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Originally published in 1984. Antarctica can no longer be considered merely a highly specialized area of interest to a relative handful of explorers and scientists. World political leaders who, in an era of resource politics, are looking to potential...

Drawing on Jewish myth, ritual and tradition, as well as the author’s own experiences, this original and unique book offers insights into how Jung’s psychology and ideas are relevant if understood from a wider, archetypal, perspective.Jung’s writings,...

In this book, the author draws upon his training in political science and experience as an energy consultant at Atlantis, Inc. It explores the conflicting interests of host and firm, and discusses the way firms use political risk analyses leads us to the...

This book offers new perspectives on two key themes: the criminal law of sexual consent and the temporalities of law. It uses detailed feminist analysis to investigate how the kinds of time produced by statutes and court decisions are vital to...

Kawasaki, Sakade, Zimmerman, and their contributors examine the historical development of burden-sharing among the US and its allies after the Second World War, looking at examples from Western Europe and East Asia. Through a series of case studies, the...

People with variations of sex characteristics (VSC) are born with chromosomal, gonadal and/or anatomical diversities that do not fit the typical definition of male or female. This book develops a social science of VSC, Intersex, and Disorders of Sex...

Kolliniati’s groundbreaking book, Interpreting Human Rights: Narratives from Refugee Centers in Greece, challenges the notion that the interpretation and application of human rights primarily occur within the corridors of power in Strasbourg or official...

‘Traveller-specific’ architecture in Ireland and permanently ‘temporary’ sites in the UK embody an insoluble contradiction - as systems of control, policing and strategic neglect, and as a cultural right, an alternative to housing that recognizes the...

This book examines the emergence and the political use of what has come to be known as “culture wars” in the United Kingdom.Adopting multidisciplinary perspectives, it investigates the ways in which cultural identities are used for political ends. The...

No other nation has invested as much intellectual capital in the study of war as has the Soviet Union over the last six decades, and the doctrine, strategy, and tactics that have been developed by Soviet theoreticians are bound to guide any future Soviet...

Gluttony. Greed. Sloth. Pride. Envy. Lust. Anger. These are the Seven Deadly Sins, the vices of humankind that define immorality, the roots of all evil in this world.

This book aims to interpret the archeobotanical remains at the site of Rojdi, in northwest India, with reference to diet and environment and within a socio-economic framework. It discusses artifactual material which associates it with the 'Harappan...

The number of Black state and federal judges has grown considerably in the post-Civil Rights Era. They are, in fact, the second most represented group of judges in the state and federal courts. Furthermore, historic appointments of Black men and women to...

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Many scholars of American government believe representative democracy is failing more systematically than even the recent spectacle of political extremism suggests. Unprecedented levels of elite polarization, severe partisan gerrymandering, weakened...

From climate change to COVID-19 to reproductive justice, there has been deep political polarization around science. Labs of Our Own provides a unique entry point into these 21st century science wars by focusing on our affective relationships to science...

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This book introduces probabilistic modelling and explores its role in solving a broad spectrum of engineering problems that arise in Information Technology (IT). Divided into three parts, it begins by laying the foundation of basic probability concepts...

This book argues that our success in navigating the social world depends heavily on scripts. Scripts play a central role in our ability to understand social interactions shaped by different contextual factors.In philosophy of social cognition, scholars...

Fighting Multidrug Resistance with Herbal Extracts, Essential Oils and their Components, Second Edition offers pharmaceutical and life sciences researchers an overview of the most relevant studies on fighting specific multidrug-resistant (MDR)...

This unique book presents decision analysis in the context of mathematical modeling and game theory. The author emphasizes and focuses on the model formulation and modeling building skills required for decision analysis, as well as the technology to...

Dieses Lehrbuch baut anhand vieler praktischer Beispiele auf Kenntnissen im Bachelorstudium der Ingenieurwissenschaften auf mit vorhandenen Grundkenntnissen in Linearer Algebra und Analysis. Jedes neue Kapitel wird durch motivierende Beispiele...

This volume thoroughly explores the perceptions and ethical considerations surrounding urban AI. Yigitcanlar delves into the complex public and professional views on AI, offering invaluable insights for policymakers, urban planners, and developers.

This annual reference provides a statistical study of military trends in the Middle East and a collection of essays analyzing the details and strategic significance of events in the region. This edition year's Balance includes a description of the...

First published in 1980. After its completion it was presented to Midwestern Forest Economists meeting in 1975 renamed as The Competitive Theory of Timber Production: A Capitalistic Manifesto to Sustained Yield Forestry. The purpose of this book is to...

The Ways of Knowing (1925) examines the ways of attaining knowledge and verifying it, looking at the six methods of logic. It is also concerned with the epistemological problem of interpreting the relation of truth to the mind.Book InformationISBN...

The Jewish community of Egypt in modem times-now practically non-existent-consisted in part of autochthonous Jews who traced their origins to the periods of Maimonides, Philo, and even the prophet Jeremiah, thus making it the oldest community in the...

Suffering and Smiling presents a glimpse inside everyday North Korea. Educator and hunger activist, Byung-ho Chung, illustrates his interactions with the citizenry both inside the border and as refugees in South Korea.

This book explores social media's role in fostering reconciliation in the former Yugoslavia, a region still grappling with unresolved conflicts and ethnic divides. Aimed at students in digital media studies, and peace studies, this book will also be...

Concepts like freedom, equality and justice have many uses – and even more misuses. In seeking to manage an increasingly complex world, it is more important than ever to think carefully about the meaning of such concepts which are central to policy...

In this book, first published in 1983, internationally known experts provide a comprehensive view of current knowledge of social insect biology including much previously unpublished information. Particular emphasis is given to the relationships between...

This book examines the potential of craft-centered education to influence gender socialization of rural children through a philosophical, sociological and psychological lens. It discusses Gandhi’s vision of craft-centered education and situates its place...

The Political Economy of Plea Bargaining provides the political, economic, and cultural context for understanding the evolution of plea bargaining as a juridical technology implemented to ensure the efficient administration of violations of criminal law...

"Microbe Hunting: Unveiling the Secrets of Microorganisms through Assessment, Sequencing, and Bioinformatics Analysis" embarks on a captivating expedition into the unseen world of microorganisms. This insightful journey navigates the intricate realms of...

Coal occupies a large share in the global energy basket. This book explores ‘coal game’ within the context of shifting energy geopolitics, the ‘resource war’ and the debates over climate change and energy security.Politics is a prime arena of game...

People with variations of sex characteristics (VSC) are born with chromosomal, gonadal and/or anatomical diversities that do not fit the typical definition of male or female. This book develops a social science of VSC, Intersex, and Disorders of Sex...

This book is a rare and intriguing account of the midlife experience from a multidisciplinary perspective. It represents an insightful construal of midlife from the disciplines of philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, literature, sociology, and the fine...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780443125928Author Leia LevyFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint Churchill LivingstonePublisher Elsevier Health Sciences

Conventional wisdom and ideologies hold that responsibility for the partition of the Republic of Cyprus in the wake of Turkey’s multiple advances on the island in summer 1974 rests on domestic ethnic and religious tensions between Turks and Greeks. This...