Social Science - General

This title was first published in 2001. Worlds Colliding argues that the prevailing worldview held by those in positions of power in Western government sets the bounds for religious tolerance. It explores the degree to which a modern liberal state will allow a counter-cultural...

Whether hybrids are seen as 'magical or monstrous' (Blessing 2012) may depend on conceptualisation and meanings but also reflects the contingencies of economic cycles, policy regimes and sector characteristics within which hybridisation occurs. This international collection of new research on hybridising housing organisations provides...

First published in 1986. This book explores developments in the cinema, sport, holidays, gambling, drinking and many more recreational activities, and situates working-class leisure within the determining economic and social context. In particular, the inventiveness of working people 'at play' is highlighted. Drawing on...

First published in 1992, this wide-ranging volume features 44 articles from 89 contributors on issues of and solutions to modelling of coastal waters around the world in response to an increasing interest in the development and application of numerical hydraulic models as design and...

First published in 1992. In this lively and controversial book, Kevin Theakston examines the Yes, Minister-style argument popularised by Tony Benn and Richard Crossman that the civil service obstructs Labour government policies. He argues that in fact the Labour party's problems and failures in...

This completely revised and updated sequel to Globalization and Antiglobalization advances our understanding of the dynamics of neoliberal globalization and draws our attention towards efforts to construct 'another world' beyond neoliberalism. To advance our understanding of these forces and associated processes, the collection brings...

As they provide a negotiating space for a diversity of interests, Multi-Stakeholder Platforms (MSPs) are an increasingly popular mode of involving civil society in resource management decisions. Illustrated by a wide geographical range of case studies, this book focuses on water management to take...

This collection of essays, first published in 1984, on multicultural education seeks to introduce teachers, teacher educators, educational administrators, policymakers and others to several of the most significant dimensions of the field.Author: Maurice CraftISBN-10: 1138228079ISBN-13: 9781138228078Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/25/2018Pages: 206Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 9.21h x...

This book, first published in 1965, discusses the nature of the grammar school, its curriculum and teaching methods, comparisons with sixth form education, and the change in its organisation and attitudes during a time of rapid social change in 1960s Britain. This title will...

The book, first published in 1993, focuses specifically on the college curriculum, its organization and management structure and the quality and cost-effectiveness of its provision. An analysis of the corporate changes is provided by the author and related to the theories available from organizational...

In this controversial and challenging book, first published in 1981, the author calls for a restoration of the humanistic literary and historical balance in our educational thinking. These essays constitute a systematic indictment of the narrowness of contemporary thinking about education.Author: G. H. BantockISBN-10:...

Thermal processing remains one of the most important processes in the food industry. Now in its second edition, Thermal Food Processing: New Technologies and Quality Issues continues to explore the latest developments in the field. Assembling the work of a worldwide panel of experts,...

This book shows how the modern Kleinian works with the most taxing of their patients, and examines the current state of traditional methods of training at psychoanalytic institutes, which are shown to be in need of renewal and critical restructuring.Author: Robert WaskaISBN-10: 1138011967ISBN-13: 9781138011960Publisher:...

Are psychodrama and psychoanalysis compatible theories? Contemporary Psychodrama presents the original concepts of a leading light of the Brazilian psychodrama movement.Author: José FonsecaISBN-10: 1138011983ISBN-13: 9781138011984Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/08/2015Pages: 204Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.44d

""The Charterhouse of London: Monastery, Palace, and Thomas Sutton's Foundation"" is a historical book written by William Frederick Taylor in 1912. The book delves into the history of the Charterhouse, a complex of buildings in London that has served as a monastery, palace, and...

Africa's rapid population growth and urbanisation has made its socioeconomic development a global priority. But as China ramps up its assistance in bridging Africa's basic infrastructure gap to the detriment of institutions building, warnings of a debt trap have followed. Building upon an extensive...

This book argues that sixteenth-century European encounters with the newly discovered Mexicans (in the Aztec Empire) and the newly dominant Ottoman Empire can only be understood in relation to the cultural and intellectual changes wrought by the Reformation. Carina L. Johnson chronicles the resultant...

This book is the collection of selected articles that appeared at the First International Analytics Conference 2023 held in Hyderabad in virtual mode on February 2nd the 3rd 2023.Author: Dimitrios A. KarrasISBN-10: 103270828XISBN-13: 9781032708287Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/13/2024Pages: 360Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.39lbsSize: 9.69h x 6.85w x...

This book investigates the concept of Human Landscape in rural settlements in Southern China, where communities and their cultural landscapes are facing contemporary challenges following a period of rapid urbanization in the last fifty years. Author: Wallace ChangISBN-10: 1032483563ISBN-13: 9781032483566Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/14/2025Pages: 206Format:...

This book is the first systematic China-based study on connectivity cooperation between China and Europe. It is packed with discussion of scholars not just from China, but also Central and Eastern Europe on the origin and paradigm of China-European connectivity from a range of...

This book tells the story of how the "servile arts" turned into the "mechanical arts," which in turn developed into a kind of philosophical apparatus that made modern science possible. Author: Ahmet Selami ÇalışkanISBN-10: 1032231130ISBN-13: 9781032231136Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/27/2024Pages: 126Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.37lbsSize: 8.50h x...

In this book, Craig A. Leisy provides a concise history of weights and measures regulation in the United States from the early 20th century up to the present day. Written for academic and professional readers, Leisy describes basic terms and concepts, the origins and...

The act of identifying, protecting, restoring, and reusing buildings, districts, and built landscapes of historic and cultural significance is, at its best, a reflective and consequential process of urban and socio-economic reform. It has the potential to reconcile conflicting memories, meanings, and cultural tensions,...

