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A research agenda for intelligence studies and government (2022)
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Dover, R., Dylan, H., & Goodman, M. S. (Eds.). (2022). A research agenda for intelligence studies and government. London: Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800378803

This Research Agenda explores the academic field of intelligence studies and how it is developing into an increasingly international and diverse area of study.

As more governments release records, and as new generations of scholars engage with the... Read More about A research agenda for intelligence studies and government.

Interpreting Brexit: Reimagining Political Traditions (2022)
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Bevir, M., & Beech, M. (Eds.). (2022). Interpreting Brexit: Reimagining Political Traditions. Palgrave Macmillan (part of Springer Nature). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17281-6

This volume examines the impact of Brexit on political traditions such as nationalism, liberalism and conservatism, cosmopolitanism and decentralization. Bringing together scholars of British Politics, the chapters focus on the following topics: Bre... Read More about Interpreting Brexit: Reimagining Political Traditions.

Hacker, Influencer, Faker, Spy. Intelligence Agencies in the Digital Age (2022)
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Dover, R. (2022). Hacker, Influencer, Faker, Spy. Intelligence Agencies in the Digital Age. London: Hurst Publishers

Intelligence agencies are reflections of the societies they serve. No surprise, then, that modern spies and the agencies they work for are fixated on the internet and electronic communications. These same officials also struggle with notions of priva... Read More about Hacker, Influencer, Faker, Spy. Intelligence Agencies in the Digital Age.

The Maritime Transport of Sculptures in the Ancient Mediterranean (2022)
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Velentza, K. (2022). The Maritime Transport of Sculptures in the Ancient Mediterranean. Archaeopress. https://doi.org/10.32028/9781803273303

With a focus on the underwater context of sculptures retrieved from beneath the sea, this volume examines where, when, why and how sculptures were transported on the Mediterranean Sea during Classical Antiquity through the lenses of both maritime and... Read More about The Maritime Transport of Sculptures in the Ancient Mediterranean.

India's intelligence culture and strategic surprises: Spying for south block (2022)
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Chaya, D. P. (2022). India's intelligence culture and strategic surprises: Spying for south block. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003296195

The work looks at whether there is a distinct way in which India 'thinks about' and 'does' intelligence, and, by extension, whether this affects the prospects of it being surprised. Drawing on a combination of archival data, secondary source informat... Read More about India's intelligence culture and strategic surprises: Spying for south block.

Global Competence in Teacher Education: Resources for Teaching and Learning. (2022)
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Jones, S.-L., & Cassiano, A. C. (Eds.). (2022). Global Competence in Teacher Education: Resources for Teaching and Learning

This eBook is for teacher educators, teachers and non-formal educators.

It contains a set of resources and learning designs concerned with global competence education. Global competence can be defined as:

“the capacity to examine local, global... Read More about Global Competence in Teacher Education: Resources for Teaching and Learning..

American Philanthropy at Home and Abroad: New Directions in the History of Giving (2022)
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Offiler, B., & Williams, R. (Eds.). (2022). American Philanthropy at Home and Abroad: New Directions in the History of Giving. Bloomsbury Publishing

American Philanthropy at Home and Abroad explores the different ways in which charities, voluntary associations, religious organisations, philanthropic foundations and other non-state actors have engaged with traditions of giving. Using examples from... Read More about American Philanthropy at Home and Abroad: New Directions in the History of Giving.

Transitions to School: Perspectives and Experiences from Latin America. Research, Policy, and Practice (2022)
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Urbina-Garcia, A., Perry, B., Dockett, S., Jindal-Snape, D., & Garcia-Cabrero, B. (Eds.). (2022). Transitions to School: Perspectives and Experiences from Latin America. Research, Policy, and Practice. Springer

This book showcases the quality work that Latin American researchers have done on transition to school in Latin American countries by offering the English-speaking world, first-hand access to some Latin American transitions research, practices, and p... Read More about Transitions to School: Perspectives and Experiences from Latin America. Research, Policy, and Practice.

Dominant Algorithms to Evaluate Artificial Intelligence: From the View of Throughput Model (2022)
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Rodgers, W. (2022). Dominant Algorithms to Evaluate Artificial Intelligence: From the View of Throughput Model. Bielefeld: Bentham Science Publishers. https://doi.org/10.2174/97898150495411220101

This book describes the Throughput Model methodology that can enable individuals and organizations to better identify, understand, and use algorithms to solve daily problems. The Throughput Model is a progressive model intended to advance the artific... Read More about Dominant Algorithms to Evaluate Artificial Intelligence: From the View of Throughput Model.

The Front-end of Large Public Projects: Paradoxes and Ways Ahead (2022)
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Williams, T., Samset, K., & Holst Volden, G. (Eds.). (2022). The Front-end of Large Public Projects: Paradoxes and Ways Ahead. London: Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003257172

Large public projects represent major complex investment and whilst there has been much written about how to develop, manage and deliver such projects, practice still does not match up with expectations. In this book, researchers from the Norwegian C... Read More about The Front-end of Large Public Projects: Paradoxes and Ways Ahead.

Supporting Course and Programme Leaders: Practical Wisdom for Leaders, Educational Developers and Programme Leaders (2022)
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Lawrence, J., Morón-García, S., & Senior, R. (Eds.). (2022). Supporting Course and Programme Leaders: Practical Wisdom for Leaders, Educational Developers and Programme Leaders. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003127413

Offering research- and evidence-based approaches that explore the essential components of programme leadership in higher education, this book is designed to define, develop and support the programme leadership role and all those who undertake it.

Humanitarianism, empire and transnationalism, 1760-1995: selective humanity in the Anglophone World (2022)
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Damousi, J., Burnard, T., & Lester, A. (Eds.). (2022). Humanitarianism, empire and transnationalism, 1760-1995: selective humanity in the Anglophone World. Manchester: Manchester University Press

This is the first book to examine the shifting relationship between humanitarianism and the expansion, consolidation and postcolonial transformation of the Anglophone world across three centuries, from the antislavery campaign of the late eighteenth... Read More about Humanitarianism, empire and transnationalism, 1760-1995: selective humanity in the Anglophone World.

The Republic, Secularism and Security: France versus the Burqa and the Niqab (2022)
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Cohen-Almagor, R. (2022). The Republic, Secularism and Security: France versus the Burqa and the Niqab. (1). Champaign Illinois: Springer

This book analyses French cultural policies in the face of what the French government perceives as a challenge to its Republican secular raison d'être. It makes general arguments about France’s changing identity and specific arguments about the burqa... Read More about The Republic, Secularism and Security: France versus the Burqa and the Niqab.

The Poetry of Life : Understanding Human Control Systems and the Brilliance of their Design and Function (2022)
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St Clair Gibson, A. (2022). The Poetry of Life : Understanding Human Control Systems and the Brilliance of their Design and Function. Whitley Bay: UK Book Publishing

A coherent series of 60 essays examining all aspects of life and its control, from basic body and mind function, to mroe generic theories of mechanisms underpinning life, and then on to philosophical issues associated with life as we know it.