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Rent-Seekers, Profits, Wages and Inequality: The Top 20%

Palgrave Macmillan, 2019

Mihályi and Szelényi provide a timely contribution to contemporary debates about inequality of incomes and wealth, offering a careful examination of various sources of rent in contemporary societies, and considering several policy options to reduce inequality in order to preserve the meritocratic nature of liberal...

Animal Visions: Posthumanist Dream Writing (Palgrave Studies in Animals and Literature)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2019

Animal Visions considers how literature responds to the harms of anthropocentricism, working with Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights (1847) and various adaptations of this canonistic novel to show how posthumanist dream writing unsettles the privileging of the human species over other species. Two feminist...

Smart Tourism as a Driver for Culture and Sustainability: Fifth International Conference IACuDiT, Athens 2018 (Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics)

Springer, 2019

This book explores the latest developments in the field of smart tourism, focusing in particular on the important cultural and sustainability synergies that have emerged during the digital era. The aim is to elucidate how ICTs can promote innovation and creativity in the tourism and leisure sector in ways that take into account cultural and...

The Dynamics and Complexities of Interracial Gay Families in South Africa: A New Frontier: Gay Relationships in South Africa (SpringerBriefs in Sociology)

Springer, 2019

This book provides an in-depth account of a qualitative study on the familial arrangements and domestic settings shaping interracial gay partnerships in the South African context, and it offers both empirical and theoretical insights on the topic. While heterosexual intimate relationships, particularly mixed-race couples, have attracted societal...

The Changing Strategies of International Business: How MNEs Manage in a Changing Commercial and Political Landscape (The Academy of International Business)

Springer, 2019

The ACADEMY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS (UK and Ireland Chapter)

Published in association with the UK and Ireland Chapter of the Academy of International Business.

In line with the 45^th AIB-UKI conference, this edited collection brings together fresh perspectives on international business strategy,...

Ethical and Secure Computing: A Concise Module (Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science)

Springer, 2019

This engaging textbook highlights the essential need for a strong ethical framework in our approach to computer, information and engineering science. Through thought-provoking questions and case studies, the reader is challenged to consider the deeper implications arising from the use of today’s rapidly-evolving computing...

Anisotropic Metal Chalcogenide Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Assembly, and Applications (SpringerBriefs in Materials)

Springer, 2019

This book explores the recent advances in designing and synthesizing one- and two-dimensional metal chalcogenide nanostructures, along with their practical applications, helping readers understand what has happened, and what is currently happening in the field of nanotechnology. It also includes a comprehensive table showing...

The Simple Truths About Leadership: Creating a People-Centric Culture

Springer, 2019

In the middle of the last decade, businesses have suffered serious harm due to the world-wide economic slowdown/great recession, geopolitical tensions and conflicts, and the very unpredictable nature of our government. In the process of staying the course, many business leaders have made a number of decisions and have taken a number...

The Art and Science of Seismic Interpretation (SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences)

Springer, 2019

Seismic data is one of the fundamental tools used to interpret subsurface geology with application to understanding of earth processes, tectonic evolution, and energy exploration in particular. This book is written for technical specialists who are new to seismic geophysics. It introduces the seismic data set including how the data...

Inspectors and Enforcement at the Front Line of Government

Palgrave Macmillan, 2018

This book explores the social dynamics of the interaction between inspectors and their inspectees in the public sector. Government inspectors have a crucial role in enforcing rules and standards. The role of inspectors has changed. Their task is no longer to merely inspect and enforce, but also to educate, to negotiate, and to make compromises....

Dimensions of Resilience in Developing Countries: Informality, Solidarities and Carework (Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development (10))

Springer, 2019

This book provides the latest empirical data on the three forms of resilience: informality, solidarities and unpaid care-work. It uncovers and quantifies these three forms of resilience that are generally invisible or ill recognised, whereas these play a major role in the livelihoods of poor and vulnerable populations. The book shows how the...

McLuhan’s Galaxies: Science Fiction Film Aesthetics in Light of Marshall McLuhan’s Thought (Second Language Learning and Teaching)

Springer, 2019

This groundbreaking book uses observations made by Marshall McLuhan to analyze the aesthetics of science fiction films, treating them as visual metaphors or probes into the new reality dominated by electronic media:

- it considers the relations between the senses and...

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