University: 748 books
Deep Inequality
Understanding the New Normal and How to Challenge It
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2017
Forbes reports that the richest 1 percent of the world’s population owns nearly half the world’s wealth, and the gap between the richest and poorest of the world only continues to increase. Deep Inequality looks behind these stark statistics to understand not only wealth inequality but also rising...
The New Class Society
Goodbye American Dream?
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2013
The New Class Society introduces students to the sociology of class structure and inequalities as it asks whether or not the American dream has faded. The fourth edition of this powerful book demonstrates how and why class inequalities in the United States have been widened, hardened, and become more...
by Price, Michael (Senior Lecturer in Hydrogeology, University of Reading)
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
Presented in a style intended for the non-specialist reader, with technical terms and mathematical formulae kept to a minimum, the second edition of this introduction to groundwater covers a range of topics as they relate to hydrogeology. A major new chapter focuses on pollution.
Trace Fossils
Biology, Taxonomy and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
The new edition of this work includes an appendix listing criteria for the identification of ichnotaxa. It covers all aspects of tiering trace fossil diversity and ichnoguilds, and is aimed at advanced undergraduates and postgraduates in palaeoecology, paleobiology and sedimentology.
The Great Ice Age
Climate Change and Life
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2005
The Great Ice Age documents and explains the natural climatic and palaeoecologic changes that have occurred during the past 2.6 million years, outlining the emergence and global impact of our species during this period. Exploring a wide range of records of climate change, the authors demonstrate the...
Teaching the Violent Past
History Education and Reconciliation
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2007
During an armed conflict or period of gross human rights violations, the first priority is a cessation of violence. For the cease-fire to be more than a lull in hostilities and atrocities, however, it must be accompanied by a plan for political transition and social reconstruction. Essential to this...
Sweet and Sour
Life-Worlds of Taipei Women Entrepreneurs
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2004
Sweet and Sour explores the experiences of women entrepreneurs amidst the contradictions of a freewheeling commercial culture set within the patriarchal constraints of contemporary Taiwan. To what extent are Taiwanese women empowered by entrepreneurship? What challenges do they face as women in their...
The Politically Intelligent Leader
Dealing with the Dilemmas of a High-Stakes Educational Environment
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2016
Today's educational leaders are often caught in a world of rising expectations and diminishing resources—the political pressures are enormous. Those in the business of education often feel ill prepared and apprehensive about their ability to deal with a high-stakes political environment. The Politically...
Lopsided Schools
Case Method Briefings
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2011
Lopsided Schools introduces readers to the case method and helps the reader to use the case method to examine the scholastic challenges that critics posed from World War I to the present. Some critics have stirred up educators with threats to reduce their budgets or fire them. Others upset them with...
by Jones, Margaret, Siraj-Blatchford
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
This work looks at the issues of student learning and support, in the context of their own institution. Issues covered include student representation, underachievement and the overall aims and ethics of further and higher education.
Towards A New Education System
The Victory Of The New Right?
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2017
First published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The Doctoral StudentOs Advisor and Mentor
Sage Advice from the Experts
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2010
This book focuses on using faculty mentoring to empower doctoral students to successfully complete their doctoral studies. The book is a collection of mentoring chapters showcasing professors and dissertation advisors from the most prestigious universities in the United States. They provide an extraordinary...
The Emerging Work of Today’s Superintendent
Leading Schools and Communities to Educate All Children
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2018
This book focuses on the changing role of the superintendent who now must lead with new skills in a time when the landscape of communities is shifting necessitating the mobilization of people through advocacy and activism alongside new partnerships with businesses, local governmental agencies, and...
Media, Power, and Politics in the Digital Age
The 2009 Presidential Election Uprising in Iran
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2010
Focusing on the Iranian presidential elections of 2009 and ensuing demonstrations in major cities across Iran and world, Media, Power, and Politics in the Digital Age provides a balanced discussion of the role and impact of modern communication technologies, particularly the novel utilization of 'small...