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In this forward-thinking book, Davide Orsitto reframes our understanding of equality in democratic Europe, tracing the idea from abstract concept to theoretical and practical politics and policy. Adopting a multi-disciplinary approach, he analyzes...

This book focuses on the 8,000+ local elections administrators in counties, municipalities, and townships who largely manage the key administrative processes of elections, work with campaigns and candidates, design voting materials and choose voting...

This volume offers background and a variety of cases dealing with the concept of water footprint. The first chapter provides an introduction to the concept of water footprint and how it can be used to evaluate efforts toward sustainability, conservation,...

This volume presents a thorough analysis of the concept and role of Short Food Supply Chains (SFSCs) within the EU legal framework with a two-fold aim: first, it shows the pitfalls of the current legal scenario, which often limits alternatives rather...

Everyday life as we knew it is increasingly challenged in a world of climate, social, health and political crisis. Emerging technologies, data analytics and automation open up new possibilities which have implications for energy generation, storage and...

This timely book affirms that humans can flourish in the Age of AI by relying on their unique strengths, and explores the skills and knowledge that are required to interact effectively, efficiently and responsibly with AIs, both today and in the future...

Der Band untersucht die immer neuen Austauschprozesse zwischen Kunst und Politik, Kunst und Wissenschaft, Kunst und Ökonomie, die sich seit einigen Jahren zu etablieren scheinen. Er fragt, inwieweit diese möglicherweise einen Funktionswandel der Künste...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780349427881Author Helen SandersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Piatkus BooksPublisher Little, Brown Book Group

Remapping an Ableist World examines the forces shaping our lives in an able capitalist world. It draws on examples including human enhancement and the organ trade to illustrate connections between able capitalist ways of life, impairment, disability, and...

In the discipline's early days, anthropologists by definition were assumed to be white and male. Women and black scholars were relegated to the field's periphery. From this marginal place, white feminist anthropologists have successfully carved out an...

Environmental Challenges in Attaining Food Security, Volume Nine in the Advances in Food Security and Sustainability series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapter on important topics such as...

Attitudes about abortion cycle between long periods of widespread tolerance, to repression, and back again. What accounts for these pendulum swings? From ancient Greece to the modern West, historian of medicine Mary Fissell argues, abortion repression...

Soft computing and Industry 5.0 are two distinct concepts that, when combined, can have a significant impact on sustainability initiatives within various industries. Soft computing is a subfield of artificial intelligence (AI) that aims to address...

Targeted for chemists, the current textbook outlines the principles, experimental methods and data analysis in X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS). The authors introduce EXAFS, Near-Edge XAS, X-Ray Imaging and many other advanced experimental techniques...

This book sets out to explore the relationship between international, Twitter-driven women’s rights campaigns and changes to domestic law. There are now over five billion individuals using the internet, with over four and a half billion of these users...

The last work by “one of the most singular voices of twentieth-century French philosophy” (Critical Inquiry) on the complexities of love in public and private life Vladimir Jankélévitch stands alongside Emmanuel Levinas as one of the most admired French...

This book explains how the Sweden Democrats (SD), a populist radical right party, has moved from the fringes into the mainstream of Swedish politics.SD has experienced rapid growth and success in Sweden in recent years. Following the 2022 elections, SD...

Partisan Rhetoric and Polarization: The Year in C-SPAN Archives Research, Volume 10 features chapters written from a variety of perspectives that address divisions in American politics. The topics range widely, including TikTok, abortion, the middle...

Single-Case Designs for Applied Research by Craig Kennedy helps readers explore single-subject research designs, grounded in real-world examples drawn from classic and contemporary research in education and beyond. This text gives readers precise and...

This edition offers updated content covering Python 3.9 to 3.12, new chapters on type hinting and CLI applications, and expanded practical examples, making it the ideal resource for both new and experienced Python programmers Key Features Learn to create...

In this concise and introductory book, David Celani examines the work of Ronald Fairbairn, one of the pioneers of Object Relations Theory.Ronald Fairbairn: A Contemporary Introduction adopts a unique approach to Fairbairn’s work and legacy. Organising...

This book compiles concerning important solutions for current and future global challenges to wellbeing. The purpose of this book is to provide high-level, systems-thinking solutions to many relevant issues. Specifically, the most relevant identified...

This book offers a key point of reference for reflective and thoughtful examinations of the rule of law in a tax context. It features a stellar cast of established and early-career researchers from a variety of jurisdictions who have entered into...

The question of whether there is a general, universal, theory for the conduct of war has long preoccupied famous military thinkers, military people, and students of military affairs. War and its conduct have changed across history, most notably under the...

Book 2 continues as the tiny fingers in Book 1 Grades K-2 grow and become more familiar with online activities. The critical job of ensuring our children's safety expands as students become more independent and begin to have greater online autonomy...

Information Security primarily serves these six distinct purposes – Authentication, Authorization, Prevention of Data Theft, Sensitive Data Safety / Privacy, Data Protection / Integrity, Non-Repudiation. The entire gamut of infosec rests upon...

Information Security primarily serves these six distinct purposes – Authentication, Authorization, Prevention of Data Theft, Sensitive Data Safety / Privacy, Data Protection / Integrity, Non-Repudiation. The entire gamut of infosec rests upon...

The Future of Revolution is a forceful critique of authoritarian perspectives on how revolution unfolds. Developing instead an alternative account of "revolutionary motives," it forcefully argues that we treat as decisive not the ideas of leaders or...

Voter turnout in local elections is paradoxical. It is where government is closest to those governed and where many first become politically active; yet, it is also where political participation in the form of voting is the lowest. If high participation...

This book offers a comprehensive examination of trust and its relationship with mental illness and wellbeing.Engaging with a broad range of mental health research, theory, and practice through various transdisciplinary theoretical models of trust, this...

This book constitutes a timely and unique interdisciplinary endeavour in law and political science to investigate whether the European Union living up to its ambitions to tackle inequalities between, across, and within European societies and states. By...

EMDR and Sexual Disorders provides fundamental guidelines for the treatment of sexual dysfunctions with EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) within the conceptual framework of attachment theory.This book demonstrates how the EMDR method,...

Pattern Theory is a groundbreaking exploration of the concept of pattern across a range of disciplines, including science, neuroscience, psychology, and social sciences.This book examines the meaning and implications of pattern, presenting a...

This book brings Grace Pailthorpe's previously unpublished work to readers for the very first time and explores the profound impact of early childhood development on one’s psychological well-being. Through her innovative concept of psychorealism,...

Refractive Realisms positions the township as a lens to engage the South African canon, endeavouring a reorientation towards a black creative archive and surfacing under-represented forms of literary and cultural expression.The book converses with the...

“Physics: An Introduction to Physical Dynamics” provides an accessible introduction to the fundamentals of physics for science and engineering undergraduates who are studying elementary physics.This textbook contains twelve chapters with accompanying...

Howard Carter is often remembered for the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922, but his legacy in the field of Egyptology spreads far further than this single discovery. The youngest of 11 children, Howard Carter began his career as an artist...

The volume explores the intricate relationship between urbanization, population dynamics, and the environment in the western Himalayas from a historical perspective. It challenges the conventional link that urban development is solely tied to population...

Currently, nonstandard analysis is barely considered in university teaching. The author argues that nonstandard analysis is valuable not only for teaching, but also for understanding standard analysis and mathematics itself. An axiomatic approach wich...

This edition is for Issue 6 of the Pearson Edexcel A-level Geography specification, for examination from Summer 2026 onwards.Develop the geographical skills and knowledge that students need with this fully updated textbook from the leading A-level...