This book analyses the sociocultural adaptation and integration of temporary migrants and refugees. Based on global research, it explores the interpersonal dimensions of these processes, from the friendships of students to the family dynamics of refugees in camps.
The Evolution of the US Healthcare System
Why does the US spend more on healthcare but get less? This book exposes a system built for the opportunistic motives of powerful corporations and politicians, answering how it became so expensive and hard to use, and why this failing system is a threat to national security.
Artificial intelligence is the most disruptive technology today. This volume explores the problems of ethical AI and the prospects of human-like intelligence, with a broad spectrum of approaches from ethics, economics, defense studies, computer science, and philosophy.
This volume brings together innovative research across Iberian Studies. The collection includes cutting-edge work on memory politics, dictatorships, the Spanish Civil War, and colonial exchanges, exploring themes of migration, resistance, trauma, sexuality, and feminism.
The Reality behind Barbara Pym’s Excellent Women
This book analyses Barbara Pym’s work through the image of the troublesome woman. It highlights her feminist ideas, hidden in village settings and revealed by these women. Exploring Pym’s published and unpublished writings shows her as a complex person.
Stratified Nature in Women’s Writing
This book presents a diverse collection of essays about women writers and nature. Ranging across time periods and the globe, it approaches the nature-focused work of women-identifying writers through several conceptual frameworks.
This volume explores depictions of contagious diseases in literature, media, and art throughout history. From a post-human and environmental perspective, these narratives of ‘plague literature’ hold a crucial position in guiding humanity towards a greater ecological awareness.
Immaterial Labor and Cultural Production
Immaterial labor is a central issue for understanding late capitalism. This book offers unsettling reflections on the inseparability of labor and culture, showing how the production of capitalist wealth has presented new features that require new critical thinking.
This book examines the social and emotional challenges faced by autistic students in college. Viewing autism from the inside through the lens of neurodiversity—as a human variation, not a disorder—it offers practical advice for those who work with autistic students.
This collection reviews new developments in Georgian ethnomusicology and presents a tribute to Anzor Erkomaishvili, a pivotal figure in Georgian traditional music. The increasing popularity of Georgian choral singing provides an urgent need for this essential volume.
How can we build a better society? This book applies insights from philosophy, religion, and social science to offer practical reforms for our core institutions, from government to the economy. A call to action for every big-picture thinker.
Born a slave, C.H.J. Taylor became an influential, controversial figure in African American conservatism. He argued poverty, not racism, was the principal barrier to Black advancement, recruiting Blacks to vote Democratic and clashing with figures like Douglass and Ida B. Wells.
The Contribution of Cornelio Fabro to Fundamental Theology
Explore faith’s metaphysical and existential roots through the dynamic Thomism of Cornelio Fabro. This dialogue with Kierkegaard and modern thought affirms the human being’s essential openness to the Absolute.
This timely book on economic security confronts challenges like inflation and recession. It explores multifaceted perspectives on sustainability, labour, economic diplomacy, and global development, serving as a useful guide for learners, researchers, and practitioners worldwide.
Black Women Activists in Nineteenth Century New Orleans
In nineteenth-century New Orleans, free women of color Marie Laveaux and Henriette Delille rejected a life of privilege. This book explores how they chose service instead, using their faith-based practices to address the needs of the city’s poor, enslaved, and disenfranchised.
Coaching and Teaching Soccer
This book introduces an innovative, evidence-based model to coach soccer. It provides practical examples and useful resources for physical education teachers and coaches to systematically develop players’ technical ability, tactical knowledge, and overall game competence.
Recent studies show it is necessary to deal with addiction in an interdisciplinary context. This volume responds to this need, discussing addiction within psychology, health sciences, and forensic sciences to help academics and professionals develop a common ground.
Africa continues to face harsh challenges as a result of colonialism. This volume addresses diverse social-political, moral, and developmental problems, arguing that while they arose from Africa’s encounter with the West, the solutions must be home-grown.
This book examines the dashed promise of the Eritrea-Ethiopia rapprochement. It explores how challenges to Ethiopia’s reforms culminated in the Tigray war and addresses critical questions about the future of peace, security, and development in the Horn of Africa.
Becoming an Effective Teacher in America
Should you become a teacher? This book helps you decide and shows you how to become an effective resource for your students. Learn how to build a teaching philosophy, motivate learners, manage your classroom, and navigate the challenges facing today’s teachers.