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This book presents a comprehensive overview of crisis management in China. It considers economic, political and military crises, and also natural disasters and public health problems. In each area it considers the nature of potential crises and their possible effects, and the degree to which China is prepared to cope with crises."--Publisher's description.

This collection offers a fresh approach to the work of Cormac McCarthy, one of the most important contemporary American authors. Essays focus on his work across the genres and/or in constellation with other writers and artists, presenting not only a different "angle" on the work, but setting him within a broader literary and artistic context. Such an approach offers a view of McCarthy that is strikingly different to previous collections that h...

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Updated to reflect healthcare reform and the growing trend among physicians to become more involved with the business of healthcare, this workbook explains how to develop a thorough business plan. Part one details the questions a plan should answer and explains how to determine what resources are needed. The second part covers processes, competitor analysis, and financials. The final section covers implementation. Sticking to the workbook will...

This book is a comprehensive survey of the field of medical imaging informatics. In addition to radiology, it also addresses other specialties such as pathology, cardiology, dermatology, and surgery, which have now adopted the use of digital images. The text discusses basic imaging informatics protocols, picture archiving and communication systems, and the electronic medical record. It also details key instrumentation and data mining technolog...

Papers presented at the 13th Annual Meeting of the International Police Executive Symposium held in Ayvalik, Turkey, in 2006.

In this volume, Ryden and Marshall bring together the field of composition and rhetoric with critical whiteness studies to show that in our "post race" era whiteness and racism not only survive but actually thrive in higher education. As they examine the effects of racism on contemporary literacy practices and the rhetoric by which white privilege maintains and reproduces itself, Ryden and Marshall consider topics ranging from the emotional in...

In this pioneering book, Hansen provides teachers, heads of school, teacher educators, researchers, and policy-makers with a generative way to respond creatively to the pressure and the promise of a globalizing world.

This volume examines contemporary Indian emigration from a long-term perspective as an extension of the centuries-old historical process. In addition, this collection of essays is a first collaborative initiative between Indian and French researchers interested in Indiäs international migration with several years of fieldwork experience in Indi

Written by two leading scholars, this book is an accessible overview of the global political consequences of the 9/11 terror attacks. The book is organized around 12 penetrating and readable essays, full of novel interpretations and succinct summaries of complex ideas and events.

Written by leading academics from a variety of disciplines, this book situates the complexity of violence within its broader context and covers a wide span of sexual violence including sexual harassment, bullying and murder as well as domestic violence.

In the sheer scope, the Roman epoch is unsurpassed in history. What has endured to our own time is its great legacy to Western civilization-in law, language, architecture, and the art of government-and the fascination of its story.Ancient Rome presents the history and heritage of that remarkable era. In this richly illustrated volume, the reader can enjoy an all-around introduction to the politics, people, culture, and everyday life of the wor...

This book provides an original perspective on a range of controversial issues in educational and social research through case studies of multi-disciplinary and mixed-method research involving children, teachers, schools and communities in Europe and the developing world. These case studies from researchers "across continents" and "across disciplines" explore a range of interesting issues, including the relevance of research approaches to very ...

This book examines the ways in which contemporary British and British postcolonial writers in the after-empire era draw connections between magic (defined here as Renaissance Hermetic philosophy) and science. Writers such as Tom Stoppard, Zadie Smith, and Margaret Atwood critique both imperial science, or science used in service to empire, and what Renk calls "imperical science, " a distortion of rational science which denies that reality is h...

The book discusses the implications of globalization on education from the perspective of social justice. It looks at two countries ¿ India and the UK ¿ to examine how global economic and cultural processes are mediated through nation states, institutional structures and the aspirations of different social groups with a focus on education.

Brian Barry's seminal work has occupied an important role in the revival of Anglo-American political philosophy. A number of ideas & terms in it have become part of the standard vocabulary, such as the distinction between 'ideal-regarding' & 'want-regarding' principles & the division of principles into aggregative & distributive.

This volume, first published in 1960 to commemorate the one hundredth birthday of Jespersen, collects together as many of his writings as possible in order to allow students of the English language, or indeed of language in general, to read those shorter papers which have hitherto escaped their notice. The layout of the book largely follows the nature of the subjects dealt with: English grammar, phonetics, history of English, language teaching...

This book highlights the shaping influence of biblical and biblically derived sacred paradigms on exemplary literature produced in the Middle Ages.

The last century has seen enormous progress in our understanding of time. This volume features original essays by the foremost philosophers of time discussing the goals and methodology of the philosophy of time, and examining the best way to move forward with regard to the field's core issues. The collection is unique in combining cutting edge work on time with a focus on the big picture of time studies as a discipline. The major questions ask...

The beginners guide to Evidence-based Practice for Nursing, Health and Social Care.An Introduction to Evidence-based Practice in Nursing & Health aims to help students, educators, mentors and professionals to make sense of knowledge derived from research and how to use it as a basis for making sound decisions about patient care. Covering everything from basic terminology to the application of Evidence-based Practice in your everyday routine, t...