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Scholarly guide to qualitative research methods, outlining five major approaches for inquiry.

The book examines how effective the clean energy regime is in facilitating geothermal development in Indonesia and the Philippines It will be useful for students researchers and practitioners working in the fields of international relations energy politics political science development studies public policy international law and sociology

Gender Hate Online addresses the dynamic nature of misogyny: how it travels, what technological and cultural affordances support or obstruct this and what impact reappropriated expressions of misogyny have in other cultures. It adds significantly to an emergent body of scholarship on this topic by bringing together a variety of theoretical approaches, while also including reflections on the past, present, and future of feminism and its interconnections with technologies and media. It also addresses the fact that most work on this area has been focused on the Global North, by including perspectives from Pakistan, India and Russia as well as intersectional and transcultural analyses. Finally, it addresses ways in which women fight back and reclaim online spaces, offering practical applications as well as critical analyses.This edited collection therefore addresses a substantial gap in scholarship by bringing together a body of work exclusively devoted to this topic. With perspectives from a variety of disciplines and geographic bases, the volume will be of major interest to scholars and students in the fields of gender, new media and hate speech.

Dietrich JungFocusing on the political economy of so-called new wars, this book presents a series of studies that analyse the complexities of current warfare by moving from the global sphere to local spots of organised violence. It thus raises questions about the very idea of intra-state wars and shows that these wars are inseparably linked to the global economy and the world political order.

The last few years have been a watershed for the commodities, cash and derivatives industry. New regulations and products have led to an explosion in the commodities markets, creating a new asset for investors that includes hedge funds as well as University endowments, and has resulted in a spectacular growth in spot and derivative trading. This book covers hard and soft commodities (energy, agriculture and metals) and analyses: Economic and geopolitical issues in commodities markets Commodity price and volume risk Stochastic modelling of commodity spot prices and forward curves Real options valuation and hedging of physical assets in the energy industry It is required reading for energy companies and utilities practitioners, commodity cash and derivatives traders in investment banks, the Agrifood business, Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) and Hedge Funds. In Commodities and Commodity Derivatives, Helyette Geman shows her powerful command of the subject by combining a rigorous development of its mathematical modelling with a compact institutional presentation of the arcane characteristics of commodities that makes the complex analysis of commodities derivative securities accessible to both the academic and practitioner who wants a deep foundation and a breadth of different market applications. It is destined to be a must have on the subject. Robert Merton, Professor, Harvard Business School A marvelously comprehensive book of interest to academics and practitioners alike, by one of the worlds foremost experts in the field. Oldrich Vasicek, founder, KMV Summary: Readable and Thorough Introduction Rating: 5 Two aspects of Prof. Gemans book are immediately distinguishing: it is quantitative and it is not propaganda. You wont read about how you can make millions trading commodities NOW! in this book; you will read about some of the quirks of these markets and how

It examines pressing global issues such as income inequality climate change and sustainable growth offering strategies for addressing these challenges in both developed and developing countries

Sustainability has become a touchstone for development worldwide promising an antidote to environmental degradation and capitalism s excess waste Refusing Sustainability presents a fundamentally different account of sustainability and waste itself by uncovering the intersections of international environmental reforms and racialized labor In Bulgaria Roma comprise the bulk of the country s waste workers while anti Roma racism casts them as socially disposable Without their labor however the country cannot meet the sustainability targets required by the European Union Drawing on fieldwork that spans twenty years including eleven months working alongside Romani women street sweepers and years embedded in waste organizations political campaigns Roma NGOs and activist groups Elana Resnick examines the power hierarchies that shape both waste management and European geopolitics Instead of focusing on only environmental harms or toxic distributions Refusing Sustainability approaches Romani life worlds as spaces of creative production and also tells several larger stories of postsocialist racial capitalism environmental progressivism democratic failures mutual aid and the power of women s friendships Through these stories Resnick illuminates how ordina

