scholars and students in global politics foreign policy and methods-related classes across the social sciences. Chapters 4 25 and 32 of this book are available for free in PDF format as Open Access from the individual product page at www. routledge. com. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4. 0 license. | Routledge Handbook of Foreign Policy Analysis Methods

GBP 190.00
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