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The Abundant University

Remaking Higher Education for a Digital World

By: Michael D. Smith

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The Abundant University

Remaking Higher Education for a Digital World

By: Michael D. Smith

Why our current system of higher education is financially and morally unsustainable and how to address the crisis with the creative implementation of digital technologies. For too long, our system of higher education has been defined by scarcity: scarcity in enrollment, scarcity in instruction, and scarcity in credentials. In addition to failing students professionally, this system has exacerbated social injustice and socioeconomic stratification across the globe. In The Abundant University, Michael D. Smith argues that the only way to create a financially and morally sustainable higher education system is by embracing digital technologies for enrolling, instructing, and credentialing students—the same technologies that we have seen create abundance in access to resources in industry after industry. The Abundant University explains how we got our current system, why it’s such an expensive, inefficient mess, and how a system based on exclusivity cannot foster inclusivity. Smith challenges the resistance to digital technologies that we have already seen among numerous institutions, citing the examples of faculty resistance toward digital learning platforms. While acknowledging the understandable self-preservation instinct of our current system of residential education, Smith makes a case for how technology can engender greater educational opportunity and create changes that will benefit students, employers, and society as a whole.

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MIT Press

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0262048558

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Michael Jackson's Complete Guide to Single Malt Scotch

The World's Best-selling Book on Malt Whisky

By: Michael Jackson

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Michael Jackson's Complete Guide to Single Malt Scotch

The World's Best-selling Book on Malt Whisky

By: Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson's essential read for the whiskey connoisseur-fully updated 8th edition. A new and updated edition of the classic, definitive guide to malt whiskies, originally written by the late Michael Jackson and fully updated by whiskey experts Dominic Roskrow and Gavin D. Smith. The fully revised 8th edition of the Malt Whiskey Companion will teach you everything you want to know about your favorite tipple. How should you taste a single malt scotch whiskey? Which whiskies are light and flowery, or rich and treacly? How different is a single malt scotch from a distillery in the Highlands from one from the islands? Find whiskey tasting notes on over 1,000 malts arranged from A-Z, including vintages from 1926 onward and the very latest releases. For distilleries in the New World Whiskey section, there are brand-new whiskey tasting notes. This comprehensive whiskey guide defines the characteristics of each whiskey and gives it an overall score, making it the perfect companion for keen whiskey drinkers and new converts to the wonderful world of the single malt.

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Penguin

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0744070473

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Fin-de-Siecle Scottish Revival

Romance, Decadence and Celtic Identity

By: Michael Shaw

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Fin-de-Siecle Scottish Revival

Romance, Decadence and Celtic Identity

By: Michael Shaw

Explores cultural defence and revivalism in Scottish literature and artThe first book-length, interdisciplinary study on fin-de-sicle ScotlandUnlocks Scottish writers' and artists' participation in neo-paganism, the occult revival, neo-Catholicism and japonismeInformed by extensive analysis of under-explored archival materials, such as the Papers of Patrick GeddesRichly illustrated with artworks, photographs and ephemera As the Irish Revival took shape and the Home Rule debate dominated UK politics, what was happening in Scotland? This book reveals distinct but comparable concerns with cultural defence and revivalism in fin-de-sieI cle Scotland, evident in the work of a number of writers and artists including Robert Louis Stevenson, Patrick Geddes, Fiona Macleod, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Mona Caird, Arthur Conan Doyle, John Duncan and various contributors to The Evergreen. Situating Scottish literature and art alongside international developments in culture, especially the rise of decadence, symbolism and Celticism, Michael Shaw demonstrates the ways in which dissident fin-de-sieI cle styles and ideas supported and defined the Scottish Revival.

