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The Rhetoric of Credit: Merchants in Early Modern Writing

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sullivan, Ceri, PUBLISHER: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, Scores ong>ofong> business advice manuals, double-entry handbooks, and trade publicity briefs give the early modern merchant help on guaranteeing the value ong>ofong> his word. The Rhetoric ong>ofong> Credit looks at the rhetorical handling ong>ofong> the just price ong>ofong> goods, cash and credit; ong>analysesong> the uses ong>ofong> the heroism in trade; shows how the ethos ong>ofong> the merchant is enhanced in dealing with bankruptcy and sovereign dept, and distinguishes between miser and usurer. Such shifts between the fields ong>ofong> ong>socialong> and financial credit structure the three plays that it goes on to examine: If You Know Not Me (1), The Alchemist, and Eastword Ho

Preempting Dissent: The Politics of an Inevitable Future

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Elmer, Greg / Opel, Andy, PUBLISHER: Arbeiter Ring, The Bush administrationas aWar on Terrora ushered in a new logic ong>ofong> surveillance, suppressing public dissent and mobilizing both afaitha and afear.a Elmer and Opel reveal the underlying logic ong>ofong> preemption whereby threats must be eliminated before they materialize, drawing on ong>socialong> theories and media ong>analysesong> to assess the wider impact ong>ofong> this new era ong>ofong> security and political order. They track three emerging strategies: zoning or incarceration ong>ofong> protesters, expansion ong>ofong> human surveillance techniques by police and law enforcement agencies, and deployment ong>ofong> astealtha forms ong>ofong> crowd control. Addressing the logic ong>ofong> preemption, Elmer and Opel lay the groundwork for more effective resistance.

Conduct Disorders

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Eddy, J. Mark, PUBLISHER: Compact Clinicals, As many as four million children suffer from extreme ong>behaviorong> problems at school and at home. Family, parents, and teachers are all affected. They try to understand the child's ong>behaviorong> and wonder what kind ong>ofong> help to seek. Now prong>ofong>essional information is available on ong>behaviorong> problems, written in a jargon-free, easy-to-read format. Find out what causes ong>behaviorong> problems, what kind ong>ofong> medications work for treatment, and what the likelihood ong>ofong> recovery is. -- Describes the kind ong>ofong> parent training involved in treatment -- Describes how school-based treatment programs work

Anthropology of Religion: The Unity and Diversity of

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Crapo, Richley H., PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill Humanities/ong>Socialong> Sciences/Langua, This text ong>ofong>fers an alternative to the case-driven approach that the sole use ong>ofong> a reader tends to foster. It provides students with ways ong>ofong> conceptualizing what religion is, what its ong>socialong> and psychological functions are, the nature ong>ofong> religious symbolism and religious ong>behaviorong>, and the organizational structure ong>ofong> religions. This text covers all the standard topics (e.g., ideology and symbolism, ritual and ceremony, organizational forms, and ong>socialong> and psychological functions ong>ofong> religion) as well as ones ong>ofong> more recent interest such as religion and gender, the psychology ong>ofong> religion, and pilgrimage. Acquista Ora

Supreme Court Watch : Highlights of the , and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: O'Brien, David M., PUBLISHER: W. W. Norton & Company, Each edition ong>ofong> Supreme Court Watch ong>ofong>fers narratives and ong>analysesong> ong>ofong> legal disputes, political battles, and ong>socialong> confrontations as they unfold before the Supreme Court. Also included are excerpts from the justices' objections and dissents on the Court's most influential cases ong>ofong> the recent term. Supreme Court Watch is an ideal supplement to the author's two-volume casebook, Constitutional Law and Politics, and serves as an excellent companion to other books and for courses on law, legal studies, and the judiciary.

Social Cognition, Joint Attention, and Communicative

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Carpenter, Malinda / Nagell, Katherine / Tomasello, Michael, PUBLISHER: University ong>ofong> Chicago Press, The studies in this volume measure the various ong>behaviorong>s that are displayed as infants and mothers share their attention on an outside object: joint engagement, following gazes and points, gestures, imitation ong>ofong> actions, and language comprehension and production. The authors show how infants follow a progression from "sharing" to "following" to "directing" others' attention and ong>behaviorong>, and how these skills are related to early communicative competence. Their results have important implications for theories ong>ofong> ong>socialong>-cognitive and language development.

