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1. Cognitive and Intellectual Disabilities

   Historical Perspectives, Current Practices, and Future Directions

   By Ronald Taylor, Michael P. Brady, Stephen Richards

   This textbook provides thorough coverage of the causes and characteristics of cognitive and intellectual disabilities (formerly known as mental retardation) as well as detailed discussion of the validated instructional approaches in the field today. Some features include: Historical...

   To Be Published February 14th 2014 by Routledge
2. Global Cities

   Edited by Peter Taylor, Jonathan Beaverstock, Ben Derudder, James Faulconbridge, John Harrison, Michael Hoyler, Kathy Pain, Frank Witlox

   Series: Critical Concepts in Urban Studies

   A striking consequence of contemporary globalization has been an increase in the importance and prestige of cities. Whereas only a generation or so ago cities were commonly viewed as ‘problems’, the sites of society’s ills, today they are more readily seen as ‘solutions’, places where twenty-first...

   Published December 10th 2012 by Routledge
3. The Geography of Multinationals (RLE International Business)

   Studies in the Spatial Development and Economic Consequences of Multinational Corporations.

   Edited by Michael Taylor, Nigel Thrift

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: International Business

   Through a series of international case studies, the nature and the geographical implications of the development of multinational corporations is examined. The volume concentrates on the latter Post-War period of corporate restructuring and readjustment in response to world-wide recession in the mid...

   Published November 26th 2012 by Routledge
4. Multinationals and the Restructuring of the World Economy (RLE International Business)

   The Geography of the Multinationals Volume 2

   Edited by Michael Taylor, Nigel Thrift

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: International Business

   This volume charts the ways in which multinational corporations contributed to the restructuring of the world economy, paying particular attention to the spatial consequences of, and responses to, their operations at a number of scales. The book takes as its theme the differential spatial outcomes...

   Published November 26th 2012 by Routledge
5. Prospects for an Ethics of Architecture

   By William M. Taylor, Michael P. Levine

   Bringing together the reflections of an architectural theorist and a philosopher, this book encourages philosophers and architects, scholars and designers alike, to reconsider what they do as well as what they can do in the face of challenging times. It does so by exploring the notion...

   Published February 3rd 2011 by Routledge
6. Global Urban Analysis

   A Survey of Cities in Globalization

   Edited by Peter J Taylor, Pengfei Ni, Ben Derudder, Michael Hoyler, Jin Huang, Frank Witlox

   Global Urban Analysis provides a unique insight into the contemporary world economy through a focus on cities. It is based upon a large-scale customised data collection on how leading businesses use cities across the world: as headquarter locations, for finance, for professional and creative...

   Published October 28th 2010 by Routledge
7. Toward Safer Food

   Perspectives on Risk and Priority Setting

   By Sandra Hoffmann, Michael R. Taylor

   In 1998, a National Academy of Sciences panel called for an integrated, risk-based food safety system. This goal is widely embraced, but there has been little advance in thinking about how to integrate knowledge about food safety risks into a system- wide risk analysis framework. Such a framework...

   Published February 24th 2005 by Routledge
8. Medical Statistics Made Easy

   By Michael Harris, Gordon Taylor

   It is not necessary to know how to do a statistical analysis to critically appraise a paper. However, it is necessary to have a grasp of the basics, of whether the right test has been used and how to interpret the resulting figures. Short, readable, and useful, this book provides the essential,...

   Published December 4th 2003 by CRC Press
9. Economic Voting

   Edited by Han Dorussen, Michael Taylor

   Series: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science

   Economic voting is a phenomenon that political scientists and economists can hardly overlook. There is ample evidence for a strong link between economic conditions and government popularity. However, not everything is that simple and this edited collection focuses on 'the comparative puzzle' of...

   Published August 14th 2002 by Routledge