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Book SynopsisThe senior Senator from New Mexico, Pete V. Domenici, has written a thoughtful assessment of the progress Americans have made in their efforts to bring the benefits of nuclear power to mankind. He outlines what went wrong and why, and in this noble quest, what we must now do to recover from and repudiate past blunders.Trade ReviewSenator Domenici's leadership on energy issues is not 'limited' to the United States. Especially in the field of nuclear energy, when Senator Domenici speaks, the world listens. His thorough grasp of all issues, his great intellect quietly and effectively applied, his ability to stay above the political fray and consider issues objectively, his personal graciousness and his integrity, have earned this U.S. Senator from New Mexico worldwide respect. That he has, over time, reached the conclusion that nuclear energy must play a great role in the future peace and welfare of our world resounds around the globe, even in unexpected quarters. That he shows the personal and political courage to champion his vision should earn the undying gratitude of the international community. Thank you, Senator. -- Anne Lauvergeon, chairman of the executive board, AREVA; Chairman and CEO, COGEMAA thoughtful and enjoyable book by the Senate's leading energy expert. A Brighter Tomorrow makes a compelling case that nuclear power (along with renewables and coal) must be one of the main energy sources for the planet by the end of the century. It tells a fascinating story of how we came to where we are, including all the mistakes along the way, and why and how to move ahead. Highly recommended. -- Burton Richter, Ph.D., professor at Stanford University and Nobel LaureateA Brighter Tomorrow manifests the passions and dream that Senator Pete Domenici has developed over the past decades concerning the role nuclear power must play in securing a sustainable energy future for the U.S. and indeed the world. The book is certain to help broaden the horizon of not only American people, but also the public in Japan, where utilization of nuclear energy is being actively promoted for peaceful purposes. I sincerely hope that this book will reach as many readers in the world as possible. -- Youichi Fuji-ie, Former Chairman at the Japan Atomic Energy Commission and Professor Emeritus at Tokyo Institute of TechnologySenator Pete Domenici, a public servant/leader of the highest caliber, has written A Brighter Tomorrow as an act of conscience. He is compelled to make the public understand that future generations of people on earth can have a good and healthy quality of life only if they have a safe, secure, clean, and affordable supply of energy. He brings together scientific fact, technological analysis, public policy reality, legislative experience, and intelligent vision to argue compellingly that nuclear energy is an indispensable element of that supply, and that we had better get on with the task of developing it. Domenici neither shies away nor pulls his punches in addressing the tough issues of waste disposal, nuclear proliferation, and regulatory policy. Anyone who feels responsibility toward future generations, or who cares about the earth's environment, must read this important book. -- Charles M. Vest, President, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyPete strongly believes, as he writes, 'that nuclear energy, appropriately designed to avoid proliferation concerns and to operate safely, can play a major role in energizing the rest of the world.' If you want to understand these issues—agree or not—you have to hear out this outstanding senate leader. He has mastered the details, studied the obstacles, and dedicated his career to moving them safely out of the way. -- Senator Sam Nunn, from the forewordA staunch supporter of nuclear energy, Domenici describes his path to becoming a believer and criticizes the politicians and leaders who he says have stood in the way of progress. * Nuclearfuel *Domenici builds the case for a nuclear power comeback. -- James W. Brosnan * Red Deer Advocate *U.S. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., delivers a strong case for increased reliance on nuclear energy. * Forth Worth Star *Senator Domenici takes a proactive look at enery resources and presents the case that nuclear power must be a major contributor. * City Life *...sound and compelling...thoughtful, passionately written...Highly recommended. -- A. M. Strauss, Vanderbilt University * CHOICE *Domenici is refreshingly straightforward....It is refreshing to see a U.S. Senator take the risk of such strong public advocacy for nuclear power. Domenici has cemented his position as a nuclear statesman ranking with such historical bipartisan political figures from the early days of nuclear energy as Reps Chet Holifield and Craig Hosmer. -- John Zink * Power Engineering *This thoughtful, passionately written book should be read by anyone seeking to be well informed about the broad range of energy issues that our nation now confronts. Summing Up: Highly Recommended. All levels. -- A. M. Strauss, Vanderbilt University * CHOICE *This book is... full of important information about nuclear power, as well as some interesting history on the Republican senator's path to power. -- Michael Coleman * Sunday Journal *Table of ContentsPart 1 Foreword Part 2 Preface Part 3 Acknowledgements Chapter 4 My Vision—Reinvigorating Atoms For Peace Chapter 5 The Road to Leadership Chapter 6 The Energy Highway Chapter 7 Nuclear Power in the World Today Chapter 8 Regulatory Road Blocks to Nuclear Power Chapter 9 Uranium Resource Issues Chapter 10 Revitalizing the U.S. Nuclear Infrastructure and Workforce Chapter 11 Dealing with Nuclear Proliferation Effectively Chapter 12 The Waste Disposal Conundrum Chapter 13 The Case for Nuclear Power Chapter 14 Roadmap for the Future Part 15 Epilogue Part 16 Appendice A: The New Nuclear Paradigm Speech Part 17 Appendice B: Atoms for Peace - 50th Anniversary Part 18 Appendice C: Key Nonproliferation Events During Senate Tenure Part 19 Index

