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Brexit and Beyond
Brexit will have significant consequences for the country, for Europe, and for global order. And yet much discussion of Brexit in the UK has focused on the causes of the vote and on its consequences for the future of British politics. This volume examines the consequences of Brexit for the future of Europe and the European Union, adopting an explicitly regional and future-oriented perspective missing from many existing analyses. Drawing on the expertise of 28 leading scholars from a range of disciplines, Brexit and Beyond offers various different perspectives on the future of Europe, charting the likely effects of Brexit across a range of areas, including institutional relations, political e...
Rethinking Gamification
Gamification marks a major change to everyday life. It describes the permeation of economic, political, and social contexts by game-elements such as awards, rule structures, and interfaces that are inspired by video games. Sometimes the term is reduced to the implementation of points, badges, and leaderboards as incentives and motivations to be productive. Sometimes it is envisioned as a universal remedy to deeply transform society toward more humane and playful ends. Despite its use by corporations to manage brand communities and personnel, however, gamification is more than just a marketing buzzword. States are beginning to use it as a new tool for governing populations more effectively. I...
Property, Power and Politics
Globalization is an extraordinary phenomenon affecting virtually everything in our lives. And it is imperative that we understand the operation of economic power in a globalized world if we are to address the most challenging issues our world is facing today, from climate change to world hunger and poverty. This revolutionary work rethinks globalization as a power system feeding from, and in competition with, the state system. Cutting across disciplines of law, politics and economics, it explores how multinational enterprises morphed into world political organisations with global reach and power, but without the corresponding responsibilities. In illuminating how the concentration of property rights within corporations has led to the rejection of democracy as an ineffective system of government and to the rise in inequality, Robé offers a clear pathway to a fairer and more sustainable power system.
Broken Paths
Winner of the Muslim Writers Awards 'Unpublished Novel' 2009. The award-winning Broken Paths is a powerful, tender and elegiac story that charts the dysfunctional relationship between a Bengali single mother and her son, living in England. It peels away layers of family history in both countries to reveal the painful secrets that each keeps from the other, the estrangement this causes over time, and the clash of cultural, religious and moral values. Samir, raised in London and sick of his mother's traditional lifestyle and suffocating love, moves out of home to find his own way beyond his dead end job and druggy friends. Amina is left lonely and desperate: her life's work in her adopted country has been to turn her son into a successful Muslim family man. A Bengali neighbour persuades Amina that an arranged marriage will get her son back, but this path leads to a fateful confrontation between mother and son. The tragic fallout tests the true strength of filial love.
Rethinking Urban Risk and Resettlement in the Global South
A study on urban risk and resettlement programs in the Global South in the era of climate change. Environmental changes impact everyone, but the burden is especially heavy upon the lives and livelihoods of the urban poor and those living in informal settlements. In an effort to reduce urban residents' exposure to climate change and natural disasters, resettlement programs are becoming widespread across the Global South. Yet, while resettlement may reduce a region's future climate-related disaster risk, it can also often increase poverty and vulnerability. This volume collates the findings from a research project that examined urban areas across the globe, including case studies from India, Uganda, Peru, Colombia, Mexico, Cambodia, and the Philippines. The book offers a unique approach to resettlement, providing an opportunity for urban planners to re-think how disaster risk management can better address the accumulation of urban risks in the era of climate change.
Bookbuilder
Nothing sells you like a book ... but it had better be a good book! If you want to create a powerful non-fiction book that serves and attracts your ideal clients while positioning you as the go-to expert in your industry, you need to rethink your entire approach to planning and writing your book. Using a unique approach that has been honed over years of working directly with entrepreneur authors, Lucy and Joe show you exactly how to position and structure your book, what to include, how to accelerate the writing process and ultimately write a book that will transform your business while improving the lives of your readers. Bookbuilder gives you the tools to: - Position and name your book for maximum impact through the 3 Ps - Clarify your book's vision and purpose with the AUTHOR framework - Craft the perfect introduction via the PLAN model - Construct your book piece-by-piece based on the BUILD blueprint - Get your book written without the fuss using the WRITER process
Reframing Marketing
What does your marketing say about you? More than you think. Before someone gets to know you as a client, they see you through your marketing. High-pressure sales, relentless ads and complicated funnels rely on fear and manipulation. Is this how you want to start a client relationship? Marketing advice for big brands or ecommerce doesn't work for coaches, consultants or freelancers. Tactics, pressure and persuasion rarely attract good clients. When you're marketing yourself and your work, your marketing is a reflection of you. There is another way. Marketing can be both ethical and effective. It's time to reframe your marketing. This book is a practical guide for people who run their own bus...
Speak Up!
How to ask for what you want, talk about what matters and make yourself heard Conversations are part of everyday life but can be challenging. Are you starting out in further education or choosing a new career path? Do you have trouble starting conversations? Do you lack confidence and feel like you have nothing important to add? Do you miss out on expressing yourself and connecting with others? Do you struggle to ask the right questions? When you have work appraisals or interviews do you just hope that you will make the best impression? If you answered YES, this book will help you to change how you approach conversations with friends, family and people in authority, for good! The fivestep SPEAK model described in this book can help you change how you approach conversations. You’ll be able to learn why certain conversations fail, how you can plan your interactions more constructively, and how to give yourself the best chance to have a really great conversation.
Woke Army
From California to the West Bank, former Wall Street Journal reporter Asra Q. Nomani spans the globe, investigating a hidden network of keyboard warriors who hide behind fake identities and pseudonymous Twitter and Facebook accounts. These digital trolls launch virulent attacks against Muslim reformers and others who challenge their divisive attempts to destroy American freedoms. In Woke Army, the author moves from being hunted by this network to being the hunter. The book uncovers the real identities of the network’s members, chronicles their secret operations, and reveals their impact on American public debate, from policing to education in our K–12 schools. In doing so, Nomani uncover...
Myanmar (Burma) since the 1988 Uprising
Updated by popular demand, this is the fourth edition of this important bibliography. It lists a wide selection of works on or about Myanmar published in English and in hard copy since the 1988 pro-democracy uprising, which marked the beginning of a new era in Myanmar’s modern history. There are now 2,727 titles listed. They have been written, edited, translated or compiled by over 2,000 people, from many different backgrounds. These works have been organized into thirty-five subject chapters containing ninety-five discrete sections. There are also four appendices, including a comprehensive reading guide for those unfamiliar with Myanmar or who may be seeking guidance on particular topics. This book is an invaluable aid to officials, scholars, journalists, armchair travellers and others with an interest in this fascinating but deeply troubled country.