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Edinburgh University Press

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1474433987

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Everything You Wanted to Know About the New York Knicks

A Who's Who of Everyone Who Ever Played On or Coached the NBA's Most Celebrated Team

By: Michael Benson

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Everything You Wanted to Know About the New York Knicks

A Who's Who of Everyone Who Ever Played On or Coached the NBA's Most Celebrated Team

By: Michael Benson

This encyclopedic listing of every man who played on or coached the New York Knicks from the team's inception in 1946 to the present is jam-packed with details on everything from a player's careers statistics to his height, weight, and jersey number. Included is information about a player's life before and after the NBA, college career, and dates of birth and death. Relive the glory days of Bill Bradley, Walter "Cylde the Glide" Frazier, Patrick Ewing, Bob McAdoo, Dave DeBusschere, and all the other Knickerbockers in this comprehensive guide to Madison Square Garden's most famous denizens.

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Taylor Trade Publishing

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1461734789

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Urban Geography

A Global Perspective

By: Michael Pacione

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Urban Geography

A Global Perspective

By: Michael Pacione

Providing an authoritative and stimulating global introduction to the study of towns and cities, this updated second edition has been extensively revised to reflect feedback from readers and to incorporate the latest research and developments.

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Psychology Press

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0415343062

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Tourism in South and Southeast Asia

By: C. Michael Hall,Stephen Page

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Tourism in South and Southeast Asia

By: C. Michael Hall,Stephen Page

Tourism in South and South East Asia' is a comprehensive and solid introduction to tourism in South and South East Asia with a specific appeal both to institutions in the region, and other institutions who wish to expose students to one of the most dynamic tourism regions in the world. Despite downturns in outbound tourism (due to the current economic crisis), inbound tourism from outside the region has continued to increase with governments placing more emphasis on the economic significance of tourism than ever. 'Tourism in South and South East Asia' is the first tourism book to deal comprehensively with the implications of the Asian economic crisis for tourism. With South and South East Asia set to be the fastest growing area of tourism activity in the world well into the next century, 'Tourism in South and South East Asia' is an essential text for students both within and outside of this region. Dealing with concepts, themes and issues which are pertinent to tourism development, planning, marketing and management; these two internationally known authors have produced an authoritative text that covers all aspects of this topic through the use of illustrative and relevant case studies.

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Routledge

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1136002251

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Charles Bronson

The 95 Films and the 156 Television Appearances

By: Michael R. Pitts

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Charles Bronson

The 95 Films and the 156 Television Appearances

By: Michael R. Pitts

This work covers Bronson's entire output in film and on television, and includes many film stills and photographs. Alphabetical entries list film or episode, complete cast and credits, and year of release. Accompanying each entry's plot synopsis and discussion is a survey of the critical responses to the work. The great Charles Laughton once said Bronson "has the strongest face in the business, and he is also one of its best actors." Pretty high praise for an actor who, though loved by fans worldwide, has been consistently underestimated by critics. Bronson's career has spanned five decades, from such television appearances in The Fugitive, Rawhide, Bonanza and Have Gun, Will Travel as well as the telemovie A Family of Cops (1995) and its two sequels. He will long be remembered for his role as urban vigilante Paul Kersey in the Death Wish films. Bronson is one of the most enigmatic, and also most recognizable, of all film stars.

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McFarland

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1476610355

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Asymmetric Synthetic Methodology

By: David John Ager,Michael B. East

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Asymmetric Synthetic Methodology

By: David John Ager,Michael B. East

This comprehensive text presents a critical discussion of the scopes and limitations of various organic synthetic methodologies that are available for performing asymmetric transformations. In addition to purely chemical methods, the book covers applications of new enzymes and other biological systems that are increasingly useful in asymmetric methodology.

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CRC Press

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1000142477

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The American Ascendancy

How the United States Gained and Wielded Global Dominance

By: Michael H. Hunt

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The American Ascendancy

How the United States Gained and Wielded Global Dominance

By: Michael H. Hunt

A historical study that looks at America's path to global preeminence examines such key elements as wealth, confidence, and leadership in its rise to power, from the nineteenth century to today, and offers insight into the nation's problematic role in the modern-day world and options for the future.

