Social Science - General

This volume features a collection of papers from the first annual Intercultural Horizons conference held in May 2011 in Siena, Italy. The 2011 conference was entitled Best Practices in Intercultural Competence Development and featured speakers and participants from over 15 countries, including leaders in...

In recent years, food prices have been volatile worldwide. High and fluctuating food prices have led to riots in many low income countries, and have increased the world poverty population. Both developed and developing nations are rushing to buy farmland, even outside their own...

The question of where Russian history ends and Ukrainian history begins has not yet received a satisfactory answer. Generations of historians referred to Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, as the starting point of the Muscovite dynasty, the Russian state, and, ultimately, the Russian nation....

Attempts by people to enact their political beliefs in their daily lives have become commonplace in contemporary US culture, in spheres ranging from shopping habits to romantic attachments. This groundbreaking book examines how collective social movements have cultivated individual practices of "lifestyle politics" as...

Everyone says they want "good goverment", but getting the type of government you want requires more from its citizens than simply engaging in the passive consumption of society's benefits. Good, fair and effective government requires that all of us are actively engaged in the...

"It's All About Evil" Volume III, Understand the mechanism of evil within the World's Greatest Conspiracy (between ego and the evil). Destroy this evil, and destroy evil socialism and Russian PsychoPolitics and their American operators. They want the depression. Many unique discoveries. Chapters: Part...

Humanity At Stake: On why the world should now end China's military & political aggression, understand Taiwan's democracy, and defend 23 million citizens' human right to self-determination "A poignant tale, told in a charmingly human voice, of three idealist young men attempting to resolve...

Today, there are more than 1.1 billion Muslims in the world. Even in the wake of this enormous growth, many of the practices established by Muhammad remain intact today. This not only applies to how Muslims pray, but also to how they construct their...

America's Free Speech is under systematic assault. President Obama himself is the Serial Abuser-in-Chief, and his assault is being conducted on many fronts with a multitude of means, both overt and covert. The goal is no less than the minimization if not elimination of...

This dissertation investigates the semantics of universal Free Choice (FC) items i.e., items like FC 'any' or Spanish 'cualquiera'. This study is relevant for the theory of quantification. One of the core questions of this research is: what is the range of quantificational constructions...

Author: Ray LewisISBN-10: 141208539XISBN-13: 9781412085397Publisher: Trafford PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/08/2010Pages: 264Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.68lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.55d

This compilation represents the first study to examine the historical evolution and shifting global dynamics of policing across the Lusophone community. With contributions from a multi-disciplinary range of experts, it traces the role of policing within and across settings that are connected by the...

This seven-book series is a user's guide to locating Earth's continents and the countries of the world. Kids will learn that more than 200 million years ago, all continents began as part of Pangaea, a supercontinent that broke up to form seven continents. They...

Author: Jess CrespiISBN-10: 1404226753ISBN-13: 9781404226753Publisher: PowerKids PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2005Pages: 24Format: Library BindingWeight: 0.59lbsSize: 8.40h x 8.28w x 0.28dAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 5.8Point Value: 0.5Interest Level: Middle GradeQuiz #/Name: 83983 / Exploring Ecuador with the Five Themes of Geography

Author: Amy MarcusISBN-10: 1404226729ISBN-13: 9781404226722Publisher: PowerKids PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2005Pages: 24Format: Library BindingWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 8.40h x 8.26w x 0.30dAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 5.8Point Value: 0.5Interest Level: Middle GradeQuiz #/Name: 83982 / Exploring Costa Rica with the Five Themes of Geography

Norman G. Lederman I remember moving into my graduate student office at Syracuse University in 1979 as if it was yesterday. Directly across the hall was another graduate student office with the door closed. On the door was an index card with the following...

September 11, 2001 in the U.S., March 11, 2004 in Madrid - just two examples of a series of major terror attacks against NATO member states on both sides of the Atlantic. We now know that international terrorism is capable of transboundary planning and...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

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In late 2007, the U.S. and Mexican governments unveiled the Merida Initiative. A 3-year, $1.4 billion counternarcotics assistance program, the Merida Initiative is designed to combat the drug-fueled violence that has ravaged Mexico of late. The initiative aims to strengthen the Mexican police and...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe...

Title: A voyage of discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and round the world: in which the coast of north-west America has been carefully examined and accurately surveyed: undertaken by His Majesty's command principally with a view to ascertain the existence of any navigable...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe...

Explore the rich tapestry of Northumberland's past in "Bygone Northumberland," edited by W. Andrews. This captivating collection delves into the historical events, cultural traditions, and social changes that have shaped this unique region of England. Uncover fascinating tales of notable figures, significant landmarks, and...

Title: Tyrol and the Tyrolese: the people and the land in their social, sporting, and mountaineering aspects ... With ... illustrations.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research...

Title: Social England. A record of the progress of the people. ... By various writers. Edited by H. D. Traill.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

The Englishman's Right is a book written by John Hawles in 1844. It is a dialogue between a barrister at law and a juryman, exploring the rights and privileges of English citizens. The book discusses various topics such as the right to a fair...

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The Conquest of Bread is a political and philosophical treatise written by the Russian anarchist thinker, Peter Kropotkin. The book was first published in 1892 and explores the idea of a society organized around the principles of mutual aid and voluntary cooperation. Kropotkin argues...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

?Today, humanity faces a fundamentally different challenge ? that of managing a planet and a global human civilization in ways that will sustain both indefinitely. What makes this task less than easy are the pace and complexity of change. Over the next half century,...

Notwithstanding the mythical demise of "introspection," self-observation has always been an integral aspect of the social sciences. In the century following the "behavioral revolution," psychology has seen a reduction not so much in the frequency as in the rigor with which self-observation is practiced....

What is environmental justice? Why is it important to social work? Social work has a long history with the term "environment" as part of our guiding Ecological Framework. Yet frequently, the assessment of the environment is left out or seen as a difficult domain...

What causes a man to become depressed or even psychotic? This book, originally published in 1991, provides an account of a grossly neglected subject: the social, sexual, psychological and psychiatric problems facing men. Dealing with issues such as aggression, violence, criminality, sexuality, and alcohol...

This title, first published in 1971, provides a guide to the social psychology of learning. The author examines the school class as a group and considers the formation of some of the attitudes of the children and the teacher as they relate to education....

This book, first published in 1985, argues that changes in the education system are closely bound up with wider social and political changes. It considers items within education such as developments in teacher assessment policy and changes in the control of education policy.Author: Len...

Illumen presents science fiction, fantasy, and speculative poetry in various forms. In this issue, the Featured Poet is Avra Margariti. There are, of course, many other voices here. This issue includes an article, "The horrorku of Richard Wright" by William Landis, and an interview...

This collection of essays and sketches offers a witty and incisive commentary on life in America at the turn of the 20th century. Written by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author William Allen White, it explores a wide range of topics, from politics and society...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...