J Russell: 194 books
by Nathan J. Brown, Richard H. Dees, John Ferejohn
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2008
Toleration on Trial offers the only multidisciplinary study available on the issue of toleration, bringing together political psychologists, philosophers, sociologists, Islamic scholars, and political theorists to examine the most pressing debates in the field. The volume addresses the toleration...
The Purposes, Practices, and Professionalism of Teacher Reflectivity
Insights for Twenty-First-Century Teachers and Students
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2010
Very little information about the impact of reflection on teacher performance, teacher retention, and student learning is available in teacher preparation programs. This book provides practical and research-based chapters that offer greater clarity about the particular kinds of reflection that matter...
Routes and Radishes
And Other Things to Talk about at the Evangelical Crossroads
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2010
Self-identifying as “evangelical” is risky business these days. What is Evangelicalism? Is it a historical artifact? A political philosophy? A set of doctrines? A litmus test for genuine faith? Perhaps more important, what will come to mind when future generations hear something described as “evangelical”?...
by J A Russell
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2014
With the coming of Vatican ll in the early 1960s, many Catholics experienced a renewal and deepening of faith. For me this led also to a joyful experience of Gods healing power, bringing with it an increased awareness of the work of grace within our everyday lives. Gods grace transforms us, for grace...
The Participation Gap
Social Status and Political Inequality
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2017
The dilemma of democracy arises from two contrasting trends. More people in the established democracies are participating in civil society activity, contacting government officials, protesting, and using online activism and other creative forms of participation. At the same time, the importance of...
Citizen Politics
Public Opinion and Political Parties in Advanced Industrial Democracies
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2018
Now, more than ever, people drive the democratic process. What people think of their government and its leaders, how (or whether) they vote, and what they do or say about a host of political issues greatly affect the further strengthening or erosion of democracy and democratic ideals. This fully updated,...
The Apartisan American
Dealignment and the Transformation of Electoral Politics
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2012
This provocative book sheds new light on the dealignment trend with the emergence of an independent voter Dalton is calling the Apartisan American. Utilizing 60 years of electoral surveys, Dalton's friendly and concise narrative shows students just who these apartisans are and how they're introducing...
by Rickert Althaus, Adam Brown, Charles S. Bullock III
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2013
John Engler, former Governor of Michigan, once claimed that redistricting is one of the purest actions a legislative body can take. Academicians and political leaders alike, however, have regularly debated the ideal way by to redistrict national and state legislatures. Rather than being the pure process...
Human Strengths and Resilience
Developmental, Cross-Cultural, and International Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2017
Human Strengths and Resilience is intended to serve as a bridge between these two rapidly expanding disciplines by focusing on the critical issue of human strengths and resilience in cross-cultural and international perspective. To achieve these ambitious goals the editors have assembled an international...
Radical Conflict
Essays on Violence, Intractability, and Communication
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2016
Radical Conflictaddresses conflict at interpersonal and communal, legal and rhetorical, ethnopolitical, global, and geopolitical levels. The conflicts analyzed are "radical" because in each some intense and often prolonged violence takes place. The chapters address different kinds of violence(s)—physical...
by Russell K. Hobbie, Bradley J. Roth
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015
This classic text has been used in over 20 countries by advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in biophysics, physiology, medical physics, neuroscience, and biomedical engineering. It bridges the gap between an introductory physics course and the application of physics to the life...
Catalysis in Ionic Liquids
From Catalyst Synthesis to Application
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2014
Although ionic liquids have only been studied in depth during the last decades, the field is now maturing to such a degree that the focus is on larger scale applications for use in real processes such as catalysis. Current information is scattered across the literature and Catalysis in Ionic Liquids...
by Rob Russell, Timothy J. Hodgetts, Peter F. Mahoney
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2011
The 80 rules you need to prepare for action in a medical disaster
Here are 80 disaster management rules to reflect on, remember and follow in the immediate aftermath of an incident involving mass casualties. Each rule is a single-page long, providing the essential information to inform the...
The Power of Love - with Stations of the Cross
From the Church of Mary Immaculate, Warwick, England Including Music and Meditations
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2014
The well-known Catholic tradition of The Stations of the Cross focuses our attention on the immense love Jesus has for us by undergoing His Passion and Death. By His Cross, Jesus united us to His Father, our Father, bringing us to know His healing and Light as we journey with Him throughout our ordinary...