Does science matter in economics? This volume answers in the negative. It is argued that science simply doesn’t matter in economics, has never mattered and will probably never matter. Instead, the field has redefined the laws of physics and psychology to carve out its own set.
An [Un]Likely Alliance
This study explores ‘environment’ and ‘ecology’ in the philosophy of Deleuze and Guattari. It is a call to think complexity, evading dualisms like nature vs. culture to conceptualize a radical, non-anthropocentric ecoscience.
Being, Goodness and Truth (Volume 16
This volume considers Aquinas’s virtue ethics, exploring the scholarly debate over inconsistencies in his account. It argues that Aquinas’s understanding of human beings as matter-form composites furnishes a robust moral accounting unavailable to reductive materialist accounts.
A guide to analyzing financial data using econometric techniques. Covering topics from time series analysis to machine learning, it provides students, researchers, and finance professionals with the essential tools and real-world examples to make more accurate predictions.
Cultural Politics in Derek Walcott’s Prose and Poetry
This book offers a new reading of Derek Walcott, introducing him as a postcolonial theoretician by focusing on his neglected essays. It singles out concepts that parallel and precede seminal views in postcolonial theory, wedding theory to practice by applying them to his poems.
Teaching Students with Disabilities
Written by leaders in the field, this book presents the most current best practices for teaching students with disabilities. It covers fundamental and innovative pedagogies, making it an excellent resource for special educators, administrators, counselors, and psychologists.
Clarkeson turns architecture on its head, reading Palladio’s drawings as carefully crafted and meant to be measured. This book claims Palladio’s rightful place in the history of metrology, offering a fresh interpretation that dispels myths and explains ‘the bits that don’t fit’.
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.
This powerful guidebook provides evidence-based strategies for first responders, healthcare providers, and families caring for individuals with developmental disabilities, including Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, or autism. It is a must-read for all involved in their care.
Tasks in Action
Empirical evidence on Task-based Language Teaching (TBLT) in real classrooms is lacking. This volume fills that gap, compiling studies that describe what learners and teachers actually do, providing valuable new insights into TBLT implementation.
The Development of Translation Competence
This book presents cutting-edge research from psycholinguistics and cognitive science to understand the development of translation competence. It explores theories and innovative data collection methodologies, serving as a valuable reference for scholars and translators.
Romanesque Architecture and its Artistry in Central Europe, 900-1300
This book surveys Romanesque architecture in Central Europe, from palaces and castles to its major churches. It focuses on the artistic ornamentation—from portals to capitals—that transformed these monumental fortresses of God into powerful sermons in stone.
Operetta
From Offenbach’s Paris to the Vienna of Strauss and Lehár, operetta flourished. This source book presents an overview of the genre, tracing its history to modern musical comedy with composer biographies, a chronology, and selected synopses.
A Tri-Dimensional Model of Mental Health
This study explores what constitutes mental health, proposing that holistic health depends on integral wholeness: the synthesis of body, mind, and heart. It argues one is always whole in one’s true Self (essence), which must be distinguished from the ego (personality).
This volume presents the libretto for Meyerbeer’s final grand opéra, L’Africaine. A fictional treatment of Vasco da Gama’s voyage, it is a mixture of history and fairytale. In this edition, the original text and its English translation are on facing pages.
Caring Architecture
This volume illuminates how people and spaces negotiate regularities and patterns embedded in the meeting between architecture and institutions. It reveals the relational and transformative conditions of care architecture and how institutions transform into caring architecture.
Kant’s enduring questions call for rethinking him in light of contemporary debates. The essays in this volume range from reason’s critique of itself to the role of feeling in moral judgment, highlighting his significance for the ever-broadening landscape of philosophy today.
Half a century after his death, is E. M. Forster still relevant? Some find his novels old-fashioned; others, inspiring. This book explores Forster’s legacy, offering new interpretations of his work and his place within British and world culture.
This book develops a unique framework for exploring the evolution of banking systems amidst global transformations. By comparing the divergent paths of the EU, US, and Canadian sectors, it reveals key strategies for enhancing banking system efficiency and competitiveness.
Lambert looks at developing future leaders of further education colleges through a different lens, advocating for leadership development to be located within a sustainable leadership framework which encompasses a range of existing leadership theories.
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