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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “leo mccann”
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  • The Paramedic at Work

    A Sociology of a New Profession

    by Leo McCann ...
    Ambulance services and paramedics perform critical roles in contemporary healthcare economies. Trained to work in the field and respond rapidly to emergencies, societies have come to increasingly rely on ambulance services to deliver urgent care. Never has this need been more acute than in recent years given intense social inequality, overstretched and underfunded health systems, and deadly ... Read more

    $35.09 USD

  • Russian Transformations

    Challenging the Global Narrative

    Edited by Leo McCann ...
    Series series BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies
    The transition of Russia to a 'developed market economy' has been slower, more contradictory and less predictable than expected. This book examines contemporary Russian socio-economic development, and explores the degree to which Russian experiences can be incorporated into current social science theories. In particular, it questions how far the concept of 'globalization' is applicable to the ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Critical Perspectives on the Management and Organization of Emergency Services

    by Paresh Wankhade, Leo McCann, Peter Murphy ...
    Series series Routledge Critical Studies in Public Management
    Critical Perspectives on the Management and Organization of Emergency Services makes an important contribution to the subject of emergency services management and to public administration and organization studies more generally. It critically assesses developments in emergency services management by examining the multi-dimensional nature of the provision of emergency services and their ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Deconstructing the Welfare State

    Managing Healthcare in the Age of Reform

    by Paula Hyde, Edward Granter, John Hassard, Leo McCann ...
    Who are NHS middle managers? What do they do, and why and how do they do it’?This book explores the daily realities of working life for middle managers in the UK’s National Health Service during a time of radical change and disruption to the entire edifice of publicly-funded healthcare. It is an empirical critique of the movement towards a healthcare model based around HMO-type providers such as ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • International and Comparative Business

    Foundations of Political Economies

    by Leo McCann ...
    ′Erudite and accessible, McCann demonstrates how the national gets reconfigured around the global without losing some of its unique features. Far from being a one-size-fits-all Anglo-American template, neoliberalism comes in many different hues and variations. This is by far the best textbook in the field and is destined to become a classic for years to come.′ Manfred B. Steger, Professor of ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book about Globalization

    by Leo McCann ...
    Series series Very Short, Fairly Interesting & Cheap Books
    In Globalization, the author explores the various intermingled aspects that make up the processes and controversies of globalization; he discusses the history and rise of the concept, sceptical and critical ideas about it, the debates around a global culture, and the implications of globalization for work, business, management and organizations.Conceived by Chris Grey as an antidote to ... Read more

    $30.59 USD

  • Economic Development in Tatarstan

    Global Markets and a Russian Region

    by Leo McCann ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series
    Based on extensive original research in the Republic of Tatarstan, in the Central Volga region of Russia, this book examines the economic development path followed by Tatarstan since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the Russian financial crash of 1998. It argues that the roles of global capitalism and globalisation are somewhat exaggerated in much contemporary academic literature. In the case ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Managing in the Modern Corporation

    The Intensification of Managerial Work in the USA, UK and Japan

    by John Hassard, Leo McCann, Jonathan Morris ...
    In recent years, widespread organisational change in large corporations has almost invariably led to work intensification and increased stress for managers. Managing in the Modern Corporation explains how and why large companies have changed their organisational structures and philosophies, focusing in particular on how these changes affect the careers of middle managers. Based on in-depth ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

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  • The Perfect Dictatorship

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    The Chinese system is like no other known to man, now or in history. This book explains how the system works and where it may be moving. Drawing on Chinese and international sources, on extensive collaboration with Chinese scholars, and on the political science of state analysis, the author concludes that under the new leadership of Xi Jinping, the system of government has been transformed into a ... Read more

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  • COVID-19 Collaborations

    Researching Poverty and Low-Income Family Life during the Pandemic

    Edited by Kayleigh Garthwaite, Ruth Patrick, Maddy Power, Anna Tarrant, Rosalie Warnock ...
    Epdf and ePUB available Open Access under CC BY NC ND licence. The COVID-19 pandemic affected everyone – but, for some, existing social inequalities were exacerbated, and this created a vital need for research. Researchers found themselves operating in a new and difficult context; they needed to act quickly and think collectively to embark on new research despite the constraints of the pandemic. ... Read more

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  • Goh Keng Swee On China: Selected Essays

    by John Wong, Yongnian Zheng ...
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