David W : 792 books

Book cover of Urban Spaces

Urban Spaces

Planning and Struggles for Land and Community

by James DeFilippis, Robert Fisher, Kim Geron
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2009

The control and utilization of urban spaces remains a highly contested issue. Much of the debate centers on issues of economic development versus the maintenance and support of already existing communities. As a number of urban areas are in the throes of gentrification and economic development projects,...
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Place Matters

Criminology for the Twenty-First Century

by David Weisburd, John E. Eck, Anthony A. Braga
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2016

Over the last two decades, there has been increased interest in the distribution of crime and other antisocial behavior at lower levels of geography. The focus on micro geography and its contribution to the understanding and prevention of crime has been called the 'criminology of place'. It pushes...
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Teaching Peace

Nonviolence and the Liberal Arts

by Denny J. Weaver, Gerald Biesecker-Mast, Glen H. Stassen
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2003

This book opens a new frontier in understanding nonviolence. Discussions of peace and nonviolence usually focus on either moral theory or practical dimensions of applying nonviolence in conflict situations. Teaching Peace carries the discussion of nonviolence beyond ethics and into the rest of the...
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God Gave Me What to Say

Poems from the Heart

by W. David Sumlin II
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2008

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Book cover of Winding up the British Empire in the Pacific Islands
by W. David McIntyre
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2016

Little has been written about when, how and why the British Government changed its mind about giving independance to the Pacific Islands. Using recently opened archives, Winding Up the British Empire in the Pacific Islands gives the first detailed account of this event. As Britain began to dissolve...
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Behavior Analysis and Learning

A Biobehavioral Approach, Sixth Edition

by W. David Pierce, Carl D. Cheney
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2017

Using a consistent Skinnerian perspective, Behavior Analysis and Learning: A Biobehavioral Approach, Sixth Edition provides an advanced introduction to the principles of behavior analysis and learned behaviors, covering a full range of principles from basic respondent and operant conditioning through...
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Redefining Music Studies in an Age of Change

Creativity, Diversity, and Integration

by Edward W. Sarath, David E. Myers, Patricia Shehan Campbell
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016

Redefining Music Studies in an Age of Change: Creativity, Diversity, Integration takes prevailing discourse about change in music studies to new vistas, as higher education institutions are at a critical moment of determining just what professional musicians and teachers need to survive and thrive...
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One God in Three Persons

Unity of Essence, Distinction of Persons, Implications for Life

by K. Scott Oliphint, Kyle Claunch, Christohper W. Cowan
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015

How do the three persons of the Trinity relate to each other? Evangelicals continue to wrestle with this complex issue and its implications for our understanding of men's and women’s roles in both the home and the church. Challenging feminist theologies that view the Trinity as a model for...
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Paul Ricoeur in the Age of Hermeneutical Reason

Poetics, Praxis, and Critique

by Marcel Hénaff, Marc De Leeuw, Annalisa Caputo
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2015

Poetics, Praxis and Critique: Paul Ricoeur in the Age of Hermeneutical Reason addresses contemporary problems of justice, the recognition of disabled persons, the role of imagination in political judgment, the need for religious hospitality and carnal hermeneutics. The essays in this volume are a...
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Congress and Harry S. Truma

A Conflicted Legacy

by Donald A. Ritchie, Michael J. Devine, Senator George S. McGovern
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

This collection of essays examines President Truman’s somewhat contentious relationships with Congress. Authors evaluate Truman’s successes and defeats and measure him against later presidents of the United States. While the Truman era has been perceived as a stalemate between the executive and...
Book cover of Communication and Conflict Transformation through Local, Regional, and Global Engagement
by Ali Askerov, Benjamin J. Broome, Luke Brenneman
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2016

Central to a transformational approach to conflict is the idea that conflicts must be viewed as embedded within broader relational patterns, and social and discursive structures—and must be addressed as such. This implies the need for systemic change at generative levels, in order to create genuine...
Book cover of The Uses of Sport
by John Hughson, David Inglis, Marcus W. Free
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2004

This textbook puts sport in the spotlight of cultural inquiry for the first time. The authors provide the essential resources for the study of sport within culture and popular culture. Sport is an important part of cultural life, yet until recently it has tended to remain on the margins of academic...
Book cover of What Is Classical Liberal History?
by Jonathan Bean, David T. Beito, Matthew Brown
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2017

Historians working in the classical liberal tradition believe that individual decision-making and individual rights matter in the making of history. History written in the classical liberal tradition emerged largely in the nineteenth century, when the field of history was first professionalized in...
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Cross-Cultural Psychology

Research and Applications

by John W. Berry, Ype H. Poortinga, Seger M. Breugelmans
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2011

Cross-Cultural Psychology is a leading textbook offering senior undergraduate and graduate students a thorough and balanced overview of the whole field of cross-cultural psychology. The team of internationally acclaimed authors present the latest empirical research, theory, methodology and applications...
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