This book explores some crucial topics in understanding the role of science in Latin America. It aims to show the various tensions that go through the production and use of knowledge, between centers and peripheries, challenging the hegemonic theoretical perspectives in social studies of...

This volume is an interdisciplinary attempt to insert a broader, historically informed perspective into current political and academic debates on the issue of evidence and the reliability of scientific knowledge. Author: Sarah EhlersISBN-10: 1032037067ISBN-13: 9781032037066Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/27/2024Pages: 272Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.86lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w...

"At Plattsburg" offers a fascinating glimpse into the American preparedness movement on the eve of World War I. Allen French chronicles the Military Training Camp for Business and Professional Men held in Plattsburg, New York. This unique program aimed to cultivate citizen soldiers ready...

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,...

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,...

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,...

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,...

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,...

"It Shocks The Conscience" By Bobie Kenneth Townsend The writing of this book, "It Shocks The Conscience," was done by necessity. It supplies research material acquired the last twenty-five (years) by researches that are members of the San Jacinto Constitutional Study Group in the...

Climate change, the result of global warming, which is in turn the result of our massive burning of fossil fuels, is the province of the natural sciences; the vast majority of the information we have about these topics is clearly the result of scientific...

WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF COINS in about 600 BCE, a paradigm shift occurred in human thinking and pre-existing worldviews were transformed into the ideas that shape our cities and societies today. Coins not only changed the economy but also the nature of government, democracy,...

Sake presents select pieces of spoken-word created during the author's coming of age from adolescence to adulthood and then deconstructs them through a reflective lens. It chronicles DrLoni's use of writing as a vehicle to connect with her inner strength. The book begins with...

Written in English and Italian. Twenty-two clubs and associations created by Italian-Canadian/Laziali immigrants, who have, over the last sixty years in Ontario, Canada, formed a social environment and maintained their cultural identity. Through interviews, minutes, commemorative booklets and photos, the author reconstructed and documented...

Part of The Cop Doc's classic writings series compiled from two decades of Dr. Richard Weinblatt's writings, this book is an arresting read on volunteer and part-time law enforcement officers who are known as reserves, auxiliaries, or specials.Author: Richard WeinblattISBN-10: 098286972XISBN-13: 9780982869727Publisher: Richard WeinblattLanguage:...

Reserve Law Enforcement in the United States (The Re-Issue) catalogs the numbers and state, county, and city standards for full-time, part-time, and volunteer police and sheriff's personnel.Author: Richard WeinblattISBN-10: 0982869738ISBN-13: 9780982869734Publisher: Richard WeinblattLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/2011Pages: 320Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.64lbsSize: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.67d

Part of The Cop Doc's Classic Writings series compiled from almost two decades of Dr. Richard Weinblatt's writings, this book is an arresting read on police media and community relations for public information officers, police executives, media reporters, and even the general public curious...

Graham Mathieson was a Fellow of the UK MOD's Defence Science and Technology Laboratory where he was a member of the Human Systems Team. He was an innovative thinker who made significant contributions to the understanding and analysis of military command and control, with...

Beyond Talk: Deaf Studies Today! 2012 Conference Proceedings contains original submissions by presenters at the conference held on the campus of Utah Valley University. This volume is the fifth in the series of proceedings from the Deaf Studies Today! conference. It features papers by...

A good compelling read that flows well. Offers an encompassing perspective of the world we live in and suggests guidance on how we could lead a happier, more productive and peaceful life. Unusually interesting and topical for this kind of book. Exploring many aspects...

In Access to Eden, John Astley explores the influences that shaped the original public sector housing ideals in Britain. The essay surveys the cultural and legislative strands in a narrative that reveals the origins of public sector housing with company housing (such as Port...

This collection features biographies of African American achievers, including Benjamin Banneker, George Washington Carver, Percy Julian, Meredith Gourdine, and George R. Carruthers, among others.Author: Eugene WinslowISBN-10: 0913543527ISBN-13: 9780913543528Publisher: African American ImagesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/1997Pages: 29Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.29lbsSize: 10.96h x 8.45w x 0.13d

This study provides alternative estimates of the costs of greenhouse gas abatement through 2050 that would be necessary to limit CO2 atmospheric concentrations to approximately 450 parts per million and limiting warming to 2 C. Specific estimates are provided for 25 major economies (with...

ABOUT BINGO BOOKSRebecca Stark's "Bingo Books" are complete bingo games in a book. They are great for end-of-the-unit reviews and can also be used as assessment tools.These games are a great way to introduce or review a subject! Each game provides a comprehensive overview...

Arising in the first decades of the twentieth century, the Boy Scout and Girl Guide movements came into existence in Britain in an era of social and political unrest and were initially the center of intense controversy. Through the years, Guiding and Scouting broke...

Europe's 47 countries have a variety of cultures and natural and human-made landmarks. This Internet tour of Europe takes you to the Alps, which run through France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, and Slovenia. Young readers can head off to Greece for its white, black, or...

For every pithy conceptualization of complex events, there are additional lenses through which to examine them. One of the several virtues of this book is precisely that it brings different perspectives to bear on the complexity, diversity, and uncertainty of recent and current events...

This book analyses the opportunities and barriers that NGOs and civil society actors face when conducting advocacy campaigns against such developments through a comparison of the strategies of two NGO coalitions advocating against the Xayaburi hydropower dam on the Mekong River.Author: Yumiko YasudaISBN-10: 081539537XISBN-13:...