Stress in Plants
This book provides an overview of the challenges of increasing crop productivity for a growing population. It links plant activity to tolerance and adaptation, offering strategies to counter the impact of environmental stress, a threat magnified by climate change.
Connecting Criminology and Criminal Justice
This integrated criminology/criminal justice textbook presents critical perspectives on the justice system. Covering key theories, research, and crime trends in the Canadian context, it provides students with the critical skills they need to excel in social justice and beyond.
Women Bloggers’ Quest for Fame, Labor and Identity
How does hope function for female bloggers? Through the narratives of women in the Turkish blogosphere, this book analyzes the relationship between womanhood, hope, and labor, offering a new, woman-centered, non-Western anthropological framework for digital labor studies.
An expert shares 25 more facts learned from a quarter-century in criminal justice. Covering policing, courts, corrections, and race, each point is backed by research. Though scholarly, the book is written for the layperson in a timely, engaging, “tell it like it is” style.
This book reconsiders teaching and learning in media studies, arguing that many academics have been slow to respond to transformations in digital media. It critically reassesses key debates in the field and asks: is media studies still relevant in its current form?
This book links the science behind training and recovery with practical, easy-to-understand examples. It outlines simple tools and techniques to improve rugby player performance, making it an invaluable resource for coaches, players, and sports science professionals.
Seven Resources for Lifelong Wellbeing and Retirement Planning
The Golden Age Playbook redefines aging and retirement. It presents the Second Half Wellbeing Framework, linking seven essential resources that pave the way for a fulfilling life, empowering the young-old generation to embrace their golden years with wisdom and vitality.
Catholic Schools in a Plural Society
This book collects articles and policy papers on state-maintained Catholic education in England and Wales. It explores the context of these schools, their academic performance, and provides data on pupils’ outcomes, teachers, and leadership.
Multicultural and Intercultural Identity Recognition
This book explores the debate between multiculturalism and interculturalism. Reviewing philosophical approaches and the role of religious dialogue, it examines the limits of multiculturalism to propose a new intercultural paradigm—a third way tailored for the Italian context.
This book explores education and empowerment for Afghan women. It examines the significant improvements achieved since the fall of the Taliban, the challenges that still lie ahead, and the threat women will face in the event of the Taliban returning to power.
Reflections on the World of Human Inspirations
Inspiration defines who we are. But what are its sources and can we control them? This book analyzes the historical, cultural, and political moments that ignite our passions, questioning the status quo and challenging us to find inspirations for a truly advanced world.
Theories of social reproduction are complex and hard to quantify. This book resolves this issue by introducing the Triptych Model of Social Class Reproduction, an easy-to-grasp framework applicable across cultures, and substantiates it with quantitative research.
What Literature Teaches in Times of Crisis
The Covid pandemic offers a new lens for old stories. This book explores how collective trauma deepens our understanding of authors like Joyce, Kafka, and Chekhov, revealing the enduring psychological power of classic literature.
Issues of Faith-Based Education in the United Kingdom
As state-supported Catholic schools face controversy, this book explains their origins, purpose, and contribution to society. It outlines the Church’s understanding of the primary role of parents in education and the limits of the state, making it a vital read for all involved.
This book is a hands-on guide for practitioners and researchers on how to measure workplace diversity using the Index of Qualitative Variation (IQV). With real data examples, it illustrates the use of regression methods to assess how organizational factors influence diversity.
This book is a hands-on guide for human resources practitioners and researchers on how to assess the validity and reliability of standardized diversity scores. It provides practical examples using correlation and factor analyses to illustrate the assessment process.
Saudi Arabia’s demographic progress resulted from development and a high quality of life, not coerced family planning. This book traces the Kingdom’s journey from an agrarian to a modern society, exploring the demographic, socio-economic, and health aspects of this transition.
Sociology of Health in a Dalit Community
This book explores how generations of caste prejudice have impacted the health of India’s Hadi Caste. It examines their occupations, customs, and social interactions to reveal the deep link between the community’s socio-cultural life and their well-being.
This manual is a framework for starting a new government. It guides non-technical readers in building a successful representative democracy that can be adapted to any culture. This researched, equitable approach is for all humankind—on Earth, underground, underwater, or in space.
This book offers human resources practitioners and researchers a hands-on guide to applying quantile regression to indices of diversity in an organizational setting. With examples throughout, it illustrates how to analyze the IQV, Shannon, Simpson, and other indices.