Society and Social Sciences

Revelations of abuse at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison and the U.

This volume is a vital contribution to conversations about urban sustainability, looking beyond the propaganda to explore its consequences for everyday life.

This Briefs advances a theoretical approach that recognizes social movements as contingent enterprises.

First Published in 1998.

The author underlines what he considers to be the "e;lessons of Lebanon"e; for US foreign policy in the greater Middle East and in the world at large.

First published in 1978, Issues in Social Policy is designed as a basic textbook for social administration students in universities, polytechnics and similar institutions, and for students in allied fields such as medicine, nursing and public administration.

Business and Economics of Port Management is a comprehensive but concise textbook and reference for insights into the workings of port industry from the business and economics perspectives.

Exploring European changes in religious and secular beliefs and practices related to life passages, this book provides a deeper understanding of the impacts of social change on personal identity and adjustment across the life course, According to latest research, Europeans who consider religious services appropriate to mark life passages significantly outnumber those who declare themselves as believers.

Have you ever thought that you might want to write a story but simply couldn't find a way to get started?

Makes sense of truthmaking in law, media, politics, and courts of popular opinion including on transgender controversies and cancel culture.

The papers collected in this volume are a product of the second conference on Ireland's Great Hunger held at Quinnipiac University in 2005.

In these original readings of Albert Camus' novels, short stories, and political essays, David Carroll concentrates on Camus' conflicted relationship with his Algerian background and finds important critical insights into questions of justice, the effects of colonial oppression, and the deadly cycle of terrorism and counterterrorism that characterized the Algerian War and continues to surface in the devastation of postcolonial wars today.

In today's ultra-competitive global business environment, it is becoming increasingly important for companies to reduce spending while simultaneously improving their efficiency and productivity.

In 2013 Georg Baselitz declared that 'women don't paint very well'.

Ce livre est un récit, un cheminement, une aventure… Il raconte le parcours d’un homme en quête d’universel qui découvre progressivement, en réponse à une question inattendue, un autre visage de la vérité, non pas celui de la réponse qu’elle nous propose, mais celui du regard qu’on porte sur elle.

In Twelver Shi'a Islam, the wait for the return of the Twelfth Imam, Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Mahdi, at the end of time, overshadowed the value of actively seeking martyrdom.

Byzantinists entered the study of emotion with Henry Maguire's ground-breaking article on sorrow, published in 1977.

This book focuses on the utility and application of discourse theory and discourse analysis in the sociological study of religious change.

This book brings together contributions on current challenges in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) in Latin America.

The Invention of Monotheist Ethics, Volume II presents a comprehensive analysis of the Biblical Book of Samuel.

Schools are facing increasing numbers of homeless students and school social workers and other related professionals are often at the front line of addressing the negative impact homelessness brings to individual students and the school overall.

An approachable and original view of the past, present, and future of kinship in anthropology.

A comprehensive, one-stop guide to identifying, reducing, and managing nonresponse in household surveys Nonresponse and its impact on the sample selection mechanism of a survey is a common problem that often arises while collecting survey data.

This 2007 text examines the problem of national identity formation in the context of globalization.

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Public life is dominated from time to time by media storms around integrity.

Der Hauptteil umfasst knapp 100 Dokumente in den fünf gesonderten Themenblöcken, die das Handeln des preußischen Kultusministeriums bzw.

This Element presents the recent history of defence economics using a non-technical approach ideal for both economists and general readers.

In Peer Feedback in the Classroom, National Board Certified Teacher Starr Sackstein explores the powerful role peer feedback can play in learning and teaching.

This is Part II of a fascinating insight into the history of psychological theory by American psychologist William James.

Social work education has the potential to be transformative, consciousness raising, and to produce social change while inspiring hope in students for the creation of more just systems.

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This volume brings together a diverse group of authors who have been associated with Robyn Dawes over the years.

Analyses the politics of policing in a range of regime types across East and Southeast Asia.

Redirecting examinations of the culture of the city away from its customs, art, and amenities to focus on the mental life of modern society, Alan Blum explores the methods cities and their subjects use to find meaning in the context of urban life, in particular the city's relationships to social change and what has traditionally been identified as justice.

There seems to be a sort of prevalent attitude in the Western world that its brand of democracy is something of a catch all solution for all the world's political problems.

This volume explores illusionism as a much larger phenomenon than optical illusion, magic shows, or special effects, as a vital part of how we perceive, process, and shape the world in which we live.

By imparting crucial insights into the digital evolution of far-right extremism and its challenges, this book explores how far-right extremism has transformed, utilising digital spaces for communication and employing coded language to evade detection.

Why is the law failing to protect pregnant workers and parents from detrimental treatment in the workplace?

This book addresses the gap between the espoused importance of organizational human capital and how it is actually reported and assessed.

First Published in 1999.

Ben-Yehuda's vision of a modern Hebrew eventually came to animate a large part of the Jewish world, and gave new confidence and pride to Jewish youth during the most difficult period of modern history, infusing Zionism with a dynamic cultural content.

Drawing connections between the findings of a research project following young graduates from the Scottish islands of Orkney and Shetland, current international evidence, and theoretical literature, this book argues that understanding rural and island student transitions can expose the wider dynamics of place and mobility at play during student and early career experiences.

Mentalization-Based Treatment for Adolescents (MBT-A) is a practical guide for child and adolescent mental health professionals to help enhance their knowledge, skills and practice.

A team of ASQ Fellows has created this study guide with new questions predominantly based on the best-selling third edition of The Certified Six Sigma Green Belt Handbook.

Covering everything from sports to art, religion, music, and entrepreneurship, this book documents the vast array of African American cultural expressions and discusses their impact on the culture of the United States.