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Crisis, Movement, Management: Globalising Dynamics
Series: Rethinking Globalizations
Globalised neo-liberalism has produced multiple crises – social, ecological, political. In the past, crises of global order have generated large-scale social transformations, and the current crises likewise hold a transformative promise. Social movements become a crucial barometer, in signalling...
To Be Published September 30th 2013 by Routledge
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Climate Action Upsurge
The Ethnography of Climate Movement Politics
Series: Routledge Advances in Climate Change Research
In the late 2000s climate action became a defining feature of the international political agenda. Evidence of global warming and accelerating greenhouse gas emissions created a new sense of urgency and, despite consensus on the need for action, the growing failure of international climate policy...
To Be Published August 27th 2013 by Routledge
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Disorder and the Disinformation Society
The Social Dynamics of Networks and Software
Series: Routledge Research in Information Technology and Society
Based in both rigorous theoretical work and case studies of software and network usage and installation, this book explores the idea that disruption and disorder are essential to the dynamic composition of contemporary Information Society. It covers topics ranging from organizational and social...
Published March 14th 2013 by Routledge
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Nationalism and Global Solidarities
Alternative Projections to Neoliberal Globalisation
Series: Routledge/Warwick Studies in Globalisation
Even in the face of neoliberal globalization, nationalism remains a significant political force. The leading contributors to this new volume explore the extent to which nationalism can be a foundation for alternative solidarities. Against the axiom that with globalization ‘all that is solid melts...
Published February 1st 2011 by Routledge
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Changing Literacies for Changing Times
An Historical Perspective on the Future of Reading Research, Public Policy, and Classroom Practices
Offering the wisdom that only experience and expertise in the field can bring, this book takes a critical look into the present and the future of literacy as envisioned by leading reading researchers. The lead author of each chapter, and in some cases more than one, of the authors, is a...
Published July 6th 2009 by Routledge
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The Emotional Literacy Handbook
A Guide for Schools
Demonstrating how schools can reduce conflict and bullying, this title promotes tolerance and stimulates a positive attitude to teaching and learning by creating an emotionally literate environment....
Published August 5th 2004 by David Fulton Publishers