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Book SynopsisOffers an introduction to the RAP group of ethnographic methods and techniques that provide field-based research findings for policymakers and program planners. This title provides guidelines on producing high quality research in a fraction of the time taken by traditional ethnography.Trade ReviewJames Beebe is the master of RAP. In this book he provides the basic explanation and methodological justification for the use of RAP. He draws upon his own rich experience to illustrate its implementation and demonstrate its practical value. It is unusual for a methods book to be written so clearly and to be so accessible to the reader. I recommend it both as a teaching tool for the classroom and as a handy guide for seasoned professionals. -- John YoungThis admirable treatment is particularly straightforward and comprehensive. Chapter-opening summaries of main points, boxes relaying important points in single sentences, a chapter comparing RAP to similar methods, well-chosen examples, helpful figures, and a comprehensive glossary add to the book's usefulness. For both students and specialists. -- M. A. Gwynne, (SUNY at Stony Brook) * CHOICE *Professor James Beebe has written a highly useful, reader-friendly book on Rapid Assessment Process. The book combines concise presentations of research and analytical techniques with clear conceptual explanations about the purpose and ways of using these procedures. This enables Beebe to simultaneously emphasize speed in field work and caution against excesses, when a rapid pace may not be slow enough to capture and reveal what is essential. To my knowledge, there is no other similar manual in the literature available for those interested in employing social science inquiry methods in a time effective manner, with practical goals in mind. Social scientists doing applied research — sociologists, anthropologists, political scientists, social geographers — will find in this volume a treasure trove of methods, ideas, and advice for their work. Government agencies or private sector corporations interested in benefiting from direct social research will know better from Beebe's book what to request and what to expect from able investigators mandated to carry out rapid assessments and generate insights, knowledge, and recommendations for action. I highly recommend this book to both practitioners and teachers of social investigation methods. -- Michael Cernea, (World Bank)This book is an easy read and provides pragmatic suggestions for engaging in rapid assessment process research. As a university professor and researcher as well as a practitioner I find Beebe's text to be a welcome addition to the growing number of useful resources for qualitative researchers. -- Charles Lee Cole, (University of Louisiana at Monroe) * Forum: Qualitative Social Research, Vol. 3.4 *I found James Beebe's new book on Rapid Assessment Process to be interesting and useful. I enjoyed reading personal experiences coupled with well-stated principles. The book will be very helpful to both novice and experienced ethnographers: novices will gain a concisely presented introduction to rapid assessment work on which they can build through practice in the field. Experienced ethnographers will benefit from the remembering and reorganizing of research habits that happened to me throughout the book. I also look forward to using the book with my graduate students in community health nursing... -- Noel Chrisman, (University of Washington)Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One: To RAP or Not to RAP and the Basic Concepts Chapter Two: Data Collection: Triangulation and Getting the Insider's Perspective Chapter Three: Iterative Analysis and Additional Data Collection Chapter Four: Teamwork: Polish State Farms and the Community College Chapter Five: Trusting RAP Chapter Six: Successful RAP Chapter Seven: Who Benefits, Who Pays, and Who Calls the Tune Chapter Eight: The RAP Family Tree Appendix A. Executive Summary, Community College RAP Appendix B. Executive Summary, Polish State Farms RAP Appendix C. Learning to RAP Appendix D. Glossary of Terms References

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Book SynopsisEl Guindi provides a comprehensive guide to the methods of visual anthropology and the use of film in cross-cultural research and ethnography. She shows how visual media photographic, filmic, interactive is now an accepted part of the anthropological process, a vital tool that reflects and produces knowledge about the range of cultures and about culture itself. It preserves the integrity of people, objects, and events in their cultural context, and expands our horizons beyond the reach of memory culture. El Guindi places visual anthropology within an empirically-based, analytic framework, built on systematic observation, identifying the research cycle that begins with data gathering and leads to visual ethnographic construction that is anthropological in method, process, and product. She explains how indigenous, professional, and amateur forms of pictorial/auditory materials are grounded in personal, social, cultural, and ideological contexts, and describes the non-Western critique oTrade ReviewVisual Anthropology is a much needed comprehensive text that makes a convincing case for the intellectual as well as pedagogical value of ethnographic film and other visual anthropology media. It incorporates a thorough international history of the genre with substantive analysis of themes and perspectives. Not only is it a theoretical tour-de-force, but it also has great practical utility and will be particularly welcomed by anyone teaching courses in ethnographic film. Those using film and other visual materials in their teaching will also find this book useful since it provides many contexts for creatively integrating visual aids into introductory and upper level courses. A must for all anthropologists. -- Peter Allen, Professor of Anthropology, Rhode Island CollegeFadwa El Guindi offers in this new study a sweeping analysis of the achievements of visual anthropology's century-old history. Grounded in a solid understanding of her subject, she explores numerous older approaches to visual anthropology as well as those that have come in the past decade with the worldwide web, DVD and CD-ROM data storage, light-weight digital cameras, the changed political environment since 2001, and the newly realized public need for public presentations about world Islam, women in traditional society, and modern power relations. This is a book which, because of its broad coverage and the many cogent questions raised, will certainly find wide use in film and anthropology classes as well as on the shelves of professional scholars. -- Paul Hockings, Editor-in-Chief * Visual Anthropology *With this truly innovative book, El Guindi presents us with the first unified view of Visual Anthropology, not merely as a subfield of anthropology, but as a theoretically and methodologically engaged ethnographic practice. In this new perspective, Visual Anthropology breaks the traditional boundaries of the anthropological discipline and its habitual reliance on words by embracing the use of modern technology such as photography, film, video, or any multimedia employed for the discovery and communication of insights on culture and humankind. -- Marcelo Fiorini Marcelo Fiorini, Hofstra UniversityIt will be an important teaching text and its value to students should not be underestimated. The strengths of this book are that it makes doing visual anthropology comprehensible through real projects; offers first-hand accounts of the technologies the author has used; uses the issues and concerns that are embedded in her own work to demonstrate the role visual anthropology can play in public contexts. * Ethnos *An internationally recognized Egyptian anthropologist and filmmaker with a distinguished academic career in the US, Fadwa El Guindi offers a fresh and critical retelling of the history of visual anthropology. She is not afraid to ruffle feathers and challenges some dear and dominant ideas in a rapidly-changing field until recently dominated by a handful of privileged Euramerican males. Certainly refreshing is her book’s personal voice, in particular because of El Guindi’s unique background and extensive professional experience as a successful teacher, fieldworker, and accomplished ethnographic filmmaker. Her sometimes polemical take on troubling issues are of relevance in a globalized media environment in which little space is left for non-Western or otherwise alternative points of view. The book’s detailed analysis of theoretical and methodological issues in ethnographic film coupled with an effort to include discussion of professional contributions beyond the Anglophone world make it timely and useful. -- Dr. Harald E.L Prins, Professor of Anthropology, Kansas State UniversityThis analytical survey represents exactly what is needed in our discipline at the present time. Suddenly the whole field of visual anthropology acquires intellectual transparency and a deeper theoretical relevance. I am already using El Guindi's methodology and her visual methods chapter of the Handbook of Methods in Cultural Anthropology in the workshop training I am giving in Sikkim, among the Lepcha of the eastern Himalayas, and in lectures I give worldwide. This book, with its innovative methodology, its microanalysis of Mead & Bateson's conversation, and the new paradigm of the discipline's genealogy, is a must for all anthropology courses and particularly those concerned with the visualization of culture. -- Asen Balikci, anthropologist and filmmakerTable of ContentsPrelude Introduction Part One: Issues, Ancestry, and Genealogy Chapter 1: History, Euro-Americanization, & New Directions Chapter 2: For God's Sake, Margaret Part Two: Ethnographic Film Chapter 3: Filming Others Chapter 4: Filming Selves Part Three: Research Film Chapter 5: Discovery Part Four: Visual Ethnography Chapter 6: From Doing Cinema to Doing Anthropology Chapter 7: Parameters for Visual Ethnography Conclusion References Visuals Cited

