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Facing up to global challenges. In 2015 all UN Member States signed up to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, defining 17 goals to be achieved collectively to end poverty, protect the planet and improve the lives and prospects for everyone, everywhere. With ten years left to achieve them, this series of 17 short books examine each of the goals from an economic, social, environmental and cultural perspective, looking at the implications of success and failure and what nations need to do to successfully implement the agenda. Titles included in this set: SDG1 - No Poverty:Making the Dream a Reality; SDG11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities:Towards Inclusive, Safe, and Resilient Settlements; SDG16 - Peace and Justice:Challenges, Actions and the Way Forward; SDG17 - Partnerships for the Goals:Strengthening Implementation Through Global Cooperation; SDG3 - Good Health and Wellbeing:Re-Calibrating the SDG Agenda; SDG4 - Quality Education:Inclusivity, Equity and Lifelong Learning For All; SDG5 - Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women and Girls; SDG6 - Clean Water and Sanitation:Balancing the Water Cycle for Sustainable Life on Earth; SDG8 - Sustainable Economic Growth and Decent Work for All;

Management, from a critical perspective. Critical management Studies provide a assessment against prevailing social order and management and are designed to produce better managers and fairer organisations. This Series brings together informed critiques of management, business and organization, grounded originally in critical theory perspectives. Titles included in this set: Organizing Disaster:The Construction of Humanitarianism; Organization Theory:Critical and Philosophical Engagements; Contesting Institutional Hegemony in Today's Business Schools:Doctoral Students Speak Out; The Ideological Evolution of Human Resource Management:A Critical Look into HRM Research and Practices; Making Critical Sense of Immigrant Experience:A Case Study of Hong Kong Chinese in Canada; STEM-Professional Women's Exclusion in the Canadian Space Industry:Anchor Points and Intersectionality at the Margins of Space; Values, Rationality, and Power: Developing Organizational Wisdom:A Case Study of a Canadian Healthcare Authority;

We know higher education is more than effective teaching and learning. This series examine the issues impacting HE providers, students, reputations and longevity of institutions across the world. Great Debates are just that - discussions designed to assess and evaluate the state of higher education systems, policies as well as social and economic impacts looking at inclusivity, accessibility, safety and leadership. These topics resonate with students, researchers and HE administrators alike. Titles included in this set: Teaching Excellence in Higher Education:Challenges, Changes and the Teaching Excellence Framework; British Universities in the Brexit Moment:Political, Economic and Cultural Implications; Higher Education Funding and Access in International Perspective; Sexual Violence on Campus:Power-Conscious Approaches to Awareness, Prevention, and Response; Evaluating Scholarship and Research Impact:History, Practices, and Policy Development; Access to Success and Social Mobility through Higher Education:A Curate's Egg?; The Marketisation of English Higher Education:A Policy Analysis of a Risk-Based System; Refugees in Higher Education:Debate, Discourse and Practice; Radicalisation and Counter-Radicalisation in Higher Education; Perspectives on Access to Higher Education:Practice and Research; Cultural Journeys in Higher Education:Student Voices and Narratives; Degendering Leadership in Higher Education;

Master the power of communication. Navigate your way through the challenges of the modern PR world with the help of experienced practitioners who have been there and done it! Published in association with Europe’s largest and most influential PR and communications membership body these practical and readable guides are designed for experienced and emerging PR professionals. An essential resource offering guidance, powerful insights and practical techniques to help those in the field of communication. Titles in this set include: Digital PR Crisis; Communications Management; Reputation Management:The Future of Corporate Communications and Public Relations; Writing for the Media; Grow, Build, Sell, Live:A Practical Guide to Running and Building an Agency and Enjoying It;

Do we really understand what it means to be 'alternative'? In contemporary society, alternative music scenes such as heavy metal, goth and punk have spread around the world; and alternative fashions and embodiment practices are now adopted by footballers and fashion models. Alternativity delineates those spaces, scenes, sub-cultures, objects and practices in modern society that are actively designed to be counter or resistive to mainstream popular culture.However, there is a lack of understanding of the challenges faced by those who embrace alternative lifestyles and what it means to be alternative in globalised society. What 'alternative' looks like is explored in these titles, providing unique home for research that will expand our understanding of sub-cultures, scenes and practices defined as alternative. Titles included in this set: Childbirth and Parenting in Horror Texts:The Marginalized and the Monstrous; The Evolution of Goth Culture:The Origins and Deeds of the New Goths; Popular Music in Contemporary Bulgaria:At the Crossroads; Revolutionary Nostalgia:Retromania, Neo-Burlesque, and Consumer Culture; Subcultures, Bodies and Spaces:Essays on Alternativity and Marginalization; The Use and Abuse of Music:Criminal Records;

