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The central theme of the volume is interdisciplinary experimentation. The volume includes collaborative and interdisciplinary studies on a variety of topics, from territorialisation of theory, relations between culture theory and research methodology, culture-dependent meaning formation, power relations in discourses on religion, communal heritage management, celebration practices of (national) holidays, conceptual boundaries of the 'unnatural', temporal boundaries in culture and cultural boundaries within archaeological material. Some of the chapters are dedicated to more general theoretical and methodological questions, while the majority of chapters use Estonian culture as source material for approaching broader cultural theoretical notions and questions.
The chapters are the outcome of an experimental collaborative project aimed at bringing together representatives of various disciplines in order to find new ways to conceptualise and study their research objects or discover new study objects between disciplines. The approaches to interdisciplinary collaboration taken by the authors of the chapters are diverse. Some of them juxtapose or combine several disciplinary perspectives on common issue in order to highlight the multifaceted nature that escapes the purview of any one discipline. Some reveal similarities or complementarities between the disciplines despite the apparent differences in their metalanguage and theoretical apparatus. Others take a more integrative approach and aim to present a more holistic interdisciplinary theoretical or methodological framework. Several of the chapters re-evaluate or re-interpret existing data or case studies from the vantage points afforded by other fields, prompting questions that are not usually asked within their own field. In addition, the experimental collaboration also offered a space within which to explore issues located between disciplines and whose reoccurring presence becomes evident when diverse disciplines and studies are brought into dialogue.

"Post-foundational discourse analysis, also labelled as the Essex School in Discourse Analysis, has been observed to suffer from considerable methodological deficiencies that limit its applicability in empirical research. This book adds the missing link between post-foundational discourse theory and the methods of empirical research, and in doing so it develops a post-foundational discourse analysis research program. The book offers a structure of the research program, and also explores the methodologization of other discourse analytical approaches, making the book of great value to researchers in all disciplines of social science and human studies"--

"In the past four decades, transdisciplinarity has gained conceptual and practical traction for its transformative value in accounting for the complex challenges besetting humankind, including social relations and natural ecosystems. The need to develop frameworks for joint problem-solving involving diverse stakeholders is unquestionable. Besides generating inclusivity, which embraces academia, civil society, and policymakers in the public and private sectors, transdisciplinarity allows for the appreciation of phenomena from a multiplicity of angles and affords societies creative ways of seeking solutions to challenges that may appear intractable. This book puts forward alternatives within this arena and attempts to directly respond to the multilayered challenges of diffuse disciplines, interlinked socioeconomic problems, impacts of globalization, technological advancements, environmental concerns, food security, and more."--Amazon.com

Interdisciplinary taxation research--an introduction / Margaret Lamb -- Taxation research as legal research / Judith Freedman -- Taxation research as economic research / Simon James -- Taxation research as accounting research / Margaret Lamb -- Taxation research as political science research / Claudio M. Radaelli -- Taxation research as social policy research / Rebecca Boden -- Taxation and ethics / Jane Frecknall Hughes and Peter Moizer -- Behavioural studies of tax practice / John Hasseldine -- Taxation and business strategy / Simon James -- Microeconomic approaches to tax research / Alan Macnaughton and Amin Mawani -- International transfer pricing / Jamie Elliott -- Tax compliance costs / Jeff Pope -- European law of taxation / Tom O'Shea -- Taxation and capital markets / Kevin Holland -- Taxation in an electronic world / Andrew Lymer -- Producing good taxation research / Margaret Lamb and Andrew Lymer -- Appendix I : Journals with a tax research focus / John Hasseldine and Andrew Lymer -- Appendix II : Academic tax research organizations / John Hasseldine -- Appendix III : Empirical sources for tax research / Kevin Holland, Amin Mawani, and Andrew Lymer