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Inside Out and Outside in: Psychodynamic Clinical Theory and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Berzoff, Joan / Flanagan, Laura Melano / Hertz, Patricia, PUBLISHER: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Over the past decade, Inside Out ong>andong> Outside In has become a very important book among mental health practitioners in a variety of disciplines that deal with individuals in their complex social environments. Revised ong>andong> updated throughout, the third edition builds on this foundation ong>andong> adds a new chapter on cognitive behavioral theory ong>andong> practice ong>andong> a new chapter on relational ong>andong> intersubjective theories to more fully meet the needs of both students ong>andong> practitioners today. The third edition of Inside Out ong>andong> Outside In maintains the book's respectful tone ong>andong> empathetic voice while making many new additions. The chapter on affective disorders now includes bipolar disorders. Two other chapters update content on psychodynamic theory ong>andong> race ong>andong> gender. This edition also offers new research on schizophrenia ong>andong> personality disorders. Other key updates include linking trauma theory with attachment, as well as attending to client systems, including couples, throughout the book. This new edition further deepens our understong>andong>ing of the bio-psycho-social contexts in which clinical theory ong>andong> practice occur, particularly in multicultural settings. It offers ways to clearly understong>andong> theories ong>andong> clinical disorders in their biological ong>andong> social contexts ong>andong> provides key updates on new ong>developmentong>s in the biopsychosocial domain. Acquista Ora

Vygotsky's Educational Theory in Cultural Context

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kozulin, Alex / Ageyev, Vladimir / Miller, Suzanne, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, Innovative ideas in educational psychology, learning, ong>andong> instruction, originally formulated by Russian psychologist ong>andong> educator Lev Vygotsky, are currently enjoying unprecedented popularity in the U.S., Latin America, Europe, ong>andong> Russia. An international team of scholarly contributors provides comprehensive coverage of all the main concepts of Vygotsky's sociocultural theory. They emphasize its importance for the understong>andong>ing of child ong>developmentong>, ong>andong> propose specific classroom applications.

Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World,

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Shepherd, John / Horn, David, PUBLISHER: Continuum, The six EPMOW Genre volumes contain entries on the genres of music that have been or currently are popular in countries ong>andong> communities all over the world. Included are discussions on cultural, historical ong>andong> geographic origins; technical musical characteristics; instrumentation ong>andong> use of voice; lyrics ong>andong> language; typical features of performance ong>andong> presentation; historical ong>developmentong> ong>andong> paths ong>andong> modes of dissemination; influence of technology, the music industry ong>andong> political ong>andong> economic circumstances; changing stylistic features; notable ong>andong> influential performers; ong>andong> relationships to other genres ong>andong> sub-genres.This volume, on the music of the Caribbean ong>andong> Latin America, features over 200 entries ong>andong> in-depth essays on genres ranging from Afro-Cuban Jazz to Alcatraz, from Carnaval to Charanga, ong>andong> from Dancehall to Dub. All entries conclude with a bibliography, discographical references ong>andong> discography, with additional information on sheet music listings ong>andong> visual recordings. Written ong>andong> edited by a team of distinguished popular music scholars ong>andong> professionals, this is an exceptional resource for anybody studying or researching the history ong>andong> ong>developmentong> of popular music.

Achieving Economic Development in the Era of Globalization

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sharma, Shalendra D., PUBLISHER: Routledge, Challenging assumptions about the benefits of specific ong>developmentong> practices, this book provides readers with overview of how competing frameworks have developed ong>andong> the ways that specific ong>developmentong> practices reflect specific understong>andong>ings of the main debates, as well as offering a comprehensive historical overview of attempts to achieve economic ong>developmentong>. It: offers a historical overview of the main debates ong>andong> how they have evolved over time undertakes an examination (or rather re-examination) of the relationship between agriculture ong>andong> poverty alleviation presents an exploration of recent international ong>developmentong> negotiations from the perspective of OECD countries. Drawing on the lessons of some six decades of ong>developmentong> experiences ong>andong> illuminating theoretical insights ong>andong> accumulated empirical knowledge, this book is a key resource for all students of ong>developmentong> studies ong>andong> ong>developmentong> economics.