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Univ of North Carolina Press

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0807830909

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Algebraic Geometric Codes: Basic Notions

By: Michael Tsfasman,Serge Vlǎduţ,Dmitry Nogin

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Algebraic Geometric Codes: Basic Notions

By: Michael Tsfasman,Serge Vlǎduţ,Dmitry Nogin

The book is devoted to the theory of algebraic geometric codes, a subject formed on the border of several domains of mathematics. On one side there are such classical areas as algebraic geometry and number theory; on the other, information transmission theory, combinatorics, finite geometries, dense packings, etc. The authors give a unique perspective on the subject. Whereas most books on coding theory build up coding theory from within, starting from elementary concepts and almost always finishing without reaching a certain depth, this book constantly looks for interpretations that connect coding theory to algebraic geometry and number theory. There are no prerequisites other than a standard algebra graduate course. The first two chapters of the book can serve as an introduction to coding theory and algebraic geometry respectively. Special attention is given to the geometry of curves over finite fields in the third chapter. Finally, in the last chapter the authors explain relations between all of these: the theory of algebraic geometric codes.

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American Mathematical Society

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1470470071

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Celluloid Soldiers

The Warner Bros. Campaign Against Nazism

By: Michael E. Birdwell

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Celluloid Soldiers

The Warner Bros. Campaign Against Nazism

By: Michael E. Birdwell

During the 1930s many Americans avoided thinking about war erupting in Europe, believing it of little relevance to their own lives. Yet, the Warner Bros. film studio embarked on a virtual crusade to alert Americans to the growing menace of Nazism. Polish-Jewish immigrants Harry and Jack Warner risked both reputation and fortune to inform the American public of the insidious threat Hitler's regime posed throughout the world. Through a score of films produced during the 1930s and early 1940s-including the pivotal Sergeant York-the Warner Bros. studio marshaled its forces to influence the American conscience and push toward intervention in World War II. Celluloid Soldiers offers a compelling historical look at Warner Bros.'s efforts as the only major studio to promote anti-Nazi activity before the outbreak of the Second World War.

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NYU Press

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0814789625

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Geographical Scale and Economic Development

Lessons Learned from Texas and Mexico

By: Michael S. Yoder

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Geographical Scale and Economic Development

Lessons Learned from Texas and Mexico

By: Michael S. Yoder

This book is an attempt to bridge the academic discipline of economic geography with the professional field of economic development. Through case studies of economic development, it illustrates two fundamental concepts of the sub-discipline of economic geography: scale and spatial connections. It demonstrates some of the ways that economic development policies and plans are linked globally, nationally, regionally, and locally. It ties together several studies of communities and transportation systems in Texas and Mexico carried out from the late 2010’s through 2021. The studies shed light on the need to study economic development at multiple scales and to do so through blended qualitative research methods that include conversations with economic development stakeholders, published data, news content from the business and trade media, and direct observation of the built environment. The book is a set of narratives that combine descriptions of the evolution of commercial transportation systems, economic promotion in selected communities, and corresponding changes in the built environment. It is organized into three sections, each of which corresponds to a different scale at which economic development functions: macro, regional, and local.

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Springer Nature

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3031361970

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The Sports Encyclopedia: Baseball 2006

By: David S. Neft,Richard M. Cohen,Michael L. Neft

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The Sports Encyclopedia: Baseball 2006

By: David S. Neft,Richard M. Cohen,Michael L. Neft

The Sports Encyclopedia: Baseball 2006 covers the history of every player and every team, with detailed statistics and summaries about each season, as well as full coverage of this year's exciting pennant and wild card races.

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Macmillan

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0312350015

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Maize for the Gods

Unearthing the 9,000-Year History of Corn

By: Michael Blake

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Maize for the Gods

Unearthing the 9,000-Year History of Corn

By: Michael Blake

Maize is the worldÕs most productive food and industrial crop, grown in more than 160 countries and on every continent except Antarctica. If by some catastrophe maize were to disappear from our food supply chain, vast numbers of people would starve and global economies would rapidly collapse. How did we come to be so dependent on this one plant? Maize for the Gods brings together new research by archaeologists, archaeobotanists, plant geneticists, and a host of other specialists to explore the complex ways that this single plant and the peoples who domesticated it came to be inextricably entangled with one another over the past nine millennia. Tracing maize from its first appearance and domestication in ancient campsites and settlements in Mexico to its intercontinental journey through most of North and South America, this history also tells the story of the artistic creativity, technological prowess, and social, political, and economic resilience of AmericaÕs first peoples.

