2907, 2014

Trial: The Sustainable Organisation Library

By Victoria Bird|July 29, 2014|Development Studies, Economics, Financial and Management Studies, Unknown|0 comments

The Sustainable Organisation Library is an online library of around 8000 book chapters, case studies and research papers drawn from nearly 600 books and journal issues, focused on sustainability and social responsibility, featuring leading thinkers in sustainability and social responsibility. The SOL collection covers sustainability in its broadest sense, addressing the social, environmental and economic aspects. Topics include: CSR Environment Social Enterprise Management Education Investment Accountability Poverty Reporting Strategy Stakeholders Diversity

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2305, 2014

Research Ethics Guidebook Online Resource

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|May 23, 2014|Anthropology and Sociology, Development Studies, Economics, Politics and International Relations|0 comments

Students who are new to social science research should take a look at the Research Ethics Guidebook website which has recently been developed at the Institute of Education with funding from the ESRC. It can serve as guide through the regulatory processes and procedures that can apply to social science research and it also links to more detailed information as well as the six ethics principles set out in the

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1205, 2014

Religions – April 2014

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|May 12, 2014|Religions|0 comments

Comparative & thematic God’s Chosen People: Judah Halevi’s ‘Kuzari’ and the Shīʻī Imām doctrine / Ehud Krinis ; translated by Ann Brener and Tamar Liza Cohen. Jews, Christians, and Muslims in medieval and early modern times: a festschrift in honor of Mark R. Cohen / edited by Arnold Franklin, Roxani Margariti, Marina Rustow, Uriel Simonsohn. Media portrayals of religion and the secular sacred: representation and change / by Kim Knott,

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1510, 2013

Religions – September 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|October 15, 2013|Religions|0 comments

e-books Sufism and society: arrangements of the mystical in the Muslim world, 1200-1800 / edited by John J. Curry and Erik S. Ohlander. [e-book from Dawsonera] Mahāyāna Buddhism: the doctrinal foundations / Paul Williams. [e-book from ebrary] Yoga traveling : bodily practice in transcultural perspective / Beatrix Hauser, editor. [e-book from Dawsonera] Zoroastrianism: an introduction / Jenny Rose. [e-book from ebrary] What the Buddha thought / Richard Gombrich. [e-book from

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0508, 2013

Religions – July 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|August 5, 2013|Religions|0 comments

Coptic culture: past, present and future / edited by Mariam Ayad. Modest fashion: styling bodies, mediating faith / edited by Reina Lewis. The Oxford handbook of the archaeology of death and burial / ed. by Sarah Tarlow and Liv Nilsson Stutz. Oxford handbook of religion and violence / edited by Mark Juergensmeyer, Margo Kitts, and Michael Jerryson. Christianizing death: the creation of a ritual process in early medieval Europe /

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0512, 2012

Religions – November 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|December 5, 2012|Religions|0 comments

e-books Mohajir militancy in Pakistan: violence and practices of transformation in the Karachi Conflict / by Nichola Khan. Available from Dawsonera Books A matter of belief: Christian conversion and healing in north-east India / Vibha Joshi  Islam, women, and violence in Kashmir: between India and Pakistan / Nyla Ali Khan. Islamic history: a very short introduction / Adam J. Silverstein Also available as an e-book  from Dawsonera New approaches to

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0412, 2012

Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica – November 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|December 4, 2012|Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica|0 comments

Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations The Sumerian poem Enmerkar and En-suhkes-ana:  epic, play, stage craft at the turn from the third to the second millennium B.C., with a score-edition and a translation of the text / by Claus Wilcke Mangiare divinamente : pratiche e simbologie alimentari nell’antico Oriente / a cura di Lucio Milano. Altorientalische Studien zu Ehren von Pascal Attinger : mu-ni u4 ul-li2-a-as ga2-ga2-de3 / herausgegeben von Catherine Mittermayer

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1306, 2012

Politics and International Relations – May 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|June 13, 2012|Politics and International Relations|0 comments

Lenin and philosophy, and other essays / Louis Althusser introd. by Fredric Jameson translated from the French by Ben Brewster.  Foreign ministries : change and adaptation / edited by Brian Hocking, foreword by Jacques Bilodeau. Humane migration : establishing legitimacy and rights for displaced people / Christine G. T. Ho and James Loucky.  Peacebuilding and local ownership : post-conflict consensus-building / Timothy Donais.  Empire as a way of life :

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3004, 2012

Development Studies – April 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|April 30, 2012|Development Studies|0 comments

Combating malnutrition in Ethiopia : an evidence-based approach for sustained results / Andrew Sunil Rajkumar, Christopher Gaukler, and Jessica Tilahun. Exporting services : a developing country perspective / Arti Grover Goswami, Aaditya Mattoo, and Sebastián Sáez, editors. Healthy partnerships :how governments can engage the private sector to improve health in Africa Extreme heritage management : the practices and policies of densely populated islands / edited by Godfrey Baldacchino. Understanding economic

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