Atlas of Industrializing Britain,

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Morris, R. J. / Langton, John, PUBLISHER: Routledge, This atlas draws together crucial social ong>andong> economic data on Englong>andong>, Scotlong>andong> ong>andong> Wales between ong>andong> , ong>andong> gives a clear guide to the industrial ong>developmentong> of Great Britain during the modern period.

Spatial Dynamics and Female Development in Victorian Art and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Piehler, Liana F. / Hewitt, Regina, PUBLISHER: Lang, Peter, Publishing Inc., Spatial dynamics ong>andong> imagery surface as distinctive ong>andong> insightful elements for investigating female figures in Victorian art ong>andong> literature. This book explores the concept that space can be a productive ong>andong> creative realm, rather than merely an empty or confining category, for personal ong>developmentong>. Through discussing representative Victorian paintings of the mid- to late- s, as well as novels by women authors, Spatial Dynamics ong>andong> Female ong>Developmentong> in Victorian Art ong>andong> Novels illustrates the ways visual ong>andong> literary genres utilize space. This book sharpens our view of nineteenth-century women's perspectives on themselves, ong>andong> recognizes connections between the visual ong>andong> literary arts.

Real Analysis

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Royden, H. L. / Fitzpatrick, Patrick M., PUBLISHER: Prentice Hall, Real Analysis, Fourth Edition, covers the basic material that every reader should know in the classical theory of functions of a real variable, measure ong>andong> integration theory, ong>andong> some of the more important ong>andong> elementary topics in general topology ong>andong> normed linear space theory. This text assumes a general background in mathematics ong>andong> familiarity with the fundamental concepts of analysis. Classical theory of functions, including the classical Banach spaces; General topology ong>andong> the theory of general Banach spaces; Abstract treatment of measure ong>andong> integration. For all readers interested in real analysis.

The Rise of Neoconservatism: Intellectuals and Foreign

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ehrman, John, PUBLISHER: Yale University Press, This is the first book to analyze the history of neoconservatism ong>andong> trace its influence on foreign policy, using new information from interviews ong>andong> archives. Ehrman focuses on key individuals-Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Jeane Kirkpatrick, Norman Podhoretz, ong>andong> Elliott Abrams, showing the ong>developmentong> of their ideas ong>andong> their place in American conservatism today

Cultural Theory and Cultural Change

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Featherstone, Mike, PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), Recent years have seen a significant reappraisal of the idea of culture within the social sciences, ong>andong> a growing integration of theoretical concerns between the social sciences ong>andong> the humanities. Debates over concepts such as postmodernism ong>andong> cultural globalization have been symptomatic of a broader interdisciplinary interest in the social context of cultural practice. In this book an international cast of eminent theorists examines a series of key questions on the borders of the cultural ong>andong> the social. Ranging across a broad canvas, the contributors focus on different elements of cultural theory ong>andong> cultural process: discourse, lifestyle, the emotions, the intelligentsia, social movements, postmodernism. Linking the chapters is a concern with the central role of European social theory in the current reappraisal of culture, ong>andong> an assessment of its relation to other international traditions. This book, for an interdisciplinary readership, will serve as an outline of key concerns in cultural theory ong>andong> an insight into the central insights of Theory, Culture ong>andong> Society. The book is also published as issue 9.1 of Theory, Culture ong>andong> Society.

The Saloon on the Rocky Mountain Mining Frontier

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: West, Elliott, PUBLISHER: University of Nebraska Press, Elliott West's careful analysis of the role ong>andong> ong>developmentong> of the saloon as an institution on the mining frontier provides unique insights into the social ong>andong> economic history of the American West. Drawing on contemporaneous newspapers ong>andong> many unpublished firsthong>andong> accounts, West shows that the physical evolution of the saloon, from crude tents ong>andong> shanties into elegant establishments for drinking ong>andong> gaming, reflected the growth ong>andong> maturity of the surrounding community.

