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Social Work and Human Services Responsibilities in a Time of Climate Change

Country, Community and Complexity

By: Amanda Howard,Margot Rawsthorne,Pam Joseph,Mareese Terare,Dara Sampson,Meaghan Katrak Harris

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Social Work and Human Services Responsibilities in a Time of Climate Change

Country, Community and Complexity

By: Amanda Howard,Margot Rawsthorne,Pam Joseph,Mareese Terare,Dara Sampson,Meaghan Katrak Harris

This book provides an accessible, research-informed text for students, social workers and other social service workers and community development workers focused on practically linking climate change to social justice. The book is designed for: Those who want to embed an understanding of climate change and its social justice impacts in their everyday practice Those keen to explore the explicit but also often invisible ways we see injustice playing out and exacerbated by climate change Those interested in embarking on research and action which addresses climate change in an inclusive, creative and fair way Utilising existing and current research with organisations, government and communities, it examines key themes and contexts where work has been done and where more work is needed to design and implement inclusive and just action on climate change. With a core position revolving around the idea and practice of justice – for earth and everything that lives here, it draws on First Nations worldviews, critical analysis, community-led approaches and complexity theory, to outline some practical ways to adapt to and mitigate the impacts of climate change as well as a strategy to reshape our life and work for the longer term. It will be required reading for all scholars, students and professionals of social work, social welfare, community development, international development, community health and environmental and community education.

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Taylor & Francis

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100078259X

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Economics for Business

By: Chris Mulhearn,Howard R. Vane

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Economics for Business

By: Chris Mulhearn,Howard R. Vane

Written specifically for non-specialists, this textbook provides a rigorous and engaging introduction to economics in the context of the business world. Striking the perfect balance between theory and practical application, it draws on interesting real-world examples and case studies – from tech companies to football clubs – to demonstrate the relevance of key economic concepts and theories to business. Clear and insightful, it is packed with current data and innovative features to bring the subject to life for students. This edition is thoroughly updated to include coverage of topics such as market failure, austerity, international trade and Brexit. The ideal textbook for undergraduate students studying economics on business and management degrees and for use on MBA courses. New to this Edition: - Up-to-date coverage of important topics - A new appendix on the Aggregate Demand-Aggregate Supply (AD-AS) model in Chapter 9 - A wealth of new case studies and examples, for example, on US trade policy, the challenges involved in the UK leaving the EU, and the money supply in India Accompanying online resources for this title can be found at bloomsburyonlineresources.com/economics-for-business-4e. These resources are designed to support teaching and learning when using this textbook and are available at no extra cost.

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135200822X

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New Directions In Comparative Politics, Third Edition

By: Howard Wiarda

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New Directions In Comparative Politics, Third Edition

By: Howard Wiarda

This text sees the new diversity of approaches as healthy and invigorating. The diversity in comparative politics over the past two decades has been reflected in prior editions of this book.

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Community Pest Management in Practice

A Narrative Approach

By: Tanya M. Howard,Theodore R. Alter,Paloma Z. Frumento,Lyndal J. Thompson

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Community Pest Management in Practice

A Narrative Approach

By: Tanya M. Howard,Theodore R. Alter,Paloma Z. Frumento,Lyndal J. Thompson

This book presents a collection of practitioner and community stories that reveal how invasive species management is a community issue that can spark community formation and collective action. It combines the unique first-person narratives of practitioners on the frontline of invasive species management in Australia with three case studies of community action for wild dog management across a range of geographical landscapes. The book offers readers a new understanding of how communities are formed in the context of managing different species, and how fundamental social and political processes can make or break landholders’ ability to manage invasive species. Using narrative analysis of practitioner profiles and community groups, drawing lessons from real-world practices, and employing theories from community development, rural sociology and collective action, this book serves multiple functions: it offers a teaching tool, a valuable research contribution, and a practitioner’s field guide to pursuing effective community development work in connection with natural resource management, wildlife management and environmental governance.

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9811327424

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Science-fiction & Fantasy Cinema

Classic Films of Horror, Sci-fi & the Supernatural

By: John Howard Reid

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Science-fiction & Fantasy Cinema

Classic Films of Horror, Sci-fi & the Supernatural

By: John Howard Reid

Science-fiction, fantasy and horror movies cover a broad canvas including Frankenstein and Tod Slaughter, Dracula and Donald Duck, moon men and mad doctors, gorillas and crazy scientists, talking mules and helpful angels. Other categories covered in this book include Alien Encounters, Lost Worlds, Space Travel, Monsters, Creepy Old Houses, Phantom Killers, Mystery Thrillers, Animated Cartoons, and Horror Spoofs such as "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein.

