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This book examines the economic thought of Edmund Burke. By exploring Burke's understanding of the relation between commerce and manners, it raises timely ethical questions about capitalism and its limits relevant to contemporary debates over...

Harness the power of Azure to create cutting-edge applications, services, and infrastructure. This book is a comprehensive guide designed to help experienced C# developers master the fundamentals of Microsoft Azure. Whether you're new to Azure or looking...

This collection examines successful resettlement practices based on examples from well-known resettlement and development practitioners. It includes experiences from resettlement campaigns in Australia, Bhutan, Canada, Colombia, India, Ireland, Japan,...

Neuroscience has made significant progress in understanding the brain, but the nature of consciousness remains elusive. At the same time, recent spectacular advancements in artificial intelligence promise the prospect of machines attaining human-like...

Originally published in 1934, Trade Unions and the State is a study of political institutions. This is a lucid account of the diverse views that have been held about the nature, attributes, functions and prerogatives of the State. The book analyses the...

Member states of the European Union often label themselves as the World’s top Green Leaders. Air Protection in the European Union Member States examines the EU members' air protection policies, by taking into consideration wider political, social and...

Capturing new waves of thought on resilience and recovery, Citraningtyas explores how people survive and make meaning in disasters by bringing together survivor experiences from natural disaster events in two vastly different cultural contexts.By...

Originally published in 1991, this book opens with a theoretical and historical section and analyses the affairs of both the communist party and the trade unions of specific European countries. The first part of the book deals with cases of communist...

Originally published in 1962, this book analyses and assesses the Swedish Government and structure of both trade unions and employers’ organizations, including the spread of unionism to white-collar workers. It then examines Swedish labour legislation,...

Originally published in 1935, this provocative book examined the tendencies of the Trade Unions in early 20th Century Britain in the light of their history. An advocate of a Socialist society, the author regarded the form and limited functions of the...

Originally published in 1952, The Government of British Trade Unions analyses the government, in theory and in practice, of one of Britain’s most important labour organizations – The Transport and General Works Union in the first half of the 20th Century...

Originally published in 1981, this book explains the factors which precipitated and effected changes in the major dimensions of union activity in Britain since 1960. The authors use a series of comparative case studies to examine change in the...

Originally published in 1994, this volume analyses the relationship between political parties and trade unions in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Bulgaria. Political parties had high visibility in the changes that took place in Eastern...

Decades of demographic studies and applied efforts have convinced scholars, students, and social workers that young people coming of age and transitioning out of the foster care system face great challenges in health, education, income, and general...

When this book was originally published in 1982 the General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU) was an organisation which catered for some 40 unions with an aggregate membership of 490,000. The GFTU in the late 20th Century was a very different...

Originally published in 1963, The Landsorganisationen I Sverige (LO – Swedish Confederation of Trades Unions), enjoys an international reputation as a trade union movement with progressive ideas on wage policy and collective bargaining. The authors of...

This book uniquely demonstrates how a new combination of communities, progressive visions, and strategies provide a path to defeat fascist machinations and strengthen social justice movements.

Originally published in 1955, this book describes in a clear and concise way the nature of a Trade Union in England from the legal point of view, the particular aspects of the Law which make it possible for Trade Unions to carry on their activities and...

Originally published in 1981, Trade Unions in the Developed Economies is a collection of studies on the growth, structure and policies of trade unions in 7 developed economies. The early growth of trade unions has been summarised so that a post-Second...

This book uniquely demonstrates how a new combination of communities, progressive visions, and strategies provide a path to defeat fascist machinations and strengthen social justice movements.Would-be change agents, be they first-time voters, freshly...

Originally published in 1970 this book was written by a successful trade union leader. It describes the changes which took place in the environment in which trade unions have to function; the vast modern corporations, with their highly professional...

Originally published in 1976, Democracy and Government in European Trade Unions is a detailed and practical examination of the organisational structure and internal control of trade unions in 8 Western European countries. It provides an introduction to...

Second International Conference on Emerging Trends in IOT and Computing Technologies (ICEICT – 2023) is organised with a vision to address the various issues to promote the creation of intelligent solution for the future. It is expected that researchers...

It is with great pleasure that I present to you the proceedings of our Recent Advances in Management and Engineering held on November 24 – 27, 2023 in Male. Maldives. This conference represents a milestone in our ongoing journey towards academic...

This book describes how Bayesian methods work. Aiming to demystify the approach, it explains how to parameterize and compare models while accounting for uncertainties in data, model parameters and model structures. Bayesian thinking is not difficult and...

Conversations in Critical Psychiatry brings together an edited selection of interviews from the series of the same name, published in the Psychiatric Times, with new and previously unpublished material. It explores critical and philosophical perspectives...

This open access book describes the world’s increasingly multicultural societies face the problem that more and more diverse lifestyles (LGBTQIA+ communities) are not universally accepted, and that today, in addition to xenophobia, racism and...

In the face of evolving technological and societal challenges, this book delves into the advanced psychological and human elements essential for ensuring safety in aerospace operations and development. Written by experts in academia and the aerospace...

In the digital age, our personal data has become a valuable commodity, sought after by corporations, organizations, and governments alike. Data Independence: Reclaiming Privacy in an Era of Evolving Tech is a groundbreaking book by data scientist Wes...

In the past few weeks, OpenAI has released ChatGPT (Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer). ChatGPT emerges as a formidable chatbot, surpassing various iterations of the GPT model, and plays a transformative role in user interactions with AI systems...

sambo is racialised naming, deeply rooted in the colonial legacies of white European settler colonial societies globally, including Australia, the Caribbean, South Africa, the USA, Canada and Latin America. This second edition of Decolonising Sambo:...

Soil biota is an important and fundamental part of terrestrial ecology. The soil organisms include all those life forms which pass significant proportion of their life within a soil profile. The range of organisms may vary from microscopic entities to a...

This book focuses on understanding and researching suicide and suicide prevention from historical, political, cultural, social, and philosophical perspectives, all of which are located in particular contexts of research and practice.Critical suicide...

In this modern technological era, conserving and making better use of resources like energy, water, and other essential resources have recently been one of the main concerns for the manufacturing industry. To successfully compete against the competition,...

This book delves into the concept and definition of social movements from different perspectives with relevance to India. It offers critical insight into the fundamental and ongoing debates and treatises around the struggle for rights and welfare.The...

The book describes techniques, tools and models about Engineering Maintenance and Life Cycle Models, aimed at the efficient managing of assets. It presents new asset management models, namely a Holistic Diagnostic Model (HDM) and an Integrated Asset...

Fracture and Fatigue Characterization of Cortical Bone Tissue is a key guide to bone fracture and fatigue, focusing on quasi-static characterization of cortical bone tissue. Discussing the fundamental aspects of fracture mechanics and fatigue, which is...

This book is based on satellite image processing focussing on the potential of hyperspectral image processing (HIP) research taking a case study-based approach. It covers the background, objectives, and practical issues related to HIP and substantiates...

This book comprehensively discusses basic data-driven intelligent systems, the methods for processing the data, and cloud computing with artificial intelligence. It presents fundamental and advanced techniques used for handling large user data, and for...