The Practice of Liberal Pluralism

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Galston, William, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, William Galston defends a theory, liberal pluralism, based on three core concepts--value pluralism, political pluralism, ong>andong> expressive liberty--ong>andong> explores the implications of this theory for politics. Liberal pluralism helps clarify some of the complexities of real-world political action ong>andong> points toward a distinctive conception of public philosophy ong>andong> public policy.

A History of Anthropological Theory, Third Edition

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Erickson, Paul A. / Murphy, Liam D. / Murphy, Pae Liam D., PUBLISHER: University of Toronto Press, Recognizing that anthropology--"the integrated study of humanity in its biological, social, ong>andong> cultural dimensions--"has deep roots in the Western experience, this concise survey begins in antiquity, then moves forward through the Middle Ages ong>andong> the Renaissance to the modern era. The authors focus on the twentieth century, covering American, British, ong>andong> French anthropological traditions ong>andong> discussing ong>developmentong>s in theory that point to future directions in archaeology, physical anthropology, ong>andong> linguistic anthropology. This edition features a new preface ong>andong> new ong>andong> expong>andong>ed sections on transactionalism, feminist anthropology, postmodernity, medical anthropology, ong>andong> globalization.

Nature and Nurture During Infancy and Early Childhood

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Plomin, Robert / Defries, J. C. / Fulker, D. W., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, In light of work by quantitative geneticists, the authors reconsider the interaction of heredity ong>andong> environment in the ong>developmentong> of individual differences during infancy ong>andong> early childhood. Quantitative genetics offers a general theory of the ong>developmentong> of individual differences that suggests novel concepts ong>andong> research strategies: the idea that genetic influences operate in age-to-age change as well as in continuity, for example. Quantitative genetics also provides powerful methods to address questions of change ong>andong> continuity which are helpfully introduced in this study. Longitudinal quantitative genetic research is essential to the understong>andong>ing of ong>developmentong>al change ong>andong> continuity. The largest ong>andong> longes longitudinal adoption study is the Colorado Adoption Project, which has generated much of the rich data on the progress from infancy to early childhood on which the authors draw throughout the book.

Inequality, Democracy, and Economic Development

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Midlarsky, Manus I., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, The relationship between inequality ong>andong> democracy is a compelling one for the contemporary social scientist. This book addresses questions raised as early as the time of Aristotle, ong>andong> continue through Marx to the present day. Theories of inequality in relation to democracy are explored, ong>andong> the book focuses on the sources of democracy, the relationship between economic ong>developmentong> ong>andong> thresholds of democracy, ong>andong> finally responses to democratization. As the gap between rich ong>andong> poor widens within ong>andong> between nations, the subject of this book becomes increasingly important worldwide.

Mother & Child: Reflections on Our First Year Together

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Rogers, April R., PUBLISHER: U-Talk Publications, A memory book ong>andong> journal that not only focuses on the important milestones ong>andong> events that occur during a baby's first year, but also captures the thoughts, feelings, ong>andong> experiences that are unique to every mother. Combines structured ong>andong> blank journal pages to record the complete experience of motherhood.

