A classic bestseller by one of the most important theatre practitioners of the 20th and early 21st centuries. This handbook has sold over 90,000 copies to students, teachers and theatre makers, giving them a broad range of theatre exercises to use in classrooms, rehearsals and community projects. Makes social and community theatre fun, engaging and easily accessible for a broad audience.

No other book sets out all of Boal's methods in one place, not least in such a clear, practical manner.

Western society has become estranged from the borders and social boundaries that have for centuries given meaning to human experience. This book argues that the controversy surrounding mass migration and physical borders runs in parallel and is closely connected to the debates surrounding the symbolic boundaries people need to guide on the issues of everyday life. Numerous commentators claim that borders have become irrelevant in the age of mass migration and globalisation.

Some go so far as ...

This new, fully updated edition of Global Migration provides students with a thorough and grounded understanding of multiple dimensions of migration, including labour markets, citizenship, border control, integration and identity. Written by two geographers, the book incorporates insights from across the social sciences and is accessible to students in many disciplines. Providing a useful and timely introduction to migration, the textbook addresses migration in a holistic way and equips stude...

In this newly revised and updated 2nd edition of Voices of Early Modern Japan, Constantine Nomikos Vaporis offers an accessible collection of annotated historical documents of an extraordinary period in Japanese history, ranging from the unification of warring states under Tokugawa Ieyasu in the early seventeenth century to the overthrow of the shogunate just after the opening of Japan by the West in the mid- nineteenth century. Through close examination of primary sources from "The Great Pea...

Provides a clear and concise overview of how AI is used in game development Gives a brief overview of the history of AI in games Considers the different models, techniques and algorithms that are used in creating game AI.

An approachable and engaging introduction to Historical Linguistics with up-to-date pedagogy including exercises, further reading and online support material.

Historical Linguistics is a core part of most linguistics programmes. With the more experienced linguistics student in mind, this book covers many subjects in considerable depth while not sacrificing an appreciation of the whole.

Includes examples and datasets from a wide variety of languages and language families, whereas most historic...

Philosophy of Social Science: A Contemporary Introduction examines perennial questions of philosophy through engaging the empirical study of society. Questions of normativity concern the place of values in social scientific inquiry. Questions of naturalism concern the relationship between the natural and the social sciences.

And questions of reductionism ask how social institutions relate to the people who constitute them. This accessible text offers a comprehensive overview of debates in the...

Comprehensive, easy to read and systematic treatment of alliance management, suitable for Strategic Management students as well as reflective practitioners. New edition fully updated with two new chapters covering mindsets, new technologies and emerging themes, as well as new international case studies throughout; Online resources include chapter-by-chapter lecture slides, two long case studies and short interviews with alliance executives.

Offers a comprehensive review of leadership theories in the field, from the classic to the cutting-edge, and how they relate specifically to the public sector and nonprofit contexts. Covers the major competency clusters in detail, portrayed in a leadership action cycle that aids readers in visually connecting theory and practice. Integrates expanded coverage of nonprofit leadership throughout the chapters, including in-depth discussions about managing volunteers, fundraising ethics, the nonpr...

Airline Operations and Management: A Management Textbook presents a survey of the airline industry, with a strong managerial perspective. It integrates and applies the fundamentals of several management disciplines, particularly operations, marketing, economics and finance, to develop a comprehensive overview. It also provides readers with a solid historical background, and offers a global perspective of the industry, with examples drawn from airlines around the world.

Updates for the second ...