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Organizational Choice in UK Marine Insurance (2015)
Book Chapter
Pearson, R., & Doe, H. (2015). Organizational Choice in UK Marine Insurance. In R. Pearson, & T. Yoneyama (Eds.), Corporate Forms and Organisational Choice in International Insurance (47-67). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780198739005.003.0003

From the eighteenth century British marine insurance developed via a wide range of organizational forms, including individual and syndicated underwriters, mutual associations, chartered corporations, unchartered stock companies, and protection and in... Read More about Organizational Choice in UK Marine Insurance.

Organizational Forms in Insurance: A Comparison of the USA and Germany during Industrialization (2015)
Book Chapter
Pearson, R. (2015). Organizational Forms in Insurance: A Comparison of the USA and Germany during Industrialization. In R. Pearson, & T. Yoneyama (Eds.), Corporate Forms and Organisational Choice in International Insurance (114-145). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780198739005.003.0006

This chapter offers the first historical comparison of organizational choice in two of the world’s leading insurance nations, the United States and Germany, as they industrialized before 1914. It provides an overview of the context in which insurance... Read More about Organizational Forms in Insurance: A Comparison of the USA and Germany during Industrialization.

The concept of non-international armed conflict (2015)
Book Chapter
Moir, L. (2015). The concept of non-international armed conflict. In A. Clapham, P. Gaeta, & M. Sassòli (Eds.), The 1949 Geneva Conventions: A Commentary (391-414). Oxford University Press

UK-China collaboration for industrial symbiosis: A multi-level approach to policy transfer analysis (2015)
Book Chapter
Wang, Q., Deutz, P., & Gibbs, D. (2015). UK-China collaboration for industrial symbiosis: A multi-level approach to policy transfer analysis. In P. Deutz, D. I. Lyons, & J. Bi (Eds.), International Perspectives on Industrial Ecology (89-107). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781003572.00014

6. UK-China collaboration for industrial symbiosis: a multi--level approach to policy transfer analysis Qiaozhi Wang, Pauline Deutz and David Gibbs INTRODUCTION Over the last two decades there has been substantial research on both the potential a….

Introducing an international perspective on industrial ecology (2015)
Book Chapter
Deutz, P., & Lyons, D. I. (2015). Introducing an international perspective on industrial ecology. In P. Deutz, D. I. Lyons, & J. Bi (Eds.), International Perspectives on Industrial Ecology (1-11). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781003572.00009

Abstract: The aim of this book is to promote a debate about the relationship between industrial ecology (IE), as a business, community and academic endeavour, and the places in the world where examples of industrial ecology can be found. We present a... Read More about Introducing an international perspective on industrial ecology.

Democratic transition and Pakistan’s nuclear weapons (2015)
Book Chapter
Chakma, B. (2015). Democratic transition and Pakistan’s nuclear weapons. In S. Gregory (Ed.), Democratic transition and security in Pakistan (234-251). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315730813

This chapter examines whether the recent trend of democratisation in Pakistan has made an impact on the country's nuclear policy against the background that traditionally the military has dominated the country's nuclear programme. The democratic tran... Read More about Democratic transition and Pakistan’s nuclear weapons.

Alternative provision free schools: Educational fireworks or sparks of optimism for excluded young people? (2015)
Book Chapter
Hope, M. A. (2015). Alternative provision free schools: Educational fireworks or sparks of optimism for excluded young people?. In C. Cooper, S. Gormally, & G. Hughes (Eds.), Socially just, radical alternatives for education and youth work practice (107-126). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137393593_6

For those of us who have spent our professional lives working alongside children and young people who are disaffected with education, re-imagining education — or more specifically, re-imagining schools — is crucial. Could it be possible for the state... Read More about Alternative provision free schools: Educational fireworks or sparks of optimism for excluded young people?.

‘Imagining otherwise’ or tinkering with the system? (2015)
Book Chapter
Hughes, G. (2015). ‘Imagining otherwise’ or tinkering with the system?. In C. Cooper, S. Gormally, & G. Hughes (Eds.), Socially just, radical alternatives for education and youth work practice: Re-imagining ways of working with young people (220-244). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137393593_11

Reay’s point is extremely poignant: she is calling for culture change and, short of a revolution in education, this is surely a must for both young people and staff. Cooper (2012) similarly calls for a radical shift in youth work to counter the curre... Read More about ‘Imagining otherwise’ or tinkering with the system?.

