Búsqueda de LIBROS DEL AUTOR: gunter

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  • ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF CONTEMPORARY TAIWAN
    GUNTER SCHUBERT
    This fully revised 2nd edition of the Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Taiwan provides a comprehensive overview of both contemporary Taiwan and the Taiwan studies field. Written by an international team of Taiwan experts, the Handbook includes major topics in Taiwanese history, domestic politics, political economy, society, culture, and international relations. Each chapter s...

    $1,380.00

  • THE PSYCHOLOGY OF BINGE WATCHING TV
    BARRIE GUNTER
    This fascinating work provides an up-to-date examination of shifts in the nature and impact of TV and video watching that have largely been driven by non-linear TV and video services online. The book reviews research evidence from around the world about the physical and behavioural shift of viewing away from linear and towards non-linear TV and video services. It studies the ps...

    $1,060.00

  • READINGS AND CASES IN INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
    B. SEBASTIAN REICHE, GÜNTER K. STAHL, MARK E. MENDENHALL, AND GARY R. ODDOU
    This new edition of Readings and Cases in International Human Resource Management is a classic edited textbook, taking account of recent developments in the international human resources management (IHRM) field, such as the pandemic, the role of diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as climate change. It includes a range of key readings that are essential for understanding ...

    $2,120.00

  • PSYCHOLOGY OF BEHAVIOURAL INTERVENTIONS AND PANDEMIC CONTROL
    BARRIE GUNTER
    Psychology of Behavioural Interventions and Pandemic Control is a unique text that examines the COVID-19 pandemic in relation to population risk factors and the efficacy of non-pharmaceutical interventions deployed by many governments around the world to bring the pandemic under control. The book presents critical and insightful lessons that can be drawn up to assess government...

    $860.00

  • PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF BEHAVIOUR RESTRICTIONS DURING THE PANDEMIC
    BARRIE GUNTER
    This volume examines the undesirable or harmful cognitive, emotional and behavioural side-effects of COVID-19 and of the behavioural restrictions imposed by governments on their populations during the pandemic. Societal "lockdowns" and other intervening behavioural restrictions, built significantly around social isolation, used by governments to control the spread of COVID-19 d...

    $1,160.00

  • PSYCHOLOGICAL INSIGHTS ON THE ROLE AND IMPACT OF THE MEDIA DURING THE PANDEMIC
    BARRIE GUNTER
    This volume places the spotlight on the role different media and communications systems played in informing the public about the pandemic, shaping their views about what was happening and contributing to behavioural compliances with pandemic-related restrictions. Throughout the pandemic, media coverage has played an important role in drawing attention to specific messages, infl...

    $1,160.00

  • PSYCHOLOGY OF BEHAVIOUR RESTRICTIONS AND PUBLIC COMPLIANCE IN THE PANDEMIC
    BARRIE GUNTER
    This volume examines the topic of compliance with COVID-19 restrictions, and the non-pharmaceutical measures taken by governments in attempts to bring the pandemic under control. Discovery that COVID-19 was largely transmitted through the air meant that public health strategies were needed to limit close physical contact between people. Epidemiological modelling offered initial...

    $1,160.00

  • TOWARDS THE SOCIOLOGY OF KNOWLEDGE (RLE SOCIAL THEORY)
    GUNTER W. REMMLING
    The sociology of knowledge is an area of social scientific investigation with major emphasis on the relations between social life and intellectual activity. It is now an area central to most graduate and undergraduate courses in sociology. The present collection of readings explains the origins, systematic development, present state and possible future direction of the discipli...

    $860.00

  • AUSTRIA IN THE NEW EUROPE
    GÜNTER BISCHOF / ANTON PELINKA
    First published in 1993, Contemporary Austrian Studies (CAS) is an academic publication appealing to a broad intellectual audience and fostering a multiplicity of views and perspectives. CAS's typical format features a number of essays on a special topic such as the impact of post-Cold War geopolitical developments and European integration on Austria in this issue (volume II wi...