Is it still impolite in our culture to talk about death? We think not! In fact Death and Mortality don't gate-crash Culture's party they're definitely invited.? Unearthing themes which are ever present but not always explicitly acknowledged, these studies bring together research from across the arts, humanities and social sciences, exploring aspects of death and mortality and their representation and influence across popular culture and the society in which we live. Highly readable and relevant for a broad spectrum of scholars and researches working across multiple disciplines from sociology and criminology to art history and film studies. Titles included in this set: The Evolution of the British Funeral Industry in the 20th Century:From Undertaker to Funeral Director; Death, The Dead and Popular Culture; Death, Memorialization and Deviant Spaces; Skin, Meaning, and Symbolism in Pet Memorials:Tattoos, Taxidermy, and Trinkets; Man-Eating Monsters:Anthropocentrism and Popular Culture;

True leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders. And this is the aim of the International Leadership Association (ILA), the largest worldwide community of professionals from a broad range of sectors who together share their knowledge and experience, inspiring new thinking and shaping the greater good of individuals and communities world-wide. Published in conjunction with the ILA, these 8 titles bridge the gap between research and practice capturing the best contemporary thinking on leadership from a diverse range of scholars, industry-leaders and educators. Essential reading for current practitioners and aspiring leaders of the future. Titles included in this set: Leadership 2050:Critical Challenges, Key Contexts, and Emerging Trends; Creative Social Change:Leadership for a Healthy World; Grassroots Leadership and the Arts For Social Change; Breaking the Zero-Sum Game:Transforming Societies Through Inclusive Leadership; Global and Culturally Diverse Leaders and Leadership:New Dimensions and Challenges for Business, Education and Society; Evolving Leadership for Collective Wellbeing:Lessons for Implementing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals; Leadership and Power in International Development:Navigating the Intersections of Gender, Culture, Context, and Sustainability; Peace, Reconciliation and Social Justice Leadership in the 21st Century:The Role of Leaders and Followers;

It's not just a phase.... The rise of interest in heavy metal academically reflects the growth of the genre as a normal or contested part of everyday lives around the globe. Heavy metal has evolved to be seen as a cultural product and with the arrival into academia of post-graduate and post-doctoral scholars who have grown up with heavy metal as a normal or contested part of their everyday lives has also come an increase in studies into the genre, it's influence, it's misconceptions and it's challenges. Capitalising on the growth of metal music studies, this series, the first of its kind focussing on heavy metal, provides a space to explore metal's position in society, and its meaning and purpose in people's lives. Titles in this set include: Gender Inequality in Metal Music Production; Heavy Metal Youth Identities:Researching the Musical Empowerment of Youth Transitions and Psychosocial Wellbeing; Australian Metal Music:Identities, Scenes, and Cultures; Medievalism and Metal Music Studies:Throwing Down the Gauntlet;

This 3 book set consists of: *9781787693982 - Exploring the Future of Russia's Economy and Markets: Towards Sustainable Economic Development *9781789732665 - Modeling Economic Growth in Contemporary Russia *9781789738827 - Tech, Smart Cities, and Regional Development in Contemporary Russia Russia is one of the world's largest emerging economies. With economic development come technological revolution, growth, and change at every level of society. In the three books in this box set, Bruno S. Sergi and a variety of expert contributors explore these changes, looking at Russia's unique position in the unprecedently complex global economy.

Bringing together three iconic explorations into all things Ambridge, The Academic Archers Book Set is a must have for the die-hard Archers fan. Featuring Custard, Culverts and Cake; Gender, Sex and Gossip in Ambridge; and Flapjacks and Feudalism, the Academic Archers delve into all aspects of life, love, society, and politics in the county of Borsetshire. The books offer both a deeper insight into the characters and world of the Archers, alongside an examination of the real life issues covered in the show, covering topics such as housing, intergenerational wealth, education, gender diversity, and of course, scandal. Featuring chapters by leading scholars, who also happen to be mega-fans, and stars of the programme, these classic books offer validation that hours of listening to The Archers is, in fact, academic research.

Why is our world the way it is, right now? SocietyNow presents the best academic expertise examining key events, trends and phenomenon of current times. Readable, accessible and digestible commentary on the most complex and defining topics of the 21st Century. Written by leading experts in their fields and published when the issues are a focal point across the globe, titles in the series offer a thoughtful and concise response to the major political and economic events and social and cultural trends of our time. Titles included in this set: The Trump Phenomenon: How the Politics of Populism Won in 2016; Becoming Digital: Toward a Post-Internet Society; Understanding Brexit: Why Britain Voted to Leave the European Union; Selfies: Why We Love (and Hate) Them; Internet Celebrity: Understanding Fame Online; Corbynism: A Critical Approach; The Smart City in a Digital World; Kardashian Kulture: How Celebrities Changed Life in the 21st Century; Reality Television: The TV Phenomenon that Changed the World;