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The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Humanism presents an edited collection of essays that explore the nature of Humanism as an approach to life, and a phi…

The first comprehensive guide to anthropological studies of complex organizations Offers the first comprehensive reference to the anthropological stud…

Advisory committees are used often in evaluation studies, yet this practice is little discussed or reported. This issue is the first full-length text …

Extensively revised and updated, the new Fourth Edition of Global Issues: An Introduction offers a unique approach to the most important environmental…

This much-enhanced new edition of the highly accessible guide to practical archaeology is a vital resource for students. It features the latest method…

This issue discusses ways of constructing, organizing, and managing arguments for evaluation. Not focued solely on the logic of evaluation or predicti…

This important resource offers a comprehensive overview of the major U.S. environmental laws and approaches, strategies, standards, and enforcement te…

As student affairs units face increasing pressure to use data and evidence to inform planning and decisions, the research related to higher education …

Gender History Across Epistemologies offers broad range of innovative approaches to gender history. The essays reveal how historians of gender are cro…

Archaeology in Practice: A Student Guide to Archaeological Analyses offers students in archaeology laboratory courses a detailed and invaluable how-to…

Take a cutting edge look at the civic engagement of young people. Increasingly recognized as an important feature of democratic functioning in communi…

In Homes and Homecomings an international group of scholars provide inspiring new historical perspectives on the politics of homes and homecomings. Us…

By supporting others and promoting change, helping professionals also enjoy the benefit of personal growth. Changing People's Lives While Transforming…

The most significant philosopher of Being, Martin Heidegger has nevertheless largely been ignored within communications studies. This book sets the re…

By examining the role of evidence in social policymaking and the extent of its influence, Evidence and Evaluation in Social Policy delves deeply into …

Using an evidence-based approach and case studies from a wide range of life domains, Interventions and Policies to Enhance Wellbeing examines the most…

This book presents one of the first studies of the Renaissance notion of conscience, through examining theological manuals, legal treatises, letters a…

Chapters of this issue of New Directions for Higher Education present tenets of codes of conduct for the presidency, academic deans, admissions office…

Conflicts in the international system, both among and within states, bring death, destruction, and human misery. Understanding how third parties use m…

The question of how to lead a happy and meaningful life has been at the heart of philosophical debate since time immemorial. Today, however, these que…

Part of the six-volume Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide, this is a comprehensive look at the economics of wellbeing with coverage of history, res…

A Companion to Border Studies introduces an exciting and expanding field of interdisciplinary research, through the writing of an international array …

Africa’s Information Revolution was recently announced as the 2016 prizewinner of the Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences – congratulations to the aut…

This concise encyclopedia is the most complete international survey of sociology ever created in one volume. Contains over 800 entries from the whole …

The lessons in this book remind us that we can—and that we must—do better, for the sake of our children, their futures, and the sake of our nation. . …

Praise for Generation on a Tightrope «Over the last four decades, Arthur Levine has become the premier analyst of continuities and changes in the Amer…

This volume provides an up-to-date, authoritative synthesis of the discipline of human geography. Unparalleled in scope, the companion offers an indis…

Contemporary Latin America presents the epochal political, economic, social, and cultural changes in Latin America over the last 40 years and comprehe…

This book explores the origins, extent and implications of this revival in the fortunes of private landlordism. It presents an in-depth, scholarly ana…

Transnational spatial relations offer a key point from which to study the geographies of contemporary globalization. This book assesses the possible c…

The Children of Eve is the first book to bring together general material about population and well-being in a single volume. It presents a world histo…

Natural Disasters in a Global Environment is a transnational, global and environmental history of natural and man-made disasters. Detailed case studie…

This working paper provides insight into the essence, content and destiny of constitutional myths and illusions as «load-bearing elements» of constitu…

Fully revised to reflect today’s media environment, this new edition of Critical Media Studies offers students a comprehensive introduction to the fie…

Rancière, Public Education and the Taming of Democracy introduces the political and educational ideas of Jacques Rancière, a leading philosopher incre…

From formulation to implementation, an approach to the analysis of social policy through the lens of research Analyzing Social Policy prepares profess…

An expert introduction to the foundations of the social work profession—from its historical roots to its evolution in an era of evidence-based practic…

Доклад посвящен раскрытию сущности, содержания и предназначения конституционных мифов и иллюзий, оценке их роли в общественной жизни России и некоторы…

Media Literacies: A Critical Introduction traces the history of media literacy and grapples with the fresh challenges posed by the convergent media of…

This volume tackles key issues in the changing nature of family life from a global perspective, and is essential reading for those studying and workin…

Ohio: A History of the Buckeye State explores the breadth of Ohio’s past, tracing the course of history from its earliest geological periods to the pr…

A contemporary look at social work practice and the many career possibilities—with detailed coverage of important new and emerging trends As the pract…

For engineering and scientific endeavors to progress there must be generally accepted ethical guidelines in place to which engineers and scientists mu…

Everything in their respective positions divides them: Alain Badiou is the thinker of a revitalized communism and Alain Finkielkraut the mournful obse…

This groundbreaking book presents a new way of looking at leadership that is anchored in research on women leaders in education. The authors examine h…