What are the civic, social, and economic issues facing American cities? How much control do the cities have over these issues? Launching today, The CQ Press Guide to Urban Politics and Policy in the United States examines cities as centers for political activity in the past, present, and future.
London, UK. SAGE Publishing, a leading independent and academic publisher, today announced the launch of three new exclusive SAGE Video collections: Business and Management, Politics and International Relations and Psychology.
London, UK (July 12, 2016). Democracy is under grave threat and with that the prospect of a better world for all, argues Philip Kotler in his latest book Democracy in Decline: Rebuilding its Future, publishing with SAGE Publishing later this month. Voting systems are flawed, fewer people vote, major corporations fund campaigns and as political parties battle it out, the real changes needed don’t occur.
SAGE Publishing, one of the world’s leading independent academic and professional publishers, today reported continued strong performance and growth across its journals portfolio in the Journal Citation Reports (Source: 2015 Web of Science Data).
Though healthcare is not without risks or error, hospital employees can support a culture of patient safety by identifying, reporting, and learning from medical mistakes that have or could have harmed patients. In a new study, a training program focusing on team communication, leadership, and decision-making practices, known as Crew Resource Management (CRM), was found to improve perceptions of the safety culture by 8% over the course of two years. This study, the largest of its kind, is out today in the American Journal of Medical Quality from SAGE Publishing.
London, UK (October 26, 2016). The right to anonymity in India is under threat, reports a new article in the latest issue of Index on Censorship Magazine, launched with a speech by blogger and activist Cory Doctorow this week.
SAGE Publishing has launched a collection of streaming videos designed to help students and researchers learn and develop research skillsets and navigate the research process. Titled SAGE Research Method Video, the collection includes 484 videos on the broad spectrum of social science research methods and statistics.
Based on forthcoming SAGE Publishing book, American Government: Stories of a Nation, by Scott Abernathy
London, UK. SAGE Publishing today announces that six academic journal titles from Intersentia, an independent publishing house specialised in providing legal content for the professional market, will transfer to SAGE, commencing publication in early 2017.
The six titles cover European law, network industry law, labour law, human rights and criminal law. A full list of the transferring journals can be found below:
London, UK. Since its intellectual inception in the 1930s and its political emergence in the 1970s, neoliberalism has sought to disenchant politics by replacing it with economics. But is this framework finished, author William Davies questions.
London, UK. Work‒life laws and policies are put in place primarily to protect workers. However, for legal prostitutes working in Nevada’s brothels these laws and policies are instead geared towards brothel and community interests, finds a new study published in the journal Human Relations.
SAGE Publishing is pleased to announce an agreement with Ohio’s statewide academic library consortium, the Ohio Library and Information Network (OhioLINK), to provide its 121 colleges, universities, and other member institutions with access to two online data resources as part of a multi-year journals renewal: SAGE Stats and imprint CQ Press’s US Political Stats.
