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Das Buch beschreibt die Herausforderungen des Generationen- und Wertewandels für Polizei und Behörden sowie die tiefgreifenden Veränderungen für deren Organisation. Mit dem Eintritt junger Menschen in den öffentlichen Dienst geht ein grundlegender Wandel...

By defining international communities of practice (CoPs) as domains of knowledge, this book investigates the adoption of new practices via collective learning, i.e., the redefinition of what is acceptable and feasible. Explaining how inclusive practices...

Mohamad examines the day-to-day experience of virtual and non-tangible mobilities of young Bruneian Malay Muslim and Malaysians, as enabled by popular culture and digital media. Cosmopolitanism has garnered interest from sociology, political studies,...

Archaeological Perspectives on Burial Practices and Societal Change examines the relationships between burial practices and societal transformations in the past.This book highlights the centrality of burials as archaeological material for the...

Co-creation in participatory, qualitative research has become commonplace. It supports a myriad of collaborative practices – from service-user involvement in health and social care, to community capacity-building, to bottom-up climate change projects...

Erving Goffman is the most cited American sociologist. There is no shortage of studies exploring Goffman’s scholarship but no extant biography of Erving Goffman. The chief reason is that a man who looked behind the facades people erect to protect their...

Artists, Writers and Philosophers on Psychoanalysis presents eclectic interviews with leading figures in their fields, focusing on the impact psychoanalysis has had on their lives and work, and the place of psychoanalysis within culture. Mariano...

In many African countries, access to electricity and modern energy fuels remains a significant concern. Over 570 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa still lack electricity, and only 18% have access to modern cooking fuels. The region faces immense...

First published in 1981, The Political Nature of a Ruling Class is a study of the role played by the ‘organic intellectuals’, who were attached to the capitalist class in South Africa, in shaping the processes of state and class formation in the crucial...

This is the second edition of an introductory text that describes the principles of invariant measurement; how invariant measurement can be achieved using Rasch measurement theory; and how to use invariant measurement to solve a variety of measurement...

Through a series of case studies, the book thoroughly investigates the pragmatic elements of “new pragmatism”, which inherits the legacy of classical pragmatism and combines the topics and methods of analytic philosophy.

Almost all major liver diseases like viral hepatitis (A-E), non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases (NAFLD), and alcoholic liver diseases (ALD) are preventable, which highlights the significance and need for a book dedicated to a preventive approach to liver...

Ng examines the aftermath of the massive protests in 2019 and the implementation of the National Security Law in Hong Kong.Despite two years of fluctuating COVID measures and social constraints, the city witnessed an unparalleled cultural resurgence...

Forensic Psychoanalysis examines the traumatic psychological origins of violence and explores the ways in which such disasters can be prevented and treated.The book encapsulates Professor Brett Kahr’s lengthy career in the field of forensic mental...

These small guides to (very) big ideas are an antidote to confusion and conspiracism, bringing clarity to the conversations we have about politics. The world has always had conspiracy theories. From the Illuminati to the deep state, the JFK assassination...

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This book aims to develop an account of living together with difference which recognises the tension that we are inescapably with others – both human and non-human – but at the same time are always differing from and with those with whom we find...

This book explores, from a feminist and intersectional perspective, how masculinities have been (re)negotiated in today’s European digital sphere. By considering new gender-based European trends and scenarios – for example, #metoo, gender ideology, and...

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This book —the first of a two-volume monograph— seeks to unify the hitherto perceived-as-disparate foundations of psychology and artificial intelligence. It does this by replacing their constitutive notions with a novel common one: noémon system. The...

Forty Years of the Landless Workers Movement: Landless Perspectives presents ethnographic insights into Latin America’s largest social movement as it celebrates its 40th anniversary. The Landless Workers Movement (MST), with over 1.5 million members, has...

Approximately 5000 years ago, a small dam was built in the Indus river valley, using asphalt as a mortar between stones. That was one of the first utilization of asphalt as an impervious material. However, the first “modern” asphalt concrete core dam,...

This book analyses the evolution of India’s foreign policy toward Central Asia after end of the Cold War. Focusing on the development of India’s foreign policy toward Central Asia between 1991 and 2020, the book investigates the explanatory and...

The production of this Bulletin is a joint effort by the Committees on Hydraulics for Dams and on Dams and Floods to pool resources in producing an overview of the state of the art, latest research and industry developments relating to the subject of...

This book provides a definitive guide to the value of reflective thinking in the modern world, showing how today’s most fundamental problems are, to an important degree, based on citizens’ thinking styles.The authors highlight the importance of...

This book provides mental health clinicians and trainees with an overview of the new category of obsessive-compulsive and related disorders as they apply to youth.These disorders are highly impairing but can typically be overlooked in children and...

This book provides mental health clinicians and trainees with an overview of the new category of obsessive-compulsive and related disorders as they apply to youth.These disorders are highly impairing but can typically be overlooked in children and...

Outlining a meta-theoretical reflection on how the expression ‘restorative justice’ has historically been used, this book explores the relevant social movement which has organically emerged around a range of informal justice practices from the 1970s...

Quantitative Social Science Research in Practice: Generating Novel and Parsimonious Explanatory Models examines quantitative Behavioral Science Research (BSR) by focusing on four key areas: Developing Novel, Parsimonious, and Actionable Causal Models:...

Jung’s Word Association Manual is the long-awaited definitive and essential guide to training, research, and practice of Jung’s Association Experiment, both in clinical practice and beyond the consulting room.

This book shares real-life case studies taken from GreenSCENT, a three-year EU-funded project that promotes sustainability through the development of digital platforms and tools, green education programme, and climate and environmental literacy...

This book examines Turkey’s integration with Europe within structural dynamics of globalisation from a critical political economy perspective. Critical approaches have been sidelined within European Studies. Turkish enlargement is not an exemption. The...

This thesis highlights the development and analysis of multiple neutrino detectors deployed to the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory as part of the COHERENT experiment. It includes a preliminary measurement of the...

Jung’s Word Association Manual is the long-awaited definitive and essential guide to training, research, and practice of Jung’s Association Experiment, both in clinical practice and beyond the consulting room. Carefully redesigned by training analysts,...

This book comprises essays that focus on a range of thinkers that challenge the boundaries of the just war tradition.

This book proposal focuses on Canada's pioneering role in shaping the international understanding of the right to communicate, particularly through the Canadian Telecommission Studies of 1969. The study argues that the 1971 Instant World report, a...

Over the last decade, Europe has been struggling to cope with a series of significant and challenging global crises. Dramatic scenes from the so-called migrant crises, global financial crises, the Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine have sent...

This open access book focuses on the research of advanced structures and anti-seismic in civil engineering. The book features the most cutting-edge research directions and achievements related to civil and structural engineering. Subjects in this book...

Honesty is important in any relationship but within psychotherapy, honesty takes on a different dimension. The impact of speaking the truth has many repercussions to the therapeutic relationship and may harm the perception of the therapist in the eyes of...

This timely and compelling volume explores the interdisciplinary perspectives on, and long-term consequences of, emotional neglect on children and adolescents, creating a theoretical model that considers the impact of emotional neglect in distinct phases...