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MiNDS ALIVE !

STAYiNG SHARP iN THE GAME

By: Martha Howard-Bullen

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MiNDS ALIVE !

STAYiNG SHARP iN THE GAME

By: Martha Howard-Bullen

...a book about maintaining mental vitality, the world's greatest card game, and how to get started

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Public Administration

a Bibliographic Guide to the Literature

By: Howard E. McCurdy

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Public Administration

a Bibliographic Guide to the Literature

By: Howard E. McCurdy

This volume is an ideal reference source for persons investigating specific areas within the diverse field of public affairs and administration. Public Administration includes two comprehensive essays that give a broad overview of the entire field, describing how it has developed through scholarly research and professional practice. It identifies the principal "schools of thought" and the areas of specialization that support them ... covers such topics as state, local, and comparative public personnel administration and public policy analysis ... reviews the most frequently cited sources in the field ... provides details on budgeting and finance ... and pinpoints the major sources for 33 specialized subcategories within the field. This bibliography represents the most current treatment available for historic and recent developments in public administration, and serves as a valuable reference for graduate- and advanced undergraduate-level courses in public affairs and administration, political science and government, policy analysis, organization theory, management science, budgeting and finance, labor relations and public personnel management, and for professionals in government agencies and institutions. Book jacket.

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CRC Press

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Net Smart

How to Thrive Online

By: Howard Rheingold

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Net Smart

How to Thrive Online

By: Howard Rheingold

A media guru shows us how to use social media intelligently, humanely, and, above all, mindfully. Like it or not, knowing how to make use of online tools without being overloaded with too much information is an essential ingredient to personal success in the twenty-first century. But how can we use digital media so that they make us empowered participants rather than passive receivers, grounded, well-rounded people rather than multitasking basket cases? In Net Smart, cyberculture expert Howard Rheingold shows us how to use social media intelligently, humanely, and, above all, mindfully. Mindful use of digital media means thinking about what we are doing, cultivating an ongoing inner inquiry into how we want to spend our time. Rheingold outlines five fundamental digital literacies, online skills that will help us do this: attention, participation, collaboration, critical consumption of information (or "crap detection"), and network smarts. He explains how attention works, and how we can use our attention to focus on the tiny relevant portion of the incoming tsunami of information. He describes the quality of participation that empowers the best of the bloggers, netizens, tweeters, and other online community participants; he examines how successful online collaborative enterprises contribute new knowledge to the world in new ways; and he teaches us a lesson on networks and network building. Rheingold points out that there is a bigger social issue at work in digital literacy, one that goes beyond personal empowerment. If we combine our individual efforts wisely, it could produce a more thoughtful society: countless small acts like publishing a Web page or sharing a link could add up to a public good that enriches everybody.

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MIT Press

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0262300729

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Planetary Health

Safeguarding Human Health and the Environment in the Anthropocene

By: Andy Haines,Howard Frumkin

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Planetary Health

Safeguarding Human Health and the Environment in the Anthropocene

By: Andy Haines,Howard Frumkin

Human health is facing unprecedented threats from global environmental change. This book describes the challenges and opportunities to safeguard health.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108492347

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Handbook of Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology

By: Irving B. Weiner,Howard A. Tennen,Jerry M. Suls

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Handbook of Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology

By: Irving B. Weiner,Howard A. Tennen,Jerry M. Suls

Psychology is of interest to academics from many fields, as well as to the thousands of academic and clinical psychologists and general public who can't help but be interested in learning more about why humans think and behave as they do. This award-winning twelve-volume reference covers every aspect of the ever-fascinating discipline of psychology and represents the most current knowledge in the field. This ten-year revision now covers discoveries based in neuroscience, clinical psychology's new interest in evidence-based practice and mindfulness, and new findings in social, developmental, and forensic psychology.

