The Urban Design Group's annual celebration of excellence in urban design will this year be held at the Royal Overseas League in St James's, Central London and will showcase some of the best examples of urban design work produced in the UK and beyond over the past 12 months.
For more information about the Urban Design Group
]]>‘Lucan’s narrative, as he develops this ‘story of a word’, is never dry or dull, as the question is always addressed through examples – whether drawn from the rule books, or analysed as the processes by which projects emerge.’
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]]>We are pleased to say that the University of Leicester Bookshop will be taking pre-orders of Museums and the Paradox of Change and will have a small number of copies of Museums in a Troubled World for sale.
Bookings are not being taken for the event, but if you would like to attend please get in touch with the School of Museum Studies on: +44(0)116 252 3963. Please also enquire for times.
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In a time of great political change and unrest, these highly topical texts offer succinct accounts of the contemporary political environment in the Middle East.
Written in a clear and accessible manner, this series fills a conspicuous gap in the existing academic literature on the MENA region. It will be of interest not only to students of international politics and Middle East studies, but also to anyone travelling in or wanting to learn more about the region. Here we have provided a selection of the most recent titles, but you can see below for links to the rest of the series.
To receive 20% off any of the series titles for a limited time only*, enter the code GDC72 at checkout.
Lebanon: The Politics of a Penetrated Society
Systematically exploring Lebanon’s history, society and politics, the author stresses the importance of the crucial role of external actors in the Lebanese system. The analysis encompasses:
Following a brief look at pre-independence Libya, the author explores the way in which the fragility of the post-independence state, unable to contain rising Arab nationalist struggles and growing economic expectations, opened the way for the Free Unionist Officers led by Muammar al-Qaddafi to seize power. He then traces the progressive development of the revolutionary state through four stages:
Jordan: A Hashemite Legacy, 2nd Edition
Under the rule of King Abdullah II, Jordan has remained an influential regional player in the Middle East Peace Process, its strategic position on the borders of Palestine, Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Iraq ensuring that it cannot be overlooked in the regional and international politics. The new edition includes coverage and discussion of:
Turkey: Challenges of Continuity and Change
The authors put issues relevant to Turkey today – such as consolidating democracy, dealing with economic development issues, improving its human rights record and its foreign policy – in an historical context, allowing comparisons with other late developers in the world and reflecting the complexity of Turkish political and socio-economic developments. Turkey also argues that the modernization process that started in the nineteenth century, with all its elements including secularization and Westernization, has taken root.
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Free Your Mind with hundreds of thousands of new and classic articles in Behavioral Science, Psychology, Psychiatry, Mental Health, Neuroscience, and much much more, by authors from Asch to Zimbardo.
Plus! 20% off all Psychology Press and Routledge Mental Health books in February! Enter your special discount code FYMFEB13 at the checkout.
]]>Jean writes books and articles about action research and professional education across the professions, with sole and collaborative authorship. Her most recent book is a third edition of Action Research: Principles and Practice (2013). Abiding commitments include the idea of how studying their practices can help people explain how they hold themselves accountable for their thinking and their work, in the interests of others and of a co-operative and productive world order.
Writing the third edition of Action Research: Principles and Practice has been important for me. The first edition, written in 1988, began to draw on ideas that were developing in my doctoral studies, about immanence and emergence and connectedness, and the transformational relationships between people, their thinking and their experiences of the world; these ideas have matured over the years, and now incorporate ideas about dialogue and spiritual relationship. I like the idea, drawing on the work of Howard Zinn, of a people’s history of action research, so the book contains lots of small case studies from people I meet and work with all over the world and from different contexts. It is a real privilege to be able to work with them, and a lot of fun. It is also nice to be able to use your writing to critique your own thinking, and each new edition of a book, including this one, represents a critical step forward in the thinking. Life never stands still.
You can read more of my writings and ideas at www.jeanmcniff.com, and see some of the work undertaken around the world. You can also contact me at jeanmcniff@mac.com. I look forward to hearing from you.
]]>"The strength of Venuti's writing comes from his tenacity... Venuti pursues complex and sensitive issues through detailed discussion of examples." - Sherry Simon, Concordia University, Montreal, QB
"His range of reference is impressively wide. He conveys large amounts of detail with a pleasant urgency." - New York Times Book Review
Aside from his teaching and translating work, Professor Venuti is a member of the editorial board of The Translator: Studies in Intercultural Communication. In 1998, he edited a special issue of The Translator devoted to translation and minority. Click here to listen to an interview with Professor Venuti at the Routledge Translation Studies Portal.
His new book from Routledge, Translation Changes Everything, gathers fourteen of his incisive essays since 2000. The selection sketches the trajectory of his thinking about translation while engaging with the main trends in research and commentary. This latest chapter in his developing work is essential reading for translators and students of translation alike.
For this month only, all of Professor Venuti’s Routledge books are 20% off! Scroll down to browse these must-read titles, then use Discount Code HRK54 at checkout.
]]>Dr. Wang will be presented with a formal personalized award citation along with a $1,000 prize to be shared with Dr. Andres De Los Reyes of the University of Maryland at the APA Convention in Honolulu, Hawaii, July 31-August 4, 2013. An announcement of all APA award recipients will also be printed in the May 2013 APA Monitor.
We congratulate Dr.Wang on this great honor!
For more information on the APA Distinguished Scientific Awards for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology, click here
]]>Law and the Question of the Animal, edited by Yoriko Otomo and Edward Mussawir, addresses the problem of ‘animal life’ in terms that go beyond the usual extension of liberal rights to animals.
Justice as Improvisation by Sara Ramshaw theorises the relationship between justice and improvisation through the case of the New York City cabaret laws.
Althusser and Law, edited Laurent Desutter, is the first book specifically dedicated to the place of law in Louis Althusser’s philosophy. The growing importance of Althusser’s philosophy in contemporary debates on the left has - for practical and political, as well theoretical reasons - made a sustained consideration of his conception of law more necessary than ever.
]]>Published in September 2012, The Routledge Handbook of International Environmental Law is an up-to-date and authoritative book makes it an essential reference work for students, scholars and practitioners working in the field.
The Routledge Handbook of Media Law has been described as 'simply the best book on the market' by Viktor Mayer-Schonberger.
In December 2012 The Routledge Handbook of Constitutional Law published. The book presents the key issues in constitutional law thematically allowing for a truly comparative approach to the subject.
In 2013 The Routledge Handbook of International Human Rights Law edited by Sir Nigel Rodley and Scott Sheeran will publish. Providing up-to-date and authoritative articles covering key aspects of international human rights law, this reference work is an essential work of reference for scholars, practitioners and students alike.
The tenth edition of Richard Stone's textbook The Modern Law of Contract will publish in February. This new edition features a revised companion website that presents chapter-by-chapter Multiple-Choice Questions; a Flashcard glossary; contract law skills advice; PowerPoint slides of the diagrams within the book; and sample essay questions.
Bourne on Company Law by Nicholas Bourne will publish into a sixth edition in February. For the first time this textbook will be supported by a companion website offering self-test questions, a useful glossary and annotated web links.
A new edition in the Unlocking series, Unlocking Company Law by Sue McLaughlin will also publish in a second edition. Fully updated to include all new cases, this new edition contains new material on rescuing troubled companies and takeovers.
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