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The Theory and Practice of Item Response Theory (Methodology in the Social Sciences)
by R. J. De Ayala  Publisher Comments Item response theory (IRT) is a latent variable modeling approach used to minimize bias and optimize the measurement power of educational and psychological tests and other psychometric applications. Designed for advanced students, researchers, and...
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Making Los Angeles: How People Create Place Out of Ordinary Urban Space
by Christopher D. Campbell Publisher Comments How do people construct a sense of place out of ordinary, undifferentiated urban space?Although the intentional construction of place has received considerable attention by scholars and place professionals alike, much less attention has been devoted to...
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The New Global Frontier: Urbanization, Poverty and Environment in the 21st Century
by George Martine Publisher Comments Massive urban growth can either help pave the way to sustainable development or greatly exacerbate poverty and environmental stress. The outcome depends on decisions being made now. The first part of this book takes a critical look at the forecasting of...
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Technology and Society: Building Our Sociotechnical Future (Inside Technology Inside Technology)
by Deborah G. Johnson Publisher Comments Technological change does not happen in a vacuum; decisions about which technologies to develop, fund, market, and use engage ideas about values as well as calculations of costs and benefits. This anthology focuses on the interconnections of technology...
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The Young Turks: The Committee of Union and Progress in Turkish Politics, 1908-1914 (Columbia/Hurst)
by Feroz Ahmad Synopsis First published in 1973, this book has become the definitive study of the "Young Turks," also known as the Committee of Union and Progress. Counting Turkish army officers as its members, the Young Turks sought to reform the Ottoman Empire by provoking a...
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Teens in Crisis: How the Industry Serving Struggling Teens Helps and Hurts Our Kids
by Frederic G. Reamer Publisher Comments In recent years a dizzying array of programs have emerged to meet the needs of struggling teens and their families-wilderness therapy programs, therapeutic boarding schools, alternative schools, mentoring and court diversion programs, independent living...
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Cultures of the War on Terror: Empire, Ideology, and the Remaking of 9/11
by David Holloway Synopsis Holloway discusses representations of 9/11 and the war on terror in Hollywood film, novels, mass media, visual art and photography, political discourse, and revisionist historical accounts of the American empire created between the 11 September attacks...
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Elder Crime, Elder Justice
by David R. Snyder Publisher Comments This book offers insights into the special considerations of the growing elderly population. Public safety professionals who interact often with the elderly will find a wealth of helpful information in the manual....
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Liberation Sociology: Second Edition
by Joe R. Feagin Publisher Comments Liberation sociology is concerned with eliminating social oppressions and creating truly just societies. Liberation sociology takes sides with the oppressed and envisions an end to that oppression. Liberation social scientists featured in this book...
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Theory for Care Workers
by Florence Watson Publisher Comments This useful text covers the foundation of theoretical knowledge requirements for care workers studying for NVQ 3/4, HNC, and HND in Care Practice awards. Clearly structured and informative, this guide gives students, care workers, managers and trainers a...
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Beyond the Glass Case: The Past, the Heritage and the Public, Second Edition
by Nick Merriman Publisher Comments The book is the result of a nationwide survey in the UK that measured public use of and attitudes to the past, archaeology and collecting. The author reviews this research in the light of contemporary theory on ideology and representation and goes on to...
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Democracy, Inequality, and Political Participation in American Life
by Merlin Chowkwanyun Publisher Comments How can the United States meet the challenges of maintaining and building upon its democratic principles in the twenty-first century? The timely essays in this new book address many of the key issues of our time, among them changing immigration politics,...
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Mayoral Control in NYC Schools (Springer Studies in Work and Industry)
by David Rogers Publisher Comments Throughout the last forty years, the New York City public school system has changed its governance style a number of times. Through the switch from centralized to decentralized to mayoral governance, New York has been an example (for good and bad) that...
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Both Sides Now: The Story of School Desegregation's Graduates
by Amy Wells Publisher Comments This is the untold story of a generation that experienced one of the most extraordinary chapters in our nation's history-school desegregation. Though many have attempted to define desegregation, which peaked in the late 1970s, as either a success or a...
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Structuralism, Post-Structuralism and Postmodernism (Traditions in Social Theory)
by David R. Howarth Publisher Comments This book offers an important and timely overview of structuralist, post-structuralist and postmodern theory, beginning with the intellectual developments of, and main assumptions and concepts in, the thought of Sassure, Levi-Strauss, Barthes, Lacan and...
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America's Waterfront Revival: Port Authorities and Urban Redevelopment (City in the 21st Century)
by Peter Hendee Brown Publisher Comments Since the early years of the twentieth century, public authorities have been providing an enormous share of the public infrastructure in the United States and have shaped our urban environment in powerful ways. Politicians have continued to create new...
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Bangladesh and Pakistan: Flirting with Failure in South Asia (Columbia/Hurst)
by William B. Milam Publisher Comments An active member of the U. S. Foreign Service until 2001, William B. Milam possesses an exhaustive knowledge of the history and culture of Bangladesh and Pakistan. His insightful study expresses a profound empathy for both countries and, with the death...
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Makeover Nation: The United States of Reinvention
by Toby Miller Publisher Comments Life is very much a project in the United States—but not a straightforwardly individual one. A duality of individual free choice and disciplinary institutional governance is the grand national paradox. Simply being—leading life without a...
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Managing the Metropolis: Principles and Cases (David Rockefeller/Inter-American Development Bank)
by Eduardo Rojas Publisher Comments The good governance of metropolitan areas is critical for the economic and social progress of countries. Extending over vast territories, the management of metropolitan areas falls under the jurisdiction of several local authorities and other state and...
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Redesigning Social Inquiry: Fuzzy Sets and Beyond
by Charles C. Ragin Publisher Comments For over twenty years Charles C. Ragin has been at the forefront of the development of innovative methods for social scientists. In Redesigning Social Inquiry, he continues his campaign to revitalize the field, challenging major aspects of the...
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