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Ngai-Ling Sum
Ngai-Ling Sum (born 1952) is a British sociologist and political economist and co-director of the Cultural Political Economy Research Centre at Lancaster University. Career Her 2006 book ''Beyond the Regulation Approach. Putting Capitalist Economies in their Place'' (co-authored with Bob Jessop) was awarded the Gunnar Myrdal Prize awarded given by the European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy. ''Geografiska Annaler'' called the book a good introduction to the theory of Regulation Approach. Sum's contributions to the book were considered "central in pushing its boundaries to the emerging project of cultural political economy" by Ray Hudson in ''Economic Geography''. She also was awarded a British Academy BARDA Award in 2008 for her work with Jessop on ''Changing Cultures of Competitiveness: A Cultural Political Economy Approach''. Her work has appeared in several academic journals like '' Competition & Change'', ''Urban Studies'', ''New Political Economy'', '' Cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lancaster University
Lancaster University (legally The University of Lancaster) is a public university, public research university in Lancaster, Lancashire, Lancaster, Lancashire, England. The university was established in 1964 by royal charter, as one of several plate glass university, new universities created in the 1960s. The university was initially based in St Leonard's Gate in the city centre, before starting a move in 1967 to a purpose-built campus at Bailrigg, to the south. The campus buildings are arranged around a central walkway known as the Spine, which is connected to a central plaza, named Alexandra Square in honour of its first chancellor (education), chancellor, Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy, Princess Alexandra. Lancaster is a Colleges within universities in the United Kingdom, residential collegiate university; the colleges are weakly autonomous. The eight undergraduate colleges are named after places in the Historic counties of England, historic county of Lancashi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Academy
The British Academy is the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences. It was established in 1902 and received its royal charter in the same year. It is now a fellowship of more than 1,000 leading scholars spanning all disciplines across the humanities and social sciences and a funding body for research projects across the United Kingdom. The academy is a self-governing and independent registered charity, based at 10–11 Carlton House Terrace in London. The British Academy is funded with an annual grant from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). In 2014–15, the British Academy's total income was £33,100,000, including £27,000,000 from BIS. £32,900,000 was distributed during the year in research grants, awards and charitable activities. Purposes The academy states that it has five fundamental purposes: * To speak up for the humanities and the social sciences * To invest in the very best researchers and research * To i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academics Of Lancaster University
An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 385 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and skill, north of Athens, Greece. Etymology The word comes from the ''Academy'' in ancient Greece, which derives from the Athenian hero, ''Akademos''. Outside the city walls of Athens, the gymnasium was made famous by Plato as a center of learning. The sacred space, dedicated to the goddess of wisdom, Athena, had formerly been an olive grove, hence the expression "the groves of Academe". In these gardens, the philosopher Plato conversed with followers. Plato developed his sessions into a method of teaching philosophy and in 387 BC, established what is known today as the Old Academy. By extension, ''academia'' has come to mean the accumulation, de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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1952 Births
Year 195 ( CXCV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scrapula and Clemens (or, less frequently, year 948 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 195 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus has the Roman Senate deify the previous emperor Commodus, in an attempt to gain favor with the family of Marcus Aurelius. * King Vologases V and other eastern princes support the claims of Pescennius Niger. The Roman province of Mesopotamia rises in revolt with Parthian support. Severus marches to Mesopotamia to battle the Parthians. * The Roman province of Syria is divided and the role of Antioch is diminished. The Romans annexed the Syrian cities of Edessa and Nisibis. Severus re-establish his h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capital & Class
''Capital & Class'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the fields of politics and economics, especially concerning Marxism and critical theories like feminism, environmentalism, poststructuralism, along with other radical and intellectual movements. The journal's editorial board is elected by the members of the Conference of Socialist Economists at their annual meeting. The managing editor is Owen Worth (University of Limerick). It was established in 1977 and is currently published by SAGE Publications on behalf of the Conference of Socialist Economists. Abstracting and indexing ''Capital and Class'' is abstracted and indexed in: * Academic Search Complete * Academic Search Premier * ABI/INFORM * EBSCO: EconLit * International Bibliography of the Social Sciences * Scopus Scopus is Elsevier's abstract and citation database launched in 2004. Scopus covers nearly 36,377 titles (22,794 active titles and 13,583 inactive titles) from approximately 11,678 publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Critical Policy Studies
''Critical Policy Studies'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that relates political theory to the fields of public and social policy. According to the ''Journal Citation Reports'', the journal had a 2019 impact factor of 1.868. Abstracting and indexing The journal is abstracted and indexed in the following databases: *EBSCO databases *Emerging Sources Citation Index *Scopus Scopus is Elsevier's abstract and citation database launched in 2004. Scopus covers nearly 36,377 titles (22,794 active titles and 13,583 inactive titles) from approximately 11,678 publishers, of which 34,346 are peer-reviewed journals in top-l ... References External links *{{Official website, 1=https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=rcps20 Routledge academic journals English-language journals Quarterly journals Sociology journals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Political Economy (journal)
''New Political Economy'' is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering research on international political economy. It was established in 1996 and is published by Routledge. The editor-in-chief is Colin Hay (University of Sheffield and Sciences Po Paris). It is one of the leading journals in International Political Economy, along with ''Review of International Political Economy''. Abstracting and indexing According to the ''Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2018 impact factor of 3.085, ranking it 46th out of 363 journals in the category "Economics", 20th out of 176 journals in the category "Political Science" and 8th out of 91 journals in the category "International Relations". The journal's 2020 impact factor is 4.681. See also *List of political science journals *List of international relations journals *List of economics journals The following is a list of scholarly journals in economics containing most of the prominent academic journals in economics. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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