The sixth edition of the best-selling text, Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches by John W. Creswell and J. David Creswell, continues to provide clear and concise instruction for designing research projects or developing research proposals. This user-friendly text walks readers through research methods, from reviewing the literature to writing a research question and stating a hypothesis to designing the study. At each step in the process, the authors address qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches to encourage readers to choose the approach that best fits the research question. Numerous examples draw from a wide variety of disciplines, featuring diverse philosophical ideas and modes of inquiry. Features like bullet points, numbered steps, and annotated research examples help students focus on the most important information in research design.The Sixth Edition has been fully revised to reflect the 7th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association with more inclusive language, updated citation styles, and updated writing suggestions. Learning objectives are now included at the start of each chapter. To help readers better achieve these learning objectives, the authors have clarified and improved the writing exercises to help readers better achieve these learning objectives. The final three chapters detailing qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods now have a parallel structure so readers can better compare and contrast these approaches. Chapter 10 on mixed methods in particular has been restructured to reflect the latest developments in mixed methods and best practices. New research examples throughout help capture and demonstrate new trends in research.

The cooperative work between Hiroshige and Kunisada (1854 -1855) is probably the most romantic of all the Tokaido editions. Both Hiroshige and Kunisada did their own individual versions with the same type of theme - a combination of landscape and often unrelated portraits based in legend and other motifs. But they did not rise to the level of elegance of the "Two Brush" Tokaido. The figures and the landscape are very well balanced and the colors are fresh and joyful. The "Two Brush" Tokaido is both a tour through the landscape of Japan and a cultural introduction. The reason for the combination of landscape and theater was to circumvent censorship of the popular kabuki theater prints.

This book shows the 10 Famous Views Of Naniwa (Osaka) by Hiroshige published in 1834. They are unusual in that they show markets with merchants negotiating. The 8 Views is a Chinese artistic and literary theme developed already in the 10th century and then transposed into Japanese culture, where it developed its own independent expression. Print artist Utagawa Hiroshige as many other Japanese artists took up the issue of 8 Views of Omi and again as other Japanese artists he expanded the theme into 8 Views of Kanazawa, 8 Views of Edo Environs and other locations. To give some background there are many other prints included especially about rice but also fishing and transportation, and cultural activities afforded by the wealth accumulated by the merchants. It is possible to travel to see the same sites today.

A presentation of human animal relationships in the fields of tourism leisure and local development in Latin America Via multi disciplinary theory methodology empirical and ethical approaches it presents relationships from co created interspecies experiences welfare and conservation to conflicting interactions for both humans and animals

This volume of essays explores the varied, but distinctive, experiences of disabled children. The authors start from the premise that the care, and control, of such individuals was historically governed by factors that differentiated their experiences from those of 'normal' children and 'disabled' adults. Attempts to identify the shared experiences of disabled children allows re-examination of the key historical debates. The care of disabled children was always contested and this became more important over time. From the middle of the nineteenth century families were increasingly encouraged, even coerced, to engage with approved health and education services. Such provision helped to forge the identities and determine the experiences of disabled children. The essays follow a chronological progression while focusing on practice in a number of different countries.

"''The Fourth Edition of Uwe Flick''s Introduction to Qualitative Research remains the most comprehensive and thorough text in qualitative research. It is student-and user-friendly, thoroughly up-to-date in terms of the latest developments in the field, imminently practical. it is the single most important introductory book on qualitative inquiry in the social sciences today''Norman K. Denzin, University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignThe new edition of Uwe Flick''s bestselling textbook has been fully revised, expanded and updated. An Introduction to Qualitative Research guidesstudents step-by-step through the qualitative researchprocess.This classic text covers all of the main theoretical approaches to qualitative research, and provides unmatched coverage of the full range of different qualitative methods and approaches now available to researchers.A range of new features have been added to the new edition including:" New structure to better meet the needs of teaching qualitative research" A new chapter on Grounded Theory plus updated coverage on the full range of other qualitative methods" A summary section discussing the state-of-the-art in qualitative research" A glossary" Updated cases studies, exercises and guided questionsThis new edition will continue to ensure that An Introduction to Qualitative Research remains an essential introductory text for all students of qualitative research.