The common ground between Bellah, Giddens, and Habermas - the meaningful position the Subject has/should have in constructing the social reality - brings to light a transition in the sociological theoretical arena, if we take into account the different theoretical roots of each scholar - Functionalis ... details 84.44 USD

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Due to globalization and internationalization of agri-food production, the arena of competition and competitive advantage is moving from individual firms operating on spot markets towards supply chains and networks. Therefore, coordination between firms within the chain becomes more important. Topics ... details 69.95 USD

In, On What is History? Keith Jenkins expands on his highly successful Rethinking History and bring the history question up to date. The author argues that the older modernist texts, including those of Carr and Elton, are now only partial guides to contemporary debates. He lobbies for an embracing of ... details 35.95 USD

The twenty-second volume of Advances in Accounting continues to provide an important forum for discourse among and between academic and practicing accountants on issues of significance to the future of the discipline. Emphasis continues to be placed on original commentary, critical analysis and creat ... details 105.49 USD

Broadly based on the theme of human rights in Latin America, Writing Toward Hope is an anthology of contemporary literature--fiction, essays, plays, poems--by some of the most prominent and well-known Latin American writers of the 20th century. Each chapter is devoted to a particular theme, such as t ... details 45.0 USD

Think tanks are proliferating. Although they operate independently of governments, many of these institutions, including the well-known Brookings Institution in the U.S. and the Institute for Economic Affairs in Britain, have considerable influence on political thinking and public policy. In this inn ... details 170.0 USD

A Capitol Idea reveals the extent to which think tanks in the United States have become active and vocal participants in the foreign policy-making process. In this timely exploration, Donald Abelson re-evaluates the role of these complex organizations and looks at how political influence is achieved ... details 18.23 USD

Sign Language Interpreters in Court: Understanding Best Practices is the first comprehensive text examining the role and function of sign language interpreters working in the legal arena. Designed for interpreters seeking a principled basis to justify best and emerging practices, the book presents a ... details 117.58 USD

With the abolition of slavery in the American South, the largest slave population in the hemisphere gained independence from institutional powers that had absorbed its social being into masters' and mistresses' households. Ex-slaves seized emancipation as the occasion to reclaim their persons and the ... details 89.0 USD

Sign Language Interpreters in Court: Understanding Best Practices is the first comprehensive text examining the role and function of sign language interpreters working in the legal arena. Designed for interpreters seeking a principled basis to justify best and emerging practices, the book presents a ... details 123.99 USD

It has become ever apparent in recent years that divisiveness is poisoning our national debate. Discussion and compromise have been replaced by name-calling, bullying, and veiled hate speech. Never in our history has our country been so fractured between these two groups . . . dog lovers and cat love ... details 7.57 USD

Due to globalization and internationalization of agri-food production, the arena of competition and competitive advantage is moving from individual firms operating on spot markets towards supply chains and networks. Therefore, coordination between firms within the chain becomes more important. Topics ... details 117.76 USD

Kennedy Remington, an advertising executive at the top of her game in the corporate world is taken by surprise by her colleagues. She quickly realizes that after giving years of her expertise, skill and background in the corporate advertising arena she is not a valued key player in their game anymore ... details 12.27 USD

In this lively chronicle of the 1888-1889 Spalding world baseball tour, Thomas Zeiler examines the roots of the post-1898 American empire by analyzing the ways in which the tour drew on elements of globalization to inject American values, and thus, power into the international arena. As Zeiler follow ... details 30.95 USD

Reviewing the record of American politics, film, and television, this volume provides an overview of the war's appearance in American popular culture. It examines the ways in which this conflict has consistently resurfaced in social and political life, especially in the arena of contemporary world ev ... details 35.0 USD

For more than a decade scholars have debated the question of whether American Indian confederacies, primarily the Iroquois, helped influence the formation of U.S. basic law. The idea has sparked lively debate in the public arena as well, with Canadian diplomat Durling Voyce-Jones contending it shows ... details 105.27 USD

Mike King proposes a youth ministry centered in the presence of God. Here, young people encounter Christ not in the flash and pop of arena ministry, but in the sacred shadow of his presence. This book gives shape to such ministry through the classic disciplines and potent symbols and practices that h ... details 10.43 USD

For much of the twentieth century, Kinmen was a key beachhead in Cold War campaigns to Reclaim the Mainland or Liberate Taiwan. Although those tensions persist in other arenas, the island has slowly been relieved of its military value, and now it finds itself home to 2,000 vestigial arsenals, bunkers ... details 31.12 USD

Advances in Geosciences is the result of a concerted effort in bringing the latest results and planning activities related to earth and space science in Asia and the international arena. The volume editors are all leading scientists in their research fields covering five sections: Solid Earth (SE), S ... details 465.2 USD