Michael Harris: 93 books
Applied Ethics
Remembering Patrick Primeaux
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2012
The late Patrick Primeaux, a past editor of this series, was an outstanding teacher of business ethics and a longtime chair of the Theology Department at St John's University in New York City. Patrick, through his teachings, research articles and books, had a profound influence on how many contemporary...
More Than a Hashtag
Facing the Reality That Our Lives Matter
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2016
Imagine being in your homeland feeling safe and secure. You aspire and achieve to become a valued member of society, with a promising future in view, despite everyday challenges. Then it happens: men unknown to you with evil intent seize you and your family, interrupting the life you have always known,...
by Daniel Rynhold, Michael J. Harris
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2018
What does one do as a Jewish philosopher if one is convinced by much of the Nietzschean critique of religion? Is there a contemporary Jewish philosophical theology that can convince in a post-metaphysical age? The argument of this book is that Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik (1903–1993) - the leading...
Democratic Destiny and the District of Columbia
Federal Politics and Public Policy
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
This book contributes substantially to urban affairs and public policy literature by presenting an introduction to the complex politics and public policy issues of Washington, D.C. The uniqueness of the city, as elaborated in this volume, provides background for understanding the non-traditional congressional...
National Theatre Connections 2012: Plays for Young People
Victim Sidekick Boyfriend Me; Journey to X; Little Foot; Prince of Denmark; Socialism is Great; The Grandfathers; Alice by Heart; Generation Next; So You Think You’re a Superhero?; The Ritual
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2014
This brilliant new collection of ten plays for young people will prove indispensable to schools, colleges and youth theatre groups. Specially commissioned by the National Theatre for the Connections Festival 2012 involving 200 schools and youth theatre groups across the UK and Ireland, each play is...
Understanding Social Psychology Across Cultures
Engaging with Others in a Changing World
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2013
Understanding Social Psychology Across Cultures Second Edition starts by asking why social psychology needs a cross-cultural perspective. It then examines cultural differences and their origins, before addressing traditional social psychological themes cross-culturally, for example group processes,...
Modern Languages and Learning Strategies
In Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2002
Every secondary school pupil studies modern foreign languages as part of the curriculum, and some do so with considerably more success than others. This book looks firstly at the ways in which languages can be taught, and secondly at case studies that highlight the practical methods that will help...
Une couverture sanitaire universelle pour un développement durable inclusif
Une synthèse de 11 études de cas pays
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2015
La CSU a pour objectifs de s’assurer que tous peuvent avoir accès à des services de santé de qualité, de préserver l’ensemble des individus contre les risques à la santé publique et de protéger toutes les personnes contre l’appauvrissement attribuable à la maladie. Des pays aussi...
Teens with Diabetes
A Clinician's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2014
Written by three psychologists with more than 50 years of collective experience in the field of diabetes and youth, Teens with Diabetes provides evidence-based techniques for clinicians to treat the psychological needs of children with diabetes and help them transition into their teenage years. The...
by J. Gordon Harris, Cheryl A. Brown, Michael S. Moore
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
The authors of this commentary take a canonical-historical approach to the books of Joshua, Judges, and Ruth, three books that are diverse, yet share the common historical context of the tribal settlement of Canaan. They examine Joshua, Judges, and Ruth as narratives with dynamic theological messages...
by Bente Villadsen, Michael J. Vilbert, Dan Harris
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2017
Risk and Return for Regulated Industries provides a much-needed, comprehensive review of how cost of capital risk arises and can be measured, how the special risks regulated industries face affect fair return, and the challenges that regulated industries are likely to face in the future.
Rather...
by Michael Schwartz, Debra Comer, Howard Harris
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2015
Organizations promote all sorts of activities. Indeed it is difficult to think of any activity today that is not reliant on an organization. This volume of Research in Ethical Issues in Organizations contains two kinds of papers. First, papers that discuss what an organization provides to society,...
The Future of Aging
Pathways to Human Life Extension
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2010
Just as the health costs of aging threaten to bankrupt developed countries, this book makes the scientific case that a biological "bailout" could be on the way, and that human aging can be different in the future than it is today. Here 40 authors argue how our improving understanding of...
by Howard Harris, Michael Schwartz, Sandra Lynch
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2015
This volume contains a selection of papers from the 21st annual 'Australian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics' Conference. It addresses the key theme of Political Leadership, Professional Ethics, and the Problem of Dirty Hands. 'Dirty hands' is a somewhat nebulous concept. It may refer...