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This work includes ideas and perspectives for those seeking deeper understanding of the concepts and historical, political, economic, and social force that constitute the "Pacific Rim".

Proposes a representation of Durkheim, as the philosopher and moralist who wanted to renovate rationalism, challenge positivism, reform sociology, and extend Schopenhauer's philosophy to the new domain of sociology. Essentially it focuses on his vision of sociology as the "science of morality".

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Looks at the Argentine Right from its roots in 19th-century European political theory through to the collapse of the conservative government in the 1980s. The contributors describe the Right's development, uneasy alliance with Peronists, years of triumph and subsequent retreat to opposition status.

Rally 'Round the Flag is an important contribution to the growing historiography of the impact of the Civil War on northern cities. From Abraham Lincoln's presidential nomination at the 1860 Republican National Convention to his funeral procession in 1865, Karamanski unfolds the dynamic and fascinating history of Chicago at this critical juncture in its history.

This practical text on implementing character education provides school leaders with an effective road map, touring schools that have achieved success.

Rosa Aronson tells the stories of seven disadvantaged students, uncovering how very different at risk achievers have overcome the odds stacked against them. She also offers recommendations for change in today's educational system.

Original publication and copyright date: 2011.

Matching Your Message to the Audience provides school administrators with principles and practical steps for creating messages that encourage a positive response. The reader learns strategies for matching the structure, language, and tone of the written or spoken message to each reader or listener to encourage teachers, parents and others to be open during the conversation with the administrator.

This concise text provides a balanced introduction to international relations theory. An invaluable resource for teaching theory to undergraduates, it brings together a wide range of perspectives-including realism, liberalism, Marxism, social constructivism, feminism, and post-modernism-in a single comprehensive and easily readable text.

Offers a view on the ideas, themes, and people engaged in the three-way dialogue between Christianity, Buddhism and the natural sciences.

Charles Selengut's multidsciplinary approach to understanding the causes and effects of religious violence around the globe.

Cargan provides a brief history of marriage and family life and the changes occuring in them between 1950 and 2005. This book further evaluates the stereotypes that are applied to singles, noting changes that have occured in these beliefs.

Illustrates how the political economy of private domestic adoption intersects with the political economy of racism to generate quite different demands for infants and children of different races and how the private adoption arena responds to these demands.

Described by Jeffrey Masson as 'the single best introduction to animal rights ever written, ' this new book by Tom Regan dispels the negative image of animal rights advocates perpetrated by the mass media, unmasks the fraudulent rhetoric of 'humane treatment' favored by animal exploiters, and explains why existing laws function to legitimize institutional cruelty