This handbook is designed to illuminate issues involved in the intersection of family life and paid employment from a broad range of disciplines. These contributions by leading national and internatio
Language and Demeanor in Police-Citizen Encounters offers an alternative explanation of police behavior that provides a significant departure from past and current studies of the police. This book is
This work considers virtually all of Geoffrey Chaucer's writings as disguised reflections of matters personal and political. Chaucer wrote in a particularly crucial time of political change in England
Anthropology, sociology, law, history, management, and other disciplines are represented in 11 essays exploring how race in the US, and to a lesser extent elsewhere, influences the wealth of individua
Relying on a decade-long participant observation study, this book focuses on the salience of parent-child relationships for home schooling. Those experiences with traditional schools emerge as a major
Coming to the aid of teachers who cannot remember any films about the Civil War other than Gone with the Wind, Russell (social science education, U. of Central Florida) gives the details on nearly 100
The emerging global economy and increasing diversity of the workforce continue to influence the way organizations manage their human resources. This work reviews twelve critical diversity issues stude
Artigas (philosophy of science, U. of Navarra, Spain) wrote his study on the philosophy of experimental science in 1989, and did not see any reason to change the text at all, though he has added an ep
American sociologist and social activist Porter offers new approaches to Holocaust research that combines post-modern, sociological, psychological, comparative, and analytic elements. His goal is to e
Former rabbi Leffler and Jones (religion, Transylvania U., Kentucky) attribute differences between Judaism and Christianity to the specific structures of each religion. They begin by setting out the i
In a Chinese counterpart to Kahl and Gilbert's 2003 The American Class Structure, Yi (sociology, Northwestern Law School, China) constructs two empirical models of Chinese social stratification, one s
As religiously grounded moral arguments have become ever more influential factors in the national debate-particularly reinforced by recent presidential elections and the creation of the faith-based in
Author Cameron Fincher presents a detailed rationale for administrative leadership as administrative performance or accomplishments in concerted efforts to make decisions, solve problems, resolve conf
This book presents English translations of two French plays: Moli_re's Don Juan and a recent play, Elvira, by Brigitte Jaques/Louis Jouvet, in which a teacher and a group of students rehearse a scene
Valone (director of freshman academic programs, Quinnipiac U.) and Kinealy (history, U. of Central Lancaster) present 17 chapters, penned by contributors from a wide range of disciplines including soc
Illicit cross-border flows, such as the smuggling of drugs, migrants, weapons, toxic waste, and dirty money, are proliferating on a global scale. This underexplored, clandestine side of globalization
Introduces a systems world view in the context of family therapy. Describes some of the basic constructs by means of which social systems, particularly the family, may be understood, with chapters on
This book is a down-to-earth narrative by a Foreign Service officer who, over a 35-year career, participated in the birth and maturity of a world American foreign policy dealing with World War, Cold W
This book discusses the prevalence of messianic I-locution found in the Rastafari movement and the Bible. Because the phenomenon is important in the canonical Testaments, this study investigates its s
This book discusses dramatic power struggles within and between the Soviet Union, the People's Republic of China, and the United States of America during Lyndon Johnson's presidency. This book explain
This volume examines societal change in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and Russia in a purposeful movement away from the generalized debated associated with 'transition' theory and
Surratt was convicted in 1865 of conspiracy to kidnap and/or kill Abraham Lincoln and members of his cabinet, and became the first American woman to receive a federal death sentence. Most authors have
West African native Souaré works for Amnesty International in London. Here he sets the civil wars and military coups d'état within the geographical complexities of West Africa, and suggests solutions
Rabbinic Judaism affirms the Prophetic heritage and makes it its own. Indeed, the Rabbis of the formative age and canon of Rabbinic Judaism looked to Prophecy along with the Torah and the Writings to
Political Rules of the Road is a collection of informal rules, advice, and anecdotes shared by former and current members of congress, presidents, governors, and cabinet members.
The seven essays in this book address formative Judaic writings in the time of the Mishnah and the Talmud, the first six centuries of the Common Era, and formative Christianity in the first six centur
"In spirited writing, Jill McNish goes to the heart of the matter, calling us to recognize evil exists and that we can get caught in its numinous power breaking through the fabric of humanity, both pe
In My Ever After is not a mass media style "general readership" book on immortality; rather, it is an argument against a current school neurophilosophy's virtual equation of consciousness and the worl
This book explores 2,000 years of Latin American history through the words of the writer, the brush of the painter, the pen of the cartoonist, and the lens of the photographer. The interdisciplinary a
Theories of human development characteristically include a series of stages through which individuals are expected to pass if they are to achieve wholeness and happiness. Whether explicitly or not, s
It is a well known fact that Japan spends only a small percentage of her gross national product on defense. What is not well known, however, is the fact that Japan's defense budget ranks among the top
This book examines the teaching and reception of Ernest Hemingway's works by scholars in academia in Bangladesh and India from 1971 to 2006, along with Hemingway's reception in Bangladeshi books, peri
Borderlands are often seen as zones of instability, uncertainty, marginallty, and danger. Yet, they increasingly attract the attention of ethnographers as a unique lens through which to view the inte
This book is an affirmation of faith in God and a warning of the dangers of a world guided by the religion of atheism. It warns against a religion based upon chance, deficient science, and deficient a
This interdisciplinary study of word and image in the Old French chanson de geste examines the relationship between illumination and epic narrative constructed by the medieval understanding of the ima
This comprehensive manual thoroughly covers every aspect of French grammar, from the basic to the most advanced level, and illustrates the grammatical structures with useful, practical and interesting
This dictionary provides mental health professionals with clear and concise definitions of legal and ethical terminologies. To enhance the professional's understanding, a professional significance sec
