Society and Social Sciences

Recent financial crises and other high-profile mismanagement cases have brought a spotlight to the quality of leader character in the business sector.

More than 100 "e;opportunities"e; for students and job seekers!

This book is a study detailing what happens to people and what life is like in a rehabilitation program.

Any searching look at the theory and practice of citizenship in the United States today is bewildering and disconcerting.

Between 1840 and 1920, Cuba abolished slavery, fought two wars of independence, and was occupied by the United States before finally becoming an independent republic.

Neoliberal logics of government shaping childhood today produce market-based frameworks for understanding childhood risks.

This book describes a system of successful classroom behaviour management techniques developed by the author over more than twenty-five years.

Experts agree, though it is already important, nuclear power will soon be critical to the maintenance of contemporary society.

This book explores structural changes in Greenland's economy and labour markets due to the transformative effects of climatic changes and growing international attention.

This book seeks to investigate not only the causes of radicalization but also how radicalization has unfolded since 2009 based on an exhaustive review of the relevant literature and two stints of fieldwork in Bangladesh involving 71 in depth interviews of highly credentialed individuals.

An original defense of the unique value of voting in a democracyVoting is only one of the many ways that citizens can participate in public decision making, so why does it occupy such a central place in the democratic imagination?

For anyone whos ever picked an apple fresh from the tree or enjoyed a glass of cider, writer and orchardist Diane Flynt offers a new history of the apple and how it changed the South and the nation.

Before the American Civil War most Native Americans or Indians lived in an area of the South known as the Five Civilized Nations.

Critically explores how international law is mobilised, by global and local actors, to achieve or block global justice efforts.

Citizenship implies exclusion of non-members.

Puppet Play Therapy is a comprehensive guidebook that describes the basic skills, techniques, and applications for selecting and working with puppets in specific types of settings and populations.

Winner of the 2019 Chicago Folklore PrizeIn 2011, the Midwest suffered devastating floods.

A bold reassessment of "e;smart cities"e; that reveals what is lost when we conceive of our urban spaces as computersComputational models of urbanism-smart cities that use data-driven planning and algorithmic administration-promise to deliver new urban efficiencies and conveniences.

This major new Handbook provides a cutting-edge and transdisciplinary overview of the main issues, debates, state-of-the-art methods, and key concepts in peace and conflict studies today.

This book accurately depicts Native American approaches to land and spirituality through an interdisciplinary examination of Indian philosophy, history, and literature.

This introduction to social and cultural anthropology has become a modern classic, revealing the rich global variation in social life and culture across the world.

This volume investigates energy as a shaping force in Russian and Soviet literature, visual culture, and social practice.

The idea of the United States as a Christian nation is a powerful, seductive, and potentially destructive theme in American life, culture, and politics.

Bullying Amongst University Students is a pioneering collection of knowledge and evidence exploring the under-researched phenomenon of bullying in universities.

The First Ethiopians explores the images of Africa and Africans that evolved in ancient Egypt, in classical Greece and imperial Rome, in the early Mediterranean world, and in the early domains of Christianity.

This edited volume on radical dress reforms in East Asia takes a fresh look at the symbols and languages of modernity in dress and body.

This book explores the evolution of the current U.

Charles Sydnor relates the political and military experience of the SS Totenkopfdivision to the institutional development of the SS and the ideological objectives of Nazi Germany.

Race and Ethnicity in the Study of Motivation in Education collects work from prominent education researchers who study the interaction of race, ethnicity, and motivation in educational contexts.

In this unique and innovative contribution to environmental security, an international team of scholars explore and estimate the intermediate-term security risks that climate change may pose for the United States, its allies and partners, and for regional and global order through the year 2030.

An unprecedented behind-the-scenes portrait of the Trump presidency from the anonymous senior official whose first words of warning about the president rocked the nation's capital.

Full of research backed advice, examples, and reflection questions throughout, this book is for fathers seeking to build their parenting identity while effectively supporting their child from conception to adulthood.

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Arbeitsteilige Gesellschaften setzen auf gelingende Kooperation und Teamarbeit.

Focuses heavily on contemporary approaches and cross-professional applicationsThis book emphasizes "e;big picture"e; frameworks to conceptualize how major theories of counseling and psychotherapy operate and compare.

This book introduces and applies Foucault's key concepts and procedures, specifically for a psychology readership.

This book gives an account of how the U.

Researchers in special education have been developing a knowledge base of evidence-based practices that improve the outcomes of students with disabilities.

How everyday forms of surveillance threaten undocumented immigrantsbut also offer them hope for societal inclusionSome eleven million undocumented immigrants reside in the United States, carving out lives amid a growing web of surveillance that threatens their and their families' societal presence.

A key question for the contemporary world: What is Putin's ideology?

The volume demonstrates the suitability of the theory of social constructivism in portraying and analyzing the diversity of the phenomenon of corruption.

The United States is currently the linchpin of global trade, technology, and finance, and a military colossus, extending across the world with a network of bases and alliances.

Unaccompanied child asylum seekers are amongst the world's most vulnerable populations, and their numbers are increasing.

This edited volume brings together contributions from experts on a range of food security issues, and examines them through a number of case studies.

The aim of this pocket guide is to provide an at-a-glance overview and insight into Every Child Matters for busy trainee, newly qualified and experienced teachers, working with pupils in a range of educational settings, who want a quick point of reference in order to know how: the concept, aims and principles of Every Child Matters influences their practice to develop a shared vision and ethos for Every Child Matters Every Child Matters policy informs practice to develop effective teamwork and collaborative partnership working to embed Every Child Matters outcomes in personalised learning to monitor and evaluate the impact of Every Child Matters at classroom level.

Aggression, Crime and International Security examines the concept of aggression in international relations and how it has been dealt with by international law and collective security organisations.

This book gathers together invited presentations from the 12th International Congress on Logistics and SCM Systems (ICLS2017) held in Beijing, China, August 20-23, 2017.