    $1,380.00

  • TAIWAN DURING THE FIRST ADMINISTRATION OF TSAI ING-WEN
    GUNTER SCHUBERT
    This book offers a substantive assessment of the first Tsai Ing-wen administration, investigating different policy fields and issues from 2016 to 2020, prior to Tsai’s election for a second term. Providing a balanced account of government performance under Tsai’s Ing-wen’s reign, chapters in this edited volume combine theory and extensive empirical data to highlight both achiev...

    $1,200.00

  • THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE SELFIE
    BARRIE GUNTER
    The Psychology of the Selfie provides a comprehensive overview and analysis of research on the significance of selfies, offering insights into the topic from a psychological perspective and examining important issues such as body image, self-objectification, mental health and psychological benefits. Selfies are a worldwide phenomenon. Although dismissed by critics as a sign of ...

    $800.00

  • CHILDREN AND TELEVISION CONSUMPTION IN THE DIGITAL ERA
    BARRIE GUNTER
    Children and Television Consumption in the Digital Era provides a comprehensive analysis of contemporary research on the developmental impact of children’s screen engagement in modern society. Barrie Gunter explores how the world of television has evolved to become almost unrecognisable from the broadcast landscapes present over the last years of the 20th century. This key text...

    $1,100.00

  • IMMIGRATION GOVERNANCE IN EAST ASIA
    GUNTER SCHUBERT / FRANZISKA PLÜMMER / ANASTASIYA BAYOK
    This book analyzes immigration policies in East Asia in the context of contemporary global migration flows and mobility. To assess how global norms of migration have impacted the East Asian migration region and explore regional migration trends, the book contains 13 case studies which investigate the regulation of immigration in China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan....

    $1,200.00

  • RADICAL BUSINESS MODEL TRANSFORMATION
    CARSTEN LINZ / GÜNTER MÜLLER-STEWENS / ALEXANDER ZIMMERMANN
    How can organizations complete a major business model transformation and how can leaders successfully guide their business through this radical shift? As markets are constantly transformed by new technologies and disruptor competitors, once successful business models designed to function in a different time now struggle as the mainstream changes. This book is the guide for orga...

    $979.00

  • THE SOCIOLOGY OF KARL MANNHEIM (RLE SOCIAL THEORY)
    GUNTER WERNER REMMLING
    Karl Mannheim (1893-1947) occupies a prominent position among the leading social scientists of the twentieth century; his ideas and his books are relevant for many issues engaging the concern of sociologists today. Mannheim’s life spanned three cultural traditions – Hungarian, German and British – and in this authoritative study Professor Remmling covers all these phases in his...

    $1,320.00

  • METAL IONS IN FUNGI
    GÜNTER WINKELMANN / DENNIS R. WINGE
    Presents the latest advances in the study of the intracellular fate and transport of metal ions in fungi, emphasizing the mechanisms that regulate cellular concentration. The book explains the expanding relationship between molecular genetics and inorganic biochemistry. ...

    $1,260.00

  • CONTINUITY OR REPLACEMENT
    GÜNTER BRÄUER / FRED H. SMITH
    This volume is based on the symposium on controversies in 'Homo sapiens evolution' in Zagreb. It examines the competing models for modern human origins within the framework of present-day knowledge in the areas of human paleontology, paleolithic archaeology, and molecular genetics. ...

    $7,500.00

  • MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS
    GUNTER MAHLER
    Integrating molecular physics and information theory, this work presents molecular electronics as a method for information storage and retrieval that incorporates nanometer-scaled systems, uses microscopic particles and exploits the laws of quantum mechanics. It furnishes application examples employing properties of distinct molecules joined together to a macroscopic ensemble o...

    $4,900.00

  • RESPONSIBLE GLOBAL LEADERSHIP
    MARK E. MENDENHALL / ‎MILDA ŽILINSKAITĖ / ‎GÜNTER K. STAHL
    The need to ensure principle-driven, legally sound, and ethically acceptable behavior in the global context is not an easy task for leaders. They face the requirement of meeting the needs and expectations of a diverse set of stakeholders. They are increasingly called upon to protect, preserve, and restore the resources of the environment. They are expected to improve human well...