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Univ of California Press

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0520276876

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Deforesting the Earth

From Prehistory to Global Crisis

By: Michael Williams

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Deforesting the Earth

From Prehistory to Global Crisis

By: Michael Williams

Since humans first appeared on the earth, we've been cutting down trees for fuel and shelter. Indeed, the thinning, changing, and wholesale clearing of forests are among the most important ways humans have transformed the global environment. With the onset of industrialization and colonization the process has accelerated, as agriculture, metal smelting, trade, war, territorial expansion, and even cultural aversion to forests have all taken their toll. Michael Williams surveys ten thousand years of history to trace how, why, and when human-induced deforestation has shaped economies, societies, and landscapes around the world. Beginning with the return of the forests to Europe, North America, and the tropics after the Ice Ages, Williams traces the impact of human-set fires for gathering and hunting, land clearing for agriculture, and other activities from the Paleolithic through the classical world and the Middle Ages. He then continues the story from the 1500s to the early 1900s, focusing on forest clearing both within Europe and by European imperialists and industrialists abroad, in such places as the New World and India, China, Japan, and Latin America. Finally, he covers the present-day and alarming escalation of deforestation, with the ever-increasing human population placing a possibly unsupportable burden on the world's forests. Accessible and nonsensationalist, Deforesting the Earth provides the historical and geographical background we need for a deeper understanding of deforestation's tremendous impact on the environment and the people who inhabit it.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226899268

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Why Race Matters in South Africa

By: Michael MacDonald

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Why Race Matters in South Africa

By: Michael MacDonald

This book tells the story of how the transition to democracy in South Africa enfranchised blacks politically but without raising most of them from poverty. Although democratic South Africa is officially "non-racial," the book shows that racial solidarities continue to play a role in the country's political economy.

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Harvard University Press

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067402186X

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David Smith

The Art and Life of a Transformational Sculptor

By: Michael Brenson

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David Smith

The Art and Life of a Transformational Sculptor

By: Michael Brenson

“An essential account of America’s greatest sculptor . . . [A] magnum opus.” —Marjorie Perloff, The Times Literary Supplement The landmark biography of the inscrutable and brilliant David Smith, the greatest American sculptor of the twentieth century. David Smith, a pioneer of Abstract Expressionism, did more than any other sculptor of his era to bring the plastic arts to the forefront of the American scene. Central to his project of reimagining sculptural experience was challenging the stability of any identity or position—Smith sought out the unbounded, unbalanced, and unexpected, creating works of art that seem to undergo radical shifts as the spectator moves from one point of view to another. So groundbreaking and prolific were his contributions to American art that by the time Smith was just forty years old, Clement Greenberg was already calling him “the greatest sculptor this country has produced.” Michael Brenson’s David Smith: The Art and Life of a Transformational Sculptor is the first biography of this epochal figure. It follows Smith from his upbringing in the Midwest, to his heady early years in Manhattan, to his decision to establish a permanent studio in Bolton Landing in upstate New York, where he would create many of his most significant works—among them the Cubis, Tanktotems, and Zigs. It explores his at times tempestuous personal life, marked by marriages, divorces, and fallings-out as well as by deep friendships with fellow artists like Helen Frankenthaler and Robert Motherwell. His wife Jean Freas described him as “salty and bombastic, jumbo and featherlight, thin-skinned and Mack Truck. And many more things.” This enormous, contradictory vitality was true of his work as well. He was a bricoleur, a master welder, a painter, a photographer, and a writer, and he entranced critics and attracted admirers wherever he showed his work. With this book, Brenson has contextualized Smith for a new generation and confirmed his singular place in the history of American art.

