Sociology: Recent submissions
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Communicating Creativity: The Discursive Facilitation of Creative Activity in Arts
(Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2018)This book provides an extensive and original analysis of the way that written and spoken communication facilitates creative practice in the university art and design studio. Challenging the established view of creativity ... -
Blending Technologies in Second Language Classrooms
(Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2018)This book analyses the classroom blending of face-to-face and online technologies in the teaching and learning of second languages. Its theoretical framework integrates the rapidly changing and developing fields of both ... -
Autonomy in Language Learning and Teaching: New Research Agendas
(Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2018)This book seeks to expand the research agendas on autonomy in language learning and teaching in diverse contexts, by examining the present landscape of established studies, identifying research gaps and providing practical ... -
Second Language Acquisition as a Mode-Switching Process: An Empirical Analysis of Korean Learners of English
(Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2018)This book analyses processes of mode-switching in second language acquisition as they relate to Korean learners of English. In this empirical study, the author examines how native language influences and shapes usage of ... -
The Palgrave Handbook of Paralympic Studies
(Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2018)This handbook provides a critical assessment of contemporary issues that define the contours of the Paralympic Movement generally and the Paralympic Games more specifically. It addresses conceptualisations of disability ... -
The Palgrave Handbook of Dark Tourism Studies
(Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2018)This handbook is the definitive reference text for the study of ‘dark tourism’, the contemporary commodification of death within international visitor economies. Shining a light on dark tourism and visitor sites of death ... -
White Collar Crime and Risk: Financial Crime, Corruption and the Financial Crisis
(Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2018)This edited collection provides an innovative and detailed analysis of the relationship between the financial crisis, risk and corruption. A large majority of the published research has concentrated on identifying the ... -
Creativity and English Language Teaching: From Inspiration to Implementation
(Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2018)This book offers a unique perspective on creativity in an educational environment where there is a relative dearth of literature on this subject. The authors link practice and principle to provide a practical and valuable ... -
Media Logic(s) Revisited: Modelling the Interplay between Media Institutions, Media Technology and Societal Change
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)This volume provides new approaches to the concept of media logics – developed by Altheide and Snow – by drawing on theoretical and empirical perspectives from international scientists working in the field of communications, ... -
Dictionary of Labour Biography: Volume XIV
(Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2018)The Dictionary of Labour Biography has an outstanding reputation as a reference work for the study of nineteenth and twentieth century British history. Volume XIV maintains this standard of original and thorough scholarship. ... -
Eurocritical: A Crisis of the Euro Currency
(Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2018)This book critically analyses the crisis of the euro currency from 2008 to the present. It argues that an understanding of this crisis requires an understanding of financial and economic crises in individual countries ... -
Advanced Simulation-Based Methods for Optimal Stopping and Control: With Applications in Finance
(Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2018)This is an advanced guide to optimal stopping and control, focusing on advanced Monte Carlo simulation and its application to finance. Written for quantitative finance practitioners and researchers in academia, the book ... -
Botswana – A Modern Economic History: An African Diamond in the Rough
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)Together with Mauritius, Botswana is often categorized as one of two growth miracles in sub-Saharan Africa. Due to its spectacular long-run economic performance and impressive social development, it has been termed both ... -
The Palgrave Handbook of Ageing and Physical Activity Promotion
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)The ageing of our population is a key societal issue across the globe. Although people are living longer, they need to be living longer in good health to continue to enjoy quality of life and independence and to prevent ... -
Collective Leadership in Soviet Politics
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)This book studies the way in which the top leadership in the Soviet Union changed over time from 1917 until the collapse of the country in 1991. Its principal focus is the tension between individual leadership and collective ... -
Psychosis or Mystical Religious Experience?: A New Paradigm Grounded in Psychology and Reformed Theology
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)This book presents a new paradigm for distinguishing psychotic and mystical religious experiences. In order to explore how Presbyterian pastors differentiate such events, Susan L. DeHoff draws from Reformed theology, ... -
Empathy, Emotion and Education
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)This book explores the construct of empathy and its connection with education. Charting literature on the origins and evolution of the concept of empathy, the author examines the multifaceted nature of empathy and the ... -
The Linguistics of Spoken Communication in Early Modern English Writing: Exploring Bess of Hardwick's Manuscript Letters
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)This book uses a corpus of manuscript letters from Bess of Hardwick to investigate how linguistic features characteristic of spoken communication function within early modern epistolary prose. Using these letters as a ... -
Korean Women in Leadership
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)The book focuses on the historical, political, economic, and cultural elements of Korea and the strong influence these have on women leaders in the nation. It examines challenges and opportunities for women leaders as they ... -
International Trade Policy and Class Dynamics in South Africa: The Economic Partnership Agreement
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)This book provides an innovative perspective on class dynamics in South Africa, focusing specifically on how different interests have shaped economic and trade policy. As an emerging market, South African political and ...
