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Dystopian Emotions

Emotional Landscapes and Dark Futures

by Vern Smith, Geraint Harvey, Deborah Lupton, Michael Hviid Jacobsen, Briohny Doyle, Gina Chin-Yi Yang, Kiran Grewal, Marlee Bower, Rebecca E. Olson ...

As nations reel from the effects of poverty, inequality, climate change and the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, it feels as though the world has entered a period characterized by pessimism, cynicism and anxiety.This edited collection challenges individualized understandings of emotion, revealing how they relate to cultural, economic and political realities in difficult times.Combining numerous ... Read more

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As nations reel from the effects of poverty, inequality, climate change and the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, it feels as though the world has entered a period characterized by pessimism, cynicism and anxiety.This edited collection challenges individualized understandings of emotion, revealing how they relate to cultural, economic and political realities in difficult times.Combining numerous
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Towards a Sociology of Cancer Caregiving

Time to Feel

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Once a synonym for death, cancer is now a prognosis of multiple probabilities and produces a world of uncertainty for carers. Drawing on rich, in-depth interview data and employing interactionist theories, Towards a Sociology of Cancer Caregiving explores carers' lived experiences, paying close attention to the ways in which spouse carers manage the ambiguity that pervades their orientations to ... Read more

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Once a synonym for death, cancer is now a prognosis of multiple probabilities and produces a world of uncertainty for carers. Drawing on rich, in-depth interview data and employing interactionist theories, Towards a Sociology of Cancer Caregiving explores carers' lived experiences, paying close attention to the ways in which spouse carers manage the ambiguity that pervades their orientations to
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The Workplace of the Future

The Fourth Industrial Revolution, the Precariat and the Death of Hierarchies

by Jon-Arild Johannessen ...

Series series Routledge Studies in the Economics of Innovation
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is a global development that shows no signs of slowing down. In his book, The Workplace of the Future: The Fourth Industrial Revolution, the Precariat and the Death of Hierarchies, Jon-Arild Johannessen sets a chilling vision of how robots and artificial intelligence will completely disrupt and transform working life.The author contests that once the dust has ... Read more

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The Fourth Industrial Revolution is a global development that shows no signs of slowing down. In his book, The Workplace of the Future: The Fourth Industrial Revolution, the Precariat and the Death of Hierarchies, Jon-Arild Johannessen sets a chilling vision of how robots and artificial intelligence will completely disrupt and transform working life.The author contests that once the dust has
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Positive Psychology In A Nutshell: The Science Of Happiness

by Ilona Boniwell ...

Discover the latest research findings and thinking on the topics of happiness, flow, optimism, motivation, character strengths, love and more. ... Read more

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Organizing for Societal Grand Challenges

Edited by Ali Aslan Gümüsay, Emilio Marti, Hannah Trittin-Ulbrich, Christopher Wickert ...

Series Book 79 - Research in the Sociology of Organizations
The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online.Societal grand challenges have moved from a marginal concern to a mainstream issue within the field of organization and management studies. Organizing for Societal Grand Challenges unpacks how diverse forms of organizing help tackle - or reinforce - grand challenges, while emphasizing the need for researchers to ... Read more

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The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online.Societal grand challenges have moved from a marginal concern to a mainstream issue within the field of organization and management studies. Organizing for Societal Grand Challenges unpacks how diverse forms of organizing help tackle - or reinforce - grand challenges, while emphasizing the need for researchers to
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Digital Ethnography

Principles and Practice

by Sarah Pink, Heather Horst, John Postill, Larissa Hjorth, Tania Lewis, Jo Tacchi ...

This sharp, innovative book champions the rising significance of ethnographic research on the use of digital resources around the world. It contextualises digital and pre-digital ethnographic research and demonstrates how the methodological, practical and theoretical dimensions are increasingly intertwined.Digital ethnography is central to our understanding of the social world; it can shape ... Read more

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This sharp, innovative book champions the rising significance of ethnographic research on the use of digital resources around the world. It contextualises digital and pre-digital ethnographic research and demonstrates how the methodological, practical and theoretical dimensions are increasingly intertwined.Digital ethnography is central to our understanding of the social world; it can shape
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Positive Psychology: Theory, Research And Applications

by Kate Hefferon, Ilona Boniwell ...

This new textbook combines a breadth of information about positive psychology with reflective questions, critical commentary and up to date research. ... Read more

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Creating Interdisciplinary Campus Cultures

A Model for Strength and Sustainability

by Julie Thompson Klein ...

Praise for Creating Interdisciplinary Campus Cultures"Klein's analysis shows convincingly that from research in the sciences to new graduate-level programs and departments, to new designs for general education, interdisciplinarity is now prevalent throughout American colleges and universities. . . . Klein documents trends, traces historical patterns and precedents, and provides practical advice. ... Read more

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Praise for Creating Interdisciplinary Campus Cultures"Klein's analysis shows convincingly that from research in the sciences to new graduate-level programs and departments, to new designs for general education, interdisciplinarity is now prevalent throughout American colleges and universities. . . . Klein documents trends, traces historical patterns and precedents, and provides practical advice.
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Distrusting Educational Technology

Critical Questions for Changing Times

by Neil Selwyn ...

Distrusting Educational Technology critically explores the optimistic consensus that has arisen around the use of digital technology in education. Drawing on a variety of theoretical and empirical perspectives, this book shows how apparently neutral forms of educational technology have actually served to align educational provision and practices with neo-liberal values, thereby eroding the nature ... Read more

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Distrusting Educational Technology critically explores the optimistic consensus that has arisen around the use of digital technology in education. Drawing on a variety of theoretical and empirical perspectives, this book shows how apparently neutral forms of educational technology have actually served to align educational provision and practices with neo-liberal values, thereby eroding the nature
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Organizational Ethnography

Studying the Complexity of Everyday Life

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Just as newspapers do not, typically, engage with the ordinary experiences of people′s daily lives, so organizational studies has also tended largely to ignore the humdrum, everyday experiences of people working in organizations. However, ethnographic approaches provide in-depth and up-close understandings of how the ′everyday-ness′ of work is organized and how, in turn, work itself organizes ... Read more

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Happiness

The Science Behind Your Smile

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Everybody wants it. But what exactly is happiness? The pursuit of happiness has been recognized by everyone from poets to politicians as what makes the world go round. The world's largest and fastest-growing industries - alcohol, pharmaceuticals, mind altering drugs, self-help books, counselling, travel and tourism - all profit heavily from our intent to become completely happy with our lives. In ... Read more

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Public Relations

Concepts, Practice and Critique

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"An excellent text for encouraging students to think critically about key public relations issues. Not only does it help students to develop a deeper appreciation of public relations, it also helps them to develop valuable learning skills."- Amanda Coady, The Hague University"A typically excellent piece of work from Jacquie L′Etang. Critical of every basic concept and provocative to all students. ... Read more

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