Land Development for Civil Engineers

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Dion, Thomas R. / Dion, T. R., PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons, A hong>andong>s-on guide to beginning, managing, ong>andong> completing all long>andong> ong>developmentong> projects Long>andong> ong>Developmentong> for Civil Engineers provides essential facts ong>andong> recommendations for bringing the nonstructural features of a long>andong> ong>developmentong> project to successful completion. Regulations, stong>andong>ards, ong>andong> permit data have all been thoroughly updated, including EPA General Stormwater Permits ong>andong> the agency's rulings on water supply, ADA considerations, American Concrete Pipe Association bedding requirements, wetlong>andong> permitting changes, ong>andong> other pertinent information. This single-source reference covers all engineering, legislative, ong>andong> administrative concerns, including design procedures, construction contracts, ong>developmentong> guidelines, ong>andong> final inspections. New techniques for project management, including use of intranet ong>andong> extranet management tools on the Internet, are featured, in addition to the latest material on: * Soil remediation ong>andong> brownfield ong>developmentong> * GPS use ong>andong> new surveying techniques * Streetscaping * ong>Developmentong>s in design-build methods * Photogrammetric surveys ong>andong> GIS use in area ong>andong> site planning Complete with hundreds of maps, diagrams, drawings, tables, ong>andong> charts, this Second Edition is the ideal reference for civil design engineers, site design analysts, ong>andong> students, as well as government personnel, developers, long>andong>scape architects, urban planners, civil engineering technology students, long>andong> surveyors, ong>andong> geotechnical, structural, transportation, ong>andong> environmental engineers.

Monetary Reform and Cooperation Theory

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Macesich, George, PUBLISHER: Praeger, This volume demonstrates how monetary ong>andong> financial organizations in the United States ong>andong> abroad can be improved through a new addition to traditional monetary policy. Cooperation theory, a system developed from games theory, is shown to provide an appropriate action/reaction approach that can lead to cooperation without abong>andong>oning the free market. Institutional, theoretical, ong>andong> empirical results of game theory, computer simulation, monetary theory, ong>andong> policy analysis are woven together so that each reinforces the other. The text clearly stresses that although unilateral, noncooperative action may result in short-term advantage for an organization, it ultimately leads to long-term losses for all in the economic system. Monetary Reform ong>andong> Cooperation Theory opens with a discussion of cooperation theory. It goes on to address improving the monetary financial organization. Bureaucracy ong>andong> philosophy are analyzed, along with reform in the banking industry ong>andong> banking in other countries. The book concludes with issues of international creditors ong>andong> debtors. This work is full of useful information for the general economist, political scientist, ong>andong> layman on the complex issue of monetary reform ong>andong> the positive role cooperation theory can play in this vital process.

Political Economy African Fami

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Downs, R. E., PUBLISHER: Routledge, The Political Economy of African Famine takes an unusually broad look at famine by including analyses of countries where hunger has rarely been studied ong>andong> by examining African famine from both African ong>andong> Western perspectives. Its concluding proposals for eradicating famine make innovative ong>andong> provocative contributions to current global debates on food ong>andong> nutrition. This volume explores the combination of political ong>andong> economic forces that influence different levels of food supply. It begins with a discussion of famine theories, ranging from cultural ecology to neo-ong>Marxismong>. Following this survey is a series of essays by anthropologists, geographers, economists ong>andong> ong>developmentong> practitioners that explores the role fo Western institutions in African famine, analyzes famine in particular countries, ong>andong> documents the relationship between famine ong>andong> gender.

Culture and Local Development

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Local Economic ong>andong> Employment ong>Developmentong>, PUBLISHER: Organization for Economic Cooperation & Devel, This publication highlights the impact of culture on local economies ong>andong> the methodological issues related to its identification. In particular, the book demonstrates that the contemporary contribution of culture to economic ong>developmentong> is not only limited to attracting tourists, but that it increasingly acts as a catalyst for other activities to further develop through territorial clusters. It also demonstrates the power of culture as a tool for the social integration of distressed people ong>andong> communities, thus contributing to sustainable ong>developmentong>.

China and the Global Political Economy

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Breslin, Shaun, PUBLISHER: Palgrave MacMillan, In a relatively short period, the growth of investment to ong>Chinaong> ong>andong> the resulting increase in Chinese trade has resulted in a reconfiguration of the East Asian regional economy, ong>andong> is now altering financial ong>andong> resource flows across the globe. This book explains how this transformation has come about, focusing on the interplay between domestic politics in ong>Chinaong> ong>andong> the transition from socialism on one hong>andong>, ong>andong> the ongoing evolution of global or transnational production networks on the other. It shows that while events in ong>Chinaong> have considerable global significance, this importance does not necessarily equate with the "power" that some already ascribe to ong>Chinaong>. Whilst recognizing that global economic integration has contributed to the reduction of poverty, it also shows how it has contributed to the emergence of new social cleavages ong>andong> the changing basis of communist party rule.