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1118281926

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Uniqueness

The Human Pursuit of Difference

By: C.R. Snyder,Howard L. Fromkin

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Uniqueness

The Human Pursuit of Difference

By: C.R. Snyder,Howard L. Fromkin

My Red Shirt and Me The red shirt incident begins with a rather ordinary red shirt. Not a brightly colored red shirt, not a dramatic cherry or firehouse red, more like a faded burgundy. But, for several days, my very iden tity was bound up in its redness. It was me, and I wore it with the pride a matador takes in his splendid cape, a hero in his medals of bravery, or a nun in her religious habit. I'll never forget the bound less joy I felt wearing that simple, pullover, short-sleeved red shirt in the hospital--or the rush of relief that I experienced when, at last, I decided to surrender it. However, we are getting ahead of our story, which starts a short time earlier with a most unfortunate accident. A light flurry of wet snow had begun to fall as the university limousine turned the corner on its way from the Bronx campus of New York University to the downtown campus. Although eight of us were packed into the car and had resigned ourselves to the usual boring faculty meeting awaiting us, somehow a spontaneous air of joviality was created.

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1468436597

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Smart Mobs

The Next Social Revolution

By: Howard Rheingold

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Smart Mobs

The Next Social Revolution

By: Howard Rheingold

From Tokyo to Helsinki, Manhattan to Manila, Howard Rheingold takes us on a journey around the world for a preview of the next techno-cultural shift-a shift he predicts will be as dramatic as the widespread adoption of the PC in the 1980s and the Internet in the 1990s. The coming wave, says Rheingold, is the result of super-efficient mobile communications-cellular phones, personal digital assistants, and wireless-paging and Internet-access devices that will allow us to connect with anyone, anywhere, anytime. From the amusing ("Lovegetty" devices in Japan that light up when a person with the right date-potential characteristics appears in the vicinity) to the extraordinary (the overthrow of a repressive regime in the Philippines by political activists who mobilized by forwarding text messages via cell phones), Rheingold gives examples of the fundamentally new ways in which people are already engaging in group or collective action. He also considers the dark side of this phenomenon, such as the coordination of terrorist cells, threats to privacy, and the ability to incite violent behavior. Applying insights from sociology, artificial intelligence, engineering, and anthropology, Rheingold offers a penetrating perspective on the brave new convergence of pop culture, cutting-edge technology, and social activism. At the same time, he reminds us that, as with other technological revolutions, the real impact of mobile communications will come not from the technology itself but from how people use it, resist it, adapt to it, and ultimately use it to transform themselves, their communities, and their institutions.

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Basic Books

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0465004393

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Vladimir Markov and Russian Primitivism

A Charter for the Avant-Garde

By: Jeremy Howard,Irena Bužinska,Z.S. Strother

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Vladimir Markov and Russian Primitivism

A Charter for the Avant-Garde

By: Jeremy Howard,Irena Bužinska,Z.S. Strother

Hailed as a brilliant theoretician, Voldemārs Matvejs (best known by his pen name Vladimir Markov) was a Latvian artist who spearheaded the Union of Youth, a dynamic group championing artistic change in Russia, 1910-14. His work had a formative impact on Malevich, Tatlin, and the Constructivists before it was censored during the era of Soviet realism. This volume introduces Markov as an innovative and pioneering art photographer and assembles, for the first time, five of his most important essays. The translations of these hard-to-find texts are fresh, unabridged, and authentically poetic. Critical essays by Jeremy Howard and Irena Buzinska situate his work in the larger phenomenon of Russian ’primitivism’, i.e. the search for the primal. This book challenges hardening narratives of primitivism by reexamining the enthusiasm for world art in the early modern period from the perspective of Russia rather than Western Europe. Markov composed what may be the first book on African art and Z.S. Strother analyzes both the text and its photographs for their unique interpretation of West African sculpture as a Kantian ’play of masses and weights’. The book will appeal to students of modernism, orientalism, ’primitivism’, historiography, African art, and the history of the photography of sculpture.

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1317001028

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Greening the Industrial Facility

Perspectives, Approaches, and Tools

By: Thomas Graedel,Jennifer Howard-Grenville

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Greening the Industrial Facility

Perspectives, Approaches, and Tools

By: Thomas Graedel,Jennifer Howard-Grenville

This textbook and reference fills a critical gap in literature on the comprehensive environmental impacts of industrial organizations. Nineteen chapters examine individual industrial sectors inherent "potential to pollute." The text goes on to analyze new technologies and practices for transforming environmentally degrading effects of industry, and shows how managers can navigate these changes and move their organizations towards long-term environmental sustainability.

