Sweeping changes have made NHS governance a crucial and contested issue. This text describes and assesses the NHS governance arrangements and accountabilities. It examines how they are working in practice, reporting on how practitioners are responding to the difficulties and paradoxes that arise.[...]

Whether used on its own or in conjunction with "Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: An Introduction," this reader is a theoretical, analytical, and historical introduction to the study of popular culture within cultural studies. The readings cover the culture and civilization tradition, culturalism[...]

From Popular Culture to Everyday Life presents a critical exploration of the development of everyday life as an object of study in cultural analysis, wherein John Storey addresses the way in which everyday life is beginning to replace popular culture as a primary concept in cultural studies. Storey [...]

Containing 26 entirely new cases from a wide range of countries, Blackwell Cases in Human Resource and Change Management vividly captures the crucial contemporary issues and trends in HR and strategic change management. Drawing on in-depth research by leading authorities in the field, each case, ac[...]

A revised and updated new edition of this best-selling introduction to the study of contemporary popular culture. The book presents an accessible introduction to the range of theories and methods which have been used to study contemporary popular culture. Doing this, it also provides a map of the de[...]

This new edition of John Storey's widely adopted introduction to cultural theory and popular culture has been extensively revised throughout. Like previous editions, the book prsents a clear and critical survey of competing theories of, and various approaches to, popular culture. Retaining its acces[...]

In this 7th edition of his award-winning Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: An Introduction, John Storey has extensively revised the text throughout. As before, the book presents a clear and critical survey of competing theories of and various approaches to popular culture. Its breadth and theoret[...]

Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: An Introduction, sixth edition, has been extensively revised throughout. As before, the book presents a clear and critical survey of competing theories of and various approaches to popular culture. Its breadth and theoretical unity, exemplified through popular cu[...]

Organisationer omgärdas av dilemman och paradoxer. Det blir särskilt påtagligt i tider av ekonomisk turbulens och recession då tilliten till rådande affärsmodeller sätts på prov. I dessa sammanhang är det lätt att förargas över enskilda personers arrogans och girighet. Men i de allra fle[...]