Social Science - General

This book presents a comprehensive examination of the drug control policy process in the United States. How are policy choices identified, debated and selected? How are the consequences of governmental policy measured and evaluated? How, if at all, do we learn from our mistakes?...

In recent years the revival of the far right and anti-Semitic, racist, and Islamophobic groups has posed a significant threat throughout Europe. Varieties of Right-Wing Extremism in Europe provides an overview of the political and cultural manifestations of this phenomenon and the different interpretations...

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the ways in which Psychology has engaged with 'race' and racism issues since the late 19th century. It emphasizes the complexities and convolutions of the story and attempts to elucidate the subtleties and occasional paradoxes that have...

Probabilistic risk and hazard assessments are applied to a wide range of engineering systems, mainly for regulatory reasons needed for development consent, system certification and occupational health and safety issues. The purpose of this book is to raise awareness of the limitations, uncertainties and...

The study of psychology for the uses of the state, for industrial/labor purposes, for dealing with individual and ethnic tensions has a long history in Russia. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russian psychologists and scholars of the discipline from outside Russia have...

Fires All Around the Horizon reports on the performance of the United Nations as a peacekeeping agency during its first four decades--its successes, failures, and limitations. Written by an award-winning diplomatic correspondent who frequently observed the conflicts and discussions generated in the United Nations...

Environmental justice is a relatively recent concept in the larger context of environmental protection. It has become a focus of US and European Union environmental policy, UN actions, and the activities of many nongovernmental environmental organizations. Environmental justice is an evolving idea representing many...

How do you share the gospel in our culture? That is the question American Christians have wrestled with in recent decades. As our culture has changed and as fewer Americans identify as Christian-to the point that many scholars now describe our culture as "post-Christian"-...

Part of a two-volume set, this second volume continues the history of the Armenian Apostolic Church in the Soviet Union, focusing on the leadership of Catholicos Vazgen I, who served from 1955 until 1994-the longest tenure of any religious leader in the USSR. Chosen...

Part of a two-volume set, this volume explores the history of the Armenian Apostolic Church under Soviet rule. Initially flourishing across the Russian Empire, the Church briefly enjoyed greater religious freedom after the February 1917 revolution. However, the Bolshevik regime imposed severe restrictions after...

This book focuses on the importance of marriage to individuals and society at large. While the responsibilities and benefits derived from marriage are significant, the problems and agonies associated with marriage often affect women more than men, leading to the "deplorable conditions of women...

Volume 10 examines how the innovative impulses that came from Italy were creatively merged with indigenous traditions and how many national variants of Futurism emerged from this fusion. Ten essays investigate various aspects of Italian Futurism and its links to Austria, Georgia, France, Hungary...

What if you could unlock the mysteries of the ancient world, understand the origins of celestial conflict, and gain profound insights into humanity's destiny?The First Book of Enoch (Enoch I) offers a detailed and vivid account of spiritual warfare, divine intervention, and the eternal...

"The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims' Progress" is a travel book written by Mark Twain, first published in 1869. It chronicles Twain's journey aboard the steamship Quaker City as part of a tour of Europe and the Holy Land, organized by the American-based...

Introducing The Big Book of Marcus Garvey Quotes - a comprehensive collection of powerful words and ideas from one of the most influential leaders in black history. With 123 pages filled with inspiring quotes, this book offers a unique insight into the mind and...

The book, "" The genetic and the operative evidence relating to secondary sexual characters "", has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a...

For the aspirational migrant, rich or poor, Gurgaon is the Millennium City, with its sleek malls, sky-scraping condominiums, safe and gracious gated colonies, tenement housing, and life-changing jobs. For corporations, it is the Mecca of opportunity, as countless Fortune 500 companies have flocked to...

While European museums that exhibit non-European objects are increasingly reframing their public role by integrating different perspectives from so-called 'source communities', engaging in discussions about restitution, and actively addressing the history of their collections, this does not mean that the institution of the museum...

This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS series. The creators of this series are united by passion for literature and driven by the intention of making all public domain books available in printed format again - worldwide. At tredition we believe that a...

Als Vertreter postkolonialer Literatur fallen der kanadische Autor Timothy Findley und der Südafrikaner J. M. Coetzee in mehrerer Hinsicht aus dem Rahmen. Ihre Herangehensweise erlaubt einen ungewohnten Blick auf den postkolonialen Diskurs: Nicht nur sind die beiden Autoren Nachkommen der ehemaligen Kolonialherren und somit...

GlobalOnomy is an all-in approach to world-wide-wealth. We use astronomy-rules to optimize: economy & currency, knowledge & wisdom, freedom & liberty, health & wealth, welfare & sustainability - world-wide. AstronTimeOnomy is the first volume of the trilogy. After general time-aspects we present our invention...

Some of Aesop's Fables - With Modern Instances Shewn in Designs by Randolph Caldecott is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1883. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking...

The life of Columbus, the discoverer of America is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1869. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres.As...

