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by Peter J. Adams
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2007
As a consequence of the rapid proliferation of commercial gambling in Western-style democracies, governments and communities are encountering a complex array of economic, social and cultural harms associated with this expansion. This book focuses specifically on harms to democratic systems. It examines...
Bad History, Worse Policy
How a False Narrative About the Financial Crisis Led to the Dodd-Frank Act
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2013
This timely study focuses on how the government-constructed narratives surrounding the collapse of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the 2008 financial crisis shaped the policymaking that led to the Dodd-Frank Act. The book shows that every major provision of the act can be traced directly to that narrative,...
Higher Education Assessments
Leadership Matters
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2010
Higher Education Assessments: Leadership Matters reflects the work of a select group of researchers, scholars, and practitioners in higher education assessment with the goal of identifying strategies that assist senior campus leaders as they respond to the challenges of a changing economic landscape...
Developing Effective Student Peer Mentoring Programs
A Practitioner's Guide to Program Design, Delivery, Evaluation, and Training
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2015
This is a comprehensive resource for creating, refining and sustaining effective student peer mentoring programs. While providing a blueprint for successfully designing programs for a wide range of audiences – from freshmen to doctoral students – it also offers specific guidance on developing programs...
by Chris Hren, Peter J. Mikulecky
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2017
Take the confusion out of chemistry with hundreds of practice problems
Chemistry Workbook For Dummies is your ultimate companion for introductory chemistry at the high school or college level. Packed with hundreds of practice problems, this workbook gives you the practice you need to internalize...
by Dr Philip SA Cummins, Peter J Crawley
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2015
The Board Book provides clear guidance to those serving on a school Board or those interacting with a school Board. This book seeks to address key issues you may encounter with a view to creating more successful school Boards through their structure, their operations, and relationships, both with the...
Moral Jeopardy
Risks of Accepting Money from the Alcohol, Tobacco and Gambling Industries
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2016
Tobacco, alcohol and gambling corporations have been highly effective in stalling, diverting and blocking public health measures. This book provides an original and engaging exposé of the ethical issues faced by people and organizations when they accept industry money in ways that facilitate corporate...
Political Geography
World-Economy, Nation-State and Locality
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
The new and updated seventh edition of Political Geography once again shows itself fit to tackle a frequently and rapidly changing geopolitical landscape. It retains the intellectual clarity, rigour and vision of previous editions based upon its world-systems approach, and is complemented by the perspective...
by Peter J. Bruce
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2016
Previous studies conducted within the aviation industry have examined a multitude of crucial aspects such as policy, airline service quality, and revenue management. An extensive body of literature has also recognised the importance of decision-making in aviation, with the focus predominantly on pilots...
Wicked Environmental Problems
Managing Uncertainty and Conflict
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
"Wicked" problems are large-scale, long-term policy dilemmas in which multiple and compounding risks and uncertainties combine with sharply divergpublic values to generate contentious political stalemates; wicked problems in the environmental arena typically emerge from entrenched conflicts over natural...
by Peter J. Phillips
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2016
Brutality is the defining characteristic of terrorism. It is despairing to learn that this brutality is the outcome of purposeful, rational, human behaviour. In this purposefulness, however, there lies the key to the interpretation, explanation and understanding of terrorist behaviour. Ultimately,...
by Naoyuki Yoshino, Flore-Anne Messy, Peter J Morgan
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016
Surveys show that financial literacy levels are typically low around the world, despite the widening access to financial services and the increasing financial risks borne by households in many countries. This suggests that there will be mounting challe
by Anthony J. Peter
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2010
Presenting key principle rules and giving practical tips and tools, How To Become Financially Free provides a clear and easy guide to helping with financial freedom. By providing low risk, solid solutions, it’s ideal for getting your personal finances in check. Taking you through personal financial...
Liber Null & Psychonaut: An Introduction to Chaos Magic
An Introduction to Chaos Magic
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 1987
Two complete volumes in one. Liber Null contains a selection of extremely powerful rituals and exercises for committed occultists. Psychonaut is a manual comprising the theory and practice of magic aimed atthose seeking to perform group magic, or who work as shamanic priests to the community.