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Book SynopsisUse of investigative poetics to describe the American justice and penal systems.Trade ReviewIncarceration Nation speaks from a big heart, an informed mind, and engaged action. The book is large enough to hold the 'hope and terror' required as we investigate prison. Hartnett honors the names and words of real people living their lives behind' bars, includes the speech of those we pay to guard them, shares what his own eyes have seen, and calls on thinkers and poets from Rousseau to Eugene Debs, from Whitman to Peter Dale Scott. There's even room for music. Without avoiding terror, this book uses words like grace, thankful, and joy—human words born from the choice Hartnett has made: to love. -- Judith Tannenbaum, poet, teacher, activist, and author of Disguised as A Poem: My Years Teaching Poetry at San Quentin PrisonIn this pathbreaking, painful book, using poetry and personal narratives, Stephen Hartnett issues a call for social justice in America's prison system. Certain to be controversial, this powerful book exposes a side of American life that many wish to keep hidden. -- Norman K. Denzin, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignPolitical poetry, even from great artists, is often narrow-focused if not shrill. One of the chief graces of Stephen Hartnett's dazzlingly original book, Incarceration Nation, is the amazing range of subject, mood, thought, and voice within its exploration of America's imprisoning culture. He revives Whitman's vision of America against the countervailing evidence, often by borrowing from prison poets, some grossly over-punished, some never guilty. The suppressed horrors of prison life are intercalated with gruff male humor, compassionate moments with guards, and perspectives from Schelling and Kant. Hartnett does homage to Forché's poetry of witness and Sanders's investigative poetics, but more than either, his is a poetry of engagement, of vision becoming practice. This is a major achievement, with promise of more to come. -- Peter Dale Scott, University of California, BerkeleyTable of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction: A Reader's Guide to Investigative Prison Poetry Chapter 2 Pendleton Poems Chapter 3 "Do Right and Fear Not!" : Five Meditations on San Quentin Chapter 4 Perhaps Some Grace Chapter 5 Emptiness Doesn't Take Notice: Supermax Poems Chapter 6 Transcending Schelling's Lament Chapter 7 About the Same as Commercial Fishing Chapter 8 Love and Death in California Chapter 9 Visiting Mario Chapter 10 Karina's Question Chapter 11 Notes

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Book SynopsisReveals the key relationship between anthropologist and subject through their letters and commentaries. This ethnography is a reflection on the survival of the contemporary Portuguese nobility. It is of interest to scholars of anthropological methods and fieldwork, and to those interested in the anthropology of elites and in Portuguese culture.Trade ReviewHere is serendipity, with a result both provocative and entertaining. A Portuguese nobleman hosts a scholarly conference at his palace and finds an interesting American among the participants. So begins the story of Marcus and the Marquis, told here as an epistolary ethnography by e-mail, combined with remarkable and surprising autobiography (mostly from Lisbon, some from Houston), an inside account of a developing research project—and isn't there a dash of magical realism as well? In any case, the renewal of anthropology goes on. -- Ulf Hannerz, Stockholm UniversityGeorge Marcus is truly one of the most interesting anthropologists writing today. His two enduring commitments—to the reform of anthropological practice, and to understanding the inner lives of cultural elites—play off against one another in myriad ways in this fascinating book. Marcus's idea to publish the extensive exchange of e-mails between himself and the Portuguese nobleman Fernando Mascarenhas was a brave move, not least because it gives us a chance to see the 'native' talking back, most articulately, to the anthropologist. -- Sherry B. Ortner, University of California, Los AngelesThis is a work of both virtuosity and virtuality, realized through a modernist 'uncanny': all anthropologists should here find, astonishingly reflected, the gestation of their own affective and intellectual intimacies in fieldwork. Although the protagonists first met at a conference (at which I was also present), their deeper intellectual and affective intimacy emerged, improbably, in e-mail, safe, perhaps, from a sardonic physical presence that might otherwise have impeded their remarkable cumulative insight. -- Michael Herzfeld, Harvard University; author of Cultural Intimacy: Social Poetics in the Nation-StateTable of Contents1 Foreword by Fernando Mascarenhas 2 Introduction by George E. Marcus 3 Letter Exchanges 4 Epilogue by George E. Marcus 5 Appendix A. Sermon to my Successor by Fernando Mascarenhas 6 Appendix B. Preamble to the Chart of the Foundation 7 Appendix C. The Portuguese Nobility Today: A Preliminary Report by George E. Marcus and Diana L. L. Hill

