University: 748 books
Depression and Your Child
A Guide for Parents and Caregivers
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2013
Seeing your child suffer in any way is a harrowing experience for any parent. Mental illness in children can be particularly draining due to the mystery surrounding it, and the issue of diagnosis at such a tender age. Depression and Your Child gives parents and caregivers a uniquely textured understanding...
by Daryl Fischer, Laura B. Roberts, principal
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2018
Executive Transitions is volume three in the Museum Trustee Association’s Templates for Trustees series. The book and customizable web-based templates feature tools that help boards to consider their options, identify their priorities, and plan their actions at this critical moment in a museum’s...
China's Macroeconomic Outlook
Quarterly Forecast and Analysis Report, September 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
Owing to the decline in domestic investment and trade with the rest of the world, China’s real GDP in the first half of 2012 was lower than expected. Based on forecasts from China’s Quarterly Macroeconomic Model (CQMM), the slowdown of the growth rate in 2013 will be moderate as a result of modestly...
China’s Macroeconomic Outlook
Quarterly Forecast and Analysis Report, February 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015
This book provides key insights into how to control local government debts and optimize the makeup of debts in China. The rapid growth of investment in infrastructure on the part of local governments has offset the slowdown of investment growth in manufacturing and real estate and maintained...
Reporting in the MENA Region
Cyber Engagement and Pan-Arab Social Media
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2015
In this consideration of media practice in the Arab region, Mohammad Ayish and Noha Mellor explore the changing status and function of journalists and journalism given the new realities of reporting in the digital age.
The authors draw on focus group discussions, interviews, and social media...
by Hodgson, Ann (Educational Researcher, Institute of Education
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
This text focuses on the political context of lifelong learning. It addresses the background, European and policy elements of lifelong learning, as well as providing a detailed consideration of the linkage of educational and political issues in this subject.
Contemplating Maternity in an Era of Choice
Explorations into Discourses of Reproduction
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2010
Women who came of age in the late twentieth century were raised in the era of choice; they grew up believing that reproductive decision-making is a political right, a responsibility of women living the successes of second wave feminism, and under their control. Contemplating Maternity in an Era of...
Transnational Identities
Becoming European in the EU
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2004
This original work explores the increasingly important phenomenon of the formation of transnational identity. Considering the ongoing relevance of the European Union, the contributors ask a series of intriguing questions: Is a European identity possible? How are the various types of European identity...
by James H. Alphen, Christopher Anderson, John Rev. Beal
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2010
The Church is not a business, but it does have a stewardship responsibility to ensure that all of its resources are used as effectively as possible to carry out God's work on earth. In the case of human resource assets, good stewardship involves assisting those engaged in ministry (whether clerical...
The New Geopolitics of the South Caucasus
Prospects for Regional Cooperation and Conflict Resolution
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2017
This collection surveys the three South Caucasian states’ economic, social and political evolution since their independence in 1991. It assesses their successes and failures in these areas, including their attempts to build new national identities and value systems to replace Soviet-era structures....
Revival and Reconciliation
Sacred Music in the Making of European Modernity
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2013
Sacred music has long contributed fundamentally to the making of Europe. The passage from origin myths to history, the sacred journeys that have mobilized pilgrims, crusaders, and colonizers, the politics and power sounded by the vox populi—all have joined in counterpoint to shape Europe’s historical...
Globalization and Militarism
Feminists Make the Link
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016
Militarism is being globalized today not only in war zones such as Ukraine and Syria, but in “peaceful” arenas such as families and football stadiums. Ideas and practices of masculinities and femininities are fuel for this global militarization. Who is presumed to be “weak” and who “tough”?...
Literary Mischief
Sakaguchi Ango, Culture, and the War
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2010
Sakaguchi Ango (1906-1955) was a writer who thrived on iconoclasm and agitation. He remains one of the most creative and stimulating thinkers of twentieth-century Japan. Ango was catapulted into the public consciousness in the months immediately following Japan's surrender to the Allied Forces in...
by Bellevue University
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2013
We will never forget . . . The members of the United States military have built a tradition of honorable and faithful service. As our country continues to fight terrorism and promote peace and freedom, we honor all veterans for their dedication to America and we pay special tribute to the fallen patriots...