Sociology

This book begins with the fundamental large sample theory, estimating ruin probability, and ends by dealing with the latest issues of estimating the Gerber-Shiu function.

This edited volume offers a comprehensive survey of Korean education in transition.

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This book provides a critical analysis of the interactions of humans and wildlife in Zimbabwe.

The Shanghai school system has attracted worldwide attention since its impressive performance in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) in 2009.

This volume contains high quality articles, originally published in Chinese in the Chinese Journal Jiuzhou Xuelin [Chinese Cultural Quarterly] and new articles written on special invitation by established scholars in the field.

This book is the first attempt to introduce the current status of archival practices in Japan as well as the basic views of the populace on making records accessible to English readers.

This book explores avenues for organisations to better understand the origins of occupational stress so as to enable their managerial employees to effectively manage stress levels.

This book focuses on crisis management in software development which includes forecasting, responding and adaptive engineering models, methods, patterns and practices.

This book reports on the investigation of the public's perception of Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Field (RF-EMF) radiation effects on health and well-being, in Malaysia.

This book offers a first look at transnational education corporations, new firms that operate international schools.

This book presents the findings of a case study conducted in a Maori medium school where a space was created for Putaiao (Western science) teaching and learning from year 1 to 13.

This book demonstrates the value of approaching education from a sociological and philosophical perspective.

This book presents unique management perspectives from Thailand's Healthcare Industry.

This book examines the links between employee-organisation relationships, work wellness and the impact thereof on the labour market from a South African perspective.

This book investigates small cities - cities and towns that are not well known or internationally branded, but are facing structural economic and social issues after the Global Financial Crisis.

Given the increasing global interest in Chinese culture, this book uses case studies to describe and interpret Chinese cultivation in contemporary Taiwanese schools.

This book documents the findings of a 3-year longitudinal study on the quality of family life, personal well-being and risk behavior in Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong.

This book investigates the self-concept of the students with intellectual disabilities who were placed in specialist and mainstream educational settings in South Australia.

The Akashic Records, or "e;The Book of Life,"e; is a dimension of consciousness that contains a vibrational record of every soul and its journey.

This book examines the possibility and role of a Cahokian diaspora to understand cultural influence, complexity, historicity, and movements in the Mississippian Southeast.

This book examines today's central and yet often misunderstood and misconstrued notion of interculturality.

This book explores Bangladesh's shift from a 'bottomless pit' into a 'middle-income' category.

This book introduces Catholic social teaching (CST) and its teaching on the common good to the reader and applies them in the realm of public health to critically analyze the major global issues of COVID-19 that undermine public interest.

Diagnosis of death by neurological criteria (DNC) is a construct which has been part of the British medico-legal landscape for nearly half a century.

This book critically explores pedagogical activities, policies, and coursework that teacher education programs can provide to more fully prepare teacher candidates and in-service educators for professional practice in urban schools.

This book investigates the professional needs and training requirements of an ever-changing public service workforce in Australia and the United Kingdom.

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This book conducts a comparative analysis of social and economic changes in the welfare state transformations in China and India, at national and sub-national levels.

This book examines education transfer, specifically focusing on pedagogic transfer, and analyzes what happens when lesson study is introduced into foreign contextual settings.

This book provides a framework of protest handling which redirects our attention away from the strength of protesters and towards the constraints of state power, drawing on detailed case studies randomly collected in 7 provinces in China over the last decade.

This book presents a series of studies focusing on the role of social capital in the labor market and beyond.

This book presents a compilation of chapters relating to the socio-cultural experiences of Malaysian Indian women.

This book brings together research on multilingualism, identity and intercultural understanding from a range of locations across the globe to explore the intersection of these key ideas in education.

This book is about generating types of societies by the degree of individuals' satisfaction with life domains, aspects, and styles via factor analysis.

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This book is a stepping stone toward solving public sector human capital challenges in Zimbabwe as it equips human capital managers with solutions to key issues in the public sector.

This edited book brings together teachers and education academics who are committed to education about, for and through democracy.

This is the first book to articulate how to address interlinkages among sustainable development goals (SDGs), which are keys to implementing those goals by 2030.

This book presents a comprehensive discussion of sociocultural perspectives on graduate employability and workplace-based learning development.

This book vividly shows the fostering environment, activity characteristics, distribution pattern, economic losses, casualties, disaster risks and management of earthquakes, mass movement, drought, floods, and marine disasters in the Silk Road region.

This book critically explores pedagogical activities, policies, and coursework that teacher education programs can provide to more fully prepare teacher candidates and in-service educators for professional practice in urban schools.

This book represents the latest research on urban forestry in a Malaysian context.

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This book deliberates on the various aspects of plant-based nutrition.

This book explores the Afro-diasporic experiences of African skilled migrants in Australia.

This book is the first on the history of Chinese public relations, and has been selected as one of the "e;40 representative books for 40 years of public relations in China"e; by the Public Relations Society of China.

This book explores stakeholders' perspectives, their practices, and engagement with enacting the employability agenda in the context of a rapidly changing world.