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Book cover of Violence in the Americas
by Sebastián A. Cutrona, Thiago Rodrigues, Mariana Kalil
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018

Many countries throughout Latin America have experienced high levels of corruption, drug trafficking, and violence, which has created elements of fragility. The book is comprises case studies that explore the nature of violence in countries throughout the region. Moreover, it seeks to address some...
Book cover of Sports Fans, Identity, and Socialization

Sports Fans, Identity, and Socialization

Exploring the Fandemonium

by Roger C. Aden, Greg G. Armfield, David E. Beard
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011

Identity and socialization among sports fans are burgeoning areas of study among a growing cadre of scholars in the social sciences and beyond. Sports Fans, Identity, and Socialization, edited by Adam C. Earnheardt, Paul Haridakis, and Barbara Hugenberg, is an eclectic collection of new studies from...
Book cover of Americans, Congress, and Democratic Responsiveness

Americans, Congress, and Democratic Responsiveness

Public Evaluations of Congress and Electoral Consequences

by David R Jones, Monika L McDermott
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2010

"Jones and McDermott restore meaning to democratic responsibility by finding that public evaluations affect Congress. In contrast to the popular depiction of the representatives controlling the represented rampant in the political science literature, Jones and McDermott show that the people are...
Book cover of Bards and Sages Quarterly (April 2017)
by Sarina Dorie, Nidhi Singh, Brenda Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2017

Now in our NINTH YEAR! Celebrate the wonderful range of styles within the speculative fiction genres with our newest issue of the Bards and Sages Quarterly. From the lighthearted to the heart-pounding, this special double-length issue will delight short fiction fans. In this issue, stories by Brenda...
Book cover of Rethinking Human Evolution
by Richard G Delisle, Fabrizzio McManus, John de Vos
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2018

Contributors from a range of disciplines consider the disconnect between human evolutionary studies and the rest of evolutionary biology. The study of human evolution often seems to rely on scenarios and received wisdom rather than theory and methodology, with each new fossil or molecular analysis...
Book cover of Effective Crisis Communication

Effective Crisis Communication

Moving From Crisis to Opportunity

by Dr. Robert R. Ulmer, Dr. Timothy L. Sellnow, Matthew W. Seeger
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2017

In this fully updated Fourth Edition of Effective Crisis Communication, three of today’s most respected crisis/risk communication scholars provide the latest theories and innovative approaches for handling crisis. Unlike other crisis communication texts, this acclaimed book answers the question,...
Book cover of Contemplating Maternity in an Era of Choice

Contemplating Maternity in an Era of Choice

Explorations into Discourses of Reproduction

by Jaime E. Bochantin, Kirsten J. Broadfoot, Jennifer J. Bute
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...
Book cover of Handbook of Embodied Cognition and Sport Psychology
by Lawrence A. Shapiro, Shannon Spaulding, Daniel D. Hutto
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2018

The first systematic collaboration between cognitive scientists and sports psychologists considers the mind–body relationship from the perspective of athletic skill and sports practice. This landmark work is the first systematic collaboration between cognitive scientists and sports psychologists...
Book cover of The Olympics and Philosophy
by Michael W. Austin, Raymond Angelo Belliotti, Scott F. Parker
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2012

It is said the champions of the ancient Olympic Games received a crown of olive leaves, symbolizing a divine blessing from Nike, the winged goddess of victory. While the mythology of the ancient games has come to exemplify the highest political, religious, community, and individual ideals of the time,...
Book cover of Maspero's History Of Egypt, Volume 13
by L. W. King and H. R. Hall
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2014

Maspero's History Of Egypt, Volume 13 by L. W. King and H. R. Hall.
Book cover of Abetting Batterers

Abetting Batterers

What Police, Prosecutors, and Courts Aren't Doing to Protect America's Women

by Andrew R. Klein, Jessica L. Klein
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2016

Whatever the number, domestic violence victims remain far too many for a preventable crime. More and more victims of intimate partner violence are reaching out to police, prosecutors and judges only to be sorely disappointed, even betrayed. While laws and programs have multiplied over the last few...
Book cover of William James, Moral Philosophy, and the Ethical Life
by Guy Axtell, Gregory Eiselein, Jacob L. Goodson
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2017

Virtue theory, natural law, deontology, utilitarianism, existentialism: these are the basic moral theories taught in “Ethics,” “History of Philosophy,” and “Introduction to Philosophy” courses throughout the United States. When the American philosopher William James (1842 – 1910) find...
Book cover of Through a Glass Darkly

Through a Glass Darkly

Contested Notions of Baptist Identity

by James P. Byrd, Bill J. Leonard, James A. Patterson
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2012

Normal0falsefalsefalseMicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Through a Glass Darkly is a collection of essays by scholars who argue that Baptists are frequently misrepresented, by outsiders as well as insiders, as members of an unchanging monolithic sect.   In contemporary discussions of...
Book cover of The Bible in a Disenchanted Age (Theological Explorations for the Church Catholic)
by R. W. L. Moberly
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018

In our increasingly disenchanted age, can we still regard the Bible as God's Word? Why should we consider it trustworthy and dare to believe what it says? Top Old Testament theologian R. W. L. Moberly sets forth his case for regarding the Bible as unlike any other book by exploring the differences...
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