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An anthology, translated from original languages and annotated, which documents the rediscovery of history and aims to establish foundations for current political action and cultural revival in the Turkic regions of the former Soviet Union.

This text covers a topic of increasing importance for schooling in North America and elsewehere, and introduced a methodological approach for investigating issues related to the experience of language loss. It should be popular in the areas of ESL, bilingual education, and multicultural education.

This work aims to share an understanding of how it feels and what it means to do qualitative research, as well as to provide support for doctoral students who chose this form of inquiry for their dissertation research.

This volume analyses French and German diplomacy during the Intergovernmental conferences (IGCs) on economic and monetary union (EMU) and political union and the subsequent national treaty ratification process in each country.

There have been thousands of studies into children and the media. Yet, much academic research is still in its infancy when it comes to our knowledge about the uses, preferences and effects of different media. This volume moves the field forward in this regard, with its insights into the latest theories and research on children and the media.

In this book, the authors present research and theory to argue that metalinguistic awareness of one's native language is altered by either the acquisition or the learning of a second language.

This volume of papers brings together Fred Korthagen's research on integrating theory and practice in teacher education. It focuses on the concept of "realistic teacher education": how a teacher can use reflection to link theory and practice.

The author of this book examines the thesis that social facts are as objective as physical facts, the so-called Thomas theorem that refutes the behaviorist thesis that social agents react to social stimuli, and Merton's thesis on the ethos of basic science that science and morality are intertwined.

In his late work, Kant struggles to answer a straightforward, yet surprisingly difficult, question: how is radical conversion possible? This book examines how this question gets taken up by Kant's philosophical heirs: Schelling, Fichte, Hegel and Kierkegaard.

The Political Sociology of Emotions articulates the political sociology of emotions as a sub-field of the emotions sociology in relation to cognate disciplines and sub-disciplines.

This guide to estimating uncertainties in the measurement, prediction and assessment of noise and vibration applies across environmental noise and vibration, occupational noise and vibration exposure, and building and architectural acoustics.This book collates information from the various standards and from research, with explanation, examples and case studies. It enables estimation of uncertainty in the measurement and prediction of acoustic quantities, suitable for use in environmental impact and occupational exposure assessments. It is for acoustic consultants, mechanical and building service engineers, architect and building professionals and environmental health officers.

This book discusses the interface between social entrepreneurship and sustainable development along with inter-linkages. It traces its role in societal transformation in creating sustainable societies, especially in developing nations, and for socially disadvantaged groups, addressing environmental and ecological issues apart from wealth creation.

This book concerns the persecution of the Sinti and Roma in Germany during the Second Empire (1871-1918) and Weimar Republic (1919-1933) and traces the ways in which discriminatory treatment towards 'Gypsies' developed in a state ostensibly committed to individual liberty and equal treatment under the law.

This book discusses Ambedkar's engagements with the issues of social justice, economic development, and caste enclosures. It highlights his significant contributions in the field of trade, public finance and monetary economics, Indian agriculture, education, among others, and examines their relevance in contemporary India.

This book provides a philosophical examination of what has been called the most powerful metaphor in biology: The machine metaphor. It discusses the idea that living systems can be understood through the lens of engineering methods and machine metaphors from both historical, theoretical, and practical perspectives.

Featuring recent advances in probability, statistics, and stochastic processes, this new textbook presents Probability and Statistics, and an introduction to Stochastic Processes.

Bringing together leading academics and practitioners, this book offers a critical overview of mental health and contemporary punishment, and provides a developed understanding of the nature of risk management and the delivery of criminal justice.

Bringing together leading academics and practitioners, this book offers a critical overview of mental health and contemporary punishment, and provides a developed understanding of the nature of risk management and the delivery of criminal justice.

The first collection to present a comprehensive overview the philosophy of humility, whilst also covering important interdisciplinary topics. Essential reading for students and researchers in ethics, epistemology, political philosophy, and philosophy of mind and psychology.

The retail sector is an integral part of a national economy. From the political economy perspective, all consumer goods have surplus values locked up in them; the surplus values are not realized until the consumer goods are purchased by consumers through various distribution channels.

This book explores attitudes and strategies towards the return of the wild in times of ecological crisis, focusing on wolves in Europe.The contributions from a variety of disciplines discuss human encounters with wolves, engaging with traditional narratives and contemporary conflicts.

The challenges associated with the struggles for attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals and objectives are diverse and complex. Productive failures and emerging practices are identified, analyzed and promulgated for cross-learning by, and the inspiration of, like-minded individuals, organizations, communities, and nations worldwide.

The challenges associated with the struggles for attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals and objectives are diverse and complex. Productive failures and emerging practices are identified, analyzed and promulgated for cross-learning by, and the inspiration of, like-minded individuals, organizations, communities, and nations worldwide.

The book addresses some of the major conceptual challenges of the Anthropocene. Drawing on stories of migration, environmental activism, and encounters with the living beings that inhabit waterways, it considers the personal relationship with urban waterways and how it links to contemporary global issues.

Creative Methods captures current trends and developments in Schema Therapy in rich clinical detail, with a vividness that inspires and equips the reader to integrate these new ways of working directly into their practice.

This book explores the importance of entrepreneurs in driving economic growth as the world economy grows and becomes more integrated and more liberal.

Bringing to bear a wealth of literature from curriculum theory, Didaktik, philosophy of education and teacher education, this book broadens and enriches the conversation initiated by Michael Young and his colleagues on "bringing knowledge back in" (Young, 2007).