Social Sciences

The Four Ways to Construct Narratives on Origins

By: Pascal Nouvel

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This book investigates the discourses on origins, identifying four types: mythical, rational, scientific, and phenomenological. It analyzes the singular structure of each, defining them as ascending or descending to reveal the unique ways we talk about our beginnings.

Management Decisions for Advancing Sustainability Entrepreneurship

Edited By: Sanjay Taneja, Pawan Kumar, Rajesh Tiwari, Ercan Özen

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This comprehensive book explores the evolving landscape of sustainable entrepreneurship. It delves into the intersection of business and sustainability, analyzing technology, investment, empowerment, and AI-driven commerce through diverse case studies and analyses.

Mahatma Gandhi in Cinema

By: Narendra Kaushik

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This book analyses 100 years of Hindi cinema to explore its portrayal of Mahatma Gandhi and his principles. It juxtaposes the celluloid Gandhi with the man himself, covering the major events of his non-violent struggle and their depiction on the silver screen.

Policy Analysis for Big Issues

Confronting Corruption, Elitism, Inequality, and Despair

By: Robert Klitgaard

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In a world grappling with corruption and inequality, this book is a beacon of hope with practical solutions. From Harvard to the Himalayas, its real-world examples and actionable insights equip readers with the inspiration needed to ignite transformative change.

The Impact of Employees’ Behaviour in the Workplace

Edited By: Emrah Atar

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To gain a competitive advantage, enterprises must motivate their employees. This collection scrutinises how motivation, leadership, and corporate values impact human resource management, and how organisational identity plays a key role in driving corporate success.

Methodology for the Observation of Hidden Behaviours in Addiction

By: Casimiro Balsa, Cláudia Urbano, Clara Vital

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This book tackles the paradox of observing hidden behaviours, such as prohibited drug use. Under what conditions are these secrets revealed to an inquirer? It discusses methods to ensure valid data, serving as a guide for researchers and a source of support for decision-makers.

Teaching Peace as a Matter of Justice

Toward a Pedagogy of Moral Reasoning

By: Dale T. Snauwaert

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This book explores peace as a matter of justice. It argues that a just peace requires citizens capable of moral reasoning and judgment. It offers a framework to develop these capacities, empowering us to resist injustice and realize peace on all levels of society.

Thinking Touch in Partnering and Contact Improvisation

Philosophy, Pedagogy, Practice

Edited By: Malaika Sarco-Thomas

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What happens when artists take touch as a starting point? This collection of essays offers unique insights into contact in dance, with practitioner and scholarly perspectives on the importance of touch in choreography, philosophy, education, and 21st century performance.

Digitalization in Organizations

Edited By: Mehmed Zahid Çögenli

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Accelerated by COVID-19, the digital transformation of organizations is a critical topic. This volume evaluates the process with an up-to-date perspective from the social sciences, covering fields from human resources and finance to education and marketing.

The Urban Education Sourcebook on Instruction and Supervision

Edited By: Tiffany A. Flowers

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This sourcebook focuses on 21st-century instruction and supervision to improve student achievement in urban contexts. It prepares pre-service and in-service teachers with current practices in S.T.E.M., Sciences, ESL, ELA, transmedia, and afterschool programs.

Citizens’ Trust in Public Institutions in Bangladesh

Performance, Satisfaction and Good Governance

By: Jannatul Ferdous

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This book explores citizens’ trust in local government in Bangladesh. When institutions are viewed as partial, untrustworthy, and corrupt, citizens feel mistrust and suspicion. Good governance is fundamental for institutions to perform efficiently and earn public trust.

Research Methodology for Engineers and Architects

Practicing a Palestinian Achieved Model

By: Osama Wadie Ata

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A practical guide to research methods for engineering and architecture students. This book uses real examples from the Palestinian environment to demonstrate a pragmatic approach, bridging the gap between theory and application. An essential textbook and reference.

Pedagogical and Technological Innovations in (and through) Content and Language Integrated Learning

Edited By: Alba Graziano, Barbara Turchetta, Fausto Benedetti, Letizia Cinganotto

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Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) is a frontier of pedagogical research. This volume combines research from international CLIL experts with critical perspectives, deriving theoretical reflections from case studies for both academics and school instructors.

Popularizing Learned Medicine in Late-17th-Century England

The Art of Physick made Plain and Easie

By: Giulia Rovelli

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This book explores the popularization of learned medical knowledge in late 17th-century England. It analyzes the translation of key texts from Latin into English—from Nicholas Culpeper’s famous work to more obscure publications—to show how medicine reached a wider audience.

Figurativity across Domains, Modalities and Research Practices

Edited By: Alexandra Bagasheva, Nelly Tincheva

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Figurativity is not mere linguistic flourish, but constitutive of human comprehension, communication, and functioning. This volume explores the cognitive operations behind non-literal thought and expression across various languages, cultures, and media.

Lee Miller’s Surrealist Eye

New Insights

Edited By: Lynn Hilditch

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While popular interest in Lee Miller’s life and photography has grown, her true worth as a prominent Surrealist artist has been overlooked. This collection revalidates her position, not as a muse, but as one of the twentieth century’s most influential female Surrealist artists.

Reconceptualizing Mental Illness in the Digital Age

Ghosts in the Machine

By: Elliott B. Martin, Jr.

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In the Digital Age, suicide rates have soared and depression has become the world's most debilitating disease. Living in a 24/7 miasma of media bombardment and mental exhaustion, it's time for a reassessment of mental illness and the possibility of achieving wellness.

In the Digital Age, suicide rates have soared and depression has become the world’s most debilitating disease. Living in a 24/7 miasma of media bombardment and mental exhaustion, it’s time for a reassessment of mental illness and the possibility of achieving wellness.

Holistic Teacher Education

In Search of a Curriculum for Troubled Times

Edited By: Rupert Clive Collister

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This collection explores holistic, reconstructionist, and reconceptualist approaches to teacher education that seek to shift the trajectory of society. It serves as an introductory text for the field of holistic curriculum studies, opening it to a wider audience.

Russia’s Turkey Policy during the Putin Era

By: Vefa Kurban

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Shaped by a history of competition and cooperation, Russia-Turkey relations gained new dimensions with Vladimir Putin. This book discusses this history before analysing the situation of both countries in the first 20 years of the 21st century.

Contrasting Ideals and Ends in the American and French Revolutions

By: Miguel A. Faria, Jr.

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This book contrasts the American and French Revolutions. While American patriots sought independence to secure life and liberty, French revolutionists aimed to overturn society itself—destroying institutions in the name of a fraternity that exterminated its enemies.

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