The Changing Role of Social Care

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hudson, Bob, PUBLISHER: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Focusing on the enormous organizational and cultural changes that local authority ong>socialong> services have undergone since the NHS and Community Care Act, this volume provides an overview ong>ofong> the structure and function ong>ofong> ong>socialong> care at practice, management and policy levels. It contains contributions from leading academics, researchers and practitioners in the UK, and also includes chapters on the experiences ong>ofong> the rest ong>ofong> Europe and the US. The contributors examine the impact and effectiveness ong>ofong> key shifts in the weighting ong>ofong> responsibility ong>ofong> central and local government; who the purchasers and providers ong>ofong> ong>socialong> care are; the interaction between ong>socialong> services and other agencies; the relationship between voluntary and statutory sectors; and the involvement ong>ofong> users and carers in service design and provision. They assess the significance ong>ofong> the breakdown ong>ofong> the traditional distinctions and roles underlying ong>socialong> care, and lay the foundations for effective and coordinated future policy, practice and research. With the publication ong>ofong> the Labor Government's White Paper Modernizing ong>Socialong> Services, the future ong>ofong> ong>socialong> care is set for yet more upheaval. This volume will provide an indispensable overview ong>ofong> the evolution and destiny ong>ofong> local authority ong>socialong> services for students, practitioners and managers.

Gangsters: 50 Years of Madness, Drugs, and Death on the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Yablonsky, Lewis / Yablonsky / Golinger, Eva, PUBLISHER: New York University Press, The effects ong>ofong> gang violence are witnessed every day on the streets, in the news, and on the movie screen. In all these forums, gangs ong>ofong> young adults are associated with drugs and violence. Yet what is it that prompts young people to participate in violent ong>behaviorong>? And what can be done to extract adolescents from the gangster world ong>ofong> crime, death, and incarceration once they have become involved? In Gangsters: 50 Years ong>ofong> Madness, Drugs, and Death on the Streets ong>ofong> America, Lewis Yablonsky provides answers to the most baffling and crucial questions regarding gangs. Using information gathered from over forty years ong>ofong> experience working with gang members and based on hundreds ong>ofong> personal interviews, many conducted in prisons and in gang neighborhoods, Yablonsky explores the pathology ong>ofong> the gangsters' apparent addiction to incarceration and death. Gangsters is divided into four parts, including a brief history ong>ofong> gangs, the characteristics ong>ofong> gangs, successful approaches for treating gangsters in prison and the community, and concluding with a review and analysis ong>ofong> notable ong>behaviorong>al and ong>socialong> scientific theories ong>ofong> gangs. While condemning their violent ong>behaviorong> in no uncertain terms, Yablonsky ong>ofong>fers hope through his belief that, given a chance in an effective treatment program, youths trapped in violent ong>behaviorong> can change their lives in positive ways and, in turn, facilitate positive change in their communities and society at large.

Deviant Behavior

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Salinger, Lawrence M., PUBLISHER: Dushkin/McGraw-Hill, An informative anthology ong>ofong> current newspapers, magazines, and journals, that examine current findings about the nature ong>ofong> deviant ong>behaviorong>.

The power of focus

Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Les Hewitt Two ong>motivationalong> speakers team up with an acclaimed "success coach" to lay out a battle plan for achieving all ong>ofong> life's personal, business, and financial goals. Original. first printing.

Building the Social Union: Perspectives, Directions &

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: McIntosh, Tom, PUBLISHER: Cprc, In the federal government and 9 provinces signed "The ong>Socialong> Union Framework Agreement," which was meant to be a framework to guide intergovernmental cooperation and collaboration in matters relating to ong>socialong> policy, the essays in this book examine a wide range ong>ofong> subjects from a variety ong>ofong> perspectives concerning the agreement.

Organizational Behaviour: People, Process, Work and Human

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Perkins, Stephen / Arvinen-Muondo, Raisa, PUBLISHER: Kogan Page, With special focus on intercultural and cross-cultural perspectives, this collection seeks to bridge the gap between organizational ong>behaviorong> and HRM which are ong>ofong>ten treated separately. Interest in this approach is growing. Data compiled by the Society ong>ofong> Human Resource Management currently lists 190 Masters and Doctoral programs in Organizational ong>Behaviorong>/ Human Resources OBHR] worldwide. Through a critical analysis ong>ofong> existing literature, case studies and personal experiences, contributors examine the role ong>ofong> corporate governance in shaping the scope ong>ofong> managerial choices within organizations and the ethical dimensions ong>ofong> organizational ong>behaviorong> and global employment standards.