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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0374604037

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Radiative Heat Transfer in Turbulent Combustion Systems

Theory and Applications

By: Michael F. Modest,Daniel C. Haworth

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Radiative Heat Transfer in Turbulent Combustion Systems

Theory and Applications

By: Michael F. Modest,Daniel C. Haworth

This introduction reviews why combustion and radiation are important, as well as the technical challenges posed by radiation. Emphasis is on interactions among turbulence, chemistry and radiation (turbulence-chemistry-radiation interactions – TCRI) in Reynolds-averaged and large-eddy simulations. Subsequent chapters cover: chemically reacting turbulent flows; radiation properties, Reynolds transport equation (RTE) solution methods, and TCRI; radiation effects in laminar flames; TCRI in turbulent flames; and high-pressure combustion systems. This Brief presents integrated approach that includes radiation at the outset, rather than as an afterthought. It stands as the most recent developments in physical modeling, numerical algorithms, and applications collected in one monograph.

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Springer

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3319272918

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Sport and Social Exclusion

Second Edition

By: Michael Collins,Mike Collins,Tess Kay

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Sport and Social Exclusion

Second Edition

By: Michael Collins,Mike Collins,Tess Kay

Tackling social exclusion should be a central aim of any civilised social policy. In this meticulously revised and updated new edition of his groundbreaking study, Sport and Social Exclusion, Mike Collins has assembled a vast array of new evidence from a range of global sources to demonstrate how the effects of social exclusion are as evident in sport as they are in any area of society. The book uses sport as an important sphere for critical reflection on existing social policy and explores sport's role as a source of initiatives for tackling exclusion. It examines key topics such as: • What is meant by 'social exclusion' • How social exclusion affects citizenship and the chance to play sport • How exclusion from sport is linked to poverty, class, age, gender, ethnicity, disability, and involvement in youth delinquency, and living in towns or countryside • How exclusion is linked to concepts of personal and communal social capital. It uses four revised and five new major case studies as detailed illustrations, notably Be Active, Birmingham, the national PE and Youth/School Sport strategy, Positive Futures and Street Games. . Sport and Social Exclusion features a wealth of original research data, including new and previously unpublished material, as well as important new studies of social exclusion policy and practice in the UK and elsewhere. This revised edition surveys all the most important changes in the policy landscape since first publication in 2002 and explores the likely impact of the London Olympic Games on sport policy in the UK. The book concludes with some typically forthright commendations and critiques from the author regarding the success of existing policies and the best way to tackle exclusion from sport and society in the future. By relating current policy to new research the book provides an essential guidebook for students, academics and policy makers working in sport policy and development.

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Routledge

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113516522X

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Organisations and Management in Social Work

Everyday Action for Change

By: Mark Hughes,Michael Wearing

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Organisations and Management in Social Work

Everyday Action for Change

By: Mark Hughes,Michael Wearing

Providing a comprehensive and critical examination of the complex issues involved in the management and organisational contexts of social work practice, this book will help readers to: - Critically evaluate organisational theory, managerial techniques and organisational structures. - Develop strategies for ethical and reflective organisational practice. - Understand how to plan and manage change in learning organisations. - Unpick important themes such as leadership, supervision, risk, decision making, and accountability. - Explore the potential for increasing service user and worker participation in organisations.

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SAGE

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1473998506

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Advanced Software Applications in Japan

By: Edward A. Feigenbaum,Elaine Rich,Gio Wiederhold,Michael G Harrison

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Advanced Software Applications in Japan

By: Edward A. Feigenbaum,Elaine Rich,Gio Wiederhold,Michael G Harrison

Advanced Software Applications in Japan

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Elsevier

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1437744907

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Religion and the Constitution

By: Michael W. McConnell,Thomas C. Berg,Christopher C. Lund

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Religion and the Constitution

By: Michael W. McConnell,Thomas C. Berg,Christopher C. Lund

Religion and the Constitution, Fourth Edition, written by a team of well-known Constitutional Law scholars, thoughtfully examines the relationship between government and religion within the framework of the U.S. Constitution. This classroom-tested casebook is suitable for courses in Religious Liberty, Religion and the Constitution, or Religious Institutions and the Law.