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0387261133

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Making and Unmaking of San Diego Bay

By: Matthew R. Kaser,Gary C. Howard

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Making and Unmaking of San Diego Bay

By: Matthew R. Kaser,Gary C. Howard

San Diego Bay is a shallow estuary surrounded by a large population center. Geological forces and changes in sea levels from the last Ice Age combine to make the Bay and the adjacent highlands and mesas. Human activity has also influenced the Bay. Humans built several major cities and filled significant parts of the Bay. This book describes the natural history and evolution of the San Diego Bay Area over the last 50 million years through the present and into the future. Key Features Summarizes a complex geological, geographical, and ecological history Reviews how the San Diego Bay has changed and will likely change in the future Examines the different roles of various drivers of Bay ecosystem function Includes the role of humans—both first people and modern populations—on the Bay Explores San Diego Bay as an example of general bay ecological and environmental issues Related Titles Howard GC and Kaser MR. Making and Unmaking of the San Francisco Bay (ISBN 9781138596726) Wang Y, ed. Remote Sensing of Coastal Environments (ISBN 978-1-1381-1638-2) Gonenc IE, Wolfin JB, eds. Coastal Lagoons: Ecosystem Processes and Modeling for Sustainable Use and Development (ISBN 978-0-3675-7814-5) Mossop E, ed. Sustainable Coastal Design and Planning (ISBN 978-0-3675-7075-0)

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0429946007

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Patterns of Life

Biogeography of a changing world

By: Howard Mielke

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Patterns of Life

Biogeography of a changing world

By: Howard Mielke

Insight into universal nature provides an intellectual life? Why are so many plants and animals, especially delight and sense of freedom that no blows of fate and freshwater species, at risk of extinction? These are a few no evil can destroy. of the questions that have intrigued observers of nature Alexander von Humboldt, 1805 and the Earth. By studying the Earth's patterns of life, students of biogeography ultimately ponder some of the ... on that small spot, that little blue and white thing, most basic questions about life and the cosmos. is everything that means anything to you - all of history and music and poetry and art and death and birth and love, tears, joy, games, all of it on that little Historical roots of biogeography spot out there that you can cover with your thumb. The topic of biogeography has its roots in the work of And you realize from that perspective that you've Alexander von Humboldt, the recognized father of plant changed, that there's something new there, that the geography (Detwyler 1969, Browne 1983). From its relationship is no longer what it was.

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9401164991

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Power in Peacekeeping

By: Lise Morjé Howard

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Power in Peacekeeping

By: Lise Morjé Howard

Explains how peacekeeping can work effectively by employing power through verbal persuasion, financial inducement, and coercion short of offensive force.

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Cambridge University Press

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At Liberty to Die

The Battle for Death with Dignity in America

By: Howard Ball

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At Liberty to Die

The Battle for Death with Dignity in America

By: Howard Ball

Over the past hundred years, average life expectancy in America has nearly doubled, due largely to scientific and medical advances, but also as a consequence of safer working conditions, a heightened awareness of the importance of diet and health, and other factors. Yet while longevity is celebrated as an achievement in modern civilization, the longer people live, the more likely they are to succumb to chronic, terminal illnesses. In 1900, the average life expectancy was 47 years, with a majority of American deaths attributed to influenza, tuberculosis, pneumonia, or other diseases. In 2000, the average life expectancy was nearly 80 years, and for too many people, these long lifespans included cancer, heart failure, Lou Gehrig's Disease, AIDS, or other fatal illnesses, and with them, came debilitating pain and the loss of a once-full and often independent lifestyle. In this compelling and provocative book, noted legal scholar Howard Ball poses the pressing question: is it appropriate, legally and ethically, for a competent individual to have the liberty to decide how and when to die when faced with a terminal illness? At Liberty to Die charts how, the right of a competent, terminally ill person to die on his or her own terms with the help of a doctor has come deeply embroiled in debates about the relationship between religion, civil liberties, politics, and law in American life. Exploring both the legal rulings and the media frenzies that accompanied the Terry Schiavo case and others like it, Howard Ball contends that despite raging battles in all the states where right to die legislation has been proposed, the opposition to the right to die is intractable in its stance. Combining constitutional analysis, legal history, and current events, Ball surveys the constitutional arguments that have driven the right to die debate"--Provided by publisher.

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NYU Press

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1479869570

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The Central Sacramento Valley Story

Reclamation, Irrigation, Farms, Rice, and Machinery

By: Howard R. Plank

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The Central Sacramento Valley Story

Reclamation, Irrigation, Farms, Rice, and Machinery

By: Howard R. Plank

After describing the Central Valley of California the book focuses on the flood plain of the Sacramento River where most of the lands adjoining the river were a series of Mexican Land Grants. These grants were broken into private holdings after statehood and the challenging effort to reclaim the overflow lands began. The book covers the political and natural challenges in reclaiming these lands together with the introduction of a new crop, rice, and the development of new machines, primarily the Caterpillar tractor, that aided significantly in making the reclamation efforts successful.