Foraging: Behavior and Ecology

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Stephens, David W. / Brown, Joel S. / Ydenberg, Ronald C., PUBLISHER: University ong>ofong> Chicago Press, Foraging is fundamental to animal survival and reproduction, yet it is much more than a simple matter ong>ofong> finding food; it is a biological imperative. Animals must find and consume resources to succeed, and they make extraordinary efforts to do so. For instance, pythons rarely eat, but when they do, their meals are large--as much as 60 percent larger than their own bodies. The snake's digestive system is normally dormant, but during digestion metabolic rates can increase fortyfold. A python digesting quietly on the forest floor has the metabolic rate ong>ofong> thoroughbred in a dead heat. This and related foraging processes have broad applications in ecology, cognitive science, anthropology, and conservation biology--and they can be further extrapolated in economics, neurobiology, and computer science. "Foraging "is the first comprehensive review ong>ofong> the topic in more than twenty years. A monumental undertaking, this volume brings together twenty-two experts from throughout the field to ong>ofong>fer the latest on the mechanics ong>ofong> foraging, modern foraging theory, and foraging ecology. The fourteen essays cover all the relevant issues, including cognition, individual ong>behaviorong>, caching ong>behaviorong>, parental ong>behaviorong>, antipredator ong>behaviorong>, ong>socialong> ong>behaviorong>, population and community ecology, herbivory, and conservation. Considering a wide range ong>ofong> taxa, from birds to mammals to amphibians, "Foraging" will be the definitive guide to the field.

International Perspectives on Social Work: Global Conditions

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lyons, Karen / Manion, Kathleen / Carlsen, Mary, PUBLISHER: Palgrave MacMillan, This book argues the necessity for ong>socialong> prong>ofong>essionals working locally to equip themselves with knowledge ong>ofong> global mechanisms and cross-cultural issues. Local level examples include the increase in victims ong>ofong> trafficking or the effects ong>ofong> HIV/AIDS on some immigrant groups. International examples include the risk to children moving across borders, the growth ong>ofong> international pedophile networks, and the proliferation ong>ofong> terrorism.

control measures against pests of field crops

Insect ong>behaviorong> as a basis for developing control measures against pests ong>ofong> field crops and forests (papers pres.at the All-Union symposium on insect ong>behaviorong>; Kiev, March ) Pristavko, V. P.: Published by New Delhi Calcutta: Oxonian Press, ) Used Hardcover 238 p; fig.; tab.; diagr; 24 cm dust jacket. Euro 20 (Zoologia)

Robot Shaping: An Experiment in Behavior Engineering

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Dorigo, Marco / Colombetti, Marco, PUBLISHER: Bradford Book, foreword by Lashon Booker To program an autonomous robot to act reliably in a dynamic environment is a complex task. The dynamics ong>ofong> the environment are unpredictable, and the robots' sensors provide noisy input. A learning autonomous robot, one that can acquire knowledge through interaction with its environment and then adapt its ong>behaviorong>, greatly simplifies the designer's work. A learning robot need not be given all ong>ofong> the details ong>ofong> its environment, and its sensors and actuators need not be finely tuned. "Robot Shaping" is about designing and ong>buildingong> learning autonomous robots. The term "shaping" comes from experimental psychology, where it describes the incremental training ong>ofong> animals. The authors propose a new engineering discipline, "ong>behaviorong> engineering," to provide the methodologies and tools for creating autonomous robots. Their techniques are based on classifier systems, a reinforcement learning architecture originated by John Holland, to which they have added several new ideas, such as "mutespec," classifier system "energy," and dynamic population size. In the book they present ong>Behaviorong> Analysis and Training (BAT) as an example ong>ofong> a ong>behaviorong> engineering methodology.

Developing Ecofeminist Theory: The Complexity of Difference

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Cudworth, Erika, PUBLISHER: Palgrave MacMillan, This book provides a comprehensive overview ong>ofong> feminist and environmental theories ong>ofong> society-environment relations, considers the range ong>ofong> theoretical and political influences on ong>socialong>ist and Marxist theory, amongst others, and the ong>socialong> sciences' turn to poststructuralism and postmodernism. Cudworth also develops her own theoretical account for the interrelations between forms ong>ofong> ong>socialong> domination and contributes to important debates with sociology, ong>socialong> theory, feminist theory and environmentalism.

Social Psychology of Organizational Behavior: Key Readings

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Leigh Thompson, PUBLISHER: Taylor & amp amp amp amp amp amp amp Francis Group, NA

Social Research and Social Reform: Essays in Honour of A. H.

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Crouch, Colin / Heath, Anthony, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, In light ong>ofong> recent skepticism about the effectiveness ong>ofong> ong>socialong> research, this work provides an opportune reassessment ong>ofong> its influence. It also proposes new ways to consider the relationship ong>ofong> research to reform. The range ong>ofong> topics covered includes secondary educational reform, changing concepts ong>ofong> ong>socialong> work, women's studies, as well as the role ong>ofong> evaluation research in ong>socialong> policy in the United States and Sweden.

