Annette Hilton & Geoff Hilton 
Learning to Research and Researching to Learn [PDF ebook] 
An Educator’s Guide

After impressive growth of about 10% per annum for three decades, China »s visible signs of economic slowdown since 2008 have been subject to much contention. What causes the deceleration? What shoul …

The fourth edition of Applied Organizational Communication provides a current, in-depth analysis of the theories and practices critical to understanding organizational communication concepts in a glo …

This book seeks to interrogate how contemporary policy issues become ‘securitized’ and, furthermore, what the implications of this process are. A generation after the introduction of the concept of s …

Using the case study of Singapore, this book examines the production of a set of institutionalized relationships and ethical meanings that link citizens to each other and the state. It looks at how q …

As in many developing countries, the prospects for land reform in Iran seemed promising. It was expected to improve rural poverty and stimulate agricultural development by replacing the traditional l …

First published in 1993. The Cultural Revolution (CR) was undoubtedly one of the most tumultuous and dramatic periods of China »s modern history. It was marked by violence, factionalism and economic …

This book examines the studies of Aristotle »s Poetics and its related texts in which three Medieval philosophers – Alfarabi, Avicenna and Averroes – proposed a conception of poetic validity (beauty) …

With new material and up-to-date information, this book examines the current state of Iran, exploring a wide range of areas including the economy, finance, politics, the media, and the position of wo …

Representing a new development in the study of Qur »anic text, this book tackles the issue of Qur »anic text structure by fusing the fields of linguistics and Qur »anic studies. The Qur »an contains …

Britain emerged from World War II dependent economically and militarily upon the US. Egypt was the hub of Britain »s imperial interests in the Middle East, but her inability to maintain a large garri …