In China, social development has fallen far behind economic development. This book looks at why this is the case, and poses the question of whether the ...

Organisational development (OD) as a practice involves an ongoing, systematic process of implementing effective organisational change. OD is both a field ...

First published in 1974. This book examines the mechanism of the Labour Party, its conference, the National Executive, constituency parties, the workings ...

A re-thinking of the main issues, revolving around the themes of the rationale and strategies for reform, the process and its outcomes, and the nature ...

Recent developments in reliability engineering has become the most challenging and demanding area of research. Modeling and Simulation, along with System ...

This book offers a unique comparative study of ubuntu, a dominant ethical theory in African philosophy, and western monotheism. It is the first book to ...

This book investigates the ways in which the mobile telephone has transformed societies around the world, bringing both opportunities and challenges. ...

Introducing original methods for integrating sociocultural and discourse studies into science and engineering education, this book provides a much-needed ...

Against the background of China's rapidly growing, and sometimes highly controversial, activities in Africa, this book is among the first of its kind ...

Updated and revised in response to developments in the field, this fifth edition of Hypnosis with Children describes the research and clinical historical ...