Cultural Theory and Cultural Change

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

The Impact of Churches on Political Behavior An Empirical

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Christopher P Gilbert, PUBLISHER: Praeger, NA

Social Learning Theory and the Explanation of Crime

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Akers, Ronald L. / Jensen, Gary F., PUBLISHER: Transaction Publishers, ong>Socialong> learning theory has been called the dominant theory ong>ofong> crime and delinquency in the United States, yet it is ong>ofong>ten misrepresented. This latest volume in the distinguished Advances in Criminological Theory series explores the impact ong>ofong> this theory. Some equate it with differential association theory. Others depict it as little more than a micro-level appendage to cultural deviance theories. There have been earlier attempts to clarify the theory's unique features in comparison to other theories, and others have applied it to broader issues. These efforts are extended in this volume, which focuses on developing, applying, and testing the theory on a variety ong>ofong> criminal and delinquent ong>behaviorong>. It applies the theory to treatment and prevention, moving ong>socialong> learning into a global context for the twenty-first century. This comprehensive volume includes the latest work, tests, and theoretical advances in ong>socialong> learning theory and will be particularly helpful to criminologists, sociologists, and psychologists. It may also be ong>ofong> interest to those concerned with current issues relating to delinquency, drug use/abuse, and drinking/alcohol abuse.

Resources & Population

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: MacFarlane, Alan / MacFarlane / Fortes, Meyer, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, In many areas ong>ofong> the world destruction ong>ofong> natural resources and the rapid growth ong>ofong> populaton are among the most important problems facing individuals and governments. This book, first published in , utilises the tools ong>ofong> ong>socialong> anthropology and population studies in an attempt to see some ong>ofong> the causes and consequences ong>ofong> populations growth and some ong>ofong> the effects ong>ofong> change on natural resources. It ong>analysesong> a particular 'community' in the Annapurna range ong>ofong> the central Himalayas during this century, and investigates how the destruction ong>ofong> forests and the growth ong>ofong> settled rice cultivation have occurred, and some ong>ofong> the consequences. The Gurungs are famous as recruits to the Gurkha regiments ong>ofong> the British and Indian armies, and the demographic and economic effects ong>ofong> foreign mercenary labour are among the topics examined.

Structural Concrete Structural Concrete: Theory and Design

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hassoun, Nadim M. / Hassoun, M. Nadim, PUBLISHER: Prentice Hall, Revised to adhere to the latest American Concrete Institute (ACI) Code requirements for the design ong>ofong> structural concrete. Presenting the analysis and design ong>ofong> both reinforced and prestressed concrete elements, Structural Concrete is exceptionally logical and easy to read. Accuracy ong>ofong> calculations (Section 1.11) helps readers understand the accuracy ong>ofong> calculations in engineering design. Additional examples elaborate on the ong>behaviorong> ong>ofong> reinforced concrete beams at failure and combine structural analysis with concrete design. Section on Coulomb theory for soil pressure provides an alternative approach to calculate the soil pressure considering the friction ong>ofong> soil on retaining walls. Section on partially prestressed concrete explains the range ong>ofong> partial prestressing between a lower limit ong>ofong> reinforced concrete and an upper limit ong>ofong> full prestressing. In-depth treatment ong>ofong> the ultimate strength concept ong>ofong> reinforced concrete explains the concept ong>ofong> concrete beams ong>behaviorong> up to failure with mathematical analysis ong>ofong> forces developed in concrete and steel. Discusses the design ong>ofong> different types ong>ofong> stairs and the design ong>ofong> curved beams.

The Cost of Empire: The Finances of the Kingdom of Naples in

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Calabria, Antonio, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This is a study ong>ofong> early modern government finance in the kingdom ong>ofong> Naples, one ong>ofong> the most important European dominions ong>ofong> the Spanish Empire. Prong>ofong>essor Calabria focuses on the period from the mid-sixteenth century to the time ong>ofong> the Thirty Years' War. He connects fiscal developments to larger issues, such as the seventeenth-century crisis, the decline ong>ofong> Italy and Spain, and the economic and ong>socialong> significance ong>ofong> investments in government securities markets in early modern Europe. The Cost ong>ofong> Empire blends quantitative data on economic, fiscal, and financial affairs with non-quantitative material detailing attitudes, economic behaviour, and administrative practices. The quantitative material includes ong>analysesong> ong>ofong> government budgets from to and a computer study ong>ofong> about investors and their investments in state securities in the later sixteenth century. The work is unrivalled in the breadth, comprehensiveness, and sophistication ong>ofong> its analysis ong>ofong> an early modern fiscal system.

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