This book explores how two million years of natural selection left us with a strong tendency to bestow purposeful intention to the natural world—forming a robust cognitive basis for religious belief across human cultures.
This book is the first of a three-part series that focuses on how arts-based methods can be used to expand horizons for imaginative and ethical research and practice in education and human services.
This book provides a critical analysis of five central areas in modern policing: crime control, community policing, volunteers in policing, officer safety and wellness, and contemporary issues.
This book brings together original insights from diverse researchers across BRICS nations, offering a multidimensional analysis of recurring socio-economic, cultural, and political challenges.
The book discusses the definition of negative and cognitive symptoms and offers a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of their impact on patients' real-life functioning and quality of life.
One of a series of titles on the Futures of Asia, Future of Economy in Asia explores diverse facets of the region's economic landscape during the transformative 2020s, offering insights into pivotal transformations and potential trajectories.
This book seeks to identify the manifold ways in which the multiple European crises, debt, financial, sociopolitical, refugee (re)construct political polarizations in Greece on the basis of the country’s divided past.
This book is the first of a three-part series that focuses on how arts-based methods can be used to expand horizons for imaginative and ethical research and practice in education and human services.
This book presents the complex intersections of race, gender, and colonialism and their profound impact on the incarceration of First Nations women in Australia.
This volume deals with the determinants of both good and bad health, at individual as well as community levels, or in a broader sense, all of which are determined by multiple, critically interlinked actors that are surprisingly concentrated within the built environment.
Because of their fundamental mission, generating knowledge through research and disseminating it via teaching and publications, Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) can serve as a vehicle for enacting new worldviews and approaches for sustainability transformation.
This book, a product of the Financial Integrity Hub (FIH), explores the societal costs of combating financial crime and the balance between security imperatives, individual rights, and the integrity of global financial systems.
This book centers on the stories and histories of buen vivir (“good living”) in education in Ecuador, focusing on how Indigenous and Afrodiasporic Peoples have strategically engaged with state educational initiatives to advance their own epistemic and political projects.
This book explores how two million years of natural selection left us with a strong tendency to bestow purposeful intention to the natural world—forming a robust cognitive basis for religious belief across human cultures.
Multilevel Inverter Technology for Renewable Energy Systems: Enhancing Efficiency and Sustainability Through Advanced Power Conversion Solutions explores the pivotal role of multilevel inverter technology in advancing renewable energy systems, addressing the increasing demand for efficient and sustainable power conversion solutions.
This book provides an in-depth analysis of the new developments in China’s energy cooperation with Asian and African countries under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) over the past decade.
This book investigates the history of the Protestant voting blocs and associations in the Irish border counties of Cavan, Donegal and Monaghan, from 1920 to 2016.
This book provides an ambitious, timely, and comprehensive treatment of Israel-Taiwan relations, presenting a valuable historical and political exploration of a niche but increasingly relevant bilateral relationship in contemporary international affairs.
Remaking Urban Life in Chongqing’s Public Rental Housing follows migrant families through an ordinary day—out the door for work and school, back after dark through night markets and shared courtyards—to show how a large state-led public rental housing (PRH) program becomes a lived urban form.
This empirically researched and grounded book presents a learning-systems approach for mass-scalable educational content ultimately intended for use across any language, literacy level, culture, or digital divide.
This book offers a comprehensive overview of buildings' digital information security, focusing on various phases of building projects and their associated challenges.
This book provides an in-depth analysis of how Muslim Community Organisations (MCOs) in Australia perceived and responded to Islamophobia between 2014 and 2018—a period marked by the rise of ISIS, a surge in anti-Muslim political rhetoric, and culminating in the Christchurch terrorist attack on praying Muslims in New Zealand.
This book analyses processes of depoliticisation in modern Europe from the emergence of a distinct 'political' sphere in the late eighteenth century until the present day.
This book offers a comprehensive account of the Italian party Fratelli d’Italia (Brothers of Italy), covering the period from its foundation in December 2012 to the summer of 2025, marking almost three years of the Meloni government.
The relationship between migration and media has become an essential topic of study due to its ethical and civil responsibility implications, particularly in today's digitalized global environment.
This book provides a comprehensive exploration of festival-making activities, their cultural significance, and their impact on tourism and community identity.
This book provides open discussions and dialogues around the latest research and development on applying AI and ubiquitous technologies into various language learning contexts.
Sustainability in fashion production and consumption is considered a major contemporary challenge and at the same time a visible trend in the fashion market.
Because of their fundamental mission, generating knowledge through research and disseminating it via teaching and publications, Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) can serve as a vehicle for enacting new worldviews and approaches for sustainability transformation.
Sustainability in fashion production and consumption is considered a major contemporary challenge and at the same time a visible trend in the fashion market.
This book offers a comprehensive account of the Italian party Fratelli d’Italia (Brothers of Italy), covering the period from its foundation in December 2012 to the summer of 2025, marking almost three years of the Meloni government.
