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Gendering Nationalism: Intersections of Nation, Gender and Sexuality (2018)
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(2018). J. Mulholland, N. Montagna, & E. Sanders-McDonagh (Eds.), Gendering Nationalism: Intersections of Nation, Gender and Sexuality. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76699-7

The 21st century has witnessed, to date, a dramatic resurgence in the forces of nationalism, but nationalisms taking new forms, and engaging gender and sexuality in innovative and transformational ways. This book explores the shifting and complex rel... Read More about Gendering Nationalism: Intersections of Nation, Gender and Sexuality.

Doing Research In and On the Digital: Research Methods across Fields of Inquiry (2018)
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Costa, C., & Condie, J. (2018). C. Costa, & J. Condie (Eds.), Doing Research In and On the Digital: Research Methods across Fields of Inquiry. Milton Park, Abingdon: Routledge

As a social space, the web provides researchers both with a tool and an environment to explore the intricacies of everyday life. As a site of mediated interactions and interrelationships, the ‘digital’ has evolved from being a space of information to... Read More about Doing Research In and On the Digital: Research Methods across Fields of Inquiry.

Euro-Caribbean Societies in the 21st Century: Offshore finance, local élites and contentious politics (2018)
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Chauvin, S., Clegg, P., & Cousin, B. (2018). Euro-Caribbean Societies in the 21st Century: Offshore finance, local élites and contentious politics. Routledge

This edited collection examines the realities of the last remnants of the European colonial empires in the Caribbean, namely the British, Dutch and French overseas territories. Although known and perhaps infamous for their role as high-end touris... Read More about Euro-Caribbean Societies in the 21st Century: Offshore finance, local élites and contentious politics.

The Learning Adult: Building and Reflecting on the Work of Peter Jarvis (2018)
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Holford, J., Milana, M., Waller, R., & Webb, S. (2018). The Learning Adult: Building and Reflecting on the Work of Peter Jarvis. Abingdon: Routledge

Peter Jarvis is a towering figure in adult and lifelong education and a leading and original theorist of learning. This book explores the breadth and significance of his work. Sixteen chapters by leading international scholars explain and engage crit... Read More about The Learning Adult: Building and Reflecting on the Work of Peter Jarvis.

Entanglement (2018)
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Mahood, K. (2018). Entanglement. London: The Borough Press (Harper Collins)

On a hot October day in a London park, Stella sits in her red wedding dress opposite John. Pregnant and lost in thoughts of the future, she has no idea that lying in the grass, a stone’s throw away, is a man called Charlie. From this moment, Stella a... Read More about Entanglement.

The Palgrave handbook of disabled children's childhoods (2018)
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Runswick-Cole, K., Curran, T., & Liddiard, K. (2018). K. Runswick-Cole, T. Curran, & K. Liddiard (Eds.), The Palgrave handbook of disabled children's childhoods. Palgrave

Disabled children’s lives have often been discussed through medical concepts of disability rather than concepts of childhood. Western understandings of childhood have defined disabled children against child development ‘norms’ and have provided the r... Read More about The Palgrave handbook of disabled children's childhoods.

Higher education and social inequalities: University admissions, experiences and outcomes (2018)
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Waller, R., Ingram, N., & Ward, M. R. M. (2018). Higher education and social inequalities: University admissions, experiences and outcomes. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge

An edited collection of twelve original chapters of contemporary research into higher education and social inequality. The book is divided into three distinct sections exploring how social inequality manifests itself in three stages of the student li... Read More about Higher education and social inequalities: University admissions, experiences and outcomes.

Edmund Husserl between Platonism and Aristotelianism (2018)
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Trizio, E., & De Santis, D. (2018). E. Trizio, & D. De Santis (Eds.), Edmund Husserl between Platonism and Aristotelianism. New York: Routledge

Edited volume on the relations between Husserl's philosophy and Plato's and Aristotle's legacy.

The Palgrave international handbook of adult and lifelong education and learning (2018)
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Milana, M., Webb, S., Holford, J., Waller, R., & Jarvis, P. (2018). The Palgrave international handbook of adult and lifelong education and learning. London: Palgrave Macmillan

This Handbook provides a wide-ranging frame of reference for researching adult and lifelong education and learning. With contributions from scores of established and newer scholars from six continents, the volume covers a diverse range of geopolitica... Read More about The Palgrave international handbook of adult and lifelong education and learning.

Building Information Systems in the Construction Industry (2018)
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Mahdjoubi, L. (2018). L. Mahdjoubi, C. A. Brebbia, & A. Galiano (Eds.), Building Information Systems in the Construction Industry. Southampton UK: WIT Press

The selected papers in this book deal with Building Information Modelling (BIM) in Design, Construction and Operations. Application of BIM throughout the construction industry is progressing at an accelerated rate, with the development of new softwar... Read More about Building Information Systems in the Construction Industry.

Virtual Worlds: Concepts, Applications and Future Directions (2018)
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Falconer, L., & Gil Ortega, M. C. (2018). L. Falconer, & M. C. Gil Ortega (Eds.), Virtual Worlds: Concepts, Applications and Future Directions. New York: Nova Science Publishers

Virtual Worlds: Concepts, Applications and Future Directions explores the rich and fascinating topic of virtual worlds by bringing together research findings and discussion pieces from an international group of leading practitioners in the field. The... Read More about Virtual Worlds: Concepts, Applications and Future Directions.

Sustainable Development Studies (2018)
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Brebbia, C. A., Longhurst, J., Marco, E., & Booth, C. (2018). C. Brebbia, J. Longhurst, E. Marco, & C. Booth (Eds.), Sustainable Development Studies. Southampton and Boston: WIT Press

Containing a series of specially selected papers, this book deals with advances in disciplines contributing to sustainable development, such as planning, architecture, engineering, policy making, environmental sciences and economics, and identifies s... Read More about Sustainable Development Studies.

Reinventing Couples: Tradition, Agency and Bricolage (2018)
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Carter, J., & Duncan, S. (2018). Reinventing Couples: Tradition, Agency and Bricolage. London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58961-3

This book presents a new approach to understanding contemporary personal life, taking account of how people build their lives through a bricolage of ‘tradition’ and ‘modern’. The authors examine how tradition is used and adapted, invented and re-inve... Read More about Reinventing Couples: Tradition, Agency and Bricolage.