J John: 1441 books
by F. E. Chadwick & John H. Gould & J. D. J. Kelley & William H. Rideing & A. E. Seaton
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
IT is a wonderful fact in the swift expansion of mechanical knowledge and appliances of the last hundred years that while for unknown ages the wind was the only propelling force used for purposes of navigation, apart from the rude application of power through oars worked by men, the whole scheme of steam...
Blended Learning in Practice
A Guide for Practitioners and Researchers
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2019
A guide to both theory and practice of blended learning offering rigorous research, case studies, and methods for the assessment of educational effectiveness.
Blended learning combines traditional in-person learning with technology-enabled education. Its pedagogical aim is to merge the scale,...
Public Planning
The inter-corporate dimension
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2013
Tavistock Press was established as a co-operative venture between the Tavistock Institute and Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP) in the 1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social sciences.
This volume is part of a 2001 reissue of a selection of those important works which have...
The State of the Parties
The Changing Role of Contemporary American Parties
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2014
The State of the Parties brings readers up to date on party action in election years and in between. This essential party primer includes: new chapters on polarization between and within the parties in the aftermath of the 2012 election, demographic changes to America’s political parties and the...
Policing and Race in America
Economic, Political, and Social Dynamics
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2017
This edited collection explores policing in America in regards to minority groups. The essays discuss how the relationship between police and minority groups affects politics, the economy, and minority groups’ daily lives and success. The contributors explore the Black Lives Matter movement, the...
Second Track Citizens' Diplomacy
Concepts and Techniques for Conflict Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2003
Almost all current wars are primarily intra-state, involving complex societal conflicts with at least one party a non-state community. Second Track/ Citizens' Diplomacy is broadly defined as facilitated dialogue to address conflict issues between unofficial representatives or equivalent opinion leaders...
by C Loring Brace, Kaye Brown, Matt Cartmill
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2009
Histories of American Physical Anthropology in the Twentieth Century chronicles the history of physical anthropology_or, as it is now known, biological anthropology_from its professional origins in the late 1800 up to its modern transformation in the late 1900s. In this edited volume, 13 contributors...
Studies in Culture Contact
Interaction, Culture Change, and Archaeology
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2015
People have long been fascinated about times in human history when different cultures and societies first came into contact with each other, how they reacted to that contact, and why it sometimes occurred peacefully and at other times was violent or catastrophic.
Studies in Culture Contact:...
by Charles J. Scicluna, Hans Zollner, and David John Ayotte
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This symposium will contribute to greater decisiveness, transparency, and awareness of the responsibility of all in the Catholic Church in dealing with the difficult question of sexual abuse.
Unfinished Business
Why International Negotiations Fail
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
Most studies of international negotiations take successful talks as their subject. With a few notable exceptions, analysts have paid little attention to negotiations ending in failure. The essays in Unfinished Business show that as much, if not more, can be learned from failed negotiations as from...
Connecting Teaching and Learning
History, Evolution, and Case Studies of Teacher Work Sample Methodology
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2011
As accountability in education has become an increasingly prominent topic, teacher preparation programs are being asked to provide credible evidence that their teacher candidates can impact student learning.
Teacher Work Samples, first developed 30 years ago, have emerged as an effective method...
by Bruce J. Malina, John J. Pilch
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
The Social-Science Commentary series pioneers an alternative commentary genre, providing in this volume the text of the deutero-Pauline letters and cultural notes on them. The Social-Science Commentary on the Deutero-Pauline Letters provides essential “reading scenarios” on specific cultural phenomena...
by Erkki J. Brandas, John R. Sabin, Erkki J. Brandas
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 1999
Advances in Quantum Chemistry publishes articles and invited reviews by leading international researchers in quantum chemistry. Quantum chemistry deals particularly with the electronic structure of atoms, molecules, and crystalline matter and describes it in terms of electron wave patterns. It uses...
The Criminalization of States
The Relationship between States and Organized Crime
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2019
This volume examines the relationship between states and organized crime. It seeks to add to the theoretical literature for analyzing the criminalization of the state. The volume also explores the nature of organized crime in countries throughout the Americas from Central America to the Southern Cone.