Society and Social Sciences

New Trends in Genetic Risk Assessment is based on the Fifth International Round Table of the Rhone-Poulenc Sante Foundation, held in Nice 1987.

During the long and costly conflict known as the Great Northern War [1700-1721], Peter the Great and his newly formed Russian army, which was modelled on western European lines, defeated their Swedish counterparts, who were generally regarded as being the finest troops in Europe.

Now updated for its second edition, this illuminating textbook explores the developmental stages and changes during adulthood that define some of the most pivotal years of our lives.

Growing up, Molly Walling could not fathom the source of the dark and intense discomfort in her family home.

Terrorism is often mistakenly thought of as a modern phenomenon, but it goes back quite some time.

In this book, in which definitions and examples of abuse from men and women from every continent and a very diverse set of backgrounds are considered.

Dickens, Religion and Society examines the centrality of Dickens's religious attitudes to the social criticism he is famous for, shedding new light in the process on such matters as the presentation of Fagin as a villainous Jew, the hostile portrayal of trade unions in Hard Times and Dickens's sentimentality.

After the terrorist attacks of 9/11, those in London and Madrid, and the arrest of the “Toronto 18,” Canadians have changed how they think about terrorism and security.

Um intellektuell hochbegabte Kinder und Jugendliche angemessen fördern zu können, sind eine rechtzeitige Diagnostik und fundierte Beratung unumgänglich.

This book reviews and analyses higher education financing and explores the innovative ways by both public higher education and private higher education institutes in the context of globalization, with India, Russia and Tanzania as a case study.

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From the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the incredible life of Lucy Maud Montgomery, the famous Canadian author of Anne of Green Gables.

Remaking Metropolis examines examples of both urban decay and destruction as well as urban rebirth.

One of the greatest living writers in the Portuguese language.

Italy is a country of recent decline and long-standing idiosyncratic traits.

This book analyses how authoritarian rulers of Southeast Asian countries maintain their durability in office, and, in this context, explains why some movements of civil society organizations succeed while others fail to achieve their demands.

The Material Culture of Basketry celebrates basketry as a culturally significant skilled practice and as a theoretically rich discipline which has much to offer contemporary society.

Women,s contributions against apartheid under the auspices of the Namibian liberation movement SWAPO and their personal experiences in exile take center stage in this study.

How can we best understand the major debates and recent movements in contemporary empirical political theory?

Cette collection regroupe l’ensemble des textes et oeuvres écrits par le président Ahmed Sékou Touré, durant la Première République de Guinée (1958-1984).

Speech Sounds:* helps develop the fundamental skills of the phonetician* investigates the various aspects involved in the production of speech sounds* uses data-based material to reinforce each new concept* includes examples from a wide range of languages* provides dozens of exercises with solutions and cross-references* can complement existing course or textbook material.

This book fills the need for a communication-based, public sector framed book.

As floods and fires rage across the planet, ever more people are embracing nonviolent action to achieve political change.

This is your step-by-step guide to success with your research proposal.

This book examines the politics of rural development with special reference to watershed development interventions in the desert province of Rajasthan in India.

How can mainstream Western social work learn from and in turn help advance indigenous practice?

Project managers tend to believe their cost estimates - whether they have exceeded budgets in the past or not.

In 1795 the Russian army was as vast as the territory from which it was drawn.

The relationship between Taiwan and China is a paradox.

We are living in an age in which the relationship between reading and space is evolving swiftly.

This module explores the content-driven approach to language teaching, or the teaching of nonlinguistic content such as geography, history, or science using the target language.

These studies cover a range of topics - market reforms, social justice, ecology, nationalism, new political parties and more - that are at the centre of the revolutionary changes under way in the former Soviet bloc.

Der Band greift Überlegungen auf, die an postcolonial studies im erziehungswissenschaftlichen Kontext anschließen.

The last word on how to build a better body--from the late, great Mike MentzerWith his revolutionary "e;Heavy Duty"e; system, Mike Mentzer changed the way bodybuilders train, showing them that "e;less is more"e; when it comes to making great gains.

Drawing on primary sources from both sides of the Atlantic, Britain and the Bomb explores how economic, political, and strategic considerations have shaped British nuclear diplomacy.

In 1904 William Garrott Brown traveled the American South, investigating the region's political, economic, and social conditions.

Why do we feel uncomfortable talking about class?

As businesses continue to expand globally into new and emerging markets, bribery and corruption risks have increased exponentially.

Ruling Women is a two-volume study devoted to an analysis of the conflicting discourses concerning government by women in seventeenth-century France.

Addressing common myths and misconceptions about sexual offending, this book highlights the current state of scientific knowledge about the origins and the development of sexual offending.

In this brilliant culmination of his seminal Powers Trilogy, now reissued in a twenty-fifth anniversary edition, Walter Wink explores the problem of evil today and how it relates to the New Testament concept of principalities and powers.

Learn why it is imperative to bring a progressive focus back to social welfare policy!

Before Chappaquiddick captures Mary Jo Kopechne’s intelligence, idealism, and beauty.

For half a century, the United States and the Soviet Union were in conflict.

In the past few decades, we have accumulated an impressive amount of knowledge regarding the neural basis of the mind.

Atoll Island States exist on top of what is perceived to be one of the planet's most vulnerable ecosystems: atolls.

Despite the prominence of television in our everyday lives, psychoanalytic approaches to its significance and function are notoriously few and far between.