In recent years there has been a spectacular growth in the technological capabilities of developing countries and in outward direct investment from firms based in these countries. Technological Innovation and Third World Multinationals argues that these phenomena are related; the emerging technological capabilities of Third World firms are allied to the cumulative growth of their outward direct investment. The existence and accumulation of technological capabilities are thus determinants as well as effects of these firms' international production activities.

Oral Traditions and the Verbal Arts gives a comprehensive, systematic, and practical introduction to research practices in the elusive sphere of human communication and performance. Finnegan sums up much of the research practice in the terms of oral literature, oral tradition, verbal folklore, folk literature, oral performance, and more recently, popular culture.

Ruth Finnegan provides guidance both on the practicalities of field work and on the range of methods by which oral texts and performance can be observed, collected, or analyzed. She takes the reader through all stages of preparing for, conducting, and following up research, including analyzing texts collected by others. Particular emphasis is laid on the recent interdisciplinary work on performance, the processes involved in the creation and analysis of texts, and on related ethical issues. The book is also distinctive in its comparative perspective, with examples taken from both historical and modern cultures, ranging from African forms to those from contemporary Europe.

The past twenty years have seen the emergence of family therapy as well as family research, much of it related to divorce, step-families, and the effects of divorce on children. Socio-legal

This book examines fashion from the role of the supermodel in the beauty business to the significance of cosmetics, perfumes and male fashions. Clearly written and accessible it argues that it is wrong to see fashion as the expression of haute couture. Instead what is judged to be fahionable emerges from a number of different sources in society. It will be required reading for students of culture and society.

In Of Chastity and Power, Philippa Berry combines Renaissance scholarship with feminist literary criticism to reject former accounts of the cult of Elizabeth, which presented both the queen's gender and her marital status as unproblematic.

Provides a review of the theory and practice underlying current climactic research. Describes the nature of atmospheric resources–solar radiation, wind, and precipitation–and explains how climate can be measured, estimated, and how data should be analyzed.

From the catwalk to the high-style boutique, the common perception of the fashion industry is glamour and indulgence. Yet there is more than meets the eye in the industry known as the rag trade.

"In Dance, Modernity and Culture, Helen Thomas provides an original, interdisciplinary, approach to the study of dance. By examining the development of modern dance in the US during the inter-war period she develops a framework for analyzing dance from a sociological perspective."

In this challenging and lively book, Ramsey Burt examines the representation of masculinity in twentieth century dance. Taking issue with formalist and modernist accounts of dance, which dismiss gender and sexuality as irrelevant, he argues that prejudices against male dancers are rooted in our ideas about the male body and male behavior.

The first edition of Teacher Appraisal offered a comprehensive and practical guide to what has become a key area in educational management in the UK. The second edition has been substantially updated to include the regulations as they affect grant-maintained schools and developments in Northern Ireland and Scotland. The authors have oriented their work much more to schools, providing updated versions of their valuable training materials for group work and self-study. This edition also includes research evidence from trials of head teacher appraisal.

The Presented Past examines the differences between the comparatively static way schools, museums and historic organizations present the past and the way contemporary archaeologists approach it. The book challenges the representation of the past as something finished, understood and objective, rather than something that is "constructed" and therefore open to co-existing interpretations and constant reinterpretation.

Political Restructuring in Europe provides a theoretical background for examining the current political restructuring of Europe. The contributors a distinguished group of legal and constitutional scholars, political philosophers, and international relations theorists include such experts as Michael Walzer, Charles Beitz, Thomas Pogge, and Murray Forsyth. The collection also includes contributions from Poland and Croatia.
The essays examine issues such as the break-up of the former Soviet Union, the development of secessionist movements in Eastern and Central Europe, and the complex question of whether national movements are justified in using force. They also examine the efforts to unify Western Europe, and analyze the contrasting perspectives of Communitarianism and Cosmopolitanism. The book includes chapters which set the scene for the European topics by examining the political theory of Federalism and Cofederalism, and the legal background to Constitutionalismand Secession.

Developing Quality Systems and Educational Organisations presents an overview of the pitfalls, problems and vicissitudes of implementing quality standards in education. It explores theoretical issues, such as the relationship between the customer and academic culture, but also has a strongly practical theme, looking at the advantages and disadvantages of quality systems through a series of case studies taken from a variety of geographical locations including California, Wisconsin, Virginia, Missouri and Alaska. This book looks to the future in developments for the education sector by taking a management approach to the study of systems in both higher education and at the school level.

"Development planning provides a useful set of analytical techniques to facilitate economic decision making and management. As techniques evolve, models can now be designed to match both the constraints and the objectives of individual economies.

Development Policy and Planning provides an accessible explanation of each of the main techniques used for economic policy formulation in developing countries and discusses their application. Anis Chowdhury and Colin Kirkpatrick examine such topics as growth modelling, social accounting matrices, computable general equilibrium models, linear programming, and cost-benefit analysis. They describe each technique and use practical examples to illustrate methods which enable economies to be guided toward their development goals."

"The first biography of Ptolemy in any language, Walter Ellis' study charts in detail this ancient ruler's extraordinary achievements both in and beyond Egypt and within the period between the death of Alexander the Great's empire and the birth of the Hellenistic state. It was during this time that a great number of powerful and ambitious men were jockeying for control of Alexander's fragmented empire with Ptolemy at the forefront of the struggle.

Ptolemy of Egypt not only tells the story ofa leader with prophetic insight, extraordinary intellect and keen administrative ability, but provides in the process an accessible introduction to the early Hellenistic period."