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Book SynopsisClarifies the need for and the use of transcription methodology and provides a useful, efficient guide to creating good transcripts for a variety of people using ethnographic methods. This title is a suitable tool for transcriptionists, ethnographers, researchers, oral historians, and even amateurs who plan to write their family history.Trade ReviewTranscription Techniques for the Spoken Word covers so much more than simply transcription techniques... A fascinating read. For oral historians who do not transcribe and for transcribers who have no more involvement with the particular project from which the physical recording comes outside the physical act of making the transcription, this book will give invaluable insights into the world of the recorder and the world of the transcriber. * Oral History *Here's a little book I wish I could have used in my classes on ethnographic research...The author reassures me early on that it is a book written by an ethnographer for ethnographers, people who need to get the important content of what somebody tells them....What the book does accomplish for the ethnographer is an answer to the questions of 'what you need to know before, during and after transcription' (p. 6). If you intend to quote informants' speech, here is a good starting place. * Journal of Anthropological Research *Willow Powers' book on transcription will be extremely useful to academics and other professionals who are concerned with transcribing the spoken word. The chapters are filled with interesting, concrete examples of problems faced in creating a written record of conversation. The author's extensive experience as anthropologist, archivist, fieldworker and interviewer are apparent on every page as she provides incisive and succinct advice on many relevant topics. -- Patricia Draper, Department of Anthrology and Geography, University of Nebraska, LincolnTable of Contents1 Acknowledgements 2 Introduction 3 CHAPTER 1: The Oral and the Written 4 CHAPTER 2: Background Factors in Transcribing 5 CHAPTER 3: Creating the Verbatim Transcript 6 CHAPTER 4: On Editing and Context 7 CHAPTER 5: The Social Relations of Transcripts 8 Appendix A. Sample Forms 9 Appendix B. Typographic Symbols 10 Appendix C. Examples of Transcripts 11 References and Recommended Reading 12 Index 13 About the Author

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Book SynopsisA critical review of the literature on the differential psychosocial adjustment of children after a divorce. The book examines studies in ten predictor domains including gender, age, and custody, and addresses the effectiveness of parenting behaviour, offering correctives for future investigation.

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Book SynopsisOriginally published by Abt Books in 1982, this three-part collection of essays taps the seminal thinking of Robert Merton, one of America's foremost sociologists, a social theorist whose work has long had what are described as 'potentials of relevance' for diverse domains of practice.Trade ReviewThis volume's publication is easily justified just because of Merton's stature and the difficulty of locating some of the articles ... The academic people ...have much to gain ...by learning from Merton and others just how the communities of the practicing professions differ from academe. This volume could be an invaluable part of the homework they) we) need to do. * Business & Professional Ethics Journal *This volume's publication is easily justified just because of Merton's stature and the difficulty of locating some of the articles ... The academic people ...have much to gain ...by learning from Merton and others just how the communities of the practicing professions differ from academe. This volume could be an invaluable part of the homework they) we) need to do. * Business & Professional Ethics Journal *

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Book SynopsisDrawing on social-criticism, self-help manuals, and the social scientific analysis of American character, this text examines American thinking about individualism, conformity, and community from 1920 through 1995.Trade ReviewAt once a history of ideas, a history of American mores, and an essay in sociological theory, this book tackles head-on the most fundamental issues about the relation between self and society. Irene Taviss Thomson chronicles the highlights of eight decades of (most American) theories about individualism, conformity, and community. She counterpoises the theories with practical advice contemporaneously proffered via best-selling self-help books and, to some degree, with social survey data. Her comprehensive, meticulous review of the literature makes this book required reading for anyone who wants to do serious research on changing self and society relationships in America. -- Richard Madsen * Contemporary Sociology *This is an invaluable work and worthy of [the] broadest deliberation. Irene Taviss Thomson does nothing less than document and illuminate the 20th century erosion of a lynchpin concept in Western culture: the individual self. Further, she heralds the forthcoming of what may well become its 21st century replacement: relational being. -- Kenneth J. Gergen, Swarthmore College; author of The Saturated SelfTable of ContentsChapter 1 1. A Changing American Self Chapter 2 2. The Changing Meanings of Individualism, Conformity, and Community Chapter 3 3. The Individual-Society Realtionship, 1920-1995 Chapter 4 4. The Emerging Self: Flexible, Constructed, Multiple, and Relational Chapter 5 5. The Relational Self and Contemporary Social Science Chapter 6 6. The Causes and Implications of the Demise of the Conflict Paradigm

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Book SynopsisGillis J. Harp places Brooks's religious thought in historical, cultural and ecclesiastical contexts while clarifying the sources of Brook's inspiration, thus making this a rich portrait of this figure and a transitional era in American protestantism.Trade ReviewGillis Harp's masterful treatment of Phillips Brooks in the intellectual and church context of his time is an instant classic. Dr. Harp's feel, from the inside, for Anglican Evangelicanism makes him an ideal interpreter of Brooks' ambivalent achievement. This is extremely solid scholarship, bearing somewhat devastating implications for the present. -- Rev. Dr. Paul F. M. Zahl, author of A Short Systematic TheologyA fascinating, original account of one of America's greatest preachers. The author draws upon historical, literary, architectural, and theological analysis to demonstrate the ways Phillips Brooks reflected and transformed his times—concluding with a sober assessment of his legacy in our own day. -- Daniel Walker Howe, Oxford UniversityThis fresh account of the life of Phillips Brooks takes seriously his religious thought. Harp places Brooks within the context of the conflicts in late 19th-century American Episcopalianism and in the larger context of American Protestant liberalism. The result is a biography through which the reader simultaneously gains insight into the life of one of the most important clergymen of the Gilded Age, is led through the tangle of denominational battles that persist in American Episcopalianism to the present, and is provided with perspectives on the path of American liberal Protestantism. Brooks's life and thought are the prism through which both Broad Church Episcopalianism and liberal Protestantism are refracted with insight and clarity. Recommended. * CHOICE *An expert examination of Brooks's powerful pulpit oratory. * Religious Studies Review *A thoroughly researched, gracefully written, learned, and insightful account of nineteenth-century Episcopal preacher Phillips Brooks's religious thought. * American Historical Review *This work is much more than an excellent biography of Phillips Brooks. It is set in such a wide-ranging authoritative theological context that Brooks is truly seen as a 'Path of Liberal Protestantism' stretching from the 17th century to our own times. -- The Right Reverend Christopher FitzSimmons AllisonTable of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Early Years Chapter 3 Phillips Brooks: Civil Warrior Chapter 4 Tearing Down and Building Up Chapter 5 A Prince of the Pulpit: Phillips Brooks and Nineteenth Century Preaching Chapter 6 Close of the Century Chapter 7 Conclusion

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Book SynopsisAs the only complete compilation of polls taken by the Gallup Organization, The Gallup Poll is an invaluable tool for ascertaining the pulse of American public opinion throughout the year and for documenting changing perceptions over time of crucial core issues.

