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Asia Pacific Education : Diversity, Challenges and Changes
Education in Asia Pacific countries is being transformed by globalisation and the market economy. Most economies within the region have flourished due to increased regional capital flow, trade and other forms of economic and political interaction. The Asia Pacific also has rich and unique traditions, which create cultural diversity as well as common challenges, including obstacles of language a…
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- 9781921867408
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- 370 ASI
Ignitability and Explosibility of Gases and Vapors
The book provides a systematic view on flammability and a collection of solved engineering problems in the fields of dilution and purge, mine gas safety, clean burning safety and gas suppression modeling. For the first time, fundamental principles of energy conservation are used to develop theoretical flammability diagrams and are then explored to understand various safety-related mixing pro…
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- 978-1-4939-2664-0
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- XXII, 213
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- 338 MAT i
If the Truth Be Told: Accounts in Literary Forms
If the Truth Be Told: Accounts in Literary Forms plays with the sense of truth. It is composed of six chapters, “Childhood Dangers,” “Relational Logics,” “Jesus Chronicles,” “Criminal Tales,” “Aging, Illness, and Death Lessons,” and “Telling Truths.” Each chapter includes fictional and nonfictional accounts, including poems, stories, monologues, short dramas, essays, cre…
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- 978-94-6300-456-5
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- XXII, 228
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- 370 PEL i
Identity at Work{ Ethnicity, Food & Power in Malaysian Hospitality Industry
This book investigates the interface of ethnicity with occupation, empirically observed in luxury international hotels in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It employs the two main disciplines of anthropology and sociology in order to understand the root causes and meaning of ethnicity at work within the hospitality industry sector. More specifically, it observes social change in a multi-ethnic and non-se…
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- 978-981-287-560-0
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- XIX, 208
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- 300 OLM i
Identity and Personhood: Confusions and Clarifications across Disciplines
This book approaches the concept of identity from both logical-linguistic and socio-cultural perspectives, and explores its implications for our understanding of who or what we persons really are. In the process, it bridges disciplines that often remain disconnected - most notably analytic philosophy and the social sciences - and offers a novel critique of citizenship and moral education, "iden…
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- 978-981-287-480-1
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- XV, 220
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- 370 SPL i
Identity and Migration in Europe: Multidisciplinary Perspectives
This book addresses the impact of migration on the formation and transformation of identity and its continuous negotiations. Its ground is the understanding of identity as a complex social phenomenon resulting from constant negotiations between personal conditions, social relationships, and institutional frameworks. Migrations, understood as dynamic processes that do not end when landing in the…
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- 978-3-319-10126-2
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- XIII, 270
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- 307.2 IDE
Identity Work in the Contemporary University: Exploring an Uneasy Profession
"Academic identities research is a growing area of scholarly enquiry especially as academics themselves question the evolving nature of their roles in rapidly-changing university environments. Performative frameworks in many countries around the world reflect these changes and this volume brings a number of disciplinary perspectives to bear on how we understand the lived experiences of academic…
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- 978-94-6300-310-0
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- XIV, 222
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- 371 IDE
Antonio Serra and the Economics of Good Government
In this book some of the world's leading economists and experts on Serra explore the enduring appeal of his 1613 Breve trattato.
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-1-137-53996-0
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- IX, 374
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- Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance
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- 330 ANT a
Anti-Money Laundering in a Nutshell: Awareness and Compliance for Financial P…
Anti–Money Laundering in a Nutshellis a concise, accessible, and practical guide to compliance with anti–money laundering law for financial professionals, corporate investigators, business managers, and all personnel of financial institutions who are required, under penalty of hefty fines, to get anti–money laundering training. Money laundering is endemic. As much as 5 percent of globa…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-1-4302-6161-2
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- XIV, 204
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- 332.4 SUL a
Antitrust in the Groceries Sector & Liability Issues in Relation to Corporate…
The book provides an analysis of the grocery retail market in a very large number of countries with an international report written by an economist. The second part of the book offers the analysis of liability issues in relation to non-compliance with CSRs with an international report by a British barrister. Both topics are very timely.
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-3-662-45753-5
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- XVII, 606
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- LIDC Contributions on Antitrust Law, Intellectual Property and Unfair Competition
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- 343.08 ANT a
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