Social Sciences

Environmental activists and academics alike are realizing that a sustainable society must be a just one. Environmental degradation is almost always linked t...

Digging Deeper is a comprehensive manual of investigative techniques and a guide filled with practical tips on how to find information on the public record ...

The Book Is Based On The Authors' Highly Successful Multidisciplinary Qualitative Methods Workshops, Which Have Been Conducted For Over A Decade. They Intro...

This text provides an introduction to the field of sociolinguistics for second and foreign language teachers. This book provides an introduction to the fiel...

This is a major new edition of a stimulating and authoritative book. Merry Wiesner has updated and expanded her prize-winning study; she has added new secti...

As we are approaching our fin de sielce, issues of time and memory haunt contemporary culture. Musuems and memorials are being constructed rapidly, as if t...

Over the past decade, legal wagering has expanded rapidly in North America. In 1998 alone, people lost 50 billion dollars in legal betting and it is estimat...

A Trusted Course Text And Professional Resource, This Comprehensive Book Delves Into All Aspects Of Planning And Conducting Strengths-based Group Work With ...

Communications, Philosophy, Film And Video, Digital Culture: Media Studies Straddles An Astounding Array Of Fields And Disciplines And Produces A Vocabulary...

Identifies The Qualities Of Successful People, Maintaining That Culture, Family, And Idiosyncratic Factors Can Have A Decisive Impact On Shaping High Achiev...

A story-based guide to the techniques of shamanic healing• Details indigenous medicine tools and soul healing techniques, including diagnosis and energy c...

A guide to more than one thousand beasts, specters, and other monsters, from the Bible's Leviathan to Hollywood's Alien, arranged alphabetically and cross-r...

The Routledge Handbook Of The Politics Of Migration In Europe Provides A Rigorous And Critical Examination Of What Is Exceptional About The European Politic...

Political Altruism And The Solidarity Movement / Florence Passy -- Do Unto Others / Charles Tilly -- Dynamics Of Commitment In The Sector Known As Solidarit...

This volume is divided into four main areas of philosophy: logic, epistemology (theory of knowledge); philosophy of mind; and ethics. Each chapter within t...

In 2009, The National Academy Of Sciences (nas) Authored The Report Strengthening Forensic Science In The United States: A Path Forward. In It, The Committe...

Irwin Traces The Development Of The Stories Within Stories From Prehistoric India And Pharaonic Egypt To Modern Times, Explores Translations, Additions, Imi...

Beginning with a focus on the ethical foundations of caregiving in health and expanding towards problems of ethics and justice implicated in a range of issu...

Dance Makes Its Unique Contribution To Society And Culture By Virtue Of Its Form And Expression; At The Same Time It Is Intimately Bound Up With The Element...

Understanding Contemporary Society: Theories of the Present is a comprehensive textbook to guide students through the complexities of social theory today. ...

Written in clear, accessible, upbeat language, "Public Speaking Made Easy" takes the dread out of public speaking by offering practical information and conc...

Examining both sides of the German-Newfoundland/Labrador experience, this work explores the colony's hidden multicultural history. From first recorded conta...

The late Alice Kane was born in Ireland in 1908. Moving with her parents to Canada in 1921, she was educated in New Brunswick and at McGill University in Mo...

Ethnicity and Race: Making Identities in a Changing World, Second Edition, crafts a compelling, even-handed account of the power and persistence of ethnic...

"Social Work Practice: Problem Solving and Beyond" presents a view of social work that incorporates, not without criticism, problem solving as foundational ...

In the frenzied final years of the Weimar Republic, amid economic collapse and mourning political catastrophe, Walter Benjamin emerged as the most original...

Book by Babbie, Earl R.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences Social SciencesResearch

This is a uniquely Canadian text that reflects Canadian values and experiences. It introduces the fundamentals of sound social work practice in the context ...

“Jessica Spector has compiled the most challenging and thorough volume yet on philosophic themes surrounding the vexed questions of pornography and prosti...

Loving and appreciative, researched to a fare-thee-well, and pitched to both fans and first-time viewers of Singin' in the Rain, this delightful book deli...

Despite witnessing phenomenal economic growth and the spread of democratization in recent decades, as well as impressive intra-regional exchanges and inter...

Studies in the Organization of Conversational InteractionCategories: Politics & Social Sciences Social SciencesGeneral

Child life services include providing emotional support, structuring therapeutic play programs, psychologically preparing children for medical procedures, e...

Featuring carefully edited contributions from international experts, European Politics blends an analysis of individual nation states with an examination ...

In Homer’s account in The Odyssey, Penelope--wife of Odysseus and cousin of the beautiful Helen of Troy--is portrayed as the quintessential faithful wife,...

This textbook provides students with a concise introduction to the development of communication theory. Written in an engaging style, it offers an account ...

Today's news media is full of references to 'globalization' - a buzz word that is quickly becoming ubiquitous. But what exactly is globalization? What are ...

Introducing Intercultural Communication uses examples and case studies from around the world to situate communication theory in a truly global perspective....