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Book SynopsisAs the only complete compilation of polls taken by the Gallup Organization, The Gallup Poll is an invaluable tool for ascertaining the pulse of American public opinion throughout the year and for documenting changing perceptions over time of crucial core issues.Trade ReviewRecommended for public and school libraries. -- Ryan Johnson, 2009 * Library Journal *

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Book SynopsisResearch on Schools, Neighborhoods, and Communities: Toward Civic Responsibility focuses on research and theoretical developments related to the role of geography in education, human development, and health. William F. Tate IV, the Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis and former President of the American Educational Research Association, presents a collection of chapters from across disciplines to further understand the strengths of and problems in our communities. Today, many research literaturese.g., health, housing, transportation, and educationfocus on civic progress, yet rarely are there efforts to interrelate these literatures to better understand urgent problems and promising possibilities in education, wherein social context is central. In this volume, social contextin particular, the unequal opportunities that result from geographyis integral to the arguments, analyses, and case studies presented. WrittTrade ReviewProfessor Tate is to be congratulated for emphasizing the role geography and location can play in research on schools. Issues of racial segregation and inequality are at the forefront here, grounded in theoretical scholarship on place and methodological work on how learning takes place. Issues of health, immigration, culture, and college readiness are studied in a spatially sensitive manner, emphasizing that schools are not isolated islands but offer greater or lesser opportunities depending on where they are located. The book should be required reading for anyone interested in schools, neighborhoods, or communities. -- Nancy A. Denton, professor of sociology, University at Albany, SUNY; director of the Lewis Mumford Center for Urban and Regional ResearchIn Research on Schools, Neighborhoods, and Communities we hear from leading research scientists who study urban education conceived broadly. The findings and perspectives reported herein inform with respect to the status of urban education and also with respect to what education in an urban nation should and can become. This is an important reference. -- Edward W. Gordon, John M. Musser Professor of Psychology, Emeritus, Yale University; Richard March Hoe Professor of Psychology and Education, Emeritus, Teachers College, Columbia UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction William F. Tate IV Part I. Conceptualizing Urban Space Chapter 1: Neighborhood Inequality, Violence, and the Social Infrastructure of the American City Robert J. Sampson Chapter 2: Toward a Theory of Place: Social Mobility, Proximity, and Proximal Capital Odis D. Johnson, Jr. Chapter 3: Urban Opportunity Structure and Racial/Ethnic Polarization George C. Galster Chapter 4:Racial Segregation in Multiethnic Schools: Adding Immigrants to the Analysis Ingrid Gould Ellen, Katherine O’Regan, Amy Ellen Schwartz, and Leanaa Stiefel Part II. The Growing Complexity of Metropolitan America Chapter 5: Suburbanization and School Segregation sean f. reardon, John T. Yun, and Anna K. Chmielewski Chapter 6: Schools Matter: Segregation, Unequal Educational Opportunities, and the Achievement Gap in the Boston Region John R. Logan and Deirdre Oakley Chapter 7: Still Separate, Still Unequal, but Not Always So “Suburban”: The Changing Nature of Suburban School Districts in the New York Metropolitan Area. Amy Stuart Wells, Douglas Ready, Jacquelyn Duran, Courtney Grzesikowski, Kathryn Hill, Allison Roda, Miya Warner, and Terenda White Chapter 8: Adding Geospatial Perspective to Research on Schools, Communities, and Neighborhoods Mark C. Hogrebe Part III. Teaching and Learning Research in Social Context Chapter 9: Conceptual and Methodological Challenges to a Cultural and Ecological Framework for Studying Human Learning and Development Carol D. Lee Chapter 10: An Ecological and Activity Theoretic Approach to Studying Diasporic and Non-Dominant Communities Kris D. Gutiérrez and Angela E. Arzubiaga Chapter 11: Reconstructing Education in America Henry M. Levin Chapter 12: Can School Improvement Reduce Racial Inequality? Stephen Raudenbush Chapter 13: Seeing Our Way Into Learning Science in Informal Environments Shirley Brice Heath Chapter 14: No Color Necessary: High School Students’ Discourse on College Support Systems and College Readiness Evellyn Elizondo, Walter R. Allen, and Miguel Ceja Chapter 15: Taking Math and Science to Black Parents: Promises and Challenges of a Community-Based Intervention for Educational Change Roslyn Arlin Mickelson, Linwood Cousins, Anne Valasco, and Brian Williams Part IV. Research on Human Development, Health, and Human Service Providers in Social Context Chapter 16: Maximizing Cultural and Contextually-Sensitive Assessment Strategies in Developmental and Educational Research Margaret Beale Spencer, Brian Tinsley, Davido Dupree, and Suzanne Fegley Chapter 17: Immigrant Children—Hiding in Plain Sight in the Margins of the Urban Infrastructure Michael A. Olivas Chapter 18: Delivering High-Quality Public Services to Vulnerable Families and Children in America’s Cities: The Lessons from Reforming Child Welfare Olivia Golden Chapter 19: Health Disparities among African Americans in Urban Populations Sheri R. Notaro Chapter 20: A “Tragic Dichotomy:” A Case Study of Industrial Lead Contamination and Management in a Company Town Jill McNew-Birren Chapter 21: Pandemic Preparedness: Using Geospatial Models to Inform Planning in Systems of Education and Health in Metropolitan American William F. Tate IV Part V. Case Studies of Metropolitan Communities Chapter 22: Urban America in Distress: A Case Study Analysis of Gary, Indiana: 1968-1987 Gail E. Wolfe Chapter 23: God’s Will or Government Policy? Katrina’s Unveiling of History and Mass Dispersion of Black People Jerome E. Morris Epilogue Chapter 24: Research Infrastructure for Improving Urban Education Larry V. Hedges and Nathan Jones Chapter 25: The White House Office on Urban Affairs: Regionalism, Sustainability, and the Neglect of Social Infrastructure Ronald Walters Chapter 26: Toward Civic Responsibility and Civic Engagement William F. Tate IV

