Ever the Diplomat: Confessions of a Foreign Office Mandarin
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In this entertaining and engaging memoir, former ambassador Sherard Cowper-Coles lifts the lid on...
Light Come Shining: The Transformations of Bob Dylan
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Bob Dylan is the prince of self-reinvention and deflection. Whether it's the folkies of Greenwich...
Martha Graham in Love and War: The Life in the Work
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Often called the Picasso, Stravinsky, or Frank Lloyd Wright of the dance world, Martha Graham...
Karachi: The Land Issue
Arif Hasan, Noman Ahmed, Mansoor Raza and Saeed Uddin Ahmed
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Karachi is one of the fastest growing cities in the world. It is Pakistan's only port and the major...
Mass Unemployment and the State
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Mass Unemployment and the State shows that domestic political arrangements - the character of party...
Does Foreign Aid Really Work?
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Foreign aid is now a $100bn business and is expanding more rapidly today than it has for a...
European Social Models from Crisis to Crisis: Employment and Inequality in the Era of Monetary Integration
Andrew Martin and Jon Erik Dolvik
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Europeans use 'social models' to refer to the combination of welfare state, industrial relations,...
Framing Work: Unitary, Pluralist and Critical Perspectives in the 21st Century
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This book presents a broad-ranging survey of contemporary writing about work and employment. It...
Governance by Indicators: Global Power Through Quantification and Rankings
Kevin Davis, Angelina Fisher, Benedict Kingsbury and Sally Engle Merry
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The use of indicators as a technique of global governance is increasing rapidly. Major examples...
How Fantasy Becomes Reality: Information and Entertainment Media in Everyday Life, Revised and Expanded
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From smartphones to social media, from streaming videos to fitness bands, our devices bring us...