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Mapping the Terrain of Education Reform: Global trends and local responses in the Philippines (2015)
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Reyes, Jr., V. C. (2017). Mapping the Terrain of Education Reform: Global trends and local responses in the Philippines. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315751306

This book envisions the formulation of critical perspectives on education reform using the Philippine experience, recognizing the need to address relevant issues and challenges particularly in an increasingly globalized twenty-first century setting.... Read More about Mapping the Terrain of Education Reform: Global trends and local responses in the Philippines.

The Maitland quarto: a new edition of Cambridge, Magdalene College, Pepys library MS 1408 (2015)
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(2015). J. M. Martin (Ed.), The Maitland quarto: a new edition of Cambridge, Magdalene College, Pepys library MS 1408. Boydell & Brewer

The Maitland Quarto is a paper manuscript held in the collections of the Pepys Library, Magdalene College, Cambridge, where it is MS 1408. It contains 95 poems in 138 leaves, copied in a mixture of secretary and italic scripts, probably all the work... Read More about The Maitland quarto: a new edition of Cambridge, Magdalene College, Pepys library MS 1408.

Discrepant Parallels (2015)
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Roberts, G. (2015). Discrepant Parallels. McGill-Queen's University Press

Civil society contributions to policy innovation in the PR China: environment, social development and international cooperation (2015)
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(2015). A. Fulda (Ed.), Civil society contributions to policy innovation in the PR China: environment, social development and international cooperation. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan

This book focuses on the question of whether and how civil society may contribute to policy innovation. As the focus of civil society research is often more on the constraints on civil society by the state and less on the agency and effects of civil... Read More about Civil society contributions to policy innovation in the PR China: environment, social development and international cooperation.

Career Behaviour and the European Parliament: All Roads Lead Through Brussels? (2015)
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Daniel, W. T. (2015). Career Behaviour and the European Parliament: All Roads Lead Through Brussels?. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780198716402.001.0001

This book presents an institutional theory for career behaviour in the European Parliament (EP). By focusing on the professional ambition of members of the EP (MEPs), the study presents a rigorous analysis of the powerful multinational legislature fr... Read More about Career Behaviour and the European Parliament: All Roads Lead Through Brussels?.

The education of radical democracy (2015)
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AMSLER, S. (2015). The education of radical democracy. London: Routledge

Exploring examples of projects from the nineteenth century to the present day, the book sheds light on a wealth of critical tools, research studies, theoretical concepts and practical methods. It offers a critical reading of the ‘crisis of hope’ in n... Read More about The education of radical democracy.

East Asian Film Noir (2015)
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M. Gallagher, & C. Shin (Eds.), (2015). East Asian Film Noir

Film noir has been understood as a genre exclusive to Hollywood. But classical US noir's downbeat sensibility also finds expression in later films from Japan, South Korea and China (including Hong Kong) and Taiwan, that have both participated in and... Read More about East Asian Film Noir.

Theology and Literature after Postmodernity (2015)
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Lehmann Imfeld, Z., Hampson, P., & Milbank, A. (Eds.). (2015). Theology and Literature after Postmodernity. London, England: Bloomsbury T & T Clark

This volume deploys theology in a reconstructive approach to contemporary literary criticism, to validate and exemplify theological readings of literary texts as a creative exercise. It engages in a dialogue with interdisciplinary approaches to liter... Read More about Theology and Literature after Postmodernity.

Biaxial testing for fabrics and foils: optimizing devices and procedures (2015)
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Beccarelli, P. (2015). Biaxial testing for fabrics and foils: optimizing devices and procedures. Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02228-4

This book offers a well-structured, critical review of current design practice for tensioned membrane structures, including a detailed analysis of the experimental data required and critical issues relating to the lack of a set of design codes and te... Read More about Biaxial testing for fabrics and foils: optimizing devices and procedures.

The Eucharist: Origins and Contemporary Understandings (2015)
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O'Loughlin, T. (2015). The Eucharist: Origins and Contemporary Understandings. London, England: T. & T. Clark / Bloomsbury

Theological reflection upon the Eucharist is dominated by two paradigms: One approach interprets the Eucharist almost exclusively in theological terms, shaped by Scholasticism and the Reformation. Most discussions about the nature of the Eucharist, E... Read More about The Eucharist: Origins and Contemporary Understandings.

Smell and the ancient senses (2015)
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Bradley, M. (2015). M. Bradley (Ed.), Smell and the ancient senses. Routledge

From flowers and perfumes to urban sanitation and personal hygiene, smell—a sense that is simultaneously sublime and animalistic—has played a pivotal role in western culture and thought. Greek and Roman writers and thinkers lost no opportunity to con... Read More about Smell and the ancient senses.