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Book SynopsisAs the only complete compilation of polls taken by the Gallup Organization, The Gallup Poll is an invaluable tool for ascertaining the pulse of American public opinion throughout the year and for documenting changing perceptions over time of crucial core issues.Trade ReviewHere is a complete gathering of more than 500 Gallup Poll reports for the year 2013. A seminal reference, it is home to an abundance of interesting data covering topics such as patriotism, personal wealth, foreign sympathies, optimism, job engagement, presidential approval, and much more. . . .As the entirety of the Gallup Poll reports date back to 1935, it would be fascinating to compare this volume with prior volumes. Users would be able to discern the trends and sharp detours in public opinion throughout the decades. Supplementary information includes a 2013 chronology, explanations of Gallup economic indexes, and a volume index particularly relevant in terms of identifying the many topics broached by the polls. Recommended for academic and public libraries. * American Reference Books Annual *

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Book SynopsisIn Say Goodbye to the Cuckoo, Michael McCarthy highlights for the first time the disappearance of these birds which, he points out, are a part of Europe's distinctive cultural furniture, "as much as cathedrals, Latin, olive oil, or wine." He shows how their loss would do devastating damage to the cultural inheritance of us all. With 13 woodcuts.Trade ReviewIn luminous prose, British writer McCarthy addresses the cultural significance of migratory songbirds, from nightingales to turtle doves to the European Cuckoo, on the heart and soul. . . . A stunning and profound book that will make readers realize how very much these amazing winged creatures matter. * Booklist *Say Goodbye to the Cuckoo is a terribly moving book . . . about the vast numbers of vanishing spring birds. -- Kristina Chetcuti * Times Of Malta *An elegiac book about migration. -- Charles Clover * Times Online *'What would it mean to us if the spring-bringers stopped arriving?' Would it be like losing rainbows? Michael McCarthy wonders, or roses or hope or music? It's a new tactic—asking us to imagine our world without the species, sounds and smells we take for granted. And it works. A sense of wonder is replaced with a strange hollow feeling—one part guilt, one part regret and one part denial. * Los Angeles Times *Vivid . . . especially affecting. . . . A passionate primer on loss. * Times Literary Supplement *This is the most important book I have read for a long time. * BBC Countryfile Magazine *A beautiful and important book. -- Simon Barnes, author of How to Be a Bad BirdwatcherMcCarthy (environmental editor, The Independent, UK) writes eloquently about the losses of European 'spring bringers,' migratory birds which have historically been an important part of the folklore, literature, and culture of people in Europe and North America. Focusing on the 'miraculous aerial river' of birds 'flow[ing] out of Africa into Europe,' the author discusses the radical environmental changes which have been adversely affecting their numbers. Many species are fast disappearing, suggesting the unthinkable: future silent springs. The numbers of different migrant species that failed to return to Britain in the 13 years leading up to 2007 ranged from 37 to 67 percent. Disruptions affecting these birds include climate change, which is also affecting the cycles of plant and insect life on which birds depend; forest losses in the developing world; and human population growth—particularly in Africa. Intensified agricultural practices, such as Europe's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), have taken a further toll. From the early 1960s until 2004, when major revisions were made, this policy featured ecologically unsound use of pesticides and fertilizers. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readership levels. * CHOICE *A plea to pay attention to winged creatures before it's too late. * The Washington Post *Michael McCarthy details the environmental challenges faced by European cuckoo and other songbirds in England. McCarthy's book is worth reading because many of the problems experienced by these birds also face our own backyard birds here in the United States. * The Advocate *The mix of discovery of the real bird with myth, poetry, and legend is simply exquisite. . . . I recommend this book for everyone even remotely interested in birds. I also recommend it for students in ornithology classes or classes where 'sustainability' is a theme, for the book contains a wealth of scientific information melded beautifully with what spring-bringers mean to us. * Journal Of Field Ornithology *Michael McCarthy’s Say Goodbye to the Cuckoo combines an exploration of the crisis that temperate-zone migrant birds are now facing with a celebration of Europe’s birds—their beauty, their haunts, their symbolic and cultural value in our civilization and traditions. . . . [His] descriptions are glorious.Table of ContentsPreface 1 Spring-Bringers 2 Out of Africa 3 A Sense of Wonder 4 Unlocking the Soundscape 5 The Spirit of the Place 6 A Promise of Lazy Days 7 What’s So Special About Swallows? 8 Understatement on a Fence Post 9 The Wildness Within 10 The Wandering Voice 11 Warnings from the New World 12 Vanishings 13 A Loss of a Different Order Acknowledgments Index

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Book SynopsisSynopsis coming soon.......Trade Review“Impressive . . . an open-eyed investigative inquiry wrapped within a cultural history of rural America.” —Wall Street Journal“[An] incredible book . . . one of the most readable works of non-fiction I’ve ever picked up . . . James has a conversational style of writing that draws the reader in, even when he departs from murders to offer short history lessons on 19th century detectives-for-hire (pretty bad), 19th century newspapers (not great) and mob justice (truly horrifying) . . . Even more remarkable than the exhaustive research and addictive narrative, the [authors] actually seem to solve the case and reveal the identity of The Man From the Train. Skeptics may balk, but I’m convinced.” —Raleigh News & Observer“Truly spectacular . . . The book shines when we get to see the Jameses’ thinking. Like the recent Netflix documentary ‘The Keepers,’ it’s fun to watch these amateur detectives solve a puzzle. And solve it they do — after 400 pages, when Rachel discovers the killer’s first crime way back in 1898. Did they get it right? I’m pretty sure they did. Either way, the final twist in the story—set 10 years after the Villisca murders on the other side of the Atlantic—gave me chills.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune“The Man from the Train is a beautifully written and extraordinarily researched narrative of a man who may have killed 95—or more—people, dating back more than a century, mostly in small-town Middle America . . . This is no pure whodunit, but rather a how-many-did-he-do.” —Buffalo News"[A] suspenseful historical account . . . The strength of the book hangs on [the authors'] diligent research and analysis connecting crimes into the closing years of the 19th century. Even those skeptical at the outset that one man was responsibile for so much bloodshed are likely to be convinced." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)“Bill James, with his daughter, Rachel, has done something truly extraordinary. Not only has he solved one of the most tantalizing mysteries in the annals of American crime--the sensational case of the 1912 “Villisca Axe Murders”--but he has tied it to a long string of equally savage, though completely obscure, atrocities. The result is his discovery of a previously unknown serial killer who roamed--and terrorized--the country a century ago. Brilliantly researched and written in James’ snappily conversational style, The Man From the Train is a stunning feat of detection, an un-put-downable read, and a major contribution to American criminal history.”—Harold Schechter, author of The Serial Killer Files and The Mad Sculptor"I began The Man on the Train a skeptic. Could the notorious Villisca Murders of 1912, an unsolved crime so well-chronicled over the past century, really be the work of a killer whose victims numbered well into the dozens? But by the end, Bill James & Rachel McCarthy James totally sold me on their reasoning, exhaustive research, and their sly, sober portrait of a justice system totally overmatched by the techniques and monstrosities of a man fitting the serial killer prototype we know almost too well. That they also fingered the culprit and name him is an even more shocking bonus. Don't even think about missing out on this beautifully brilliant, bananas book."—Sarah Weinman, editor of Women Crime Writers: Eight Suspense Novels of the 1940s & 1950s

