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  • Decolonising the Public Library

    by John Pateman, Angela Meady ...
    Decolonising the Public Library describes the main practical, methodological and theoretical approaches to decolonising public libraries. Using case studies and best practice from Canada, the UK, Australia and New Zealand, the book provides a thorough understanding of the impact and legacy of imperialism, colonialism and neo-colonialism on the structure of the public library.Through a discussion ... Read more

    $64.79 USD

  • Reimagining the Public Library

    Key Debates and Future Approaches

    by John Pateman ...
    Reimagining the Public Library captures the major debates that have taken place within the Library and Information Science profession over the past 25 years, suggesting how these ideas can be used to inform the future development of public libraries around the world.Using a 25-year framework and incorporating ideas that have emerged in European, North American and Australasian public libraries, ... Read more

    $64.79 USD

  • Understanding Public Libraries

    Management, Leadership and Ideology

    by John Pateman ...
    Understanding Public Libraries: Management, Leadership and Ideology sets out a robust new analytical framework for understanding, managing and supporting public libraries. Drawing on the ideas of Marx and Maslow and their theories of dialectical materialism and cultural hegemony, experienced library leader John Pateman presents how this framework can be used in public libraries to create change ... Read more

    $64.79 USD

  • Managing Cultural Change in Public Libraries

    Marx, Maslow and Management

    by John Pateman, Joe Pateman ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Library and Information Science
    Managing Cultural Change in Public Libraries argues that changes to library Strategies and Systems can lead to transformations in library Structures that can, in turn, shape and determine Organisational Culture. Drawing on Management theories, as well as the ideas of Marx and Maslow, the authors present an ambitious Analytical Framework that can be used to better understand, support and enable ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Developing Community-Led Public Libraries

    Evidence from the UK and Canada

    by John Pateman, Ken Williment ...
    This important book examines the potential for a new community led service model in public libraries. Using theoretical approaches to working with socially excluded community members, with a direct application of those approaches in Canadian public libraries, the authors offer a powerful and persuasive case for adopting the community led approach in libraries worldwide. The book showcases good ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • Public Libraries and Social Justice

    by John Pateman, John Vincent ...
    The need for public libraries to tackle social exclusion and engage in social justice becomes ever more urgent as the gap between rich and poor continues to widen, and the very survival of public libraries in the heart of the community is open to debate. If public libraries are to develop and grow in the future and become relevant to the majority of their local communities, then they need to ... Read more

    $84.99 USD

  • Public Libraries and Marxism

    by Joe Pateman, John Pateman ...
    Public Libraries and Marxism provides a Marxist analytical framework for understanding public libraries and presents a set of proposals for transforming the capitalist libraries of today.Evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of this Marxist framework, the authors also provide a critical examination of the history, theory and practice of libraries in the Soviet Union and North Korea. Considering ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

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    by Ruth Kinna ...
    Series series Beginner's Guides
    Would you want a world without government?In this clear and penetrating study, Ruth Kinna goes directly to the heart of this controversial ideology, explaining the influences that have shaped anarchism and the different tactics and strategies that have been used by anarchists throughout history to achieve their ends. Kinna covers themes both historical and acutely contemporary, including: Could ... Read more

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  • Democratic Delusions

    How the Media Hollows Out Democracy and What We Can Do About It

    by Natalie Fenton ...
    A free media is inextricably linked to a healthy democracy, but in many parts of the world liberal democracies are deemed to be dying or on the demise – a demise that many forms of media have enabled while heralding themselves as democracy’s saviour. The hollowing out of democracy in these ways has left many people questioning the value of (neo)liberal democratic societies. What can we do about it ... Read more

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  • Eclipse and Re-emergence of the Communist Movement

    by Gilles Dauvé, François Martin ...
    Series series Revolutionary Pocketbooks
    In the years following 1968, a number of people involved in the most radical aspects of the French general strike felt the need to reflect on their experiences and to relate them to past revolutionary endeavors. This meant studying previous attempts and theories, namely those of the post-1917 German-Dutch and Italian Communist Left. The original essays included here were first written between 1969 ... Read more

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  • Strategic Leadership in the Business School

    Keeping One Step Ahead

    by Fernando Fragueiro, Howard Thomas ...
    Business schools have come under fire in recent years with criticisms centring on their academic rigour and the relevance of business education to the 'real' world of management. Alongside this ongoing debate, increasing international competition and media rankings have led to a fierce struggle between business schools for positioning and differentiation. These are among the challenges that are ... Read more

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  • Marx: Bullet Guides

    by Robert Anderson ...
    Open this book and you will: - learn about Marx's life - know his key works - deal with dialectic - assess his influence ... Read more

    $2.99 USD