Everyday life and locative play: an exploration of Foursquare and playful eng…

Foursquare is a location-based social network (LBSN) that combines gaming elements with features conventionally associated with social networking sites (SNSs). Following two qualitative studies, this article sets out to explore what impact this overlaying of physical environments with play has on everyday life and experiences of space and place. Drawing on early understandings of play, alongsid…

We are one Kenya: representations of the nation, leadership, and de-ethnicize…

This research analyzes Uongozi, a massive multimodal civic education campaign that culminated in the Uongozi reality television show, situating the campaign within its socio-political context. Our analysis suggests that Uongozi framed and promoted a version of leadership that is tied to an idealized progressive, youth leader despite the lack of quality youth ‘candidates’ on the show. The campai…

Media Culture & Society, Volume 38, Number 8, November 2016

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Media Culture & Society, Volume 38, Number 6, September 2016

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World Development, Volume 87, November 2016

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World Development, Volume 89, January 2017

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The Measure of woman: law and female identity in the crown of aragon

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Bess Wallace Truman: Harry's White House "Boss"

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A Country Is Not a Company

Nobel-Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman argues that business leaders need to understand the differences between economic policy on the national and international scale and business strategy on the organizational scale. Economists deal with the closed system of a national economy, whereas executives live in the open-system world of business. Moreover, economists know that an economy must be r…

They Say/I Say: The Moves that Matter in Academic Writing : with Readings

"The book that demystifies academic writing, teaching students to frame their arguments in the larger context of what else has been said about their topic--and providing templates to help them make the key rhetorical moves. The best-selling new composition book published in this century, in use at more than 1,000 schools, They Say / I Say has essentially defined academic writing, identifying it…

Economics of the Public Sector

It has been a decadesince the last revision of this textbook and much has happened in the intervening ten years. I have been lucky enough to have been an active participant in many of these changes, as member and chairman of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers. This edition is written from the unique perpective of a public sector economist who had the chance to be involved in the decis…

Administrative Science Quarterly, Volume 61, Number 2, June 2016

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Social Psychology Quarterly, Volume 79, Number 2, June 2016

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Managing Creativity and Innovation

This is one of the volumes in the new Harvard Business Essentials Series. Each offers authoritative answers to the most important questions concerning its specific subject. The material in this book is drawn from a variety of sources which include the Harvard Business School Press and the Harvard Business Review as well as Harvard ManageMentor®, an online service. Each volume is indeed "a highl…

World Politics: Interests, Interactions, Institutions

A contemporary analytical approach to international relations written at a level that introductory students can grasp. Why are there wars? Why do countries have a hard time cooperating to prevent genocides or global environmental problems? Why are some countries rich while others are poor? Organized around the puzzles that draw scholars and students alike to the study of world politics, this bo…

Qualitative Research: A Guide to Design and Implementation

"In this new edition, Sharan Merriam once again presents the world of qualitative research in language engaging and accessible?for new and experienced readers alike. If you can have only one book about qualitative research, this is it!" ?Patricia M. Reeves, associate professor, School of Social Work, University of Georgia "Mystified by qualitative research? You couldn't ask for a better guid…

Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business

"We believe that business is good because it creates value, it is ethical because it is based on voluntary exchange, it is noble because it can elevate our existence, and it is heroic because it lifts people out of poverty and creates prosperity. Free-enterprise capitalism is the most powerful system for social cooperation and human progress ever conceived. It is one of the most compelling idea…