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Aspen Publishing

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145487614X

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Empire, Nationalism and the Postcolonial World

Rabindranath Tagore's Writings on History, Politics and Society

By: Michael Collins

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Empire, Nationalism and the Postcolonial World

Rabindranath Tagore's Writings on History, Politics and Society

By: Michael Collins

By presenting a new interpretation of Rabindranath Tagore’s English language writings, this book places the work of India’s greatest Nobel Prize winner and cultural icon in the context of imperial history and thereby bridges the gap between Tagore studies and imperial/postcolonial historiography. Using detailed archival research, the book charts the origins of Tagore’s ideas in Indian religious traditions and discusses the impact of early Indian nationalism on Tagore’s thinking. It offers a new interpretation of Tagore’s complex debates with Gandhi about the colonial encounter, Tagore’s provocative analysis of the impact of British imperialism in India and his questioning of nationalism as a pathway to authentic postcolonial freedom. The book also demonstrates how the man and his ideas were received and interpreted in Britain during his lifetime and how they have been sometimes misrepresented by nationalist historians and postcolonial theorists after Tagore’s death. An alternative interpretation based on an intellectual history approach, this book places Tagore’s sense of agency, his ideas and intentions within a broader historical framework. Offering an exciting critique of postcolonial theory from a historical perspective, it is a timely contribution in the wake of the 150th anniversary of Tagore's birth in 2011.

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Routledge

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1136580654

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Leo Strauss and the Problem of Political Philosophy

By: Michael P. Zuckert,Catherine H. Zuckert

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Leo Strauss and the Problem of Political Philosophy

By: Michael P. Zuckert,Catherine H. Zuckert

This critical study of the influential political theorist dispels popular myths and reveals the inner logic of his varied and notoriously complex writings. Political theorist Leo Strauss was unexpectedly thrust into the media spotlight for his alleged influence on neoconservative politics. With The Truth about Leo Strauss, Michael and Catherine Zuckert challenged the many claims and speculations about this complex thinker. Now, with Leo Strauss and the Problem of Political Philosophy, they offer a more comprehensive interpretation of Strauss’s thought, using the many manifestations of the “problem of political philosophy” as their touchstone. Strauss, they argue, sought to restore political philosophy to its original Socratic form. This is demonstrated through his critique of positivism and historicism, two intellectual currents that undermined his Socratic project. The authors also explore Strauss’s interpretation of both ancient and modern political philosophers, including Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, and Locke. Finally, they examine Strauss’s thought in the context of the twentieth century, when his chief interlocutors were Schmitt, Husserl, Heidegger, and Nietzsche. Leo Strauss and the Problem of Political Philosophy is the most in-depth treatment of this often misunderstood thinker, examining his ideas across his long career. It reveals Strauss’s overall intellectual project: to decode how ancient and modern theory attempted to solve the problem of political philosophy. And it shows why Strauss considered the ancient solution both philosophically and politically superior.

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University of Chicago Press

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022613587X

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Printing Class

'Isa Al-'Isa, Filastin, and the Textual Construction of National Identity, 1911-1931

By: R. Michael Bracy

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'Isa Al-'Isa, Filastin, and the Textual Construction of National Identity, 1911-1931

By: R. Michael Bracy

This book explores the manners and challenges in which alternating constructions of national identity were articulated in the writings of 'Isa al-'Isa and his newspaper Filastin. The time period under consideration will be limited to 'Isa's work between 1911 and 1931.

