The articles collected in this volume draw on or relate to a body of work that has become known as the 'New Literacy Studies' (NLS), which studies literacy as s

Local Literacies is a unique study of everyday reading and writing. By concentrating on a selection of people in a particular community in Britain, the authors

This book illuminates results from a wide-ranging, landmark study of global leaders and their world-class companies that proves that managers must understand, r

Shows how important learning is in a country where only a few children are able to go to school.

Using literacy practices in the newly independent post-apartheid Namibia as a lens through which to examine the effects of globalisation, this broad case study