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Innovative language teaching and learning at university: enhancing employability (2017)
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Alvarez-Mayo, C., Gallagher-Brett, A., & Michel, F. (Eds.). (2017). Innovative language teaching and learning at university: enhancing employability. Research-publishing. https://doi.org/10.14705/rpnet.2017.innoconf2016.9781908416506

The second volume in this series of papers dedicated to innovative language teaching and learning at university focuses on enhancing employability. Throughout the book, which includes a selection of 14 peer-reviewed and edited short papers, authors s... Read More about Innovative language teaching and learning at university: enhancing employability.

Employability for Languages: A Handbook (2016)
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Corradini, E., Borthwick, K., & Gallagher-Brett, A. (Eds.). (2016). Employability for Languages: A Handbook. Research-publishing. https://doi.org/10.14705/rpnet.2016.cbg2016.9781908416384

Languages sit firmly in the skill-set of the 21st-century graduate. In an increasingly multicultural and multilingual job market, monolingual graduates are at a disadvantage: as the recent Born Global report (2016) notes, ‘multilingualism has now bec... Read More about Employability for Languages: A Handbook.

Reshaping City Governance: London, Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad (2014)
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Rao, N. (2014). Reshaping City Governance: London, Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315740899

India’s cities are in the midst of an unprecedented urban expansion. While India is acknowledged as a rising power, poised to emerge into the front rank of global economies, the pace and scale of its urbanisation calls for more effective metropolitan... Read More about Reshaping City Governance: London, Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad.

A Continent Moving West? EU Enlargement and Labour Migration from Central and Eastern Europe (2010)
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Black, R., Pantiru, M. C., Engbersen, G., & Okolski, M. (2010). A Continent Moving West? EU Enlargement and Labour Migration from Central and Eastern Europe. Amsterdam University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048510979

A Continent Moving West? argues that the conceptualization of migration as a one-way or long-term process is becoming increasingly wide of the mark. Rather, east-west labor migration in Europe, in common perhaps with other flows in and from other par... Read More about A Continent Moving West? EU Enlargement and Labour Migration from Central and Eastern Europe.

Cities in Transition: Growth, Change and Governance in Six Metropolitan Areas (2007)
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Rao, N. (2007). Cities in Transition: Growth, Change and Governance in Six Metropolitan Areas. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203391150

This is an up-to-date and topical treatment of how six major cities in Europe, North America and Asia are coping with the new demands on urban government. Population expansion, the migration of new peoples and disparities between cities and suburbs a... Read More about Cities in Transition: Growth, Change and Governance in Six Metropolitan Areas.

Keepers of the Flame: Understanding Amnesty International (2006)
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Hopgood, S. (2006). Keepers of the Flame: Understanding Amnesty International. Cornell University Press. https://doi.org/10.7591/9780801469848

"If one organization is synonymous with keeping hope alive, even as a faint glimmer in the darkness of a prison, it is Amnesty International. Amnesty has been the light, and that light was truth—bearing witness to suffering hidden from the eyes of th... Read More about Keepers of the Flame: Understanding Amnesty International.

Governing London (2002)
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Rao, N., & Pimlott, B. (2002). Governing London. Oxford University Press

Representation and Community in Western Democracies (2000)
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Rao, N. (Ed.). (2000). Representation and Community in Western Democracies. Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230288065

This book of critical essays explores new thinking and new evidence on the role of locally-elected representatives in Western democracies. The book is topical in the light of the intense political and popular interest in the problems of making local... Read More about Representation and Community in Western Democracies.

American Foreign Environmental Policy and the Power of the State (1998)
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Hopgood, S. (1998). American Foreign Environmental Policy and the Power of the State. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780198292593.001.0001

In an increasingly interdependent world, marked by growing numbers of non-governmental organizations and international institutions, this book presents a powerful argument for the continued relevance of the state to our understanding of international... Read More about American Foreign Environmental Policy and the Power of the State.