This wide-ranging book provides a broad and unique canvas on complexity and complexity science at an advanced but non-technical level. The book skillfully combines elements from the history and philosophy of sciences with modern problem solving approaches to the ever growing list of systems...

As community health educators, nurses find it difficult to effectively implement teaching and learning strategies traditionally used with American adult learners. Concurrent methodological triangulation was used to explore the construct of field dependence/independence in immigrant adult learners. This two-step study employed the Witkin (1971)...

A Hand-Book of Mythology - The myths and legends of ancient Greece and Rome is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1886. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking...

An Art Edition of Shakespeare - classified as comedies, tragedies, histories and sonnets, each part arranged in chronological order, including also a list of familiar quotations is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1889. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on...

The Constitutional Convention - Its History, Powers and Modes of Proceeding is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1867. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine,...

The Boston Book - containing matter relating to the second International Congregational council, at Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., 20-28 September, 1899, including the program and list of officers and delegates is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1899. Hansebooks is editor of...

Acts passed at the first session of the Congress of the United States of America - Begun and held at the city of New-York is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1791. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic...

Poems of Cornwall is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1892. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus...

The crater, or, Vulcan's peak: - a Tale of the Pacific is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1861. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine,...

The world wars, genocides and extremist ideologies of the 20th century are remembered very differently across Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe, resulting sometimes in fierce memory disputes. This book investigates the complexity and contention of the layers of memory of the troubled 20th century...

This MDPI Special Issue contains the conference proceedings of MOBILLE. Hosted by the iconic Lycée Français de New York, MOBILLE was an unprecedented international conference that gathered scholars and practitioners from all over the world in a forum about the impact of new technologies...

The goal of this Special Issue is to bring together state-of-the art articles on applied linguistics which reflect investigation carried out by researchers from different parts of the world. By bringing together papers from different perspectives, we hope to be able to gain a...

The connections between culture and sustainability have been in the public agenda since the 20th century. However, whilst global sustainability programmes at international institutional levels are yet to recognise the role of culture in their sustainability policies, the bid (albeit failed) in the early...

Transitioning to Strong Partnerships for the Sustainable Development Goals is an edited volume dedicated to current developments regarding SDG 17 "Partnerships for the Goals". This goal contains preconditions and systemic issues that will facilitate the success of the SDGs in general. Thus, the volume...

The evolutionary biologist Julian Huxley (1887-1975) attempted to promote a "religion for the future," which he would come to refer to as Transhumanism. Transhumanism was an attempt to unite a more traditional humanistic view of the human as containing some form of core essence...

The Common Sense of Socialism is a political science classic text by John Spargo. I presume, Mr. Edwards, that you are not one of those persons who believe that there is nothing the matter with America; that you are not wholly content with existing...

A liberal feminist text. Rather than considering what is appropriate masculine or feminine behaviour, we should investigate what it is to be humanAuthor: Charlotte Perkins GilmanISBN-10: 1974413896ISBN-13: 9781974413898Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/10/2017Pages: 132Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.41lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.28d

Women and Economics - A Study of the Economic Relation Between Men and Women as a Factor in Social Evolution is a book written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and published in 1898. It is considered by many to be her single greatest work, and...

This book represents my philosophical and sociological testament. It describes the American nation and its realities of today. I live in America. I am a participating observer. I am also describing Africa. Pro patria, pro lege. Dr. François Adja Assemien was born on March...

What if you could find calm in the midst of chaos, rise above adversity with strength, and live a life of resilience and purpose?Letters from a Stoic: Timeless Wisdom for Strength, Peace, and Resilience brings you the enduring teachings of Seneca, one of the...

"The first essential text of a new and remarkably dynamic era of social activism that has already brought profound change to the world." --Bob Herbert Something was in the air in 2011, as protest movements swept through the world--from the Arab Spring, to Spain's...

Discusses the most important grants of affordable-housing authority the state has given to local governments and points out particular legal issues associated with ways local governments engage in housing activities. It also indicates the various ways that local governments are responding to the affordable-housing...

A system of geography, popular and scientific, or A physical, political, and statistical account of the world and its various divisions by James Bell. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1832 and may have some imperfections such as marks...

The Lords and the People, Or, The Principles of Civil Government Illustrated by William Henry C. Grey. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1835 and may have some imperfections such as marks or hand-written notes.Author: William Henry C. GreyISBN-10:...

The performance of Nigeria has recently been vehemently criticized as not commensurate with her human and material potentialities. The hope that Nigeria is, by destiny, the African Giant appears to be fading. Some analysts, seeing this, have blamed it on the character defects of...

Making a robot that looks and behaves like a human being has been the subject of many popular science fiction movies and books. Although the development of such a robot facesmanychallenges, themakingofavirtualhumanhaslongbeenpotentiallypossible. With recent advances in various key technologies related to hardware and software,...

Do you ever wonder why athletes always seem to thank God, first and foremost, in post-game interviews? Or why they point to the heavens following a home run or a touchdown? This book takes a look at the relationship between top athletes and religiosity...