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Unlocking digital competition, Report of the Digital Competition Expert Panel (2019)
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(2019). Unlocking digital competition, Report of the Digital Competition Expert Panel. HM Treasury. https://doi.org/10.17639/wjcs-jc14

This is the final report of the Digital Competition Expert Panel. Appointed by the Chancellor in 2018, and chaired by former Chief Economist to President Obama, Professor Jason Furman, the Panel makes recommendations for changes to the UK’s competiti... Read More about Unlocking digital competition, Report of the Digital Competition Expert Panel.

What's the point of knowledge?: a function-first epistemology (2019)
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Hannon, M. (2019). What's the point of knowledge?: a function-first epistemology. Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190914721.001.0001

This book is about knowledge and its value. At its heart is a straightforward idea: we can answer many interesting and difficult questions in epistemology by reflecting on the role of epistemic evaluation in human life. Michael Hannon calls this appr... Read More about What's the point of knowledge?: a function-first epistemology.

Cultural Protest in Journalism, Documentary Films and the Arts: Between Protest and Professionalisation (2019)
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Mutibwa, D. H. (2019). Cultural Protest in Journalism, Documentary Films and the Arts: Between Protest and Professionalisation. London: Routledge

Cultural Protest in Journalism, Documentary Films and the Arts: Between Protest and Professionalisation entails a comprehensive account of the history and trajectory of contemporary journalistic, (documentary) film, and arts and cultural actors roote... Read More about Cultural Protest in Journalism, Documentary Films and the Arts: Between Protest and Professionalisation.

Transatlantic television drama: industries, programs, and fans (2019)
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Hills, M., Hilmes, M., & Pearson, R. (2019). M. Hills, M. Hilmes, & R. Pearson (Eds.). Transatlantic television drama: industries, programs, and fans. New York: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190663124.001.0001

A tide of high-quality television drama is sweeping the world. The new transnational television series has developed not only global appeal but innovative new modes of production, distribution, and reception. Nowhere is the transnational exchange of... Read More about Transatlantic television drama: industries, programs, and fans.

The unfinished revolution: Haiti, Black sovereignty and power in the nineteenth-century Atlantic world (2019)
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Salt, K. (2019). The unfinished revolution: Haiti, Black sovereignty and power in the nineteenth-century Atlantic world. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvt6rjmr

The Unfinished Revolution: Haiti, Black Sovereignty and Power in the Nineteenth-Century Atlantic World addresses post-revolutionary (and contemporary) sovereignty in Haiti. Working through an archive of black politics, The Unfinished Revolution exami... Read More about The unfinished revolution: Haiti, Black sovereignty and power in the nineteenth-century Atlantic world.

Incorporating Sustainability in Management Education: An Interdisciplinary Approach (2019)
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Amaeshi, K., Muthuri, J. N., & Ogbechie, C. (Eds.). (2019). Incorporating Sustainability in Management Education: An Interdisciplinary Approach. United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98125-3

© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019. All rights reserved. Responding to the pressing need of business schools to incorporate sustainability thinking into their curricula, this new book offers fresh thinking on how to achieve this i... Read More about Incorporating Sustainability in Management Education: An Interdisciplinary Approach.

Life imprisonment a global human rights analysis (2019)
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Van Zyl Smit, D., & Appleton, C. (2019). Life imprisonment a global human rights analysis. Harvard University, Harvard Law School

Life imprisonment has replaced capital punishment as the most common sentence imposed for heinous crimes worldwide. As a consequence, it has become the leading issue in international criminal justice reform. In the first global survey of prisoners se... Read More about Life imprisonment a global human rights analysis.

Using Meta-Ethnography to Synthesize Relevant Studies: Capturing the Bigger Picture in Dementia With Challenging Behavior Within Families (2018)
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Feast, A., Orrell, M., Charlesworth, G., Poland, F., Featherstone, K., Melunsky, N., & Moniz-Cook, E. (2018). Using Meta-Ethnography to Synthesize Relevant Studies: Capturing the Bigger Picture in Dementia With Challenging Behavior Within Families. SAGE Publications Ltd. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781526444899

In understanding the range and depth of people’s experiences, it is important to include the wide range of approaches which capture the richness within a given knowledge base. However, systematic reviews using quantitative data alone risk missing fin... Read More about Using Meta-Ethnography to Synthesize Relevant Studies: Capturing the Bigger Picture in Dementia With Challenging Behavior Within Families.

Drawing on Architecture: The Object of Lines, 1970–1990 (2018)
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Kauffman, J. (2018). Drawing on Architecture: The Object of Lines, 1970–1990. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press (MIT Press). https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/11370.001.0001

How architectural drawings emerged as aesthetic objects, promoted by a network of galleries, collectors, and institutions, and how this changed the understanding of architecture. Prior to the 1970s, buildings were commonly understood to be the goa... Read More about Drawing on Architecture: The Object of Lines, 1970–1990.

Photography, Migration and Identity: A German-Jewish-American Story (2018)
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Umbach, M., & Sulzener, S. (2018). Photography, Migration and Identity: A German-Jewish-American Story. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00784-3

Between the 1933 Nazi seizure of power and their 1941 prohibition on all Jewish emigration, around 90,000 German Jews moved to the United States. Using the texts and images from a personal archive, this book explores how these refugees made sense of... Read More about Photography, Migration and Identity: A German-Jewish-American Story.

Hyperacusis and disorders of sound intolerance: clinical and research perspectives (2018)
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Fagelson, M., & Baguley, D. (Eds.). (2018). Hyperacusis and disorders of sound intolerance: clinical and research perspectives. San Diego, CA: Plural Publishing

Hyperacusis and Disorders of Sound Intolerance: Clinical and Research Perspectivesis a professional resource for audiology practitioners involved in the clinical management of patients who have sound tolerance concerns. The text covers emerging asses... Read More about Hyperacusis and disorders of sound intolerance: clinical and research perspectives.

Authenticity: The Cultural History of a Political Concept (2018)
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Umbach, M., & Humphrey, M. (2018). Authenticity: The Cultural History of a Political Concept. Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68566-3

Authenticity is everywhere: political leaders invoke the idea to gain our support, advertisers use it to sell their products. But is authenticity a dangerous hoax? What is, and is not, authentic has been hotly debated ever since the concept was inven... Read More about Authenticity: The Cultural History of a Political Concept.