In pursuit of a common values base for working with young people in formal, informal and social learning (2015)
Book Chapter
Rippingale, J. (2015). In pursuit of a common values base for working with young people in formal, informal and social learning. In C. Cooper, S. Gormally, & G. Hughes (Eds.), Socially-just radical alternatives for education and youth work practice : re-imagining ways of working with young people (127-144). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137393593_7

Abstract: This chapter advocates a common values base and framework for working with young people in formal, informal and social learning. These three learning spheres will be defined in the context of young people’s lives, with the premise that youn... Read More about In pursuit of a common values base for working with young people in formal, informal and social learning.

Inclusion (2015)
Book Chapter
Glazzard, J. (2015). Inclusion. In N. Denby (Ed.), Training to Teach: A Guide for Students (243-60). (3rd ed.). SAGE Publications (UK and US)

Child Protection Issues (2015)
Book Chapter
Glazzard, J. (2015). Child Protection Issues. In N. Denby (Ed.), Training to Teach: A Guide for Students (48-65). SAGE Publications (UK and US)

The Rights of the Child (2015)
Book Chapter
Glazzard, J. (2015). The Rights of the Child. In N. Denby (Ed.), Training to Teach: A Guide for Students. (3rd ed.). SAGE Publications (UK and US)

Energy sovereignty in marine spaces (2015)
Book Chapter
Barnes, R. (2015). Energy sovereignty in marine spaces. In N. Bankes, & S. Trevisanut (Eds.), Energy from the sea : an international law perspective on ocean energy (13-39). Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004303522_003

The term “energy sovereignty” is used with differing emphases to describe a State’s rights or assertions over energy resources and supplies. Given the importance of offshore energy developments, particularly in the field of renewables, this article e... Read More about Energy sovereignty in marine spaces.

Sexe, esclavage et biopolitique: approche comparée (2015)
Book Chapter
Spicksley, J., & Richardson, D. (2015). Sexe, esclavage et biopolitique: approche comparée. In M. Spensky (Ed.), Le contrôle du corps des femmes dans les Empires coloniaux: Empires, genre et biopolitiques (81-106). Karthala

Youth work in schools (2015)
Book Chapter
Coburn, A., & Gormally, S. (2015). Youth work in schools. In G. Bright (Ed.), Youth Work: Histories, Policy and Contexts. Palgrave Macmillan

This chapter will consider the inherent possibilities and problems in conceptualising youth work in schools. It will examine potential synergies between a curriculum for educational youth work and contemporary curricula in school education, drawing o... Read More about Youth work in schools.

Requirements capture analysis for MOOCS in higher education (2015)
Book Chapter
Gordon, N. A., & Brayshaw, M. (2015). Requirements capture analysis for MOOCS in higher education. In A. Mesquita, & P. Peres (Eds.), Furthering Higher Education Possibilities through Massive Open Online Courses (107-125). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8279-5.ch005

One of the attention grabbing headlines in the last two years has been of hundreds of thousands of students enrolling on MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) that are being offered by some of the world's top Universities. Large numbers of students are... Read More about Requirements capture analysis for MOOCS in higher education.

Becoming Confucian Citizens: The Making of Students’ Cultural Citizenship in Classical Education (2015)
Book Chapter
Wang, C. (2015). Becoming Confucian Citizens: The Making of Students’ Cultural Citizenship in Classical Education. In M. Qian (Ed.), Education and Modernity in Sociology 社会学视野中的教育与现代性 (117-130). People's Daily Publishing Corporation

通过关注正在当代中国复兴的儒家读经教育，作者以读经学生为研究对象，对他们进行了正式或非正式访谈，讨论了他们的公民身份在读经过程中的塑造。本文的基本论点是：儒家读经教育塑造了学生的自我主体性，形成一种新的文化公民身份——儒家公民；儒家公民的基本品质是好学... Read More about Becoming Confucian Citizens: The Making of Students’ Cultural Citizenship in Classical Education.

Regulation of adenosine receptor desensitisation and function (2015)
Book Chapter
Rutherford, C., & Palmer, T. M. (2015). Regulation of adenosine receptor desensitisation and function. In V. Ramkumar, & R. Paes de Carvalho (Eds.), Adenosine Signaling Mechanisms: Pharmacology, Functions and Therapeutic Aspects (35-53). Nova Science Publishers

© 2015 by Nova Science Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. The ability of cells to respond to changes in extracellular concentrations of the nucleoside adenosine is determined by their complement of cell surface adenosine receptors. Four receptor s... Read More about Regulation of adenosine receptor desensitisation and function.