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Citizen Action and National Policy Reform
Making Change Happen
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
How does citizen activism win changes in national policy? Which factors help to make myriad efforts by diverse actors add up to reform? What is needed to overcome setbacks, and to consolidate the smaller victories? These questions need answers. Aid agencies have invested heavily in supporting civil...
by M. Winkleman, Michael A. Winkelman
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2013
Investigations into how the brain actually works have led to remarkable discoveries and these findings carry profound implications for interpreting literature. This study applies recent breakthroughs from neuroscience and evolutionary psychology in order to deepen our understanding of John Donne's Songs and Sonnets.
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.
by Dennis J. Dietzen, Shannon Haymond, Michael J. Bennett
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2017
A complete full-color guide to medical laboratory test selection and test result interpretation for disorders and diagnoses specific to pediatric and neonatal populations
Laboratory medicine practiced at a pediatric institution has unique characteristics specific to infants and children, who...
Sexual Assault Victimization Across the Life Span 2e, Volume 3
Special Settings and Survivor Populations
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2017
260 pages, 194 images, 17 contributors Sexual assault responders working among, or associated with, assault survivors in assisted living homes, academic institutions, correctional facilities, and more will benefit from an uncommonly focused and precise study of the populations they serve. With chapters...
Sexual Assault Victimization Across the Life Span 2e, Volume 2
Evaluation of Children and Adults
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2017
344 pages, 253 images, 26 contributors This second volume focuses on the particular needs of sexual assault survivors in various age groups, including chapters on child sexual abuse and sexual violence against adolescents, adults, and the elderly. Readers will enjoy the benefit of specially tailored...
Uni-Wissen Teaching English in the Primary School
Optimize your exam preparation Anglistik/Amerikanistik
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2015
Teaching English in the Primary School provides a comprehensive introduction to the teaching of English in the primary school. It focuses on developments in Germany and includes a European perspective as regards current research and education policies. The book systematically presents relevant research...
The CIO's Guide to Breakthrough Project Portfolio Performance
Applying the Best of Critical Chain, Agile, and Lean
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
This book is for senior executives who are on a mission to jack up the performance of their information-technology (IT) project portfolios, and who are no longer satisfied that established "best practices" are sufficient to achieve their organizations' business objectives. The authors cut...
Techniques of Description
Spoken and Written Discourse
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2004
This book is a tribute to Malcolm Coulthard, who has been remarkably active and influential across a wide range of English Language Studies. He is particularly well-known for his pioneering work in spoken and written discourse analysis and most recently, for his work in forensic linguistics. This...
by Michael Bass, Casimer DeCusatis, Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
The most comprehensive and up-to-date optics resource available
Prepared under the auspices of the Optical Society of America, the five carefully architected and cross-referenced volumes of the Handbook of Optics, Third Edition, contain everything a student, scientist, or engineer requires to actively...
by Michael M. Morisaki
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2012
This is an Autobiography of my childhood years in Wailuku, Maui in Hawaii. It covers primarily my life in a home for girls from age three to twelve without adult guidance, followed by six years with my father. It illustrates how I developed my basic character, formed my outlook on life and made plans for the future.
by Gregory L. Fox, Paul P. Kreisa, David H. Dye
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2011
Fourteen experts examine the current state of Central Valley prehistoric research and provide an important touchstone for future archaeological study of the region.
The Mississippi Valley region has long played a critical role in the development of American archaeology and continues to be widely...
by Amor Mr. Tahari, M. Mr. Nowak, Michael Mr. Hadjimichael
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 1996
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 1996
Over the past two decades, sub-Saharan Africa has lagged behind other regions in economic performance. The important overall indicators of performance, however, mask wide differences among countries. On the whole, countries that effectively implemented comprehensive adjustment and reform programs...
Field Rhetoric
Ethnography, Ecology, and Engagement in the Places of Persuasion
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2018
**A survey of the innovative scholarship emerging at the intersections of rhetoric, **and fieldwork
A variety of research areas within rhetorical studies—including everyday and public rhetorics, space and place-based work, material and ecological approaches, environmental communication,...