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Book SynopsisThe return of migrant birds from their wintering grounds in the tropics is one of the delights of America's spring, as anyone will testify whose heart has leapt in April or May at the first liquid song of the woodthrush, or the first black-and-orange flash of the Baltimore oriole. But in recent years concern has grown that migrant birds may be declining, perhaps because of deforestation at their winter quarters in the Caribbean and in Central and South America. Now comes the first evidence that such declines are indeed happening to migrant birds. They pour into the Northern Hemisphere each year in a multi-colored, singing cascade: cuckoos, swallows, martins, swifts, turtle doves, warblers, wagtails, wheatears, chats, nightingales, nightjars, thrushes, pipits, and flycatchers. The vanishing of these Old World birds would be not just an environmental loss but a cultural disaster of enormous magnitude, as many of these species have resonated through literature, legends, and folklore for thousands of years. The turtle dove's arrival is announced in the Bible's Song of Solomon; the nightingale sings from Latin poetry to John Keats to a 1940s hit in London's Berkeley Square; the European cuckoo, with its double note that is a perfect musical interval-a minor third-is the source of proverbs in every country of the continent. In Say Goodbye to the Cuckoo, Michael McCarthy highlights for the first time the disappearance of these birds which, he points out, are a part of Europe's distinctive cultural furniture, "as much as cathedrals, Latin, olive oil, or wine." He shows how their loss would do devastating damage to the cultural inheritance of us all. With 13 woodcuts.Trade ReviewIn luminous prose, British writer McCarthy addresses the cultural significance of migratory songbirds, from nightingales to turtle doves to the European Cuckoo, on the heart and soul. . . . A stunning and profound book that will make readers realize how very much these amazing winged creatures matter. * Booklist *Say Goodbye to the Cuckoo is a terribly moving book . . . about the vast numbers of vanishing spring birds. -- Kristina Chetcuti * Times Of Malta *An elegiac book about migration. -- Charles Clover * Times Online *'What would it mean to us if the spring-bringers stopped arriving?' Would it be like losing rainbows? Michael McCarthy wonders, or roses or hope or music? It's a new tactic—asking us to imagine our world without the species, sounds and smells we take for granted. And it works. A sense of wonder is replaced with a strange hollow feeling—one part guilt, one part regret and one part denial. * Los Angeles Times, April 21, 2010 *Vivid . . . especially affecting. . . . A passionate primer on loss. * Times Literary Supplement *This is the most important book I have read for a long time. * BBC Countryfile Magazine *A beautiful and important book. -- Simon Barnes, author of How to Be a Bad BirdwatcherMcCarthy (environmental editor, The Independent, UK) writes eloquently about the losses of European 'spring bringers,' migratory birds which have historically been an important part of the folklore, literature, and culture of people in Europe and North America. Focusing on the 'miraculous aerial river' of birds 'flow[ing] out of Africa into Europe,' the author discusses the radical environmental changes which have been adversely affecting their numbers. Many species are fast disappearing, suggesting the unthinkable: future silent springs. The numbers of different migrant species that failed to return to Britain in the 13 years leading up to 2007 ranged from 37 to 67 percent. Disruptions affecting these birds include climate change, which is also affecting the cycles of plant and insect life on which birds depend; forest losses in the developing world; and human population growth—particularly in Africa. Intensified agricultural practices, such as Europe's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), have taken a further toll. From the early 1960s until 2004, when major revisions were made, this policy featured ecologically unsound use of pesticides and fertilizers. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readership levels. * CHOICE, September 2010 *A plea to pay attention to winged creatures before it's too late. * The Washington Post *Michael McCarthy details the environmental challenges faced by European cuckoo and other songbirds in England. McCarthy's book is worth reading because many of the problems experienced by these birds also face our own backyard birds here in the United States. * The Advocate *The mix of discovery of the real bird with myth, poetry, and legend is simply exquisite. . . . I recommend this book for everyone even remotely interested in birds. I also recommend it for students in ornithology classes or classes where 'sustainability' is a theme, for the book contains a wealth of scientific information melded beautifully with what spring-bringers mean to us. * Journal Of Field Ornithology *Michael McCarthy’s Say Goodbye to the Cuckoo combines an exploration of the crisis that temperate-zone migrant birds are now facing with a celebration of Europe’s birds—their beauty, their haunts, their symbolic and cultural value in our civilization and traditions. . . . [His] descriptions are glorious.Table of ContentsPreface 1 Spring-Bringers 2 Out of Africa 3 A Sense of Wonder 4 Unlocking the Soundscape 5 The Spirit of the Place 6 A Promise of Lazy Days 7 What’s So Special About Swallows? 8 Understatement on a Fence Post 9 The Wildness Within 10 The Wandering Voice 11 Warnings from the New World 12 Vanishings 13 A Loss of a Different Order Acknowledgments Index

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Book SynopsisIt has come to be widely accepted that 'sexuality' as we know it took shape at the end of the nineteenth century, around the time that Havelock Ellis declared it the 'central problem of life.' Yet however self-evident Ellis's claim about sexuality might seem, the act of placing something at the center is the consequence of insistent cultural work that engages with competing views about bodies and indeed about the 'life' of society. This volume explores how habits of thinking about the centrality of sex were articulated, how they engaged with pre-existing approaches to personal identity, and what competing discourses had to be displaced in order for sexuality to become as central as sexologists claimed it was. It shows that asserting the centrality of sexuality is not an innocent gesture, but one deeply implicated in a wide range of representations, practices, and experiences connected to discourses about race, gender, and other vectors of difference.