The Theory of Relativity

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Einstein, Albert, PUBLISHER: Citadel Press, In this collection of Einstein's most important writings on physics, Einstein reduces the complex to its essentials. Covers the Theory of Relativity, E=MC2, Physics ong>andong> Reality, ong>andong> much more.

Leading Issues in Economic Development

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Meier, Gerald M. / Rauch, James E., PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, Now in its seventh edition, Leading Issues in Economic ong>Developmentong> introduces a new co-author, James E. Rauch. Maintaining the unique structure that the book has established over the last 35 years, Rauch has revised ong>andong> updated this seventh edition to strengthen the analytical ong>andong> quantitative dimensions ong>andong> to clarify contemporary ong>andong> future problems of ong>developmentong> policy. The co-authors integrate the most insightful materials in this wide-ranging field, offering students the opportunity to experience a variety of perspectives while helping them to keep sight of overarching themes. This edition adds two new chapters: "Income Distribution" ong>andong> "ong>Developmentong> ong>andong> the Environment." It also now consolidates several chapters ong>andong> increases the number of selections from leading professional journals. In this edition, both the selections ong>andong> the authors' own overviews, notes, comments, ong>andong> exhibits make greater use of empirical analysis as well as modern economic theory. In all, Leading Issues in Economic ong>Developmentong> provides fresh ong>andong> serious attention to the interplay between ong>developmentong> experience, changing views of economists, ong>andong> policy.

Parallel and Distributed Processing and Applications: Third

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Pan, Y. / Pan, Yi / Chen, Daoxu, PUBLISHER: Springer, This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Parallel ong>andong> Distributed Processing ong>andong> Applications, ISPA , held in Nanjing, ong>Chinaong> in November . The 90 revised full papers ong>andong> 19 revised short papers presented together with 3 keynote speeches ong>andong> 2 tutorials were carefully reviewed ong>andong> selected from 645 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on cluster systems ong>andong> applications, performance evaluation ong>andong> measurements, distributed algorithms ong>andong> systems, fault tolerance ong>andong> reliability, high-performance computing ong>andong> architecture, parallel algorithms ong>andong> systems, network routing ong>andong> communication algorithms, security algorithms ong>andong> systems, grid applications ong>andong> systems, database applications ong>andong> data mining, distributed processing ong>andong> architecture, sensor networks ong>andong> protocols, peer-to-peer algorithms ong>andong> systems, internet computing ong>andong> Web technologies, network protocols ong>andong> switching, ong>andong> ad hoc ong>andong> wireless networks.

The Earthscan Reader in Population and Development

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Demeny, Paul / McNicholl, Geoffrey / Paul Demeny, PUBLISHER: Routledge, This reader provides information on population ong>andong> ong>developmentong> issues for those seeking the middle ground between technical ong>andong> non-specialist material. It contains contributions to all the various aspects of the debate from the s to the s from a wide variety of authors including Kingsley Davis, Herman Daly, Gary Becker, Ester Boserup ong>andong> Amartya Sen.

The Balance of Power: History and Theory

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sheehan, Michael / Sheehan, M., PUBLISHER: Routledge, The balance of power is one of the most fundamental concepts behind international politics ong>andong> provides a structure for explaining some of the essential principles behind international relations. Yet despite its widespread importance it remains an enigma ong>andong> is surrounded by controversy. "The Balance of Power" traces the evolution of the theory from the eighteenth century to the present day. It incorporates classical anlysis ong>andong> recent research to give a detailed account of the concept in practice ong>andong> the operation of the international system while challenging traditional views of the balance of power. Its exploration of the way the balance of power operated in key historical periods shows how the generally accepted ong>developmentong> of the concept is based on a misunderstong>andong>ing of the historical reality.

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