    $1,480.00

  • RITUAL COMMUNICATION
    GUNTER SENFT / ‎ELLEN B BASSO
    Ritual Communication examines how people create and express meaning through verbal and non-verbal ritual. Ritual communication extends beyond collective religious expression. It is an intrinsic part of everyday interactions, ceremonies, theatrical performances, shamanic chants, political demonstrations and rites of passage. Despite being largely formulaic and repetitive, ritual...

    $1,160.00

  • AUSTRO-CORPORATISM
    GUNTER BISCHOF
    Corporatism was unpopular in the Europe of the past decade. During a time of neo-conservative resurgence in both the United States and the United Kingdom, macroeconomic steering and statist centralism and regulation were in disfavor. However, Austria's unique Sozialpartnerschaft, its famed system of tripartite informal and formal labor, business, and state cooperation, continue...

    $1,280.00

  • AUSTRIA IN THE NINETEEN FIFTIES
    GUNTER BISCHOF
    In American history the 1950s are remembered as an affluent and harmonious decade. Not so in Austria. That nation emerged out of World War II with tremendous war-related destruction and with a four-power occupation that would last for ten years until 1955. Massive American economic aid enabled the Austrian economy to start recovering in the 1950s and reorient it from East to We...

    $1,320.00

  • THE NEW STRATEGIST
    GÜNTER MÜLLER-STEWENS
    As organizations face an unprecedented rate of change, how should the role of the strategist adapt to address new challenges? Based on original research and consulting projects from the Institute of Management and Strategy, University of St. Gallen, The New Strategist is a practical guide which explains how to execute strategy, not just think about the theory. It examines day-t...

    $1,049.00

  • RUINED SKYLINES
    GÜNTER GASSNER
    This book examines the skyline as a space for radical urban politics. Focusing on the relationship between aesthetics and politics in London’s tall-building boom, it develops a critique of the construction of more and more speculative towers as well as a critique of the claim that these buildings ruin the historic cityscape. Gassner argues that the new London skyline needs to b...

    $1,260.00

  • THE KURDS IN TURKEY
    MICHAEL GUNTER
    This book analyzes the Kurdish problem in Turkey from the point of view of the Turkish authorities, as well as from the perspective of disaffected Kurds living in that state and abroad. It also analyzes the political instability and terrorism rampant in Turkey during the late 1970s. ...

    $1,120.00

  • THE CRISIS OF MODERNITY
    GUNTER H. LENZ / KURT L. SHELL
    The crisis~ of the "project of modernity" (Habermas) is, at the same time, a crisis of critical theories of society and culture that have radically questioned bourgeois culture and capitalist society and economy from the perspective of a utopia of enlightened rationality. A number of parallel recent social and political problems, developments, and ...

    $1,060.00

  • CHILDREN AND TELEVISION
    BARRIE GUNTER / JILL GUNTER
    Does violence on TV lead to violent behaviour? How does screen time impact child development? What is the effect of advertising on a child’s behaviour? Twenty years after the publication of the first edition of Children and Television, these issues remain as pertinent as ever. In the new Classic Edition of this core textbook, Gunter and Gunter present research evidence into the...

    $1,240.00

  • PERSONALITY TRAITS IN ONLINE COMMUNICATION
    BARRIE GUNTER
    Authoritative and illuminating, this book demonstrates how we reveal the secrets of our character through the disclosures we make about ourselves in the online world. The author expertly explores whether online information about people, derived from their search patterns, personal detail disclosures and the language they use when posting text, are all related to their personali...

    $1,240.00

  • THE BANTU OF NORTH KAVIRONDO
    GUNTER WAGNER
    Originally published in 1949, this is the first of 2 volumes studying the Bantu tribes inhabiting the westernmost part of Kenya. The book analyses family, lineage and clan structure, kinship relations and the various rituals connected with every stage of the human life cycle. Also included is a section on European colonization and its effects and the magico-religious and ceremo...

    $1,360.00

  • THE BANTU OF NORTH KAVIRONDO
    GUNTER WAGNER
    Originally published in 1956, this second volume of the Bantu of North Kenya (Kavirondo) discusses the traditional Bantu economy, as well as 20th century developments as a result of Western contact. The topics dealt with include technology, food production, land tenure and use, rights in cattle, exchange and trade. ...

    $980.00


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