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An urban politics of climate change: experimentation and the governing of socio-technical transitions (2014)
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Bulkeley, H., Castan Broto, V., & Edwards, G. (2014). An urban politics of climate change: experimentation and the governing of socio-technical transitions. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315763040

The confluence of global climate change, growing levels of energy consumption and rapid urbanization has led the international policy community to regard urban responses to climate change as ‘an urgent agenda’ (World Bank 2010). The contribution of c... Read More about An urban politics of climate change: experimentation and the governing of socio-technical transitions.

Critical Debates on Counter-Terrorist Judicial Review (2014)
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Davis, F. F., & de Londras, F. (Eds.). (2014). Critical Debates on Counter-Terrorist Judicial Review. Cambridge University Press

Is judicial review an effective and appropriate way to regulate counter-terrorism measures? Some argue that the judiciary is ill-equipped to examine such measures, for instance because they lack the expertise of the institutions which bring them abou... Read More about Critical Debates on Counter-Terrorist Judicial Review.

Medical Law and Ethics. (2014)
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Pattinson, S. D. (2014). Medical Law and Ethics. (4th ed.). Sweet and Maxwell

This fourth edition has been restructured, introduces new pedagogical features, expands discussion of mental health law and covers recent legal developments including the recent Supreme Court decisions of Aintree and Nicklinson. The completion of the... Read More about Medical Law and Ethics..

Leading Interdisciplinary Research: transforming the academic landscape (2014)
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McLeish, T., & Strang, V. (2014). Leading Interdisciplinary Research: transforming the academic landscape. Leadership Foundation for Higher Education

This paper considers the complex challenges entailed in leading and developing interdisciplinary research (IDR) and suggests that, while structural support is vital, cultural change may be equally critical. It argues that, while IDR is commonly encou... Read More about Leading Interdisciplinary Research: transforming the academic landscape.

Quaternary of the Trent (2014)
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Bridgland, D., Howard, A., White, M., & White, T. (2014). Quaternary of the Trent. Oxbow Books

Information Technology in Geo-Engineering (2014)
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Toll, D., Zhu, H., Osman, A., Coombs, W., Li, X., & Rouainia, M. (Eds.). (2014). Information Technology in Geo-Engineering. IOS Press

Information technology continues to evolve and remains central to all aspects of geo-engineering. Key issues are the effective use and re-use of data, particularly within Building Information Modelling (BIM) frameworks; the use of smart monitoring; a... Read More about Information Technology in Geo-Engineering.

Gadda and Beckett: Storytelling, Subjectivity and Fracture (2014)
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Wehling-Giorgi, K. (2014). Gadda and Beckett: Storytelling, Subjectivity and Fracture. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351191470

While the writing of Carlo Emilio Gadda (1893-1973) is renowned for its linguistic and narrative proliferation, the best-known works of Samuel Beckett (1906-89) are minimalist, with a clear fondness for subtraction and abstraction. Despite these face... Read More about Gadda and Beckett: Storytelling, Subjectivity and Fracture.

Encountering Affect: Capacities, Apparatuses, Conditions. (2014)
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Anderson, B. (2014). Encountering Affect: Capacities, Apparatuses, Conditions. Ashgate Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315579443

Since the mid-1990s, affect has become central to the social sciences and humanities. Debates abound over how to conceptualise affect, and how to understand the interrelationships between affective life and a range of contemporary political transform... Read More about Encountering Affect: Capacities, Apparatuses, Conditions..

Irish Musical Analysis. (2014)
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Cox, G., & Horton, J. (Eds.). (2014). Irish Musical Analysis. Four Courts Press

The extraordinary rise of musicology in Ireland over the last twenty years has generated an increased interest in the sister discipline of music theory and analysis. This volume highlights this development and presents a substantial cross-section of... Read More about Irish Musical Analysis..