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction: U.S. Sociology, the American Dream, and the Specter of Karl Marx Part 2 Part I: Social Structure and Processes Chapter 3 Class Structure: Class, Not Strata: It's Not Just Where You Stand, But What You Stand For Chapter 4 Social Movements: An Argument for Understanding Social Movements as Class Movements Chapter 5 Gender: Marxist Theory and the Oppression of Women Chapter 6 Race: Classical and Recent Theoretical Developments in the Marxist Analysis of Race and Ethnicity Chapter 7 Social Change and Development: "A World After Its Own Image": The Marxist Paradigm and Theories of Capitalist Development on a World Scale Chapter 8 Labor: Labor's Crisis and the Crisis of Labor Studies: Toward a Retheorized Sociology of Labor Chapter 9 State and Politics: From the King of Prussia to the New World Order: Marxist Theories of State and Power Chapter 10 Corporations and the Economy: Marxist Scholarship and the Corporate Economy Chapter 11 Education and Knowledge: Reading Class: Marxist Theories of Education Chapter 12 Medicine and Public Health: The Study of the Health Care System: The Marxist Critique of a Dominant Paradigm Chapter 13 Religion: Marxist-Christian Dialogues: The Liberation of Theology Chapter 14 Crime and Law: Rediscovering Criminology: Lessons from the Marxist Tradition Chapter 15 Urban and Regional Development: Views of the City: Urban and Regional Sociology

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Book SynopsisTo find more information on Rowman & Littlefield titles, please visit us at www.rowmanlittlefield.com.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction and Overview Part 2 Social Incompetence Chapter 3 The Record and its Biological Source Chapter 4 The Limits of Sociocultural Resources and Physical Force Chapter 5 Romanticism: The Source of the Idea of Social Incompetence Chapter 6 People as Composers and the Worlds They Compose Chapter 7 Composing Duration, Resistance, and Objects People Dislike Chapter 8 Composing People Chapter 9 Symbols and Language: Composer's Primary Tools Part 10 Creating Social Competence and Making Social Life More Hazardous Chapter 11 Producing Predictability Chapter 12 Producing Trust

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Book SynopsisWHAT IF WE'VE BEEN ASKING ALL THE WRONG QUESTIONS ABOUT POVERTY? This is a story about a question we never thought to ask - who owns poverty? - and about an unexpected answer that challenges everything we thought we knew about what poverty is, and what we can do about it. This book is for the governments, development organizations and changemakers who are frustrated with simply trying to reduce poverty, or alleviate its effects-and the lack of progress we face in doing either. This is a book that celebrates the power of audacious questions and considers what happens when we put poverty back into the hands of the real experts: families living in poverty.Trade Review"A meditation on poverty that goes profoundly deeper than anyone else has gone. This book will bring major changes in public policy." (EDMUND PHELPS, 2006 NOBEL LAUREATE IN ECONOMICS; DIRECTOR, CENTER ON CAPITALISM AND SOCIETY, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY) "A new paradigm for effective change. Those entrenched in old funding and program models will find this book irritating. Those whose first commitment is to results rather than legacy models will find it illuminating. Open. Read. And learn from one of the world's most effective influencers." (JOSEPH GRENNY, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING CO-AUTHOR OF INFLUENCER AND CRUCIAL CONVERSATIONS) "Burt weaves a compelling case that... long-neglected perspectives from the South are as important as those from the North. This book should be on every development syllabus, and on the nightstand of everyone working to end poverty." (RICHARD MATTHEW, FACULTY DIRECTOR, BLUM CENTER FOR POVERTY ALLEVIATION, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE) "Having worked in social development for the past 40 years, I am excited with how Burt defines and simplifies poverty, and places it where it belongs... in the family." (ZANELE MBEKI, SOCIAL WORKER AND FOUNDER, WOMEN'S DEVELOPMENT BANKING TRUST (SOUTH AFRICA)) "Martin Burt fundamentally reframes the way we think about poverty. A must-read for all people who are fighting for transformational change." (WILLY FOOTE, FOUNDER AND CEO, ROOT CAPITAL (US)) "A powerful reminder that good intentions will not solve global poverty." -MARGEE ENSIGN, PRESIDENT, DICKINSON COLLEGE "A wonderful account of his personal journey exploring how to make poverty measurement genuinely `owned' by the poor in ways that expand their agency to potentially transform the nature of their interaction with state and market institutions." -MICHAEL WALTON, SENIOR LECTURER IN PUBLIC POLICY, HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOLTable of ContentsINTRODUCTION 1. Gala Dinner 2. The Plague 3. Chameleons and Crabs 4. Poverty 5. Not Poverty 6. Subjectivity 7. Influencing 8. Poverty Stoplight 9. Acceptance 10. Credibility 11. Resistance 12. Poverty-free Clients...and Staff 13. Poverty-free Businesses 14. Poverty-free Villages REFLECTIONS ANNEXES List of Acronyms Poverty Stoplight (Paraguay Version) Dimensions & Indicators About the Author Acknowledgments Further Information How to Make Chipas INDEX

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Book SynopsisHere’s just what you need to understand and apply basic research principles—so that you can more successfully complete a research task or paper and, more importantly, become an intelligent consumer of research. Written in workbook format to facilitate easy reading and use, this book is filled with charts, blocked text, and practice exercises to ensure easier reading.

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Book SynopsisIncrease your knowledge about literacy, develop your skills in planning, facilitating, and assessing student growth, and become a more confident teacher of English and language arts. Combining historical scholarship, discussion prompts, and practical classroom examples to blend past with present, this new resource grounds the discussion of literacy teaching and learning in the first decades of the new century using the language, resources, and policies currently existing in the field. The book includes classroom scenarios—cases representing sound research-based best practices—detailing real teachers in real K-12 classrooms. Interactive text features called “What do you think?” and “Case in point,” assist readers as they analyze the theoretical soundness of research-based practices.

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