David J Ball: 6 books

Book cover of Public Safety and Risk Assessment

Public Safety and Risk Assessment

Improving Decision Making

by David J. Ball, Laurence Ball-King
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014

This book aims to encourage a more reflective, multidisciplinary approach to public safety, and the 'reenfranchisement' of those affected by this new phenomenon. Over the past decade health and safety has become a major issue of public interest. There are countless stories of health and safety activities...
Book cover of Cognitive Unconscious and Human Rationality
by Gerd Gigerenzer, Shira Elqayam, Jean Baratgin
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2016

Examining the role of implicit, unconscious thinking on reasoning, decision making, problem solving, creativity, and its neurocognitive basis, for a genuinely psychological conception of rationality. This volume contributes to a current debate within the psychology of thought that has wide...
Book cover of Reconsidering Roots

Reconsidering Roots

Race, Politics, and Memory

by Erica L. Ball, Norvella Carter, Warren Chalklen
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2017

This wide-ranging interdisciplinary collection—the first of its kind—invites us to reconsider the politics and scope of the Roots phenomenon of the 1970s. Alex Haley’s 1976 book was a publishing sensation, selling over a million copies in its first year and winning a National Book Award and...
Book cover of The Colour of Class

The Colour of Class

The educational strategies of the Black middle classes

by Nicola Rollock, David Gillborn, Carol Vincent
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2014

How do race and class intersect to shape the identities and experiences of Black middle-class parents and their children? What are Black middle-class parents’ strategies for supporting their children through school? What role do the educational histories of Black middle-class parents play in their...
Book cover of True Blood: All Together Now
by Alan Ball, David Tischman, Mariah Huehner
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2011

Alan Balls hit HBO series, the sensually sizzling story of the lives and loves of vampires, mind readers, and all manner of creatures, comes to IDW! Blood and sex mix on a hot rainy night at Merlotte's, when Sookie and her friends are trapped by a vengeful spirit who feeds on shame. People die and dirty...
Book cover of War and Border Crossings

War and Border Crossings

Ethics When Cultures Clash

by Mohammed Abu-Nimer, Terence Ball, Linell Cady
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2005

War and Border Crossings brings together renowned scholars to address some of the most pressing problems in public policy, international affairs, and the intercultural issues of our day. Contributors from widely varying disciplines discuss cross-cultural ethical issues and international topics ranging...
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