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  • Women’s Contribution to Science and Technology through ICWES Conferences

    by Monique Frize, Claire Deschênes, Ruby Heap ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book discusses the legacy of the conference series The International Conferences of Women Engineers and Scientists (ICWES), which spans the second half of the Twentieth Century and the beginning of the twenty-first. The book first discusses how, at a time when there were few women engineers and scientists, a group of women organized a conference, in June 1964 in New York, which attracted 486 ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

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  • Public Administration

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Stella Z. Theodoulou, Ravi K. Roy ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Public administration ensures the development and delivery of the essential public services required for sustaining modern civilization. Covering areas from public safety and social welfare to transportation and education, the services provided through the public sector are inextricably part of our daily lives. However, mandatory budgetary cuts in recent years have caused public administrators to ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Data Action

    Using Data for Public Good

    by Sarah Williams ...
    How to use data as a tool for empowerment rather than oppression.Big data can be used for good, from tracking disease to exposing human rights violations, and for bad, implementing surveillance and control. Data inevitably represents the ideologies of those who control its use; data analytics and algorithms too often exclude women, the poor, and ethnic groups. In Data Action, Sarah Williams ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Brand Command

    Canadian Politics and Democracy in the Age of Message Control

    by Alex Marland ...
    Series series Communication, Strategy, and Politics
    The pursuit of political power is strategic as never before. Ministers, MPs, and candidates parrot the same catchphrases. The public service has become politicized. And decision making is increasingly centralized in the Prime Minister’s Office. What is happening to our democracy? In this persuasive book, Alex argues that political parties and government are beholden to the same marketing ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Total Quality Management in Higher Education

    Symbolism or Substance? a Close Look at the Nigerian University System

    by Frank Chika Okechukwu ...
    If you want to improve quality, save money and provide better services to your customers, this book is for you. ... Read more

    $7.19 USD

  • The Bleeding Edge

    Why Technology Turns Toxic in an Unequal World

    by Bob Hughes ...
    It’s hammered into us from birth that ‘all good things come at a price’. Today, that price looks apocalyptic, with wars, exploitation and environmental collapse in every part of the globe. Some suggest that the carnage is “a price worth paying” for technological progress. No pain, no gain.But technology is precisely the business of minimising the costs and impacts of existence… and by whole orders ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

  • Great Debates in EU Law

    by Professor Jeremias Adams-Prassl, Dr Sanja Bogojevic ...
    Series series Great Debates in Law
    This book introduces students to the great debates in EU law. Rather than simply presenting traditional approaches that provide descriptions (often in historical order) of substantive and constitutional elements of Union law, this book clusters material around these debates in an engaging and lively way.By offering concise analyses of core dilemmas and tensions in EU law, the book provides a ... Read more

    $36.49 USD

  • Guardians of Public Value

    How Public Organisations Become and Remain Institutions

    Edited by Arjen Boin, Lauren A. Fahy, Paul 't Hart ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This open access book presents case studies of twelve organisations which the public have come to view as institutions. From the BBC to Doctors Without Borders, from the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra to CERN, this volume examines how some organisations rise to prominence and remain in high public esteem through changing and challenging times. It builds upon the scholarly tradition of ... Read more

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  • Computing in the Age of Decolonization

    India’s Lost Technological Revolution

    by Dwaipayan Banerjee ...
    How Cold War geopolitics and domestic capitalism changed the trajectory of India’s computing industryIndia today is widely recognized for producing world-class tech talent and Silicon Valley leaders, yet captures only a fraction of the global tech industry’s profits, primarily providing skilled but inexpensive labor for Western corporations. Computing in the Age of Decolonization uncovers the ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Book Review: The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman

    The mechanisms of globalisation

    by 50Minutes ...
    Series series Book Review
    It can be hard for busy professionals to find the time to read the latest books. Stay up to date in a fraction of the time with this concise guide.The World is Flat is an award-winning book by three-time Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas Friedman. It combines meticulous research, personal anecdotes and conceptual analysis to provide a comprehensive yet accessible overview of the mechanisms behind ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How Media Ownership Matters

    by Rodney Benson, Mattias Hessérus, Timothy Neff, Julie Sedel ...
    Does it matter who owns and funds the media? As journalists and management consultants set off in search of new business models, there's a pressing need to understand anew the economic underpinnings of journalism and its role in democratic societies. How Media Ownership Matters provides a fresh approach to understanding news media power, moving beyond the typical emphasis on market concentration ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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  • Power Shift? Political Leadership and Social Media

    Edited by David Taras, Richard Davis ...
    Power Shift? Political Leadership and Social Media examines how political leaders have adapted to the challenges of social media, including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and memes, among other means of persuasion. Established political leaders now use social media to grab headlines, respond to opponents, fundraise, contact voters directly, and organize their election campaigns. Leaders of protest ... Read more

    $73.99 USD