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1456827111

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Chesapeake Bay Blues

Science, Politics, and the Struggle to Save the Bay

By: Howard R. Ernst

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Chesapeake Bay Blues

Science, Politics, and the Struggle to Save the Bay

By: Howard R. Ernst

The USA touts Chesapeake Bay as its premier environmental restoration programme, yet the Bay remains in poor condition.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0742523519

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Practice Reports in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals of the State of New-York

Vol. XXI

By: Nathan Howard

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Practice Reports in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals of the State of New-York

Vol. XXI

By: Nathan Howard

Reprint of the original, first published in 1861.

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3375066252

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New Directions In Comparative Politics

By: Howard J. Wiarda

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New Directions In Comparative Politics

By: Howard J. Wiarda

As ?must? reading for anyone interested in comparative politics, this text is designed to address the theoretical developments and approaches important to the comparative study of political systems today. These include: developmentalism, dependency theory, corporatism, state society relations, political economy, public policy analysis, indigenous theories of change, rational choice, and the new institutionalism. This text sees the new diversity of approaches as healthy and invigorating. The diversity in comparative politics over the past two decades has been reflected in prior editions of this book. Whereas these separate approaches once may have been regarded as fragmentary, now scholars have come to regard the diverse lines of inquiry as lending complimentary tools of analysis to our complex modern world. The emerging methods of comparative study often provide ?causeways? between previous ?islands of theory.? In this new edition, all the main approaches to comparative politics are represented in chapter length treatment. Several contributors revisit the topics they addressed in the prior editions, e.g. Tony Smith on dependency analysis, Lawrence Graham on public policy, and Joel Migdal on state-society relations. Most significantly, the third edition introduces readers to new, provocative analyses such as Paul Adams on corporatism, Anthony Gill on political economy; Ronald Inglehart on political culture; Gerardo Munck on rational choice, A. H. Somjee on indigenous theory, and Frank L. Wilson on the new institutionalism. Introductory and concluding essays by editor Howard J. Wiarda integrate the book, placing the different approaches in perspective.

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0429974566

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Differential Item Functioning

By: Steven J. Osterlind,Howard T. Everson

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Differential Item Functioning

By: Steven J. Osterlind,Howard T. Everson

This new edition presents an up-to-date description of differential item functioning. It describes varying procedures for addressing DIF in practical testing contexts. The authors present useful examples and studies of DIF that readers may employ as a guide in their own work. They also cover major statistical packages that can be employed in DIF analysis (e.g., SPSS, SAS, M+, Minitab, and Systat). This text is ideal for the measurement professional or advanced student who deals with educational or psychological assessment.

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1483389413

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Avon

By: Nora Howard

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Avon

By: Nora Howard

Avon, located beside the Farmington River in the fertile Connecticut River Valley, was incorporated in 1830. The proud new town had 1,200 residents, two Congregational meetinghouses, the Farmington Canal, taverns, and a hotel. The busy Talcott Mountain Turnpike connected Avon with Hartford and Albany, New York. Avon shows the town's dynamic changes from 1830 to 1950, including dairy and tobacco farming, the town center, the railroad, the fuse factory, immigration, and Avon Old Farms School. The outstanding photographs in Avon, most published here for the first time, are from the collections of the Avon Historical Society, the Avon Free Public Library, the Avon Congregational Church, the West Avon Congregational Church, Avon Old Farms School, Heublein Tower, the Avon Police Department, and individuals. Of note are remarkable glass plate negatives by Clinton and Frank Hadsell. Featured are collections of lifelong residents John Anthony O'Neill and Carl Candels. The meticulously researched text of Avon fully explains each photograph. There are views of families, farms, and fires, Main Street, Secret Lake, St. Ann's Church, and an 1835 Avon map from the Connecticut Historical Society.

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0738504467

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The Global Climate System

Patterns, Processes, and Teleconnections

By: Howard A. Bridgman,John E. Oliver

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The Global Climate System

Patterns, Processes, and Teleconnections

By: Howard A. Bridgman,John E. Oliver

This textbook considers the physical, social and economic aspects of the global climate system, through readable accounts of recent in climatology. Chapters contain essays by respected specialists in the field to enhance the understanding of selected topics. It is invaluable to advanced students of climatology and atmospheric science.

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1139455737

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