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University Press of America

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0761853758

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Inclusion in Post-Conflict Legislatures

The Kosovo and Northern Ireland Assemblies

By: Michael Potter

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Inclusion in Post-Conflict Legislatures

The Kosovo and Northern Ireland Assemblies

By: Michael Potter

“An excellent analysis of the complex dynamics of inclusion in post-conflict societies: theoretically grounded, empirically rich, and with a well-informed set of policy-relevant insights and recommendations with implications far beyond the cases of Kosovo and Northern Ireland.”Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham, UK “Does the promotion of political accommodation between the contending parties in an ethno-nationalist conflict disadvantage other groups in society? This important question is at the heart of Michael Potter's nuanced study of post-settlement parliaments in Kosovo and Northern Ireland, in which he probes their record of representativeness, focusing on gender and ethnicity. His meticulous research, drawing on extensive fieldwork, shows that the domination of the parliaments by parties aligned to the conflict does indeed tend to marginalise other identities. His findings provide plenty of food for thought for practitioners in the field of conflict resolution. In particular, they underline the need for care in the design of institutional arrangements for deeply divided societies, so as to minimise potentially negative consequences that priority for accommodation and reconciliation may have for other issues and for the practice of inclusion.”Adrian Guelke, Queen’s University Belfast, UK “Identity is a central organising principle of politics in the 21st century. In this impressive book Michael Potter shows that a focus on gender and minority ethnic identities in newly-formed post-conflict assemblies provides a unique litmus test of the robustness of democratic politics. He analyses the cases of Kosovo and Northern Ireland with rigour and considerable insight. This book makes a highly original and lasting contribution to theory and practice in post-conflict settings world-wide.”Yvonne Galligan, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland This book examines inclusion in post-conflict legislatures, using Northern Ireland and Kosovo as case studies and gender and minority ethnicity as indicators. The analysis uses an adapted framework developed by Yvonne Galligan and Sara Clavero to measure inclusion across a range of factors associated with deliberative democratic principles. The logic is that political systems designed to accommodate communities in conflict will prioritise certain identities over others. The aim of the book is to investigate how identities not directly associated with a conflict fare in a political system designed to manage identities in conflict. The book looks comparatively at the conflicts in Kosovo and Northern Ireland, then discusses approaches to conflict management, describing how political institutions were designed in those contexts. The themes of women and minority identities in those conflicts are then explored with a view to examining the extent of inclusion in the Northern Ireland and Kosovo Assemblies.

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Upstream Industrial Biotechnology, 2 Volume Set

By: Michael C. Flickinger

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Upstream Industrial Biotechnology, 2 Volume Set

By: Michael C. Flickinger

Biotechnology represents a major area of research focus, and many universities are developing academic programs in the field. This guide to biomanufacturing contains carefully selected articles from Wiley's Encyclopedia of Industrial Biotechnology, Bioprocess, Bioseparation, and Cell Technology as well as new articles (80 in all,) and features the same breadth and quality of coverage and clarity of presentation found in the original. For instructors, advanced students, and those involved in regulatory compliance, this two-volume desk reference offers an accessible and comprehensive resource.

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1118619277

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Favorite One Liners for Business

And Other Parts of Life

By: Bud Michael

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Favorite One Liners for Business

And Other Parts of Life

By: Bud Michael

We’ve all heard them. We’ve all used them. One-liners – those pithy little blasts of guidance, philosophy, encouragement, or advice – that show up in business meetings all over the globe. One-liners are useful for their brevity, for the way they can paint the picture of what’s really happening with the business, and for the way they frame a particular situation. In your hands is a reference book of one-liners that are useful for business – and other parts of life. The one-liners are organized by the key messages conveyed so that you can quickly and efficiently find the one-liner that is perfect for your particular situation. The book is small so that you can keep it with you everywhere you go. You never know when someone may need some advice.

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1453597417

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Birds of the Salton Sea

Status, Biogeography, and Ecology

By: Michael A. Patten,Guy McCaskie,Philip Unitt

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Birds of the Salton Sea

Status, Biogeography, and Ecology

By: Michael A. Patten,Guy McCaskie,Philip Unitt

The Salton Sea, California's largest inland lake, supports a huge bird population that is among the most concentrated and most diverse in the world. Sadly this environment is close to collapse from several environmental threats. This book describes the more than 450 species and sub-species.

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